Scottish Junior Football East Region Super League

Scottish Junior Football East Region Super League
Founded	2002(19 years ago)
Country	Scotland
Region	SJFA East Region
Conferences	2
Number of teams	30
Level on pyramid	1
Domestic cup(s)	Scottish Junior Cup
Current champions	Lochee United (3rd title) ; (2019–20)
Most championships	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic (four titles)
Website	East Region SJFA
	Current: 2020–21 East Premiership

Last updated March 17, 2021

The Scottish Junior Football East Region Super League, also known for sponsorship reasons as the McBookie.com East Superleague, is the highest division of the East Region of the Scottish Junior Football Association.

Member clubs for the 2020–21 season

Premiership North

Club	Location	Home Ground	Capacity	Seats	Floodlit	Finishing position 2018–19
Broughty Athletic	Dundee	Whitton Park	2,500	0	Yes	2nd
Carnoustie Panmure	Carnoustie	Laing Park	1,500	0	No	7th
Dundee North End	Dundee	North End Park	2,000	0	Yes	1st in Premier League North
Downfield	Dundee	Downfield Park	2,500	13	Yes	11th
Forfar West End	Forfar	Strathmore Park	2,500	0	No	6th
Kirriemuir Thistle	Kirriemuir	Westview Park	2,000	32	Yes	9th
Lochee United	Dundee	Thomson Park	3,200	0	No	1st
Luncarty	Luncarty	Brownlands Park	1,200	0	No	2nd in Premier League North
Scone Thistle	Scone	Farquharson Park	1,000	0	No	4th in Premier League North
Tayport	Tayport	Canniepairt	2,000	0	No	5th

Premiership South

Club	Location	Home Ground	Capacity	Seats	Floodlit
Armadale Thistle	Armadale	Volunteer Park	3,000	0	Yes
Bathgate Thistle	Bathgate	Creamery Park	3,000	0	Yes
Bo'ness United Junior	Bo'ness	Newtown Park	2,500	0	Yes
Fauldhouse United	Fauldhouse	Park View	2,000	100	No
Harthill Royal	Harthill	Gibbshill Park	1,800	0	No
Linlithgow Rose CFC	Linlithgow	Xcite Linlithgow	500	0	Yes
Livingston United	Livingston	Station Park	2,000	0	Yes
Pumpherston	Pumpherston	Recreation Park	2,700	0	No
Sauchie Juniors CFC	Sauchie	Beechwood Park	5,000	200	Yes
Stoneyburn	Stoneyburn	Beechwood Park	4,000	0	No
Syngenta	Denny	Grangemouth Stadium
West Calder United	West Calder	Hermand Park	1,000	0	No
Whitburn	Whitburn	Central Park	3,000	38	No

Champions and season summaries

Season^[2]	Winners	Runners-up	Relegated	Promoted	Champions' Progression in Scottish Cup
2002–03	Tayport	Hill of Beath Hawthorn	Carnoustie Panmure Edinburgh United Dundee Violet	Lochee United Bo'ness United Kelty Hearts	N/A
2003–04	Linlithgow Rose	Tayport	Kelty Hearts Hill of Beath Hawthorn Dundee North End	Carnoustie Panmure Camelon Juniors Thornton Hibs
2004–05	Lochee United	Tayport	Oakley United Camelon Juniors Thornton Hibs	Hill of Beath Hawthorn Whitburn Juniors Dundee North End
2005–06	Tayport (2)	Bathgate Thistle	Glenrothes Arniston Rangers Dundee North End	Oakley United Camelon Juniors Kinnoull
2006–07	Linlithgow Rose (2)	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	Bo'ness United Kinnoull	Glenrothes Kelty Hearts	4th Round 2007–08
2007–08	Lochee United (2)	Whitburn Juniors	Carnoustie Panmure Oakley United	Bo'ness United Forfar West End	3rd Round 2008–09
2008–09	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	Camelon Juniors	Forfar West End Tayport	Musselburgh Athletic Newtongrange Star	1st Round 2009–10
2009–10 ^[3]	Bo'ness United	Linlithgow Rose	Whitburn Juniors Glenrothes	Tayport Forfar West End	3rd Round 2010–11
2010–11	Bo'ness United (2)	Hill of Beath Hawthorn	Tayport Newtongrange Star	St Andrews United Carnoustie Panmure	3rd Round 2011–12
2011–12	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic (2)	Hill of Beath Hawthorn	Bathgate Thistle Forfar West End (in abeyance)	Sauchie Juniors Broxburn Athletic	3rd Round 2012–13
2012–13	Linlithgow Rose (3)	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	No relegation. League expanded to 16 clubs	Newtongrange Star Ballingry Rovers Tayport Armadale Thistle	2nd Round 2013–14
2013–14	Bo'ness United (3)	Linlithgow Rose	Tayport St Andrews United	Penicuik Athletic Fauldhouse United	4th Round 2014–15
2014–15	Kelty Hearts	Bo'ness United	Armadale Thistle Lochee United Ballingry Rovers (folded)	Tayport St Andrews United Broughty Athletic	1st Round 2015–16
2015–16	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic (3)	Kelty Hearts	Sauchie Juniors St Andrews United Tayport	Jeanfield Swifts Dundonald Bluebell Lochee United	4th Round 2016–17
2016–17	Kelty Hearts (2)	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	Musselburgh Athletic Fauldhouse United	Sauchie Juniors Kennoway Star Hearts Forfar West End	Preliminary round 1 2017–18
2017–18	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic (4)	Linlithgow Rose	No relegation. League reduced to 12 clubs	Fauldhouse United Tayport Thornton Hibs Glenrothes Downfield Whitburn Juniors Kirriemuir Thistle	1st Round 2018–19
2018–19	Lochee United (3)	Broughty Athletic	No relegation or promotion, league restructured post-season into North and South sections		2nd Round 2019–20
2019–20	Split into North and South divisions. Season suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, later declared null and void with no champion declared.^[4]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
2020–21	Renamed East Premiership and featured all East Region clubs. Split into North and South divisions. Season began in November 2020 and was suspended in January 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, later declared null and void with no champion declared.^[5]

