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2016–17 East Superleague

The 2016–17 East Superleague (known as the McBookie.com East Superleague for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th season of the East Superleague, the top tier of league competition for SJFA East Region member clubs.

McBookie.com East Superleague
Season2016–17
Dates6 August 2017 – 3 June 2018
ChampionsKelty Hearts[1]
RelegatedMusselburgh Athletic
Fauldhouse United
Matches played240
Goals scored844 (3.52 per match)
Biggest home winBo'ness United 7–0 Fauldhouse United
(18 February 2017)
Biggest away winBroughty Athletic 0–6 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic
(20 May 2017)
Highest scoringDundonald Bluebell 5–6 Broxburn Athletic
(15 October 2016)

The season began on 6 August 2016 and ended on 3 June 2017. Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic were the reigning champions.[2]

Kelty Hearts clinched the championship on 31 May 2017, the club's second title in three seasons. As winners they entered the preliminary round of the 2017–18 Scottish Cup.

Teams

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The following teams changed division prior to the 2016–17 season.

To East Superleague

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Promoted from East Premier League

From East Superleague

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Relegated to East Premier League

Stadia and locations

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Club Location Ground Manager Finishing position 2015–16
Bo'ness United Bo'ness Newtown Park Allan McGonigal 4th
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic Bonnyrigg New Dundas Park Robbie Horn Champions
Broughty Athletic Dundee Whitton Park Keith Gibson 10th
Broxburn Athletic Broxburn Albyn Park Max Christie 6th
Camelon Juniors Camelon Carmuirs Park Gordon Herd 11th
Carnoustie Panmure Carnoustie Laing Park Alan McSkimming 12th
Dundonald Bluebell Cardenden Moorside Park Stevie Kay East Premier League, 2nd
Fauldhouse United Fauldhouse Park View Jon Connolly 13th
Hill of Beath Hawthorn Hill of Beath Keirs Park Kevin Fotheringham 8th
Jeanfield Swifts Perth Riverside Park Ross Gunnion East Premier League, 1st
Kelty Hearts Kelty New Central Park Tam Courts 2nd
Linlithgow Rose Linlithgow Prestonfield Mark Bradley 3rd
Lochee United Dundee Thomson Park George Shields East Premier League, 3rd
Musselburgh Athletic Musselburgh Olivebank Stadium Calvin Shand 7th
Newtongrange Star Newtongrange New Victoria Park Stevie McLeish 5th
Penicuik Athletic Penicuik Penicuik Park Johnny Harvey 9th

Managerial changes

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Club Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Fauldhouse United David Cowan Resigned[6] 13 June 2016 Close season Stephen Findlay[7] 24 June 2016
Lochee United Steven Leahy Resigned[8] 23 June 2016 Close season George Shields[9] 1 July 2016
Penicuik Athletic Craig Meikle Resigned[10] 28 June 2016 Close season Johnny Harvey[11] 30 June 2016
Dundonald Bluebell Craig Morrison Resigned[12] 30 June 2016 Close season Stevie Kay[13] 3 July 2016
Camelon Juniors Murray McDowell Sacked[14] 27 September 2016 11th Gordon Herd[15] 21 October 2016
Linlithgow Rose David McGlynn Resigned[16] 3 October 2016 9th Todd Lumsden[17] 31 October 2016
Fauldhouse United Stephen Findlay Resigned[18] 21 December 2016 16th David Cowan[18] 21 December 2016
Fauldhouse United David Cowan Sacked[19] 21 February 2017 16th Jon Connolly[19] 21 February 2017
Linlithgow Rose Todd Lumsden Sacked[20] 2 May 2017 15th Mark Bradley[21] 22 May 2017
Hill of Beath Hawthorn Bobby Wilson Mutual consent[22] 14 May 2017 9th Kevin Fotheringham[23] 20 May 2017

