# 2021–22 North Superleague

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, dropping four points during the campaign.

## North Superleague
### Stadia and locations

| Club | Location | Ground | Capacity | Seats | Floodlit |
| Banchory St Ternan | Banchory | Milton Park | 1,000 | 0 | No |
| Banks O' Dee | 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 (R) | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 30 | 100 | −70 | 12 | Relegation to the North Championship |
* ↑ 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 | 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 | 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 | |
* ↑ Match awarded 1–0 to Maud, as Colony Park were unable to field a team.
* ↑ Match played at Broomfield Park, 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 | Promotion to the North Superleague |
| 3 | Dufftown (P) | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 45 | 31 | +14 | 36 | Promotion to the North Superleague |
| 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 | |

## 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. 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 | All clubs to form part of the North Championship |
| 3 | Newmachar United | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 57 | 31 | +26 | 43 | All clubs to form part of the North Championship |
| 4 | Glentanar | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 32 | 47 | −15 | 34 | All clubs to form part of the North Championship |
| 5 | Burghead Thistle | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 39 | 41 | −2 | 33 | All clubs to form part of the North Championship |
| 6 | Cruden Bay | 24 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 31 | All clubs to form part of the North Championship |
| 7 | Islavale | 24 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 30 | 42 | −12 | 29 | All clubs to form part of the North Championship |
| 8 | Whitehills | 24 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 38 | 96 | −58 | 12 | All clubs to form part of the North Championship |
| 9 | New Elgin Juniors | 24 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 19 | 81 | −62 | 11 | All clubs to form part of the North Championship |