2016–17 North Superleague

McBookie.com Superleague
Season2016–17
ChampionsBanks O' Dee
RelegatedBuckie Rovers
Deveronside
Matches played182
Goals scored768 (4.22 per match)

The 2016–17 North Superleague was the sixteenth 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 2 August 2016.

Member clubs for the 2016–17 season

Banks O' Dee were the reigning champions and entered the 2016–17 Scottish Cup.[1][2]

North First Division (West) and (East) champions Buckie Rovers and Colony Park replace the automatically relegated Ellon United and F.C. Stoneywood.[3][4]

Bridge of Don Thistle changed their name to Newburgh Thistle at the conclusion of the 2015–16 season.

In November 2016, Deveronside relocated to a new stadium at the Myrus Centre in Macduff from their old Canal Park ground in Banff.[5]

Club Location Ground Manager Finishing position 2015–16
Banchory St. Ternan Crathes Milton Park Neil Findlay 12th
Banks O' Dee Aberdeen Spain Park Tommy Forbes & Sandy McNaughton Champions
Buckie Rovers Buckie Merson Park Dave Findlay & Mike Smith North First Division (West) 1st
Colony Park Inverurie Colony Park Richard Davidson North First Division (East) 1st
Culter Peterculter Crombie Park Duncan Ord 5th
Deveronside Macduff Myrus Centre John McLeay & Wayne Murdo 10th
Dufftown Dufftown Westburn Park Steve Paterson 8th
Dyce Juniors Dyce Ian Mair Park Mike McKenzie & Murray Rattray 4th
Hall Russell United Bridge of Don Denmore Park John Carroll 7th
Hermes Bridge of Don Uniconn Park Neil Dawson 2nd
Inverness City Inverness Lister Park Jordan MacDonald 6th
Maud Maud Maud Pleasure Park Chris Allsop & Mike Cramp 9th
Newburgh Thistle Newburgh Gallowshill Park Lewis Muirhead 11th
Stonehaven Stonehaven Glenury Park Ian Esslemont 3rd

League table

The relegation play-off format was altered as a result of the North First Division (West) champions, Spey Valley United, declining promotion to the North Superleague. Previously, the bottom two Superleague clubs were automatically relegated with the club finishing in third bottom position, tabled to play-off against the winner of a tie between the two runners-up of the North First Division (East) and (West).

In the revised plan, only the bottom club in the North Superleague will be automatically relegated. The runners-up to Spey Valley United, Montrose Roselea, will play-off at a neutral venue against the club finishing second bottom of the Superleague. The runners-up in the North First Division (East), Sunnybank, have played-off against the club finishing third bottom of the North Superleague, with the Superleague club having home advantage in the tie.[6]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Banks O' Dee (C) 26 22 2 2 83 20 +63 68 Qualification for 2017–18 Scottish Cup
2 Dyce Juniors 26 17 7 2 77 24 +53 58
3 Culter 26 17 5 4 62 34 +28 56
4 Stonehaven 26 16 7 3 68 28 +40 55
5 Hall Russell United 26 13 5 8 53 36 +17 44
6 Newburgh Thistle 26 12 3 11 62 55 +7 39
7 Colony Park 26 11 2 13 49 55 −6 35
8 Hermes 26 10 3 13 56 53 +3 33
9 Banchory St. Ternan 26 9 4 13 49 74 −25 31
10 Inverness City 26 8 1 17 44 76 −32 25
11 Maud 26 6 6 14 48 69 −21 24
12 Dufftown (O) 26 6 2 18 47 84 −37 20 Qualification for North Region League play-off
13 Buckie Rovers (R) 26 5 4 17 39 81 −42 19
14 Deveronside (R) 26 2 5 19 31 79 −48 11 Relegation to North First Division
Updated to match(es) played on 30 May 2017. Source: North Region JFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BST BOD BCK COL CUL DVS DUF DYC HRU HER IVC MAU NEW SHV
Banchory St. Ternan 0–1 3–0 2–4 2–5 3–2 7–1 1–6 0–6 4–4 2–1 3–3 1–3 1–1
Banks O' Dee 3–1 5–1 7–1 1–0 6–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 4–1 2–0 4–0 3–0 3–0
Buckie Rovers 2–4 0–6 1–3 0–1 3–0 4–1 2–4 0–3 3–1 3–2 4–4 3–1 1–1
Colony Park 3–3 0–1 3–0 0–1 5–2 2–1 1–3 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–3 0–3 1–2
Culter 4–1 1–5 8–2 1–3 2–0 3–1 2–2 3–1 1–0 6–0 1–1 2–2 3–2
Deveronside 0–1 2–3 1–1 0–3 2–2 4–2 0–2 1–1 2–1 2–5 1–2 2–3 0–2
Dufftown 2–3 1–3 2–2 4–2 2–3 3–2 1–5 1–3 0–2 1–4 2–4 3–5 3–4
Dyce Juniors 2–1 1–1 3–0 3–1 0–0 11–0 7–0 2–0 1–2 5–2 3–1 5–0 1–1
Hall Russell United 3–1 3–2 2–0 0–1 1–3 2–1 2–3 1–0 3–1 1–0 5–0 1–2 2–2
Hermes 1–2 2–3 6–2 4–2 1–2 3–0 2–2 1–1 2–3 4–2 5–1 0–4 2–3
Inverness City 3–1 0–8 2–0 3–1 0–1 5–1 2–3 2–4 1–1 1–4 2–3 3–1 0–4
Maud 1–2 0–3 6–2 5–1 0–1 3–3 0–3 2–3 3–3 1–3 2–3 2–4 1–1
Newburgh Thistle 4–0 2–3 4–3 0–2 1–4 2–2 2–3 1–2 1–5 4–2 6–0 5–0 1–3
Stonehaven 9–0 2–0 5–0 2–4 4–2 3–0 4–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 7–0 1–0 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 30 May 2017. Source: North Region JFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Superleague play-offs

Montrose Roselea5 – 0Buckie Rovers
Doan 15'
Hester 36', 56' (pen.)
McLeod 43'
Aitken 70'		 Scorers
Colony Park, Inverurie
Dufftown3 – 2Sunnybank
Westburn Park, Dufftown

References

  1. ^ Easton, Richard. "Home win secures first title since 2009". North Region SJFA. Archived from the original on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Scottish Cup: Fourth substitute to be available in extra time". BBC Sport. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  3. ^ Saunderson, Chris (15 March 2016). "Buckie Rovers are champions". www.banffshire-journal.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Juniors are "Invincibles"". www.inverurieherald.co.uk. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Match Report". www.clubwebsite.co.uk. Deveronside JFC. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  6. ^ Easton, Richard. "North Junior FA Statement on promotion and relegation from the McBookie.com Superleague". www.northregionjfa.co.uk. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.