2020–21 East of Scotland Football League

East of Scotland Football League
Season2020–21
Dates9 October 2020 – 11 April 2021
(abandoned)

The 2020–21 East of Scotland Football League (known as the Central Taxis East of Scotland League for sponsorship reasons) was the 92nd season of the East of Scotland Football League, and the 7th season as the sixth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. Bo'ness United were the reigning champions but could not defend their title after being promoted to the Lowland Football League.

The start of the league season was delayed until October 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and games were played behind closed doors due to Scottish Government restrictions.

On 11 January 2021 the league was suspended by the Scottish Football Association due to the escalating pandemic situation.[1] On 11 April clubs voted to declared the season null and void.[2]

Teams

The following teams changed division after the 2019–20 season.

To East of Scotland Football League

Returned from Abeyance

Transferred from East Superleague North

Transferred from East Superleague South

Transferred from East Premier League South

Transferred from Lothian and Edinburgh Amateur Football League

From East of Scotland Football League

Promoted to Lowland Football League

Premier Division

East of Scotland Football League Premier Division
Season2020–21
Dates9 October 2020 – 11 April 2021
(abandoned)
Matches played95
Goals scored379 (3.99 per match)
Biggest home winCamelon Juniors 8–0 Tynecastle
(19 December 2020)
Biggest away winBlackburn United 0–6 Jeanfield Swifts
(10 October 2020)
Highest scoringJeanfield Swifts 6–3 Whitehill Welfare
(17 October 2020)
Broxburn Athletic 4–5 Crossgates Primrose
(5 December 2020)
Longest winning run7 matches:
Tranent Juniors
Longest unbeaten run12 matches:
Tranent Juniors
Longest winless run10 matches:
Whitehill Welfare
Longest losing run9 matches:
Whitehill Welfare
All statistics correct as of 29 December 2020.
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Location of teams in 2020–21 East of Scotland Football League Premier Division

Teams

No clubs were relegated at the end of the 2019–20 season. Therefore all clubs remain in the Premier Division (except promoted Bo'ness United) along with the winners of First Division Conference A and B (Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale and Tynecastle), plus the runners-up with the best points per game record (Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts).

Stadia and locations

Team Location Home ground Capacity Seats Floodlit
Blackburn United [SFA] Blackburn New Murrayfield Park[3] 1,500 0 Yes
Broxburn Athletic [SFA] Broxburn Albyn Park[4] 1,000 0 Yes
Camelon Juniors [SFA] Camelon Carmuirs Park[5] 2,000 0 Yes
Crossgates Primrose Crossgates Humbug Park[6] 2,000 0 No
Dunbar United Dunbar New Countess Park[7] 2,500 0 Yes
Dundonald Bluebell [SFA] Cardenden Moorside Park[8] 2,000 0 Yes
Hill of Beath Hawthorn [SFA] Hill of Beath Keir's Park[9] 2,000 0 Yes
Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts Inverkeithing Ballast Bank[10] 1,000 0 No
Jeanfield Swifts [SFA] Perth Riverside Stadium[11] 1,000 0 Yes
Linlithgow Rose [SFA] Linlithgow Prestonfield[12] 2,264 301 Yes
Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale [SFA] Edinburgh Saughton Sports Complex[13] 1,000 0 Yes
Musselburgh Athletic Musselburgh Olivebank Stadium[14] 2,500 0 Yes
Newtongrange Star [SFA] Newtongrange New Victoria Park[15] 2,300 30 Yes
Penicuik Athletic [SFA] Penicuik Penicuik Park[16] 2,000 0 Yes
Sauchie Juniors Sauchie Beechwood Park[17] 5,000 200 Yes
Tranent Juniors [SFA] Tranent Foresters Park[18] 2,300 44 Yes
Tynecastle [SFA] Edinburgh Meggetland Sports Complex[19] 4,388 500 Yes
Whitehill Welfare [SFA] Rosewell Ferguson Park[20] 2,614 192 Yes

