2021–22 North Superleague

McBookie.com North Superleague
Season2021–22
ChampionsBanks O' Dee
Matches played182
Goals scored756 (4.15 per match)
Biggest home winCulter 11–0 Ellon United
(17 July 2021)
Banks O' Dee 11–0 Colony Park
(14 August 2021)
Banks O' Dee 12–1 Nairn St Ninian
(4 December 2021)
Biggest away winDeveronside 0–10 Culter
(12 March 2022)
Highest scoringBanks O' Dee 12–1 Nairn St Ninian
(4 December 2021)
Longest winning run13 matches:
Banks O' Dee
Longest unbeaten run26 matches:
Banks O' Dee
Longest winless run11 matches:
Deveronside
Longest losing run7 matches:
3 teams
All statistics correct as of 10 May 2022.

The 2021–22 North Superleague (known as the McBookie.com North Superleague for sponsorship reasons) was the 20th season of the North Superleague, and the 1st season as the sixth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. This is the top tier of league competition for SJFA North Region member clubs.

Banks O' Dee won the league title on 2 March 2022 thanks to a 4–0 win over Montrose Roselea at Spain Park, with five matches still to play. Banks O' Dee ultimately went on to complete an unbeaten season – the first such instance in the league's history – and set a record points tally,[1] dropping four points during the campaign.

North Superleague

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Location of teams in 2021–22 North Superleague
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Location of teams in 2021–22 North Superleague in Aberdeen

Stadia and locations

Club Location Ground Capacity Seats Floodlit
Banchory St Ternan Banchory Milton Park 1,000 0 No
Banks O' Dee [SFA] Aberdeen Spain Park 876 100 Yes
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
Deveronside Macduff Myrus Centre 500 100 Yes
Dyce Juniors Dyce Ian Mair Park 1,200 0 No
East End Aberdeen New Advocates Park 1,000 0 No
Ellon United Ellon The Meadows 600 0 No
Hall Russell United Bridge of Don Denmore Park 1,600 0 No
Hermes Bridge of Don Uniconn 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

The North Superleague contains the same 14 clubs which competed in the 2019–20 season (which was declared null and void). There was no Superleague season in 2020–21.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Banks O' Dee (C, P) 26 24 2 0 130 13 +117 74 Qualification for the Highland League play-off
2 Bridge of Don Thistle 26 18 4 4 63 20 +43 58
3 Hermes 26 17 4 5 68 31 +37 55
4 Culter 26 16 4 6 86 31 +55 52
5 Dyce Juniors 26 12 6 8 49 36 +13 42
6 East End 26 13 3 10 50 46 +4 42
7 Montrose Roselea 26 10 7 9 57 52 +5 37
8 Banchory St Ternan 26 10 5 11 39 43 −4 35
9 Ellon United 26 7 6 13 45 77 −32 27
10 Colony Park 26 7 3 16 35 67 −32 24
11 Hall Russell United 26 7 1 18 31 87 −56 22
12 Nairn St Ninian 26 5 3 18 33 74 −41 18
13 Maud 26 4 5 17 40 79 −39 17
14 Deveronside[a] (R) 26 4 3 19 30 100 −70 12 Relegation to the North Championship
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Deveronside deducted 3 points for breach of regulations regarding trialists.

