The North Caledonian Football League (NCFL) or North Caley is an amateur football league operating in the highlands of Scotland. Founded in 1896, the league has regularly contained a number of "A" or Reserve teams of Highland Football League (HFL) clubs alongside local amateur teams. As these HFL clubs are full members of the Scottish Football Association, disciplinary procedures in the NCFL are handled directly by the SFA - a unique situation in Scottish amateur football. NCFL club Golspie Sutherland are themselves SFA full members and as of season 2007–08, obtain direct entry to the Scottish Cup. Prior to this they entered the Scottish Qualifying Cup (North) each season.
The NCFL is characterized by the number of clubs who use it as a 'stepping-stone' to try and either join the Highland League or join the Junior grade of football. Previous NCFL members include Wick Academy and Fort William who both left to join the Highland Football League and the reserve teams of the Scottish Football League clubs Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Ross County.
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