North Caledonian Football League

The North Caledonian Football League (NCFL) is an amateur football (soccer) league operating in the highlands of Scotland.

It currently consists of 10 teams who are:

• Alness United
• Balintore
• Bonar Bridge
• Bunillidh Thistle
• Dornoch
• Golspie Sutherland
• Halkirk United
• Invergordon
• Tain St. Duthus
• Thurso

Previous members include Wick Academy and Fort William who both left to join the Highland Football League and the reserve teams of the Scottish Football League clubs Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Ross County.

At the start of season 2003-2004 the league was due to consist of 11 clubs when Inverness City FC were elected to replace Alness United who had applied to join the Scottish Junior Football Association's Northern Region. However Alness' application was unsuccessful and they returned to the NCFL. However the league returned to the rounder number of 10 clubs when Inverness City withdrew at the last minute owing to their failure to secure a viable ground to play their home fixtures at.

The NCFL is characterised by the number of clubs who use it as a 'stepping-stone' to try and either join the Highland League or join the 'junior' grade of football.

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NCFL Website