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The Strathspey & Badenoch Welfare Football Association is the governing body overseeing amateur Scottish Welfare football in the Badenoch and Strathspey area of Scotland. It is affiliated to Scottish Welfare Football Association and Scottish Football Association and has been running intermittently since its inaugural season in 1929–30.^[1] The winners on that occasion were the now-defunct Nethy Bridge F.C.

Competitions

There is an annual league competition which runs from May to July with each member club playing the others four times over the course of the season. For the 2019 season, all league games take place on Tuesday evenings. The SBWFA League is sponsored by local Carrbridge firm David Ritchie & Sons Ltd. As of the 2017 season it has been known as the David Ritchie & Sons Ltd League for sponsorship purposes.

Each club is also responsible for hosting its own cup competition. As of the 2019 season cup matches will take place on Friday evenings, except for the SBWFA North V South Trophy which has yet to be confirmed. 2019 has five cup competitions. These are:

McCook Cup (Aviemore Thistle)
Revack Cup (Boat of Garten Ospreys)
Maclean Cup (Grantown United)
Capaldi Cup (Kingussie F.C.)
SBWFA North V South Trophy

Because there were no league competitions in the 2020 and 2021 seasons, the cup matches were also suspended. The format for the 2022 season has not been announced yet.

Clubs

Member club numbers tend to fluctuate from season to season, with the most recent notable extinctions being Grantown F.C. and Tomatin United. The 2022 season is being competed for by the following clubs:

Aviemore Thistle

One of two sides based at the village of Aviemore, Thistle shared their home park with local rivals RBL Aviemore before RBL Aviemore were mothballed at the end of the 2015 season. Thistle underwent a rebirth at the end of 2007 when the club almost became extinct, but the name and colours were saved at the 11th hour and a Jags side was successfully fielded for the 2008 season.

Boat of Garten Ospreys

The latest incarnation of Boat of Garten FC, making a return to the SBWFA after a long absence.

Cromdale
FC Abernethy
Kingussie

The side return to the SBWFA after an absence of four years, last competing in the 2015 season when they finished third in the league table that season.

Spey Valley Youth

Previous league winners

The complete list of League winning clubs since the Association's inception is given below:

1929–30 Nethy Bridge
1930–31 Nethy Bridge
1932–33 Nethy Bridge
1933–34 Boat of Garten
1934–37 No competition
1938–39 Boat of Garten
1940–45 No competition
1946–47 Boat of Garten
1947–48 Kingussie F.C.
1948–49 Aviemore F.C.
1949–50 Aviemore F.C.
1950–51 Aviemore F.C.
1951–52 Aviemore F.C.
1952–53 Aviemore F.C.
1954 Aviemore F.C.
1955 REM (Royal Engineers)
1956 Nethy Bridge
1957 Nethy Bridge
1958 Nethy Bridge
1959 Kingussie F.C.
1960 Kingussie F.C.
1961 Kingussie F.C.
1962 Aviemore F.C.
1963 Aviemore F.C.
1964 Kingussie F.C.
1965 Kingussie F.C.
1966 Aviemore Thistle
1967 Kingussie F.C.
1968 Grantown F.C.
1969 Grantown F.C.
1970 Kingussie F.C.
1971 Carrbridge F.C.
1972–76 No competition
1977 Carrbridge F.C.
1978 Carrbridge F.C.
1979 Carrbridge F.C.
1980 Carrbridge F.C.
1981 Kingussie F.C.
1982 Grantown F.C.
1983 Newtonmore F.C.
1984 Coylum Bridge
1985 Grantown F.C.
1986 Grantown F.C.
1987 Kingussie F.C.
1988 Carrbridge F.C.
1989 Grantown United
1990 Grantown United
1991 Grantown United
1992 Grantown F.C.
1993 Coylum Bridge
1994 Coylum Bridge
1995 Kingussie F.C.
1996 Grantown United
1997 Aviemore United
1998 Grantown United
1999 Grantown United
2000 Kingussie F.C.
2001 Kingussie F.C.
2002 Kingussie F.C.
2003 Kingussie F.C.
2004 Cromdale F.C.
2005 Tomatin F.C.
2006 Aviemore Thistle
2007 Tomatin F.C.
2008 Carrbridge F.C.
2009 Royal British Legion Aviemore
2010 Strathspey Thistle Colts
2011 Kingussie F.C.
2012 Kingussie F.C.
2013 Strathspey Thistle Colts
2014 Grantown F.C.^[2]
2015 Grantown United
2016 Grantown United
2017 Grantown United
2018 Grantown F.C.
2019 Grantown United
2020 No Competition
2021 No Competition
2022 Boat of Garten Ospreys
2023 Aviemore Thistle

References

^ "Past Winners". Strathspey and Badenoch Welfare Football Association. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
^ "Still time to get involved in Badenoch and Strathspey football league". Strathspey and Badenoch Herald. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2016.