The 2020–21 Highland Football League (known as the Breedon Highland League for sponsorship reasons) was the 118th season of the

Highland Football League The Scottish Highland Football League (SHFL, commonly known as the Highland League) is a senior football league based in the north of Scotland. The league sits at level 5 on the Scottish football league system The Scottish football league syst ...

, and the 7th season as the fifth tier of the

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. Due to the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...

, the league announced in August 2020 that the season would start in October with a shortened a 16-game schedule (teams playing each other once). In late September, the start date was deferred until at least 28 November because the member clubs said they could not play fixtures without fans. The season started on 28 November, but

Forres Mechanics Forres Mechanics Football Club are a senior Scottish association football club from the town of Forres, Moray, currently playing in the Highland Football League. They play at the town's Mosset Park. Forres Mechanics are the oldest associati ...

withdrew just beforehand (reducing the schedule to 15 games). On 11 January 2021 the league was suspended by the

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due to the escalating pandemic situation. Despite having only completed three fixtures, Brora Rangers were declared champions for the second successive season using a points per game formula. The decision was announced by the Highland League on 30 March 2021. Two teams (Clachnacuddin and Fort William) had only played one game and Strathspey Thistle had not played at all. Brora Rangers faced the winners of the

2020–21 Lowland Football League The 2020–21 Scottish Lowland Football League was the 8th season of the Lowland Football League, the fifth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. Kelty Hearts were the reigning champions. The league consisted of 17 teams as no clubs were ...

(

Kelty Hearts Kelty Hearts Football Club is a football club based in the village of Kelty in Fife, Scotland. Formed in 1975 and nicknamed ''the Hearts'', ''the Maroon Machine'' and ''the Jambos'', they play their home games at New Central Park. Their home ...

) in the Pyramid play-off, losing 6–1 on aggregate.

Teams

Stadia and locations

All grounds are equipped with floodlights as required by league regulations.

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League table

Results

Notes

References

External links

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