The new North Caledonian Cup, introduced after the original had been sent to Hampden Park for safekeeping.

The North Caledonian Cup, originally known as the North of Scotland Junior Cup and later the North of Scotland 2nd XI Cup is an annual association football cup for competition between football clubs across the Highlands & Islands of Scotland.

The cup is a registered Scottish FA competition which runs under the auspices of the North Caledonian FA.

Origins

First introduced during the 1887–88 season as the flagship competition of the Inverness Junior Football Association, the North Caledonian Cup was initially known as the North of Scotland Junior FA Cup, introduced as an association football cup for competition between juniors clubs from Inverness and the surrounding districts across the North of Scotland.

In the season that followed, the Inverness Junior FA became known as the North of Scotland Junior FA and the cup would become its marquee competition[1]

The first competition was competed for between eighteen teams across the North of Scotland and was won in its first season by Inverness based junior club Crusaders F.C.[2]

History

In its infancy, much like the Highland Football League, cup entrants were mostly teams from the Inverness area and its surrounding districts and for the latter part of the 19th century the competition was dominated by the 2nd XI combinations entered by senior clubs.

It was not until the 1902 that the trophy eventually left Inverness when Dingwall Victoria United - who would later become known as Ross County - won the trophy two years in succession.

While reserve clubs were still a dominant force, the growth of junior clubs eventually led to teams from Tain, Grantown-on-spey and Muir of Ord adding their name to the trophy.

When the North of Scotland Junior FA dropped its junior status in 1935, the competition became known as the North of Scotland 2nd XI Cup.

By the late 1960s, a surge in the formation of senior clubs throughout Ross-shire, Sutherland and Caithness resulted in a break-up in the dominance of Highland Football League "2nd XI" sides.

In 1984, the association took the decision to rename the association again in a bid to "shake off" the reserve football stigma which had been attached to the cup since its introduction 97 years prior and the trophy became known as the North Caledonian Cup. Since 1972, only six senior reserve teams have won the trophy, the last being Inverness Caledonian Thistle 'A' in 1998–99.

In 2008, the original trophy was retired due to being in a state of poor repair and was sent to Hampden for safe keeping and refurbishment. Though the competition's lineage remained intact, a new trophy was introduced to replace the original.

At the same time, the cup was briefly recognized and referred to as the Jock Mackay Memorial Cup before the competitions became two separate cups.

