2009–10 Highland Football League
| Season | 2009–10 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Buckie Thistle |
| Goals scored | 1159 |
| Average goals/game | 3.79 |
| Top goalscorer | 30 – Barry Somers (Formartine United)[1] |
| Biggest home win | Clachnacuddin 8–0 Strathspey Thistle & Buckie Thistle 8–0 Fort William |
| Biggest away win | Strathspey Thistle 0–9 Nairn County |
| Highest scoring | Cove Rangers 7–3 Lossiemouth & Lossiemouth 8–2 Brora Rangers |
| Longest winning run | 9 – Fraserburgh |
| Longest unbeaten run | 18 – Buckie Thistle |
| Longest losing run | 11 – Fort William & Rothes |
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← 2008–09 2010–11 → | |
The 2009–10 Highland Football League was competed for by 18 teams. This is three-up on the previous season after Formartine United, Strathspey Thistle and Turriff United were voted in.[2] Buckie Thistle won the league on 1 May 2010 after a 3–0 win over Wick Academy.[3] Strathspey Thistle finished bottom.
Table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buckie Thistle (C) | 34 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 83 | 26 | +57 | 83 |
| 2 | Cove Rangers | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 97 | 42 | +55 | 75 |
| 3 | Deveronvale | 34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 91 | 47 | +44 | 68 |
| 4 | Fraserburgh | 34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 75 | 48 | +27 | 68 |
| 5 | Forres Mechanics | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 72 | 42 | +30 | 65 |
| 6 | Formartine United | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 75 | 47 | +28 | 60 |
| 7 | Huntly | 34 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 66 | 49 | +17 | 60 |
| 8 | Keith | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 77 | 54 | +23 | 57 |
| 9 | Wick Academy | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 79 | 64 | +15 | 54 |
| 10 | Inverurie Loco Works | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 60 | 47 | +13 | 51 |
| 11 | Nairn County | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 61 | 59 | +2 | 50 |
| 12 | Clachnacuddin | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 73 | 73 | 0 | 43 |
| 13 | Turriff United | 34 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 60 | 86 | −26 | 31 |
| 14 | Lossiemouth | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 52 | 74 | −22 | 27 |
| 15 | Brora Rangers | 34 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 32 | 81 | −49 | 24 |
| 16 | Rothes | 34 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 39 | 102 | −63 | 24 |
| 17 | Fort William | 34 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 37 | 98 | −61 | 20 |
| 18 | Strathspey Thistle | 34 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 30 | 120 | −90 | 13 |
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 | 0–5 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 1–0 | |
| Buckie Thistle | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 8–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
| Clachnacuddin | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–7 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 8–0 | 4–2 | 2–5 | |
| Cove Rangers | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 7–3 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 7–2 | 3–2 | |
| Deveronvale | 6–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–4 | |
| Formartine United | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | |
| Forres Mechanics | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 7–0 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | |
| Fort William | 0–1 | 3–5 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–3 | |
| Fraserburgh | 4–0 | 0–0 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 6–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–4 | |
| Huntly | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | |
| Inverurie Loco Works | 3–1 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | |
| Keith | 4–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 6–2 | 6–1 | 2–3 | 5–2 | |
| Lossiemouth | 8–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | |
| Nairn County | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | |
| Rothes | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–8 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–7 | 1–4 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 6–1 | |
| Strathspey Thistle | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–9 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | |
| Turriff United | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–7 | 4–5 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | |
| Wick Academy | 2–1 | 0–3 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 7–1 | 8–1 | 5–1 |
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.
References
- ↑ Highland League - Scorers Table
- ↑ "Pitch battle for league newcomers". BBC News. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ↑ "Match Reports May 1st 2010: Buckie Thistle win title in style". highlandleague.net. 1 May 2010. Retrieved 1 May 2010.