North Caledonian Football League

The North Caledonian Football League (NCFL) is an amateur football (soccer) league operating in the highlands of Scotland.

It currently consists of 10 teams who are:
* Alness United
* Balintore
* Bonar Bridge
* Bunillidh Thistle
* Dornoch
* Golspie Sutherland F.C.
* Halkirk United F.C.
* Invergordon
* Inverness City F.C.
* Thurso

Previous members include Wick Academy and Fort William who both left to join the Highland Football League and the reserve teams of the Scottish Football League clubs Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Ross County. A number of Highland Football League clubs used to run reserve teams in the North Caledonian Football League.

At the start of season 2003-2004 the league was due to consist of 11 clubs when Inverness City FC were elected to replace Alness United who had applied to join the Scottish Junior Football Association's Northern Region. However Alness' application was unsuccessful and they returned to the NCFL. The league returned to the rounder number of 10 clubs when Inverness City withdrew at the last minute owing to their failure to secure a viable ground to play their home fixtures at.

The start of the 2005-2006 season has seen the withdrawal from the league of Tain St. Duthus due to financial problems, reducing the league to only 9 teams.

Inverness City FC finally joined in 2006-2007 season having found a home ground at North Kessock.

The NCFL is characterised by the number of clubs who use it as a 'stepping-stone' to try and either join the Highland League or join the 'junior' grade of football.

Previous Champions

* 1896-97 Inverness Celtic
* 1897-98 Citadel
* 1898-99 Nelson
* 1899-1900 Nelson
* 1900-01 Inverness Thistle
* 1901-02 Citadel
* 1902-03 Citadel
* 1903-04 Clachnacuddin
* 1904-05 Clachnacuddin
* 1905-06 Nelson
* 1906-07 Nelson
* 1907-08 Nelson
* 1908-09 Nelson
* 1909-10 Clachnacuddin
* 1910-11 Citadel
* 1911-12 Nelson
* 1912-13 Nelson
* 1913-14 Albert
* 1914-19 No Competition
* 1919-20 Dingwall Victoria United
* 1920-21 Nelson
* 1921-22 Citadel
* 1922-23 Caledonian
* 1923-24 Fortrose Union
* 1924-25 Catch-My-Pal
* 1925-26 Nelson
* 1926-27 Clachnacuddin
* 1927-28 Dingwall Victoria United
* 1928-29 Inverness Thistle
* 1929-30 Clachnacuddin
* 1930-31 Inverness Thistle
* 1931-32 Clachnacuddin
* 1932-33 I.D.A.
* 1933-34 I.D.A.
* 1934-35 Inverness Thistle
* 1935-36 Nairn County
* 1936-37 Clachnacuddin
* 1937-38 No Competition
* 1938-39 H.L.I.
* 1939-46 No Competition
* 1946-47 Invergordon
* 1947-48 Inverness Thistle
* 1948-49 Caledonian
* 1949-50 Clachnacuddin
* 1950-51 Clachnacuddin
* 1951-52 Caledonian
* 1952-53 Caledonian
* 1953-54 Elgin City
* 1954-55 Nairn County/Buckie Thistle
* 1955-56 Clachnacuddin
* 1956-57 Clachnacuddin
* 1957-58 Clachnacuddin
* 1958-59 Inverness Thistle
* 1959-60 Inverness Thistle
* 1960-61 Competition Incomplete
* 1961-62 Competition Incomplete
* 1962-63 Inverness Thistle
* 1963-64 Clachnacuddin
* 1964-65 Avoch Rovers
* 1965-66 Ross County F.C.
* 1966-67 Brora Rangers F.C.
* 1967-68 Brora Rangers
* 1968-69 Dingwall Thistle
* 1969-70 Caledonian
* 1970-71 Dingwall Thistle
* 1971-72 Dingwall Thistle
* 1972-73 Alness United
* 1973-74 Alness United
* 1974-75 Golspie Sutherland
* 1975-76 Golspie Sutherland
* 1976-77 Invergordon
* 1977-78 Dingwall Thistle
* 1978-79 Wick Academy
* 1979-80 Wick Academy
* 1980-81 Wick Academy
* 1981-82 Wick Academy
* 1982-83 Bunillidh Thistle
* 1983-84 Muir of Ord
* 1984-85 Fort William
* 1985-86 Muir of Ord
* 1986-87 Wick Academy
* 1987-88 Invergordon
* 1988-89 Bunillidh Thistle
* 1989-90 Balintore
* 1990-91 Balintore
* 1991-92 Clachnacuddin
* 1992-93 Golspie Sutherland
* 1993-94 Halkirk United
* 1994-95 Caledonian Thistle
* 1995-96 Fearn Thistle
* 1996-97 Ross County
* 1997-98 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
* 1998-99 Golspie Sutherland
* 1999-2000 Thurso
* 2000-01 Alness United
* 2001-02 Invergordon
* 2002-03 Thurso

External links

*NCFL Website