# 2012–13 Highland Football League

The 2012–13 Highland Football League (known as the Press & Journal Highland League for sponsorship reasons) was the 110th season of the Highland Football League. The season began on 4 August 2012 and ended on 25 May 2013. Forres Mechanics were the defending champions.
The league was won by Cove Rangers, their fourth Highland League title.

## Teams

| Team | Location | Home ground | Capacity |
| Brora Rangers | Brora | Dudgeon Park | 3,000 |
| Buckie Thistle | Buckie | Victoria Park | 4,000 |
| Clachnacuddin | Inverness | Grant Street Park | 3,000 |
| Cove Rangers | Cove Bay, Aberdeen | Allan Park | 1,400 |
| Deveronvale | Banff | Princess Royal Park | 2,600 |
| Formartine United | Pitmedden | North Lodge Park | 1,800 |
| Forres Mechanics | Forres | Mosset Park | 4,500 |
| Fort William | Fort William | Claggan Park | 1,800 |
| Fraserburgh | Fraserburgh | Bellslea Park | 3,000 |
| Huntly | Huntly | Christie Park | 3,500 |
| Inverurie Loco Works | Inverurie | Harlaw Park | 1,400 |
| Keith | Keith | Kynoch Park | 4,500 |
| Lossiemouth | Lossiemouth | Grant Park | 3,000 |
| Nairn County | Nairn | Station Park | 2,250 |
| Rothes | Rothes | Mackessack Park | 2,800 |
| Strathspey Thistle | Grantown-on-Spey | Seafield Park | 1,600 |
| Turriff United | Turriff | The Haughs | 2,135 |
| Wick Academy | Wick | Harmsworth Park | 2,414 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cove Rangers (C) | 34 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 101 | 26 | +75 | 80 | Qualification for 2013–14 Scottish Cup Second round |
| 2 | Formartine United | 34 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 106 | 39 | +67 | 78 | Qualification for 2013–14 Scottish Cup Second round |
| 3 | Wick Academy | 34 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 101 | 48 | +53 | 76 | |
| 4 | Nairn County | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 80 | 43 | +37 | 71 | |
| 5 | Clachnacuddin | 34 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 68 | 49 | +19 | 66 | |
| 6 | Fraserburgh | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 83 | 47 | +36 | 59 | |
| 7 | Deveronvale | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 66 | 45 | +21 | 58 | |
| 8 | Brora Rangers | 34 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 83 | 52 | +31 | 55 | |
| 9 | Forres Mechanics | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 78 | 49 | +29 | 55 | |
| 10 | Inverurie Loco Works | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 71 | 60 | +11 | 53 | |
| 11 | Turriff United | 34 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 68 | 67 | +1 | 52 | |
| 12 | Buckie Thistle | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 58 | 62 | −4 | 46 | |
| 13 | Huntly | 34 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 66 | 68 | −2 | 45 | |
| 14 | Keith | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 56 | 65 | −9 | 43 | |
| 15 | Strathspey Thistle | 34 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 23 | 112 | −89 | 15 | |
| 16 | Rothes | 34 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 29 | 126 | −97 | 14 | |
| 17 | Lossiemouth | 34 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 35 | 108 | −73 | 10 | |
| 18 | Fort William | 34 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 20 | 126 | −106 | 6 | |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BRO | BUC | CLA | COV | DEV | FRM | FRR | FRT | FRA | HUN | LOC | KEI | LOS | NAI | ROT | STR | TUR | WIC |
| Brora Rangers | | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 12–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 6–0 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 |
| Buckie Thistle | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 7–1 | 2–0 | 0–7 |
| Clachnacuddin | 1–0 | 2–3 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Cove Rangers | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 9–0 | 7–0 | 3–1 |
| Deveronvale | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 6–0 |
| Formartine United | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 9–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 |
| Forres Mechanics | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 8–1 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 |
| Fort William | 1–5 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 0–6 | 1–7 | 1–5 | 1–3 | | 0–7 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| Fraserburgh | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 6–0 | | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 1–3 |
| Huntly | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–6 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 4–4 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 7–0 | 7–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 |
| Inverurie Loco Works | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Keith | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–4 | | 3–4 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–6 |
| Lossiemouth | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 2–4 | | 1–3 | 7–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–4 |
| Nairn County | 6–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 6–0 | | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 |
| Rothes | 1–9 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–7 | 0–3 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 1–9 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 1–3 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 |
| Strathspey Thistle | 1–5 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | | 0–2 | 1–4 |
| Turriff United | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 7–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 7–1 | 1–2 | | 4–3 |
| Wick Academy | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 6–2 | |