2020–21 East of Scotland Football League
The 2020–21 East of Scotland Football League (known as the Central Taxis East of Scotland League for sponsorship reasons) will be 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 are the reigning champions but cannot defend their title after being promoted to the Lowland Football League.
Season | 2020–21 |
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← 2019–20 2021–22 → |
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
Edinburgh South also joined having previously played in the Lothian and Edinburgh Amateur Football League.
Premier Division
Season | 2020–21 |
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← 2019–20 |
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
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Blackburn United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the Lowland League play-off |
2 | Broxburn Athletic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Camelon Juniors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | Crossgates Primrose | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | Dunbar United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | Dundonald Bluebell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
7 | Hill of Beath Hawthorn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
8 | Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
9 | Jeanfield Swifts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
10 | Linlithgow Rose | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
11 | Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
12 | Musselburgh Athletic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
13 | Newtongrange Star | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
14 | Penicuik Athletic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible relegation to the First Division |
15 | Sauchie Juniors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to the First Division |
16 | Tranent Juniors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
17 | Tynecastle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
18 | Whitehill Welfare | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Results
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.[19]
Conference A
Stadia and locations
Team | Location | Home ground | Capacity | Seats | Floodlit |
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Arniston Rangers | Gorebridge | Newbyres Park[20] | 3,000 | 0 | No |
Coldstream [SFA] | Coldstream | Home Park[21] | 1,000 | 0 | No |
Craigroyston | Edinburgh | St Mark's Park[22] | 2,000 | 0 | No |
Dalkeith Thistle | Dalkeith | King's Park[23] | 2,000 | 0 | Yes |
Dunipace [SFA] | Denny | Westfield Park[24] | 2,000 | 0 | Yes |
Edinburgh South | Dalkeith | King's Park[lower-alpha 1] | 2,000 | 0 | Yes |
Edinburgh United | Edinburgh | Paties Road Stadium[25] | 2,500 | 200 | No |
Haddington Athletic [SFA] | Haddington | Millfield Park[26] | 1,500 | 0 | Yes |
Kennoway Star Hearts | Star | Treaton Park | 1,000 | 0 | Yes |
Kirkcaldy & Dysart | Kirkcaldy | Denfield Park[8] | 1,200 | 0 | No |
Leith Athletic | Edinburgh | Peffermill 3G[27] | 500 | 0 | Yes |
Ormiston | Ormiston | New Recreation Park[28] | 1,000 | 0 | No |
Rosyth | Rosyth | Fleet Grounds | 300 | 0 | Yes |
St Andrews United | St Andrews | Recreation Park[29] | 2,000 | 0 | No |
Thornton Hibs | Thornton | Memorial Park | 1,800 | 0 | No |
Tweedmouth Rangers | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Old Shielfield[30] | 1,000 | 0 | No |
- Notes
- Edinburgh South are ground-sharing with Dalkeith Thistle.
League Table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Arniston Rangers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Promotion to the Premier Division |
2 | Coldstream | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification to the First Division |
3 | Craigroyston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | Dalkeith Thistle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | Dunipace | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | Edinburgh South | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
7 | Edinburgh United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
8 | Haddington Athletic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
9 | Kennoway Star Hearts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
10 | Kirkcaldy & Dysart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
11 | Leith Athletic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
12 | Ormiston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
13 | Rosyth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
14 | St Andrews United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
15 | Thornton Hibs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
16 | Tweedmouth Rangers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Conference B
Stadia and locations
Team | Location | Home ground | Capacity | Seats | Floodlit |
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Burntisland Shipyard [SFA] | Burntisland | Recreation Park[31] | 1,000 | 0 | No |
Easthouses Lily MW [SFA] | Easthouses | Newbattle Complex[32] | 1,500 | 100 | Yes |
Eyemouth United | Eyemouth | Warner Park[33] | 500 | 0 | No |
Glenrothes | Glenrothes | Warout Stadium [34] | 5,000 | 730 | No |
Hawick Royal Albert United [SFA] | Hawick | Albert Park[35] | 1,000 | 500 | Yes |
Heriot-Watt University | Edinburgh | Riccarton Campus[36] | 200 | 0 | Yes |
Kinnoull | Perth | Tulloch Park[37] | 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[38] | 2,000 | 0 | No |
Peebles Rovers | Peebles | Whitestone Park[39] | 2,250 | 250 | No |
Preston Athletic [SFA] | Prestonpans | Pennypit Park[40] | 1,500 | 313 | Yes |
Stirling University Reserves | Stirling | Gannochy Sports Centre[41] | 1,000 | 0 | Yes |
League Table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Burntisland Shipyard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Promotion to the Premier Division |
2 | Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification to the First Division |
3 | Eyemouth United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | Glenrothes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | Hawick Royal Albert United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | Heriot-Watt University | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
7 | Kinnoull | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
8 | Lochgelly Albert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
9 | Lochore Welfare | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
10 | Luncarty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
11 | Newburgh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
12 | Oakley United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
13 | Peebles Rovers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
14 | Preston Athletic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
15 | Stirling University reserves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes
SFA Club with an SFA Licence (as of June 2020)[42] eligible to participate in the Lowland League promotion play-off should they win the Premier Division.
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