2018–19 East of Scotland Football League
Season | 2018–19 |
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Dates | 11 August 2018 – 18 May 2019 |
Champions | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic |
Promoted | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic |
Matches played | 472 |
Goals scored | 2,187 (4.63 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Tommy Coyne (42 goals) Linlithgow Rose |
Biggest home win | Hill of Beath Hawthorn 16–0 Tweedmouth Rangers (25 August 2018) |
Biggest away win | Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts 0–10 Linlithgow Rose (15 August 2018) Ormiston 1–11 Linlithgow Rose (29 September 2018) Eyemouth United 1–11 Haddington Athletic (6 April 2019) |
Highest scoring | Hill of Beath Hawthorn 16–0 Tweedmouth Rangers (25 August 2018) Bo'ness United 15–1 Eyemouth United (16 February 2019) |
Highest attendance | 1,012[1] Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 2–1 Penicuik Athletic (1 May 2019) |
← 2017–18 2019–20 →
All statistics correct as of 18 May 2019. |
The 2018–19 East of Scotland Football League (known as the Central Taxis East of Scotland League for sponsorship reasons) was the 90th season of the East of Scotland Football League, and the 5th season as the sixth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. The season began on 11 August 2018 and ended on 18 May 2019. Kelty Hearts were the reigning champions but could not defend their title after being promoted to the Lowland Football League.
The league saw an increase from 13 to 39 teams and was split into three parallel conferences, each containing 13 teams. The additional teams consisted of 24 clubs who applied to switch from the SJFA East Region, one from the SJFA West Region, one new team and Hawick Royal Albert who were relegated from the Lowland League.
The winners of each conference took part in a round-robin competition at the end of the season, with Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic being crowned league champions on 4 May 2019 after winning both their championship play-off matches. They later clinched promotion to the Lowland League after gaining their SFA licence on 14 June 2019.[2][3]
The top five clubs in each conference, and best 6th-placed, formed the new 16-team Premier Division for the 2019–20 season.[4]
Teams[]
The following teams changed division after the 2017–18 season.
To East of Scotland Football League[]
Relegated from Lowland Football League
- Hawick Royal Albert
Transferred from East Superleague
- Bo'ness United
- Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic
- Broxburn Athletic
- Camelon Juniors
- Dundonald Bluebell
- Hill of Beath Hawthorn
- Jeanfield Swifts
- Linlithgow Rose
- Newtongrange Star
- Penicuik Athletic
- Sauchie Juniors
Transferred from East Premier League
- Arniston Rangers
- Blackburn United
- Dalkeith Thistle
- Dunbar United
- Haddington Athletic
- Musselburgh Athletic
- St Andrews United
- Tranent Juniors
Transferred from East South Division
Transferred from West Central District Second Division
Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts also joined having previously played in the Fife Amateur Football League.
From East of Scotland Football League[]
Promoted to Lowland League
Conference A[]
Season | 2018–19 |
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Dates | 14 August 2018 – 27 April 2019 |
Champions | Penicuik Athletic |
Matches played | 156 |
Goals scored | 693 (4.44 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Wayne McIntosh (30 goals) Penicuik Athletic |
Biggest home win | Hill of Beath Hawthorn 16–0 Tweedmouth Rangers (25 August 2018) |
Biggest away win | Tweedmouth Rangers 0–8 Dunbar United (15 August 2018) Hawick Royal Albert 1–9 Newtongrange Star (25 August 2018) |
Highest scoring | Hill of Beath Hawthorn 16–0 Tweedmouth Rangers (25 August 2018) |
Longest winning run | 11 matches: Penicuik Athletic |
Longest winless run | 20 matches: Tweedmouth Rangers |
Longest losing run | 14 matches: Tweedmouth Rangers |
Highest attendance | 495[5] Penicuik Athletic 1–1 Musselburgh Athletic (20 April 2019) |
All statistics correct as of 27 April 2019. |
Teams and locations[]
![2018–19 East of Scotland Football League is located in Scotland Southeast](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Scotland_Southeast_location_map.svg/600px-Scotland_Southeast_location_map.svg.png)
![Hawick Royal Albert Hawick Royal Albert](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png)
Team | Location | Home ground | Capacity | Seats | Floodlit |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arniston Rangers | Gorebridge | Newbyres Park[6] | 3,000 | 0 | No |
Coldstream [SFA] | Coldstream | Home Park[7] | 1,000 | 0 | No |
Dunbar United | Dunbar | New Countess Park[8] | 2,500 | 0 | Yes |
Easthouses Lily MW | Easthouses | Newbattle Complex[9] | 1,500 | 100 | Yes |
Hawick Royal Albert [SFA] | Hawick | Albert Park[10] | 1,000 | 500 | Yes |
Hill of Beath Hawthorn | Hill of Beath | Keirs Park[11] | 2,000 | 0 | Yes |
Leith Athletic | Edinburgh | Peffermill 3G[12] | 500 | 0 | Yes |
Musselburgh Athletic | Musselburgh | Olivebank Stadium[13] | 2,500 | 0 | No |
Newtongrange Star | Newtongrange | New Victoria Park[14] | 2,300 | 30 | Yes |
Oakley United | Oakley | Blairwood Park[15] | 2,000 | 0 | No |
Peebles Rovers | Peebles | Whitestone Park[16] | 1,250 | 250 | No |
Penicuik Athletic | Penicuik | Penicuik Park[17] | 2,000 | 0 | Yes |
Tweedmouth Rangers | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Old Shielfield[18] | 1,000 | 0 | No |
