Breedon Highland League
Season2023–24
Dates29 July 2023 – 13 April 2024
Matches played159
Goals scored594 (3.74 per match)
Biggest home win
Biggest away win
Highest scoring
  • Strathspey Thistle 1–8 Turriff United
    (25 November 2023)
  • Forres Mechanics 1–8 Buckie Thistle
    (30 December 2023)
Longest winning run10 matches:
Brechin City
Longest unbeaten run12 matches:
Brechin City
Longest winless run16 matches:
Clachnacuddin
Longest losing run9 matches:
Strathspey Thistle
2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 13 January 2024.

The 2023–24 Highland Football League (known as the Breedon Highland League for sponsorship reasons) is the 121st season of the Highland Football League, and the 10th season as part of the fifth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. Brechin City are the reigning champions.

Teams

Stadia and locations

All grounds are equipped with floodlights as required by league regulations.

Team Location Stadium Capacity Seats
Banks O' Dee Aberdeen Spain Park 876 100
Brechin City Brechin Glebe Park 4,083 1,519
Brora Rangers Brora Dudgeon Park 4,000 200
Buckie Thistle Buckie Victoria Park 5,000 400
Clachnacuddin Inverness Grant Street Park 2,074 154
Deveronvale Banff Princess Royal Park 2,600 360
Formartine United Pitmedden North Lodge Park 2,500 300
Fraserburgh Fraserburgh Bellslea Park 3,000 480
Forres Mechanics Forres Mosset Park 2,700 502
Huntly Huntly Christie Park 2,200 270
Inverurie Loco Works Inverurie Harlaw Park 2,500 250
Keith Keith Kynoch Park 4,000 370
Lossiemouth Lossiemouth Grant Park 2,050 250
Nairn County Nairn Station Park 2,250 250
Rothes Rothes Mackessack Park 2,700 184
Strathspey Thistle Grantown-on-Spey Seafield Park 1,600 150
Turriff United Turriff The Haughs 2,135 135
Wick Academy Wick Harmsworth Park 2,412 102

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Brechin City 17 14 1 2 45 11 +34 43 Qualification for the Pyramid play-off
2 Banks O' Dee 18 11 6 1 51 18 +33 39
3 Fraserburgh 18 12 2 4 48 24 +24 38
4 Formartine United 17 12 2 3 44 21 +23 38
5 Buckie Thistle 14 12 1 1 47 14 +33 37
6 Nairn County 18 11 1 6 34 27 +7 34
7 Turriff United 19 11 0 8 48 35 +13 33
8 Huntly 19 9 3 7 50 37 +13 30
9 Brora Rangers 13 8 4 1 23 12 +11 28
10 Rothes 20 8 3 9 25 32 −7 27
11 Inverurie Loco Works 19 5 2 12 25 42 −17 17
12 Forres Mechanics 18 4 4 10 21 34 −13 16
13 Lossiemouth 17 4 3 10 20 34 −14 15
14 Deveronvale 20 3 6 11 24 48 −24 15
15 Wick Academy 17 3 4 10 18 44 −26 13
16 Clachnacuddin 21 2 7 12 32 62 −30 13
17 Keith 16 3 2 11 21 35 −14 11
18 Strathspey Thistle 17 1 1 15 18 64 −46 4 Qualification for the Highland League play-off
Updated to match(es) played on 13 January 2024. Source: [1][2][3]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results

