North Region Junior Football League

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North Region Junior Football League
Founded2001(23 years ago) (2001)
CountryFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Number of teams30
Level on pyramid6–7
Promotion to Highland League
Domestic cup(s) Scottish Cup (SFA licensed clubs and Premier League winners)
Scottish Junior Cup
Current champions Culter (9th title)
(2023–24)
Most championships Culter (9 titles)
Website SJFA North Region
Current: 2024–25 North Region Junior Football League

The North Region Junior Football League is a football league based in the north east of Scotland. The league sits at levels 6–7 on the Scottish football league system, acting as a feeder to the Highland Football League.

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Geographically, the league covers Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire and Moray.

The winners take part in an end of season promotion play-off with the Midlands Football League and North Caledonian Football League champions, subject to clubs meeting the required licensing criteria.

From 2018 to 2022, the league consisted of three divisions at Tiers 6 to 8. The 2018 league was essentially a continuation of a two division system which operated from 2003. It was split into two geographical sections at Tier 7 from 2011, with the lower (Tier 8) Division Two disbanded two years later. After five seasons of that setup, a three-division model was restored. The league currently consists of two divisions, a Premier League and a Championship.

Member clubs for the 2023–24 season

The current system sees two clubs automatically relegated from the Premier League, who are replaced by two clubs from the Championship. The third-bottom club in the Premier League enters a play-off with the clubs who finish between third and fifth in the Championship. In the semi-finals, the Premier League side plays the fifth-placed Championship side, and the fourth and fifth-placed teams play each other, both games over two legs. The winners then progress to a single-leg final.

Premier League

ClubLocationGroundFinishing position 2022–23
Bridge of Don Thistle Aberdeen Aberdeen Sports Village5th
Buchanhaven Hearts Peterhead Raemoss Park4th in Championship
Colony Park Inverurie Colony Park11th
Culter Peterculter Crombie Park1st
Dyce Dyce Ian Mair Park3rd
East End Aberdeen New Advocates Park7th
Ellon United Ellon The Meadows8th
Fraserburgh United Fraserburgh College Park2nd in Championship
Hermes Bridge of Don Lochside Park2nd
Maud Maud Maud Pleasure Park10th
Nairn St Ninian Nairn Showfield Park12th
Newmachar United Newmachar Charles Gordon Park5th in Championship
Stoneywood Parkvale Aberdeen Clark Commercial Park6th
Sunnybank Aberdeen Heathryfold Park1st in Championship
Stonehaven Stonehaven Glenury Park4th
Rothie Rovers Rothienorman Forgue Road3rd in Championship

Championship

ClubLocationGroundFinishing position 2022–23
Banchory St Ternan Banchory Milton Park13th in Premier League
Banks o' Dee Juniors Aberdeen Spain Park7th
Burghead Thistle Burghead Forest Park10th
Cruden Bay Cruden Bay Watson Park14th
Deveronside Banff Myrus Centre12th
Dufftown Dufftown Westburn Park14th in Premier League
Forres Thistle Forres Logie Park6th
Glentanar Woodside Woodside Sports Complex11th
Hall Russell United Bridge of Don Denmore ParkIn abeyance
Islavale Keith Simpson Park8th
Longside Longside Davidson Park9th
Lossiemouth United Lossiemouth Phoenix Park15th
New Elgin Elgin Nicol-Togneri Park16th
Whitehills Whitehills Daniel Morgan ArenaIn abeyance

Champions and season summaries

YearWinnerRunners-upRelegatedPromotedChampions' 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 (2) Glentanar East End
Maud
Parkvale
Fraserburgh United
N/A
2005–06 Culter (3) Formartine United Fraserburgh United
FC Stoneywood
Dyce
Islavale
N/A
2006–07 Culter (4) 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 (2) Sunnybank Hillhead
Stonehaven
Buchanhaven Hearts
FC Stoneywood
2nd Round 2009–10
2009–10 Sunnybank (2) Culter East End
Buchanhaven Hearts
Fraserburgh United
Stonehaven
3rd Round 2010–11
2010–11 Culter (5) 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 (6) Dyce Lewis United
Fraserburgh United
New Elgin
East End
3rd Round 2013–14
2013–14 Culter (7) Banks o' Dee East End
Longside
Inverness City
Cruden Bay
2nd Round 2014–15
2014–15 Hermes (2) Maud New Elgin
Cruden Bay
Bridge of Don Thistle
Dufftown
2nd Preliminary round 2015–16
2015–16 Banks o' Dee (3) Hermes Ellon United
FC Stoneywood
Buckie Rovers
Colony Park
2nd Round 2016–17
2016–17 Banks o' Dee (4) Dyce Buckie Rovers
Deveronside
Ellon United
Montrose Roselea
3rd Round 2017–18
2017–18 Banks o' Dee (5) Hermes Banchory St Ternan
Inverness City
East End
Nairn St Ninian
1st Preliminary round 2018–19
2018–19 [1] Banks o' Dee (6) Bridge of Don Thistle Dufftown
Stonehaven
Banchory St Ternan
Deveronside
2nd Round 2019–20
2019–20 [2] Season declared Null and void on 2 May 2020 after vote among SJFA North clubs, no champion was declared and no relegation applied. [3] [lower-alpha 1] N/A
2020–21Season declared Null and void by SJFA on 16 Mar 2021, no champion was declared and no relegation applied. [4] N/A
2021–22 Banks o' Dee (7) Bridge of Don Thistle Deveronside Stonehaven
Stoneywood Parkvale
Dufftown
1st Round 2022–23
2022–23 Culter (8) Hermes Dufftown
Banchory St Ternan
Sunnybank
Fraserburgh United
Rothie Rovers
Buchanhaven Hearts
Newmachar United
1st Round 2023–24
2023–24 Culter (9) Bridge of Don Thistle Stoneywood Parkvale
Nairn St Ninian
Islavale
Banks o' Dee Juniors
TBD
  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.

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References

  1. McBookie.Com Superleague Table 18/19, North Region Junior Football League
  2. McBookie.Com Superleague Table 19/20, North Region Junior Football League
  3. 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.
  4. "SEASON 2020/21 ENDED". Scottish Junior FA. Retrieved 5 July 2021.