2015–16 North Superleague

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Season2015–16
ChampionsBanks O' Dee
RelegatedEllon United
FC Stoneywood
Matches played182
Goals scored684 (3.76 per match)

The 2015–16 North Superleague is the fifteenth 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 11 August 2015. The winners of this competition are eligible to enter the 2016–17 Scottish Cup

Banks O' Dee won the championship on 14 May 2016, to claim their third North Superleague title.[1]

Member clubs for the 2015–16 season

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Location of teams in 2015–16 North Superleague

Hermes are the reigning champions.

North First Division (East) champions Bridge of Don Thistle replaced the relegated New Elgin. North First Division (West) champions Grantown were refused promotion due to ground criteria.[2] Runners-up Dufftown were eventually promoted after defeating Cruden Bay, 7–1 in a play-off match.

Club Location Ground Finishing position 2014–15
Banchory St. Ternan Crathes Milton Park 10th
Banks O' Dee Aberdeen Spain Park 3rd
Bridge of Don Thistle Newburgh Gallowshill Park North First Division (East) 1st
Culter Peterculter Crombie Park 4th
Deveronside Banff Canal Park 5th
Dufftown Dufftown Westburn Park North First Division (West) 2nd
Dyce Juniors Dyce Ian Mair Park 8th
Ellon United Ellon The Meadows 10th
Hall Russell United Bridge of Don Denmore Park 11th
Hermes Bridge of Don Uniconn Park 1st (champions)
Inverness City Inverness Lister Park 7th
Maud Maud Maud Pleasure Park 2nd
Stonehaven Stonehaven Glenury Park 9th
FC Stoneywood Aberdeen Clark Commercial Park 6th

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Banks O' Dee (C) 26 20 1 5 87 23 +64 61 Qualification for 2016–17 Scottish Cup
2 Hermes 26 16 7 3 56 30 +26 55
3 Stonehaven 26 15 6 5 52 31 +21 51
4 Dyce Juniors 26 16 1 9 49 33 +16 49
5 Culter 26 13 6 7 62 48 +14 45
6 Inverness City 26 11 4 11 47 45 +2 37
7 Hall Russell United 26 9 7 10 31 37 −6 36[a]
8 Dufftown 26 9 5 12 45 52 −7 32
9 Maud 26 8 4 14 39 66 −27 28
10 Deveronside 26 8 3 15 40 59 −19 27
11 Newburgh Thistle 26 7 5 14 42 55 −13 26
12 Banchory St. Ternan 26 7 4 15 59 77 −18 25
13 Ellon United (R) 26 7 4 15 41 70 −29 25 Relegation to North First Division
14 FC Stoneywood (R) 26 6 3 17 34 58 −24 17[a]
Updated to match(es) played on 4 June 2016. Source: North Region JFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b FC Stoneywood played an ineligible player in their 0–0 draw with Hall Russell United in February 2016 and were deducted four points with Hall Russell being awarded two points.[3]

Results

Home \ Away BST BOD NEW CUL DVS DUF DYC ELL HRU HER IVC MAU SHV STWD
Banchory St. Ternan 1–9 4–2 2–2 1–2 4–1 0–1 2–2 1–4 1–2 2–3 2–4 2–4 3–2
Banks O' Dee 9–0 4–1 6–1 2–0 3–3 3–1 3–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–2 4–0
Newburgh Thistle 3–2 0–4 1–2 4–2 1–1 0–1 4–0 3–1 2–5 0–0 2–2 0–1 4–0
Culter 4–4 1–0 2–0 4–3 0–2 0–3 10–1 2–2 2–3 3–0 6–2 1–1 3–6
Deveronside 3–2 6–4 0–1 1–3 2–5 1–0 0–2 2–2 1–3 1–3 1–2 2–1 3–0
Dufftown 2–3 1–2 1–0 1–2 0–2 1–4 2–1 3–2 1–1 0–3 2–2 4–2 3–1
Dyce Juniors 3–1 1–4 3–3 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 0–1 0–2 5–2 2–0 1–0 2–1
Ellon United 3–2 0–5 6–2 3–3 3–1 2–3 3–2 1–2 1–1 3–3 0–4 1–6 4–1
Hall Russell United 0–2 0–3 3–1 1–4 0–0 2–1 0–2 3–0 0–2 2–1 2–1 0–3 0–0
Hermes 3–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 5–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 2–1 3–0 0–1 2–1
Inverness City 2–5 0–1 3–0 0–0 5–1 2–1 3–1 3–2 2–1 1–4 5–2 1–1 0–2
Maud 2–8 0–9 3–2 0–1 3–1 3–1 1–3 1–2 0–2 2–2 1–0 0–3 0–3
Stonehaven 2–1 2–0 1–4 1–2 1–1 4–2 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–2 3–2
FC Stoneywood 3–3 0–4 3–1 2–1 1–2 0–3 0–2 1–0 0–0 5–6 0–2 0–1 0–2
Updated to match(es) played on 4 June 2016. Source: North Region JFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

  1. ^ Easton, Richard. "Home win secures first title since 2009". North Region SJFA. Archived from the original on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  2. ^ Easton, Richard. "Superleague play off to take place at Colony Park". North Region SJFA. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  3. ^ Easton, Richard. "FC Stoneywood deducted four points". www.northregionjfa.co.uk. North Region SJFA. Archived from the original on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.