Past winners

Season Winner Score Runner-up Venue Notes
2022–23 Invergordon [3] 2–1 Golspie Sutherland King George V Park, Golspie
2021–22 St Duthus [7] 1–0 Halkirk United Dudgeon Park, Brora
2020–21 Competition not completed due to suspension of football activities as a result of COVID-19 outbreak
2019–20 Competition not completed due to suspension of football activities as a result of COVID-19 outbreak
2018–19 Invergordon [2] 2–0 Alness United Dudgeon Park, Brora
2017–18 St Duthus [6] 3–1[3][4] Golspie Sutherland King George V Park, Golspie
St Duthus, 2017–18 winners
2016–17 Golspie Sutherland [8] 2–1 Invergordon Dudgeon Park, Brora
2015–16 Golspie Sutherland [7] 4–2[5] Lewis & Harris Dalmore Park, Alness
2014–15 Lewis & Harris 1–0 Golspie Sutherland Dalmore Park, Alness First team from the Western Isles to win the cup
2013–14 Alness United [3] 3–1 Muir of Ord Rovers Pavilion Park, Muir of Ord
2012–13 Muir of Ord Rovers [6] 1–0 Thurso Dalmore Park, Alness
2011–12 Halkirk United [3] 2–1[6] Golspie Sutherland Dudgeon Park, Brora
2010–11 Thurso [3] 4–1 Invergordon King George V Park, Golspie
2009–10 Muir of Ord Rovers [5] 2–1[7] Halkirk United Bonar Bridge Park
  • Competition re-introduced to season calendar as the "North Caledonian Cup".
  • Jock Mackay Memorial Cup run as a separate competition from this season onwards
2008–09 Halkirk United [2] 5–2 Thurso Recreation Grounds, Invergordon Contested and promoted as the Jock Mackay Memorial Cup
2007–08 Golspie Sutherland [6] 2–2 p[8] Inverness City Recreation Grounds, Invergordon
  • Golspie won 3–1 on penalties
  • Contested and promoted as the Jock Mackay Memorial Cup
2006–07 Inverness City 2–2 p[9] Golspie Sutherland Recreation Grounds, Invergordon
  • Inverness City won 5–4 on penalties
  • Contested and promoted as the Jock Mackay Memorial Cup
2005–06 Halkirk United 3–1 aet Alness United Seaboard Park, Balintore
  • 1–1 at full-time
  • Game also counted as a league result
  • Contested and promoted as the Jock Mackay Memorial Cup
2004–05 Balintore [4] 2–2 p Invergordon Seaboard Park, Balintore
  • Balintore won 2–1 on penalties
  • Contested and promoted as the Jock Mackay Memorial Cup, introduced in memory of long serving North Caledonian FA and Invergordon committee member, Jock Mackay
2003–04 Thurso [2] 1–0[10][11][12] Balintore Dudgeon Park, Brora
2002–03 Golspie Sutherland [5] 3–1 Dornoch Dudgeon Park, Brora
2001–02 Thurso 2–1[13] Alness United King George V Park, Golspie
2000–01 Golspie Sutherland [4] Alness United
1999–2000 Alness United [2]
1998–99 Inverness Caledonian Thistle reserves
1997–98 Balintore [3] 3–2 Invergordon
1996–97 Balintore [2] 4–0 Halkirk United King George V Park, Golspie
1995–96 Fearn Thistle
1994–95 Clachnacuddin reserves [15]
1993–94 Bonar Bridge [2]
1992–93 Ross County reserves [6]
1991–92 Clachnacuddin reserves [14]
1990–91 Caledonian reserves [16]
1989–90 St Duthus [5]
1988–89 Caledonian reserves [15]
1987–88 Invergordon
1986–87 St Duthus [4]
1985–86 Wick Academy [3]
1984–85 Balintore
1983–84 St Duthus [3]
1982–83 Muir of Ord Rovers [4]
1981–82 Bunillidh Thistle [2]
1980–81 Wick Academy [2]
1979–80 Wick Academy First team from Caithness to win the cup
1978–79 St Duthus [2]
1977–78 Bonar Bridge
1976–77 Dingwall Thistle
1975–76 Golspie Sutherland [3]
1974–75 Golspie Sutherland [2]
1973–74 Alness United
1972–73 Ross County reserves [5]
1971–72 Bunillidh Thistle
1970–71 Caledonian reserves [14]
1969–70 Ross County reserves [4]
1968–69 Golspie Sutherland
1967–68 Muir of Ord Rovers [3]
1966–67 Black Rock Rovers (Evanton)
1965–66 Caledonian reserves [13]
1964–65 Brora Rangers reserves
1963–64 Clachnacuddin reserves [13]
1962–63 Clachnacuddin reserves [12]
1960–61 Clachnacuddin reserves [11]
1959–60 Caledonian reserves [12]
1958–59 Ross County reserves [3]
1957–58 Clachnacuddin reserves [10]
1956–57 Clachnacuddin reserves [9]
1955–56 Clachnacuddin reserves [8]
1954–55 Caledonian reserves [11]
1953–54 Nairn County reserves
1952–53 Nelson (Inverness) [5]
1951–52 Loco Rangers
1950–51 Ross County reserves [2]
1949–50 Clachnacuddin reserves [7]
1948–49 Caledonian reserves [10]
1947–48 Caledonian reserves [9]
1946–47 Ross County reserves 5–4 Invergordon Grant Street Park, Inverness
1938–39 Highland Light Infantry
1937–38 Muir of Ord Rovers
1936–37 Clachnacuddin reserves [6]
1935–36 Nelson (Inverness) [4]
1934–35 Muir of Ord Rovers [2]
1933–34 Muir of Ord Rovers
1932–33 Nelson (Inverness) [3] 1–0 Muir of Ord Rovers Kingsmills Park, Inverness
1931–32 Inverness Thistle reserves [7]
1930–31 Inverness Thistle reserves [6] Inverness Citadel reserves Telford Street Park, Inverness
1929–30 Clachnacuddin reserves [5]
1928–29 Nelson (Inverness) [2]
1927–28 Dingwall Victoria United [3]
1926–27 Cameron Highlanders [2]
1925–26 Inverness Thistle reserves [5]
1924–25 St Duthus 2–1[14] Catch-my-Pal (Inverness) Thistle Park, Inverness
1923–24 Fortrose & Rosemarkie Union
1922–23 Clachnacuddin reserves [4]
1921–22 Caledonian reserves [8] Inverness Citadel reserves Final was replayed after first match ended 1–1
1920–21 Inverness Citadel reserves [3]
1919–20 Clachnacuddin reserves [3]
1913–14 Albert (Inverness)
1911–12 Bishopmill United
1910–11 Grantown Athletic Inverness Thistle reserves
1909–10 Inverness Thistle reserves [4]
1908–09 Clachnacuddin reserves [2]
1907–08 Nelson (Inverness)
1906–07 Caledonian reserves [7]
1905–06 Caledonian reserves [6]
1904–05 Caledonian reserves [5]
1903–04 Dingwall Victoria United [2] 4–3 Caledonian reserves Clachnacuddin Park, Inverness
1902–03 Dingwall Victoria United 1–0 Inverness Citadel reserves Clachnacuddin Park, Inverness First team from outside of Inverness to win the cup
1901–02 Clachnacuddin reserves 4–0 Inverness Citadel reserves Kingsmills Park, Inverness
1900–01 Inverness Thistle reserves [3] Caledonian reserves Clachnacuddin Park, Inverness
1899–1900 Caledonian reserves [4]
1898–99 Heatherley FC (Inverness)
1897–98 Inverness Citadel reserves [2] 2–1 Dingwall Victoria United Thistle Park, Inverness
1896–97 Inverness Citadel reserves 3–2 Inverness Celtic Clachnacuddin Park, Inverness Final was replayed after first match at Telford Street Park ended 2–2
1895–96 Caledonian reserves [3] 3–1 Cameron Highlanders Kingsmills Park, Inverness
1894–95 Caledonian reserves [2] 5–1 Heatherley FC (Inverness) Clachnacuddin Park, Inverness
1893–94 Inverness Thistle reserves [2] 5–1 Caledonian reserves Thistle Park, Inverness Final was replayed after first match at Clachnacuddin Park was abandoned in the second half due to snow with scores at 1–1
1892–93 Caledonian reserves 4–1 Inverness Citadel reserves Telford Street Park, Inverness
1891–92 Crown Strollers (Inverness) 3–2 Inverness Citadel reserves Northern Meeting Park, Inverness
1890–91 Inverness Thistle reserves 5–3 Caledonian reserves Midmills Park, Inverness
1889–90 Inverness Union reserves 2–0 Clachnacuddin reserves Needlefield Park, Inverness
1888–89 Cameron Highlanders 1–0 Inverness Union reserves Needlefield Park, Inverness Final was replayed after first match ended 2–2
1887–88 Crusaders (Inverness) 1–0[15] Crown Cameron Barracks First ever cup final

