| HIGHLAND FOOTBALL LEAGUE - Final Tables 1893-date | ||||||||||||
| Many thanks go to David Ross, Chris Soutar and Paul Crankshaw for supplying a number of final tables. | ||||||||||||
| However I'm especially grateful to Bob Perkins for allowing me to use one of his publications, | ||||||||||||
| The League Tables of the Highland Football League, to complete this page. | ||||||||||||
| 1893-94 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |||||
| 1 | Inverness Thistle | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 59 | 16 | 21 | ||||
| 2 | Inverness Caledonian | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 20 | 17 | ||||
| 3 | Clachnacuddin | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 22 | 15 | ||||
| 4 | Forres Mechanics | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 35 | 32 | 11 | * | |||
| 5 | Inverness Union | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 31 | 9 | ||||
| 6 | Inverness Citadel | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 34 | 8 | ||||
| 7 | Cameron Highlanders | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 56 | 3 | ||||
| * | Forres Mechanics awarded 2 points against Inverness Union, who did not play | |||||||||||
| Ross County resigned from the league in November 1893 after playing three games | ||||||||||||
| 1894-95 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |||||
| 1 | Clachnacuddin | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 20 | 18 | ||||
| 2 | Inverness Thistle | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 25 | 14 | ||||
| 3 | Inverness Caledonian | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 16 | 12 | ||||
| 4 | Inverness Citadel | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 7 | ||||
| 5 | Forres Mechanics | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 33 | 4 | ||||
| 6 | Inverness Union | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 31 | 3 | ||||
| 1895-96 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |||||
| 1 | Inverness Caledonian | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 15 | + | |||
| 1 | Inverness Thistle | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 15 | + | |||
| 3 | Clachnacuddin | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 19 | 12 | ||||
| 4 | Elgin City | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 8 | ||||
| 5 | Inverness Citadel | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 6 | * | |||
| 6 | Inverness Union | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 4 | ||||
| + | Championship play-off at Grant Street Park, Inverness on 30 May 1895 | |||||||||||
| Inverness Caledonian 1-0 Inverness Thistle | ||||||||||||
| * | Inverness Citadel awarded 2 points against Union, who didn't play | |||||||||||
| 1896-97 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |||||
| 1 | Clachnacuddin | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 9 | ||||
| 2 | Inverness Caledonian | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| 3 | Inverness Thistle | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 4 | ||||
| 4 | Inverness Citadel | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 3 | ||||
| Forres Mechanics were unable to complete their fixtures after April 1897 and their record was deleted | ||||||||||||
| 1897-98 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |||||
| 1 | Clachnacuddin | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 8 | 31 | ||||
| 2 | Inverness Caledonian | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 49 | 20 | 27 | ||||
| 3 | Elgin City | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 30 | 18 | ||||
| 4 | Inverness Thistle | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 40 | 35 | 13 | ||||
| 5 | Inverness Celtic | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 36 | 12 | ||||
| 6 | Inverness Citadel | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 37 | 12 | ||||
| 7 | Forres Mechanics | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 39 | 40 | 9 | ||||
| 8 | Inverness Union | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 33 | 9 | ||||
| 9 | Cameron Highlanders | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 90 | 3 | ||||
| 1898-99 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |||||
| 1 | Inverness Caledonian | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 14 | 24 | ||||
| 2 | Clachnacuddin | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 48 | 25 | 21 | ||||
| 3 | Elgin City | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 19 | 16 | * | |||
| 4 | Inverness Citadel | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 36 | 12 | ||||
| 5 | Inverness Celtic | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 11 | * | |||
| 6 | Forres Mechanics | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 41 | 8 | + | |||
| 7 | Inverness Thistle | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 46 | 8 | ||||
| 8 | Inverness Union | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 37 | 8 | * | |||
| * | Inverness Celtic and Inverness Union were both awarded 2 points due to Elgin City not fulfilling their fixtures | |||||||||||
| + | Forres Mechanics were penalised 4 points for breach of Rule | |||||||||||
| 1899-1900 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |||||
| 1 | Inverness Caledonian | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 18 | ||||
| 2 | Clachnacuddin | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 14 | ||||
| 3 | Inverness Thistle | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 14 | ||||
| 4 | Inverness Citadel | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 37 | 7 | ||||
| 5 | Forres Mechanics | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 7 | ||||
| 6 | Elgin City | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 38 | 0 | ||||
| 1900-01 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |||||
| 1 | Clachnacuddin | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 14 | ||||
| 2 | Inverness Caledonian | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 12 | ||||
| 3 | Inverness Citadel | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 10 | ||||
| 4 | Inverness Thistle | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 10 | ||||
