2025–26 North Caledonian Football League

North Caledonian Football League
Season2025–26
Dates9 August 2025 – TBC
Matches86
Goals344 (4 per match)
Biggest home win
Biggest away winThurso 1–8 Invergordon
(16 August 2025)
Highest scoringClachnacuddin 'A' 10–2 Halkirk United
(6 December 2025)
Longest winning run11 matches:
Invergordon
Longest unbeaten run11 matches:
Invergordon
Longest winless run10 matches:
Bonar Bridge
Longest losing run5 matches:
Bonar Bridge
2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 20 December 2025.

The 2025–26 North Caledonian Football League (known as the Macleod & MacCallum North Caledonian League for sponsorship reasons) is the 117th season of the North Caledonian Football League, and the fifth season as part of the sixth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system.[1] The defending champions are Invergordon, having won the title for the second consecutive season.

Teams

Location of mainland teams in the 2025–26 North Caledonian League
Location of Orkney in the 2025–26 North Caledonian League

Inverness Thistle joined the league for the first time, whilst Bunillidh Thistle withdrew from the league but retained membership in the hopes of playing in the 2026–27 season.[2]

From North Caledonian League

Withdrew

To North Caledonian League

Joined

Stadia and locations

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
Clachnacuddin 'A' Evanton Culcairn Park Grass 500 0 No
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 Muir of Ord Pavilion Park Grass 500 0 No
Inverness Thistle 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[3] eligible to participate in the Highland League promotion play-off should they win the league, and also compete in the Scottish Cup.

Withdrew

Team Location Home ground Surface Capacity Seats Floodlit
Bunillidh Thistle Helmsdale Couper Park Grass 500 0 No

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Invergordon 11 11 0 0 58 3 +55 33 Qualification for the Highland League play-off
2 Inverness Athletic 15 8 6 1 25 18 +7 30
3 Alness United 15 9 2 4 23 16 +7 29
4 Golspie Sutherland 13 7 0 6 21 27 −6 21
5 Clachnacuddin 'A' 17 6 2 9 38 36 +2 20 Ineligible for promotion
6 Thurso 13 6 1 6 31 29 +2 19
7 Fort William 13 5 4 4 29 31 −2 19
8 Inverness Thistle 15 6 1 8 20 29 −9 19
9 Bonar Bridge 17 4 4 9 26 38 −12 16
10 Halkirk United 13 3 4 6 31 39 −8 13
11 St Duthus 15 4 1 10 18 36 −18 13
12 Orkney 15 3 3 9 24 42 −18 12
Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2025. Source: North Caledonian Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results

Home \ Away ALN BON CLA FOW GOL HAL INV INA INT ORK STD THU
Alness United 4–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 3–1 1–3 2–0 1–0
Bonar Bridge 1–1 2–4 1–1 0–6 1–2 2–0 3–3 3–2
Clachnacuddin 'A' 0–2 2–1[a] 2–3[b] 10–2 1–3[c] 0–2 6–1 2–1
Fort William 0–0 3–1 3–1 5–1 3–6
Golspie Sutherland 1–0 1–0 0–3 1–4 1–3 4–0 4–1
Halkirk United 4–4 2–3 2–3 3–3 4–1 0–2
Invergordon 3–0 3–0[d] 8–0 6–0 8–0 7–1
Inverness Athletic 2–1 1–1[e] 3–3[f] 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–1[g] 3–0
Inverness Thistle 1–3 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–4 1–0 2–0
Orkney 1–2[h] 1–2[i] 3–2[j] 4–4[k] 4–5[l] 1–1 0–1[m]
St Duthus 2–1 1–2 1–2 4–2 0–0 3–2 0–1 2–1
Thurso 3–5 4–2 4–0 1–1 1–8 6–1
Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2025. Source: [6]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Match played at Grant Street Park, Inverness.
  2. ^ Match played at Grant Street Park, Inverness.[4]
  3. ^ Match played at Dalmore Park, Alness.[5]
  4. ^ Match played at the Highland Football Academy, Dingwall.
  5. ^ Match played at Dalmore Park, Alness.
  6. ^ Match played at Dalmore Park, Alness.
  7. ^ Match played at the Highland Football Academy, Dingwall.
  8. ^ Match played at The Rockworks, Holm.
  9. ^ Match played at The Rockworks, Holm.
  10. ^ Match played at The Rockworks, Holm.
  11. ^ Match played at Couper Park, Helmsdale.
  12. ^ Match played at Stromness 3G, Stromness.
  13. ^ Match played at The Rockworks, Holm.

References

  1. ^ "North Caledonian Football League". northcaleyfa.com. Retrieved 2025-08-28.
  2. ^ Chalk, Paul (2025-08-06). "North Caledonian League 2025-26 season preview: Views from all the clubs including newcomers Inverness Thistle". Press and Journal. Retrieved 2025-08-28.
  3. ^ "Licensed Clubs – 2024" (PDF). Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  4. ^ Fort William FC [@FortWilliamFC] (30 August 2025). "Today we face Clachancuddin [sic] 'A' in the North Caledonian League. The tie will also be competed for the Simon Shields Memorial Trophy. Kickoff is at 1pm at Grant Street Park" (Tweet). Retrieved 30 August 2025 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ "Clach Res 1 - 3 Inverness Ath". Inverness Athletic F.C. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  6. ^ North Caledonian League "North Caledonian League Results". North Caledonian League. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
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