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			] 2nd XI sides continued to dominate the competition until the 1960s when the league's presence grew across the Highlands and membership from clubs outside of the central Highlands increased.

			During the 1993–94 season, with an unprecedented 16 teams holding membership and some clubs facing a campaign of over 40 games, the ] elected to play the Football Times Cup as a seven-a-side competition.

			Although the format proved popular, it immediately returned to an 11-a-side competition the following season.

			The trophy had for a numbers of years traditionally been the last cup played during the season, until it was moved to the start of the campaign in

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Association football competition in Scotland

The Football Times Cup is an annual association football cup for competition between football clubs across the Highlands & Islands of Scotland.

The cup is a registered Scottish FA competition which runs under the auspices of the North Caledonian FA.

Origins

First introduced during the 1923-24 season as a cup competition of the North of Scotland Junior Football Association, introduced as a football cup for competition between juniors clubs from Inverness and the surrounding districts across the North of Scotland.

History

The Football Times was a Saturday evening football results and general news print newspaper produced by Highland News for distribution in Inverness and surrounding counties, from 1888 until the late 1960s.

The title made a brief return in the 1990s as a supplement of Highland News publications, Highland News, North Star and Lochaber News, but was again fazed out and ceased to exist by the 2000s.

In 1923-24, the Football Times' parent company, Highland News Ltd, donated a trophy for competition between clubs connected to the North of Scotland Junior FA.

At the time, the association's membership was made up in the majority of Highland League reserve sides, or 'A' combinations, from Inverness or Nairn, along with a select group of junior clubs, such as Nelson, Dingwall Victoria United (who later became Ross County) and Muir of Ord Rovers.

Highland League 2nd XI sides continued to dominate the competition until the 1960s when the league's presence grew across the Highlands and membership from clubs outside of the central Highlands increased.

During the 1993–94 season, with an unprecedented 16 teams holding membership and some clubs facing a campaign of over 40 games, the North Caledonian FA elected to play the Football Times Cup as a seven-a-side competition.

Although the format proved popular, it immediately returned to an 11-a-side competition the following season.

The trophy had for a numbers of years traditionally been the last cup played during the season, until it was moved to the start of the campaign in

Past winners


Season	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Venue	Notes
2024–25	Inverness Athletic	3–1	Alness United	Dalmore Park, Alness
2023–24	Invergordon	3–2	Inverness Athletic	King George V Park, Golspie
2022–23	Invergordon	3–1	St Duthus	King George V Park, Golspie
2021–22	Thurso	2–2	Halkirk United	Harmsworth Park, Wick	Thurso won 3-2 on penalties.
2020–21	Competition not completed due to suspension of football activities as a result of COVID-19 outbreak
2019–20	St Duthus	3–2	Golspie Sutherland	Dudgeon Park, Brora
2018–19	Alness United	3–2	Golspie Sutherland	Couper Park, Helmsdale
2017–18	Orkney	2–0	Lewis & Harris	King George V Park, Golspie	First ever all-island final.
2016–17	Invergordon	2–0	Thurso	Couper Park, Helmsdale
2015–16	Thurso	2–0	Golspie Sutherland	Couper Park, Helmsdale
2014–15	Golspie Sutherland	2–0	Orkney	Sir George's Park, Thurso
2013–14	Golspie Sutherland
2012–13	Golspie Sutherland
2011–12	Muir of Ord Rovers
2010–11	Muir of Ord Rovers
2009–10	Dingwall Thistle
2008–09	Inverness City
2007–08	Balintore
2006–07	Inverness City
2005–06	Invergordon
2004–05	Golspie Sutherland
2003–04	Balintore
2002–03	Thurso
2001–02	Bunillidh Thistle
2000–01	Alness United
1999–00	Invergordon
1998–99	Caledonian Thistle 'A'		Golspie Sutherland	Alness
1997–98	Balintore	2–1	Alness United	Grant Park, Tain
1996–97	Ross County 'A'		Clachnacuddin 'A'
1995–96	Ross County 'A'
1994–95	Clachnacuddin 'A'
1993–94	Ross County 'A'				Played as a 7-a-side competition.
1992–93	Clachnacuddin 'A'	4–2	Inverness Thistle 'A'		After extra time
1991–92	Clachnacuddin 'A'	4–2	Balintore	Crawl Park, Alness
1990–91	Invergordon	3–1	Balintore	Victoria Park, Dingwall
1989–90	Invergordon		Balintore	Crawl Park, Alness	After extra time and penalties
1988–89	Balintore
1987–88	Invergordon
1986–87	Bunillidh Thistle
1985–86	Muir of Ord Rovers
1984–85	Dingwall Thistle
1983–84	Fort William
1982–83	Balintore
1981–82	Tain St Duthus	2–0	Balintore	Fearn
1980–81	Tain St Duthus	3–0	Wick Academy	Dudgeon Park, Brora
1979–80	Muir of Ord Rovers
1978–79	Wick Academy
1977–78	Muir of Ord Rovers	2–2	Tain St Duthus		Muir of Ord won on penalties.
1976–77
1975–76	Dingwall Thistle
1974–75	Invergordon
1973–74	Brora Rangers 'A'
1972–73	Wick Academy
1971–72	Dingwall Thistle
1970–71	Easter Ross
1969–70	Caledonian 'A'
1968–69	Golspie Sutherland
1967–68	Black Rock Rovers
1966–67	Avoch Rovers
1965–66
1964–65	Ross County 'A'
1963–64	Caledonian 'A'
1962–63	Clachnacuddin 'A'
1961–62
1960–61	Ross County 'A'
1959–60	Inverness Thistle 'A'	2–1	Caledonian 'A'	Grant Street Park, Inverness	Played on New Year's Day
1958–59	Ross County 'A'
1957–58	Nairn County 'A'		Inverness Thistle 'A'	Telford Street Park, Inverness
1956–57	Clachnacuddin 'A'	4–0	Invergordon	Telford Street Park, Inverness
1955–56	Clachnacuddin 'A'
1954–55	Caledonian 'A'
1953–54	Caledonian 'A'
1952–53	Inverness Thistle 'A'
1951–52	Caledonian 'A'
1950–51	Clachnacuddin 'A'
1949–50	Caledonian 'A'
1948–49	Ross County 'A'
1947–48	Caledonian 'A'
1946–47	Ross County 'A'
1938–39	Caledonian 'A'
1937–38	1st Battallion Highlanders
1936–37	Nelson (Inverness)
1935–36	Caledonian 'A'
1934–35	Inverness Thistle 'A'
1933–34	Nelson (Inverness)
1932–33	Muir of Ord Rovers
1931–32	Clachnacuddin 'A'
1930–31	Inverness District Asylum
1929–30	Caledonian 'A'
1928–29	Nelson (Inverness)
1927–28	Dingwall Victoria United
1926–27	Nelson (Inverness)				First non-Highland League side to win the cup.
1925–26	Inverness Thistle 'A'
1924–25	Inverness Thistle 'A'
1923–24	Inverness Citadel 'A'

