2011–12 Highland Football League
| Season | 2011–12 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Forres Mechanics |
| Matches played | 306 |
| Goals scored | 1143 (3.74 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |
Cammy Keith (Keith) (33 goals)[1] |
| Biggest home win |
Wick Academy 8–1 Fort William 17 September 2011 |
| Biggest away win |
Fort William 0–9 Nairn County 4 April 2012 |
| Highest scoring |
Clachnacuddin 7–3 Fraserburgh 12 May 2012 |
| Longest winning run |
Forres Mechanics (9 games) |
| Longest unbeaten run |
Forres Mechanics (13 games) |
| Longest winless run |
Fort William (23 games) |
| Longest losing run |
Strathspey Thistle (12 games) |
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← 2010–11 2012–13 → | |
The 2011–12 Highland Football League began on 30 July 2011 and ended on 16 May 2012.
The top two clubs at the end of the season, will receive direct entry to the second round of the 2012–13 Scottish Cup. The highest placed two clubs who have obtained an SFA club licence will qualify to enter the 2012–13 Scottish Challenge Cup.
The league was won by Forres Mechanics. It was their first title win since the 1985–86 season. Fort William finished bottom.
Table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forres Mechanics (C) (Q) | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 85 | 35 | +50 | 77 | Qualification for 2012–13 Scottish Cup Second round |
| 2 | Cove Rangers (Q) | 34 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 92 | 33 | +59 | 76 | |
| 3 | Nairn County | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 92 | 44 | +48 | 66 | |
| 4 | Inverurie Loco Works (Q) | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 71 | 35 | +36 | 65 | Qualification for 2012–13 Scottish Challenge Cup |
| 5 | Buckie Thistle | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 79 | 45 | +34 | 61 | |
| 6 | Fraserburgh | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 79 | 63 | +16 | 59 | |
| 7 | Deveronvale | 34 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 75 | 49 | +26 | 55 | |
| 8 | Wick Academy (Q) | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 77 | 55 | +22 | 55 | Qualification for 2012–13 Scottish Challenge Cup |
| 9 | Keith | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 85 | 57 | +28 | 54 | |
| 10 | Clachnacuddin | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 79 | 65 | +14 | 50 | |
| 11 | Formartine United | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 62 | 60 | +2 | 49 | |
| 12 | Lossiemouth | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 51 | 52 | −1 | 49 | |
| 13 | Huntly | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 50 | 67 | −17 | 46 | |
| 14 | Turriff United | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 61 | 64 | −3 | 43 | |
| 15 | Rothes | 34 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 31 | 80 | −49 | 26 | |
| 16 | Brora Rangers | 34 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 33 | 115 | −82 | 20 | |
| 17 | Strathspey Thistle | 34 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 27 | 102 | −75 | 11 | |
| 18 | Fort William | 34 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 14 | 122 | −108 | 7 |
Updated to games played on 16 May 2012.
Source: Highland Football League
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
| Home ╲ Away | BROR | BUCK | CLAC | COVE | DEVE | FORM | FORR | FORT | FRAS | HUNT | LOCO | KEITH | LOSS | NAIRN | ROTH | STRA | TURR | WICK |
| Brora Rangers | 0–6 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 3–6 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 3–5 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | |
| Buckie Thistle | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–3 | |
| Clachnacuddin | 5–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 6–0 | 7–3 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | |
| Cove Rangers | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 6–3 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | |
| Deveronvale | 5–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | |
| Formartine United | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | |
| Forres Mechanics | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–6 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | |
| Fort William | 1–3 | 0–6 | 0–0 | 0–8 | 0–6 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–6 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–9 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | |
| Fraserburgh | 5–0 | 1–0 | 5–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 1–3 | |
| Huntly | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 0–4 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | |
| Inverurie Loco Works | 6–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | |
| Keith | 4–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | |
| Lossiemouth | 5–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–6 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| Nairn County | 6–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 6–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | |
| Rothes | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| Strathspey Thistle | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 1–7 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | |
| Turriff United | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–3 | |
| Wick Academy | 6–0 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 8–1 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
Updated to games played on 16 May 2012.
Source: Highland Football League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.