2020–21 East Premiership

McBookie.com East Premiership
Season2020–21
Dates21 November 2020 – 16 March 2021
(abandoned)
2021-22
(Midlands League) →

The 2020–21 East Premiership (known as the McBookie.com East Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the 19th season of league competition for SJFA East Region member clubs. This was effectively a continuation of the East Superleague but with fewer member clubs in the East Region all teams were in a single tier with no promotion or relegation.

The league was renamed to East Premiership and was split into North and South regional divisions, containing 17 and 13 teams respectively.[1] The winners of each division were due to play each other in a play-off to determine the overall champion. The start of the league season was delayed until November 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and games were played behind closed doors due to Scottish Government restrictions. Lochee United continued as the reigning champions due to the previous season being declared null and void.[2]

On 7 January 2021 the East Region chose to suspend the season until 6 February, due to new restrictions in place because of the rising number of COVID-19 cases.[3] On 16 March the Scottish Junior Football Association's management committee ended the season declared all competitions null and void for a second successive season.[4]

Teams

The following teams changed division after the 2019–20 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

North

McBookie.com East Region Premiership North
Season2020–21
Dates21 November 2020 – 16 March 2021
Matches played33
Goals scored152 (4.61 per match)
Biggest home win
Biggest away win
Highest scoring
Longest winning run5 matches:
Lochee United
Longest unbeaten run5 matches:
Lochee United
Longest winless run5 matches:
Lochee Harp
Longest losing run5 matches:
Lochee Harp
All statistics correct as of 19 December 2020.

Stadia and locations

Club Location Home Ground Capacity Seats Floodlit Finishing position 2018–19
Arbroath Victoria Arbroath Ogilvy Park[5] 4,000 0 Yes 10th in Premier League North
Blairgowrie Blairgowrie Davie Park[6] 2,500 0 No 8th in Premier League North
Brechin Victoria Brechin Victoria Park[7] 600 100 Yes 9th in Premier League North
Broughty Athletic Dundee Whitton Park[8] 2,500 0 Yes 2nd
Carnoustie Panmure Carnoustie Laing Park[9] 1,500 0 No 7th
Coupar Angus Coupar Angus Foxhall Park[10] 1,800 0 Yes 12th in Premier League North
Downfield Dundee Downfield Park[11] 2,500 13 Yes 11th
Dundee North End Dundee North End Park[12] 2,000 0 Yes 1st in Premier League North
Dundee Violet Dundee Glenesk Park[13] 2,000 0 No 6th in Premier League North
East Craigie Dundee Craigie Park[14] 3,300 0 No 5th in Premier League North
Forfar United Forfar Guthrie Park[15] 2,500 0 No 11th in Premier League North
Forfar West End Forfar Strathmore Park[16] 2,500 0 No 6th
Kirriemuir Thistle Kirriemuir Westview Park[17] 2,000 32 Yes 9th
Lochee Harp Dundee Downfield Park[18] 2,500 13 Yes 7th in Premier League North
Lochee United Dundee Thomson Park[19] 3,200 0 No 1st
Scone Thistle Scone Farquharson Park[20] 1,000 0 No 4th in Premier League North
Tayport Tayport Canniepairt[21] 2,000 0 No 5th

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Lochee United 5 5 0 0 22 2 +20 15 All clubs transferred to the Midlands League
2 Tayport 4 4 0 0 14 2 +12 12
3 Broughty Athletic 5 4 0 1 14 6 +8 12
4 East Craigie 4 3 0 1 24 4 +20 9
5 Carnoustie Panmure 4 3 0 1 20 7 +13 9
6 Arbroath Victoria 3 3 0 0 12 2 +10 9
7 Downfield 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
8 Brechin Victoria 5 1 2 2 8 15 −7 5
9 Dundee Violet 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
10 Forfar West End 4 1 1 2 5 9 −4 4
11 Forfar United 5 1 1 3 8 13 −5 4
12 Kirriemuir Thistle 4 1 0 3 6 8 −2 3
13 Dundee North End 3 0 2 1 4 6 −2 2
14 Blairgowrie 4 0 0 4 3 10 −7 0
15 Scone Thistle 3 0 0 3 1 16 −15 0
16 Lochee Harp 5 0 0 5 2 22 −20 0
17 Coupar Angus 2 0 0 2 0 23 −23 0
Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2020. Source: SJFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results

Each team was due to play every other team once, for a total of 16 fixtures.[1]

Home \ Away ARB BLA BRE BRO CAR COU DOW DNE DUV ECR FWE FUN KIR LHA LOU SCO TAY
Arbroath Victoria 4–1 5–0
Blairgowrie 0–1 0–1
Brechin Victoria 5–2 0–3 2–2
Broughty Athletic 3–1 1–3 2–0
Carnoustie Panmure 2–5 10–0
Coupar Angus 0–11
Downfield 1–1
Dundee North End 1–1
Dundee Violet 3–2
East Craigie 12–0 4–0 1–3
Forfar West End 2–5 1–0
Forfar United 1–1 0–3
Kirriemuir Thistle 1–2 3–0
Lochee Harp 1–6 1–7
Lochee United 3–1 2–1 3–0
Scone Thistle 1–3
Tayport 7–0 3–1
Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2020. Source: SJFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

South

McBookie.com East Region Premiership South
Season2020–21
Dates21 November 2020 – 16 March 2021
Matches played15
Goals scored67 (4.47 per match)
Biggest home win
  • Syngenta 6–0 Sauchie Juniors Community
  • (21 November 2020)
Biggest away win
Highest scoring
Longest winning run2 matches:
3 teams
Longest unbeaten run3 matches:
Bo'ness United Junior & Syngenta
Longest winless run3 matches:
Bathgate Thistle & Sauchie Juniors Community
Longest losing run3 matches:
Bathgate Thistle & Sauchie Juniors Community
All statistics correct as of 19 December 2020.

