2015–16 Highland Football League

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Football league season

Press & Journal Highland League
Season	2015–16
Champions	Cove Rangers
Biggest home win	Brora Rangers 11–0 Rothes
Biggest away win	Strathspey Thistle 0–10 Formartine United
Highest scoring	Clachnacuddin 12–2 Rothes
Longest winning run	16 – Cove Rangers
Longest unbeaten run	18 – Cove Rangers F.C.
Longest winless run	29 – Rothes
Longest losing run	15 – Fort William 15 – Rothes
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Highland Football League started on 25 July 2015 and ended on 7 May 2016.

Wick Academy class=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2015–16 Highland Football League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Cove Rangers (C)	34	29	2	3	98	28	+70	89	Qualification to League Two play-off semi-finals
2	Formartine United	34	27	4	3	137	35	+102	85
3	Brora Rangers	34	27	4	3	128	35	+93	85
4	Turriff United	34	20	8	6	88	31	+57	68
5	Wick Academy	34	18	6	10	76	42	+34	60
6	Inverurie Loco Works	34	18	4	12	71	43	+28	58
7	Buckie Thistle	34	18	4	12	80	77	+3	58
8	Nairn County	34	17	6	11	75	55	+20	57
9	Fraserburgh	34	15	8	11	63	49	+14	53
10	Keith	34	17	1	16	70	76	−6	52
11	Forres Mechanics	34	15	4	15	60	65	−5	49
12	Lossiemouth	34	12	2	20	46	70	−24	38
13	Deveronvale	34	8	8	18	46	64	−18	32
14	Clachnacuddin	34	10	2	22	59	80	−21	32
15	Huntly	34	7	5	22	49	89	−40	26
16	Strathspey Thistle	34	6	2	26	38	118	−80	20
17	Fort William	34	5	1	28	38	116	−78	16
18	Rothes	34	1	1	32	16	165	−149	4

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	BROR	BUCK	CLAC	COVE	DEVE	FORM	FORR	FORT	FRAS	HUNT	LOCO	KEITH	LOSS	NAIRN	ROTH	STRA	TURR	WICK
Brora Rangers		4–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	0–2	6–0	4–2	6–0	4–3	1–1	4–1	2–0	1–2	11–0	3–0	1–1	3–1
Buckie Thistle	1–8		3–2	0–5	1–1	1–2	2–6	6–2	2–2	4–3	0–1	4–1	0–2	1–6	5–0	7–1	1–0	3–0
Clachnacuddin	1–10	0–4		0–3	1–2	2–2	1–0	1–2	1–2	0–2	2–1	3–4	2–1	0–0	12–2	6–1	1–2	1–2
Cove Rangers	3–0	5–2	1–0		2–0	1–0	3–1	5–0	3–3	3–0	3–4	3–0	1–0	6–1	6–0	5–0	1–0	1–0
Deveronvale	0–2	0–2	6–1	1–3		1–8	0–3	4–1	2–2	0–0	1–4	0–4	2–2	1–4	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–2
Formartine United	3–3	10–3	5–1	0–1	4–1		1–0	6–1	1–0	5–1	4–0	4–3	5–1	5–1	9–0	6–1	0–0	2–1
Forres Mechanics	0–3	0–3	3–0	1–5	2–1	0–5		6–0	1–2	3–0	0–5	2–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–2
Fort William	3–5	1–3	1–2	0–4	2–1	1–4	0–3		1–4	0–2	0–4	1–6	2–2	0–3	3–1	1–2	0–1	1–3
Fraserburgh	1–2	1–2	4–1	4–2	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–1		6–0	0–1	0–3	1–2	1–0	7–0	4–0	0–1	0–4
Huntly	2–3	1–4	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–6	2–5	1–3	2–2		2–1	2–6	3–1	2–2	5–0	0–2	2–4	1–1
Inverurie Loco Works	0–1	1–0	2–3	1–2	2–2	4–3	4–0	4–1	1–1	3–1		2–4	0–2	1–1	6–0	3–0	1–2	0–2
Keith	2–6	1–0	1–0	1–5	2–0	2–3	3–4	1–0	1–2	1–5	0–4		4–2	0–2	3–2	3–2	0–0	0–1
Lossiemouth	0–3	0–1	2–0	1–3	1–0	2–8	0–2	2–1	1–2	2–0	0–1	1–2		1–5	3–1	4–1	0–4	0–2
Nairn County	1–7	1–2	4–3	1–2	3–2	0–1	3–1	5–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	4–1		2–1	3–1	1–2	3–3
Rothes	0–7	2–2	1–7	0–3	0–7	0–8	0–5	0–3	1–3	0–2	0–4	1–4	0–2	0–3		1–3	0–9	1–5
Strathspey Thistle	1–6	4–5	1–0	2–3	0–0	0–10	0–2	2–1	1–2	5–2	0–2	1–4	2–5	0–7	1–2		0–2	1–2
Turriff United	1–3	3–3	2–0	2–2	1–0	2–3	5–0	9–0	1–2	5–1	0–1	6–1	4–1	1–0	4–0	7–0		2–1
Wick Academy	2–2	1–3	0–3	0–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	8–1	0–0	3–0	4–2	3–0	2–1	2–1	7–0	6–0	3–3

Source: highlandfootballleague.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish League Two § League Two Play-offs

As Highland League champions, Cove Rangers played Edinburgh City, champions of the 2015–16 Lowland League, over two legs. Cove Rangers lost the first leg at home 0–3 and drew 1–1 away, losing 1–4 on aggregate. Therefore, Cove Rangers will remain in the Highland League for the 2016–17 season.

References

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
Seasons	1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

v t e 2015–16 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	SPFL Premiership Championship League One League Two Highland Lowland East of Scotland South of Scotland North Caledonian SJFA West Premier SJFA East Superleague SJFA North Superleague SPFL Development League Women's Premier League 2015 2016 Women's First Division 2016
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Challenge Cup Final Junior Cup Youth Cup Women's Cup 2015 2016 Women's League Cup 2015 2016
European competitions	Champions League Europa League Youth League
Related to national team	Results UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group D
Transfers	Summer 2015 Winter 2015–16
Club seasons
Premiership	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Ross County St Johnstone
Championship	Alloa Athletic Dumbarton Falkirk Greenock Morton Hibernian Livingston Queen of the South Raith Rovers Rangers St. Mirren
League One	Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Ayr United Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Athletic Forfar Athletic Peterhead Stenhousemuir Stranraer
League Two	Annan Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Clyde East Fife East Stirlingshire Elgin City Montrose Queen's Park Stirling Albion

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