2019–20 East Superleague

The 2019–20 East Super League (known as the McBookie.com East Superleague for sponsorship reasons) was the 18th season of the East Superleague, the top tier of league competition for SJFA East Region member clubs.

McBookie.com East Superleague
Season2019–20
Dates3 August 2019 – 7 March 2020
(abandoned)
ChampionsNone
← 2018–19

The league was split into North and South regional divisions, both containing 10 teams playing each other three times for a total of 27 games. The winners of each division were due to play each other in a two-legged play-off to determine the overall champion.[1] The season began on 3 August 2019 and was scheduled to end on 25 April 2020.[2] Lochee United were the reigning champions.

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the league was indefinitely suspended on 13 March 2020.[3] The season was officially cancelled on 10 April 2020 following a decision made by the East Region Management Committee, due to the uncertainty surrounding the pandemic and the Scottish Football Association's decision to extend the football shutdown until at least 10 June 2020.[4]

On 16 April 2020 the East Region Management Committee declared the 2019–20 season null and void.[5][6]

Teams

The following teams changed division after the 2018–19 season.

To East Superleague

Promoted from East Premier League North

Promoted from East Premier League South

From East Superleague

Transferred to East of Scotland League

North
McBookie.com East Super League North
Season2019–20
Dates3 August 2019 – 7 March 2020
(abandoned)
ChampionsNone
RelegatedNone
Matches played92
Goals scored358 (3.89 per match)
Biggest home win
  • Carnoustie Panmure 6–0 Scone Thistle
  • (3 August 2019)
  • Broughty Athletic 6–0 Tayport
  • (7 December 2019)
Biggest away win
  • Luncarty 0–5 Dundee North End
  • (21 September 2019)
Highest scoring
  • Tayport 3–7 Dundee North End
  • (24 August 2019)
Longest winning run7 games:
Carnoustie Panmure
Longest unbeaten run14 games:
Carnoustie Panmure
Longest winless run11 games:
Scone Thistle
Longest losing run9 games:
Scone Thistle
← 2018–19
2020–21 →
All statistics correct as of 7 March 2020.

Stadia and locations
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

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Carnoustie Panmure 19 15 3 1 60 21 +39 48
2 Broughty Athletic 19 12 4 3 51 24 +27 40
3 Lochee United 16 12 1 3 41 18 +23 37
4 Downfield 18 7 5 6 24 25 −1 26
5 Dundee North End 18 6 4 8 34 41 −7 22
6 Luncarty 21 6 3 12 40 51 −11 21 Resigned membership, joined East of Scotland League
7 Tayport 17 6 2 9 33 40 −7 20
8 Kirriemuir Thistle 19 4 4 11 35 55 −20 16
9 Scone Thistle 19 5 1 13 16 46 −30 16
10 Forfar West End 18 3 5 10 24 37 −13 14
Source: SJFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Double round-robin
Home \ Away BRO CAR DOW DNE FWE KIR LOC LUN SCO TAY
Broughty Athletic 1–3 2–0 5–0 5–1 2–1 6–3 3–1 3–0
Carnoustie Panmure 4–0 2–2 3–1 5–2 2–4 3–1 6–0 5–0
Downfield 1–1 2–4 1–1 2–1 1–0 4–0 0–0
Dundee North End 1–2 1–4 2–2 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–2
Forfar West End 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–4 3–3 0–2 2–5 1–0
Kirriemuir Thistle 1–3 1–4 3–5 3–0 4–4 0–2 4–3 3–0 1–3
Lochee United 4–0 2–1 4–0 2–1 3–3 2–1
Luncarty 2–2 2–3 0–2 0–5 0–3 5–0 3–2 0–1 3–5
Scone Thistle 0–1 0–4 4–3 0–3 2–1 1–2
Tayport 2–3 3–7 0–0 1–2 2–3 4–1 1–2
Source: SJFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Single round-robin
Home \ Away BRO CAR DOW DNE FWE KIR LOC LUN SCO TAY
Broughty Athletic 2–2 1–3 3–0 6–0
Carnoustie Panmure 1–0 5–0
Downfield
Dundee North End 0–3
Forfar West End
Kirriemuir Thistle
Lochee United 3–0 3–0
Luncarty 2–2 3–1
Scone Thistle 1–1 1–2
Tayport 0–1 5–2 5–0
Source: SJFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

South
McBookie.com East Super League South
Season2019–20
Dates3 August 2019 – 7 March 2020
(abandoned)
ChampionsNone
RelegatedNone
Matches played86
Goals scored358 (4.16 per match)
Biggest home win
  • Thornton Hibs 7–0 Fauldhouse United
  • (21 September 2019)
Biggest away win
  • Armadale Thistle 0–6 Thornton Hibs
  • (14 September 2019)
Highest scoring
  • Pumpherston 4–6 Thornton Hibs
  • (17 August 2019)
Longest winning run6 games:
Armadale Thistle
Longest unbeaten run7 games:
Fauldhouse United
Longest winless run10 games:
Harthill Royal
Longest losing run9 games:
Harthill Royal & Kennoway Star Hearts
← 2018–19
2020–21 →
All statistics correct as of 7 March 2020.

