Inverness and District Football Association

Inverness and District Football Association
CountryScotland
ConfederationUEFA
Divisions3
Number of clubs26
Domestic cup(s)Scottish Amateur Cup
Highland Amateur Cup
Current championsMaryburgh
(2025)

The Inverness and District Football Association runs amateur football mainly in the city of Inverness, in the Highlands of Scotland, but also in the surrounding towns and villages. They are affiliated to the Scottish Amateur Football Association.[1]

The association runs three divisions with promotion and relegation, playing a summer season, in common with most amateur and welfare leagues in the North of Scotland.

In December 2025, it was announced that some of the Invernessian clubs in the 1st and 2nd Divisions would be forming the Inverness Welfare League, ahead of the 2026 season, due to the gulf between them and the teams in the Premier Division, resulting in teams "folding" and restarting in the 2nd Division to avoid promotion to the top tier.[2] The teams defecting from the IDFA included Gilham Flooring, Auctioneers, Glen Urquhart and Kirkhill, as well as an additional defection from Culloden United, who initially joined the welfare league before moving to the IDFA.

Current Teams

Teams participating in the 2026 season:[3]

Premiership

  • Avoch
  • Black Rock Rovers
  • Culloden Blacksmiths
  • Fortrose & Rosemarkie Union
  • Inverness Athletic Reserves
  • Loch Ness Thistle
  • Maryburgh
  • Tomatin United

Championship

  • Ardersier
  • Auldearn
  • Culbokie
  • Drakies L&L
  • Ferry United
  • Gellions
  • Hill Rovers
  • Muir of Ord Rovers

First Division

  • Contin
  • Culloden United
  • G16 United
  • Grahams Academical
  • Highland Athletic
  • Raigmore
  • Slackbuie Rovers
  • Tornagrain United

Past winners

Year Premier Division 1st Division 2nd Division
2017 Avoch Maryburgh Contin
2018 Maryburgh Bellmac Ferrybache
2019 Maryburgh IRN Security Black Rock Rovers
2020 cancelled
2021 Loch Ness Reserves Black Rock Rovers Black Isle United
2022 Maryburgh Inverness Athletic Reserves Clachnacuddin Youth
2023 Maryburgh Culloden Blacksmiths Drakies
2024 Avoch Black Rock Rovers Culbokie
2025 Maryburgh Tomatin United Ferry United

References

  1. ^ "League Details". Scottish Amateur Football Association. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Football clubs set to play in new Inverness league starting next year". Inverness Courier. 12 December 2025. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
  3. ^ "Inverness & District FA". Facebook. Retrieved 22 July 2023.