2014–15 Highland Football League

The 2014–15 Highland Football League kicked off on 2 August 2014. Due to the introduction of end-of-season promotion playoffs, all matches affecting the title or involving the champions had to be completed on or before 18 April 2015, though other matches could still take place after this date.[1] The last match of the season was played on 9 May 2015.

Press & Journal Highland League

Season	2014–15
Champions	Brora Rangers
Matches played	306
Goals scored	1,285 (4.2 per match)
Biggest home win	Brora Rangers 8–0 Turriff United
Biggest away win	Rothes 0–9 Nairn County
Highest scoring	Formartine United 6–5 Buckie Thistle Lossiemouth 5–6 Fraserburgh Strathspey Thistle 2–9 Wick Academy
Longest winning run	13 – Brora Rangers
Longest unbeaten run	34 (full season) – Brora Rangers
Longest winless run	20 – Strathspey Thistle
Longest losing run	10 – Keith 10 – Strathspey Thistle
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

Defending champions Brora Rangers secured their second consecutive league title on 28 March 2015 with a 2–1 win over closest rivals Turriff United F.C. at The Haughs and went on to finish the season without losing a match, the first club to do so since Caledonian in 1982-83. They also achieved new Highland League records for both the most goals scored (134) and fewest conceded (13), having kept a clean sheet in 23 of their 34 matches.

Starting in this season, the league champions playoff with the Lowland Football League champions (or other eligible team from outside the SPFL to be nominated by the Scottish FA), with the winner then playing the team finishing 10th and bottom in Scottish League Two in a promotion and relegation playoff to determine the entrants for the 2015–16 League Two season.[2][3] In the playoffs, Brora Rangers narrowly beat Lowland League champions Edinburgh City but lost the final playoff against League Two club Montrose, and will therefore remain in an unchanged Highland League roster for the 2015–16 season.

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 2018–19 Highland Football League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Brora Rangers (C)	34	30	4	0	134	13	+121	94	Qualification to League Two play-off semi-finals
2	Turriff United	34	27	2	5	90	40	+50	83
3	Cove Rangers	34	22	7	5	103	40	+63	73
4	Wick Academy	34	23	3	8	94	43	+51	72
5	Fraserburgh	34	19	8	7	91	48	+43	65
6	Formartine United	34	19	7	8	85	59	+26	64
7	Inverurie Loco Works	34	20	3	11	93	51	+42	63
8	Nairn County	34	18	3	13	88	43	+45	57
9	Forres Mechanics	34	18	3	13	71	59	+12	57
10	Buckie Thistle	34	15	5	14	71	66	+5	50
11	Clachnacuddin	34	14	3	17	63	74	−11	45
12	Deveronvale	34	9	9	16	53	82	−29	36
13	Fort William	34	8	3	23	52	98	−46	27
14	Keith	34	7	3	24	42	97	−55	24
15	Lossiemouth	34	7	2	25	50	105	−55	23
16	Huntly	34	5	5	24	37	100	−63	20
17	Strathspey Thistle	34	3	5	26	36	125	−89	14
18	Rothes	34	2	5	27	32	142	−110	11

Source: Highland Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion.

Results

Home \ Away	BROR	BUCK	CLAC	COVE	DEVE	FORM	FORR	FORT	FRAS	HUNT	LOCO	KEITH	LOSS	NAIRN	ROTH	STRA	TURR	WICK
Brora Rangers		5–1	2–0	1–1	7–0	1–1	3–0	6–0	1–1	6–0	1–0	2–0	7–0	3–0	6–0	4–0	8–0	2–1
Buckie Thistle	1–4		4–1	1–5	1–1	2–3	2–0	1–2	2–2	2–0	0–2	4–0	2–4	2–0	1–0	2–2	0–3	1–3
Clachnacuddin	0–5	1–6		1–1	1–1	0–3	1–0	1–2	1–2	3–2	1–0	4–2	5–1	0–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	0–2
Cove Rangers	1–1	3–1	6–0		3–0	2–3	3–1	4–0	2–2	4–1	3–2	3–0	6–0	3–2	2–0	4–0	3–4	1–3
Deveronvale	0–5	0–4	3–3	0–6		2–2	0–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	5–3	4–1	1–7	3–1	6–3	1–2	0–1
Formartine United	0–5	6–5	4–2	3–0	2–2		0–2	3–1	1–1	2–3	2–3	7–1	4–2	4–3	4–1	4–2	1–2	0–2
Forres Mechanics	0–4	5–0	5–2	2–2	2–1	1–1		4–1	1–1	6–0	2–1	3–4	3–2	0–3	6–2	2–1	0–2	1–3
Fort William	2–6	1–2	2–3	1–4	4–3	1–2	0–3		2–3	3–3	0–6	2–0	4–3	1–3	4–4	1–2	1–5	3–2
Fraserburgh	2–3	2–2	4–2	1–3	6–1	3–0	1–2	3–0		4–2	1–3	4–1	1–0	2–1	7–0	5–4	2–1	2–2
Huntly	0–8	1–0	1–2	1–4	2–3	0–6	1–2	0–4	0–4		2–3	1–1	2–5	1–3	5–2	2–0	0–1	0–2
Inverurie Loco Works	0–5	1–2	2–0	4–5	2–4	2–3	4–1	3–0	0–0	2–0		3–0	3–1	1–1	3–2	3–2	1–3	2–3
Keith	0–3	2–5	2–3	0–4	0–0	0–1	1–3	1–0	0–4	3–2	1–3		1–0	1–3	5–1	2–3	2–7	2–3
Lossiemouth	1–5	1–2	1–4	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	5–6	0–2	0–7	1–3		2–1	2–0	2–1	1–5	0–2
Nairn County	0–3	1–2	3–1	1–1	4–0	0–1	1–2	4–0	1–2	5–0	2–3	6–1	5–2		7–1	3–0	4–0	0–0
Rothes	0–2	1–3	0–6	0–5	1–1	2–2	5–2	0–4	0–8	2–2	0–7	0–2	3–2	0–9		1–1	1–4	0–7
Strathspey Thistle	0–7	0–6	1–6	1–6	0–5	1–5	0–3	3–3	0–3	1–1	0–8	0–0	2–5	1–2	3–1		0–4	2–9
Turriff United	1–2	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	4–2	1–0	3–0	1–1	3–1	3–0	2–0	7–0	5–0		2–1
Wick Academy	0–1	2–0	3–2	1–1	3–2	1–2	4–3	3–0	3–2	4–0	3–6	4–0	4–0	0–1	7–1	3–0	3–4

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: highlandfootballleague.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion Play-off

Main article: 2014–15 Scottish League Two § League Two Play-offs

As champions, Brora Rangers played off against the winners of the Lowland Football League, Edinburgh City over two legs. Brora won on penalties and went on to play off against the bottom-placed club in Scottish League Two, Montrose. Montrose won 3-2 on aggregate, therefore Brora Rangers remain in the Highland League for the 2015-16 season.

References

1. "Scottish Highland Football League Fixtures for 2014-15". Scottish Highland Football League. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
2. "The Rules of the SPFL" (PDF). Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
3. "The pyramid system and how it affects the SHFL". Scottish Highland Football League. Retrieved 15 June 2014.