2019–20 East Superleague
# 2019–20 East Superleague

The 2019–20 East Super League (known as the McBookie.com East Superleague for sponsorship reasons) was the 18th season of the East Superleague, the top tier of league competition for SJFA East Region member clubs.

The league was split into North and South regional divisions, both containing 10 teams playing each other three times for a total of 27 games. The winners of each division were due to play each other in a two-legged play-off to determine the overall champion. The season began on 3 August 2019 and was scheduled to end on 25 April 2020. Lochee United were the reigning champions.

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the league was indefinitely suspended on 13 March 2020. The season was officially cancelled on 10 April 2020 following a decision made by the East Region Management Committee, due to the uncertainty surrounding the pandemic and the Scottish Football Association's decision to extend the football shutdown until at least 10 June 2020.

On 16 April 2020 the East Region Management Committee declared the 2019–20 season null and void.

## Teams

The following teams changed division after the 2018–19 season.

### To East Superleague

Promoted from East Premier League North

* Dundee North End
* Luncarty
* Scone Thistle

Promoted from East Premier League South

* Armadale Thistle
* Bathgate Thistle
* Harthill Royal
* Livingston United
* Lochore Welfare
* Pumpherston

### From East Superleague

Transferred to East of Scotland League

* Glenrothes

## North

### Stadia and locations

| Club | Location | Home Ground | Capacity | Seats | Floodlit | Finishing position 2018–19 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Broughty Athletic | Dundee | Whitton Park | 2,500 | 0 | Yes | 2nd |
| Carnoustie Panmure | Carnoustie | Laing Park | 1,500 | 0 | No | 7th |
| Dundee North End | Dundee | North End Park | 2,000 | 0 | Yes | 1st in Premier League North |
| Downfield | Dundee | Downfield Park | 2,500 | 13 | Yes | 11th |
| Forfar West End | Forfar | Strathmore Park | 2,500 | 0 | No | 6th |
| Kirriemuir Thistle | Kirriemuir | Westview Park | 2,000 | 32 | Yes | 9th |
| Lochee United | Dundee | Thomson Park | 3,200 | 0 | No | 1st |
| Luncarty | Luncarty | Brownlands Park | 1,200 | 0 | No | 2nd in Premier League North |
| Scone Thistle | Scone | Farquharson Park | 1,000 | 0 | No | 4th in Premier League North |
| Tayport | Tayport | Canniepairt | 2,000 | 0 | No | 5th |

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Carnoustie Panmure | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 60 | 21 | +39 | 48 | |
| 2 | Broughty Athletic | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 51 | 24 | +27 | 40 | |
| 3 | Lochee United | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 18 | +23 | 37 | |
| 4 | Downfield | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 25 | −1 | 26 | |
| 5 | Dundee North End | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 22 | |
| 6 | Luncarty | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 40 | 51 | −11 | 21 | Resigned membership, joined East of Scotland League |
| 7 | Tayport | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 20 | |
| 8 | Kirriemuir Thistle | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 35 | 55 | −20 | 16 | |
| 9 | Scone Thistle | 19 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 16 | 46 | −30 | 16 | |
| 10 | Forfar West End | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 37 | −13 | 14 | |

### Results

**Double round-robin**

| Home \ Away | BRO | CAR | DOW | DNE | FWE | KIR | LOC | LUN | SCO | TAY |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Broughty Athletic | | 1–3 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | | 6–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Carnoustie Panmure | | | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 5–0 |
| Downfield | 1–1 | | | 2–4 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| Dundee North End | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
| Forfar West End | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–4 | | 3–3 | 0–2 | 2–5 | 1–0 | |
| Kirriemuir Thistle | 1–3 | 1–4 | 3–5 | 3–0 | 4–4 | | 0–2 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 1–3 |
| Lochee United | 4–0 | | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | | | 2–1 | |
| Luncarty | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 0–3 | 5–0 | 3–2 | | 0–1 | 3–5 |
| Scone Thistle | | | 0–1 | | 0–4 | 4–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | | 1–2 |
| Tayport | | 2–3 | | 3–7 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 1–2 | |