League table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Penicuik Athletic (Q) | 24 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 92 | 15 | +77 | 63 | Qualification for the Championship play-off |
2 | Hill of Beath Hawthorn (Q) | 24 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 99 | 17 | +82 | 62 | Qualification to the Premier Division |
3 | Musselburgh Athletic (Q) | 24 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 74 | 31 | +43 | 54 | |
4 | Newtongrange Star (Q) | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 79 | 32 | +47 | 47 | |
5 | Dunbar United (Q) | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 62 | 34 | +28 | 43 | |
6 | Leith Athletic | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 34 | |
7 | Coldstream[a] | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 56 | 51 | +5 | 30 | |
8 | Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare | 24 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 41 | 67 | −26 | 28 | |
9 | Oakley United | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 34 | 50 | −16 | 23 | |
10 | Arniston Rangers | 24 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 34 | 71 | −37 | 23 | |
11 | Peebles Rovers | 24 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 40 | 73 | −33 | 22 | |
12 | Hawick Royal Albert | 24 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 21 | 86 | −65 | 13 | |
13 | Tweedmouth Rangers | 24 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 20 | 115 | −95 | 4 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Notes:
- ^ Coldstream deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.
Results[]
Conference B[]
Season | 2018–19 |
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Dates | 14 August 2018 – 27 April 2019 |
Champions | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic |
Matches played | 156 |
Goals scored | 746 (4.78 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Calum Smith (25 goals) Dundonald Bluebell |
Biggest home win | Bo'ness United 15–1 Eyemouth United (16 February 2019) |
Biggest away win | Eyemouth United 1–11 Haddington Athletic (6 April 2019) |
Highest scoring | Bo'ness United 15–1 Eyemouth United (16 February 2019) |
Longest winning run | 20 matches: Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic |
Longest unbeaten run | 22 matches: Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic |
Longest losing run | 24 matches: Eyemouth United |
Highest attendance | 528[5] Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 6–0 Dalkeith Thistle (8 September 2018) |
All statistics correct as of 27 April 2019. |
Teams and locations[]
![2018–19 East of Scotland Football League is located in Scotland Southeast](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Scotland_Southeast_location_map.svg/600px-Scotland_Southeast_location_map.svg.png)
Team | Location | Home ground | Capacity | Seats | Floodlit |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bo'ness United | Bo'ness | Newtown Park[19] | 2,500 | 0 | No |
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | Bonnyrigg | New Dundas Park[20] | 2,200 | 0 | No |
Burntisland Shipyard [SFA] | Burntisland | Recreation Park[21] | 1,000 | 0 | No |
Crossgates Primrose | Crossgates | Humbug Park[22] | 2,000 | 0 | No |
Dalkeith Thistle | Dalkeith | King's Park[23] | 2,000 | 0 | Yes |
Dundonald Bluebell | Cardenden | Moorside Park[24] | 2,000 | 0 | No |
Dunipace | Denny | Westfield Park[25] | 2,500 | 0 | Yes |
Eyemouth United | Eyemouth | Warner Park[26] | 500 | 0 | No |
Haddington Athletic | Haddington | Millfield Park[27] | 1,500 | 0 | No |
Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale [SFA] | Edinburgh | Saughton Sports Complex[28] | 1,000 | 0 | Yes |
Sauchie Juniors | Sauchie | Beechwood Park[29] | 5,000 | 200 | Yes |
Tranent Juniors | Tranent | Foresters Park[30] | 2,300 | 44 | No |
Tynecastle | Edinburgh | Meggetland Stadium[31] | 4,388 | 500 | Yes |
League table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic (Q) | 24 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 105 | 17 | +88 | 67 | Qualification for the Championship play-off |
2 | Bo'ness United (Q) | 24 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 81 | 27 | +54 | 58 | Qualification to the Premier Division |
3 | Tranent Juniors (Q) | 24 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 81 | 37 | +44 | 50 | |
4 | Dundonald Bluebell (Q) | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 79 | 42 | +37 | 49 | |
5 | Crossgates Primrose (Q) | 24 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 65 | 42 | +23 | 41 | |
6 | Sauchie Juniors (Q) | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 50 | 39 | +11 | 40 | |
7 | Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 33 | |
8 | Dalkeith Thistle | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 32 | |
9 | Haddington Athletic | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 72 | 54 | +18 | 31 | |
10 | Tynecastle | 24 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 37 | 80 | −43 | 18 | |
11 | Burntisland Shipyard | 24 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 39 | 87 | −48 | 16 | |
12 | Dunipace | 24 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 32 | 66 | −34 | 15 | |
13 | Eyemouth United[a] | 24 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 21 | 163 | −142 | −3 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Notes:
- ^ Eyemouth United deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.
