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The '''North Junior Football League''', also known as the ''North-East Junior League'', was a [[Association football|football]] league competition operated in northern Scotland (but anchored around the city of [[Aberdeen]]) under the [[Scottish Junior Football Association]] which operated as the top league in the territory until 2001 when a new regional setup was established - although this was very similar to the previous setup.
==History==
In 1968, the [[Scottish Junior Football Association]] restructured its leagues into six 'regions', with those local leagues merging in the northern area including the ''Morayshire Junior League'' and the ''Aberdeen & District League'' which had been competed for since 1901<ref>[https://ift.tt/37jWGXJ Aberdeen & District Junior Football League 1901-1968], Scottish Football Historical Archive (archived version, 2014)</ref> and had provided two winners of the [[Scottish Junior Cup]] in the 1950s.<ref name=cup></ref> However, football in the territory outwith the city of [[Aberdeen]] (where the only local professional club, [[Aberdeen F.C.]] were also based) was dominated by the [[Highland Football League]] which had member teams in most of the towns across the [[Moray Firth]] and in [[Inverness]], and Junior clubs which also played out of those towns were invariably run on a smaller scale than their Highland League neighbours. Even following the merger, a separate local 'North Section' was established for these clubs due to difficulties in travelling regularly to Aberdeen where most of the other teams were based. As a consequence, the North League was seen as the weakest of the six regions despite having a larger population compared to the [[Fife Junior Football League|Fife]] and [[Ayrshire Junior Football League|Ayrshire]] regions, and during its 33-year existence, none of its members reached the Scottish Junior Cup final.<ref name=cup2/>
In 2001 (one year prior to other parts of the country) a new [[Scottish Junior Football Association, North Region|SJFA North Region]] was set up, now one of three across Scotland, but with its scope almost unchanged owing to the geography of the area. With three stronger leagues merging to create the [[Scottish Junior Football Association, East Region|East Region]] and two combining in the [[Scottish Junior Football Association, West Region|West Region]], this change further reduced the North's comparative strength, hampered yet more by the defection of four clubs to the Highland League in the 2000s,<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> prompted by some Highland clubs joining the senior [[Scottish Football League]] (in turn, the North Juniors also drew new members from amateur football such as the [[Aberdeenshire Amateur Football Association|Aberdeenshire AFA]]). In its first 20 years of operation, the North Region also never produced a Scottish Junior Cup finalist,<ref name=cup2></ref> although its league champions have entered the 'senior' [[Scottish Cup]] since 2007 with some credible results.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2EW6U4n Scottish Cup wins for Sunnybank and Bo'ness], ''[[BBC Sport]]'', 23 October 2010</ref><ref>[https://ift.tt/2Sy1cOb Culter hold Partick Thistle in Scottish Cup], BBC Sport, 19 November 2011</ref>
