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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.

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 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
2004–05
2003–04 Balintore
2002–03 Thurso
2001–02 Bunillidh Thistle
2000–01 Alness United
1999–00 Invergordon
1998–99 Caledonian Thistle 'A'
1997–98 Balintore
1996–97 Ross County 'A'
1995–96 Ross County 'A'
1994–95 Clachnacuddin 'A'
1993–94 Ross County 'A'
1992–93 Clachnacuddin 'A'
1991–92 Clachnacuddin 'A'
1990–91 Invergordon
1989–90 Invergordon
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
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 'A'
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 'A'
1963–64 Caledonian 'A'
1962–63 Clachnacuddin 'A'
1961–62
1960–61 Ross County 'A'
1959–60 Inverness Thistle 'A'
1958–59 Ross County 'A'
1957–58 Ross County 'A'
1956–57 Clachnacuddin 'A'
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
1935–36 Caledonian 'A'
1934–35 Inverness Thistle 'A'
1933–34 Nelson
1932–33 Muir of Ord Rovers
1931–32 Clachnacuddin 'A'
1930–31 Inverness District Asylum
1929–30 Caledonian 'A'
1928–29 Nelson
1927–28 Dingwall Victoria United
1926–27 Nelson
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 8 1974–75, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1999–00, 2016–17, 2022–23, 2023–24
Muir of Ord Rovers 6 1932–33, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1985–86, 2010–11, 2011-12
Inverness Thistle 'A' 5 1924–25, 1925–26, 1934–35, 1952–53, 1959–60
Nelson 4 1926–27, 1928–29, 1933–34, 1936–37
St Duthus 3 1980–81, 1981–82, 2019–20
Orkney 2 2014–15, 2017–18
Alness United 1 2018–19
Inverness Athletic 1 2024–25
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

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