Season | 2022β23 |
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Dates | 20 August 2022 β 22 April 2023 |
Champions | Loch Ness [1] |
Matches played | 156 |
Goals scored | 744 (4.77 per match) |
Biggest home win | Loch Ness 10β0
Bonar Bridge (26 November 2022) Thurso 10β0 Bonar Bridge (11 February 2023) |
Biggest away win | Bonar Bridge 1β12 Loch Ness (4 March 2023) |
Highest scoring | Bonar Bridge 1β12 Loch Ness (4 March 2023) |
Longest winning run | 9 matches: Invergordon |
Longest unbeaten run | 14 matches: Loch Ness |
Longest winless run | 16 matches: Bonar Bridge |
Longest losing run | 16 matches: Bonar Bridge |
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All statistics correct as of 22 April 2023. |
The 2022β23 North Caledonian Football League (known for sponsorship reasons as the Macleod & MacCallum North Caledonian League) was the 114th season of the North Caledonian Football League, and the second season as part of the sixth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system.
Loch Ness won the league title for the first time; their 5β0 victory over Fort William coupled with Invergordon's 1β1 draw against Orkney on 8 April 2023, gave them an unassailable 10-point lead over Invergordon with 3 games remaining (the margin was 4 points at the end of the season). As such, they entered the 2023β24 Scottish Cup at the Preliminary Round stage, as they had not already qualified as a non-SFA member. [2]
Relegated from Highland Football League
Team | Location | Home ground | Capacity | Seats | Floodlit |
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Alness United | Alness | Dalmore Park [3] | TBC | 0 | Yes |
Bonar Bridge | Bonar Bridge | Migdale Playing Fields [4] | 500 | 0 | No |
Clachnacuddin Reserves | Inverness | Grant Street Park | 3,000 | 154 | Yes |
Fort William [SFA] | Fort William | Claggan Park | 4,000 | 400 | Yes |
Golspie Sutherland [SFA] | Golspie | King George V Park [5] | 1,000 | 0 | Yes |
Halkirk United | Halkirk | Morrison Park [6] | 1,000 | 0 | Yes |
Invergordon | Invergordon | Recreation Grounds [7] | 500 | 0 | No |
Inverness Athletic | North Kessock | Ferry Brae Park [8] | 500 | 0 | No |
Loch Ness | Fortrose | King George V Park [9] | 500 | 0 | No |
Nairn County 'A' | Nairn | Riverside Park [10] | 500 | 0 | No |
Orkney | Holm | The Rockworks [11] | 1,000 | 0 | No |
St Duthus | Tain | Grant Park [12] | 500 | 0 | No |
Thurso | Thurso | Sir George's Park [13] | 1,000 | 0 | No |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
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1 | Loch Ness (C) | 24 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 101 | 28 | +73 | 62 | Ineligible for the Highland League play-off |
2 | Invergordon | 24 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 75 | 24 | +51 | 58 | |
3 | Fort William | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 79 | 46 | +33 | 45 | |
4 | St Duthus | 24 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 63 | 49 | +14 | 44 | |
5 | Orkney | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 57 | 35 | +22 | 42 | |
6 | Golspie Sutherland | 24 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 42 | |
7 | Inverness Athletic | 24 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 50 | 45 | +5 | 40 | |
8 | Halkirk United | 24 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 53 | 56 | −3 | 32 | |
9 | Alness United | 24 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 69 | 63 | +6 | 31 | |
10 | Clachnacuddin Reserves | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 50 | 64 | −14 | 27 | Ineligible for promotion |
11 | Nairn County A | 24 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 33 | 73 | −40 | 16 | |
12 | Thurso | 24 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 38 | 70 | −32 | 15 | |
13 | Bonar Bridge | 24 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 20 | 143 | −123 | 3 |
SFA Club with an SFA licence (as of June 2022) [51] eligible to participate in the Highland League play-off should they win the league.