2015–16 East Superleague

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Season	2015–16
Matches played	203
Goals scored	695 (3.42 per match)
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

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.

Member clubs for the 2015–16 season

Kelty Hearts are the reigning champions.^[1]

Ballingry Rovers folded in November 2014.^[2] 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	John Sludden	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	Stevie McLeish	11th
Newtongrange Star	Newtongrange	New Victoria Park	Alan Miller	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 [3]	7 June 2015	Close season	David McGlynn [3]	9 June 2015
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	David McGlynn	Resigned [3]	9 June 2015	Close season	Robbie Horn [4]	12 June 2015
Hill of Beath Hawthorn	Jock Finlayson	Resigned	12 June 2015	Close season	Bobby Wilson [5]	12 June 2015
Tayport	Dave Baikie	Resigned [6]	31 October 2015	16th	John Ovenstone [6]	31 October 2015
St Andrews United	Phil McGuire	Sacked [7]	5 December 2015	15th	Ian Barrett [8]	13 December 2015

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	26	19	4	3	70	29	+41	61	Qualification for 2016–17 Scottish Cup
2	Bo'ness United	27	15	5	7	56	35	+21	50
3	Kelty Hearts	24	15	4	5	47	25	+22	49
4	Linlithgow Rose	25	14	6	5	50	30	+20	48
5	Musselburgh Athletic	29	13	4	12	53	49	+4	43
6	Broxburn Athletic	28	12	5	11	45	48	−3	41
7	Newtongrange Star	26	13	1	12	33	33	0	40
8	Hill of Beath Hawthorn	25	10	4	11	44	41	+3	34
9	Penicuik Athletic	25	9	5	11	40	48	−8	32
10	Sauchie Juniors	30	9	5	16	52	70	−18	32
11	Broughty Athletic	23	9	3	11	41	39	+2	30
12	Camelon Juniors	21	7	6	8	36	33	+3	27
13	Carnoustie Panmure	21	8	1	12	34	38	−4	25
14	Tayport	26	7	2	17	29	64	−35	23	Qualification for East Region League play-off
15	Fauldhouse United	24	6	4	14	32	52	−20	22	Relegation to East Premier League
16	St Andrews United	26	6	3	17	33	61	−28	21

Updated to games played on 4 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

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

2–0

4–3

4–4

0–2

3–1

3–1

7–0

3–2

2–1

Broughty Athletic

0–3

1–2

1–2

0–0

5–1

1–2

3–2

1–0

0–3

1–0

2–3

Broxburn Athletic

1–1

0–6

2–1

3–0

3–1

4–1

2–1

2–2

1–2

1–2

2–1

0–4

2–3

1–3

Camelon Juniors

3–3

2–3

2–3

0–1

1–0

2–2

3–3

4–1

2–2

3–1

2–0

Carnoustie Panmure

1–1

0–1

0–3

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

1–3

1–2

0–2

2–0

2–6

2–0

Hill of Beath Hawthorn

1–3

2–3

1–2

3–1

2–3

1–2

0–0

2–1

2–2

2–0

1–0

3–1

3–4

Kelty Hearts

3–1

0–1

2–0

1–0

3–0

3–2

3–1

0–1

1–0

4–0

3–0

3–1

1–2

Linlithgow Rose

3–0

2–2

2–1

1–0

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

2–0

2–0

3–1

1–0

2–1

0–1

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

1–1

2–3

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

2–4

2–0

2–1

0–4

0–3

0–4

1–5

0–6

0–3

4–2

1–4

2–2

Updated to games played on 4 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.

References

1. "Kelty Hearts crowned East Super League champions". Dunfermline Press. 14 May 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
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