Performance by club

Club Wins Years
Caledonian reserves
16
 1892–93, 1894–95, 1895–96, 1899–1900, 1904–05, 1905–06, 1906–07, 1921–22, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1954–55, 1959–60, 1965–66, 1970–71, 1988–89, 1990–91
Clachnacuddin reserves
15
 1901–02, 1908–09, 1919–20, 1922–23, 1929–30, 1936–37, 1949–50, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1991–92, 1994–95
Golspie Sutherland
8
 1968–69, 1974–75, 1975–76, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2007–08, 2015–16, 2016–17
Inverness Thistle reserves
7
 1890–91, 1893–94, 1900–91, 1909–10, 1925–26, 1930–31, 1931–32
Muir of Ord Rovers
7
 1933–34, 1934–35, 1937–38, 1967–68, 1982–83, 2009–10, 2012–13
St Duthus
7
 1924–25, 1978–79, 1983–84, 1986–87, 1989–90, 2017–18, 2021–22
Ross County reserves
6
 1946–47, 1950–51, 1958–59, 1969–70, 1972–73, 1992–93
Nelson (Inverness)
5
 1907–08, 1928–29, 1932–33, 1935–36, 1953–53
Balintore
4
 1984–85, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2004–05
Alness United
3
 1973–74, 1999–2000, 2013–14
Dingwall Victoria United
3
 1902–03, 1903–04, 1927–28
Halkirk United
3
 2005–06, 2008–09, 2011–12
Invergordon
3
 1987–88, 2018–19, 2022–23
Inverness Citadel reserves
3
 1896–97, 1897–98, 1920–21
Thurso
3
 2001–02, 2003–04, 2010–11
Wick Academy
3
 1979–80, 1980–81, 1985–86
Bonar Bridge
2
 1977–78, 1993–94
Bunillidh Thistle
2
 1971–72, 1981–82
Cameron Highlanders
2
 1888–89, 1926–27
Albert (Inverness)
1
 1913–14
Bishopmill United
1
 1911–12
Black Rock Rovers (Evanton)
1
 1966–67
Brora Rangers reserves
1
 1964–65
Crown Strollers (Inverness)
1
 1891–92
Crusaders (Inverness)
1
 1887–88
Dingwall Thistle
1
 1976–77
Fearn Thistle
1
 1995–96
Fortrose & Rosemarkie Union
1
 1923–24
Grantown Athletic
1
 1910–11
Heatherley FC (Inverness)
1
 1898–99
Highland Light Infantry
1
 1938–39
Inverness Caledonian Thistle reserves
1
 1998–99
Inverness City
1
 2006–07
Inverness Union reserves
1
 1889–90
Lewis & Harris
1
 2014–15
Loco Rangers
1
 1951–52
Nairn County reserves
1
 1953–54

References

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