Football Times Cup

The Football Times Cup, first introduced in 1923 by Highland News Ltd, who published an early 20th century newspaper of the same name.

The Football Times 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 1923-24 season as a cup competition of the North of Scotland Junior Football Association, introduced as a football cup for competition between juniors clubs from Inverness and the surrounding districts across the North of Scotland.

Past winners

Season	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Venue	Notes
2024–25	Inverness Athletic	3–1	Alness United	Dalmore Park, Alness
2023–24	Invergordon [9]	3–2	Inverness Athletic	King George V Park, Golspie
2022–23	Invergordon [8]	3–1	St Duthus	King George V Park, Golspie
2021–22	Thurso [3]	2–2 p	Halkirk United	Harmsworth Park, Wick	Thurso won 3-2 on penalties.
2020–21	Competition not completed due to suspension of football activities as a result of COVID-19 outbreak
2019–20	St Duthus [3]	3–2	Golspie Sutherland	Dudgeon Park, Brora
2018–19	Alness United [2]	3–2	Golspie Sutherland	Couper Park, Helmsdale
2017–18	Orkney [2]	2–0	Lewis & Harris	King George V Park, Golspie	First ever all-island final.
2016–17	Invergordon [7]	2–0	Thurso	Couper Park, Helmsdale
2015–16	Thurso [2]	2–0	Golspie Sutherland	Couper Park, Helmsdale
2014–15	Golspie Sutherland [5]	2–0	Orkney	Sir George's Park, Thurso
2013–14	Golspie Sutherland [4]
2012–13	Golspie Sutherland [3]
2011–12	Muir of Ord Rovers [6]
2010–11	Muir of Ord Rovers [5]
2009–10	Dingwall Thistle [4]
2008–09	Inverness City [2]
2007–08	Balintore [5]
2006–07	Inverness City
2005–06	Invergordon [6]
2004–05	Golspie Sutherland [2]
2003–04	Balintore [4]
2002–03	Thurso
2001–02	Bunillidh Thistle [2]
2000–01	Alness United
1999–00	Invergordon [5]
1998–99	Caledonian Thistle 'A'
1997–98	Balintore [3]	2–1	Alness United	Grant Park, Tain
1996–97	Ross County 'A' [8]
1995–96	Ross County 'A' [7]
1994–95	Clachnacuddin 'A' [8]
1993–94	Ross County 'A' [6]				Played as a 7-a-side competition.
1992–93	Clachnacuddin 'A' [7]	4–2	Inverness Thistle 'A'		After extra time
1991–92	Clachnacuddin 'A' [6]	4–2	Balintore	Alness
1990–91	Invergordon [4]
1989–90	Invergordon [3]
1988–89	Balintore [2]
1987–88	Invergordon [2]
1986–87	Bunillidh Thistle
1985–86	Muir of Ord Rovers [4]
1984–85	Dingwall Thistle [3]
1983–84	Fort William
1982–83	Balintore
1981–82	Tain St Duthus [2]	2–0	Balintore	Fearn
1980–81	Tain St Duthus	3–0	Wick Academy	Dudgeon Park, Brora
1979–80	Muir of Ord Rovers [3]
1978–79	Wick Academy [2]
1977–78	Muir of Ord Rovers [2]	2–2 p	Tain St Duthus		Muir of Ord won on penalties.
1976–77
1975–76	Dingwall Thistle [2]
1974–75	Invergordon
1973–74	Brora Rangers 'A'
1972–73	Wick Academy
1971–72	Dingwall Thistle
1970–71	Easter Ross
1969–70	Caledonian 'A' [10]
1968–69	Golspie Sutherland
1967–68	Black Rock Rovers
1966–67	Avoch Rovers
1965–66
1964–65	Ross County 'A' [5]
1963–64	Caledonian 'A' [9]
1962–63	Clachnacuddin 'A' [5]
1961–62
1960–61	Ross County 'A' [4]
1959–60	Inverness Thistle 'A' [5]	2–1	Caledonian 'A'	Grant Street Park, Inverness	Played on New Year's Day
1958–59	Ross County 'A' [3]
1957–58	Nairn County 'A'		Inverness Thistle 'A'	Telford Street Park, Inverness
1956–57	Clachnacuddin 'A' [4]	4–0	Invergordon	Telford Street Park, Inverness
1955–56	Clachnacuddin 'A' [3]
1954–55	Caledonian 'A' [8]
1953–54	Caledonian 'A' [7]
1952–53	Inverness Thistle 'A' [4]
1951–52	Caledonian 'A' [6]
1950–51	Clachnacuddin 'A' [2]
1949–50	Caledonian 'A' [5]
1948–49	Ross County 'A' [2]
1947–48	Caledonian 'A' [4]
1946–47	Ross County 'A'
1938–39	Caledonian 'A' [3]
1937–38	1st Battallion Highlanders
1936–37	Nelson (Inverness) [4]
1935–36	Caledonian 'A' [2]
1934–35	Inverness Thistle 'A' [3]
1933–34	Nelson (Inverness) [3]
1932–33	Muir of Ord Rovers
1931–32	Clachnacuddin 'A'
1930–31	Inverness District Asylum
1929–30	Caledonian 'A'
1928–29	Nelson (Inverness) [2]
1927–28	Dingwall Victoria United
1926–27	Nelson (Inverness)				First non-Highland League side to win the cup.
1925–26	Inverness Thistle 'A' [2]
1924–25	Inverness Thistle 'A'
1923–24	Inverness Citadel 'A'

Performance by club

Club	Wins	Years
Caledonian 'A'	10	1929–30, 1935–36, 1938–39, 1947–48, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1963–64, 1969–70
Invergordon	9	1974–75, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1999–00, 2005–06, 2016–17, 2022–23, 2023–24
Ross County 'A'	8	1946–47, 1948–49, 1958–59, 1960–61, 1964–65, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97
Clachnacuddin 'A'	8	1931–32, 1950–51, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1962–63, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1994–95
Muir of Ord Rovers	6	1932–33, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1985–86, 2010–11, 2011–12
Golspie Sutherland	5	1968–69, 2004–05, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
Balintore	5	1982–83, 1988–89, 1997–98, 2003–04, 2007–08
Inverness Thistle 'A'	5	1924–25, 1925–26, 1934–35, 1952–53, 1959–60
Dingwall Thistle	4	1971–72, 1975–76, 1984–85, 2009–10
Nelson (Inverness)	4	1926–27, 1928–29, 1933–34, 1936–37
Thurso	3	2002–03, 2015–16, 2021–22
St Duthus	3	1980–81, 1981–82, 2019–20
Orkney	2	2014–15, 2017–18
Alness United	2	2000–01, 2018–19
Inverness City	2	2006–07, 2008–09
Bunillidh Thistle	2	1986–87, 2001–02
Wick Academy	2	1972–73, 1978–79
Inverness Athletic	1	2024–25
Caledonian Thistle 'A'	1	1998–99
Fort William	1	1983–84
Brora Rangers 'A'	1	1973–74
Easter Ross	1	1970–71
Black Rock Rovers	1	1967–68
Avoch Rovers	1	1966–67
Nairn County 'A'	1	1957–58
1st Battallion Highlanders	1	1937–38
Inverness District Asylum	1	1930–31
Dingwall Victoria United	1	1927–28
Inverness Citadel 'A'	1	1923–24