2015–16 Highland Football League

March 2026 June 2025 Press & Journal Highland League 2015–16 Cove Rangers Brora Rangers 11–0 Rothes Strathspey Thistle 0–10 Formartine United Clachnacuddin 12–2 Rothes 16 – Cove Rangers 18 – Cove Rangers F.C. 29 – Rothes 15 – Fort William15 – Rothes 2014–15 2016–17 The 2015–16 Highland Football League started on 25 July 2015 and ended on 7 May 2016. Scotland North 500 right Location of teams in 2015–16 Highland Football League Scotland North 6 58.00813 -3.858143 Brora Rangers right Scotland North 6 57.673056 -2.96625 Buckie Thistle top Scotland North 6 57.4859 -4.238 Clachnacuddin bottom Scotland North 6 57.090453 -2.081508 Cove Rangers bottom Scotland North 6 57.663326 -2.517742 Deveronvale bottom Scotland North 6 57.338056 -2.196111 Formartine United top Scotland North 6 57.612631 -3.615136 Forres Mechanics right Scotland North 6 56.822353 -5.087075 Fort William right Scotland North 6 57.690022 -2.003969 Fraserburgh top Scotland North 6 57.449072 -2.783061 Huntly bottom Scotland North 6 57.290453 -2.381508 Inverurie Loco Works bottom Scotland North 6 57.540833 -2.944722 Keith top Scotland North 6 57.713672 -3.285489 Lossiemouth left Scotland North 6 57.579 -3.8725 Nairn County bottom Scotland North 6 57.52 -3.208 Rothes bottom Scotland North 6 57.329293 -3.608772 Strathspey Thistle bottom Scotland North 6 57.536389 -2.467222 Turriff United right Scotland North 6 58.4325 -3.092778 Wick Academy left League table main football complete BBC Sport COV FOU BRO TUR WIC INV BUC NAI FRA KEI FOM LOS DEV CLA HUN STR FOW ROT playoffs 27 4 3 128 35 18 4 12 80 77 10 2 22 59 80 29 2 3 98 28 8 8 18 46 64 27 4 3 137 35 15 4 15 60 65 5 1 28 38 116 15 8 11 63 49 7 5 22 49 89 18 4 12 71 43 17 1 16 70 76 12 2 20 46 70 17 6 11 75 55 1 1 32 16 165 6 2 26 38 118 20 8 6 88 31 18 6 10 76 42 Brora Rangers Buckie Thistle Clachnacuddin Cove Rangers Deveronvale Formartine United Forres Mechanics Fort William Fraserburgh Huntly Inverurie Loco Works Keith Lossiemouth Nairn County Rothes Strathspey Thistle Turriff United Wick Academy C 5 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored PQ yellow1 Qualification to League Two play-off semi-finals Results main FBR grey 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 complete highlandfootballleague.com Promotion play-offs 2015–16 Scottish League Two#League Two 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.https://theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2016/04/edinburgh-city-victorious-over-cove-rangers/ Edinburgh City victorious over Cove Rangers The Edinburgh Reporter Phyllis Stephen 24 April 2016 1 June 2025https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/edinburgh-city-1-1-cove-rangers-city-win-pyramid-play-off-1477720 Edinburgh City 1 - 1 Cove Rangers: City win Pyramid play-off The Scotsman 30 April 2016 1 June 2025 References Category:Highland Football League seasons 5 Scottish