Scottish Junior Football North Super League

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Scottish Junior Football North Super League
Founded2001 (20 years ago) (2001)
Country Scotland
Number of teams14
Level on pyramid6
Promotion toHighland League from 2022
Relegation toNorth First Division
Domestic cup(s)Scottish Junior Cup
Current championsBanks O' Dee (6th title)
(2018–19)
Most championshipsCulter (7 titles)
WebsiteSJFA North Region
Current: 2021–22 North Superleague

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

Member clubs for the 2021–22 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]

From the 2021-22 season, the SJFA North Region along with North Caledonian Football Association and the SJFA East Region were incorporated into the Scottish football league system to form a fully-integrated Tier 6 below the Highland League.[citation needed]

Club Location Ground Manager Finishing position 2018–19[a]
East End Aberdeen New Advocates Park Lee Youngson 11th
Banchory St Ternan Banchory Milton Park Ewan Robb 1st in North First Division
Banks O' Dee Aberdeen Spain Park Tommy Forbes & Sandy McNaughton 1st
Bridge of Don Thistle Newburgh Gallowshill Park Lewis Muirhead 2nd
Colony Park Inverurie Colony Park Richard Davidson 9th
Culter Peterculter Crombie Park Duncan Ord 5th
Deveronside Macduff Myrus Centre John McLeay & Michael Duncan 2nd in North First Division
Dyce Juniors Dyce Ian Mair Park Allan Youngson 8th
Ellon United Ellon The Meadows Keith Mchattie 12th
Hall Russell United Bridge of Don Denmore Park John Carroll 10th
Hermes Bridge of Don Uniconn Park Neil Dawson 4th
Maud Maud Maud Pleasure Park Chris Allsop & Mike Cramp 6th
Montrose Roselea Montrose Broomfield Park James Collier 3rd
Nairn St Ninian Nairn Showfield Park Mike Hendry 7th
  1. ^ The 2019–20 season was declared null and void.[5]

Champions and season summaries[]

For champions of the system in place prior to 2001, see North Junior Football League.
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 		2nd Round 2016–17
2016–17 Banks o' Dee Dyce Juniors Buckie Rovers
Deveronside 		Ellon United
Montrose Roselea 		3rd Round 2017–18
2017–18 Banks o' Dee Hermes Banchory St. Ternan
Inverness City 		Aberdeen East End
Nairn St. Ninian 		1st Preliminary round 2018–19
2018–19[6] Banks o' Dee Bridge of Don Thistle Dufftown
Stonehaven 		Banchory St. Ternan
Deveronside 		2nd Round 2019–20
2019–20[7] Season declared Null and void on 2 May 2020 after vote among SJFA North clubs, no champion was declared and no relegation applied.[5][a] 2nd Round 2020–21
2020–21 Season declared Null and void by SJFA on 16 Mar 2021, no champion was declared and no relegation applied. [8] N/A
2021–22 N/A
  1. ^ Using a 'points per game' algorithm applied in other leagues, Banks O' Dee (who were leading the table by a big margin) would have been nominal champions.

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. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. 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. ^ Jump up to: a b Clark, Will (2 May 2020). "North junior football season is declared null and void as season over for Nairn St Ninian". Inverness Courier. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  6. ^ McBookie.Com Superleague Table 18/19, North Region Junior Football League
  7. ^ McBookie.Com Superleague Table 19/20, North Region Junior Football League
  8. ^ "SEASON 2020/21 ENDED". Scottish Junior FA. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

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