2024–25 Highland Football League

The 2024–25 Highland Football League (known as the Breedon Highland League for sponsorship reasons) is the 122nd season of the Highland Football League, and the 11th season as part of the fifth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. Buckie Thistle are the reigning champions.

Breedon Highland League

Season	2024–25
Dates	27 July 2024 – 19 April 2025
Matches played	131
Goals scored	476 (3.63 per match)
Biggest home win	Clachnacuddin 7–0 Wick Academy (28 August 2024) Brechin City 7–0 Strathspey Thistle (7 September 2024)
Biggest away win	Rothes 2–10 Formartine United (3 August 2024)
Highest scoring	Rothes 2–10 Formartine United (3 August 2024)
Longest winning run	9 matches: Brechin City
Longest unbeaten run	14 matches: Brechin City
Longest winless run	10 matches: Rothes
Longest losing run	7 matches: Strathspey Thistle
← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 19 October 2024.

Teams

Banks o' Dee

Brechin City

Brora Rangers

Buckie Thistle

Clachnacuddin

Deveronvale

Formartine United

Fraserburgh

Forres Mechanics

Huntly

Inverurie Loco Works

Keith

Lossiemouth

Nairn County

Rothes

Strathspey Thistle

Turriff United

Wick Academy

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Location of teams in 2024–25 Highland Football League

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	122
Brechin City	Brechin	Glebe Park	4,083	1,519
Brora Rangers	Brora	Dudgeon Park	2,000	250
Buckie Thistle	Buckie	Victoria Park	3,000	400
Clachnacuddin	Inverness	Grant Street Park	2,074	154
Deveronvale	Banff	Princess Royal Park	2,651	360
Formartine United	Pitmedden	North Lodge Park	1,800	300
Forres Mechanics	Forres	Mosset Park	2,700	502
Fraserburgh	Fraserburgh	Bellslea Park	1,865	480
Huntly	Huntly	Christie Park	2,200	270
Inverurie Loco Works	Inverurie	Harlaw Park	2,500	250
Keith	Keith	Kynoch Park	2,362	370
Lossiemouth	Lossiemouth	Grant Park	2,050	250
Nairn County	Nairn	Station Park	2,250	250
Rothes	Rothes	Mackessack Park	1,731	167
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	300

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Brechin City	15	12	2	1	36	10	+26	38	Qualification for the Pyramid play-off
2	Banks o' Dee	15	10	2	3	37	12	+25	32
3	Brora Rangers	13	10	1	2	50	15	+35	31
4	Inverurie Loco Works	15	9	2	4	33	13	+20	29
5	Formartine United	15	8	2	5	35	22	+13	26
6	Clachnacuddin	13	8	1	4	25	12	+13	25
7	Huntly	14	8	1	5	31	22	+9	25
8	Fraserburgh	15	6	6	3	26	14	+12	24
9	Forres Mechanics	15	7	3	5	33	37	−4	24
10	Buckie Thistle	15	7	1	7	33	22	+11	22
11	Deveronvale	15	6	3	6	22	26	−4	21
12	Nairn County	15	5	4	6	24	27	−3	19
13	Wick Academy	15	4	1	10	18	40	−22	13
14	Keith	14	4	0	10	13	29	−16	12
15	Turriff United	14	3	2	9	11	31	−20	11
16	Lossiemouth	15	3	1	11	14	33	−19	10
17	Strathspey Thistle	14	2	1	11	19	55	−36	7
18	Rothes	15	2	1	12	16	56	−40	7	Qualification for the Highland League play-off

