2012–13 North Superleague

PMAC Group Superleague
Season2012–13
ChampionsCulter
RelegatedLewis United
Fraserburgh United
Matches played182
Goals scored718 (3.95 per match)
Biggest home winFC Stoneywood 8–0 Fraserburgh United
6 April 2013
Biggest away winFraserburgh United 1–9 Culter
30 March 2013
Highest scoringFraserburgh United 3–7 FC Stoneywood
15 September 2012
Fraserburgh United 1–9 Culter
30 March 2013
Longest winning runCulter (8)
16 February 2013 – 23 April 2013
Longest unbeaten runCulter (15)
6 October 2012 – 23 April 2013
Longest losing runFraserburgh United (13)
2 February 2013 – season end

The 2012–13 North Superleague was the twelfth staging of the North Superleague, the highest tier of league competition in the North Region of the Scottish Junior Football Association. The season began on 4 August 2012. The winners of this competition gain direct entry to round one of the 2013–14 Scottish Cup.

Culter won the championship on 4 May 2013, the club's sixth Superleague title.[1]

Member clubs for the 2012–13 season

Hermes were the reigning champions. North Division One winners Inverness City were ineligible for promotion to the Superleague on ground criteria. Division One runners-up Fraserburgh United replaced the relegated Sunnybank.[2]

Deveronside, who finished third in Division One, defeated thirteenth placed Forres Thistle 7–1 in a play-off arranged to decide the final promotion/relegation spot.

Club Location Ground Manager Finishing position 2011–12
Banchory St. Ternan Crathes Milton Park Sandy Carrol 7th
Banks O' Dee Aberdeen Spain Park Doug Baxter 5th
Culter Peterculter Crombie Park Gary Thow & Andy Gibson 4th
Deveronside Banff Canal Park Rob Scott & Craig Ewen North Division One, 3rd
Dyce Juniors Dyce Ian Mair Park Tom McPherson 3rd
Ellon United Ellon The Meadows Bruce Morrison 8th
Fraserburgh United Fraserburgh College Park Gary Sim North Division One, 2nd
Hall Russell United Bridge of Don Denmore Park John Carroll 10th
Hermes Bridge of Don Uniconn Park Neil Dawson Champions
Lewis United Aberdeen Aberdeen Sports Village Ian Davidson & Darren Paul 11th
Longside Longside Davidson Park Dave Cormie 9th
Maud Maud Maud Pleasure Park Allan Hale & Gary Mann 12th
Stonehaven Stonehaven Glenury Park Derek Allan 2nd
FC Stoneywood Aberdeen Polo Park Graeme Laird & Phil Leslie 6th

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Culter (C) 26 21 1 4 92 29 +63 64 Qualification for 2013–14 Scottish Cup
2 Dyce Juniors 26 17 3 6 60 38 +22 54
3 Hermes 26 15 2 9 63 43 +20 47
4 Banks O' Dee 26 13 5 8 58 38 +20 44
5 Deveronside 26 13 3 10 42 50 −8 42
6 FC Stoneywood 26 12 5 9 63 44 +19 41
7 Stonehaven 26 10 7 9 64 47 +17 37
8 Maud 26 11 4 11 55 52 +3 37
9 Ellon United 26 9 8 9 39 40 −1 35
10 Banchory St. Ternan 26 10 2 14 43 69 −26 32
11 Longside 26 9 2 15 46 61 −15 29
12 Hall Russell United 26 6 9 11 36 50 −14 27
13 Lewis United (R) 26 5 3 18 35 73 −38 18 Relegation to North Division One
14 Fraserburgh United (R) 26 4 0 22 24 86 −62 12
Updated to match(es) played on 28 May 2013. Source: North Region JFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BST BOD CUL DVS DYC ELL FRAS HRU HER LEWI LONG MAU SHV STWD
Banchory St. Ternan 0–4 0–7 0–3 1–5 3–3 2–0 1–1 3–2 1–0 1–2 4–0 3–2 2–1
Banks O' Dee 7–2 2–3 1–2 5–1 1–0 5–1 3–1 0–5 1–0 1–2 6–1 3–2 2–2
Culter 5–0 2–0 7–1 1–3 3–1 6–1 3–0 2–1 5–2 2–1 2–3 1–0 1–2
Deveronside 4–1 1–0 1–4 4–3 3–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–2 0–1 1–4 3–2
Dyce Juniors 1–2 2–2 0–6 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 5–3 1–1
Ellon United 3–4 0–1 0–3 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–0
Fraserburgh United 0–3 1–3 1–9 0–2 0–4 2–3 1–4 1–2 4–2 0–2 1–2 3–2 3–7
Hall Russell United 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–2 0–3 1–4 1–0 1–2 3–3 0–2 0–3 2–2 2–0
Hermes 2–0 3–0 0–2 1–2 2–3 1–3 2–0 3–2 5–0 6–1 2–2 4–3 2–0
Lewis United 2–0 0–0 0–6 3–0 0–5 1–2 4–2 1–1 1–2 4–3 1–4 2–3 2–6
Longside 4–2 2–5 3–4 2–3 0–2 2–1 1–0 4–5 4–5 1–3 0–2 2–3 1–3
Maud 2–5 1–3 2–3 1–1 2–3 3–3 4–0 4–2 3–4 2–0 2–3 5–1 2–3
Stonehaven 5–1 0–0 1–1 4–0 2–1 2–2 6–0 0–0 2–3 7–0 2–0 1–1 2–2
FC Stoneywood 2–1 3–2 1–2 4–2 2–3 2–1 8–0 2–2 2–0 4–1 1–1 1–2 2–3
Updated to match(es) played on 28 May 2013. Source: North Region JFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

  1. ^ Easton, Richard (4 May 2013). "Culter are champions". SJFA North Region. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  2. ^ Richard Easton (14 May 2012). "NRJFA Statement". NRJFA. Archived from the original on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2012.