Return To The Top
On 7 September 2007, Kyles defeated Ballachulish 2-0 away from home to gain promotion back to the top flight.
In 2008, the club played well and stayed in the Premier Division.
In 2009, the club came to international attention when two of their players were diagnosed with swine flu. This resulted in Kyles' fixtures being postponed. The club also made it to the final of the Camanachd Cup after an extra-time replay of a match against Kingussie which they won 4-3. The original game was called off with Kingussie leading 4-1 with 30 minutes left. Kyles went on to lose the final 4-3 in Oban to Fort William despite coming back from 3-0 down to draw 3-3 before the decisive Fort William goal.
Kyles controversially refused to travel to Beauly on 28 November 2009, when bad weather had rendered their park unplayable and no alternative ground could be found for what would have been a title decider for opponents Kingussie. This refusal led to Kyles being docked 2 points, this was appealed and led to Kyles leapfrogging Glenurquhart into 4th place in the 2009 standings.
The club has taken steps to developing a second park in the area for when their home ground is unplayable, this park Ardlamont, was used for the first time on 10 April 2010 for a Premier Division match with Fort William.
Kyles started the 2011 season with 5 straight wins, including two important victories away to Inveraray and Fort William. This has raised hopes in Tighnabruaich of a maiden Premier Division title. Kyles went unbeaten for the whole season, winning the MacAulay Cup and the Glasgow Celtic Society Cups. Their only defeats were to Inveraray in the Camanachd Cup and heartbreakingly to Newtonmore in a winner takes all game for the Premier Division at Dunoon Stadium, due to Tighnabruaich being unsuitable. Even more heartbreaking was the manner in which they lost, requiring only a point to make realistically sure of a maiden title, they succumbed to a last minute goal from Danny MacRae.
2012 would see Kyle beaten to the league again by Newtomnmore but this disappointment paled into insignificance with the victory of the team in the Camanachd Cup final in Oban, defeating Inveraray 6-5, in a classic final.
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