Updated to match(es) played on 19 October 2024. Source:
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		1–3	2 Nov	1 Feb	22 Feb	1–0	23 Nov	12 Apr	4 Jan	2–3	1–1	14 Dec	0–0	4–0	7–1	8 Mar	22 Mar	18 Jan
Brechin City	8 Feb		2–2	18 Jan		2–0	2 Nov	22 Mar	21 Dec	2–1	2–0	23 Nov	12 Apr	30 Nov	2–1	7–0	8 Mar	1–0
Brora Rangers	29 Mar	15 Mar		4–1		22 Feb	6–2	14 Dec	25 Jan		3–0	2–3	28 Dec	11 Jan	12 Apr	30 Nov	5–0	5–0
Buckie Thistle	0–1	0–2	8 Mar		25 Jan	4 Jan	22 Mar	1–2	1–3	21 Dec	30 Nov	12 Apr	2 Nov	2–1	8 Feb	8–2	4–1	2–2
Clachnacuddin	0–3	1 Feb	22 Mar	0–2		18 Jan	12 Apr	2 Nov	0–0	4 Jan	21 Dec	2–0	23 Nov	0–2	8 Mar	2–0	3–1	7–0
Deveronvale	25 Jan	11 Jan	3–2	1–7	1–3		15 Mar	8 Mar	30 Nov	2–2	0–2	29 Mar	4–0	16 Nov	1–1	3–2	8 Feb	21 Dec
Formartine United	0–2	29 Mar	21 Dec	1–0	16 Nov	2–0		2–3	8 Feb	3–1	1–1	4–1	11 Jan	25 Jan	30 Nov	4 Jan	1–2	8 Mar
Forres Mechanics	16 Nov	3–2	1–4	15 Mar	29 Mar	1–3	28 Dec		2–2	8 Feb	25 Jan	11 Jan	3–2	1–1	0–3	21 Dec	30 Nov	4–3
Fraserburgh	1–0	0–0	2–3	14 Dec	28 Dec	1–1	2–0	1 Feb		12 Apr	1–0	4–0	22 Feb	15 Mar	11 Jan	29 Mar	18 Jan	23 Nov
Huntly	11 Jan	28 Dec	1 Feb	0–1	1–2	14 Dec	22 Feb	3–4	16 Nov		29 Mar	15 Mar	2–1	2–1	3–1	5–0	25 Jan	3–0
Inverurie Loco Works	28 Dec	14 Dec	18 Jan	2–1	2–0	23 Nov	1 Feb	4–1	22 Mar	2 Nov		22 Feb	4–0	2–3	4 Jan	15 Mar	4–0	12 Apr
Keith	1–2	1–3	4 Jan	16 Nov	30 Nov	2 Nov	18 Jan	4–0	8 Mar	1–2	0–3		0–4	8 Feb	21 Dec	1 Feb	0–1	22 Mar
Lossiemouth	30 Nov	16 Nov	0–2	29 Mar	0–2	22 Mar	0–2	4 Jan	3–1	8 Mar	8 Feb	25 Jan		0–4	3–2	18 Jan	21 Dec	1–3
Nairn County	21 Dec	0–3	1–5	23 Nov	14 Dec	12 Apr	1–1	18 Jan	1–1	22 Mar	8 Mar	2–0	1 Feb		2–3	3–3	4 Jan	2 Nov
Rothes	15 Mar	22 Feb	16 Nov	0–3	0–4	1 Feb	2–10	23 Nov	0–7	18 Jan	0–4	0–1	14 Dec	28 Dec		0–6	2 Nov	2–3
Strathspey Thistle	1–4	25 Jan	0–7	11 Jan	8 Feb	28 Dec	0–4	1–6	2 Nov	23 Nov	0–4		3–0	22 Feb	22 Mar		12 Apr	14 Dec
Turriff United	0–3	0–1	23 Nov	22 Feb	15 Mar	0–2	14 Dec	2–2	1–1	2–3	11 Jan	28 Dec	1–0	0–2	29 Mar	16 Nov		1 Feb
Wick Academy	1–6	1–4	8 Feb	28 Dec	11 Jan	0–1	1–2	22 Feb	2–0	30 Nov	16 Nov	0–1	15 Mar	29 Mar	25 Jan	2–1

Updated to match(es) played on 19 October 2024. Source:
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 2024–25 Midlands Football League, 2024–25 North Caledonian Football League and the 2024–25 North Region Junior Football League, with the winners then playing the team finishing bottom of the Highland League.

External links

• Official website