Scottish Junior Football North Premier League

Scottish Junior Football North Premier League
Country  Scotland
Founded 2001 (2001)
Number of teams 14
Promotion to no promotion
Relegation to North First Division (West)/(East)
Domestic cup(s) Scottish Junior Cup
Current champions Banks O' Dee
(2015–16)
Website SJFA North Region
2016–17 North Superleague

The Scottish Junior Football North Premier League (also known as the McBookie.com Superleague) is the highest division of the North Region of the Scottish Junior Football Association. It was established in 2001 and from 2007, the league champions have qualified for the following season's Scottish Cup.[1]

Member clubs for the 2016–17 season

Beginning from the 2013–14 season, the two automatically relegated clubs drop into one of two regional divisions below the North Superleague.[2] In 2016–17, a play-off was introduced between the third bottom Superleague side and the runners-up in the East and West sections of the North First Division, potentially adding a third relegation place.

Membership of the North Superleague is dependent on more stringent ground criteria than the general entry requirements to the North Region and in recent years, both Inverness City (twice), and Grantown were refused promotion to the North Superleague on this basis.[3][4]

Club Location Home Ground Finishing position 2015–16
Banchory St. Ternan Crathes Milton Park 12th
Banks O' Dee Aberdeen Spain Park 1st
Buckie Rovers Buckie Merson Park North Division One (West), 1st
Colony Park Inverurie Colony Park North Division One (East), 1st
Culter Peterculter Crombie Park 5th
Deveronside Banff Canal Park 10th
Dyce Juniors Aberdeen Ian Mair Park 4th
Hall Russell United Aberdeen Denmore Park 7th
Hermes Aberdeen Uniconn Park 2nd
Inverness City Inverness Lister Park 6th
Maud Maud Maud Pleasure Park 9th
Newburgh Thistle Newburgh Gallowshill Park 11th
Dufftown Dufftown Westburn Park 8th
Stonehaven Stonehaven Glenury Park 3rd

Champions and season summaries

Year Winner Runners-up Relegated Promoted Champions' progression
in Scottish Cup
2001–02 Formartine United Culter Buchanhaven Hearts Aberdeen Lads Club N/A
2002–03 Sunnybank Culter Deveronside Turriff United N/A
2003–04 Culter Sunnybank Cruden Bay
Aberdeen Lads Club		 Maud
Ellon United		 N/A
2004–05 Culter Glentanar East End
Maud		 Parkvale
Fraserburgh United		 N/A
2005–06 Culter Formartine United Fraserburgh United
FC Stoneywood		 Dyce Juniors
Islavale		 N/A
2006–07 Culter Sunnybank Islavale
Glentanar		 East End
Maud		 3rd Round 2007–08
2007–08 Banks O' Dee Sunnybank Formartine United
Parkvale		 Banchory St. Ternan
Lewis United		 2nd Round 2008–09
2008–09 Banks O' Dee Sunnybank Hillhead
Stonehaven		 Buchanhaven Hearts
FC Stoneywood		 2nd Round 2009–10
2009–10 Sunnybank Culter East End
Buchanhaven Hearts		 Fraserburgh United
Stonehaven		 3rd Round 2010–11
2010–11 Culter Hall Russell United Fraserburgh United Forres Thistle 3rd Round 2011–12
2011–12 Hermes Stonehaven Forres Thistle
Sunnybank		 Fraserburgh United
Deveronside		 1st Round 2012–13
2012–13 Culter Dyce Juniors Lewis United
Fraserburgh United		 New Elgin
East End		 3rd Round 2013–14
2013–14 Culter Banks O' Dee East End
Longside		 Inverness City
Cruden Bay		 2nd Round 2014–15
2014–15 Hermes Maud New Elgin
Cruden Bay		 Bridge of Don Thistle
Dufftown		 2nd Preliminary round 2015–16
2015–16 Banks o' Dee Hermes Ellon United
FC Stoneywood		 Buckie Rovers
Colony Park

All-time Superleague table

This table is a cumulative record of matches played in the North Superleague since its inception in 2001. The table is accurate from the 2001–02 season to the end of the 2011–12 season, inclusive.[5] Teams highlighted in bold are members of the 2012–13 North Superleague.

Aberdeen Lads Club withdrew from Junior football on the eve of the 2008–09 season.[6] Formartine United and Turriff United joined the Highland Football League in 2009.[7]

P
Club
Ssn
Pld
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
PPG
1st
2nd
Rel
1Culter 11 286 189 40 57 764 355 +409 607 2.12 5 3
2Banks O' Dee 11 286 151 57 88 602 398 +204 510 1.78 2
3Sunnybank 11 286 158 42 86 653 431 +224 507 1 1.77 2 4 1
4Hermes 11 286 121 43 122 542 517 +25 406 1.42 1
5Longside 11 286† 85 41 69 309 278 −119 365 1.28
6Stonehaven 10 260 102 53 104 469 470 -1 358 1.38 1 1
7Formartine United 7 182 90 34 58 391 328 +63 304 1.67 1 1 1
8Ellon United 8 208 70 49 89 300 352 -52 259 1.25
9F.C. Stoneywood 8 208 75 28 105 359 425 -66 256 2 1.23 1
10Turriff United 6 156 73 28 55 280 250 +30 245 1.57
11Wilson's XI/Hillhead/BoD

Thistle/Newburgh Thistle

 9 234 74 47113354445-91266 3 1.14 1
12Dyce Juniors 5 130 72 32 37 238 173 +65 237 1.82
13Glentanar 6 156 64 24 68 313 287 +26 216 1.39 1 1
14East End 7 182 62 28 92 276 342 −66 214 1.18 2
15Maud 6 156 56 23 77 303 332 −29 191 1.22 1
16Banchory St. Ternan 4 104 49 16 39 198 200 −2 163 1.57
17Lewis United 4 104 35 16 53 169 243 −74 121 1.16
18Hall Russell United 3 78 31 12 146 129 56 +17 105 1.35 1
19Cruden Bay 3 78 24 12 115 169 40 −54 84 1.08 1
20Parkvale 3 78 17 10 102 247 60 −145 61 0.78 1
21Aberdeen Lads Club 2 52 16 8 28 70 121 −51 56 1.08 1
22Fraserburgh United 2 52 8 13 31 70 132 −62 37 0.71 2
23Buchanhaven Hearts 2 52 8 10 34 58 152 −94 34 0.65 2
24Deveronside 2 52 6 4 42 56 169 −113 22 0.42 1
25Islavale 1 26 5 5 16 34 60 −26 20 0.77 1
26Forres Thistle 1 26 5 1 20 21 70 −49 16 0.62 1
27Dufftown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

P = Position; Ssn = Number of seasons; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points; PPG = Points per game; Rel = Relegated
1 Sunnybank deducted nine points in 2003–04.
2 Wilson's XI deducted three points in 2003–04.
3 FC Stoneywood awarded three points in 2003–04.

References

  1. ↑ "Junior clubs enter Scottish Cup". BBC. 1 June 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  2. ↑ Easton, Richard (9 June 2013). "Clubs agree to league reconstruction". SJFA, North Region. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Inverness City's future under threat". Inverness Courier. 5 May 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  4. ↑ Easton, Richard. "Superleague play off to take place at Colony Park". North Region SJFA. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  5. ↑ Richard Easton (14 March 2013). "Culter top all time Superleague table". North Region SJFA. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  6. ↑ Ross McTavish (15 July 2008). "Lads Club to take a break from Junior football". Evening Express. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  7. ↑ Dave Edwards (26 February 2009). "Turriff United, Formartine and Strathspey in". The Press and Journal. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
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