Highlands and Islands League increases from seven to nine teams as Sutherland and Orkney join

TWO new teams will join the Highlands and Islands League in 2020 as women's football continues to grow in the region.

The number of clubs in the division will increase from seven to nine as Sutherland and Orkney will join the league.

They will join Clachnacuddin who became the first team to win the Highlands and Islands League which was established in 2019.

Inverness Caledonian Thistle Development were runners-up in the division last season.

Also competing in the league are Brora Rangers, Buckie, Caithness, Kirkwall City and Nairn.

Sutherland played Inverness Caledonian Thistle Development at Helmsdale in November losing 9-3.

Lewis and Harris, who won the Highlands and Islands League Cup last season but dropped out of the league due to logistic issues halfway through the season having won every league game, will not return in 2020.

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