2011–12 Highland Football League

Football league season

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

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	Qualification for 2012–13 Scottish Cup Second round
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) Champions; (Q) Qualified for 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

Highland League - Scorers Table

v t e Highland Football League
2024–25 teams	Banks o' Dee Brechin City Brora Rangers Buckie Thistle Clachnacuddin Deveronvale Formartine United Forres Mechanics Fraserburgh Huntly Inverurie Loco Works Keith Lossiemouth Nairn County Rothes Strathspey Thistle Turriff United Wick Academy
Former teams	Aberdeen 'A' Caledonian Cove Rangers Elgin Caledonian Elgin City Fort William Highland Light Infantry Inverness Celtic Inverness Citadel Inverness Thistle Inverness Union Peterhead Ross County
Associated competitions	Highland League Cup Aberdeenshire Cup Aberdeenshire League Aberdeenshire Shield Caledonia Trophy Inverness Cup North of Scotland Cup
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v t e 2011–12 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League East of Scotland League SJFA West Premier SJFA East Superleague SJFA North Superleague Scottish Premier Under-19 League Women's Premier League 2011 2012
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Challenge Cup Final Junior Cup Youth Cup Final Women's Cup 2011 2012 Women's League Cup 2011 2012
European competitions	Champions League Europa League
Related to national team	Results 2012 Euro qualifying (UEFA Group I)
Club seasons
Premier League	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers St Johnstone St. Mirren
First Division	Ayr United Dundee Falkirk Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical Livingston Partick Thistle Queen of the South Raith Rovers Ross County
Second Division	Airdrie United Albion Rovers Arbroath Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife Forfar Athletic Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion
Third Division	Alloa Athletic Annan Athletic Berwick Rangers Clyde East Stirlingshire Elgin City Montrose Peterhead Queen's Park Stranraer
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