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Tranent Juniors 12 8 4 0 36 15 +21 28
2 Jeanfield Swifts 9 7 2 0 27 7 +20 23
3 Linlithgow Rose 11 6 4 1 23 13 +10 22
4 Musselburgh Athletic 11 7 1 3 32 25 +7 22
5 Camelon Juniors 10 6 2 2 33 13 +20 20
6 Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale 10 6 1 3 22 20 +2 19
7 Penicuik Athletic 8 5 1 2 20 10 +10 16
8 Dundonald Bluebell 8 5 1 2 13 9 +4 16
9 Newtongrange Star 12 5 1 6 24 22 +2 16
10 Broxburn Athletic 11 5 1 5 25 24 +1 16
11 Sauchie Juniors 11 4 3 4 23 18 +5 15
12 Hill of Beath Hawthorn 10 5 0 5 16 18 −2 15
13 Tynecastle 11 4 2 5 25 25 0 14
14 Dunbar United 13 3 2 8 12 30 −18 11
15 Crossgates Primrose 11 2 4 5 15 25 −10 10
16 Blackburn United 12 1 0 11 15 39 −24 3
17 Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts 10 1 0 9 8 34 −26 3
18 Whitehill Welfare 10 0 1 9 10 32 −22 1
Source: East of Scotland Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored


Results

Home \ Away BLU BRX CML CRS DNB DBL HOB IHS JFS LIN LTV MUS NGS PEN SAU TRA TYN WHI
Blackburn United — 0–1 1–2 0–6 2–3 1–4 2–4
Broxburn Athletic 4–2 — 2–0 4–5 3–0 0–3 3–1
Camelon Juniors — 6–0 6–2 1–2 1–0 8–0
Crossgates Primrose 1–4 — 0–0 0–3 1–2 2–3
Dunbar United 1–4 — 0–3 5–0 2–0 1–1 1–1
Dundonald Bluebell — 3–2 0–2
Hill of Beath Hawthorn 2–1 3–0 — 0–4 0–3 2–1 4–2 2–0
Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts 0–1 — 1–3 0–2 0–3 1–5
Jeanfield Swifts 3–1 1–1 3–0 — 6–3
Linlithgow Rose 1–1 3–0 0–0 — 2–3 2–1 2–0
Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale 3–3 2–0 — 1–3
Musselburgh Athletic 4–2 3–1 3–3 2–3 — 2–5 5–3
Newtongrange Star 1–1 2–0 1–5 1–2 1–2 — 3–2 2–3 5–0
Penicuik Athletic 4–1 4–0 3–2 — 2–2 2–1
Sauchie Juniors 1–2 2–0 4–4 1–2 5–0 1–1 —
Tranent Juniors 3–1 4–0 2–1 4–1 3–3 — 6–1
Tynecastle 5–1 3–3 2–0 6–0 0–0 —
Whitehill Welfare 1–2 0–1 2–3 1–3 —
Source: https://www.eosfl.com/item.php?pg=resultgrid&pd=1058&it=226
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

First Division

The 31 First Division clubs were assigned a place in Conference A or B based on their performances in the 2019–20 season.[21]

Conference A

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Location of teams in 2020–21 East of Scotland Football League First Division Conference A

Stadia and locations

Team Location Home ground Capacity Seats Floodlit
Arniston Rangers Gorebridge Newbyres Park[22] 3,000 0 No
Coldstream [SFA] Coldstream Home Park[23] 1,000 0 Yes
Craigroyston Edinburgh St Mark's Park[24] 2,000 0 No
Dalkeith Thistle Dalkeith King's Park[25] 2,000 0 Yes
Dunipace [SFA] Denny Westfield Park[26] 2,000 0 Yes
Edinburgh South Dalkeith King's Park[a] 2,000 0 Yes
Edinburgh United Edinburgh Paties Road Stadium[27] 2,500 200 No
Haddington Athletic [SFA] Haddington Millfield Park[28] 1,500 0 Yes
Kennoway Star Hearts Star Treaton Park 1,000 0 Yes
Kirkcaldy & Dysart Kirkcaldy Denfield Park[10] 1,200 0 No
Leith Athletic Edinburgh Peffermill 3G[29] 500 0 Yes
Ormiston Ormiston New Recreation Park[30] 1,000 0 No
Rosyth Rosyth Fleet Grounds 300 0 Yes
St Andrews United St Andrews Recreation Park[31] 2,000 0 No
Thornton Hibs Thornton Memorial Park 1,800 0 No
Tweedmouth Rangers Berwick-upon-Tweed Old Shielfield[32] 1,000 0 No
Notes
  1. ^ Edinburgh South are ground-sharing with Dalkeith Thistle.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Leith Athletic 9 9 0 0 40 9 +31 27
2 Haddington Athletic 10 8 2 0 29 7 +22 26
3 Edinburgh United 10 6 1 3 22 12 +10 19
4 Kennoway Star Hearts 8 6 0 2 22 7 +15 18
5 Edinburgh South 10 6 0 4 21 18 +3 18
6 Rosyth 11 5 1 5 33 25 +8 16
7 Thornton Hibs 9 5 1 3 23 16 +7 16
8 Craigroyston 9 4 2 3 19 15 +4 14
9 Dunipace 9 4 1 4 26 12 +14 13
10 Coldstream 8 4 0 4 17 21 −4 12
11 Dalkeith Thistle 12 3 1 8 16 24 −8 10
12 St Andrews United 9 3 1 5 12 25 −13 10
13 Arniston Rangers 9 2 1 6 10 27 −17 7
14 Kirkcaldy & Dysart 10 2 1 7 10 32 −22 7
15 Ormiston 8 1 0 7 3 22 −19 3
16 Tweedmouth Rangers 7 0 0 7 4 35 −31 0
Source: East of Scotland Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored


