2021–22 Highland Football League
# 2021–22 Highland Football League

The 2021–22 Highland Football League (known as the Breedon Highland League for sponsorship reasons) was the 119th season of the Highland Football League, and the 8th season as part of the fifth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. Brora Rangers were the reigning champions.

The title was decided during the final round of fixtures with Fraserburgh taking their first league title in twenty seasons thanks to a 5–0 victory over Forres Mechanics. They won the title by three points ahead of Buckie Thistle, who recorded a run of 23 consecutive victories during the campaign, a Highland League record.

Fraserburgh played the winners of the 2021–22 Lowland Football League (Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic) in the Pyramid play-off, losing 3–2 on aggregate.

## Teams

### To Highland League

Relegated from League Two

* Brechin City

### Stadia and locations

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

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Seats |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Brechin City | Brechin | Glebe Park | 4,083 | 1,519 |
| Brora Rangers | Brora | Dudgeon Park | 4,000 | 200 |
| Buckie Thistle | Buckie | Victoria Park | 5,000 | 400 |
| Clachnacuddin | Inverness | Grant Street Park | 2,074 | 154 |
| Deveronvale | Banff | Princess Royal Park | 2,600 | 360 |
| Formartine United | Pitmedden | North Lodge Park | 2,500 | 300 |
| Forres Mechanics | Forres | Mosset Park | 2,700 | 502 |
| Fort William | Fort William | Claggan Park | 4,000 | 400 |
| Fraserburgh | Fraserburgh | Bellslea Park | 3,000 | 480 |
| Huntly | Huntly | Christie Park | 2,200 | 270 |
| Inverurie Loco Works | Inverurie | Harlaw Park | 2,500 | 250 |
| Keith | Keith | Kynoch Park | 4,000 | 370 |
| Lossiemouth | Lossiemouth | Grant Park | 2,050 | 250 |
| Nairn County | Nairn | Station Park | 2,250 | 250 |
| Rothes | Rothes | Mackessack Park | 2,700 | 184 |
| 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 | 102 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Fraserburgh (C) | 34 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 135 | 24 | +111 | 92 | Qualification for the Pyramid play-off |
| 2 | Buckie Thistle | 34 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 127 | 21 | +106 | 89 | |
| 3 | Brechin City | 34 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 102 | 27 | +75 | 85 | |
| 4 | Brora Rangers | 34 | 25 | 2 | 7 | 117 | 36 | +81 | 77 | |
| 5 | Rothes | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 75 | 31 | +44 | 69 | |
| 6 | Formartine United | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 80 | 46 | +34 | 69 | |
| 7 | Inverurie Loco Works | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 77 | 47 | +30 | 63 | |
| 8 | Nairn County | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 61 | 70 | −9 | 39 | |
| 9 | Wick Academy | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 55 | 85 | −30 | 39 | |
| 10 | Huntly | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 53 | 67 | −14 | 37 | |
| 11 | Clachnacuddin | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 51 | 80 | −29 | 37 | |
| 12 | Forres Mechanics | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 45 | 80 | −35 | 34 | |
| 13 | Keith | 34 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 36 | 88 | −52 | 34 | |
| 14 | Deveronvale | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 55 | 94 | −39 | 32 | |
| 15 | Lossiemouth | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 32 | 83 | −51 | 30 | |
| 16 | Strathspey Thistle | 34 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 47 | 114 | −67 | 20 | |
| 17 | Turriff United | 34 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 41 | 96 | −55 | 18 | |
| 18 | Fort William (R) | 34 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 34 | 134 | −100 | 7 | Qualification for the Highland League play-off |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BRE | BRO | BUC | CLA | DEV | FOU | FOM | FOW | FRA | HUN | INV | KEI | LOS | NAI | ROT | STR | TUR | WIC |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brechin City | | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–5 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 7–3 | 3–1 | 5–1 |
| Brora Rangers | 0–2 | | 2–0 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 8–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 |
| Buckie Thistle | 1–0 | 5–0 | | 4–1 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 9–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 10–0 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Clachnacuddin | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–3 | | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 |
| Deveronvale | 1–4 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–1 | | 0–4 | 1–1 | 10–0 | 0–6 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 4–5 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–6 | 3–4 |
| Formartine United | 1–0 | 4–4 | 1–5 | 4–2 | 4–1 | | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 3–2 |
| Forres Mechanics | 0–1 | 0–8 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | | 4–0 | 0–7 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–7 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Fort William | 1–5 | 0–8 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | | 0–4 | 1–1 | 3–10 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Fraserburgh | 1–0 | 6–2 | 1–3 | 7–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 12–0 | | 4–0 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 7–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 |
| Huntly | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 3–0 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–4 |
| Inverurie Loco Works | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | | 5–3 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| Keith | 0–6 | 1–7 | 0–6 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Lossiemouth | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Nairn County | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | | 3–2 | 4–0 | 5–3 | 2–2 |
| Rothes | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | | 2–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Strathspey Thistle | 1–3 | 1–5 | 0–6 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 7–3 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | | 2–1 | 3–3 |
| Turriff United | 0–5 | 1–7 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–6 | 1–3 | 3–3 | | 2–3 |
| Wick Academy | 1–3 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 0–6 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |

* 1 2 3 Fort William played all of their league games during the 2021–22 season away from Claggan Park, due to an unplayable pitch.
* ↑ Match played at Grant Park, Lossiemouth.

## Highland League play-off

Play-offs for the final place in the 2022–23 Highland League were planned however no matches took place. As the winners of the 2021–22 Midlands Football League (Carnoustie Panmure) and the 2021–22 North Caledonian Football League (Invergordon) were ineligible for promotion, 2021–22 North Superleague winners Banks O' Dee were put forward to play-off with Fort William, who finished bottom of the Highland Football League. The day before the scheduled first leg, Fort William withdrew due to player eligibility rules. As a result, Banks O' Dee were promoted and Fort William were relegated.

