2020–21 East of Scotland Football League
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Football league season
The 2020–21 East of Scotland Football League (known as the Central Taxis East of Scotland League for sponsorship reasons) was the 92nd season of the East of Scotland Football League, and the 7th season as the sixth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. Bo’ness United were the reigning champions but could not defend their title after being promoted to the Lowland Football League.
The start of the league season was delayed until October 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and games were played behind closed doors due to Scottish Government restrictions.
On 11 January 2021 the league was suspended by the Scottish Football Association due to the escalating pandemic situation.[1] On 11 April clubs voted to declared the season null and void.[2]
The following teams changed division after the 2019–20 season.
To East of Scotland Football League[edit]
Returned from Abeyance
Transferred from East Superleague North
Transferred from East Superleague South
Transferred from East Premier League South
Transferred from Lothian and Edinburgh Amateur Football League
From East of Scotland Football League[edit]
Promoted to Lowland Football League
Premier Division[edit]
Football league season
Teams[edit]
No clubs were relegated at the end of the 2019–20 season. Therefore all clubs remain in the Premier Division (except promoted Bo’ness United) along with the winners of First Division Conference A and B (Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale and Tynecastle), plus the runners-up with the best points per game record (Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts).
Stadia and locations[edit]
Team | Location | Home ground | Capacity | Seats | Floodlit |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blackburn United [SFA] | Blackburn | New Murrayfield Park[3] | 1,500 | 0 | Yes |
Broxburn Athletic [SFA] | Broxburn | Albyn Park[4] | 1,000 | 0 | Yes |
Camelon Juniors [SFA] | Camelon | Carmuirs Park[5] | 2,000 | 0 | Yes |
Crossgates Primrose | Crossgates | Humbug Park[6] | 2,000 | 0 | No |
Dunbar United | Dunbar | New Countess Park[7] | 2,500 | 0 | Yes |
Dundonald Bluebell [SFA] | Cardenden | Moorside Park[8] | 2,000 | 0 | Yes |
Hill of Beath Hawthorn [SFA] | Hill of Beath | Keir’s Park[9] | 2,000 | 0 | Yes |
Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts | Inverkeithing | Ballast Bank[10] | 1,000 | 0 | No |
Jeanfield Swifts [SFA] | Perth | Riverside Stadium[11] | 1,000 | 0 | Yes |
Linlithgow Rose [SFA] | Linlithgow | Prestonfield[12] | 2,264 | 301 | Yes |
Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale [SFA] | Edinburgh | Saughton Sports Complex[13] | 1,000 | 0 | Yes |
Musselburgh Athletic | Musselburgh | Olivebank Stadium[14] | 2,500 | 0 | Yes |
Newtongrange Star [SFA] | Newtongrange | New Victoria Park[15] | 2,300 | 30 | Yes |
Penicuik Athletic [SFA] | Penicuik | Penicuik Park[16] | 2,000 | 0 | Yes |
Sauchie Juniors | Sauchie | Beechwood Park[17] | 5,000 | 200 | Yes |
Tranent Juniors [SFA] | Tranent | Foresters Park[18] | 2,300 | 44 | Yes |
Tynecastle [SFA] | Edinburgh | Meggetland Sports Complex[19] | 4,388 | 500 | Yes |
Whitehill Welfare [SFA] | Rosewell | Ferguson Park[20] | 2,614 | 192 | Yes |
League table[edit]
Results[edit]
First Division[edit]
The 31 First Division clubs were assigned a place in Conference A or B based on their performances in the 2019–20 season.[21]
Conference A[edit]
Stadia and locations[edit]
Team | Location | Home ground | Capacity | Seats | Floodlit |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arniston Rangers | Gorebridge | Newbyres Park[22] | 3,000 | 0 | No |
Coldstream [SFA] | Coldstream | Home Park[23] | 1,000 | 0 | Yes |
Craigroyston | Edinburgh | St Mark’s Park[24] | 2,000 | 0 | No |
Dalkeith Thistle | Dalkeith | King’s Park[25] | 2,000 | 0 | Yes |
Dunipace [SFA] | Denny | Westfield Park[26] | 2,000 | 0 | Yes |
Edinburgh South | Dalkeith | King’s Park[a] | 2,000 | 0 | Yes |
Edinburgh United | Edinburgh | Paties Road Stadium[27] | 2,500 | 200 | No |
Haddington Athletic [SFA] | Haddington | Millfield Park[28] | 1,500 | 0 | Yes |
Kennoway Star Hearts | Star | Treaton Park | 1,000 | 0 | Yes |
Kirkcaldy & Dysart | Kirkcaldy | Denfield Park[10] | 1,200 | 0 | No |
Leith Athletic | Edinburgh | Peffermill 3G[29] | 500 | 0 | Yes |
Ormiston | Ormiston | New Recreation Park[30] | 1,000 | 0 | No |
Rosyth | Rosyth | Fleet Grounds | 300 | 0 | Yes |
St Andrews United | St Andrews | Recreation Park[31] | 2,000 | 0 | No |
Thornton Hibs | Thornton | Memorial Park | 1,800 | 0 | No |
Tweedmouth Rangers | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Old Shielfield[32] | 1,000 | 0 | No |
- Notes
League table[edit]
Conference B[edit]