Results

Home \ Away EAS BST BAN BOD COL CUL DEV DYC ELL HAL HER MAU MON NAI
East End 0–2 0–5 1–3 2–0 1–2 4–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–2 4–2 1–2 3–0
Banchory St Ternan 1–2 0–3 2–3 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–3 2–1 1–1 2–1
Banks O' Dee 8–1 1–1 2–1 11–0 6–0 6–0 5–0 4–1 11–1 3–0 4–0 4–0 12–1
Bridge of Don Thistle 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 3–0 1–1 7–1 4–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 3–1
Colony Park 0–4 1–3 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–2 1–4 1–5 4–1 1–2 2–1 3–2 2–0
Culter 2–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 4–0 10–0 2–2 11–0 4–0 2–2 10–1 0–3 4–2
Deveronside 0–6 2–4 2–6 1–4 1–3 0–10 0–2 3–1 1–0 1–3 3–3 0–6 3–2
Dyce Juniors 4–1 4–0 0–4 2–0 1–2 0–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 3–2 1–0 5–1
Ellon United 0–3 4–4 0–8 0–2 4–4 2–1 4–4 1–0 4–0 1–2 0–0 3–2 3–4
Hall Russell United 1–3 1–4 0–8 0–4 4–2 0–7 2–1 1–5 1–2 1–2 5–1 2–1 1–0
Hermes 3–0 2–3 1–2 0–1 3–1 2–1 7–0 2–1 6–2 2–0 3–2 8–1 4–0
Maud 1–3 2–2 1–6 3–2 1–0[a] 0–3 1–1 1–3 3–1 4–5 1–2 2–3 4–2
Montrose Roselea 2–2 2–0 1–6 0–8[b] 3–3 3–3 4–1 1–1 1–1 6–0 1–1 5–0 3–0
Nairn St Ninian 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–4 3–0 1–2 4–2 2–2 2–1 3–1 1–4 2–2 0–4
Source: [4]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Match awarded 1–0 to Maud, as Colony Park were unable to field a team.
  2. ^ Match played at Broomfield Park,[3] due to a 2021–22 Scottish Cup replay at home for Montrose.

North First Division

The North First Division contains the same 8 clubs which competed in the 2019–20 season (which was declared null and void). There was no First Division season in 2020–21.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Stonehaven (C, P) 21 14 4 3 46 15 +31 46 Promotion to the North Superleague
2 Stoneywood Parkvale (P) 21 13 2 6 50 25 +25 41
3 Dufftown (P) 21 11 3 7 45 31 +14 36
4 Sunnybank 21 10 4 7 43 33 +10 34
5 Fraserburgh United 21 9 1 11 41 40 +1 28
6 Buchanhaven Hearts 21 8 2 11 29 56 −27 26
7 Longside 21 5 4 12 31 44 −13 19
8 Aberdeen University 21 3 2 16 25 66 −41 11
Source: [5]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

North Second Division

The North Second Division contains the same 8 clubs which competed in the 2019–20 season (which was declared null and void), minus Spey Valley United in abeyance during the pandemic, but with the addition of Rothie Rovers, competing in their first league campaign after being accepted to the league in July 2020.[6] There was no Second Division season in 2020–21.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rothie Rovers (C) 24 19 4 1 88 19 +69 61 All clubs to form part of the North Championship
2 Forres Thistle 24 18 3 3 71 17 +54 57
3 Newmachar United 24 13 4 7 57 31 +26 43
4 Glentanar 24 10 4 10 32 47 −15 34
5 Burghead Thistle 24 10 3 11 39 41 −2 33
6 Cruden Bay 24 10 1 13 48 48 0 31
7 Islavale 24 9 2 13 30 42 −12 29
8 Whitehills 24 3 3 18 38 96 −58 12
9 New Elgin Juniors 24 3 2 19 19 81 −62 11
Source: [7]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions

Notes

SFA Club with an SFA Licence[8] eligible to participate in the Highland League promotion play-off should they win the league.

References

  1. ^ Banks O' Dee FC [@BanksODeeJFC] (10 May 2022). "RECORD BREAKERS! Not only are we the first team to go a full North Superleague season with no defeats, that also comes with the title of highest number of points in a single season. Breaking the current record held by Hermes FC from the 2011/12 season" (Tweet). Retrieved 10 May 2022 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "Tables - North Region Junior Football League". Scottish Junior FA North Region. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  3. ^ Gill, Roy (30 November 2021). "Next match v Bridge of Don Thistle Sat Dec 4th 1.30pm @ Broomfield Park". Pitchero.com. Pitch Hero Ltd. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Results grid - North Region Junior Football League". Scottish Junior FA North Region. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Tables - North Region Junior Football League". Scottish Junior FA North Region. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Rothie Rovers JFC". Twitter. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Tables - North Region Junior Football League". Scottish Junior FA North Region. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Licensed Clubs - December 2021" (PDF). Retrieved 22 April 2022.