↑ Using a 'points per game' algorithm applied in other leagues, Carnoustie Panmure (who were also leading the league when play stopped) would have been nominal champions of the North section, while Pumpherston and Thornton Hibs would have finished on equal points in the South section.

All-time table

This table is a cumulative record of matches played in the East Superleague since its inception in 2002 until the split into regional divisions in 2019. The table is accurate from the 2002–03 season to the end of the 2018–19 season, inclusive. Teams highlighted in bold were members of the 2018–19 East Super League.

P	Club	Ssn	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	PPG	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Rel
1	Linlithgow Rose	16	388	216	77	95	781	497	284	725	1.87	3	3	6
2	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	16	388	217	64	107	806	512	294	715	1.84	4	3	2	2
3	Bo'ness United	14	344	170	73	101	640	450	190	583	1.69	3	1	1	2	1
4	Dundonald Bluebell	2	60	31	7	22	133	113	20	100	1.67				1
5	Whitburn Juniors	6	132	63	24	45	249	199	50	213	1.61		1	1	3	1
6	Penicuik Athletic	4	118	54	25	39	208	177	31	187	1.58			1	1
7	Broughty Athletic	4	112	52	19	41	198	186	12	175	1.56		1
8	Lochee United	15	358	166	55	137	652	620	32	553	1.54	3			1	1
9	Kelty Hearts	11	269	120	57	92	441	352	89	414^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1.54	2	1			1
10	Newtongrange Star	7	192	84	31	77	340	278	62	283	1.47				3	1
11	Broxburn Athletic	6	170	68	43	59	319	296	23	247	1.45
12	Bathgate Thistle	10	218	87	51	80	316	331	-15	312	1.43		1	2		1
13	Hill of Beath Hawthorn	15	365	148	78	139	605	558	47	522	1.43		3	1		1
14	Arniston Rangers	4	88	34	21	33	134	143	-9	123	1.40				1	1
15	Tayport	11	258	101	55	102	380	371	9	358	1.39	2	2			4
16	Camelon Juniors	13	322	121	67	134	512	532	-20	430	1.34		1	2		1
17	Musselburgh Athletic	8	204	71	40	93	343	375	-32	253	1.24					1
18	Sauchie Juniors	5	140	48	29	63	217	258	-41	173	1.24					1
19	Thornton Hibs	2	44	16	6	22	85	97	-12	54	1.23			1		1
20	Carnoustie Panmure	13	322	102	57	163	479	654	-175	363	1.13				1	2
21	Glenrothes	8	176	49	43	84	231	322	-91	190	1.08				1	2
22	Jeanfield Swifts	2	60	17	12	31	95	145	-50	63	1.05
23	Kirriemuir Thistle	1	22	6	4	12	41	62	-21	22	1.00
24	Forfar West End	5	100	27	19	54	124	193	-69	100	1.00					2
25	Oakley United	5	110	29	19	62	137	235	-98	106	0.96					2
26	Kennoway Star Hearts	2	52	13	8	31	80	128	-48	47	0.90
27	Downfield	1	22	6	1	15	33	61	-28	19	0.86
28	Fauldhouse United	4	110	25	20	65	149	258	-109	95	0.86					1
29	Ballingry Rovers	2^{[lower-alpha 2]}	43	10	7	26	42	98	-56	37	0.86					1
30	Dundee North End	3	88	19	17	52	110	189	-79	74	0.84					2
31	Armadale Thistle	2	58	13	9	36	71	125	-54	48	0.83					1
32	St Andrews United	4	102	20	18	64	132	242	-110	78	0.76					2
33	Kinnoull	1	22	1	7	14	19	47	-28	10	0.45					1
34	Edinburgh United	1	22	1	4	17	17	46	-29	7	0.32					1
35	Dundee Violet	1	22	2	1	19	27	65	-38	7	0.32					1

