North Region Junior Football League
Season2022–23

The 2022–23 North Region Junior Football League was the 21st season of the North Region Junior Football League for SJFA North Region member clubs, and the 2nd season with its top division as part of the sixth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. The league reverted back to a two-tier setup, featuring a 14-team Premier League and 16-team Championship.

Banks O' Dee were the reigning champions but were unable to defend their title after gaining promotion to the Highland League. Culter won a record eighth title, and their first since 2013–14, winning all but two of their first twenty-four games, giving them an unassailable five-point lead over Hermes, ahead of the latter's final game.

As a result, Culter will enter the 2023–24 Scottish Cup at the preliminary round stage.

Teams

From North Region

Promoted to Highland Football League

In Abeyance

To North Region

Premier League

McBookie.com North Premier League
Season2022–23
Dates6 August 2022 – 20 May 2023
ChampionsCulter
Relegated
Matches played182
Goals scored658 (3.62 per match)
Biggest home winCulter 8–0 Colony Park
(19 November 2022)
Biggest away winStoneywood Parkvale 0–8 Stonehaven
(9 May 2023)
Highest scoringCulter 8–2 Dufftown
(7 January 2023)
Longest winning run9 matches:
Culter
Longest unbeaten run18 matches:
Hermes
Longest winless run18 matches:
Banchory St Ternan
Longest losing run7 matches:
Banchory St Ternan

Maud were spared relegation after Banks O' Dee's promotion and Dufftown were also promoted after Hall Russell United went into abeyance before the season began.

Location of teams in 2022–23 North Premier Division in Aberdeen

Stadia and locations

Club Location Ground Capacity Seats Floodlit
Banchory St Ternan Banchory Milton Park 1,000 0 No
Bridge of Don Thistle Aberdeen Aberdeen Sports Village 2,000 500 No
Colony Park Inverurie Colony Park 1,000 0 No
Culter Peterculter Crombie Park 1,000 40 No
Dufftown Dufftown Westburn Park 2,000 30 No
Dyce Dyce Ian Mair Park 1,200 0 Yes
East End Aberdeen New Advocates Park 1,000 0 No
Ellon United Ellon The Meadows 600 0 No
Hermes Bridge of Don Lochside Park 1,500 0 Yes
Maud Maud Maud Pleasure Park 1,000 0 No
Montrose Roselea Montrose Links Park 4,936 1,338 Yes
Nairn St Ninian Nairn Showfield Park 1,000 0 No
Stonehaven Stonehaven Glenury Park 1,300 0 No
Stoneywood Parkvale Aberdeen New Polo Park 1,000 0 No

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Culter (C) 26 24 1 1 90 17 +73 73 Ineligible for the Highland League play-off
2 Hermes 26 20 5 1 94 16 +78 65
3 Dyce 26 14 7 5 52 29 +23 49
4 Stonehaven 26 13 6 7 44 29 +15 45
5 Bridge of Don Thistle 26 12 6 8 57 35 +22 42
6 Stoneywood Parkvale 26 12 4 10 47 50 −3 40
7 East End 26 11 5 10 52 40 +12 38
8 Ellon United 26 10 4 12 41 50 −9 34
9 Montrose Roselea 26 9 6 11 42 49 −7 33 Transfer to the Midlands League[1]
10 Maud 26 7 3 16 30 60 −30 24
11 Colony Park 26 6 5 15 28 69 −41 23
12 Nairn St Ninian 26 5 5 16 38 71 −33 20
13 Banchory St Ternan[lower-alpha 1] (R) 26 3 3 20 23 76 −53 9 Relegation to the Championship
14 Dufftown[lower-alpha 2] (R) 26 3 6 17 22 69 −47 8
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ Banchory St Ternan deducted three points for fielding ineligible players in their match against Hermes on 15 April.
  2. ↑ Dufftown deducted seven points for fielding ineligible players in their matches against Bridge of Don Thistle on 11 April and East End on 13 May.