==Champions==
Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=95|Season
!width=160|Winner
!width=160|Runner-up
!width=160|North section
|-
| [[1968–69 in Scottish football|1968–69]]
| [[Banks O' Dee F.C.|Banks O' Dee]]
|
| [[Formartine United F.C.|Formartine United]]
|-
| [[1969–70 in Scottish football|1969–70]]
| [[Banks O' Dee F.C.|Banks O' Dee]]
|
| [[Buckie Rovers F.C.|Buckie Rovers]]
|-
| [[1970–71 in Scottish football|1970–71]]
| [[Banks O' Dee F.C.|Banks O' Dee]]
|
| [[Islavale F.C.|Islavale]]
|-
| [[1971–72 in Scottish football|1971–72]]
| [[Sunnybank F.C.|Sunnybank]]
|
| [[Forres Thistle F.C.|Forres Thistle]]
|-
| [[1972–73 in Scottish football|1972–73]]
| [[Banks O' Dee F.C.|Banks O' Dee]]
|
| [[Burghead Thistle F.C.|Burghead Thistle]]
|-
| [[1973–74 in Scottish football|1973–74]]
| [[Parkvale F.C.|Parkvale]]
|
| [[Burghead Thistle F.C.|Burghead Thistle]]
|-
| [[1974–75 in Scottish football|1974–75]]
| [[Sunnybank F.C.|Sunnybank]]
|
| [[Buckie Rovers F.C.|Buckie Rovers]]
|-
| [[1975–76 in Scottish football|1975–76]]
| [[Sunnybank F.C.|Sunnybank]]
|
| [[Nairn St Ninian F.C.|Nairn St Ninian]]
|-
| [[1976–77 in Scottish football|1976–77]]
| [[Banks O' Dee F.C.|Banks O' Dee]]
|
| [[Burghead Thistle F.C.|Burghead Thistle]]
|-
| [[1977–78 in Scottish football|1977–78]]
| [[Aberdeen East End F.C.|Aberdeen East End]]
|
| [[Nairn St Ninian F.C.|Nairn St Ninian]]
|-
| [[1978–79 in Scottish football|1978–79]]
| [[Banks O' Dee F.C.|Banks O' Dee]]
|
| [[Nairn St Ninian F.C.|Nairn St Ninian]]
|-
| [[1979–80 in Scottish football|1979–80]]
| [[Fraserburgh United F.C.|Fraserburgh United]]
|
| [[Forres Thistle F.C.|Forres Thistle]]
|-
| [[1980–81 in Scottish football|1980–81]]
| [[Banks O' Dee F.C.|Banks O' Dee]]
|
| [[Bishopmill United F.C.|Bishopmill United]]
|-
| [[1981–82 in Scottish football|1981–82]]
| [[Banks O' Dee F.C.|Banks O' Dee]]
|
| [[Nairn St Ninian F.C.|Nairn St Ninian]]
|-
| [[1982–83 in Scottish football|1982–83]]
| [[Sunnybank F.C.|Sunnybank]]
|
| [[Buckie Rovers F.C.|Buckie Rovers]]
|-
| [[1983–84 in Scottish football|1983–84]]
| [[Banks O' Dee F.C.|Banks O' Dee]]
|
| [[Deveronside F.C.|Deveronside]]
|-
| [[1984–85 in Scottish football|1984–85]]
| [[F.C. Stoneywood|FC Stoneywood]]
|
| [[Fochabers F.C.|Fochabers]]
|-
| [[1985–86 in Scottish football|1985–86]]
| [[Banks O' Dee F.C.|Banks O' Dee]]
|
| [[Deveronside F.C.|Deveronside]]
|-
| [[1986–87 in Scottish football|1986–87]]
| [[Banks O' Dee F.C.|Banks O' Dee]]
|
|
|-
| [[1987–88 in Scottish football|1987–88]]
|
|
| [[Deveronside F.C.|Deveronside]]
|-
| [[1988–89 in Scottish football|1988–89]]
| [[Bon Accord F.C.|Bon Accord]]
| [[F.C. Stoneywood|FC Stoneywood]]
| [[Deveronside F.C.|Deveronside]]
|-
| [[1989–90 in Scottish football|1989–90]]
| [[Stonehaven F.C.|Stonehaven]]
|
| [[Deveronside F.C.|Deveronside]]
|-
| [[1990–91 in Scottish football|1990–91]]
| [[F.C. Stoneywood|FC Stoneywood]]
| [[Inverurie Loco Works F.C.|Inverurie Loco Works]]
| [[Deveronside F.C.|Deveronside]]
|-
| [[1991–92 in Scottish football|1991–92]]
| [[F.C. Stoneywood|FC Stoneywood]]
| [[Stonehaven F.C.|Stonehaven]]
| [[Lossiemouth United F.C.|Lossiemouth United]]
|-
| [[1992–93 in Scottish football|1992–93]]
| [[Inverurie Loco Works F.C.|Inverurie Loco Works]]
| [[F.C. Stoneywood|FC Stoneywood]]
