Football league
The Lewis & Harris Football Association oversees the Lewis & Harris League, an annual football competition featuring clubs from the Lewis and Harris islands, situated off the coast of Scotland. Differing from traditional winter schedules, this league, like many other northern amateur leagues, operates during the summer months.
Comprising eight clubs from Lewis and one from Harris, the league holds full licensing from the Scottish Amateur Football Association. Participating clubs also engage annually in the Highland Amateur Cup, with member clubs having clinched the title eight times throughout its history.
Member clubs
- Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Locations of the Lewis & Harris League teams
Lewis & Harris League
List of Lewis & Harris League champions
Season |
Champions (number of titles) |
Runners-up |
Third place
|
1980
|
Ness (1)
|
Point (1)
|
Stornoway Rovers (1)
|
1981
|
Point (1)
|
Ness (1)
|
Stornoway Athletic (1)
|
1982
|
Ness (2)
|
Stornoway Athletic (1)
|
Tolsta (1)
|
1983
|
Harris (1)
|
Point (2)
|
Ness (1)
|
1984
|
Ness (3)
|
Back (1)
|
Stornoway Athletic (2)
|
1985
|
Ness (4)
|
Point (3)
|
Stornoway Athletic (3)
|
1986
|
Ness (5)
|
Point (4)
|
Stornoway Athletic (4)
|
1987
|
Ness (6)
|
Stornoway Athletic (2)
|
Lochs (1)
|
1988
|
Stornoway Athletic (1)
|
Ness (2)
|
Lochs (2)
|
1989
|
Ness (7)
|
Lochs (1)
|
Stornoway Athletic (5)
|
1990
|
Ness (8)
|
Stornoway Athletic (3)
|
Stornoway Rovers (2)
|
1991
|
Ness (9)
|
Stornoway Athletic (4)
|
Lochs (3)
|
1992
|
Ness (10)
|
Point (5)
|
Stornoway Athletic (6)
|
1993
|
Point (2)
|
Ness (3)
|
Harris (1)
|
1994
|
Ness (11)
|
Back (2)
|
Point (1)
|
1995
|
Lochs (1)
|
Back (3)
|
Ness (2)
|
1996
|
Point (3)
|
Ness (4)
|
Harris (2)
|
1997
|
Point (4)
|
Stornoway Athletic (5)
|
Harris (3)
|
1998
|
Point (5)
|
Stornoway Athletic (6)
|
Harris (4)
|
1999
|
Ness (12)
|
Point (6)
|
Harris (5)
|
2000
|
Back (1)
|
Harris (1)
|
Point (2)
|
2001
|
Harris (2)
|
Ness (5)
|
Lochs (4)
|
2002
|
Point (6)
|
Harris (2)
|
Back (1)
|
2003
|
Lochs (2)
|
Back (4)
|
Point (3)
|
2004
|
Point (7)
|
Back (5)
|
Lochs (5)
|
2005
|
Lochs (3)
|
Stornoway Athletic (7)
|
Back (2)
|
2006
|
Stornoway Athletic (2)
|
Lochs (2)
|
Point (4)
|
2007
|
Lochs (4)
|
Back (6)
|
Stornoway Athletic (7)
|
2008
|
Lochs (5)
|
Back (7)
|
Carloway (1)
|
2009
|
Lochs (6)
|
Back (8)
|
Carloway (2)
|
2010
|
Lochs (7)
|
Back (9)
|
West Side (1)
|
2011
|
Back (2)
|
Carloway (1)
|
West Side (2)
|
2012
|
Stornoway Athletic (3)
|
Back (10)
|
Lochs (6)
|
2013
|
Carloway (1)
|
Stornoway Athletic (8)
|
West Side (3)
|
2014
|
West Side (1)
|
Lochs (3)
|
Carloway (3)
|
2015
|
Lochs (8)
|
Point (7)
|
West Side (4)
|
2016
|
Lochs (9)
|
Point (8)
|
West Side (5)
|
2017
|
Carloway (2)
|
West Side (1)
|
Point (5)
|
2018
|
Point (8)
|
Lochs (4)
|
West Side (6)
|
2019
|
West Side (2)
|
Point (9)
|
Carloway (4)
|
2020
|
No competition (due to COVID-19 pandemic)
|
2021
|
Point (9)
|
Back (11)
|
West Side (7)
|
2022
|
Point (10)
|
Ness (6)
|
West Side (8)
|
2023
|
West Side (3)
|
Back (12)
|
Point (6)
|
2024
|
Stornoway Athletic (4)
|
Point (10)
|
West Side (9)
|
Total titles won
Rank
|
Club
|
Winners
|
Runners-up
|
Winning seasons
|
1
|
Ness
|
12
|
6
|
1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1999
|
2
|
Point
|
10
|
10
|
1981, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2018, 2021, 2022
|
3
|
Lochs
|
9
|
4
|
1995, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016
|
4
|
Stornoway Athletic
|
4
|
8
|
1988, 2006, 2012, 2024
|
5
|
West Side
|
3
|
1
|
2014, 2019, 2023
|
6
|
Back
|
2
|
12
|
2000, 2011
|
Harris
|
2
|
1983, 2001
|
Carloway
|
1
|
2013, 2017
|
Moldova Lewis Cup
Jock Stein Cup
Co-op Cup
* Won on penalties
Acres Boys Club Cup
Eilean Fraoch Cup
The Eilean Fhraoich Cup is a distinctive competition within the Lewis and Harris Football League. What sets this cup apart is that players represent their home village, regardless of which football club they are signed to. Notably, the town clubs do not enter the competition.
The name Eilean Fhraoich, which translates to "Heather Isle" in Scottish Gaelic, is another name for the Isle of Lewis.
Representative team
A 'select' team representing Lewis & Harris periodically enters cup competitions organized by the North Caledonian Football Association.
This team should not be confused with the Western Isles representative team, which competes at the Island Games and usually selects players from both the Lewis & Harris and Uist & Barra amateur leagues.
As of 2017, the squad is managed by Kevin Anderson. The team, to date, has triumphed in one cup competition - when they won 1–0 against Golspie Sutherland in the final of the North Caledonian Cup at Dalmore Park, Alness. The match, contested in November 2014, was broadcast with live commentary on BBC Radio nan Gàidheal.
Honours
References
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