Highland Amateur Cup
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Founded1978
RegionScottish Highlands
Current championsMaryburgh
(3rd title)
(3rd title)
Most championshipsPentland United
(9 titles)
(9 titles)
| Founded | 1978 |
|---|---|
| Region | Scottish Highlands |
| Current champions | Maryburgh (3rd title) |
| Most championships | Pentland United (9 titles) |
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The Highland Amateur Cup is an annual football cup competition run by the Highland Executive branch of the Scottish Amateur Football Association. It also covers various offshore islands.
All teams affiliated to Highland Associations are eligible to enter; and so this competition covers one of the largest geographical areas for any district amateur cup competition in the UK.
Pentland United are the most successful club, having won the competition nine times.
Currently, the Associations affiliated to the Highland Amateur Cup are:
| Year | Teams | Venue | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Avoch and Point | Grant Street Park, Inverness | On 18 August. Avoch were competing in their 4th successive final, having beaten Lochs in the semi-final.[1] The match finished 5–0 to the team from the Black Isle. |
| 2008 | Castletown and Pentland United | Harmsworth Park, Wick | Pentland took the lead in the first half before adding another two to win the game 3–0.[2] |
| 2009 | Avoch and Kirkwall Thorfinn | Harmsworth Park, Wick | The game came down to a penalty shoot-out after Thorfinn 'threw away' a 2–0 lead - only for Avoch to draw level. The match went to penalties, and Kirkwall won, with their first Amateur Cup win since 1988.[3] |
| 2010 | Golspie Stafford and Pentland United | Dudgeon Park, Brora | In front of a 500 strong crowd on 14 August, a Garry MacLeod free kick was all that came between the two sides in what was a fiercely contested game that ended 1–0 to Pentland United.[4] |
| 2011 | Back F.C. (Lewis) and Avoch | Tulloch Caledonian Stadium, Inverness | On 20 August 2011, Avoch won 5–1, for their first success in the cup since 2007. A brace by Paul Brindle, followed by goals from Charlie Christie, Shaun Kerr and Gary Urqhuart, secured the win, with Martin Maclean scoring for Back.[5] |
| 2012 | Avoch and Wick Groats | Tulloch Caledonian Stadium, Inverness | On 4 August, Avoch won 4–0, with Shaun Kerr scoring a hat-trick and Ronnie Jones grabbing the other. This was Avoch's fourth cup triumph in seven years.[6] |