Conference B

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Location of teams in 2020–21 East of Scotland Football League First Division Conference B

Stadia and locations

Team Location Home ground Capacity Seats Floodlit
Burntisland Shipyard [SFA] Burntisland Recreation Park[33] 1,000 0 No
Easthouses Lily MW [SFA] Easthouses Newbattle Complex[34] 1,500 100 Yes
Eyemouth United Eyemouth Warner Park[35] 500 0 No
Glenrothes Glenrothes Warout Stadium [36] 5,000 730 No
Hawick Royal Albert United [SFA] Hawick Albert Park[37] 1,000 500 Yes
Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh Riccarton Campus[38] 200 0 Yes
Kinnoull Perth Tulloch Park[39] 1,200 0 Yes
Lochgelly Albert Lochgelly Gardiners Park 3,200 0 No
Lochore Welfare Crosshill Central Park 1,300 0 No
Luncarty Luncarty Brownlands Park 1,200 0 No
Newburgh Newburgh East Shore Park 1,000 0 No
Oakley United Oakley Blairwood Park[40] 2,000 0 No
Peebles Rovers Peebles Whitestone Park[41] 2,250 250 No
Preston Athletic [SFA] Prestonpans Pennypit Park[42] 1,500 313 Yes
Stirling University Reserves Stirling Gannochy Sports Centre[43] 1,000 0 Yes

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Heriot-Watt University 11 8 0 3 34 14 +20 24
2 Luncarty 7 6 0 1 23 5 +18 18
3 Oakley United 8 5 2 1 20 9 +11 17
4 Kinnoull 8 5 1 2 25 10 +15 16
5 Burntisland Shipyard 8 5 1 2 25 14 +11 16
6 Newburgh 9 5 0 4 26 22 +4 15
7 Stirling University reserves 10 4 3 3 20 20 0 15
8 Glenrothes[a] 8 3 2 3 17 13 +4 14
9 Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare 8 3 2 3 22 15 +7 11
10 Peebles Rovers 8 3 2 3 22 21 +1 11
11 Preston Athletic 8 1 3 4 10 14 −4 6
12 Lochore Welfare 8 1 3 4 13 18 −5 6
13 Lochgelly Albert 8 1 2 5 10 24 −14 5
14 Hawick Royal Albert United[a] 8 1 3 4 17 26 −9 3
15 Eyemouth United 9 0 0 9 5 64 −59 0
Source: East of Scotland Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Glenrothes were awarded 3 points and Hawick Royal Albert United deducted 3 points after Hawick RAU fielded ineligible players in their match on 10 October 2020.


Notes

SFA Club with an SFA Licence[44] eligible to participate in the Lowland League promotion play-off should they win the Premier Division.

References

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  4. ^ Broxburn Athletic, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  5. ^ Camelon Juniors, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  6. ^ Crossgates Primrose, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 8 June 2018.
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  14. ^ Musselburgh Athletic, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  15. ^ Newtongrange Star, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  16. ^ Penicuik Athletic, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 8 June 2018.
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  30. ^ Ormiston, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  31. ^ St Andrews United, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  32. ^ Tweedmouth Rangers, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 5 July 2017.
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  40. ^ Oakley United, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  41. ^ Peebles Rovers, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  42. ^ Preston Athletic, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 5 July 2017.
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