2022–23 North Region Junior Football League

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.

North Region Junior Football League

Season	2022–23
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

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

• Banks O' Dee

In Abeyance

• Hall Russell United
• Whitehills

To North Region

• Banks O' Dee Junior
• Lossiemouth United

Premier League

McBookie.com North Premier League

Season	2022–23
Dates	6 August 2022 – 20 May 2023
Champions	Culter
Relegated	Banchory St Ternan Dufftown
Matches played	182
Goals scored	658 (3.62 per match)
Biggest home win	Culter 8–0 Colony Park (19 November 2022)
Biggest away win	Stoneywood Parkvale 0–8 Stonehaven (9 May 2023)
Highest scoring	Culter 8–2 Dufftown (7 January 2023)
Longest winning run	9 matches: Culter
Longest unbeaten run	18 matches: Hermes
Longest winless run	18 matches: Banchory St Ternan
Longest losing run	7 matches: Banchory St Ternan
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

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.

 

 

Aberdeen

 

Banchory St Ternan

 

Colony Park

 

Dufftown

 

Ellon United

 

Maud

 

Montrose Roselea

 

Nairn St Ninian

 

Stonehaven

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Location of teams in 2022–23 North Premier Division

 

 

Bridge of Don Thistle

 

Culter

 

Dyce

 

East End

 

Hermes

 

Stoneywood Parkvale

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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^[a] (R)	26	3	3	20	23	76	−53	9	Relegation to the Championship
14	Dufftown^[b] (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^[a]	2–2^[b]	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^[c]	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

Season	2022–23
Dates	6 August 2022 – 27 May 2023
Champions	Sunnybank
Promoted	Buchanhaven Hearts Fraserburgh United Newmachar United Rothie Rovers Sunnybank
Matches played	240
Goals scored	892 (3.72 per match)
Biggest home win	Forres Thistle 9–1 Deveronside (15 October 2022)
Biggest away win	Lossiemouth United 1–10 Banks O' Dee Juniors (17 September 2022)
Highest scoring	Lossiemouth United 1–10 Banks O' Dee Juniors (17 September 2022)
Longest winning run	9 matches: Newmachar United
Longest unbeaten run	14 matches: Sunnybank
Longest winless run	10 matches: New Elgin
Longest losing run	8 matches: New Elgin
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

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^[a]	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^[b]	30	9	4	17	53	72	−19	25
14	Cruden Bay	30	5	5	20	31	65	−34	20
15	Lossiemouth United^[c]	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^[a]	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^[b]	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^[c]	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^[d]	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. "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. "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.

External links

• Official website