2019–20 East of Scotland Football League
The 2019–20 East of Scotland Football League (known as the Central Taxis East of Scotland League for sponsorship reasons) was the 91st season of the East of Scotland Football League, and the 6th season as the sixth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. The season began on 27 July 2019. Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic were the reigning champions but could not defend their title after being promoted to the Lowland Football League.
Season | 2019–20 |
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Champions | Bo'ness United |
← 2018–19 2020–21 → |
The league reverted to a two-tier setup for the first time since 2015, featuring a Premier Division of 16 teams and a First Division containing two seeded parallel conferences each with 12 teams.
On 13 March 2020, the league was indefinitely suspended due to the 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak[1] before it was officially curtailed on 24 April 2020. Bo'ness United were declared champions of the Premier Division on a 'points per game' method while Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale and Tynecastle were declared winners of their respective First Division conferences.[2]
Teams
The following teams changed division after the 2018–19 season.
To East of Scotland Football League
Relegated from Lowland Football League
Transferred from East Superleague
Transferred from East Premier League North
Premier Division
Season | 2019–20 |
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Dates | 27 July 2019 – 24 April 2020 |
Champions | Bo'ness United |
Promoted | Bo'ness United |
Matches played | 156 |
Goals scored | 580 (3.72 per match) |
Biggest home win |
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Biggest away win |
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Highest scoring |
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Longest winning run | 7 matches: Bo'ness United |
Longest unbeaten run | 12 matches: Bo'ness United |
Longest winless run | 8 matches: Newtongrange Star |
Longest losing run | 6 matches: 3 teams |
Highest attendance | 1,150[3] Bo'ness United 2–1 Linlithgow Rose (4 January 2020) |
← 2018–19 2020–21 → |
Teams
The Premier Division contains the top five teams from each of the three Conferences in the 2018–19 season, the best 6th-placed team (Sauchie Juniors) and Whitehill Welfare who were relegated from the Lowland League.
Stadia and locations
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Bo'ness United (C, P) | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 42 | 22 | +20 | 47 | 2.24 | Promotion to the Lowland League |
2 | Hill of Beath Hawthorn[lower-alpha 1] | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 45 | 20 | +25 | 37[lower-alpha 2] | 2.06[lower-alpha 2] | |
3 | Broxburn Athletic | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 38 | 2.00 | |
4 | Tranent Juniors | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 25 | +12 | 34 | 1.70 | |
5 | Camelon Juniors | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 34 | 1.70 | |
6 | Jeanfield Swifts | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 28 | +8 | 26[lower-alpha 3] | 1.63[lower-alpha 3] | |
7 | Dundonald Bluebell | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 46 | 35 | +11 | 27 | 1.50 | |
8 | Penicuik Athletic | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 27 | 1.50 | |
9 | Linlithgow Rose | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 24[lower-alpha 4] | 1.41[lower-alpha 4] | |
10 | Musselburgh Athletic | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 27 | 1.29 | |
11 | Dunbar United | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 23 | 1.10 | |
12 | Crossgates Primrose | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 55 | −18 | 23 | 1.10 | |
13 | Sauchie Juniors[lower-alpha 1] | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 20 | 0.91 | |
14 | Blackburn United | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 44 | −22 | 18 | 0.90 | Spared relegation[lower-alpha 5] |
15 | Whitehill Welfare | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 35 | −15 | 16 | 0.89 | |
16 | Newtongrange Star | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 32 | 60 | −28 | 15 | 0.68 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
- Hill of Beath Hawthorn were awarded 2 points and Sauchie Juniors deducted 3 points after Sauchie fielded a suspended player in their match on 27 July 2019.
- Hill of Beath Hawthorn finished second based on the 'points per game' measure, despite accumulating fewer points than Broxburn Athletic.
- Jeanfield Swifts finished sixth based on the 'points per game' measure, despite accumulating fewer points than Dundonald Bluebell, Penicuik Athletic and Musselburgh Athletic.
- Linlithgow Rose finished ninth based on the 'points per game' measure, despite accumulating fewer points than Musselburgh Athletic.
