# 2015–16 Highland Football League

The 2015–16 Highland Football League started on 25 July 2015 and ended on 7 May 2016.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | Cove Rangers (C) | 34 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 98 | 28 | +70 | 89 | Qualification to League Two play-off semi-finals |
| 2 | Formartine United | 34 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 137 | 35 | +102 | 85 | |
| 3 | Brora Rangers | 34 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 128 | 35 | +93 | 85 | |
| 4 | Turriff United | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 88 | 31 | +57 | 68 | |
| 5 | Wick Academy | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 76 | 42 | +34 | 60 | |
| 6 | Inverurie Loco Works | 34 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 71 | 43 | +28 | 58 | |
| 7 | Buckie Thistle | 34 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 80 | 77 | +3 | 58 | |
| 8 | Nairn County | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 75 | 55 | +20 | 57 | |
| 9 | Fraserburgh | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 63 | 49 | +14 | 53 | |
| 10 | Keith | 34 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 70 | 76 | −6 | 52 | |
| 11 | Forres Mechanics | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 60 | 65 | −5 | 49 | |
| 12 | Lossiemouth | 34 | 12 | 2 | 20 | 46 | 70 | −24 | 38 | |
| 13 | Deveronvale | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 46 | 64 | −18 | 32 | |
| 14 | Clachnacuddin | 34 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 59 | 80 | −21 | 32 | |
| 15 | Huntly | 34 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 49 | 89 | −40 | 26 | |
| 16 | Strathspey Thistle | 34 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 38 | 118 | −80 | 20 | |
| 17 | Fort William | 34 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 38 | 116 | −78 | 16 | |
| 18 | Rothes | 34 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 16 | 165 | −149 | 4 | |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BROR | BUCK | CLAC | COVE | DEVE | FORM | FORR | FORT | FRAS | HUNT | LOCO | KEITH | LOSS | NAIRN | ROTH | STRA | TURR | WICK |
| Brora Rangers | | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 6–0 | 4–2 | 6–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 11–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Buckie Thistle | 1–8 | | 3–2 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–6 | 6–2 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–6 | 5–0 | 7–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Clachnacuddin | 1–10 | 0–4 | | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 12–2 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Cove Rangers | 3–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 3–4 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 6–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Deveronvale | 0–2 | 0–2 | 6–1 | 1–3 | | 1–8 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Formartine United | 3–3 | 10–3 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | | 1–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 9–0 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Forres Mechanics | 0–3 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 0–5 | | 6–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–5 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Fort William | 3–5 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–3 | | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–6 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Fraserburgh | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 6–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–4 |
| Huntly | 2–3 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–6 | 2–5 | 1–3 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 2–6 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 |
| Inverurie Loco Works | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Keith | 2–6 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 0–4 | | 4–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Lossiemouth | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–8 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 1–5 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 |
| Nairn County | 1–7 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 |
| Rothes | 0–7 | 2–2 | 1–7 | 0–3 | 0–7 | 0–8 | 0–5 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–3 | | 1–3 | 0–9 | 1–5 |
| Strathspey Thistle | 1–6 | 4–5 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–10 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 2–5 | 0–7 | 1–2 | | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Turriff United | 1–3 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 9–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 6–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 7–0 | | 2–1 |
| Wick Academy | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 8–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 6–0 | 3–3 | |

## Promotion play-offs

As Highland League champions, Cove Rangers played Edinburgh City, champions of the 2015–16 Lowland League, over two legs. Cove Rangers lost the first leg at home 0–3 and drew 1–1 away, losing 1–4 on aggregate. Therefore, Cove Rangers will remain in the Highland League for the 2016–17 season.