Stadia and locations[edit]
Team | Location | Home ground | Capacity | Seats | Floodlit |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Burntisland Shipyard [SFA] | Burntisland | Recreation Park[33] | 1,000 | 0 | No |
Easthouses Lily MW [SFA] | Easthouses | Newbattle Complex[34] | 1,500 | 100 | Yes |
Eyemouth United | Eyemouth | Warner Park[35] | 500 | 0 | No |
Glenrothes | Glenrothes | Warout Stadium [36] | 5,000 | 730 | No |
Hawick Royal Albert United [SFA] | Hawick | Albert Park[37] | 1,000 | 500 | Yes |
Heriot-Watt University | Edinburgh | Riccarton Campus[38] | 200 | 0 | Yes |
Kinnoull | Perth | Tulloch Park[39] | 1,200 | 0 | Yes |
Lochgelly Albert | Lochgelly | Gardiners Park | 3,200 | 0 | No |
Lochore Welfare | Crosshill | Central Park | 1,300 | 0 | No |
Luncarty | Luncarty | Brownlands Park | 1,200 | 0 | No |
Newburgh | Newburgh | East Shore Park | 1,000 | 0 | No |
Oakley United | Oakley | Blairwood Park[40] | 2,000 | 0 | No |
Peebles Rovers | Peebles | Whitestone Park[41] | 2,250 | 250 | No |
Preston Athletic [SFA] | Prestonpans | Pennypit Park[42] | 1,500 | 313 | Yes |
Stirling University Reserves | Stirling | Gannochy Sports Centre[43] | 1,000 | 0 | Yes |
League table[edit]
- ^ a b Glenrothes were awarded 3 points and Hawick Royal Albert United deducted 3 points after Hawick RAU fielded ineligible players in their match on 10 October 2020.
SFA Club with an SFA Licence[44] eligible to participate in the Lowland League promotion play-off should they win the Premier Division.
References[edit]
- ^ “Scottish FA Board confirms three-week suspension of professional football beneath SPFL Championship | Scottish FA”. www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
- ^ “The outcome of the vote on season 2020/2021 has been confirmed”. Twitter. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ Blackburn United, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ Broxburn Athletic, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ Camelon Juniors, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ Crossgates Primrose, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ Dunbar United, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ Dundonald Bluebell, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ Hill of Beath Hawthorn, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ a b Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 7 July 2018.
- ^ Jeanfield Swifts, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ Linlithgow Rose, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ Musselburgh Athletic, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ Newtongrange Star, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ Penicuik Athletic, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ Sauchie Juniors, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ Tranent, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ Tynecastle, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ Whitehill Welfare, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ “Here they are, finally. Our 2020/21 leagues”. Twitter. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
- ^ Arniston Rangers, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ Coldstream, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ Craigroyston, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ^ Dalkeith Thistle, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ Dunipace, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ Edinburgh United, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ Haddington Athletic, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ Leith Athletic, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ Ormiston, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ St Andrews United, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ Tweedmouth Rangers, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ Burntisland Shipyard, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ Easthouses Lily MW, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ Eyemouth United, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ Glenrothes, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ Hawick Royal Albert, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ Heriot-Watt Uni, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ Kinnoull, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 6 June 2019.
- ^ Oakley United, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ Peebles Rovers, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ Preston Athletic, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ Stirling University Reserves, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ “Licensed Clubs – September 2020” (PDF). Retrieved 28 September 2020.
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