2013–14 East Superleague
| Season | 2013–14 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Bo'ness United |
| Relegated |
Tayport St Andrews United |
| Matches played | 240 |
| Goals scored | 827 (3.45 per match) |
| Biggest home win |
Bo'ness United 6–1 Broxburn Athletic 2 Nov 2013 |
| Biggest away win |
Ballingry Rovers 0–8 Sauchie Juniors 2 Nov 2013 |
| Highest scoring |
Lochee United 3–6 Hill of Beath Hawthorn 29 Sep 2013 |
| Longest winning run |
(8) Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 26 Oct 2013 – 21 Dec 2013 |
| Longest unbeaten run |
(12) Linlithgow Rose 8 Mar 2014 – season end |
| Longest winless run |
(14) Tayport 7 Dec 2013 – 12 Apr 2014 |
| Longest losing run | (6) Three clubs |
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The 2013–14 East Superleague was the twelfth Superleague competition since the formation of the Scottish Junior Football Association, East Region in 2002. The season began on 10 August 2013. The winners of this competition will be eligible to enter the 2014–15 Scottish Cup.
The division expanded to sixteen clubs from this season.[1]
Bo'ness United won the title on 28 May 2014.
Member clubs for the 2013–14 season
Linlithgow Rose were the reigning champions.[2]
Newtongrange Star, Ballingry Rovers, Tayport and Armadale Thistle were promoted from the East Premier League.
Managerial changes
| Club | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tayport | John McGlashan | Resigned [3] | 14 September 2013 | 16th | David Baikie | 14 September 2013 |
| Kelty Hearts | Willie Newbigging | Sacked [4] | 2 October 2013 | 14th | Tam Courts | 2 October 2013 |
| St Andrews United | Jim Hardie | Stepped down through illness [5] | 30 November 2013 | 15th | Gus Malone | 30 November 2013 |
| Linlithgow Rose | Mark Bradley | Resigned [6] | 1 March 2014 | 4th | Danny Smith | 24 March 2014 |
| Camelon Juniors | Danny Smith | Appointed manager at Linlithgow Rose[7] | 24 March 2014 | 7th | John Sludden | 21 April 2014[8] |
| St Andrews United | Gus Malone | Left by mutual consent [9] | 5 May 2014 | 16th | Phil McGuire [10] | 26 May 2014 |
League table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bo'ness United (C) | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 79 | 32 | +47 | 69 | Qualification to 2014–15 Scottish Cup |
| 2 | Linlithgow Rose | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 70 | 33 | +37 | 66 | |
| 3 | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 60 | 28 | +32 | 61 | |
| 4 | Newtongrange Star | 30 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 65 | 34 | +31 | 58 | |
| 5 | Camelon Juniors | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 51 | 35 | +16 | 54 | |
| 6 | Hill of Beath Hawthorn | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 61 | 44 | +17 | 49 | |
| 7 | Broxburn Athletic | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 53 | 56 | −3 | 48 | |
| 8 | Musselburgh Athletic | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 43 | |
| 9 | Sauchie Juniors | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 55 | 53 | +2 | 40 | |
| 10 | Lochee United | 30 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 57 | 72 | −15 | 37 | |
| 11 | Armadale Thistle | 30 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 35 | 64 | −29 | 27 | |
| 12 | Carnoustie Panmure | 30 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 43 | 74 | −31 | 27 | |
| 13 | Ballingry Rovers | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 31 | 67 | −36 | 27 | |
| 14 | Kelty Hearts (O) | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 36 | 54 | −18 | 26 | Qualification to East Region League play-off |
| 15 | Tayport (R) | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 36 | 62 | −26 | 22 | Relegation to East Premier League |
| 16 | St Andrews United (R) | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 42 | 68 | −26 | 21 |
Updated to games played on 14 June 2014.
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 | ARMA | BALL | BONE | BONN | BROX | CAME | CARN | HOBH | KELT | LINL | LOCH | MUSS | NEWT | SAND | SAUC | TAYP |
| Armadale Thistle | 0–1 | 0–7 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–5 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | |
| Ballingry Rovers | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 0–8 | 2–2 | |
| Bo'ness United | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 6–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | |
| Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 1–4 | 3–2 | |
| Broxburn Athletic | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Camelon Juniors | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | |
| Carnoustie Panmure | 5–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | |
| Hill of Beath Hawthorn | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | |
| Kelty Hearts | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | |
| Linlithgow Rose | 4–2 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | |
| Lochee United | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–6 | 2–4 | 0–5 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |
| Musselburgh Athletic | 0–1 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | |
| Newtongrange Star | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 6–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | |
| St Andrews United | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | |
| Sauchie Juniors | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 1–1 | |
| Tayport | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
Updated to games played on 14 June 2014.
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
Kelty Hearts defeated Dalkeith Thistle, who finished third in the East Premier League, 5 – 0 on aggregate in the East Region Super/Premier League play-off.[11] Kelty retain their place in the 2014–15 East Superleague.
4 June 2014 19:15 |
| Kelty Hearts | 4 – 0 | Dalkeith Thistle |
|---|---|---|
Paul Shields  40'Stuart Cargill 44' (pen.), 85'Ross Philp 73' |
Report |
Central Park, Kelty Referee: Lorraine Clark |
11 June 2014 19:15 |
| Dalkeith Thistle | 0 – 1 | Kelty Hearts |
|---|---|---|
| Report | 21' Stuart Cargill |
Kings Park, Dalkeith Referee: Evan Cairns |
References
- ↑ "Junior Football – PA Friday June 22". Perthshire Advertiser. 22 June 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
- ↑ Gilmour, John (17 June 2013). "Unbeaten Linlithgow Rose building for next year". Edinburgh Evening News. Archived from the original on 2013-07-15. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- ↑ "Announcement". tayportfc.org. Tayport F.C. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ↑ "Tam Courts takes over at Kelty". Central Fife Times. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
- ↑ Johnson, Mark. "St Andrews 2, Lochee Utd 3: Match Report". juniorfitba.com. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- ↑ "Linlithgow boss quits after 6-0 shocker". JuniorFitba.com. 1 March 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- ↑ Thomson, Scott (25 March 2014). "Linlithgow Rose appoint Danny Smith as new boss". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ↑ "New Management Team!!". Camelon Juniors F.C. 21 April 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ↑ "Management Team Depart". St Andrews United FC. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- ↑ "McGuire handed top job at the Recs". Fife Today. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- ↑ Thomson, Nick (11 June 2014). "Things are looking up". Daily Record. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
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