2012–13 Highland Football League

Press & Journal Highland League
Season 2012–13
Champions Cove Rangers
Matches played 306
Goals scored 1192 (3.9 per match)
Biggest home win Brora Rangers 12-2 Fort William
Biggest away win Rothes 1-9 Inverurie Loco Works
Rothes 1-9 Brora Rangers
Highest scoring Brora Rangers 12-2 Fort William

The 2012–13 Highland Football League began on 4 August 2012 and is scheduled to finish in May 2013.[1] Forres Mechanics were the defending champions.[2]
The league was won by Cove Rangers, their fourth Highland League title. Fort William finished bottom.

Teams

Team Location Home ground Capacity Ref.
Brora Rangers Brora Dudgeon Park 3,000 [3]
Buckie Thistle Buckie Victoria Park 4,000 [4]
Clachnacuddin Inverness Grant Street Park 3,000 [5]
Cove Rangers Cove Bay, Aberdeen Allan Park 1,400 [6]
Deveronvale Banff Princess Royal Park 2,600 [7]
Formartine United Pitmedden North Lodge Park 1,800 [8]
Forres Mechanics Forres Mosset Park 4,500 [9]
Fort William Fort William Claggan Park 1,800 [10]
Fraserburgh Fraserburgh Bellslea Park 3,000 [11]
Huntly Huntly Christie Park 3,500 [12]
Inverurie Loco Works Inverurie Harlaw Park 1,400 [13]
Keith Keith Kynoch Park 4,500 [14]
Lossiemouth Lossiemouth Grant Park 3,000 [15]
Nairn County Nairn Station Park 2,250 [16]
Rothes Rothes Mackessack Park 2,800 [17]
Strathspey Thistle Grantown-on-Spey Seafield Park 1,600 [18]
Turriff United Turriff The Haughs 2,135 [19]
Wick Academy Wick Harmsworth Park 2,414 [20]

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Cove Rangers (C) 34 25 5 4 101 26+75 80 Qualification to 2013–14 Scottish Cup Second round
2 Formartine United 34 25 3 6 106 39+67 78
3 Wick Academy 34 25 1 8 101 48+53 76
4 Nairn County 34 22 5 7 80 43+37 71
5 Clachnacuddin 34 21 3 10 68 49+19 66
6 Fraserburgh 34 18 5 11 83 47+36 59
7 Deveronvale 34 17 7 10 66 45+21 58
8 Brora Rangers 34 17 4 13 83 52+31 55
9 Forres Mechanics 34 16 7 11 78 49+29 55
10 Inverurie Loco Works 34 16 5 13 71 60+11 53
11 Turriff United 34 16 4 14 68 67+1 52
12 Buckie Thistle 34 13 7 14 58 62−4 46
13 Huntly 34 14 3 17 66 68−2 45
14 Keith 34 12 7 15 56 65−9 43
15 Strathspey Thistle 34 5 0 29 23 112−89 15
16 Rothes 34 4 2 28 29 126−97 14
17 Lossiemouth 34 3 1 30 35 108−73 10
18 Fort William 34 1 3 30 20 126−106 6

Updated to games played on 8 May 2013.
Source: Highland Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away[1] BROR BUCK CLACCOVEDEVEFORMFORRFORTFRASHUNTLOCOKEITHLOSSNAIRNROTHSTRATURRWICK
Brora Rangers 1–3 1–2 1–1 4–1 1–2 0–1 12–2 0–3 1–0 2–1 4–1 6–0 3–4 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0
Buckie Thistle 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–4 0–3 3–3 1–3 0–3 1–1 1–3 6–0 1–1 2–1 7–1 2–0 0–7
Clachnacuddin 1–0 2–3 0–1 1–2 1–3 3–1 4–0 1–4 3–1 3–3 1–1 3–2 1–0 3–1 5–0 1–2 1–0
Cove Rangers 2–2 2–1 3–2 3–1 2–1 3–1 6–0 4–1 1–0 7–0 2–2 4–0 3–1 5–0 9–0 7–0 3–1
Deveronvale 5–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–3 6–0
Formartine United 2–1 3–0 5–1 0–2 4–0 2–2 4–1 3–1 6–0 3–2 4–1 3–1 1–3 5–0 9–1 2–1 3–3
Forres Mechanics 1–2 3–2 1–3 0–2 2–2 2–1 5–0 1–1 1–1 2–3 1–1 5–2 0–1 8–1 6–1 1–2 4–1
Fort William 1–5 1–5 0–2 0–6 1–7 1–5 1–3 0–7 0–1 1–4 0–3 0–0 1–5 0–2 1–0 0–2 0–3
Fraserburgh 0–0 2–0 2–3 1–1 4–0 2–3 2–2 6–0 3–2 3–1 1–3 5–0 2–4 5–1 4–1 4–2 1–3
Huntly 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–3 0–3 1–6 0–1 3–0 2–1 4–4 1–3 3–1 3–2 7–0 7–1 2–1 2–3
Inverurie Loco Works 0–1 2–2 1–3 0–5 0–1 1–3 0–2 3–1 2–0 3–1 3–1 3–1 0–1 2–0 5–0 1–0 2–0
Keith 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–3 2–0 2–4 3–4 1–2 4–2 5–1 1–1 1–6
Lossiemouth 1–3 0–4 0–1 2–3 0–4 1–2 0–3 3–1 0–4 0–4 1–4 2–4 1–3 7–0 0–0 1–3 0–4
Nairn County 6–0 2–2 3–1 3–2 2–1 1–4 1–0 5–1 1–1 1–3 3–3 1–1 6–0 4–0 1–0 4–0 3–2
Rothes 1–9 2–3 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–7 0–3 5–0 0–2 0–5 1–9 0–3 3–2 1–3 0–1 2–2 0–4
Strathspey Thistle 1–5 1–3 0–3 0–2 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–3 0–3 0–1 3–1 0–3 3–1 0–2 1–4
Turriff United 4–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–5 2–0 0–1 7–3 3–0 3–0 3–0 0–2 7–1 1–2 4–3
Wick Academy 3–0 2–1 4–0 2–1 4–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 4–1 4–0 1–0 5–1 5–3 1–0 5–0 4–0 6–2

Updated to games played on 26 March 2013.
Source: Highland Football League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

  1. ↑ "Fixtures & Results". Highland Football League. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "Fixtures & Results". Highland Football League. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  3. ↑ Brora Rangers, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  4. ↑ Buckie Thistle, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  5. ↑ Clachnacuddin, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  6. ↑ Cove Rangers, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  7. ↑ Deveronvale, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  8. ↑ Formartine United, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  9. ↑ Forres Mechanics, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  10. ↑ Fort William, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  11. ↑ Fraserburgh, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  12. ↑ Huntly, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  13. ↑ Inverurie Loco Works, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  14. ↑ Keith, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  15. ↑ Lossiemouth, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  16. ↑ Nairn County, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  17. ↑ Rothes, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  18. ↑ Strathspey Thistle, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  19. ↑ Turriff United, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  20. ↑ Wick Academy, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.