| [[Buckie Rovers F.C.|Buckie Rovers]]
|-
| [[1993–94 in Scottish football|1993–94]]
| [[Stonehaven F.C.|Stonehaven]]
| [[Sunnybank F.C.|Sunnybank]]
| [[Deveronside F.C.|Deveronside]]
|-
| [[1994–95 in Scottish football|1994–95]]
| [[F.C. Stoneywood|FC Stoneywood]]
| [[Turriff United F.C.|Turriff United]]
| [[Lossiemouth United F.C.|Lossiemouth United]]
|-
| [[1995–96 in Scottish football|1995–96]]
| [[Inverurie Loco Works F.C.|Inverurie Loco Works]]
| [[Turriff United F.C.|Turriff United]]
| [[Deveronside F.C.|Deveronside]]
|-
| [[1996–97 in Scottish football|1996–97]]
| [[Sunnybank F.C.|Sunnybank]]
| [[F.C. Stoneywood|FC Stoneywood]]
| [[Islavale F.C.|Islavale]]
|-
| [[1997–98 in Scottish football|1997–98]]
| [[Inverurie Loco Works F.C.|Inverurie Loco Works]]
| [[Sunnybank F.C.|Sunnybank]]
| [[Islavale F.C.|Islavale]]
|-
| [[1998–99 in Scottish football|1998–99]]
| [[Sunnybank F.C.|Sunnybank]]
| [[F.C. Stoneywood|FC Stoneywood]]
| [[New Elgin F.C.|New Elgin]]
|-
| [[1999–2000 in Scottish football|1999–2000]]
| [[Longside F.C.|Longside]]
| [[Sunnybank F.C.|Sunnybank]]
| [[Deveronside F.C.|Deveronside]]
|-
| [[2000–01 in Scottish football|2000–01]]
| [[Longside F.C.|Longside]]
| [[Sunnybank F.C.|Sunnybank]]
| [[Deveronside F.C.|Deveronside]]
|-
|}
'''Notes'''
==References==
*
*[https://ift.tt/2Q0SjLg Non-League Scotland (archive version)], with club progression by season 1990 to 2007)
[[Category:1968 establishments in Scotland]]
[[Category:2001 disestablishments in Scotland]]
[[Category:Sports leagues established in 1968]]
[[Category:Sports leagues disestablished in 2001]]
[[Category:Defunct Scottish Junior Football Association leagues]]
[[Category:Sport in Aberdeen]]
[[Category:Sport in Aberdeenshire]]
[[Category:Sport in Moray]]
[[Category:Sport in Highland (council area)]]
[[Category:Scottish Junior Football Association, North Region]]
==History==
In 1968, the [[Scottish Junior Football Association]] restructured its leagues into six 'regions', with those local leagues merging in the northern area including the ''Morayshire Junior League'' and the ''Aberdeen & District League'' which had been competed for since 1901<ref>[https://ift.tt/37jWGXJ Aberdeen & District Junior Football League 1901-1968], Scottish Football Historical Archive (archived version, 2014)</ref> and had provided two winners of the [[Scottish Junior Cup]] in the 1950s.<ref name=cup></ref> However, football in the territory outwith the city of [[Aberdeen]] (where the only local professional club, [[Aberdeen F.C.]] were also based) was dominated by the [[Highland Football League]] which had member teams in most of the towns across the [[Moray Firth]] and in [[Inverness]], and Junior clubs which also played out of those towns were invariably run on a smaller scale than their Highland League neighbours. Even following the merger, a separate local 'North Section' was established for these clubs due to difficulties in travelling regularly to Aberdeen where most of the other teams were based. As a consequence, the North League was seen as the weakest of the six regions despite having a larger population compared to the [[Fife Junior Football League|Fife]] and [[Ayrshire Junior Football League|Ayrshire]] regions, and during its 33-year existence, none of its members reached the Scottish Junior Cup final.<ref name=cup2/>
