2018–19 Highland Football League
# 2018–19 Highland Football League

The 2018–19 Highland Football League (known as the Breedon Highland League for sponsorship reasons) was the 116th season of the Highland Football League, and the fifth season as the fifth-tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. The season began on 28 July 2018 and ended on 27 April 2019.

Cove Rangers were the defending champions and retained the title on 13 April 2019 with one match still to play, after a 1–0 win away to Forres Mechanics.

They faced the winners of the 2018–19 Lowland Football League (East Kilbride) in the Pyramid play-off, winning 5–1 on aggregate. Cove then defeated Berwick Rangers 7–0 on aggregate in the League Two play-off final to gain a place in Scottish League Two.

## Teams

Fort William had given notice to withdraw from the league after years of struggling, but new investors came forward and the club opted to continue for at least another season. Champions Cove Rangers failed to gain promotion in the play-offs, so the league membership remained unchanged.

### Stadia and locations

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

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Seats |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Brora Rangers | Brora | Dudgeon Park | 4,000 | 200 |
| Buckie Thistle | Buckie | Victoria Park | 5,000 | 400 |
| Clachnacuddin | Inverness | Grant Street Park | 3,000 | 154 |
| Cove Rangers | Aberdeen | Balmoral Stadium | 2,602 | 370 |
| Deveronvale | Banff | Princess Royal Park | 2,600 | 360 |
| Forres Mechanics | Forres | Mosset Park | 2,700 | 502 |
| Formartine United | Pitmedden | North Lodge Park | 2,500 | 300 |
| 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 | 3,250 | 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 | Promotion or qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Cove Rangers (C, O, P) | 34 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 100 | 12 | +88 | 93 | Qualification for the Pyramid play-off |
| 2 | Brora Rangers | 34 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 99 | 12 | +87 | 85 | |
| 3 | Fraserburgh | 34 | 26 | 1 | 7 | 125 | 37 | +88 | 79 | |
| 4 | Formartine United | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 97 | 37 | +60 | 72 | |
| 5 | Inverurie Loco Works | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 96 | 48 | +48 | 66 | |
| 6 | Forres Mechanics | 34 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 79 | 40 | +39 | 66 | |
| 7 | Wick Academy | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 69 | 54 | +15 | 52 | |
| 8 | Buckie Thistle | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 72 | 54 | +18 | 49 | |
| 9 | Huntly | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 57 | 65 | −8 | 49 | |
| 10 | Rothes | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 73 | 57 | +16 | 44 | |
| 11 | Nairn County | 34 | 13 | 3 | 18 | 61 | 67 | −6 | 42 | |
| 12 | Deveronvale | 34 | 13 | 2 | 19 | 55 | 65 | −10 | 41 | |
| 13 | Keith | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 62 | 68 | −6 | 37 | |
| 14 | Strathspey Thistle | 34 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 47 | 90 | −43 | 33 | |
| 15 | Turriff United | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 74 | 91 | −17 | 32 | |
| 16 | Clachnacuddin | 34 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 44 | 79 | −35 | 24 | |
| 17 | Lossiemouth | 34 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 29 | 139 | −110 | 8 | |
| 18 | Fort William | 34 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 21 | 245 | −224 | −7 | |

* ↑ Rothes were deducted three points and fined £50 for fielding an ineligible player.
* ↑ Fort William were deducted nine points and fined £150 for fielding an ineligible player on three occasions.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BRO | BUC | CLA | COV | DEV | FOR | FOM | FRT | FRA | HUN | INV | KEI | LOS | NAI | ROT | STR | TUR | WIC |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brora Rangers | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 9–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 |
| Buckie Thistle | 0–4 | | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 |
| Clachnacuddin | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 2–4 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–3 |
| Cove Rangers | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 11–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 6–2 | 7–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 |
| Deveronvale | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 1–4 | 0–5 | 6–0 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 7–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 3–2 |
| Formartine United | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 1–2 | 14–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 |
| Forres Mechanics | 0–2 | 7–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 5–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| Fort William | 0–11 | 1–11 | 3–3 | 0–6 | 0–8 | 2–8 | 1–6 | | 0–7 | 1–6 | 1–7 | 1–4 | 3–4 | 2–6 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 0–10 | 1–5 |
| Fraserburgh | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 13–0 | | 7–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 10–0 | 7–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 |
| Huntly | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 6–0 | 2–2 | | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 4–4 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 |
| Inverurie Loco Works | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 10–0 | 0–5 | 6–3 | | 4–1 | 7–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 7–0 | 1–1 |
| Keith | 0–4 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 11–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–4 | | 4–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Lossiemouth | 1–5 | 0–8 | 1–5 | 0–5 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 5–0 | 0–7 | 0–4 | 2–5 | 2–4 | | 0–5 | 0–4 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 0–3 |
| Nairn County | 0–4 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 1–4 |
| Rothes | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 11–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 6–1 | | 3–4 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Strathspey Thistle | 0–4 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 4–2 |
| Turriff United | 0–5 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 12–1 | 0–9 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 4–0 | | 0–2 |
| Wick Academy | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 6–2 | 2–2 | 8–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
