2022–23 North Region Junior Football League
# 2022–23 North Region Junior Football League

The 2022–23 North Region Junior Football League was the 21st season of the North Region Junior Football League for SJFA North Region member clubs, and the 2nd season with its top division as part of the sixth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. The league reverted back to a two-tier setup, featuring a 14-team Premier League and 16-team Championship.

Banks O' Dee were the reigning champions but were unable to defend their title after gaining promotion to the Highland League. Culter won a record eighth title, and their first since 2013–14, winning all but two of their first twenty-four games, giving them an unassailable five-point lead over Hermes, ahead of the latter's final game.

As a result, Culter will enter the 2023–24 Scottish Cup at the preliminary round stage.

## Teams

### From North Region

Promoted to Highland Football League

* Banks O' Dee

In Abeyance

* Hall Russell United
* Whitehills

### To North Region

* Banks O' Dee Junior
* Lossiemouth United

## Premier League

Maud were spared relegation after Banks O' Dee's promotion and Dufftown were also promoted after Hall Russell United went into abeyance before the season began.

### Stadia and locations

| Club | Location | Ground | Capacity | Seats | Floodlit |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Banchory St Ternan | Banchory | Milton Park | 1,000 | 0 | No |
| 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 |
| Dufftown | Dufftown | Westburn Park | 2,000 | 30 | No |
| Dyce | Dyce | Ian Mair Park | 1,200 | 0 | Yes |
| East End | Aberdeen | New Advocates Park | 1,000 | 0 | No |
| Ellon United | Ellon | The Meadows | 600 | 0 | No |
| Hermes | Bridge of Don | Lochside 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 |
| Stonehaven | Stonehaven | Glenury Park | 1,300 | 0 | No |
| Stoneywood Parkvale | Aberdeen | New Polo Park | 1,000 | 0 | No |

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Culter (C) | 26 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 17 | +73 | 73 | Ineligible for the Highland League play-off |
| 2 | Hermes | 26 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 94 | 16 | +78 | 65 | |
| 3 | Dyce | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 52 | 29 | +23 | 49 | |
| 4 | Stonehaven | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 45 | |
| 5 | Bridge of Don Thistle | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 57 | 35 | +22 | 42 | |
| 6 | Stoneywood Parkvale | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 47 | 50 | −3 | 40 | |
| 7 | East End | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 52 | 40 | +12 | 38 | |
| 8 | Ellon United | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 34 | |
| 9 | Montrose Roselea | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 33 | Transfer to the Midlands League |
| 10 | Maud | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 30 | 60 | −30 | 24 | |
| 11 | Colony Park | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 28 | 69 | −41 | 23 | |
| 12 | Nairn St Ninian | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 38 | 71 | −33 | 20 | |
| 13 | Banchory St Ternan (R) | 26 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 76 | −53 | 9 | Relegation to the Championship |
| 14 | Dufftown (R) | 26 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 69 | −47 | 8 | Relegation to the Championship |

* ↑ Banchory St Ternan deducted three points for fielding ineligible players in their match against Hermes on 15 April.
* ↑ Dufftown deducted seven points for fielding ineligible players in their matches against Bridge of Don Thistle on 11 April and East End on 13 May.

### Results

| Home \ Away | BST | BOD | COL | CUL | DUF | DYC | EAS | ELL | HER | MAU | MON | NAI | SHN | SWP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Banchory St Ternan | — | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 0–4 | 1–4 |
| Bridge of Don Thistle | 4–1 | — | 5–1 | 0–3 | 6–0 | 0–2 | 4–5 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 5–0 |
| Colony Park | 3–0 | 0–3 | — | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–7 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 |
| Culter | 4–1 | 6–0 | 8–0 | — | 8–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 |
| Dufftown | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 |
| Dyce | 3–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | — | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| East End | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | — | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| Ellon United | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | — | 1–3 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Hermes | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 7–0 | 7–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | — | 6–1 | 5–2 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Maud | 1–0 | 0–6 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–5 | — | 3–2 | 3–5 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Montrose Roselea | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Nairn St Ninian | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 1–8 | 1–0 | 3–4 | — | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Stonehaven | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 |
| Stoneywood Parkvale | 6–0 | 0–4 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–8 | — |

* ↑ Match played at Denmore Park, Bridge of Don.
* ↑ Match played at Balmoral Stadium, Cove Bay.
* ↑ Match played at Broomfield Park, due to a clashing Scottish Cup fixture for Montrose at Links Park.

