2025–26 Highland Football League

Breedon Highland League
Season2025–26
Dates26 July 2025 – 12 April 2026
Matches253
Goals855 (3.38 per match)
Biggest home winBuckie Thistle 8–0 Rothes
(17 January 2026)
Biggest away winStrathspey Thistle 0–8 Brora Rangers
(10 September 2025)
Highest scoring
Longest winning run7 matches:
Brora Rangers & Fraserburgh
Longest unbeaten run13 matches:
Formartine United
Longest winless run22 matches:
Rothes
Longest losing run11 matches:
Rothes
2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 14 March 2026.

The 2025–26 Highland Football League (known as the Breedon Highland League for sponsorship reasons) is the 123rd season of the Highland Football League, and the 12th season as part of the fifth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. Brora Rangers are the reigning champions.

Due to restructuring of the Lowland League from 2026 to 2027 into two 16-team divisions, Brechin City will transfer into the Lowland League East in 2026–27 if they do not achieve promotion by winning the Highland League and the Pyramid Playoff.[1]

Teams

Location of teams in 2025–26 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 Brora Rangers 28 20 4 4 88 29 +59 64 Qualification for the Pyramid play-off
2 Brechin City 27 19 4 4 67 16 +51 61
3 Formartine United 27 17 8 2 57 24 +33 59
4 Clachnacuddin 29 17 6 6 69 29 +40 57
5 Fraserburgh 27 15 5 7 58 31 +27 50
6 Banks o' Dee 27 13 9 5 46 26 +20 48
7 Keith 28 13 6 9 38 42 −4 45
8 Buckie Thistle 30 13 5 12 56 45 +11 44
9 Nairn County 28 13 4 11 49 40 +9 43
10 Turriff United 26 10 8 8 44 37 +7 38
11 Strathspey Thistle 27 12 1 14 44 70 −26 37
12 Huntly 29 9 7 13 39 39 0 34
13 Deveronvale 31 10 4 17 42 79 −37 34
14 Forres Mechanics 27 9 5 13 43 58 −15 32
15 Wick Academy 28 6 6 16 38 51 −13 24
16 Inverurie Loco Works 28 5 6 17 34 59 −25 21
17 Lossiemouth 30 3 4 23 15 67 −52 13
18 Rothes 29 1 4 24 28 113 −85 7 Qualification for the Highland League play-off
Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2026. Source: [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 0–2 3–1 1–3 2–3 5–0 1–0 4–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 5–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 4 Apr
Brechin City 1–1 1–0 5–0 1–1 3–0 6–2 0–1 2–0 4–1 1–1 4–0 4 Apr 3–0 3–0 3–1 5–1
Brora Rangers 4–1 2–1 8–1 4 Apr 5–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 6–2 7–1 3–0 3–0
Buckie Thistle 1–3 0–3 0–2 1–2 2–3 2–0 21 Mar 0–0 4 Apr 5–0 2–1 1–0 8–0 1–4 0–0 2–0
Clachnacuddin 0–0 0–1 21 Mar 2–1 1–1 2–2 6–0 11 Apr 0–1 3–2 1–2 5–0 0–0 7–0 6–0 2–3 1–0
Deveronvale 0–2 0–0 2–4 3–2 2–3 1–3 21 Mar 1–3 1–0 2–2 3–2 1–0 1–6 2–4 2–1 0–3 3–2
Formartine United 3–1 3–3 3–1 1–0 11 Apr 1–1 21 Mar 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 4–0 4–0 3–1 0–0
Forres Mechanics 1–1 1–3 0–4 4 Apr 1–3 1–3 4–1 1–1 4–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 6–0 0–3 0–2
Fraserburgh 0–1 1–0 3–0 2–2 0–2 4 Apr 2–2 3–1 3–0 2–2 1–2 5–0 7–0 3–0 4–1 0–2 4–1
Huntly 1–1 0–1 11 Apr 1–1 3–4 2–0 1–2 2–2 4–0 2–0 3–1 1–2 4 Apr 1–3 0–0 1–2
Inverurie Loco Works 21 Mar 1–2 0–3 2–3 0–5 11 Apr 0–0 1–4 0–3 1–0 2–1 4–4 4–0 2–3 1–2 1–1
Keith 3–0 0–5 0–5 0–2 0–2 2–0 2–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 4 Apr 2–0 2–1 0–0 3–2
Lossiemouth 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–3 0–0 0–3 0–4 1–2 0–2 0–2 1–3 2–0 11 Apr 0–2 0–3
Nairn County 11 Apr 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 4–0 1–3 3–0 0–2 1–0 4–0 21 Mar 3–0 1–1
Rothes 2–2 1–8 1–5 1–4 2–5 1–5 0–3 2–5 2–6 11 Apr 21 Mar 0–4 3–4 0–5 1–1
Strathspey Thistle 0–3 1–0 0–8 2–1 0–3 3–0 1–2 1–2 3–0 3–1 3–2 3–4 3–2 4 Apr 2–0
Turriff United 1–1 11 Apr 3–4 0–4 2–2 4–0 2–3 1–3 21 Mar 1–1 3–0 1–1
Wick Academy 21 Mar 1–2 11 Apr 2–3 6–1 1–3 1–2 2–1 0–0 2–3 0–1 1–2 3–3 2–1 1–2
Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2026. Source: [4]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion and relegation

The winner of the league will take part in the Pyramid Playoff, playing against the winner of the Lowland League in the semi-finals, the winner of which will face the team who finish 10th in SPFL League Two for a place in the 2026–27 League Two.

Unless Elgin City are relegated via the Pyramid Playoff, no team will be relegated into the Highland League.

Due to the reconstruction of the Lowland League in 2025–26, Brechin City will leave the Highland League in the 2026–27 season either by being promoted via the Pyramid Playoff to League Two or transferring to the new Lowland League East.

As with previous seasons, subject to the tier 6 champion clubs meeting the required licensing criteria for promotion,[5][6] a play-off is scheduled to take place between the winners of the 2025–26 North Caledonian Football League and the 2025–26 North of Scotland Football League. The Midlands Football League will no longer feed into the Highland League, feeding instead into the new Lowland League East.

The winner of this play-off would then face the bottom team in the Highland League for a place in the 2026–27 league.

As of the start of 2025–26, no teams from the North of Scotland Football League hold a licence, whilst only Golspie Sutherland is licensed in the North Caledonian League, with Invergordon making ground improvements to gain an SFA Licence.

References

  1. ^ "Lowland League reconstruction revealed: West and East split, future of B teams and relegation status confirmed". Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  2. ^ "Highland League Table". BBC. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
  3. ^ "Highland Football League, Scotland - League Table". Highland Football League. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
  4. ^ "REVEALED: Highland League fixtures for season 2025-26 in full". Press and Journal. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  5. ^ Chalk, Paul. "George Manson takes over top Highland League role at AGM". The Press and Journal. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  6. ^ 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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