Results[]
Conference C[]
Season | 2018–19 |
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Dates | 11 August 2018 – 18 May 2019 |
Champions | Broxburn Athletic |
Matches played | 156 |
Goals scored | 736 (4.72 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Tommy Coyne (42 goals) Linlithgow Rose |
Biggest home win | Jeanfield Swifts 9–0 Craigroyston (29 September 2018) |
Biggest away win | Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts 0–10 Linlithgow Rose (15 August 2018) Ormiston 1–11 Linlithgow Rose (29 September 2018) |
Highest scoring | Ormiston 1–11 Linlithgow Rose (29 September 2018) |
Longest winning run | 9 matches: Linlithgow Rose |
Longest unbeaten run | 14 matches: Jeanfield Swifts |
Longest winless run | 9 matches: Edinburgh United |
Longest losing run | 6 matches: Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts |
Highest attendance | 618[5] Linlithgow Rose 3–2 Jeanfield Swifts (30 March 2019) |
All statistics correct as of 18 May 2019. |
Teams and locations[]
![2018–19 East of Scotland Football League is located in Scotland Southeast](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Scotland_Southeast_location_map.svg/600px-Scotland_Southeast_location_map.svg.png)
![Stirling University Reserves Stirling University Reserves](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png)
Team | Location | Home ground | Capacity | Seats | Floodlit |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blackburn United | Blackburn | New Murrayfield Park[32] | 1,500 | 0 | Yes |
Broxburn Athletic | Broxburn | Albyn Park[33] | 1,000 | 0 | Yes |
Camelon Juniors | Camelon | Carmuirs Park[34] | 2,000 | 0 | No |
Craigroyston | Edinburgh | St Mark’s Park[35] | 2,000 | 0 | No |
Edinburgh United | Edinburgh | Paties Road Stadium[36] | 2,500 | 200 | No |
Heriot-Watt University | Edinburgh | Riccarton Campus[37] | 200 | 0 | Yes |
Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts | Inverkeithing | Ballast Bank[38] | 1,000 | 0 | No |
Jeanfield Swifts | Perth | Riverside Stadium[39] | 1,000 | 0 | No |
Linlithgow Rose [SFA] | Linlithgow | Prestonfield[40] | 2,264 | 301 | Yes |
Ormiston | Ormiston | Recreation Park[41] | 2,000 | 0 | No |
Preston Athletic [SFA] | Prestonpans | Pennypit Park[42] | 1,500 | 313 | Yes |
St Andrews United | St Andrews | Recreation Park[43] | 2,000 | 0 | No |
Stirling University Reserves | Stirling | Gannochy Sports Centre[44] | 1,000 | 0 | Yes |
League table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Broxburn Athletic (Q) | 24 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 83 | 21 | +62 | 66 | Qualification for the Championship play-off |
2 | Linlithgow Rose (Q) | 24 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 106 | 24 | +82 | 61 | Qualification to the Premier Division |
3 | Jeanfield Swifts (Q) | 24 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 91 | 30 | +61 | 55 | |
4 | Camelon Juniors (Q) | 24 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 87 | 33 | +54 | 54 | |
5 | Blackburn United (Q) | 24 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 61 | 59 | +2 | 32 | |
6 | Preston Athletic | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 50 | 57 | −7 | 32 | |
7 | Heriot-Watt University | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 30 | |
8 | St Andrews United | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 29 | |
9 | Stirling University reserves | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 46 | 78 | −32 | 25 | |
10 | Craigroyston | 24 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 28 | 79 | −51 | 22 | |
11 | Edinburgh United | 24 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 34 | 69 | −35 | 17 | |
12 | Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts | 24 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 35 | 85 | −50 | 16 | |
13 | Ormiston | 24 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 32 | 102 | −70 | 12 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Results[]
Championship play-off[]
At the end of the season, the three conference winners took part in a three match round-robin competition to determine the league champion, and subject to meeting the required licensing criteria, promotion to the Lowland League.[45][46] Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic were crowned champions after winning both of their matches, and later gained promotion having eventually received their SFA licence on 14 June 2019.[2][3]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic (C, P) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | Promotion to the Lowland League |
2 | Penicuik Athletic | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Qualification for the Premier Division |
3 | Broxburn Athletic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Result of head-to-head match; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored in head-to-head match(es); 7) Conference record: (1. Bonnyrigg, 2. Broxburn, 3. Penicuik)[46]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted
27 April 2019 | Penicuik Athletic | 3–2 | Broxburn Athletic | Penicuik |
14:30 |
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Stadium: Penicuik Park Attendance: 454[5] Referee: Jordan Curran |
1 May 2019 | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | 2–1 | Penicuik Athletic | Bonnyrigg |
18:45 |
|
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Stadium: New Dundas Park Attendance: 1,012[1] Referee: Peter Stuart |
4 May 2019 | Broxburn Athletic | 2–3 | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | Broxburn |
14:30 |
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Stadium: Albyn Park Attendance: 956[5] Referee: Craig Wilson |
Notes[]
SFA Club has an SFA Licence (as of March 2019)[47] and are eligible for promotion to the Lowland League should they win the championship play-off.
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