Performance by club


Club	Wins	Years
Caledonian 'A'	10	1929–30, 1935–36, 1938–39, 1947–48, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1963–64, 1969–70
Invergordon	9	1974–75, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1999–00, 2005–06, 2016–17, 2022–23, 2023–24
Ross County 'A'	8	1946–47, 1948–49, 1958–59, 1960–61, 1964–65, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97
Clachnacuddin 'A'	8	1931–32, 1950–51, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1962–63, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1994–95
Muir of Ord Rovers	6	1932–33, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1985–86, 2010–11, 2011–12
Golspie Sutherland	5	1968–69, 2004–05, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
Balintore	5	1982–83, 1988–89, 1997–98, 2003–04, 2007–08
Inverness Thistle 'A'	5	1924–25, 1925–26, 1934–35, 1952–53, 1959–60
Dingwall Thistle	4	1971–72, 1975–76, 1984–85, 2009–10
Nelson (Inverness)	4	1926–27, 1928–29, 1933–34, 1936–37
Thurso	3	2002–03, 2015–16, 2021–22
St Duthus	3	1980–81, 1981–82, 2019–20
Orkney	2	2014–15, 2017–18
Alness United	2	2000–01, 2018–19
Inverness City	2	2006–07, 2008–09
Bunillidh Thistle	2	1986–87, 2001–02
Wick Academy	2	1972–73, 1978–79
Inverness Athletic	1	2024–25
Caledonian Thistle 'A'	1	1998–99
Fort William	1	1983–84
Brora Rangers 'A'	1	1973–74
Easter Ross	1	1970–71
Black Rock Rovers	1	1967–68
Avoch Rovers	1	1966–67
Nairn County 'A'	1	1957–58
1st Battallion Highlanders	1	1937–38
Inverness District Asylum	1	1930–31
Dingwall Victoria United	1	1927–28
Inverness Citadel 'A'	1	1923–24

References

"Highland News and Football Times". British Newspaper Archive | North Star and Farmers' Chronicle. Retrieved 9 December 2024. {{cite web}}: Check |archive-url= value (help)
"Inverness Athletic secure first silverware with Football Times Cup win over Alness United". Inverness Courier. 2024-12-07. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
"Invergordon claim Football Times Cup in five goal thriller of final". RossShire Journal. 2023-11-02. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
"Glory for Invergordon as they win Football Times Cup final". Inverness Courier. 2022-11-13. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
"Thurso lift Football Times Cup after shoot-out victory over Halkirk United". JohnOGroat Journal. 2021-11-20. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
"St Duthus beat Golspie Sutherland to win Football Times Cup". RossShire Journal. 2020-01-23. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
"Alness United see off Golspie to win first silverware in five years". RossShire Journal. 2018-10-26. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
"Battling Orkney FC lift Football Times Cup". The Orcadian Online. 2017-10-28. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
"Second cup win thwarted by Golspie Sutherland". The Orcadian Online. 2015-04-18. Retrieved 2024-12-09.