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2023–24 North Caledonian Football League
The 2023–24 North Caledonian Football League (known for sponsorship reasons as the Macleod & MacCallum North Caledonian League) was the 115th season of the North Caledonian Football League, and the third season as part of the sixth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. Invergordon won their seventh North Caledonian Football League title – and their second in three seasons; a 2–0 win over Inverness Athletic on 23 March 2024 gave them an unassailable seven-point lead over Loch Ness Loch Ness (; ) is a large freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands. It takes its name from the River Ness, which flows from the northern end. Loch Ness is best known for claimed sightings of the cryptozoology, cryptozoological Loch Ness Mons ..., with Loch Ness still having two games to play. Teams From North Caledonian Football League Withdrew * Nairn County 'A' Stadia and locations League table Results Notes Club with an SFA licence (as of June 2023) eligible ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Caledonian Football League
The North Caledonian Football Association is a senior football association operating throughout the Highlands and Islands of Scotland and is a recognised body of the Scottish Football Association (SFA) and as such has its senior football competitions officially registered with the SFA. History The formation of the Inverness Junior Football Association on 31 January 1888 saw the introduction of the Inverness Junior Cup. After the final in 1888 the association was renamed the North of Scotland Junior Football Association and the competition the North of Scotland Junior Cup. The Association's league competition was later introduced in 1896 as the "North of Scotland Junior League" with the initial aim of providing a league format for its junior members and predominantly the "2nd XI" teams from senior Highland Football League clubs. Upon its formation these teams mostly came from the Inverness area. By 1906 though, the Association had welcomed several new member teams from outside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nairn County F
Nairn (; ) is a town and former royal burgh in the Highland Council area of Scotland. It is an ancient fishing port and market town around east of Inverness, at the point where the River Nairn enters the Moray Firth. It is the traditional county town of Nairnshire. At the 2022 census, Nairn had a population of 9,394, making it the third-largest settlement in the Highland Council area, behind Inverness and Fort William. Nairn is best known as a seaside resort, with two golf courses, beaches, a community centre and arts venue, a small theatre (called The Little Theatre) and one small museum, providing information on the local area and incorporating the collection of the former Fishertown museum. History The History of Nairn is a broad and diverse topic spanning its Palaeolithic and Mesolithic roots before recorded history, to the Picts and the visitation of Roman general Agricola. Its possible founding under the name Ekkailsbakki by Sigurd, Earl of Orkney, its royal burgh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thurso
Thurso (pronounced ; , ) is a town and former burgh on the north coast of the Highland council area of Scotland. Situated in the historical County of Caithness, it is the northernmost town on the island of Great Britain. From a latitudinal standpoint, Thurso is located more than north of London and further north than the southernmost point of Norway. It lies at the junction of the north–south A9 road and the west–east A836 road, connected to Bridge of Forss in the west and Castletown in the east. The River Thurso flows through the town and into Thurso Bay and the Pentland Firth. The river estuary serves as a small harbour. At the 2011 Census, Thurso had a population of 7,933. The population of the larger Thurso civil parish including the town and the surrounding countryside was estimated to be 12,057 in 2021. Thurso functioned as an important Norse port, and later traded with ports throughout northern Europe until the 19th century. A thriving fishing centre, Thu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tain
Tain ( ) is a royal burgh and parish in the County of Ross, in the Scottish Highlands, Highlands of Scotland. Etymology The name derives from the nearby River Tain, the name of which comes from an Indo-European root meaning 'flow'. The Gaelic name, ''Baile Dubhthaich'', means 'Duthac's town', after a local saint also known as Saint Duthac, Duthus. History Tain was granted its first royal charter in 1066, making it Scotland's oldest royal burgh, commemorated in 1966 with the opening of the Rose Garden by Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. The 1066 charter, granted by King Malcolm III of Scotland, Malcolm III, confirmed Tain as a sanctuary, where people could claim the protection of the church, and an immunity, in which resident merchants and traders were exempt from certain taxes. Little is known of earlier history although the town owed much of its importance to Duthac. He was an early Christian figure, perhaps 8th or 9th century, whose shrine had become s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holm, Orkney
Holm (pronounced ), also spelled Ham, is a parish on Mainland, Orkney.Wilson, Rev. John ''The Gazetteer of Scotland'' (Edinburgh, 1882) Published by W. & A.K. Johnstone An adjacent Sound, running between Mainland, and Burray, is named after Holm. It has since been blocked up by the Churchill Barriers. The parish flanks the north side of the Sound and extends to within of Kirkwall, and contains the village of St Mary's Holm, as well as the island of Lamb Holm. The Mainland section is by . The shores are mostly rocky, and the interior consists of light thin, loamy land. Orkney F.C., the island group's main football club, played its home games at The Rockworks Community ground near St. Mary's Holm until the pitch was wrecked in 2023. The pitch has just been replaced ahead of the 2025 Island Games. Church and manse Holm church and manse are both of unusual design. The church has no spire or turret, and the manse is constructed so that all chimneys appear through the centre of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fortrose
