2016–17 North Caledonian Football League

The 2016–17 North Caledonian Football League was competed for by eight clubs playing fourteen matches each. Halkirk United were the defending champions. St Duthus returned to the league following an eleven-year absence and Inverness Athletic, a new team, were also admitted.

North Caledonian Football League

Season	2016–17
Champions	Invergordon
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Teams

Team	Location	Home ground	Ref.
Alness United	Alness	Dalmore Park	[1]
Golspie Sutherland	Golspie	King George V Park	[2]
Halkirk United	Halkirk	Morrison Park	[3]
Invergordon	Invergordon	Recreation Grounds	[4]
Inverness Athletic	Muir of Ord	Pavilion Park	[5]
Orkney	Kirkwall	The Pickaquoy Centre	[6]
St Duthus	Tain	Links Playing Fields	[7]
Thurso	Thurso	Sir George's Park	[8]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Invergordon (C)	14	11	1	2	34	18	+16	34
2	Orkney	14	10	1	3	29	13	+16	31
3	Halkirk United	14	9	1	4	33	17	+16	28
4	Golspie Sutherland	14	6	2	6	33	33	0	20
5	Thurso	14	5	3	6	22	18	+4	18
6	St Duthus	14	4	2	8	22	30	−8	14
7	Inverness Athletic	14	2	2	10	27	39	−12	8
8	Alness United	14	2	2	10	19	51	−32	8

Updated to match(es) played on 8 April 2017. Source: North Caledonian Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions

Results

Teams play each other twice making a total of 56 games, with each team playing 14.

Home \ Away	ALN	GOL	HAL	IFC	INA	ORK	STD	THU
Alness United		4–3	0–0	2–5	0–4	2–4	3–2	0–4
Golspie Sutherland	3–2		3–2	1–2	3–1	0–2	4–2	1–1
Halkirk United	6–3	4–1		3–2	3–0	1–0	5–0	3–1
Invergordon	2–0	5–4	1–0		3–1	1–0	3–3	1–0
Inverness Athletic	10–0	3–3	1–4	1–4		1–3	1–3	1–1
Orkney	5–2	4–2	2–0	2–0	2–0		1–2	1–0
Saint Duthus	1–1	0–3	3–0	0–1	4–2	1–2		1–2
Thurso	2–0	1–2	0–2	1–4	6–1	1–1	2–0

Updated to match(es) played on 8 April 2017. Source: North Caledonian FA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.