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Quite a few of the Inverness & District Amateur games will be at Culloden Playing Fields. The league isn't the best at promoting fixtures and results, Facebook usually your best bet. Further east of Inverness, you start to break into North Junior territory, Nairn Saints being the nearest team. Don't forget the Highland League, either.

...and Fort William are in them! First game Claggan Park (mower and lines dependent) 20th August 1400 v Golspie

Hall Russell United have gone into abeyance, seems ominous. Dufftown have been promoted.

Making ground ownership a requirement would exclude a huge number of clubs at practically all levels in Scotland. Most leagues seem to have rules about access to a ground and security of tenure if it's leased, which doesn't seem unreasonable.

It'll depend who's playing. Normally an SPFL or HFL ground depending on availability.

Quarter Finals (on or around 16th July) IRN Security v Wick Groats Golspie Stafford v High Ormlie Hotspur Ness v Avoch Stromness Athletic v Pentland Utd

Quarter Finals (on or around 16th July) IRN Security v Wick Groats Golspie Stafford v High Ormlie Hotspur Ness v Avoch Stromness Athletic v Pentland Utd

Third Round Friday 24th June 1900 Ness 5-1 Carloway (Fivepenny) Saturday 25th June 1100 Iochdar Saints 0-4 High Ormlie Hotspur (Culbokie Park) 1200 Stromness Athletic 5-2 Wick Thistle (Market Green) 1300 Avoch 2-1 Kirkwall Hotspurs (Coronation Park) 1500 Black Rock Rovers 2-5 Golspie Stafford (Culcairn Park) 1500 IRN Security 3-0 (aet) Sleat & Strath (Cromal Park) 1500 Pentland Utd 5-0 Lairg Rovers (Back Park) 1500 Wick Groats 2-0 Staxigoe Utd (Upper Bignold)

My prediction of a Groats v Stabs final still on the cards... Third Round Friday 24th June 1900 Ness 5-1 Carloway (Fivepenny) Saturday 25th June 1100 Iochdar Saints 0-4 High Ormlie Hotspur (Culbokie Park) 1200 Stromness Athletic 5-2 Wick Thistle (Market Green) 1300 Avoch 2-1 Kirkwall Hotspurs (Coronation Park) 1500 Black Rock Rovers 2-5 Golspie Stafford (Culcairn Park) 1500 IRN Security 3-0 (aet) Sleat & Strath (Cromal Park) 1500 Pentland Utd 5-0 Lairg Rovers (Back Park) 1500 Wick Groats 2-0 Staxigoe Utd (Upper Bignold)

The NCL have announced that their champion club will gain entry to the Scottish Cup. Invergordon will enter this coming season. Excellent news and brings the NCL in line with the other Tier 6 leagues.

Obviously Fort never had any intention to go through with an appeal (just like the playoff) given there were absolutely no grounds. Of course there was going to be a bond to be lodged, they must've known this. Just another attempt to spin this as the big bad Scottish football authorities having it in for plucky wee Fort William.

Third Round Friday 24th June 1900 Ness v Carloway (Fivepenny) Saturday 25th June 1100 Iochdar Saints v High Ormlie Hotspur (Culbokie Park) 1200 Stromness Athletic v Wick Thistle (Market Green) 1300 Avoch v Kirkwall Hotspurs (Coronation Park) 1500 Black Rock Rovers v Golspie Stafford (Culcairn Park) 1500 IRN Security v Sleat & Strath (Culloden PF) 1500 Pentland Utd v Lairg Rovers (Ham Park) 1500 Wick Groats v Staxigoe Utd (Upper Bignold)

Third Round Friday 24th June 1900 Ness v Carloway (Fivepenny) Saturday 25th June 1100 Iochdar Saints v High Ormlie Hotspur (Culbokie Park) 1200 Stromness Athletic v Wick Thistle (Market Green) 1300 Avoch v Kirkwall Hotspurs (Coronation Park) 1500 Black Rock Rovers v Golspie Stafford (Culcairn Park) 1500 IRN Security v Sleat & Strath (Culloden PF) 1500 Pentland Utd v Lairg Rovers (Ham Park) 1500 Wick Groats v Staxigoe Utd (Upper Bignold)

The official line is that Banks o' Dee Junior FC are a new and separate club. Who happen to play at Spain Park in the same colours as Banks o' Dee FC. Players will have to be transferred between clubs as normal. They won't be registered for both teams. I'm not sure if that was the same set up Spartans had when their B team Juniors played in the ERJFA.

Yes, this is the case. Banks o' Dee Juniors admitted (absolutely not the same as Banks o' Dee B...)