2013–14 East Superleague

The 2013–14 East Superleague (known as the McBookie.com East Superleague for sponsorship reasons) was the 12th season of the East Superleague, the top tier of league competition for SJFA East Region member clubs.

McBookie.com East Superleague

Season	2013–14
Champions	Bo'ness United[1]
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
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The season began on 10 August 2013 and ended on 14 June 2014. Linlithgow Rose were the reigning champions.^[2] The division expanded from twelve to sixteen clubs from this season.^[3]

Bo'ness United won the title on 28 May 2014. As champions they entered the preliminary round of the 2014–15 Scottish Cup where they were drawn to receive a bye to the first round.

Teams

The following teams changed division after the 2012–13 season.

To East Superleague

Promoted from East Premier League

• Newtongrange Star
• Ballingry Rovers
• Tayport
• Armadale Thistle

Stadia and locations

Club	Location	Ground	Manager	Finishing position 2012–13
Armadale Thistle	Armadale	Volunteer Park	Jim Henderson	East Premier League, 4th
Ballingry Rovers	Glencraig	Ore Park	Stevie Kay	East Premier League, 2nd
Bo'ness United	Bo'ness	Newtown Park	Allan McGonigal	4th
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	Bonnyrigg	New Dundas Park	Max Christie	2nd
Broxburn Athletic	Broxburn	Albyn Park	Steve Pittman	6th
Camelon Juniors	Camelon	Carmuirs Park	John Sludden	3rd
Carnoustie Panmure	Carnoustie	Laing Park	Alan McSkimming	9th
Hill of Beath Hawthorn	Hill of Beath	Keirs Park	Jock Finlayson	8th
Kelty Hearts	Kelty	Central Park	Tam Courts	5th
Linlithgow Rose	Linlithgow	Prestonfield	Danny Smith	Champions
Lochee United	Dundee	Thomson Park	Steven Leahy	10th
Musselburgh Athletic	Musselburgh	Olivebank Stadium	David McGlynn	7th
Newtongrange Star	Newtongrange	New Victoria Park	Alan Miller	East Premier League, 1st
St Andrews United	St Andrews	Recreation Park	Phil McGuire	12th
Sauchie Juniors	Sauchie	Beechwood Park	Fraser Duncan	11th
Tayport	Tayport	Canniepairt	David Baikie	East Premier League, 3rd

Managerial changes

Club	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Tayport	John McGlashan	Resigned [4]	14 September 2013	16th	David Baikie	14 September 2013
Kelty Hearts	Willie Newbigging	Sacked [5]	2 October 2013	14th	Tam Courts	2 October 2013
St Andrews United	Jim Hardie	Stepped down through illness [6]	30 November 2013	15th	Gus Malone	30 November 2013
Linlithgow Rose	Mark Bradley	Resigned [7]	1 March 2014	4th	Danny Smith	24 March 2014
Camelon Juniors	Danny Smith	Appointed manager at Linlithgow Rose[8]	24 March 2014	7th	John Sludden	21 April 2014[9]
St Andrews United	Gus Malone	Left by mutual consent [10]	5 May 2014	16th	Phil McGuire[11]	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 for 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 for 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

Source: East Region SJFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ARM	BLL	BNS	BRG	BRX	CAM	CAR	HOB	KEL	LTH	LOC	MUS	NEW	STA	SCH	TAY
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 match(es) played on 14 June 2014. Source: East Region SJFA
Legend: 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 to retain their Superleague status.^[12]

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