Home \ Away BAN BRE BRO BUC CLA DEV FOU FOM FRA HUN INV KEI LOS NAI RTH STR TUR WIC
Banks O' Dee — 0–1 2–0 2–2 10 Feb 2–1 16 Mar 2–0 6 Apr 20 Jan 3 Feb 1–1 3–0 4–1 2 Mar 4–0
Brechin City — 2–1 17 Feb 6–0 9 Mar 1–0 13 Apr 0–1 5–0 2–1 3–1 3 Feb 2–0 3–1 5–0 23 Mar
Brora Rangers 13 Apr — 20 Jan 10 Feb 16 Mar 3–2 2 Mar 3–0 1–1 27 Jan 1–0 3–1 6 Apr
Buckie Thistle 27 Jan — 13 Apr 3–1 3–0 16 Mar 6–0 10 Feb 2 Mar 4–0 5–2
Clachnacuddin 17 Feb 16 Mar 0–2 2–3 — 2–2 0–5 20 Jan 2–6 3 Feb 3–1 6 Apr 0–1 0–1 4–4 1–5 8–0
Deveronvale 3–3 0–4 3 Feb 0–0 — 20 Jan 1–1 2–4 0–6 6 Apr 1–0 3–1 1–3 2 Mar 16 Mar 0–1 0–0
Formartine United 23 Mar 4–3 3–3 1–1 27 Jan 5–0 — 2–0 10 Feb 9 Mar 6–2 13 Apr 4–0 2–4
Forres Mechanics 2–2 9 Mar 1–8 1–1 0–2 17 Feb — 0–1 2–1 1–1 23 Mar 0–1 2–1 27 Jan 10 Feb
Fraserburgh 9 Mar 6 Apr 1–3 2–2 3–2 1–2 3 Feb — 17 Feb 4–2 3–0 3–1 23 Mar 3–0 27 Jan
Huntly 1–3 2–2 23 Mar 2–3 8–0 27 Jan 0–1 2 Mar 4–1 — 1–2 2–1 13 Apr 4–4 4–2 16 Mar
Inverurie Loco Works 0–2 10 Feb 2–2 0–2 13 Apr 3–0 1–2 0–7 2–3 — 23 Mar 2 Mar 27 Jan 0–1 5–0 1–4 9 Mar
Keith 2 Mar 0–1 6 Apr 1–1 3–2 2–3 2–2 20 Jan 1–2 — 16 Mar 10 Feb 3–1
Lossiemouth 1–6 1–1 9 Mar 5–3 23 Mar 1–2 0–3 0–1 1–3 1–0 — 1–4 27 Jan 10 Feb 13 Apr 1–0
Nairn County 3–3 0–1 0–1 3 Feb 2 Mar 17 Feb 6 Apr 2–1 16 Mar 4–0 3–2 20 Jan — 0–2 4–1 2–1 2–0
Rothes 2–2 0–2 0–1 1–3 9 Mar 2–1 6 Apr 0–3 1–4 3 Feb 17 Feb 1–0 0–3 — 20 Jan 16 Mar 3–0
Strathspey Thistle 0–6 27 Jan 23 Mar 5–2 0–1 0–2 13 Apr 1–4 17 Feb 9 Mar 0–3 2–4 — 1–8
Turriff United 0–4 0–3 17 Feb 1–3 4–1 3 Feb 2–0 20 Jan 10 Feb 4–1 1–2 9 Mar 3–1 6 Apr — 3–1
Wick Academy 20 Jan 23 Mar 3–0 2–2 2 Mar 3–2 0–3 2–2 2–1 13 Apr 17 Feb 2–3 0–0 3 Feb 1–5 —
Updated to match(es) played on 13 January 2024. Source: [4][5]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Highland League play-off

Subject to the tier 6 champion clubs meeting the required licensing criteria for promotion, a play-off is scheduled to place between the winners of the 2023–24 Midlands Football League, 2023–24 North Caledonian Football League and the 2023–24 North Region Junior Football League, with the winners then playing the team finishing bottom of the Highland League.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Highland League Table". BBC. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "Highland Football League, Scotland - League Table". Highland Football League. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  3. ↑ "Summary - Football League". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "Highland League Results". Highland Football League. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  5. ↑ "Highland League 2023/24 fixtures revealed". The Press and Journal. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  6. ↑ Chalk, Paul. "George Manson takes over top Highland League role at AGM". The Press and Journal. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  7. ↑ Fraser, Alasdair. "Relegation dawns for Highland League clubs as tier six north set for next season". Inverness Courier. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
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