2019–20 East Superleague

McBookie.com East Super League South
Season	2019–20
Dates	3 August 2019 – 7 March 2020; (abandoned)
Champions	None
Relegated	None
Matches played	86
Goals scored	358 (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 run	6 games:; Armadale Thistle
Longest unbeaten run	7 games:; Fauldhouse United
Longest winless run	10 games:; Harthill Royal
Longest losing run	9 games:; Harthill Royal & Kennoway Star Hearts
	← 2018–19 2020–21 → All statistics correct as of 7 March 2020.

McBookie.com East Super League North
Season	2019–20
Dates	3 August 2019 – 7 March 2020; (abandoned)
Champions	None
Relegated	None
Matches played	92
Goals scored	358 (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 run	7 games:; Carnoustie Panmure
Longest unbeaten run	14 games:; Carnoustie Panmure
Longest winless run	11 games:; Scone Thistle
Longest losing run	9 games:; Scone Thistle
	← 2018–19 2020–21 → All statistics correct as of 7 March 2020.

McBookie.com East Superleague
Season	2019–20
Dates	3 August 2019 – 7 March 2020; (abandoned)
Champions	None
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

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.

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

Glenrothes

North

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

Results

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	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

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	Resigned membership, joined East of Scotland League

Source: SJFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results

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	LIV	LOW	PUM	THO
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

^ ^a ^b "𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻 - 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟵/𝟮𝟬!". Twitter. Scottish Junior FA. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
^ "Twitter". Retrieved 26 June 2019.
^ "Coronavirus – Joint Response Group Update 13 March". Scottish FA. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
^ "2019/20 Season Announcement". Scottish Junior FA. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
^ "Season declared Null & Void..." Broughty Athletic JFC. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
^ 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.

External links

Official website

[ERplay-off-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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