2014–15 East Superleague

The 2014–15 East Superleague (known as the McBookie.com East Superleague for sponsorship reasons) was the 13th season of the East Superleague, the top tier of league competition for SJFA East Region member clubs.

McBookie.com East Superleague

Season	2014–15
Dates	6 August 2015 – 3 June 2016
Champions	Kelty Hearts^[1]
Relegated	Armadale Thistle Lochee United
Matches played	210
Goals scored	704 (3.35 per match)
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The season began on 6 August 2014 and ended on 3 June 2015. Bo'ness United were the reigning champions.^[2]

Ballingry Rovers folded on 25 November 2014 and withdrew from the league with immediate effect.^[3] Their playing record was expunged.

Kelty Hearts won their first East Superleague title on 13 May 2015.^[4] As champions they entered the preliminary round of the 2015–16 Scottish Cup.

Teams

The following teams changed division after the 2013–14 season.

To East Superleague

Promoted from East Premier League

• Penicuik Athletic
• Fauldhouse United

From East Superleague

Relegated to East Premier League

• St Andrews United
• Tayport

Stadia and locations

Club	Location	Ground	Manager	Finishing position 2013–14
Armadale Thistle	Armadale	Volunteer Park	Jim Henderson	11th
Ballingry Rovers (folded)	Glencraig	Ore Park	Willie Garner	13th
Bo'ness United	Bo'ness	Newtown Park	Allan McGonigal	Champions
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	Bonnyrigg	New Dundas Park	David McGlynn	3rd
Broxburn Athletic	Broxburn	Albyn Park	Max Christie	7th
Camelon Juniors	Camelon	Carmuirs Park	John Sludden	5th
Carnoustie Panmure	Carnoustie	Laing Park	Alan McSkimming	12th
Fauldhouse United	Fauldhouse	Park View	David Cowan	East Premier League, 2nd
Hill of Beath Hawthorn	Hill of Beath	Keirs Park	Jock Finlayson	6th
Kelty Hearts	Kelty	Central Park	Tam Courts	14th
Linlithgow Rose	Linlithgow	Prestonfield	Danny Smith	2nd
Lochee United	Dundee	Thomson Park	Steven Leahy	10th
Musselburgh Athletic	Musselburgh	Olivebank Stadium	Stevie McLeish	8th
Newtongrange Star	Newtongrange	New Victoria Park	Alan Miller	4th
Penicuik Athletic	Penicuik	Penicuik Park	Craig Meikle	East Premier League, 1st
Sauchie Juniors	Sauchie	Beechwood Park	Fraser Duncan	9th

Managerial changes

Club	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Ballingry Rovers	Stevie Kay	Resigned	8 June 2014	Close season	Lee Dair^[5]	10 June 2014
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	Max Christie	Resigned ^[6]	30 August 2014	15th	David McGlynn ^[7]	14 September 2014
Musselburgh Athletic	David McGlynn	Resigned ^[8]	6 September 2014	5th	Stevie McLeish ^[9]	2 October 2014
Ballingry Rovers	Lee Dair	Resigned	1 October 2014	6th	Willie Garner^[10]	6 October 2014
Broxburn Athletic	Steve Pittman	Resigned ^[11]	12 April 2015	6th	Max Christie^[11]	12 April 2015

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kelty Hearts (C)	28	20	5	3	63	23	+40	65	Qualification for 2015–16 Scottish Cup
2	Bo'ness United	28	18	5	5	55	21	+34	59
3	Linlithgow Rose	28	17	5	6	65	36	+29	56
4	Newtongrange Star	28	16	7	5	52	29	+23	55
5	Sauchie Juniors	28	12	8	8	46	48	−2	44
6	Penicuik Athletic	28	11	7	10	41	43	−2	40
7	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	28	11	4	13	50	48	+2	37
8	Broxburn Athletic	28	8	12	8	39	42	−3	36
9	Hill of Beath Hawthorn	28	10	4	14	47	50	−3	34
10	Fauldhouse United	28	8	9	11	46	52	−6	33
11	Musselburgh Athletic	28	9	6	13	53	60	−7	33
12	Camelon Juniors	28	9	4	15	38	58	−20	31
13	Carnoustie Panmure	28	5	7	16	33	56	−23	22
14	Armadale Thistle (R)	28	5	6	17	36	61	−25	21	Qualification for East Region League play-off
15	Lochee United (R)	28	4	5	19	40	77	−37	17	Relegation to East Premier League
16	Ballingry Rovers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0^[a]	Club folded, record expunged

Source: East Region SJFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Ballingry Rovers resigned from the league and folded on 25 November 2014 and. Their record (Pld13 W3 D1 L9 GF11 GA31 Pts10) was expunged.

Results

Home \ Away	ARM	BLL	BNS	BRG	BRX	CAM	CAR	FAU	HOB	KEL	LTH	LOC	MUS	NEW	PEN	SCH
Armadale Thistle			0–2	2–1	3–1	0–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–1	2–3	0–4
Ballingry Rovers
Bo'ness United	3–0			2–0	3–0	3–2	1–0	3–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	4–0	3–0	2–3	2–2	7–0
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	4–2		0–2		0–1	3–1	4–1	2–1	2–2	0–1	1–2	3–1	2–3	2–0	2–0	2–3
Broxburn Athletic	1–0		0–2	2–3		0–0	0–0	1–1	4–0	3–3	0–2	2–2	5–3	1–1	1–1	2–2
Camelon Juniors	3–0		1–1	2–1	2–1		0–0	5–2	0–1	1–3	1–4	3–2	2–2	0–3	2–3	3–0
Carnoustie Panmure	2–2		0–1	2–2	1–3	4–1		2–1	0–4	0–2	2–3	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–2
Fauldhouse United	0–0		0–0	2–3	2–2	4–0	3–2		2–1	0–0	2–2	3–2	3–1	2–4	2–0	0–3
Hill of Beath Hawthorn	2–1		1–0	2–2	0–1	4–1	2–3	3–3		1–2	2–4	3–1	5–2	1–3	0–1	0–2
Kelty Hearts	1–2		0–2	3–1	4–1	3–0	4–1	2–1	2–1		1–0	6–1	4–1	3–1	0–0	3–0
Linlithgow Rose	4–0		0–2	0–3	1–1	2–1	5–2	2–1	2–2	1–3		4–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	5–0
Lochee United	0–4		5–2	3–4	2–2	0–1	1–2	2–3	1–2	1–1	1–5		1–1	2–5	1–5	1–2
Musselburgh Athletic	5–4		2–3	4–1	2–0	5–1	3–2	3–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–2		1–4	2–2	2–2
Newtongrange Star	0–0		2–1	1–1	0–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–0	0–1	0–3	3–0	1–0		2–1	2–0
Penicuik Athletic	5–4		0–0	1–0	0–1	3–0	3–0	2–1	0–2	1–4	1–3	1–3	1–1	0–3		2–4
Sauchie Juniors	3–1		0–0	2–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	2–2	4–2	1–1	1–3	4–1	1–0	0–2	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on 3 June 2015. Source: East Region SJFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

East Region Super/Premier League play-off

Broughty Athletic, who finished third in the East Premier League, defeated Armadale Thistle on penalty kicks after drawing 5–5 on aggregate in the East Region Super/Premier League play-off to gain promotion.

6 June 2015

14:30

Broughty Athletic	1–2	Armadale Thistle

Whitton Park, Broughty Ferry

Referee: Mike Roncone

10 June 2015

19:30

Armadale Thistle	3–4	Broughty Athletic
Penalties
	5–6

Volunteer Park, Armadale

Referee: Duncan Smith

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