highland football league (english)

highland football league

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The Highland Football League (HFL) is a league of football clubs operating not in just the Scottish highlands as the name may suggest, but also the north east lowlands (Moray and Aberdeenshire), such as Elgin City F.C., Keith F.C. etc. Formed in 1893, it is one of the three 'senior' non-leagues (that is a league that is not the Scottish Football League (SFL), Scottish Premier League or one of the Scottish Junior Football Association's leagues) in Scotland. It is considered by many the best of the senior non-league associations in Scotland.
Many of the member clubs have performed very well when competing against SFL clubs in the Scottish Cup. However, from the 1990s onwards, it has been a victim of its own success, with various teams defecting to other leagues. It has also had to contend with overexposure of large teams in the area such as Aberdeen F.C. and Inverness Caledonian Thistle, as well as the Old Firm to the South, and to an extent, English football. However, however, the lack of Premier League teams in the area, and to a lesser extent First Division, has/had worked in its favour, with some football fans being less willing to travel long distances to games in southern Scotland etc.
Although fairly well covered in northern papers such as the Aberdeen Press and Journal, Inverness Courier etc, the national dailies, such as the Daily Record, The Scotsman, and The Herald usually give it little coverage.
The league has been somewhat weakened in recent years by the departure of many former members who have subsequently joined the SFL. This happened in 1994 when Caledonian F.C., Inverness Thistle F.C. and Ross County F.C. left. Until then the HFL operated with 18 clubs, which was reduced by the departure of the three mentioned clubs who were replaced by the election of Wick Academy F.C. from the North Caledonian Football League to create a league of 16 clubs. This was the state of affairs till 2000 when Elgin City F.C. and Peterhead F.C. were elected into the SFL. In 2002 Inverurie Loco Works F.C. were elected into the HFL to give it a membership of 15 clubs, with which it continues to operate.
Source: [wikipedia: highland football league]

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