2022–23 North Region Junior Football League

The 2022–23 North Region Junior Football League is 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
Season2022–23
2023-24 →

Banks O' Dee are the reigning champions but are 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 played181
Goals scored657 (3.63 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
2023–24 →
All statistics correct as of 16 May 2023.

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
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 25 11 5 9 52 39 +13 38
8 Ellon United 26 10 4 12 41 50 −9 34
9 Montrose Roselea 26 9 6 11 42 49 −7 33 Transferring to the Midlands League[1]
10 Colony Park 26 6 5 15 28 69 −41 23
11 Maud 25 6 3 16 29 60 −31 21
12 Nairn St Ninian 26 5 5 16 38 71 −33 20
13 Dufftown (R) 26 3 6 17 22 69 −47 15 Relegation to the Championship
14 Banchory St Ternan (R) 26 3 3 20 23 76 −53 12
Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2023. Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

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 20 May 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 —
Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2023. 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 played232
Goals scored862 (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
2023–24 →
All statistics correct as of 16 May 2023.

The First and Second Divisions were merged to form the Championship.

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) 29 20 3 6 80 38 +42 63
3 Newmachar United (P) 30 19 3 8 71 38 +33 60
4 Rothie Rovers 27 18 4 5 70 26 +44 58
5 Forres Thistle 29 17 5 7 56 31 +25 56
6 Buchanhaven Hearts 28 17 4 7 57 38 +19 55
7 Banks O' Dee Juniors 29 15 4 10 84 51 +33 49
8 Islavale[lower-alpha 1] 28 14 1 13 43 45 −2 40
9 Longside 30 10 7 13 57 52 +5 37
10 Burghead Thistle 30 9 6 15 40 65 −25 33
11 Aberdeen University 29 9 5 15 53 68 −15 32
12 Glentanar 29 10 1 18 43 62 −19 31
13 Deveronside 30 8 4 18 42 74 −32 28
14 Cruden Bay 28 5 4 19 30 62 −32 19
15 Lossiemouth United[lower-alpha 2] 28 4 5 19 32 84 −52 11
16 New Elgin 30 3 2 25 24 105 −81 11
Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2023. Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. Islavale deducted three points for fielding ineligible players in their match against Buchanhaven Hearts on 18 April.
  2. 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 0–0 3–0 2–4 23 May 0–4
Banks O' Dee Juniors 6–1 — 27 May 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 20 May 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 20 May 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 1] 3–0 3–3 0–2 2–3
Forres Thistle 1–0 2–0 0–0 4–0 3–0 9–1 — 3–1 20 May 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 20 May 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 2] 2–1 0–2 3–2 1–0 1–4 3–1 — 1–0 23 May 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 3] 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 27 May 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 —
Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2023. Source: [6]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Match played at Canal Park, Banff.[7]
  2. Match initially finished 4–3 to Islavale,[8] but was later awarded to Buchanhaven Hearts after Islavale fielded ineligible players.
  3. Match played at Grant Park.[9]

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 16 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] (11 August 2022). "Back to league action this weekend..." (Tweet). Retrieved 13 August 2022 – via Twitter.
  5. Hermes FC [@Hermes_FC1968] (26 November 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. 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.
  8. "Islavale 4-3 Buchanhaven Hearts". Islavale F.C. 22 April 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  9. "Lossiemouth United F.C. 2 - 2 Fraserburgh United F.C." ScottishJuniorFA.com. Scottish Junior Football Association. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
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