Stadia and locations
Club Location Home Ground Capacity Seats Floodlit Finishing position 2018–19
Armadale Thistle Armadale Volunteer Park 3,000 0 Yes 3rd in Premier League South
Bathgate Thistle Bathgate Creamery Park 3,000 0 Yes 4th in Premier League South
Fauldhouse United Fauldhouse Park View 2,000 100 No 10th
Harthill Royal Harthill Gibbshill Park 1,800 0 No 6th in Premier League South
Kennoway Star Hearts Star Treaton Park 1,000 0 Yes 8th
Livingston United Livingston Station Park 2,000 0 Yes 2nd in Premier League South
Lochore Welfare Crosshill Central Park 1,300 0 No 5th in Premier League South
Pumpherston Pumpherston Recreation Park 2,700 0 No 1st in Premier League South
Thornton Hibs Thornton Memorial Park 1,800 0 No 3rd
Whitburn Whitburn Central Park 3,000 38 No 4th

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Livingston United 20 11 3 6 44 27 +17 36
2 Pumpherston 18 11 2 5 45 32 +13 35
3 Whitburn Juniors 19 10 2 7 51 41 +10 32
4 Thornton Hibs 16 9 4 3 47 26 +21 31 Resigned membership, joined East of Scotland League
5 Armadale Thistle 17 10 1 6 42 28 +14 31
6 Fauldhouse United 16 9 3 4 33 28 +5 30
7 Bathgate Thistle 14 5 2 7 29 25 +4 17
8 Harthill Royal 17 4 2 11 18 43 −25 14
9 Kennoway Star Hearts 19 4 1 14 32 56 −24 13 Resigned membership, joined East of Scotland League
10 Lochore Welfare 16 2 2 12 17 52 −35 8
Source: SJFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Double round-robin
Home \ Away ARM BAT FAU HAR KSH LIV LOW PUM THO WHI
Armadale Thistle 1–3 2–0 4–0 6–1 2–1 6–1 2–3 0–6 1–3
Bathgate Thistle 0–2 3–1 4–0 4–2 6–2 1–2
Fauldhouse United 4–1 4–1 3–1 5–3 1–4 4–4 2–2
Harthill Royal 0–5 1–0 1–1 3–6 0–2 0–4 2–2 2–1
Kennoway Star Hearts 1–3 2–2 0–1 4–0 1–4 0–3 1–0 1–2 1–5
Livingston United 1–1 0–1 2–0 3–2 3–0 1–1 3–2 5–1
Lochore Welfare 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–4 1–6 3–6 4–4
Pumpherston 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 2–1 4–6 3–4
Thornton Hibs 7–0 3–2 2–3 0–0 3–2
Whitburn Juniors 2–2 0–3 4–1 7–2 2–3 4–1 2–1 0–4
Source: SJFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Single round-robin
Home \ Away ARM BAT FAU HAR KSH LIV LOW PUM THO WHI
Armadale Thistle 2–1
Bathgate Thistle
Fauldhouse United
Harthill Royal 3–1
Kennoway Star Hearts 0–4 0–3 1–2
Livingston United
Lochore Welfare
Pumpherston
Thornton Hibs 0–0 4–0
Whitburn Juniors 0–2 3–1 5–1
Source: SJFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship play-off

A two legged play-off was scheduled to take place at the end of the season to determine the overall East Region champions.[1]

References
  1. "𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻 - 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟵/𝟮𝟬!". Twitter. Scottish Junior FA. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  2. "Twitter". Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  3. "Coronavirus – Joint Response Group Update 13 March". Scottish FA. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  4. "2019/20 Season Announcement". Scottish Junior FA. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  5. "Season declared Null & Void…". Broughty Athletic JFC. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  6. Wilson, Fraser (18 April 2020). "Phil McGuire bewildered by null and void decision that has cost Carnoustie Juniors title despite leading table since day one". Daily Record. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
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