| 5 | Forres Mechanics | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 29 | 8 | ||||
| 6 | Elgin Caledonian | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 42 | 0 | ||||
| 1901-02 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |||||
| 1 | Inverness Caledonian | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 9 | ||||
| 2 | Inverness Thistle | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 5 | ||||
| 3 | Clachnacuddin | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | ||||
| 4 | Inverness Citadel | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 5 | ||||
| 1902-03 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |||||
| 1 | Clachnacuddin | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 16 | ||||
| 2 | Inverness Thistle | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 18 | 15 | ||||
| 3 | Inverness Citadel | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 10 | ||||
| 4 | Inverness Caledonian | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 9 | ||||
| 5 | Forres Mechanics | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Elgin City United | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 3 | ||||
| 1903-04 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |||||
| 1 | Clachnacuddin | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 10 | 22 | ||||
| 2 | Inverness Citadel | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 26 | 15 | ||||
| 3 | Inverness Thistle | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 17 | 14 | * | |||
| 4 | Cameron Highlanders | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 12 | ||||
| 5 | Inverness Caledonian | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 20 | 9 | ||||
| 6 | Elgin City | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 44 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Forres Mechanics | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 43 | 6 | ||||
| * | Inverness Thistle awarded 2 points when Cameron Highlanders failed to play a fixture | |||||||||||
| 1904-05 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |||||
| 1 | Clachnacuddin | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 16 | 17 | * | |||
| 1 | Black Watch | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 17 | * | |||
| 3 | Inverness Thistle | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 16 | ||||
| 4 | Inverness Caledonian | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 15 | ||||
| 5 | Inverness Citadel | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 7 | + | |||
| 6 | Forres Mechanics | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 31 | 5 | ||||
| 7 | Elgin City | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 3 | ||||
| * | Clachnacuddin were awarded the Championship after Black Watch refused to play-off | |||||||||||
| on 12 May 1905 due to the referee that the League appointed | ||||||||||||
| + | Inverness Citadel had 4 points deducted for fielding ineligible players | |||||||||||
| 1905-06 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |||||
| 1 | Inverness Caledonian | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 9 | 16 | * | |||
| 1 | Inverness Thistle | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 16 | * | |||
| 1 | Clachnacuddin | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 16 | * | |||
| 4 | Inverness Citadel | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 15 | ||||
| 5 | Forres Mechanics | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 14 | ||||
| 6 | Black Watch | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 7 | ||||
| 7 | Elgin City | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 50 | 0 | ||||
| * | Championship play-offs | |||||||||||
| Semi final - Clachnacuddin v Inverness Thistle 3-1 | ||||||||||||
| Final - Clachnacuddin v Inverness Caledonian 2-0 | ||||||||||||
| 1906-07 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |||||
| 1 | Inverness Thistle | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 17 | ||||
| 2 | Inverness Caledonian | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 11 | * | |||
| 3 | Inverness Citadel | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 10 | ||||
| 4 | Elgin City | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 9 | * | |||
| 5 | Clachnacuddin | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 9 | ||||
| 6 | Forres Mechanics | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 2 | ||||
| * | Inverness Caledonian v Elgin City not played | |||||||||||
| 1907-08 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |||||
| 1 | Clachnacuddin | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 21 | ||||
| 2 | Highland Light Infantry | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 15 | * | |||
| 3 | Inverness Citadel | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 14 | ||||
| 4 | Inverness Caledonian | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 10 | ||||
| 5 | Inverness Thistle | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 8 | * | |||
| 6 | Elgin City | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 26 | 5 | * | |||
| 7 | Forres Mechanics | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 5 | * | |||
| * | Three matches unplayed | |||||||||||
| 1908-09 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |||||
| 1 | Inverness Citadel | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 17 | ||||
| 2 | Clachnacuddin | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 16 | ||||
| 3 | Forres Mechanics | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 13 | ||||
| 4 | Inverness Caledonian | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 11 | ||||
| 5 | Inverness Thistle | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 8 | ||||
| 6 | Elgin City | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 7 | ||||
| 7 | Highland Light Infantry | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 6 | ||||
| * | Three matches unplayed | |||||||||||
| 1909-10 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |||||
| 1 | Elgin City | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 20 | 20 | + | |||
| 1 | Inverness Thistle | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 23 | 20 | + | |||
| 3 | Inverness Citadel | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 19 | 19 | ||||
