2011–12 Highland Football League

The 2011–12 Highland Football League began on 30 July 2011 and ended on 16 May 2012.

Press & Journal Highland League

Season	2011–12
Champions	Forres Mechanics
Matches played	306
Goals scored	1,143 (3.74 per match)
Top goalscorer	Cammy Keith (Keith) (33 goals)[1]
Biggest home win	Wick Academy 8–1 Fort William 17 September 2011
Biggest away win	Fort William 0–9 Nairn County 4 April 2012
Highest scoring	Clachnacuddin 7–3 Fraserburgh 12 May 2012
Longest winning run	Forres Mechanics (9 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Forres Mechanics (13 games)
Longest winless run	Fort William (23 games)
Longest losing run	Strathspey Thistle (12 games)
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The top two clubs at the end of the season, will receive direct entry to the second round of the 2012–13 Scottish Cup. The highest placed two clubs who have obtained an SFA club licence will qualify to enter the 2012–13 Scottish Challenge Cup.

The league was won by Forres Mechanics. It was their first title win since the 1985–86 season. Fort William finished bottom.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Forres Mechanics (C, Q)	34	24	5	5	85	35	+50	77	Qualification for 2012–13 Scottish Cup Second round
2	Cove Rangers (Q)	34	23	7	4	92	33	+59	76
3	Nairn County	34	19	9	6	92	44	+48	66
4	Inverurie Loco Works (Q)	34	20	5	9	71	35	+36	65	Qualification for 2012–13 Scottish Challenge Cup
5	Buckie Thistle	34	18	7	9	79	45	+34	61
6	Fraserburgh	34	17	8	9	79	63	+16	59
7	Deveronvale	34	17	4	13	75	49	+26	55
8	Wick Academy (Q)	34	16	7	11	77	55	+22	55	Qualification for 2012–13 Scottish Challenge Cup
9	Keith	34	16	6	12	85	57	+28	54
10	Clachnacuddin	34	14	8	12	79	65	+14	50
11	Formartine United	34	14	7	13	62	60	+2	49
12	Lossiemouth	34	15	4	15	51	52	−1	49
13	Huntly	34	14	4	16	50	67	−17	46
14	Turriff United	34	13	4	17	61	64	−3	43
15	Rothes	34	7	5	22	31	80	−49	26
16	Brora Rangers	34	6	2	26	33	115	−82	20
17	Strathspey Thistle	34	3	2	29	27	102	−75	11
18	Fort William	34	1	4	29	14	122	−108	7

Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2012. Source: Highland Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Results

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

Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2012. Source: Highland Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

1. Highland League - Scorers Table