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Wick Groats currently have pride of place in the Caithness AFA Division One fair play league, with an average of 0.923 points against them so far this season.
The scoring system is based on the number of yellow and red cards received (one point for a yellow card and either three points or five points for red cards, depending on the seriousness of the offence).
High Ormlie Hotspur are propping up the fair play standings in the top flight, with an average of 2.5 points per game.
Thurso Swifts are the best-behaved side in Division Two so far, with Watten at the other end of the scale.
Caithness AFA fair play league standings – Division One: 1 Wick Groats, average points per game 0.923; 2 Pentland United, 1.385; 3 Acks, 1.636; 4 Castletown, 2.083; 5 Wick Thistle, 2.250; 6 John O’Groats, 2.333; 7 Staxigoe United, 2.375; 8 High Ormlie Hotspur, 2.5.
Division Two: 1 Swifts, 0.545; 2 Top Joe’s, 0.7; 3eq Lybster and Thurso Pentland, both 1.5; 5 Keiss, 1.75; 6 Watten, 1.9.
Meanwhile, Wick Groats’ Steven Anderson is leading the way in the scoring charts in Caithness AFA Division One with nine league goals so far this season. Lewis Mackillop of Lybster is the top marksman in Division Two with 12.
Top scorers (at June 8) – Division One: Steven Anderson (Wick Groats), 9; Michael Smith (Castletown), James Murray (Pentland United), Kyle Henderson (Wick Thistle), all 6; Marc Macgregor (Pentland United), 5; Stuart Campbell (High Ormlie Hotspur), Korbyn Cameron (Wick Groats), both 4; Mark Munro (High Ormlie Hotspur), Andy Mackay (Pentland United), Sean Munro (Pentland United), Martin Banks (Staxigoe United), Ross Mackay (Wick Thistle), all 3.
Division Two: Lewis Mackillop (Lybster), 12; Bobby Gunn (Lybster), Jack MacGregor (Top Joe’s), both 6; Alan Steven (Keiss), 5; Tony Miller (Keiss), Bailey Morrison (Swifts), Kian Mackay (Swifts), Kai Cameron (Watten), all 4; Lewis Gill (Keiss), Elliot Cormack (Lybster), Darryn Mackay (Swifts), Shaun MacDonald (Top Joe’s), all 3.
Wick Thistle duo Colin Henstridge and Darren Macgregor are joint top scorers in the Colin Macleod Memorial Cup, with four each – all scored in a runaway 15-0 victory over Thurso Pentland – while James Mackintosh (High Ormlie) and Kyle Innes (Acks) have three goals each in the Eain Mackintosh Cup.
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Results – Eain Mackintosh Cup, first round: Castletown 3, Lybster 0; High Ormlie Hotspur 5, John O’Groats 0; Pentland United 3, Swifts 0; Staxigoe United 7, Top Joe’s 0; Thurso Pentland 0, Acks 5; Watten 0, Wick Groats 8.
Fixtures – Saturday, June 10 – Colin Macleod Memorial Cup final: Wick Groats v Wick Thistle (in Castletown, 3pm, to be followed by an over-35s/veterans game).
Monday, June 12 – Caithness AFA Division One: Wick Thistle v Acks (7.30pm).
Tuesday, June 13 – Division One: John O’Groats v High Ormlie Hotspur; Pentland United v Castletown; Wick Groats v Staxigoe United (all 7.30pm).
Wednesday, June 14 – Division Two: Keiss v Watten; Lybster v Top Joe’s; Swifts v Thurso Pentland (all 7.30pm).
Saturday, June 17 – Archer Shield, Orkney v Caithness.
Monday, June 19 – Division Two: Keiss v Top Joe’s; Thurso Pentland v Lybster; Watten v Swifts (all 7.30pm).
Wednesday, June 21 – Eain Mackintosh Cup, quarter-finals: Acks v Keiss; High Ormlie Hotspur v Castletown; Wick Groats v Staxigoe United; Wick Thistle v Pentland United (all 7.15pm).