Stadia and locations

Club Location Home Ground Capacity Seats Floodlit Finishing position 2018–19
Armadale Thistle Armadale Volunteer Park[22] 3,000 0 Yes 3rd in Premier League South
Bathgate Thistle Bathgate Creamery Park[23] 3,000 0 Yes 4th in Premier League South
Bo'ness United Junior Bo'ness Newtown Park[24] 2,500 0 Yes n/a
Fauldhouse United Fauldhouse Park View[25] 2,000 100 No 10th
Harthill Royal Harthill Gibbshill Park[26] 1,800 0 No 6th in Premier League South
Livingston United Livingston Station Park[27] 2,000 0 Yes 2nd in Premier League South
Pumpherston Pumpherston Recreation Park[28] 2,700 0 No 1st in Premier League South
Sauchie Juniors Community Sauchie Beechwood Park[29] 5,000 200 Yes n/a
Stoneyburn Stoneyburn Beechwood Park[30] 4,000 0 No 7th in Premier League South
Syngenta Denny Westfield Park[31] n/a
West Calder United West Calder Hermand Park[32] 1,000 0 No 9th in Premier League South
Whitburn Whitburn Central Park[33] 3,000 38 No 4th

Withdrew

Club Location Home Ground Capacity Seats Floodlit Finishing position 2018–19
Linlithgow Rose Community Linlithgow Xcite Linlithgow[34] 500 0 Yes n/a

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Syngenta 5 3 1 1 19 7 +12 10 Resigned membership, joined East of Scotland League
2 Bo'ness United Junior 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7
3 Armadale Thistle 2 2 0 0 8 2 +6 6
4 Fauldhouse United 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2 6
5 Livingston United 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 4
6 West Calder United 3 1 0 2 9 7 +2 3
7 Whitburn Juniors 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 3
8 Stoneyburn 2 0 2 0 4 4 0 2
9 Pumpherston 2 0 1 1 4 9 −5 1
10 Harthill Royal 1 0 0 1 1 6 −5 0 Resigned membership, joined West of Scotland League
11 Bathgate Thistle 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0 Resigned membership, joined East of Scotland League
12 Sauchie Juniors Community 3 0 0 3 3 12 −9 0 Resigned membership
Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2020. Source: SJFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results

Each team was due to play every other team twice, for a total of 22 fixtures.[1]

Home \ Away ARM BAT BUJ FAU HAR LIV PUM SJC STO SYN WCU WHI
Armadale Thistle 6–1
Bathgate Thistle 1–2
Bo'ness United Junior 2–0 3–1
Fauldhouse United
Harthill Royal
Livingston United 3–2
Pumpherston 1–6
Sauchie Juniors Community 1–3
Stoneyburn 1–1 3–3
Syngenta 1–2 1–1 6–0 5–3
West Calder United 5–0 1–2
Whitburn Juniors
Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2020. Source: SJFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

  1. ^ a b c East Region Structure, scottishjuniorfa.com, Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  2. ^ Phil McGuire bewildered by null and void decision that has cost Carnoustie Juniors title, dailyrecord.co.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  3. ^ Calls for Lowland League to be suspended amid Covid lockdown as Juniors put their campaign on hold, dailyrecord.co.uk, Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  4. ^ @eastregion_sjfa (16 March 2021). "Following today's update from the Scottish Government stating that adult contact training/football will not be allowed until 17th May 2021, the management committee of the Scottish Junior FA have decided to end season 2020/2021 and declare all competitions null & void" (Tweet). Retrieved 2021-03-16 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ Arbroath Victoria, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  6. ^ Blairgowrie, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  7. ^ Brechin Victoria, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  8. ^ Broughty Athletic, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  9. ^ Carnoustie Panmure, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  10. ^ Coupar Angus, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  11. ^ Downfield, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  12. ^ Dundee North End, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  13. ^ Dundee Violet, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  14. ^ East Craigie, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  15. ^ Forfar United, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  16. ^ Forfar West End, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  17. ^ Kirriemuir Thistle, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  18. ^ Lochee Harp, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  19. ^ Lochee United, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  20. ^ Scone Thistle, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  21. ^ Tayport, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  22. ^ Armadale Thistle, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  23. ^ Bathgate Thistle, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  24. ^ Bo'ness United Junior Archived 2021-05-21 at the Wayback Machine, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  25. ^ Fauldhouse United, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  26. ^ Harthill Royal, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  27. ^ Livingston United, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  28. ^ Pumpherston, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  29. ^ Sauchie Juniors Community Archived 2021-05-11 at the Wayback Machine, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  30. ^ Stoneyburn, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  31. ^ Syngenta, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  32. ^ West Calder United, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  33. ^ Whitburn, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  34. ^ Linlithgow Rose Community Archived 2021-10-26 at the Wayback Machine, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.