East Region Premiership
# East Region Premiership

The Scottish Junior Football Association East Region Premiership, also known for sponsorship reasons as the McBookie.com East Premiership, was the highest division of the East Region of the Scottish Junior Football Association. From its inception in 2002 until 2020, it was known as the SJFA East Region Super League.

From the 2007–08 season, the winners of the league were eligible to enter the senior Scottish Cup at its earliest stage, with Linlithgow Rose being the first champions to take part in the Scottish Cup.

In 2013–14 the East Super League expanded from its original twelve clubs to sixteen as part of a wider league restructuring in the East Region. For the 2018–19 season, league reconstruction reduced the Super League back to twelve teams after 24 Junior clubs from the east region moved to the East of Scotland Football League. Further changes were made to create two regional divisions in the 2019–20 season (declared void prior to completion).

From the 2006–07 season until the 2017–18 season, the Super League relegated into the Premier League, which in turn fed down into the North and South divisions. The mass resignations from 2018 also led to reorganisations in the structure below the top tier.

From the 2021–22 season, the SJFA East Region along with North Caledonian Football Association and the SJFA North Region were incorporated into the Scottish football league system to form a fully-integrated Tier 6 below the Highland League. With all south (Lothian) clubs having already left the SJFA league to join the East of Scotland League (while retaining their membership), it was decided the new single division formed by the remaining north (Tayside) clubs would be named the Midlands Football League, although it would still be administered by the SJFA.

## Champions and season summaries

| Season | Winners | Runners-up | Relegated | Promoted | Champions' Progression in Scottish Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2002–03 | Tayport | Hill of Beath Hawthorn | Carnoustie Panmure Edinburgh United Dundee Violet | Lochee United Bo'ness United Kelty Hearts | N/A |
| 2003–04 | Linlithgow Rose | Tayport | Kelty Hearts Hill of Beath Hawthorn Dundee North End | Carnoustie Panmure Camelon Juniors Thornton Hibs | N/A |
| 2004–05 | Lochee United | Tayport | Oakley United Camelon Juniors Thornton Hibs | Hill of Beath Hawthorn Whitburn Juniors Dundee North End | N/A |
| 2005–06 | Tayport (2) | Bathgate Thistle | Glenrothes Arniston Rangers Dundee North End | Oakley United Camelon Juniors Kinnoull | N/A |
| 2006–07 | Linlithgow Rose (2) | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | Bo'ness United Kinnoull | Glenrothes Kelty Hearts | 4th Round 2007–08 |
| 2007–08 | Lochee United (2) | Whitburn Juniors | Carnoustie Panmure Oakley United | Bo'ness United Forfar West End | 3rd Round 2008–09 |
| 2008–09 | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | Camelon Juniors | Forfar West End Tayport | Musselburgh Athletic Newtongrange Star | 1st Round 2009–10 |
| 2009–10 | Bo'ness United | Linlithgow Rose | Whitburn Juniors Glenrothes | Tayport Forfar West End | 3rd Round 2010–11 |
| 2010–11 | Bo'ness United (2) | Hill of Beath Hawthorn | Tayport Newtongrange Star | St Andrews United Carnoustie Panmure | 3rd Round 2011–12 |
| 2011–12 | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic (2) | Hill of Beath Hawthorn | Bathgate Thistle Forfar West End (in abeyance) | Sauchie Juniors Broxburn Athletic | 3rd Round 2012–13 |
| 2012–13 | Linlithgow Rose (3) | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | No relegation. League expanded to 16 clubs | Newtongrange Star Ballingry Rovers Tayport Armadale Thistle | 2nd Round 2013–14 |
| 2013–14 | Bo'ness United (3) | Linlithgow Rose | Tayport St Andrews United | Penicuik Athletic Fauldhouse United | 4th Round 2014–15 |
| 2014–15 | Kelty Hearts | Bo'ness United | Armadale Thistle Lochee United Ballingry Rovers (folded) | Tayport St Andrews United Broughty Athletic | 1st Round 2015–16 |
| 2015–16 | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic (3) | Kelty Hearts | Sauchie Juniors St Andrews United Tayport | Jeanfield Swifts Dundonald Bluebell Lochee United | 4th Round 2016–17 |
| 2016–17 | Kelty Hearts (2) | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | Musselburgh Athletic Fauldhouse United | Sauchie Juniors Kennoway Star Hearts Forfar West End | Preliminary round 1 2017–18 |
| 2017–18 | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic (4) | Linlithgow Rose | No relegation. League reduced to 12 clubs | Fauldhouse United Tayport Thornton Hibs Glenrothes Downfield Whitburn Juniors Kirriemuir Thistle | 1st Round 2018–19 |
| 2018–19 | Lochee United (3) | Broughty Athletic | No relegation or promotion, league restructured post-season into North and South sections | No relegation or promotion, league restructured post-season into North and South sections | 2nd Round 2019–20 |
| 2019–20 | Split into North and South divisions. Season suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, later declared null and void with no champion declared. | Split into North and South divisions. Season suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, later declared null and void with no champion declared. | Split into North and South divisions. Season suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, later declared null and void with no champion declared. | Split into North and South divisions. Season suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, later declared null and void with no champion declared. | Split into North and South divisions. Season suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, later declared null and void with no champion declared. |
| 2020–21 | Renamed East Premiership and featured all East Region clubs. Split into North and South divisions. Season began in November 2020 and was suspended in January 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, later declared null and void with no champion declared. | Renamed East Premiership and featured all East Region clubs. Split into North and South divisions. Season began in November 2020 and was suspended in January 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, later declared null and void with no champion declared. | Renamed East Premiership and featured all East Region clubs. Split into North and South divisions. Season began in November 2020 and was suspended in January 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, later declared null and void with no champion declared. | Renamed East Premiership and featured all East Region clubs. Split into North and South divisions. Season began in November 2020 and was suspended in January 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, later declared null and void with no champion declared. | Renamed East Premiership and featured all East Region clubs. Split into North and South divisions. Season began in November 2020 and was suspended in January 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, later declared null and void with no champion declared. |

* ↑ Using a 'points per game' algorithm applied in other leagues, Carnoustie Panmure (who were also leading the league when play stopped) would have been nominal champions of the North section, while Pumpherston and Thornton Hibs would have finished on equal points in the South section.