In 2001 (one year prior to other parts of the country) a new [[Scottish Junior Football Association, North Region|SJFA North Region]] was set up, now one of three across Scotland, but with its scope almost unchanged owing to the geography of the area. With three stronger leagues merging to create the [[Scottish Junior Football Association, East Region|East Region]] and two combining in the [[Scottish Junior Football Association, West Region|West Region]], this change further reduced the North's comparative strength, hampered yet more by the defection of four clubs to the Highland League in the 2000s,<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> prompted by some Highland clubs joining the senior [[Scottish Football League]] (in turn, the North Juniors also drew new members from amateur football such as the [[Aberdeenshire Amateur Football Association|Aberdeenshire AFA]]). In its first 20 years of operation, the North Region also never produced a Scottish Junior Cup finalist,<ref name=cup2></ref> although its league champions have entered the 'senior' [[Scottish Cup]] since 2007 with some credible results.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2EW6U4n Scottish Cup wins for Sunnybank and Bo'ness], ''[[BBC Sport]]'', 23 October 2010</ref><ref>[https://ift.tt/2Sy1cOb Culter hold Partick Thistle in Scottish Cup], BBC Sport, 19 November 2011</ref>
==Champions==
Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=95|Season
!width=160|Winner
!width=160|Runner-up
!width=160|North section
|-
| [[1968–69 in Scottish football|1968–69]]
| [[Banks O' Dee F.C.|Banks O' Dee]]
|
| [[Formartine United F.C.|Formartine United]]
|-
| [[1969–70 in Scottish football|1969–70]]
| [[Banks O' Dee F.C.|Banks O' Dee]]
|
| [[Buckie Rovers F.C.|Buckie Rovers]]
|-
| [[1970–71 in Scottish football|1970–71]]
| [[Banks O' Dee F.C.|Banks O' Dee]]
|
| [[Islavale F.C.|Islavale]]
|-
| [[1971–72 in Scottish football|1971–72]]
| [[Sunnybank F.C.|Sunnybank]]
|
| [[Forres Thistle F.C.|Forres Thistle]]
|-
| [[1972–73 in Scottish football|1972–73]]
| [[Banks O' Dee F.C.|Banks O' Dee]]
|
| [[Burghead Thistle F.C.|Burghead Thistle]]
|-
| [[1973–74 in Scottish football|1973–74]]
| [[Parkvale F.C.|Parkvale]]
|
| [[Burghead Thistle F.C.|Burghead Thistle]]
|-
| [[1974–75 in Scottish football|1974–75]]
| [[Sunnybank F.C.|Sunnybank]]
|
| [[Buckie Rovers F.C.|Buckie Rovers]]
|-
| [[1975–76 in Scottish football|1975–76]]
| [[Sunnybank F.C.|Sunnybank]]
|
| [[Nairn St Ninian F.C.|Nairn St Ninian]]
|-
| [[1976–77 in Scottish football|1976–77]]
| [[Banks O' Dee F.C.|Banks O' Dee]]
|
| [[Burghead Thistle F.C.|Burghead Thistle]]
|-
| [[1977–78 in Scottish football|1977–78]]
| [[Aberdeen East End F.C.|Aberdeen East End]]
|
| [[Nairn St Ninian F.C.|Nairn St Ninian]]
|-
| [[1978–79 in Scottish football|1978–79]]
| [[Banks O' Dee F.C.|Banks O' Dee]]
|
| [[Nairn St Ninian F.C.|Nairn St Ninian]]
|-
| [[1979–80 in Scottish football|1979–80]]
| [[Fraserburgh United F.C.|Fraserburgh United]]
|
| [[Forres Thistle F.C.|Forres Thistle]]
|-
| [[1980–81 in Scottish football|1980–81]]
| [[Banks O' Dee F.C.|Banks O' Dee]]
|
| [[Bishopmill United F.C.|Bishopmill United]]
|-
| [[1981–82 in Scottish football|1981–82]]
| [[Banks O' Dee F.C.|Banks O' Dee]]
|
