2025–26 Highland Football League

Breedon Highland League
Season2025–26
Dates26 July 2025 – 12 April 2026
Matches played54
Goals scored186 (3.44 per match)
Biggest home win
Biggest away winRothes 1–8 Brechin City
(9 August 2025)
Highest scoringRothes 1–8 Brechin City
(9 August 2025)
Longest winning run6 matches:
Brechin City
Longest unbeaten run6 matches:
Brechin City & Formartine United
Longest winless run6 matches:
3 teams
Longest losing run5 matches:
Inverurie Loco Works & Rothes
2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 16 August 2025.

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 Brechin City 6 6 0 0 27 1 +26 18 Qualification for the Pyramid play-off
2 Brora Rangers 6 5 0 1 18 7 +11 15
3 Formartine United 6 4 2 0 11 5 +6 14
4 Clachnacuddin 6 4 1 1 15 3 +12 13
5 Strathspey Thistle 6 4 0 2 14 11 +3 12
6 Buckie Thistle 6 4 0 2 10 10 0 12
7 Huntly 6 3 2 1 12 4 +8 11
8 Forres Mechanics 6 3 1 2 11 10 +1 10
9 Deveronvale 6 3 1 2 10 12 −2 10
10 Fraserburgh 6 2 2 2 11 12 −1 8
11 Banks o' Dee 6 1 3 2 8 8 0 6
12 Turriff United 6 1 3 2 9 11 −2 6
13 Wick Academy 6 2 0 4 8 10 −2 6
14 Nairn County 6 1 1 4 4 10 −6 4
15 Lossiemouth 6 1 1 4 3 14 −11 4
16 Keith 6 0 1 5 4 16 −12 1
17 Inverurie Loco Works 6 0 1 5 3 17 −14 1
18 Rothes 6 0 1 5 8 25 −17 1 Qualification for the Highland League play-off
Updated to match(es) played on 16 August 2025. 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 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 23 Aug 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 23 Aug 20 Dec 1–0
Deveronvale 17 Jan 23 Aug 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 23 Aug 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 23 Aug 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 23 Aug 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 23 Aug 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 23 Aug 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 23 Aug 20 Dec 17 Jan 7 Mar 20 Sep 10 Sep 6 Sep 11 Oct 21 Feb
Updated to match(es) played on 16 August 2025. 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 2025–26 Lowland League in the semi-finals, the winner of which will face the team who finish 10th in 2025–26 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.

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 16 August 2025.
  3. ^ "Highland Football League, Scotland - League Table". Highland Football League. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  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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