## Championship

The First and Second Divisions were merged to form the Championship. Sunnybank won the division by seven points over Fraserburgh United

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sunnybank (C, P) | 30 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 80 | 23 | +57 | 73 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 2 | Fraserburgh United (P) | 30 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 85 | 38 | +47 | 66 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 3 | Rothie Rovers (P) | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 76 | 27 | +49 | 65 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 4 | Buchanhaven Hearts (P) | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 65 | 39 | +26 | 61 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 5 | Newmachar United (P) | 30 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 71 | 38 | +33 | 60 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 6 | Forres Thistle | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 60 | 31 | +29 | 59 | |
| 7 | Banks O' Dee Juniors | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 85 | 53 | +32 | 49 | |
| 8 | Islavale | 30 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 43 | |
| 9 | Longside | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 57 | 52 | +5 | 37 | |
| 10 | Burghead Thistle | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 40 | 65 | −25 | 33 | |
| 11 | Glentanar | 30 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 43 | 66 | −23 | 31 | |
| 12 | Deveronside | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 42 | 74 | −32 | 28 | |
| 13 | Aberdeen University | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 53 | 72 | −19 | 25 | |
| 14 | Cruden Bay | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 31 | 65 | −34 | 20 | |
| 15 | Lossiemouth United | 30 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 33 | 93 | −60 | 13 | |
| 16 | New Elgin | 30 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 24 | 105 | −81 | 11 | |

* ↑ Islavale deducted three points for fielding ineligible players in their match against Buchanhaven Hearts on 22 April.
* ↑ Aberdeen University deducted six points for fielding ineligible players in their matches against Lossiemouth United on 29 April and Buchanhaven Hearts on 13 May.
* ↑ Lossiemouth United deducted six points for fielding ineligible players.

### Results

| Home \ Away | AUV | BOD | BHU | BGT | CDB | DVS | FST | FBU | GTR | ILV | LGS | LMU | NWE | NWM | RTH | SNY |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aberdeen University | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 4–1 | 5–2 | 1–6 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 0–4 |
| Banks O' Dee Juniors | 6–1 | — | 1–2 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–4 |
| Buchanhaven Hearts | 4–2 | 3–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 0–1 |
| Burghead Thistle | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–7 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 |
| Cruden Bay | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | — | 5–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Deveronside | 3–1 | 2–5 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | — | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 2–3 |
| Forres Thistle | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 9–1 | — | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Fraserburgh United | 7–0 | 4–3 | 4–0 | 7–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | — | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 |
| Glentanar | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 6–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–6 |
| Islavale | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Longside | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 4–2 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 |
| Lossiemouth United | 1–5 | 1–10 | 2–0 | 2–5 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–5 | — | 1–4 | 1–6 | 0–5 | 2–5 |
| New Elgin | 0–6 | 0–7 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | — | 0–5 | 0–7 | 2–3 |
| Newmachar United | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 7–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Rothie Rovers | 3–3 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 |
| Sunnybank | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — |

* ↑ Match initially finished 0–0, but was later awarded to Lossiemouth United after Aberdeen University fielded ineligible players.
* ↑ Match played at Canal Park, Banff.
* ↑ Match initially finished 4–3 to Islavale, but was later awarded to Buchanhaven Hearts after Islavale fielded ineligible players.
* ↑ Match played at Grant Park.
