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2024–25 North Caledonian Football League

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North Caledonian Football League
Season2024–25
Dates17 August 2024 – TBD
Matches played77
Goals scored343 (4.45 per match)
Biggest home winInvergordon 15–1 Bunillidh Thistle
(12 October 2024)
Biggest away winBunillidh Thistle 0–7 Golspie Sutherland
(24 August 2024)
Highest scoringInvergordon 15–1 Bunillidh Thistle
(12 October 2024)
Longest winning run7 matches:
Golspie Sutherland & Invergordon
Longest unbeaten run7 matches:
Golspie Sutherland & Invergordon
Longest winless run9 matches:
Bunillidh Thistle
Longest losing run9 matches:
Bunillidh Thistle
All statistics correct as of 7 December 2024.

The 2024–25 North Caledonian Football League (known as the Macleod & MacCallum North Caledonian League for sponsorship reasons) is the 116th season of the North Caledonian Football League, and the fourth season as part of the sixth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. Invergordon are the reigning champions.

Teams

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Location of mainland teams in the 2024–25 North Caledonian League
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Location of Orkney in the 2024–25 North Caledonian League

Bunillidh Thistle of Helmsdale rejoined the league for the first time since they pulled out of the 2020–21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, whilst Loch Ness withdrew from the league.[1]

From North Caledonian League

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Withdrew

To North Caledonian League

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Rejoined

Stadia and locations

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Team Location Home ground Surface Capacity Seats Floodlit
Alness United Alness New Dalmore Park Artificial 500 0 Yes
Bonar Bridge Bonar Bridge Migdale Playing Fields Grass 500 0 No
Bunillidh Thistle Helmsdale Couper Park Grass 500 0 No
Clachnacuddin 'A' Inverness Inverness Royal Academy Artificial 500 0 Yes
Fort William Fort William Claggan Park Grass 1,800 200 Yes
Golspie Sutherland [SFA] Golspie King George V Park Grass 1,000 0 Yes
Halkirk United Halkirk Morrison Park Grass 1,000 0 Yes
Invergordon Invergordon Recreation Grounds Grass 800 0 No
Inverness Athletic North Kessock Ferry Brae Park Grass 500 0 No
Orkney Kirkwall Kirkwall Grammar School Artificial 500 0 Yes
St Duthus Tain Grant Park Grass 500 0 No
Thurso Thurso Sir George's Park Grass 1,000 0 No

SFA Club with an SFA licence[2] eligible to participate in the Highland League promotion play-off should they win the league, and also compete in the Scottish Cup.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Halkirk United 15 13 0 2 56 12 +44 39 Qualification for the Highland League play-off
2 Invergordon 12 11 0 1 50 9 +41 33
3 Golspie Sutherland 13 10 0 3 31 17 +14 30
4 Inverness Athletic 10 8 0 2 30 12 +18 24
5 Alness United 12 6 1 5 30 22 +8 19
6 Orkney 11 6 0 5 28 21 +7 18
7 Fort William 14 6 0 8 32 35 −3 18
8 St Duthus 14 5 3 6 21 24 −3 18
9 Bonar Bridge 14 4 2 8 25 37 −12 14
10 Thurso 13 2 0 11 11 44 −33 6
11 Clachnacuddin 'A' 14 1 2 11 21 49 −28 5 Ineligible for promotion
12 Bunillidh Thistle 12 1 0 11 8 61 −53 3
Updated to match(es) played on 7 December 2024. Source: North Caledonian Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results

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Home \ Away ALN BON BUN CLA FOW GOL HAL INV INA ORK STD THU
Alness United 6–1 6–2 6–2 2–0 0–1 3–2
Bonar Bridge 1–3 3–0 3–1 5–1 2–6 1–1 1–2
Bunillidh Thistle 2–3 1–2 0–7 0–6 1–4 2–0
Clachnacuddin 'A' 4–4[a] 1–5[b] 1–3[c] 1–3[d] 0–5[e] 0–2 4–5[f] 2–2 0–2
Fort William 2–1 2–0[g] 2–3 1–2 2–5[h] 1–3 1–4[i] 1–2 7–0
Golspie Sutherland 3–0 3–2 1–4 0–2 3–0 2–1
Halkirk United 4–0 6–0 4–0 1–2 3–4 1–0 9–1
Invergordon 3–1 5–1 15–1 0–2 2–0 4–0
Inverness Athletic 3–1 6–0 1–2 1–3 4–0 4–1
Orkney 3–1 6–0 0–3 1–2
St Duthus 1–1 3–0 0–2 1–2 1–7 6–0
Thurso 0–3 2–3 1–2 0–2 0–2
Updated to match(es) played on 7 December 2024. Source: [8]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Match played at Culloden Academy, Culloden.
  2. ^ Match played at Culcairn Park, Evanton.
  3. ^ Match played at Culcairn Park, Evanton.
  4. ^ Match played at Grant Street Park.[3]
  5. ^ Match played at Culloden Academy, Culloden.
  6. ^ Match played at Culcairn Park, Evanton.[4]
  7. ^ Match played at Lochaber High School.[5]
  8. ^ Match played at Lochaber High School.[6]
  9. ^ Match played at Dalmore Park, Alness.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Chalk, Paul (17 June 2024). "North Caledonian League president thrilled by new-look division for 2024-25 campaign". The Press and Journal. Aberdeen Journals. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Licensed Clubs – 2024" (PDF). Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  3. ^ Inverness Clachnacuddin FC [@ClachFC] (30 August 2024). "𝐀𝐂𝐑𝐎𝐒𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐁 A busy weekend awaits. If you can't make it to Banff tomorrow our Reserve team are playing Halkirk at Grant Street kicking off at 1PM, entry is free but there will be a raffle and hot drinks available. Good luck to all our teams this weekend" (Tweet). Retrieved 31 August 2024 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ Orkney FC [@OrkneyFC] (25 October 2024). "Our travelling squad for tomorrow ⚽️ We face Clach 'A' in Evanton at 12:45pm. Thanks to all of our player sponsors for the season! @NorthCaleyFA @OrtakJewellery @northwards @PentlandFerries" (Tweet). Retrieved 26 October 2024 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ Fort William FC [@FortWilliamFC] (22 August 2024). "🟡⚫Fort William FC v Bonar Bridge🟢⚫ 1pm Lochaber High School Astro. Due to the heavy rainfall and forecast for the rest of this week this weekend's game will be played on the astro at Lochaber High School. #monthefort #supportthefort" (Tweet). Retrieved 30 August 2024 – via Twitter.
  6. ^ Fort William FC [@FortWilliamFC] (5 September 2024). "This Saturday Fort William v Invergordon Lochaber High School Astro 2:00pm #monthefort #supportthefort" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 September 2024 – via Twitter.
  7. ^ Orkney FC [@OrkneyFC] (4 October 2024). "Our squad to face Fort William tomorrow ➡️⚽️ 13:00 kick off in Alness. Orkney Football #northwards #ortak #orkneyfootball #northcaleyleague" (Tweet). Retrieved 5 October 2024 – via Twitter.
  8. ^ North Caledonian League "North Caledonian League Results". North Caledonian League. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
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