P = Position; Ssn = Number of seasons; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points; PPG = Points per game; Rel = Relegated

Notes

↑ Kelty Hearts deducted 3 points in 2003–04 season.
↑ Ballingry Rovers folded during the 2014–15 season.

Related Research Articles

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The Scottish Junior Football East Region Premier League North also known for sponsorship reasons as the McBookie.com East Premier League North, is the second-tier division of the East Region of the Scottish Junior Football Association and sits parallel with the East Region Premier League South.

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The 2013–14 East Superleague was the 12th season of the East Superleague, the top tier of league competition for SJFA East Region member clubs.

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The 2017–18 East Superleague was the 16th season of the East Superleague, the top tier of league competition for SJFA East Region member clubs.

The 2018–19 East Super League was the 17th season of the East Superleague, the top tier of league competition for SJFA East Region member clubs.

The 2018–19 North Superleague was the 18th season of the North Superleague, the top tier of league competition for SJFA North Region member clubs.

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References

↑ "Junior Football – PA Friday June 22". Perthshire Advertiser . 22 June 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
↑ Towns, Fields and Clubs of Fife, via Scottish Football Historical Archive, 2012
↑ 2009/10, The History of Newtongrange Star
↑ Phil McGuire bewildered by null and void decision that has cost Carnoustie Juniors title despite leading table since day one, Daily Record, 18 April 2020
↑ "https://twitter.com/eastregion_sjfa/status/1371928138524069890". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-03-16.External link in |title= (help)

External links

East Region SJFA
East Region Superleague at Non-League Scotland (archive version, 2007-08 membership)

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[5] Using a 'points per game' algorithm applied in other leagues, Carnoustie Panmure (who were also leading the league when play stopped) would have been nominal champions of the North section, while Pumpherston and Thornton Hibs would have finished on equal points in the South section.

[7] Kelty Hearts deducted 3 points in 2003–04 season.

[8] Ballingry Rovers folded during the 2014–15 season.

[1] "Junior Football – PA Friday June 22". Perthshire Advertiser . 22 June 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2012.

[fieldsoffife-2] Towns, Fields and Clubs of Fife, via Scottish Football Historical Archive, 2012

[3] 2009/10, The History of Newtongrange Star

[4] Phil McGuire bewildered by null and void decision that has cost Carnoustie Juniors title despite leading table since day one, Daily Record, 18 April 2020

[6] "https://twitter.com/eastregion_sjfa/status/1371928138524069890". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-03-16.External link in |title= (help)

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v t e SJFA East Region Super League
2019–20 North	Broughty Athletic Carnoustie Panmure Downfield Dundee North End Forfar West End Kirriemuir Thistle Lochee United Luncarty Scone Thistle Tayport
2019–20 South	Armadale Thistle Bathgate Thistle Fauldhouse United Harthill Royal Kennoway Star Hearts Livingston United Lochore Welfare Pumpherston Thornton Hibs Whitburn Juniors
Former teams	Arniston Rangers Ballingry Rovers Bo'ness United Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic Broxburn Athletic Camelon Juniors Dundee Violet Dundonald Bluebell Edinburgh United Glenrothes Hill of Beath Hawthorn Jeanfield Swifts Kelty Hearts Kinnoull Linlithgow Rose Musselburgh Athletic Newtongrange Star Oakley United Penicuik Athletic Sauchie Juniors St Andrews United
Seasons	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20

v t e Scottish Junior Football Association
East Region	East Region Premiership North East Region Premiership South
North Region	North Super League North First Division North Second Division
Former regions	West Region West Premiership West Championship West League One West League Two West of Scotland Cup Ayrshire Central East Fife Glasgow Lanarkshire North Scottish Tayside
Other	Intermediate dispute List of clubs National select team Scottish Junior Cup

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Founded	2002(19 years ago) (2002)
Country	Scotland
Region	SJFA East Region
Conferences	2
Number of teams	30
Level on pyramid	1
Domestic cup(s)	Scottish Junior Cup
Current champions	Lochee United (3rd title) (2019–20)
Most championships	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic (four titles)
Website	East Region SJFA
Current: 2020–21 East Premiership