2012–13 Highland Football League

The 2012–13 Highland Football League (known as the Press & Journal Highland League for sponsorship reasons) was the 110th season of the Highland Football League. The season began on 4 August 2012 and ended on 25 May 2013. Forres Mechanics were the defending champions.

Press & Journal Highland League

Season	2012–13
Champions	Cove Rangers
Matches played	306
Goals scored	1,192 (3.9 per match)
Biggest home win	Brora Rangers 12–2 Fort William
Biggest away win	Rothes 1–9 Inverurie Loco Works Rothes 1–9 Brora Rangers
Highest scoring	Brora Rangers 12–2 Fort William
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The league was won by Cove Rangers, their fourth Highland League title.

Teams

Brora Rangers

Buckie Thistle

Clachnacuddin

Cove Rangers

Deveronvale

Formartine United

Forres Mechanics

Fort William

Fraserburgh

Huntly

Inverurie Loco Works

Keith

Lossiemouth

Nairn County

Rothes

Strathspey Thistle

Turriff United

Wick Academy

Location of teams in 2012–13 Scottish Highland Football League

Team	Location	Home ground	Capacity	Ref.
Brora Rangers	Brora	Dudgeon Park	3,000	[1]
Buckie Thistle	Buckie	Victoria Park	4,000	[2]
Clachnacuddin	Inverness	Grant Street Park	3,000	[3]
Cove Rangers	Cove Bay, Aberdeen	Allan Park	1,400	[4]
Deveronvale	Banff	Princess Royal Park	2,600	[5]
Formartine United	Pitmedden	North Lodge Park	1,800	[6]
Forres Mechanics	Forres	Mosset Park	4,500	[7]
Fort William	Fort William	Claggan Park	1,800	[8]
Fraserburgh	Fraserburgh	Bellslea Park	3,000	[9]
Huntly	Huntly	Christie Park	3,500	[10]
Inverurie Loco Works	Inverurie	Harlaw Park	1,400	[11]
Keith	Keith	Kynoch Park	4,500	[12]
Lossiemouth	Lossiemouth	Grant Park	3,000	[13]
Nairn County	Nairn	Station Park	2,250	[14]
Rothes	Rothes	Mackessack Park	2,800	[15]
Strathspey Thistle	Grantown-on-Spey	Seafield Park	1,600	[16]
Turriff United	Turriff	The Haughs	2,135	[17]
Wick Academy	Wick	Harmsworth Park	2,414	[18]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cove Rangers (C)	34	25	5	4	101	26	+75	80	Qualification for 2013–14 Scottish Cup Second round
2	Formartine United	34	25	3	6	106	39	+67	78
3	Wick Academy	34	25	1	8	101	48	+53	76
4	Nairn County	34	22	5	7	80	43	+37	71
5	Clachnacuddin	34	21	3	10	68	49	+19	66
6	Fraserburgh	34	18	5	11	83	47	+36	59
7	Deveronvale	34	17	7	10	66	45	+21	58
8	Brora Rangers	34	17	4	13	83	52	+31	55
9	Forres Mechanics	34	16	7	11	78	49	+29	55
10	Inverurie Loco Works	34	16	5	13	71	60	+11	53
11	Turriff United	34	16	4	14	68	67	+1	52
12	Buckie Thistle	34	13	7	14	58	62	−4	46
13	Huntly	34	14	3	17	66	68	−2	45
14	Keith	34	12	7	15	56	65	−9	43
15	Strathspey Thistle	34	5	0	29	23	112	−89	15
16	Rothes	34	4	2	28	29	126	−97	14
17	Lossiemouth	34	3	1	30	35	108	−73	10
18	Fort William	34	1	3	30	20	126	−106	6

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Results

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

Updated to match(es) played on 26 March 2013. Source: Highland Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

1. Brora Rangers, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
2. Buckie Thistle, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
3. Clachnacuddin, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
4. Cove Rangers, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
5. Deveronvale, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
6. Formartine United, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
7. Forres Mechanics, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
8. Fort William, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
9. Fraserburgh, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
10. Huntly, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
11. Inverurie Loco Works, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
12. Keith, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
13. Lossiemouth, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
14. Nairn County, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
15. Rothes, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
16. Strathspey Thistle, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
17. Turriff United, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
18. Wick Academy, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.