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	160
Goals scored	585 (3.66 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 & Turriff United
Longest losing run	9 matches: Wick Academy
← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 14 December 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	17	14	2	1	42	12	+30	44	Qualification for the Pyramid play-off
2	Brora Rangers	17	13	1	3	63	18	+45	40
3	Banks o' Dee	17	11	2	4	42	14	+28	35
4	Clachnacuddin	19	11	2	6	38	20	+18	35
5	Inverurie Loco Works	18	10	3	5	39	19	+20	33
6	Formartine United	19	10	3	6	40	27	+13	33
7	Huntly	16	10	1	5	36	25	+11	31
8	Buckie Thistle	19	8	3	8	39	29	+10	27
9	Deveronvale	18	8	3	7	28	30	−2	27
10	Fraserburgh	17	6	8	3	29	17	+12	26
11	Forres Mechanics	18	7	3	8	37	50	−13	24
12	Nairn County	18	6	5	7	30	31	−1	23
13	Keith	18	7	0	11	20	36	−16	21
14	Turriff United	18	5	3	10	25	37	−12	18
15	Wick Academy	18	4	1	13	20	47	−27	13
16	Lossiemouth	18	3	1	14	17	43	−26	10
17	Rothes	18	3	1	14	19	66	−47	10
18	Strathspey Thistle	17	2	2	13	21	64	−43	8	Qualification for the Highland League play-off

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

Updated to match(es) played on 14 December 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