| [[Nairn St Ninian F.C.|Nairn St Ninian]]
|-
| [[1982–83 in Scottish football|1982–83]]
| [[Sunnybank F.C.|Sunnybank]]
|
| [[Buckie Rovers F.C.|Buckie Rovers]]
|-
| [[1983–84 in Scottish football|1983–84]]
| [[Banks O' Dee F.C.|Banks O' Dee]]
|
| [[Deveronside F.C.|Deveronside]]
|-
| [[1984–85 in Scottish football|1984–85]]
| [[F.C. Stoneywood|FC Stoneywood]]
|
| [[Fochabers F.C.|Fochabers]]
|-
| [[1985–86 in Scottish football|1985–86]]
| [[Banks O' Dee F.C.|Banks O' Dee]]
|
| [[Deveronside F.C.|Deveronside]]
|-
| [[1986–87 in Scottish football|1986–87]]
| [[Banks O' Dee F.C.|Banks O' Dee]]
|
|
|-
| [[1987–88 in Scottish football|1987–88]]
|
|
| [[Deveronside F.C.|Deveronside]]
|-
| [[1988–89 in Scottish football|1988–89]]
| [[Bon Accord F.C.|Bon Accord]]
| [[F.C. Stoneywood|FC Stoneywood]]
| [[Deveronside F.C.|Deveronside]]
|-
| [[1989–90 in Scottish football|1989–90]]
| [[Stonehaven F.C.|Stonehaven]]
|
| [[Deveronside F.C.|Deveronside]]
|-
| [[1990–91 in Scottish football|1990–91]]
| [[F.C. Stoneywood|FC Stoneywood]]
| [[Inverurie Loco Works F.C.|Inverurie Loco Works]]
| [[Deveronside F.C.|Deveronside]]
|-
| [[1991–92 in Scottish football|1991–92]]
| [[F.C. Stoneywood|FC Stoneywood]]
| [[Stonehaven F.C.|Stonehaven]]
| [[Lossiemouth United F.C.|Lossiemouth United]]
|-
| [[1992–93 in Scottish football|1992–93]]
| [[Inverurie Loco Works F.C.|Inverurie Loco Works]]
| [[F.C. Stoneywood|FC Stoneywood]]
| [[Buckie Rovers F.C.|Buckie Rovers]]
|-
| [[1993–94 in Scottish football|1993–94]]
| [[Stonehaven F.C.|Stonehaven]]
| [[Sunnybank F.C.|Sunnybank]]
| [[Deveronside F.C.|Deveronside]]
|-
| [[1994–95 in Scottish football|1994–95]]
| [[F.C. Stoneywood|FC Stoneywood]]
| [[Turriff United F.C.|Turriff United]]
| [[Lossiemouth United F.C.|Lossiemouth United]]
|-
| [[1995–96 in Scottish football|1995–96]]
| [[Inverurie Loco Works F.C.|Inverurie Loco Works]]
| [[Turriff United F.C.|Turriff United]]
| [[Deveronside F.C.|Deveronside]]
|-
| [[1996–97 in Scottish football|1996–97]]
| [[Sunnybank F.C.|Sunnybank]]
| [[F.C. Stoneywood|FC Stoneywood]]
| [[Islavale F.C.|Islavale]]
|-
| [[1997–98 in Scottish football|1997–98]]
| [[Inverurie Loco Works F.C.|Inverurie Loco Works]]
| [[Sunnybank F.C.|Sunnybank]]
| [[Islavale F.C.|Islavale]]
|-
| [[1998–99 in Scottish football|1998–99]]
| [[Sunnybank F.C.|Sunnybank]]
| [[F.C. Stoneywood|FC Stoneywood]]
| [[New Elgin F.C.|New Elgin]]
|-
| [[1999–2000 in Scottish football|1999–2000]]
| [[Longside F.C.|Longside]]
| [[Sunnybank F.C.|Sunnybank]]
| [[Deveronside F.C.|Deveronside]]
|-
| [[2000–01 in Scottish football|2000–01]]
| [[Longside F.C.|Longside]]
| [[Sunnybank F.C.|Sunnybank]]
| [[Deveronside F.C.|Deveronside]]
|-
|}
'''Notes'''
==References==
*
*[https://ift.tt/2Q0SjLg Non-League Scotland (archive version)], with club progression by season 1990 to 2007)
[[Category:1968 establishments in Scotland]]
[[Category:2001 disestablishments in Scotland]]
[[Category:Sports leagues established in 1968]]
[[Category:Sports leagues disestablished in 2001]]
[[Category:Defunct Scottish Junior Football Association leagues]]
[[Category:Sport in Aberdeen]]
[[Category:Sport in Aberdeenshire]]
[[Category:Sport in Moray]]
[[Category:Sport in Highland (council area)]]
[[Category:Scottish Junior Football Association, North Region]]
December 28, 2019 at 02:09PM