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kelty Hearts (C) 30 25 3 2 84 29 +55 78 Qualification for 2017–18 Scottish Cup
2 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 30 23 0 7 70 25 +45 69
3 Bo'ness United 30 17 4 9 73 34 +39 55
4 Penicuik Athletic 30 14 7 9 65 47 +18 49
5 Lochee United 30 15 4 11 53 48 +5 49
6 Dundonald Bluebell 30 13 6 11 65 58 +7 45
7 Broughty Athletic 30 12 7 11 46 55 −9 43
8 Broxburn Athletic 30 12 6 12 69 57 +12 42
9 Linlithgow Rose 30 11 7 12 39 37 +2 40
10 Hill of Beath Hawthorn 30 9 7 14 42 53 −11 34
11 Carnoustie Panmure 30 9 6 15 43 76 −33 33
12 Camelon Juniors 30 7 11 12 34 52 −18 32
13 Jeanfield Swifts 30 8 8 14 51 74 −23 32
14 Newtongrange Star (Q) 30 7 9 14 43 62 −19 30 Qualification for East Region League play-off
15 Musselburgh Athletic (R) 30 6 11 13 42 48 −6 29 Relegation to East Premier League
16 Fauldhouse United (R) 30 3 2 25 25 89 −64 11
Source: East Region SJFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away BNS BRG BRT BRX CAM CAR DND FAU HOB JEA KEL LTH LOC MUS NEW PEN
Bo'ness United 2–3 3–0 0–1 0–0 4–1 2–1 7–0 1–2 5–1 1–2 2–0 3–4 5–1 4–1 5–0
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 2–0 4–0 3–1 1–0 5–0 4–0 2–0 1–0 5–0 2–4 0–2 3–0 1–2 3–0 3–0
Broughty Athletic 0–1 0–6 1–6 0–1 3–4 3–1 3–2 1–0 3–3 0–0 2–2 2–3 2–0 2–2 1–0
Broxburn Athletic 1–3 1–0 0–2 5–0 3–0 1–2 4–0 0–3 7–3 1–2 0–1 3–1 1–5 1–1 3–3
Camelon Juniors 1–5 1–2 5–2 1–1 2–3 3–3 2–1 2–2 1–2 0–3 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–1
Carnoustie Panmure 1–3 2–1 0–4 1–6 1–1 2–2 4–0 2–0 0–1 1–5 1–0 0–2 1–2 2–4 1–5
Dundonald Bluebell 5–0 3–1 1–2 5–6 1–0 2–3 1–2 1–0 4–2 2–1 1–1 2–3 3–1 0–0 2–5
Fauldhouse United 1–3 0–2 0–2 1–3 1–3 2–2 0–5 1–2 0–2 1–3 1–4 0–5 1–4 4–2 0–0
Hill of Beath Hawthorn 0–2 2–3 1–3 3–3 0–1 1–1 4–4 3–1 3–1 2–5 1–0 0–2 1–1 3–0 0–2
Jeanfield Swifts 0–5 1–3 1–1 3–3 4–0 2–2 2–3 1–3 3–1 2–3 0–1 0–0 2–1 4–4 2–3
Kelty Hearts 2–1 3–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 5–0 1–0 3–0 4–1 1–2 2–0 4–1 3–1 5–3 3–3
Linlithgow Rose 0–3 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 4–1 2–0 0–1 0–2
Lochee United 2–2 0–3 2–0 1–0 4–0 3–0 0–2 2–0 1–3 5–2 0–5 1–3 0–0 1–2 2–0
Musselburgh Athletic 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 3–3 1–2 4–0 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–3
Newtongrange Star 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 4–1 1–4 2–1 2–3 0–2 2–4 2–3 0–2 1–0 2–4
Penicuik Athletic 1–1 1–4 1–1 5–3 1–1 0–2 5–1 6–1 4–0 4–0 0–1 0–2 2–3 1–1 3–0
Source: East Region SJFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

East Region Super/Premier League play-off

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Forfar West End, who finished third in the East Premier League, defeated Newtongrange Star 3–2 on aggregate in the East Region Super/Premier League play-off to gain promotion. However, Newtongrange were reprieved from relegation to balance league numbers following the departure of Kelty Hearts to the East of Scotland Football League.

Forfar West End3 – 1Newtongrange Star
Graeme Hart   8', 20'
Matty Ramsay   23'		   5' Lee Currie
Strathmore Park, Forfar
Newtongrange Star1 – 0Forfar West End
James Flynn   42'
New Victoria Park, Newtongrange

References

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  1. ^ 2016/17, The History of Newtongrange Star
  2. ^ Thomson, Scott (19 May 2016). "Bonnyrigg Rose clinch Super League title in style". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Perth's Jeanfield Swifts have been crowned champions of the East Premier League". Perthshire Advertiser. Daily Record. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  4. ^ Elder, Matthew (2 June 2016). "Promotion and cup final cap historic week for Dundonald Bluebell". Fife Today. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Bluebells repeat dose to secure promotion". The Courier & Advertiser. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016 – via PressReader.
  6. ^ Harbinson, Eddie (18 June 2016). "Shock exit: Fauldhouse manager Davy Cowan quits club two weeks before first pre-season match". West Lothian Courier. Daily Record. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  7. ^ Carson, Callum (29 June 2016). "New Fauldhouse United boss Stephen Findlay keen to build on platform left by pal Davy Cowan". West Lothian Courier. Daily Record. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
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  9. ^ "New Manager Appointed". Lochee United FC Online. Lochee United FC. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  10. ^ Thomson, Scott (29 June 2016). "Penicuik shocked as player-manager Meikle quits". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  11. ^ Thomson, Scott (30 June 2016). "Johnny Harvey appointed manager of Penicuik Athletic". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  12. ^ "Cardenden club seeks new boss". Central Fife Times. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  13. ^ Inglis, Scott (4 July 2016). "Kay the man for Bluebell". Fife Today. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  14. ^ "The club have parted company with manager Murray McDowell". Camelon Juniors Football Team. Facebook. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  15. ^ "Camelon Juniors are delighted to announce Gordon Herd as the club's new manager". www.facebook.com. Camelon Juniors Football Team. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  16. ^ Thomson, Scott (4 October 2016). "David McGlynn resigns as Linlithgow Rose boss". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  17. ^ "Linlithgow Rose appoint Todd Lumsden as manager". Edinburgh Evening News. 1 November 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  18. ^ a b "Official Club Statement 21/12/2016". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  19. ^ a b Huddlestone, Dave (21 February 2017). "Official Statement". FAULDHOUSE UNITED F.C. - Website. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
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