2014–15 East Superleague

McBookie.com East Superleague
Season 2014–15
Matches played 210
Goals scored 704 (3.35 per match)

The 2014–15 East Superleague is the thirteenth Superleague competition since the formation of the Scottish Junior Football Association, East Region in 2002. The season began on 6 August 2014. The winners of this competition will be eligible to enter the 2015–16 Scottish Cup.

Kelty Hearts won their first East Superleague title on 13 May 2015.[1]

Member clubs for the 2014–15 season

Bo'ness United are the reigning champions.[2]

Penicuik Athletic and Fauldhouse United were promoted from the East Premier League and replace the relegated St Andrews United and Tayport.

Ballingry Rovers folded on 25 November 2014 and withdrew from the league with immediate effect.[3] Their playing record was expunged.

Club Location Ground Manager Finishing position 2013–14
Armadale Thistle Armadale Volunteer Park Jim Henderson 11th
Ballingry Rovers (folded) Glencraig Ore Park Willie Garner 13th
Bo'ness United Bo'ness Newtown Park Allan McGonigal Champions
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic Bonnyrigg New Dundas Park David McGlynn 3rd
Broxburn Athletic Broxburn Albyn Park Max Christie 7th
Camelon Juniors Camelon Carmuirs Park John Sludden 5th
Carnoustie Panmure Carnoustie Laing Park Alan McSkimming 12th
Fauldhouse United Fauldhouse Park View David Cowan East Premier League, 2nd
Hill of Beath Hawthorn Hill of Beath Keirs Park Jock Finlayson 6th
Kelty Hearts Kelty Central Park Tam Courts 14th
Linlithgow Rose Linlithgow Prestonfield Danny Smith 2nd
Lochee United Dundee Thomson Park Steven Leahy 10th
Musselburgh Athletic Musselburgh Olivebank Stadium Stevie McLeish 8th
Newtongrange Star Newtongrange New Victoria Park Alan Miller 4th
Penicuik Athletic Penicuik Penicuik Park Craig Meikle East Premier League, 1st
Sauchie Juniors Sauchie Beechwood Park Fraser Duncan 9th

Managerial changes

Club Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Ballingry Rovers Stevie Kay Resigned 8 June 2014 Close season Lee Dair [4] 10 June 2014
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic Max Christie Resigned [5] 30 August 2014 15th David McGlynn [6] 14 September 2014
Musselburgh Athletic David McGlynn Resigned [7] 6 September 2014 5th Stevie McLeish [8] 2 October 2014
Ballingry Rovers Lee Dair Resigned 1 October 2014 6th Willie Garner [9] 6 October 2014
Broxburn Athletic Steve Pittman Resigned [10] 12 April 2015 6th Max Christie [10] 12 April 2015

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Kelty Hearts (C) 28 20 5 3 63 23+40 65 Qualification for 2015–16 Scottish Cup
2 Bo'ness United 28 18 5 5 55 21+34 59
3 Linlithgow Rose 28 17 5 6 65 36+29 56
4 Newtongrange Star 28 16 7 5 52 29+23 55
5 Sauchie Juniors 28 12 8 8 46 482 44
6 Penicuik Athletic 28 11 7 10 41 432 40
7 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 28 11 4 13 50 48+2 37
8 Broxburn Athletic 28 8 12 8 39 423 36
9 Hill of Beath Hawthorn 28 10 4 14 47 503 34
10 Fauldhouse United 28 8 9 11 46 526 33
11 Musselburgh Athletic 28 9 6 13 53 607 33
12 Camelon Juniors 28 9 4 15 38 5820 31
13 Carnoustie Panmure 28 5 7 16 33 5623 22
14 Armadale Thistle (Q) 28 5 6 17 36 6125 21 Qualification for East Region League play-off
15 Lochee United (R) 28 4 5 19 40 7737 17 Relegation to East Premier League
16 Ballingry Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 00 00 Club folded, record expunged

Updated to games played on 3 June 2015.
Source: East Region SJFA
Ballingry Rovers folded on 25 November 2014 and withdrew from the league. Their record (Pld13 W3 D1 L9 GF11 GA31 Pts10) was expunged.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away ARM BLL BNSBRGBRXCAMCARFAUHOBKELLTHLOCMUSNEWPENSCH
Armadale Thistle 02 21 31 02 12 12 21 04 11 11 23 11 23 04
Ballingry Rovers
Bo'ness United 30 20 30 32 10 30 12 10 21 40 30 23 22 70
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 42 02 01 31 41 21 22 01 12 31 23 20 20 23
Broxburn Athletic 10 02 23 00 00 11 40 33 02 22 53 11 11 22
Camelon Juniors 30 11 21 21 00 52 01 13 14 32 22 03 23 30
Carnoustie Panmure 22 01 22 13 41 21 04 02 23 02 11 01 01 22
Fauldhouse United 00 00 23 22 40 32 21 00 22 32 31 24 20 03
Hill of Beath Hawthorn 21 10 22 01 41 23 33 12 24 31 52 13 01 02
Kelty Hearts 12 02 31 41 30 41 21 21 10 61 41 31 00 30
Linlithgow Rose 40 02 03 11 21 52 21 22 13 41 21 11 12 50
Lochee United 04 52 34 22 01 12 23 12 11 15 11 25 15 12
Musselburgh Athletic 54 23 41 20 51 32 31 21 12 12 12 14 22 22
Newtongrange Star 00 21 11 01 31 22 22 20 01 03 30 10 21 20
Penicuik Athletic 54 00 10 01 30 30 21 02 14 13 13 11 03 24
Sauchie Juniors 31 00 21 22 12 10 22 42 11 13 41 10 02 00

Updated to games played on 3 June 2015.
Source: East Region SJFA
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

East Region Super/Premier League play-off

Broughty Athletic, who finished third in the East Premier League, defeated Armadale Thistle on penalty kicks after drawing 5 – 5 on aggregate in the East Region Super/Premier League play-off. Broughty will replace Armadale in the 2015–16 East Superleague.

6 June 2015
14:30
Broughty Athletic 1 – 2 Armadale Thistle
Whitton Park, Broughty Ferry
Referee: Mike Roncone

10 June 2015
19:30
Armadale Thistle 3 – 4 Broughty Athletic
  Penalties  
5–6
Volunteer Park, Armadale
Referee: Duncan Smith

References

  1. "Kelty Hearts crowned East Super League champions". Dunfermline Press. 14 May 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  2. "Bo'ness are champions". The Scotsman. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  3. "Ballingry Rovers FC close their doors". STV Dundee. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  4. "Rovers under new management on two fronts". Central Fife Times. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  5. Thomson, Scott (1 September 2014). "Max Christie calls it quits as Bonnyrigg Rose boss". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  6. "McGlynn takes charge at Bonnyrigg". Midlothian Advertiser. 20 September 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  7. Thomson, Scott (8 September 2014). "Musselburgh boss David McGlynn quits". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  8. Thomson, Scott (3 October 2014). "Musselburgh appoint Stevie McLeish as new manager". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  9. "Juniors : Comeback wins keeps Hearts beating". Central Fife Times. 15 October 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  10. 1 2 Thomson, Scott (15 April 2015). "Pittman quits Broxburn to watch son star for Livi". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
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