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2025–26 Highland Football League

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The 2025–26 Highland Football League (known as the Breedon Highland League for sponsorship reasons) was 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 were the reigning champions.

Season2025–26
Dates26 July 2025 – 18 April 2026
ChampionsBrora Rangers
Matches306
Quick facts Season, Dates ...
Breedon Highland League
Season2025–26
Dates26 July 2025 – 18 April 2026
ChampionsBrora Rangers
Matches306
Goals1,016 (3.32 per match)
Biggest home winBuckie Thistle 8–0 Rothes
(17 January 2026)
Biggest away winStrathspey Thistle 0–8 Brora Rangers
(10 September 2025)
Highest scoring
Longest winning run7 matches:
3 teams
Longest unbeaten run13 matches:
Formartine United
Longest winless run22 matches:
Rothes
Longest losing run11 matches:
Rothes
All statistics correct as of 18 April 2026.
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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 as they did not achieve promotion by winning the Highland League and the Pyramid Playoff.[1]

For the fifth season in a row, the title race came down to the final full round of fixtures, as Brora Rangers and Brechin City entered their games separated by goal difference. Ultimately, Brora Rangers won the championship by one point, following their 1–1 draw at Huntly, while Brechin City lost 1–4 at Turriff United. Brora Rangers ultimately remained in the Highland League, losing 1–3 in the League Two play-off final to Edinburgh City.

Teams

Location of teams in 2025–26 Highland Football League

Stadia and locations

All grounds are equipped with floodlights as required by league regulations.

More information Team, Location ...
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
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League table

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.

As Elgin City cannot be 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 by transferring to the new Lowland League East; North Caledonian Football League winners Invergordon will replace them.[2]

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Brora Rangers (C) 34 23 6 5 97 35 +62 75 Qualification for the Pyramid play-off
2 Brechin City 34 23 5 6 78 23 +55 74 Transfer to Lowland League East
3 Formartine United 34 20 11 3 65 27 +38 71
4 Fraserburgh 34 21 5 8 75 39 +36 68
5 Clachnacuddin 34 18 7 9 78 40 +38 61
6 Banks o' Dee 34 16 10 8 58 35 +23 58
7 Keith 34 17 7 10 52 47 +5 58
8 Buckie Thistle 34 16 5 13 62 47 +15 53
9 Nairn County 34 15 4 15 56 52 +4 49
10 Turriff United 34 13 9 12 60 50 +10 48
11 Huntly 34 11 10 13 46 43 +3 43
12 Forres Mechanics 34 11 7 16 52 67 −15 40
13 Strathspey Thistle[a] 34 13 2 19 49 83 −34 38
14 Deveronvale 34 11 4 19 46 87 −41 37
15 Inverurie Loco Works[b] 34 9 6 19 47 66 −19 30
16 Wick Academy 34 7 7 20 42 65 −23 28
17 Lossiemouth 34 4 5 25 20 76 −56 17
18 Rothes 34 1 4 29 33 134 −101 7
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Source: [4][5]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Strathspey Thistle deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player.[3]
  2. [b]
    Inverurie Loco Works deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player.[3]

Results

More information Home \ Away, BAN ...
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 3–1 1–3 2–3 5–0 1–0 4–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 5–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–2 6–1
Brechin City 1–1 1–0 5–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 6–2 0–1 2–0 4–1 1–1 4–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–1 5–1
Brora Rangers 0–1 2–1 4–1 2–1 8–1 1–1 5–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 6–2 7–1 3–0 3–0
Buckie Thistle 1–3 0–3 0–2 1–2 2–3 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 5–0 2–1 1–0 8–0 1–4 0–0 2–0
Clachnacuddin 0–0 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–2 6–0 2–4 0–1 3–2 1–2 5–0 0–0 7–0 6–0 2–3 1–0
Deveronvale 0–2 0–0 2–4 3–2 2–3 1–3 1–2 1–3 1–0 2–2 3–2 1–0 1–6 2–4 2–1 0–3 3–2
Formartine United 2–0 3–1 3–3 3–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 4–0 4–0 3–1 0–0
Forres Mechanics 1–1 0–1 1–3 0–4 1–1 1–3 1–3 4–1 1–1 4–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 6–0 0–3 0–2
Fraserburgh 0–1 1–0 3–0 2–2 0–2 5–0 2–2 3–1 3–0 2–2 1–2 5–0 7–0 3–0 4–1 0–2 4–1
Huntly 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–4 2–0 1–2 2–2 4–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 3–1 1–3 0–0 1–2
Inverurie Loco Works 2–1 1–2 0–3 2–3 0–5 1–3 0–0 1–4 4–0 0–3 1–0 2–1 4–4 4–0 2–3 1–2 1–1
Keith 3–0 0–5 0–5 0–2 0–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 5–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 0–0 3–2
Lossiemouth 1–0 0–2 1–3 1–1 0–2 1–3 0–0 0–3 0–4 1–2 0–2 0–2 1–3 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–3
Nairn County 2–0 1–4 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 4–0 0–1 1–3 3–0 0–2 1–0 4–0 2–1 3–0 1–1
Rothes 2–2 1–8 1–5 1–4 1–5 2–5 1–5 0–3 2–5 2–5 2–6 1–5 0–3 0–4 3–4 0–5 1–1
Strathspey Thistle 0–3 1–0 0–8 2–1 0–3 3–0 1–2 1–2 0–1 3–0 0–2 3–1 3–2 3–4 3–2 0–4 2–0
Turriff United 1–1 4–1 3–4 0–4 2–2 4–0 2–3 2–2 1–3 1–2 1–3 1–2 1–1 3–2 3–0 1–1 0–1
Wick Academy 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–3 2–3 6–1 1–3 1–3 1–2 2–1 0–0 2–3 0–1 1–2 3–3 2–1 1–2
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Source: [6]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Highland League play-off

Subject to the tier 6 champion clubs meeting the required licensing criteria for promotion,[7][8] a play-off was scheduled to place between the winners of the North Caledonian Football League and the North of Scotland Football League, with the winners then playing the team who finished bottom of the Highland League.

With only North Caledonian Football League winners Invergordon being newly granted an SFA Entry licence, they progressed directly to the final against Rothes over a two-legged tie,[9][10] with the final due to be held for the first time since 2021–22.

However, the play-off would not take place due to a vacancy in the League as a result of Brechin City leaving the division and Elgin City not being relegated from SPFL League Two; Invergordon were directly promoted to fill the vacancy.[2][11]

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