**Single round-robin**

| Home \ Away | BRO | CAR | DOW | DNE | FWE | KIR | LUN | SCO | TAY |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Broughty Athletic | | 2–2 | | | | | 1–3 | 3–0 | 6–0 |
| Carnoustie Panmure | | | 1–0 | | | | | 5–0 | |
| Downfield | | | | | | | | | |
| Dundee North End | 0–3 | | | | | | | | |
| Forfar West End | | | | | | | | | |
| Kirriemuir Thistle | | | | | | | | | |
| Lochee United | | | 3–0 | | 3–0 | | | | |
| Luncarty | | 2–2 | | | | 3–1 | | | |
| Scone Thistle | | | 1–1 | | | | 1–2 | | |
| Tayport | | 0–1 | | 5–2 | | 5–0 | | | |

## South

### Stadia and locations

| Club | Location | Home Ground | Capacity | Seats | Floodlit | Finishing position 2018–19 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Armadale Thistle | Armadale | Volunteer Park | 3,000 | 0 | Yes | 3rd in Premier League South |
| Bathgate Thistle | Bathgate | Creamery Park | 3,000 | 0 | Yes | 4th in Premier League South |
| Fauldhouse United | Fauldhouse | Park View | 2,000 | 100 | No | 10th |
| Harthill Royal | Harthill | Gibbshill Park | 1,800 | 0 | No | 6th in Premier League South |
| Kennoway Star Hearts | Star | Treaton Park | 1,000 | 0 | Yes | 8th |
| Livingston United | Livingston | Station Park | 2,000 | 0 | Yes | 2nd in Premier League South |
| Lochore Welfare | Crosshill | Central Park | 1,300 | 0 | No | 5th in Premier League South |
| Pumpherston | Pumpherston | Recreation Park | 2,700 | 0 | No | 1st in Premier League South |
| Thornton Hibs | Thornton | Memorial Park | 1,800 | 0 | No | 3rd |
| Whitburn | Whitburn | Central Park | 3,000 | 38 | No | 4th |

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Livingston United | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 27 | +17 | 36 | |
| 2 | Pumpherston | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 45 | 32 | +13 | 35 | |
| 3 | Whitburn Juniors | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 51 | 41 | +10 | 32 | |
| 4 | Thornton Hibs | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 47 | 26 | +21 | 31 | Resigned membership, joined East of Scotland League |
| 5 | Armadale Thistle | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 42 | 28 | +14 | 31 | |
| 6 | Fauldhouse United | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 28 | +5 | 30 | |
| 7 | Bathgate Thistle | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 25 | +4 | 17 | |
| 8 | Harthill Royal | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 43 | −25 | 14 | |
| 9 | Kennoway Star Hearts | 19 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 32 | 56 | −24 | 13 | Resigned membership, joined East of Scotland League |
| 10 | Lochore Welfare | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 52 | −35 | 8 | Resigned membership, joined East of Scotland League |

### Results

**Double round-robin**

| Home \ Away | ARM | BAT | FAU | HAR | KSH | LIV | LOW | PUM | THO | WHI |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Armadale Thistle | | 1–3 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 2–3 | 0–6 | 1–3 |
| Bathgate Thistle | | | | 0–2 | | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 6–2 | 1–2 |
| Fauldhouse United | 4–1 | 4–1 | | 3–1 | 5–3 | 1–4 | | 4–4 | 2–2 | |
| Harthill Royal | 0–5 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 3–6 | 0–2 | | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Kennoway Star Hearts | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–5 |
| Livingston United | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 5–1 |
| Lochore Welfare | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 0–4 | 1–6 | | 3–6 | | 4–4 |
| Pumpherston | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 4–6 | 3–4 |
| Thornton Hibs | | | 7–0 | 3–2 | | 2–3 | 0–0 | | | 3–2 |
| Whitburn Juniors | | 2–2 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 7–2 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | |

**Single round-robin**

| Home \ Away | ARM | BAT | FAU | LIV | LOW | PUM | THO |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Armadale Thistle | | 2–1 | | | | | |
| Bathgate Thistle | | | | | | | |
| Fauldhouse United | | | | | | | |
| Harthill Royal | | | | 3–1 | | | |
| Kennoway Star Hearts | 0–4 | | | | | 0–3 | 1–2 |
| Livingston United | | | | | | | |
| Lochore Welfare | | | | | | | |
| Pumpherston | | | | | | | |
| Thornton Hibs | | | | 0–0 | 4–0 | | |
| Whitburn Juniors | | | 0–2 | 3–1 | 5–1 | | |

## Championship play-off

A two legged play-off was scheduled to take place at the end of the season to determine the overall East Region champions.