- No teams were relegated from the Premier Division after the season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
Results
First Division
The teams who did not qualify for the Premier Division, along with Glenrothes, were ranked according to their position and points in each Conference before being assigned into two seeded First Division Conferences A and B. Kinnoull later took the place of Eyemouth, who withdrew from the league.[20]
Conference A
Season | 2019–20 |
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Dates | 27 July 2019 – 24 April 2020 |
Matches played | 175[N 1] |
Goals scored | 759 (4.34 per match)[N 1] |
Biggest home win |
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Biggest away win |
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Highest scoring | |
Longest winning run | 6 matches: Kinnoull & Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale[N 3] |
Longest unbeaten run | 11 matches: Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale[N 4] |
Longest winless run | 25 matches: Craigroyston[N 5] |
Longest losing run | 10 matches: Craigroyston |
← 2018–19 2020–21 → |
Stadia and locations
Team | Location | Home ground | Capacity | Seats | Floodlit |
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Burntisland Shipyard [SFA] | Burntisland | Recreation Park[21] | 1,000 | 0 | No |
Craigroyston | Edinburgh | St Mark's Park[22] | 2,000 | 0 | No |
Dunipace | Denny | Westfield Park[23] | 2,000 | 0 | Yes |
Haddington Athletic | Haddington | Millfield Park[24] | 1,500 | 0 | Yes |
Heriot-Watt University | Edinburgh | Riccarton Campus[25] | 200 | 0 | Yes |
Kinnoull | Perth | Tulloch Park[26] | 1,200 | 0 | Yes |
Leith Athletic | Edinburgh | Peffermill 3G[27] | 500 | 0 | Yes |
Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale [SFA] | Edinburgh | Saughton Sports Complex[28] | 1,000 | 0 | Yes |
Oakley United | Oakley | Blairwood Park[29] | 2,000 | 0 | No |
Ormiston | Ormiston | New Recreation Park[30] | 1,000 | 0 | No |
Peebles Rovers | Peebles | Whitestone Park[31] | 2,250 | 250 | No |
St Andrews United | St Andrews | Recreation Park[32] | 2,000 | 0 | No |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Promotion or qualification |
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1 | Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale (C, P) | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 66 | 29 | +37 | 54 | 2.25 | Promotion to the Premier Division |
2 | Leith Athletic | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 67 | 29 | +38 | 53 | 2.12 | |
3 | Kinnoull[lower-alpha 1] | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 11 | +33 | 35[lower-alpha 2] | 2.06[lower-alpha 2] | |
4 | Dunipace | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 67 | 27 | +40 | 48 | 2.00 | |
5 | Heriot-Watt University | 25 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 60 | 37 | +23 | 43 | 1.72 | |
6 | Haddington Athletic | 24 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 65 | 35 | +30 | 41 | 1.71 | |
7 | St Andrews United | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 61 | 37 | +24 | 35 | 1.59 | |
8 | Oakley United | 20 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 31 | 1.55 | |
9 | Burntisland Shipyard | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 59 | 43 | +16 | 29 | 1.45 | |
10 | Ormiston | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 68 | −44 | 13 | 0.68 | |
11 | Peebles Rovers | 20 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 81 | −69 | 8 | 0.40 | |
12 | Craigroyston | 25 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 24 | 122 | −98 | 3 | 0.12 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
- Kinnoull deducted 3 points for fielding suspended player.
- Kinnoull finished third based on the 'points per game' measure, despite accumulating fewer points than Dunipace, Heriot-Watt University and Haddington Athletic.