Results

Home \ Away BST BOD COL CUL DUF DYC EAS ELL HER MAU MON NAI SHN SWP
Banchory St Ternan — 1–1 2–4 0–4 2–0 1–5 1–3 3–3 0–5 0–0 2–0 4–3 0–4 1–4
Bridge of Don Thistle 4–1 — 5–1 0–3 6–0 0–2 4–5 1–0 2–2 0–3 4–0 1–1 2–3 5–0
Colony Park 3–0 0–3 — 0–3 3–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–7 4–2 0–2 1–3 0–3 0–3
Culter 4–1 6–0 8–0 — 8–2 1–1 2–1 6–1 4–1 3–1 4–0 3–1 3–0 5–1
Dufftown 3–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 — 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–5 1–2 1–5 1–1 0–3 1–1
Dyce 3–0 2–2 5–0 1–3 2–0 — 4–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 2–2 0–0 2–0
East End 5–0 2–1[lower-alpha 1] 2–2[lower-alpha 2] 0–1 3–0 1–2 — 2–2 0–2 0–1 2–3 3–0 1–2 1–3
Ellon United 2–1 0–3 1–2 0–4 2–0 0–1 1–4 — 1–3 4–1 3–2 3–1 1–0 4–0
Hermes 1–0 1–1 4–0 2–0 7–0 7–0 0–0 5–1 — 6–1 5–2 6–0 1–0 1–1
Maud 1–0 0–6 3–4 1–2 1–2 0–4 0–2 2–1 0–5 — 3–2 3–5 0–0 1–2
Montrose Roselea 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 3–4 2–1 1–1[lower-alpha 3] 2–2 — 2–0 2–2 2–2
Nairn St Ninian 4–1 2–0 1–1 1–4 2–2 2–5 1–5 0–3 1–8 1–0 3–4 — 1–2 1–2
Stonehaven 2–1 0–0 3–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 0–5 2–1 2–1 1–0 — 1–2
Stoneywood Parkvale 6–0 0–4 4–1 1–3 4–1 0–1 1–0 3–3 0–2 0–1 3–0 4–1 0–8 —
Source: [6]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Match played at Denmore Park, Bridge of Don.[3]
  2. ↑ Match played at Balmoral Stadium, Cove Bay.[4]
  3. ↑ Match played at Broomfield Park,[5] due to a clashing Scottish Cup fixture for Montrose at Links Park.

Championship

McBookie.com North Championship
Season2022–23
Dates6 August 2022 – 27 May 2023
ChampionsSunnybank
Promoted
Matches played240
Goals scored892 (3.72 per match)
Biggest home winForres Thistle 9–1 Deveronside
(15 October 2022)
Biggest away winLossiemouth United 1–10 Banks O' Dee Juniors
(17 September 2022)
Highest scoringLossiemouth United 1–10 Banks O' Dee Juniors
(17 September 2022)
Longest winning run9 matches:
Newmachar United
Longest unbeaten run14 matches:
Sunnybank
Longest winless run10 matches:
New Elgin
Longest losing run8 matches:
New Elgin

The First and Second Divisions were merged to form the Championship. Sunnybank won the division by seven points over Fraserburgh United

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sunnybank (C, P) 30 23 4 3 80 23 +57 73 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Fraserburgh United (P) 30 21 3 6 85 38 +47 66
3 Rothie Rovers (P) 30 20 5 5 76 27 +49 65
4 Buchanhaven Hearts (P) 30 19 4 7 65 39 +26 61
5 Newmachar United (P) 30 19 3 8 71 38 +33 60
6 Forres Thistle 30 18 5 7 60 31 +29 59
7 Banks O' Dee Juniors 30 15 4 11 85 53 +32 49
8 Islavale[lower-alpha 1] 30 15 1 14 47 51 −4 43
9 Longside 30 10 7 13 57 52 +5 37
10 Burghead Thistle 30 9 6 15 40 65 −25 33
11 Glentanar 30 10 1 19 43 66 −23 31
12 Deveronside 30 8 4 18 42 74 −32 28
13 Aberdeen University[lower-alpha 2] 30 9 4 17 53 72 −19 25
14 Cruden Bay 30 5 5 20 31 65 −34 20
15 Lossiemouth United[lower-alpha 3] 30 5 4 21 33 93 −60 13
16 New Elgin 30 3 2 25 24 105 −81 11
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ↑ Islavale deducted three points for fielding ineligible players in their match against Buchanhaven Hearts on 22 April.
  2. ↑ Aberdeen University deducted six points for fielding ineligible players in their matches against Lossiemouth United on 29 April and Buchanhaven Hearts on 13 May.
  3. ↑ Lossiemouth United deducted six points for fielding ineligible players.

