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
Season2011–12
ChampionsForres Mechanics
Matches played306
Goals scored1,143 (3.74 per match)
Top goalscorerCammy Keith (Keith)
(33 goals)[1]
Biggest home winWick Academy 8–1 Fort William
17 September 2011
Biggest away winFort William 0–9 Nairn County
4 April 2012
Highest scoringClachnacuddin 7–3 Fraserburgh
12 May 2012
Longest winning runForres Mechanics
(9 games)
Longest unbeaten runForres Mechanics
(13 games)
Longest winless runFort William
(23 games)
Longest losing runStrathspey Thistle
(12 games)

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.
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References
  1. Highland League - Scorers Table
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