In 2018, a large group of East Junior clubs (five from the "Kingdom") followed the path taken by Kelty Hearts a year earlier and joined the East of Scotland Football League, aspiring to gain entry to the senior Scottish Professional Football League in future years; With Glenrothes making the same switch in 2019, this left eight local clubs in the East Region, including Tayport and Kennoway Star Hearts who never played in the old Fife Junior League.