| 4 | Clachnacuddin | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 16 | ||||
| 5 | Inverness Caledonian | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 20 | 15 | ||||
| 6 | Buckie Thistle | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 35 | 9 | ||||
| 7 | Seaforth Highlanders | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 47 | 6 | ||||
| 8 | Forres Mechanics | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 30 | 5 | ||||
| + | Championship play-off | |||||||||||
| Inverness Thistle v Elgin City 1-1, 2-1 | ||||||||||||
| * | Inverness Caledonian v Buckie Thistle not played | |||||||||||
| 1910-11 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |||||
| 1 | Inverness Caledonian | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 38 | 15 | 21 | ||||
| 2 | Buckie Thistle | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 19 | 20 | ||||
| 3 | Inverness Citadel | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 17 | ||||
| 4 | Clachnacuddin | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 17 | ||||
| 5 | Forres Mechanics | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 13 | ||||
| 6 | Inverness Thistle | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 13 | ||||
| 7 | Seaforth Highlanders | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 31 | 51 | 8 | ||||
| 8 | Elgin City | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 38 | 3 | ||||
| 1911-12 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |||||
| 1 | Inverness Caledonian | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 17 | + | |||
| 1 | Clachnacuddin | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 17 | + | |||
| 1 | Inverness Thistle | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 17 | + | |||
| 4 | Forres Mechanics | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 12 | ||||
| 5 | Elgin City | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 32 | 11 | ||||
| 6 | Buckie Thistle | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 7 | ||||
| 7 | Inverness Citadel | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 3 | ||||
| + | Championship play-offs | |||||||||||
| Semi final - Clachnacuddin v Inverness Thistle 3-2 | ||||||||||||
| Final - Clachnacuddin v Inverness Caledonian 2-1 | ||||||||||||
| 1912-13 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |||||
| 1 | Aberdeen 'A' | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 53 | 18 | 29 | ||||
| 2 | Buckie Thistle | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 19 | ||||
| 3 | Inverness Caledonian | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 34 | 36 | 17 | ||||
| 4 | Inverness Thistle | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 17 | ||||
| 5 | Clachnacuddin | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 32 | 25 | 15 | ||||
| 6 | Elgin City | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 32 | 15 | ||||
| 7 | 93rd Highlanders | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 29 | 12 | ||||
| 8 | Inverness Citadel | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 37 | 8 | ||||
| 9 | Forres Mechanics | 16 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 23 | 39 | 8 | ||||
| 1913-14 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |||||
| 1 | Inverness Caledonian | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 29 | 13 | 25 | ||||
| 2 | Aberdeen 'A' | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 28 | 23 | ||||
| 3 | Elgin City | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 18 | ||||
| 4 | Forres Mechanics | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 18 | ||||
| 5 | Inverness Citadel | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 33 | 18 | ||||
| 6 | Clachnacuddin | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 29 | 14 | ||||
| 7 | Inverness Thistle | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 28 | 13 | ||||
| 8 | 93rd Highlanders | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 32 | 9 | ||||
| 9 | Buckie Thistle | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 38 | 6 | ||||
| 1914-15 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |||||
| 1 | Clachnacuddin | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 10 | ||||
| 2 | Inverness Caledonian | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| 3 | Aberdeen 'A' | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| 4 | Elgin City | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 3 | ||||
| 5 | Inverness Thistle | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 3 | ||||
| 6 | Forres Mechanics | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 2 | ||||
| 7 | Buckie Thistle | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Competition abandoned in February 1915 because of the Great War | ||||||||||||
| 1919-20 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |||||
| 1 | Buckie Thistle | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 52 | 22 | 31 | ||||
| 2 | Clachnacuddin | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 59 | 25 | 29 | ||||
| 3 | Inverness Caledonian | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 52 | 30 | 24 | ||||
| 4 | Elgin City | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 55 | 31 | 23 | ||||
| 5 | Inverness Thistle | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 37 | 41 | 16 | ||||
| 6 | Forres Mechanics | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 34 | 48 | 16 | ||||
| 7 | Inverness Citadel | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 39 | 11 | ||||
| 8 | Nairn County | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 45 | 11 | ||||
| 9 | Seaforth Highlanders | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 31 | 63 | 11 | ||||
| 10 | Cameron Highlanders | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 52 | 8 | ||||
| 1920-21 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |||||
| 1 | Clachnacuddin | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 16 | 22 | ||||
| 2 | Inverness Thistle | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 41 | 22 | 19 | ||||
| 3 | Inverness Caledonian | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 17 | ||||
| 4 | Buckie Thistle | 14 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||