2013–14 East Superleague
# 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.

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

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 | 14 September 2013 | 16th | David Baikie | 14 September 2013 |
| Kelty Hearts | Willie Newbigging | Sacked | 2 October 2013 | 14th | Tam Courts | 2 October 2013 |
| St Andrews United | Jim Hardie | Stepped down through illness | 30 November 2013 | 15th | Gus Malone | 30 November 2013 |
| Linlithgow Rose | Mark Bradley | Resigned | 1 March 2014 | 4th | Danny Smith | 24 March 2014 |
| Camelon Juniors | Danny Smith | Appointed manager at Linlithgow Rose | 24 March 2014 | 7th | John Sludden | 21 April 2014 |
| St Andrews United | Gus Malone | Left by mutual consent | 5 May 2014 | 16th | Phil McGuire | 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 | Relegation to East Premier League |

## 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 | |

### 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.

