2009–10 Highland Football League

Scot-Ads Highland League
Season 2009–10
Champions Buckie Thistle
Goals scored 1159
Average goals/game 3.79
Top goalscorer 30 – Barry Somers (Formartine United)[1]
Biggest home win Clachnacuddin 8–0 Strathspey Thistle & Buckie Thistle 8–0 Fort William
Biggest away win Strathspey Thistle 0–9 Nairn County
Highest scoring Cove Rangers 7–3 Lossiemouth & Lossiemouth 8–2 Brora Rangers
Longest winning run 9 – Fraserburgh
Longest unbeaten run 18 – Buckie Thistle
Longest losing run 11 – Fort William & Rothes

The 2009–10 Highland Football League was competed for by 18 teams. This is three-up on the previous season after Formartine United, Strathspey Thistle and Turriff United were voted in.[2] Buckie Thistle won the league on 1 May 2010 after a 3–0 win over Wick Academy.[3] Strathspey Thistle finished bottom.

Table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 Buckie Thistle (C) 34 26 5 3 83 26+57 83
2 Cove Rangers 34 23 6 5 97 42+55 75
3 Deveronvale 34 21 5 8 91 47+44 68
4 Fraserburgh 34 21 5 8 75 48+27 68
5 Forres Mechanics 34 20 5 9 72 42+30 65
6 Formartine United 34 18 6 10 75 47+28 60
7 Huntly 34 19 3 12 66 49+17 60
8 Keith 34 17 6 11 77 54+23 57
9 Wick Academy 34 16 6 12 79 64+15 54
10 Inverurie Loco Works 34 15 6 13 60 47+13 51
11 Nairn County 34 15 5 14 61 59+2 50
12 Clachnacuddin 34 12 7 15 73 730 43
13 Turriff United 34 9 4 21 60 86−26 31
14 Lossiemouth 34 7 6 21 52 74−22 27
15 Brora Rangers 34 6 6 22 32 81−49 24
16 Rothes 34 7 3 24 39 102−63 24
17 Fort William 34 6 2 26 37 98−61 20
18 Strathspey Thistle 34 3 4 27 30 120−90 13

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

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. ↑ Highland League - Scorers Table
  2. ↑ "Pitch battle for league newcomers". BBC News. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  3. ↑ "Match Reports May 1st 2010: Buckie Thistle win title in style". highlandleague.net. 1 May 2010. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
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