Conference B
Season | 2019–20 |
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Dates | 27 July 2019 – 24 April 2020 |
Matches played | 178[N 1] |
Goals scored | 860 (4.83 per match)[N 1] |
Biggest home win |
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Biggest away win | |
Highest scoring |
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Longest winning run | 18 matches: Tynecastle[N 6] |
Longest unbeaten run | 23 matches: Tynecastle[N 6] |
Longest winless run | 16 matches: Tweedmouth Rangers[N 7] |
Longest losing run | 10 matches: Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare[N 8] |
← 2018–19 2020–21 → |
Stadia and locations
Team | Location | Home ground | Capacity | Seats | Floodlit |
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Arniston Rangers | Gorebridge | Newbyres Park[33] | 3,000 | 0 | No |
Coldstream [SFA] | Coldstream | Home Park[34] | 1,000 | 0 | No |
Dalkeith Thistle | Dalkeith | King's Park[35] | 2,000 | 0 | Yes |
Easthouses Lily MW [SFA] | Easthouses | Newbattle Complex[36] | 1,500 | 100 | Yes |
Edinburgh United | Edinburgh | Paties Road Stadium[37] | 2,500 | 200 | No |
Glenrothes | Glenrothes | Warout Stadium [38] | 5,000 | 730 | No |
Hawick Royal Albert United [SFA] | Hawick | Albert Park[39] | 1,000 | 500 | Yes |
Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts | Inverkeithing | Ballast Bank[40] | 1,000 | 0 | No |
Preston Athletic [SFA] | Prestonpans | Pennypit Park[41] | 1,500 | 313 | Yes |
Stirling University Reserves | Stirling | Gannochy Sports Centre[42] | 1,000 | 0 | Yes |
Tweedmouth Rangers | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Old Shielfield[43] | 1,000 | 0 | No |
Tynecastle [SFA] | Edinburgh | Meggetland Sports Complex[44] | 4,388 | 500 | Yes |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Promotion or qualification |
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1 | Tynecastle (C, P) | 23 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 125 | 22 | +103 | 65 | 2.83 | Promotion to the Premier Division |
2 | Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts (P) | 20 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 56 | 30 | +26 | 45 | 2.25 | |
3 | Glenrothes | 21 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 56 | 39 | +17 | 41 | 1.95 | |
4 | Edinburgh United | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 59 | 39 | +20 | 35 | 1.75 | |
5 | Preston Athletic | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 50 | 34 | +16 | 34 | 1.62 | |
6 | Dalkeith Thistle | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 33 | 1.50 | |
7 | Coldstream | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 42 | 51 | −9 | 31 | 1.41 | |
8 | Stirling University reserves | 25 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 44 | 83 | −39 | 23 | 0.92 | |
9 | Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare | 18 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 35 | 59 | −24 | 12[lower-alpha 1] | 0.67[lower-alpha 1] | |
10 | Tweedmouth Rangers | 24 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 47 | 94 | −47 | 16 | 0.67 | |
11 | Hawick Royal Albert United | 25 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 37 | 90 | −53 | 15 | 0.60 | |
12 | Arniston Rangers[lower-alpha 2] | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 66 | −45 | 9 | 0.41 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
- Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare finished 9th based on the 'points per game' measure, despite accumulating fewer points than Tweedmouth Rangers and Hawick Royal Albert United.
- Arniston Rangers deducted 6 points for fielding ineligible players.
Results
Teams in each Conference play each other twice, once at home and once away. Teams also play each team from the other Conference once (six home and six away), for a total of 34 games.
First Division play-offs
Play-offs were due to be held to decide the overall First Division winner, and if necessary the third team to be promoted to the Premier Division. These were subsequently cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.[2]
Notes
SFA Club has an SFA Licence (as of July 2019)[45] and are eligible to participate in the Lowland League promotion play-off should they win the Premier Division.
- This tally includes 97 cross-conference matches played, with 452 goals scored.
- This result was in a cross-conference match.
- Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale's winning streak included victories of 3–0 over Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts, 1–0 over Easthouses Lily MW, 3–2 over Preston Athletic, 6–1 over Hawick Royal Albert United and 6–0 over Arniston Rangers in cross-conference matches.
- Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale's unbeaten streak included a 5–0 win over Coldstream, a 4–4 draw with Tweedmouth Rangers, a 4–2 win over Glenrothes and a 2–0 win over Dalkeith Thistle in cross-conference matches.
- Craigroyston's winless streak included a 2–2 draw with Arniston Rangers, a 1–4 loss to Dalkeith Thistle, 2–5 losses to Glenrothes and Stirling University, a 1–7 loss to Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts, a 0–4 loss to Tweedmouth Rangers, a 0–10 loss to Edinburgh United and a 1–1 draw with Preston Athletic in cross-conference matches.
- Tynecastle's winning streak included a 13–0 win over Peebles Rovers, 3–1 wins over Haddington Athletic and Heriot Watt University, and a 2–1 win over Kinnoull in cross-conference matches. Their unbeaten streak was extended in part with a 2–2 draw with Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale, a 0–0 draw with Leith Athletic, a 10–3 win over Oakley United and a 4–0 win over St Andrews United in cross-conference matches.
- Tweedmouth Rangers' winless streak included a 3–5 loss to Heriot Watt University, a 4–4 draw with Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale, a 1–1 draw with Ormiston and a 0–4 loss to Haddington Athletic in cross-conference matches.
- Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare's losing streak included a 0–3 loss to Kinnoull, a 1–8 loss to Dunipace, a 2–6 loss to Heriot Watt University, a 3–4 loss to Ormiston and a 0–1 loss to Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale in cross-conference matches.
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