2025–26 Highland Football League

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Breedon Highland League 2024-25
Season information
Dates	26 July 2025–12 April 2026
Season statistics
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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.

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	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	7	6	1	0	27	1	+26	19	Qualification for the Pyramid play-off
2	Brora Rangers	7	6	0	1	22	10	+12	18
3	Clachnacuddin	7	5	1	1	21	3	+18	16
4	Formartine United	7	4	3	0	12	6	+6	15
5	Huntly	7	4	2	1	14	5	+9	14
6	Buckie Thistle	7	4	0	3	11	13	−2	12
7	Strathspey Thistle	7	4	0	3	14	17	−3	12
8	Fraserburgh	7	3	2	2	13	13	0	11
9	Deveronvale	7	3	2	2	10	12	−2	11
10	Forres Mechanics	7	3	1	3	11	14	−3	10
11	Banks o' Dee	7	2	3	2	11	9	+2	9
12	Nairn County	7	2	1	4	8	10	−2	7
13	Turriff United	7	1	3	3	12	15	−3	6
14	Wick Academy	7	2	0	5	9	12	−3	6
15	Inverurie Loco Works	7	1	1	5	7	17	−10	4
16	Lossiemouth	7	1	1	5	4	16	−12	4
17	Keith	7	0	2	5	5	17	−12	2
18	Rothes	7	0	1	6	8	29	−21	1	Qualification for the Highland League play-off

Updated to match(es) played on 23 August 2025. Source: BBC
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	20 Sep	10 Jan	31 Jan	30 Aug	10 Sep	7 Mar	11 Oct	21 Feb	18 Oct	1–1	29 Nov	15 Nov	3 Jan	20 Dec	2–2	4 Apr
Brechin City	27 Dec		21 Feb	5–0	30 Aug	10 Jan	31 Jan	20 Sep	4 Oct	10 Sep	14 Mar	29 Nov	4–0	4 Apr	20 Dec	3–0	15 Nov	18 Oct
Brora Rangers	28 Feb	13 Sep		4 Oct	18 Oct	14 Mar	4 Apr	5–0	13 Dec	15 Nov	2–0	31 Jan	30 Aug	3–1	6–2	7 Feb	10 Jan	27 Dec
Buckie Thistle	1–3	3 Jan	7 Mar		10 Sep	31 Jan	21 Feb	11 Oct	21 Mar	20 Sep	4 Apr	20 Dec	2–1	1–0	17 Jan	1–4	29 Nov	15 Nov
Clachnacuddin	6 Sep	17 Jan	21 Mar	7 Feb		13 Sep	7 Mar	1 Nov	11 Apr	11 Oct	22 Nov	3 Jan	5–0	13 Dec	20 Sep	6–0	20 Dec	1–0
Deveronvale	17 Jan	0–0	11 Oct	6 Sep	21 Feb		20 Sep	21 Mar	1 Nov	7 Mar	15 Nov	3–2	20 Dec	29 Nov	7 Feb	3 Jan	0–3	3–2
Formartine United	7 Feb	6 Sep	1 Nov	13 Sep	4 Oct	28 Feb		11 Apr	22 Nov	21 Mar	1–0	1–1	3 Jan	2–0	14 Mar	17 Jan	27 Dec	13 Dec
Forres Mechanics	4 Oct	28 Feb	29 Nov	14 Mar	4 Apr	18 Oct	15 Nov		4–1	1–1	27 Dec	10 Sep	31 Jan	10 Jan	2–0	21 Feb	30 Aug	0–2
Fraserburgh	14 Mar	7 Mar	3–0	18 Oct	15 Nov	4 Apr	2–2	20 Dec		29 Nov	2–2	21 Feb	10 Sep	30 Aug	3–0	20 Sep	31 Jan	10 Jan
Huntly	13 Sep	7 Feb	11 Apr	28 Feb	14 Mar	4 Oct	18 Oct	22 Nov	4–0		13 Dec	17 Jan	10 Jan	27 Dec	4 Apr	6 Sep	0–0	1–2
Inverurie Loco Works	21 Mar	11 Oct	20 Dec	1 Nov	0–5	11 Apr	29 Nov	1–4	3 Jan	0–3		20 Sep	21 Feb	31 Jan	4–0	7 Mar	10 Sep	30 Aug
Keith	13 Dec	0–5	6 Sep	0–2	0–2	27 Dec	10 Jan	7 Feb	13 Sep	30 Aug	28 Feb		4 Apr	14 Mar	15 Nov	22 Nov	18 Oct	4 Oct
Lossiemouth	1–0	22 Nov	17 Jan	13 Dec	27 Dec	1–3	0–0	6 Sep	7 Feb	1–2	13 Sep	1 Nov		4 Oct	18 Oct	11 Apr	14 Mar	28 Feb
Nairn County	11 Apr	1 Nov	3 Jan	22 Nov	1–0	1–1	20 Dec	4–0	17 Jan	1–3	6 Sep	11 Oct	7 Mar		13 Sep	21 Mar	20 Sep	7 Feb
Rothes	2–2	1–8	22 Nov	30 Aug	28 Feb	10 Sep	11 Oct	13 Dec	27 Dec	1 Nov	10 Jan	11 Apr	21 Mar	21 Feb		3–4	4 Oct	31 Jan
Strathspey Thistle	0–3	13 Dec	10 Sep	27 Dec	10 Jan	3–0	30 Aug	13 Sep	28 Feb	31 Jan	4 Oct	3–1	15 Nov	18 Oct	29 Nov		4 Apr	14 Mar
Turriff United	22 Nov	11 Apr	3–4	0–4	2–2	13 Dec	2–3	17 Jan	6 Sep	3 Jan	7 Feb	21 Mar	11 Oct	28 Feb	7 Mar	1 Nov		13 Sep
Wick Academy	1 Nov	21 Mar	1–2	11 Apr	29 Nov	22 Nov	1–3	3 Jan	1–2	20 Dec	17 Jan	7 Mar	20 Sep	10 Sep	6 Sep	11 Oct	21 Feb

Updated to match(es) played on 23 August 2025. Source: BBC
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, 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.

External links

• Official website

Highland Football League stadiums 2025-26

Bellslea Park · Christie Park · Glebe Park · Harmsworth Park · Kynoch Park · Mosset Park · Princess Royal Park · Victoria Park (Buckie)