Lewis & Harris Football Association


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

TeamLocationGround
BackIsle of Lewis Col Uarach
CarlowayIsle of Lewis Cnoc a' Choilich
HarrisIsle of Harris Rally Park
LochsIsle of Lewis Creagan Dubh
NessIsle of Lewis Fivepenny
PointIsle of Lewis Garrabost
Stornoway AthleticIsle of Lewis Goathill Park
Stornoway UnitedIsle of Lewis Goathill Park
West SideIsle of Lewis Barvas Hall

Lewis & Harris League

Total titles won

RankClubWinnersWinning seasons
1Ness1261980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1999
2Point10101981, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2018, 2021, 2022
3Lochs941995, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016
4Stornoway Athletic481988, 2006, 2012, 2024
5Back3122000, 2011, 2025
5West Side322014, 2019, 2023
7Harris221983, 2001
7Carloway212013, 2017

Moldova Lewis Cup

* Won on penalties

Jock Stein Cup

* Won on penalties

Western Isles Cup

The Western Isles Cup is a competition open to all clubs in the Western Isles, including teams from the Uist & Barra Amateur Football Association.
The competition was previously known as the Co-op Cup due to sponsorship by the Co-op. From 2025, the tournament has been sponsored by MAL Civils, a civil engineering company based in the west of Scotland.
* Won on penalties

Acres Boys Club Cup

* Won on penalties

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 is not the same as 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