Results

Home \ Away AUV BOD BHU BGT CDB DVS FST FBU GTR ILV LGS LMU NWE NWM RTH SNY
Aberdeen University — 1–1 1–2 4–3 4–1 5–2 1–6 1–3 0–2 2–3 3–1 0–1[lower-alpha 1] 3–0 2–4 0–3 0–4
Banks O' Dee Juniors 6–1 — 1–2 2–0 5–1 3–4 1–0 2–0 6–1 3–2 1–1 2–2 7–0 3–0 3–2 0–4
Buchanhaven Hearts 4–2 3–1 — 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 6–0 2–2 5–1 2–0 3–0 6–1 0–1
Burghead Thistle 1–1 3–2 3–0 — 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–7 3–2 4–1 1–2 0–2 0–4
Cruden Bay 1–1 3–2 1–3 1–2 — 5–0 1–3 1–3 1–2 0–4 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–3 0–2 0–1
Deveronside 3–1 2–5 1–4 1–2 0–2 — 0–1 2–1 3–2 1–2 2–5 0–0[lower-alpha 2] 3–0 3–3 0–2 2–3
Forres Thistle 1–0 2–0 0–0 4–0 3–0 9–1 — 3–1 4–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–2 2–1 0–2 1–1
Fraserburgh United 7–0 4–3 4–0 7–0 5–0 2–1 2–3 — 2–1 3–2 1–1 5–0 4–0 5–2 3–1 0–3
Glentanar 0–1 2–3 1–4 1–2 4–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 — 0–2 2–1 3–0 6–2 1–4 1–2 1–6
Islavale 3–1 1–3 0–1[lower-alpha 3] 2–1 0–2 3–2 1–0 1–4 3–1 — 1–0 4–0 2–0 3–4 0–1 0–1
Longside 2–0 3–0 3–1 2–2 3–4 0–0 3–3 1–2 1–2 1–0 — 4–2 4–1 1–3 0–3 0–3
Lossiemouth United 1–5 1–10 2–0 2–5 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–2[lower-alpha 4] 2–3 1–3 1–5 — 1–4 1–6 0–5 2–5
New Elgin 0–6 0–7 1–3 0–0 1–0 1–3 1–4 1–4 0–2 1–2 2–3 2–1 — 0–5 0–7 2–3
Newmachar United 1–2 2–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–3 4–1 7–1 3–1 3–1 4–0 — 1–0 2–0
Rothie Rovers 3–3 3–3 4–0 5–0 1–1 4–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 3–1 2–0 6–1 0–1 — 1–1
Sunnybank 3–2 3–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 4–0 5–1 2–3 3–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 5–0 1–1 1–2 —
Source: [6]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Match initially finished 0–0,[7] but was later awarded to Lossiemouth United after Aberdeen University fielded ineligible players.
  2. ↑ Match played at Canal Park, Banff.[8]
  3. ↑ Match initially finished 4–3 to Islavale,[9] but was later awarded to Buchanhaven Hearts after Islavale fielded ineligible players.
  4. ↑ Match played at Grant Park.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Gill, Roy (20 February 2023). "Roselea confirm Midlands move". Pitchero.com. Pitch Hero Ltd. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  2. 1 2 "League Table". Scottish Junior FA. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  3. ↑ "Aberdeen East End F.C. v Bridge Of Don Thistle". ScottishJuniorFA.com. Scottish Junior Football Association. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  4. ↑ East End FC [@EastEndFC2] (August 11, 2022). "Back to league action this weekend..." (Tweet). Retrieved 13 August 2022 – via Twitter.
  5. ↑ Hermes FC [@Hermes_FC1968] (November 26, 2022). "Matchday ⚽ @montroseroselea (Away) Broomfield Park 🏟️ 1:30pm kick off 🕓 Come on the Hermes!! 🔵⚫" (Tweet). Retrieved 26 November 2022 – via Twitter.
  6. 1 2 "North Region Premier League Results". North Region JFA. North Region JFA. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "Junior football: Former Don breaks Hermes' hearts with late winner in Quest Engineering Cup". The Press and Journal. Aberdeen Journals. 30 April 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023. The games between Aberdeen University and Lossiemouth United and Banks o' Dee and Longside finished 0-0 and 1-1 respectively.
  8. ↑ Christie, Craig (5 August 2022). "North Region Junior FA football league season kicks off with two-tier Premier League and Championship format following summer reconstruction". Grampian Online. Highland News & Media Ltd. Retrieved 7 August 2022. Lossiemouth United return to the league set-up on Saturday with a visit to Deveronside at Canal Park in Banff.
  9. ↑ "Islavale 4-3 Buchanhaven Hearts". Islavale F.C. 22 April 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  10. ↑ "Lossiemouth United F.C. 2 - 2 Fraserburgh United F.C." ScottishJuniorFA.com. Scottish Junior Football Association. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
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