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The Football Times Cup, first introduced in 1923 by Highland News Ltd, who published an early 20th century newspaper of the same name.

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.

The first competition was competed for between eighteen teams across the North of Scotland and was won in its first season by Inverness-based junior club Crusaders F.C.

History

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 Orkney 2–0 Golspie Sutherland Sir George's Park, Thurso
2013–14
1983–84 Fort William
1982–83 Balintore
1981–82 Tain St Duthus
1980–81 Tain St Duthus
1979–80 Muir of Ord Rovers
1978–79 Wick Academy
1977–78 Muir of Ord Rovers
1976–77
1975–76 Dingwall Thistle
1974–75 Invergordon
1973–74 Brora Rangers reserves
1972–73 Wick Academy
1971–72 Dingwall Thistle
1970–71 Easter Ross
1969–70 Caledonian reserves
1968–69 Golspie Sutherland
1967–68 Black Rock Rovers
1966–67 Avoch Rovers First non-Highland League side to win the cup.
1965–66
1964–65 Ross County reserves
1963–64 Caledonian reserves
1962–63 Clachnacuddin reserves
1961–62
1960–61 Ross County reserves
1959–60 Inverness Thistle reserves
1958–59 Ross County reserves
1957–58 Ross County reserves
1956–57 Clachnacuddin reserves
1955–56 Clachnacuddin reserves
1954–55 Caledonian reserves
1953–54 Caledonian reserves
1952–53 Inverness Thistle reserves
1951–52 Caledonian reserves
1950–51 Clachnacuddin reserves
1949–50 Caledonian reserves
1948–49 Ross County reserves
1947–48 Caledonian reserves
1946–47 Ross County reserves
1938–39 Caledonian reserves

Performance by club

Club Wins Years
Invergordon 2 2022-23, 2023-24
Orkney 2 2014-15, 2017-18
Alness United 1 2018-19
Inverness Athletic 1 2024-25

References

  1. "North Caledonian Cup - North Caledonian Football Association". North Caledonian FA Official Website. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
  2. "Inverness Athletic secure first silverware with Football Times Cup win over Alness United". Inverness Courier. 2024-12-07. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  3. "Invergordon claim Football Times Cup in five goal thriller of final". RossShire Journal. 2023-11-02. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  4. "Glory for Invergordon as they win Football Times Cup final". Inverness Courier. 2022-11-13. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  5. "Thurso lift Football Times Cup after shoot-out victory over Halkirk United". JohnOGroat Journal. 2021-11-20. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  6. "St Duthus beat Golspie Sutherland to win Football Times Cup". RossShire Journal. 2020-01-23. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  7. "Alness United see off Golspie to win first silverware in five years". RossShire Journal. 2018-10-26. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  8. "Battling Orkney FC lift Football Times Cup". The Orcadian Online. 2017-10-28. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  9. "Second cup win thwarted by Golspie Sutherland". The Orcadian Online. 2015-04-18. Retrieved 2024-12-09.