Fortrose is a town and former royal burgh on the Black Isle in the Highland (council area), Highland council area of Scotland, about northeast of Inverness. The town is known for its ruined 13th-century Fortrose Cathedral, cathedral, and as the home of the Brahan Seer. Chanonry Point, a nearby headland projecting into the Moray Firth, is a popular location for dolphin spotting. Names Fortrose was historically known as the ''Chanonry of Ross'', as it was where the Canon (title), canons of Fortrose Cathedral made their homes. It is still known in Gaelic as , meaning "place of canons". The origin of the name ''Fortrose'' is uncertain. One possibility is that it came from nearby Chanonry Point and originally meant the headland () of the Fortriu, a local ethonym. Compare the etymology of Montrose, Angus, Montrose in Angus (Scotland), Angus. The locals pronounce the name , with the stress on the first syllable. History Archaeological investigations, by Headland Archaeology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Kessock
North Kessock (Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic: ''Ceasag a Tuath'' or ''Aiseag Cheasaig'') is a village on the Black Isle north of Inverness. Description North Kessock is the first village encountered over the Kessock Bridge. Now bypassed by the main road to the north (the A9 road (Great Britain), A9), the village remains quiet. Its counterpart across the Beauly Firth, South Kessock, is a district of Inverness. History Nearby Ord Hill has the remains of a hill fort dating back to around 550BC which was reused by the Picts around 1,000 years later. North Kessock probably existed as early as 1437, when the Dominican monastery in Inverness was granted a charter to operate a ferry to the Black Isle. This was on the pilgrim route north to St Duthac Church in Tain. The ferry was discontinued in 1982 upon the opening of the Kessock Bridge. Recycling Dispute Recently the community has been involved in a long running dispute over the location of glass recycling bins. The matter was settled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Invergordon
Invergordon (; or ) is a town and port in Easter Ross, in Ross and Cromarty, Highland (council area), Highland, Scotland. It lies in the parish of Rosskeen. History The town built up around the harbour which was established in 1828. The area became a police burgh in 1863 and Invergordon Town Hall was completed in 1871. The Invergordon Grain Distillery, operated by Philippines-owned whisky giant Whyte & Mackay, was established in 1959. Connected to the distillery was the Invergordon Distillery Pipe Band which was formed in 1964. In 1971, the British Aluminium Company, which was 47% owned by Reynolds Metals, opened an aluminium smelter at Invergordon. Naval base The naval institute was designed in 1914 by Edinburgh architect Stewart Kaye in anticipation of the First World War. The naval base was the venue for the Invergordon Mutiny of 1931. Remains of the naval base are evidenced in the tank farm lying behind the town centre; the port used to contain fuel oil and water suppli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halkirk
Halkirk () is a village on the River Thurso in Caithness, in the Highland council area of Scotland. From Halkirk the B874 road runs towards Thurso in the north and towards Georgemas in the east. The village is within the parish of Halkirk, and is said by locals to be Scotland's first planned village. In 1222 Jon Haraldsson, the last native Scandinavian to be Jarl of Orkney, was indirectly implicated in the burning of Adam of Melrose at his hall at Halkirk by local farmers when this part of Caithness was still part of the Kingdom of Norway. A contemporary chronicler, Boethius the Dane blamed Haraldsson for the bishop's death. After the jarl swore oaths to his own innocence, Alexander II took the opportunity to assert his claims to the mainland part of the Orkney jarldom. He visited Caithness in person, and hanged the majority of the farmers, while mutilating the rest. His actions were applauded by Pope Honorius III, and a quarter of a century later, he was continuing to r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golspie
Golspie ( , ) is a village and parish in Sutherland, Scottish Highlands, Highland, Scotland, which lies on the North Sea coast in the shadow of Ben Bhraggie. It has a population of around 1,350. History The name derives from the Old Norse, Norse for "gully village". The parish of Golspie was anciently called Kilmaly or Kilmalie, with its parish church at Kirkton, west of the modern village. A chapel dedicated to St Andrew existed at Golspie from at least 1330, and in 1619 the chapel at Golspie was made the parish church, after which the parish became known instead as Golspie and the old church at Kirkton was abandoned. St Andrew's Church was largely rebuilt in 1738. Planned village Much of the modern village of Golspie was laid out in the nineteenth century as a planned village. During a series of visits from the Elizabeth Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland, Right Honourable Elizabeth Countess of Sutherland plans were drawn up for the regulations that were written in to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claggan Park
Claggan Park is a football ground in Fort William in the West Highlands of Scotland, which is the home ground of North Caledonian League side Fort William. It is located on Achintee Road on the outskirts of the town and has a capacity of 1,800 with 400 seated. The ground is often considered the most picturesque in Great Britain due to its proximity to the foothills of Ben Nevis, the highest point in the United Kingdom. History Fort William F.C. is one of the youngest members of the Highland Football League, joining in 1985, just over a decade after the club was founded.Fort William F.C. The Scottish Highland Football League. Retrieved 21 May 2012. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort William, Highland
Fort William is a town in the Lochaber region of the Scottish Highlands, located on the eastern shore of Loch Linnhe in the Highland Council of Scotland. At the 2011 census, Fort William had a population of 15,757, making it the second-largest settlement both in the Highland council area and in the whole of the Scottish Highlands; only the city of Inverness has a larger population. Fort William is a major tourist centre with Glen Coe just to the south, to the east, and Glenfinnan to the west. It is the start and end of the Road to the Isles. It is a huge centre for hillwalking and climbing due to its proximity to Ben Nevis, the largest mountain in Scotland and the United Kingdom, and many other Munros. It is also known for its nearby downhill mountain bike track. It is the start/end of both the West Highland Way (a walk/cycleway, Milngavie – Fort William) and the Great Glen Way (a walk/cycleway, Fort William – Inverness). Around 726 people (7.33% of the popula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
