2015–16 East Superleague
| Season | 2015–16 |
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| Champions | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic |
| Matches played | 234 |
| Goals scored | 819 (3.5 per match) |
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The 2015–16 East Superleague is the fourteenth Superleague competition since the formation of the Scottish Junior Football Association, East Region in 2002. The season began on 8 August 2015. The winners of this competition will be eligible to enter the 2016–17 Scottish Cup.
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic secured the title on 18 May 2016, their third East Superleague championship.[1]
Contents
Member clubs for the 2015–16 season
Kelty Hearts are the reigning champions.[2]
Ballingry Rovers folded in November 2014.[3] The sole automatic relegation place was filled by Lochee United with Tayport and St Andrews United promoted from the East Premier League as replacements.
Broughty Athletic were also promoted from the East Premier League after defeating Armadale Thistle on penalties after a 5–5 aggregate draw in the East Region Super/Premier League Play Off.
| Club | Location | Ground | Manager | Finishing position 2013–14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bo'ness United | Bo'ness | Newtown Park | Allan McGonigal | 2nd |
| Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | Bonnyrigg | New Dundas Park | Robbie Horn | 7th |
| Broughty Athletic | Dundee | Whitton Park | Keith Gibson | East Premier League, 3rd |
| Broxburn Athletic | Broxburn | Albyn Park | Max Christie | 8th |
| Camelon Juniors | Camelon | Carmuirs Park | Grant Tierney (caretaker) | 12th |
| Carnoustie Panmure | Carnoustie | Laing Park | Alan McSkimming | 13th |
| Fauldhouse United | Fauldhouse | Park View | David Cowan | 10th |
| Hill of Beath Hawthorn | Hill of Beath | Keirs Park | Bobby Wilson | 9th |
| Kelty Hearts | Kelty | Central Park | Tam Courts | Champions |
| Linlithgow Rose | Linlithgow | Prestonfield | David McGlynn | 3rd |
| Musselburgh Athletic | Musselburgh | Olivebank Stadium | 11th | |
| Newtongrange Star | Newtongrange | New Victoria Park | Stevie McLeish | 4th |
| Penicuik Athletic | Penicuik | Penicuik Park | Craig Meikle | 6th |
| St Andrews United | St Andrews | Recreation Park | Ian Barrett | East Premier League, 2nd |
| Sauchie Juniors | Sauchie | Beechwood Park | Fraser Duncan | 5th |
| Tayport | Tayport | Canniepairt | John Ovenstone | East Premier League, 1st |
Managerial changes
| Club | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linlithgow Rose | Danny Smith | Resigned [4] | 7 June 2015 | Close season | David McGlynn [4] | 9 June 2015 |
| Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | David McGlynn | Resigned [4] | 9 June 2015 | Close season | Robbie Horn [5] | 12 June 2015 |
| Hill of Beath Hawthorn | Jock Finlayson | Resigned | 12 June 2015 | Close season | Bobby Wilson [6] | 12 June 2015 |
| Tayport | Dave Baikie | Resigned [7] | 31 October 2015 | 16th | John Ovenstone [7] | 31 October 2015 |
| St Andrews United | Phil McGuire | Sacked [8] | 5 December 2015 | 15th | Ian Barrett [9] | 13 December 2015 |
| Camelon Juniors | John Sludden | Resigned [10] | 7 May 2016 | 12th | Grant Tierney [11] | 20 May 2016 |
| Newtongrange Star | Alan Miller | Sacked [12] | 8 May 2016 | 6th | Stevie McLeish [13] | 20 May 2016 |
| Musselburgh Athletic | Stevie McLeish | Appointed manager at Newtongrange Star [13] | 20 May 2016 | 7th |
League table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic (C) | 30 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 85 | 31 | +54 | 73 | Qualification to 2016–17 Scottish Cup |
| 2 | Linlithgow Rose | 29 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 64 | 38 | +26 | 60 | |
| 3 | Kelty Hearts | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 57 | 27 | +30 | 59 | |
| 4 | Bo'ness United | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 60 | 36 | +24 | 56 | |
| 5 | Newtongrange Star | 30 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 45 | 38 | +7 | 47 | |
| 6 | Broxburn Athletic | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 51 | 54 | −3 | 44 | |
| 7 | Musselburgh Athletic | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 56 | 54 | +2 | 43 | |
| 8 | Hill of Beath Hawthorn | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 54 | 48 | +6 | 41 | |
| 9 | Broughty Athletic | 29 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 48 | 52 | −4 | 39 | |
| 10 | Penicuik Athletic | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 38 | |
| 11 | Camelon Juniors | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 47 | 57 | −10 | 33 | |
| 12 | Sauchie Juniors | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 52 | 70 | −18 | 32 | |
| 13 | Carnoustie Panmure | 28 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 46 | 59 | −13 | 31 | |
| 14 | Fauldhouse United | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 40 | 60 | −20 | 26 | Qualification to East Region League play-off |
| 15 | St Andrews United | 29 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 38 | 66 | −28 | 24 | Relegation to East Premier League |
| 16 | Tayport (R) | 30 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 32 | 76 | −44 | 23 |
Updated to games played on 28 May 2016.
Source: East Region SJFA
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 | BONE | BONN | BROU | BROX | CAME | CARN | FAUL | HOBH | KELT | LINL | MUSS | NEWT | PENI | SAND | SAUC | TAYP |
| Bo'ness United | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | |
| Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 4–4 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 7–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | |
| Broughty Athletic | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | ||
| Broxburn Athletic | 1–1 | 0–6 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 1–3 | |
| Camelon Juniors | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 5–3 | |
| Carnoustie Panmure | 1–1 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | ||
| Fauldhouse United | 2–5 | 0–4 | 4–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–6 | 2–0 | |
| Hill of Beath Hawthorn | 1–3 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–4 | |
| Kelty Hearts | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | ||
| Linlithgow Rose | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | |
| Musselburgh Athletic | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 3–2 | |
| Newtongrange Star | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | |
| Penicuik Athletic | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | |||
| St Andrews United | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–5 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–4 | 1–0 | ||
| Sauchie Juniors | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | |
| Tayport | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 1–5 | 0–6 | 0–3 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 2–2 |
Updated to games played on 28 May 2016.
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.
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