2013–14 Highland Football League

Press & Journal Highland League
Season 2013–14
Champions Brora Rangers
Matches played 306
Goals scored 1208 (3.95 per match)
Top goalscorer Conor Gethins (35 goals)
Biggest home win 11-0 Brora Rangers v Strathspey Thistle
Biggest away win 0-9 Strathspey Thistle v Wick Academy
Highest scoring 11-0 Brora Rangers v Strathspey Thistle
Longest winning run 10 - Brora Rangers
Longest unbeaten run 19 - Brora Rangers
Longest winless run 24 - Fort William
Longest losing run 11 - Rothes

The 2013–14 Highland Football League kicked-off on 3 August 2013 with the final round of fixtures being played on or before 10 May 2014.[1] The defending champions were Cove Rangers.[2] Brora Rangers were crowned champions for the first time in their history, while Fort William finished last. Brora set new Highland League records by achieving the highest points total and largest margin of victory in the league's history, and their win rate of 31 out of 34 (91.2%) was the highest since Clachnacuddin F.C. achieved 11 wins out of 12 (91.7%) in the 1903-04 season. In conceding just 16 goals during the season, Brora also beat Peterhead's previous postwar record of 19 conceded in the 1998-99 season, and became the first club ever to achieve a positive goal difference in excess of 100.

This was the first season in which the Highland League was integrated into the senior pyramid system at level 5, however it was confirmed as per the terms of restructuring that play-offs for a place in the SPFL would commence from 2014-15 onwards.

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 Brora Rangers (C) 34 31 2 1 123 16+107 95
2 Inverurie Loco Works 34 23 6 5 97 39+58 75
3 Nairn County 34 24 3 7 86 39+47 75
4 Formartine United 34 22 6 6 88 36+52 72
5 Fraserburgh 34 23 2 9 89 44+45 71
6 Deveronvale 34 20 5 9 64 43+21 65
7 Cove Rangers 34 16 7 11 91 62+29 55
8 Wick Academy 34 15 8 11 83 51+32 53
9 Forres Mechanics 34 15 7 12 68 50+18 52
10 Buckie Thistle 34 13 10 11 54 48+6 49
11 Clachnacuddin 34 13 7 14 67 64+3 46
12 Turriff United 34 13 5 16 60 57+3 44
13 Huntly 34 9 8 17 55 82−27 35
14 Keith 34 9 2 23 50 98−48 29
15 Lossiemouth 34 4 8 22 34 93−59 20
16 Strathspey Thistle 34 3 3 28 28 116−88 12
17 Rothes 34 3 3 28 36 136−100 12
18 Fort William 34 1 6 27 35 131−96 9

Updated to games played on 16 May 2014.
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 1–0 5–1 3–1 3–0 2–0 6–0 6–1 0–1 4–2 2–1 9–0 6–0 4–3 6–0 11–0 2–0 2–1
Buckie Thistle 0–5 2–2 2–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 5–0 4–0 1–3 2–2 3–0 2–1 2–1
Clachnacuddin 1–5 0–3 1–4 0–2 1–1 3–1 4–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 5–0 2–1 8–1 2–1 1–0 1–4
Cove Rangers 0–3 4–1 3–2 1–1 3–1 3–2 5–3 0–1 2–2 1–2 7–1 3–0 1–2 4–1 4–2 5–3 5–2
Deveronvale 0–0 1–0 1–2 3–2 2–1 0–4 2–0 1–0 3–2 1–2 5–2 2–0 0–1 3–0 5–1 0–0 0–4
Formartine United 0–0 4–3 3–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 10–0 1–1 4–2 4–2 1–2 3–0 8–0 3–0 3–1
Forres Mechanics 0–1 0–2 2–1 3–1 4–1 2–2 6–0 1–3 1–1 1–2 3–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 3–0 2–3 2–2
Fort William 2–5 3–3 1–4 2–6 0–3 0–5 1–2 0–6 1–1 0–6 1–3 1–1 1–5 4–4 2–3 2–4 1–1
Fraserburgh 1–4 5–2 3–0 5–1 2–5 0–1 2–0 9–0 4–3 0–2 4–0 3–1 1–0 4–1 6–2 1–0 3–2
Huntly 0–6 0–0 1–5 1–3 1–1 1–4 1–2 3–2 1–3 1–5 3–1 4–1 1–3 6–0 1–1 2–2 2–2
Inverurie Loco Works 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–2 3–1 2–0 2–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 5–0 2–5 7–0 3–1 4–3 7–0
Keith 0–3 0–2 1–1 4–1 1–4 0–2 0–6 2–3 2–3 1–2 0–3 5–2 1–8 5–0 4–2 1–3 0–1
Lossiemouth 0–3 3–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–3 1–1 5–1 1–1 2–3 1–4 1–3 0–5 3–1 2–2 1–3 0–0
Nairn County 0–2 1–0 3–2 3–3 1–1 4–1 3–1 3–0 2–3 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–1 5–1 3–1 2–0 4–1
Rothes 0–4 1–4 2–4 0–9 1–2 2–3 2–7 3–2 0–5 1–2 0–5 3–5 1–1 0–3 2–0 0–3 0–7
Strathspey Thistle 0–6 1–2 2–1 0–3 0–4 0–3 1–2 1–0 2–3 1–3 0–4 0–1 1–2 0–0 2–5 0–2 0–9
Turriff United 0–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 0–4 1–4 0–0 5–0 1–4 3–0 2–3 1–1 7–0 2–3 3–0 1–0 1–2
Wick Academy 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–3 1–1 0–1 8–1 3–0 3–2 2–2 1–0 5–2 1–2 3–2 6–1 4–1

Updated to games played on 16 May 2014.
Source: highlandfootballleague.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

  1. ↑ "Scottish Highland Football League Fixtures for 2013-14". Scottish Highland Football League. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  2. ↑ Drysdale, Neil (20 May 2013). "McBain is singing in the rain after Cove win Highland League". stv. Retrieved 18 June 2013.