2018–19 East Superleague

The 2018–19 East Super League (known as the McBookie.com East Superleague for sponsorship reasons) was the 17th season of the East Superleague, the top tier of league competition for SJFA East Region member clubs.

McBookie.com East Superleague

Season	2018–19
Dates	4 August 2018 – 27 May 2019
Champions	Lochee United
Matches played	132
Goals scored	521 (3.95 per match)
Biggest home win	Fauldhouse United 7–0 Kirriemuir Thistle (20 April 2019)
Biggest away win	Kirriemuir Thistle 0–8 Lochee United (25 August 2018)
Highest scoring	Downfield 5–6 Broughty Athletic (13 May 2019)
Longest winning run	12 matches: Lochee United
Longest unbeaten run	22 matches: Lochee United
Longest winless run	8 matches: Glenrothes
Longest losing run	5 matches: Kennoway Star Hearts Glenrothes
← 2017–18 2019–20 → All statistics correct as of 27 May 2019.

The season began on 4 August 2018 and ended on 27 May 2019. Bonnyrigg Rose were the reigning champions but cannot defend their title after moving to the East of Scotland Football League.

Lochee United won their third title with two games remaining on 20 May 2019 after a 2–0 win away to Forfar West End, before going on to end the season unbeaten. As winners they enter the 2019–20 Scottish Cup at the preliminary round stage.

Teams

 

 

Dundee

 

Fife

 

Carnoustie Panmure

 

Fauldhouse United

 

Forfar West End

 

Kirriemuir Thistle

 

Whitburn

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Location of teams in 2018–19 East Super League

 

 

Broughty Athletic

 

Downfield

 

Lochee United

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Location of teams in 2018–19 East Super League within Dundee

 

 

Glenrothes

 

Kennoway Star Hearts

 

Tayport

 

Thornton Hibs

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Location of teams in 2018–19 East Super League within Fife

For the 2018–19 season, league reconstruction reduced the Superleague from sixteen to twelve teams after 24 Junior clubs moved to the East of Scotland Football League^[1]

The following teams changed division after the 2017–18 season.

To East Superleague

Promoted from East Premier League

• Downfield
• Fauldhouse United
• Glenrothes
• Kirriemuir Thistle
• Tayport
• Thornton Hibs
• Whitburn

From East Superleague

Transferred to East of Scotland League

• Bo'ness United
• Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic
• Broxburn Athletic
• Camelon Juniors
• Dundonald Bluebell
• Hill of Beath Hawthorn
• Jeanfield Swifts
• Linlithgow Rose
• Newtongrange Star
• Penicuik Athletic
• Sauchie Juniors

Stadia and locations

Club	Location	Home Ground	Capacity	Seats	Floodlit	Manager	Finishing position 2017–18
Broughty Athletic	Dundee	Whitton Park	2,500	0	No	Jamie McCunnie	10th
Carnoustie Panmure	Carnoustie	Laing Park	1,500	0	No	Phil McGuire	12th
Downfield	Dundee	Downfield Park	2,500	13	Yes	Paul Marr	10th in Premier League
Fauldhouse United	Fauldhouse	Park View	2,000		No	Jon Connolly	2nd in Premier League
Forfar West End	Forfar	Strathmore Park	2,500	0	No	Daryl McKenzie	16th
Glenrothes	Glenrothes	Warout Stadium	5,000	730	No	Barry Cockburn & Kevin Smith	9th in Premier League
Kennoway Star Hearts	Star	Treaton Park	1,000	0	Yes	Kevin Byers	15th
Kirriemuir Thistle	Kirriemuir	Westview Park	2,000	32	Yes	Chris Kettles	16th in Premier League
Lochee United	Dundee	Thomson Park	3,200	0	No	George Shields	6th
Tayport	Tayport	Canniepairt	2,000	0	No	Stevie Kay	4th in Premier League
Thornton Hibs	Thornton	Memorial Park	1,800	0	No	Craig Gilbert	6th in Premier League
Whitburn	Whitburn	Central Park	3,000	38	No	Jason Bolam	15th in Premier League

Managerial changes

Club	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Kennoway Star Hearts	Craig Johnstone	Resigned^[2]	11 September 2018	12th	Kevin Byers^[3]	1 October 2018
Glenrothes	Willie Campbell	Resigned^[4]	16 September 2018	9th	Barry Cockburn & Kevin Smith^[5]	3 October 2018
Carnoustie Panmure	Alan McSkimming	Resigned^[6]	17 September 2018	7th	Phil McGuire^[7]	26 September 2018
Tayport	Charlie King	Mutual consent^[8]	29 October 2018	6th	Stevie Kay^[9]	12 November 2018

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lochee United (C)	22	20	2	0	71	11	+60	62	Qualification for 2019–20 Scottish Cup
2	Broughty Athletic	22	17	2	3	55	21	+34	53
3	Thornton Hibs	22	12	2	8	51	37	+14	38
4	Whitburn Juniors	22	11	3	8	58	53	+5	36
5	Tayport	22	10	3	9	42	37	+5	33
6	Forfar West End	22	8	5	9	37	36	+1	29
7	Carnoustie Panmure	22	8	4	10	37	43	−6	28
8	Kennoway Star Hearts	22	8	2	12	38	39	−1	26
9	Kirriemuir Thistle	22	6	4	12	41	62	−21	22
10	Fauldhouse United	22	5	4	13	34	56	−22	19
11	Downfield	22	6	1	15	33	61	−28	19
12	Glenrothes	22	3	4	15	24	65	−41	13	Resigned membership, joined East of Scotland League

Source: East Region SJFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	BRO	CAR	DOW	FAU	FWE	GLE	KSH	KIR	LOC	TAY	THO	WHI
Broughty Athletic		5–0	5–0	2–0	1–0	5–1	0–0	2–0	0–2	1–0	3–1	4–3
Carnoustie Panmure	1–2		2–3	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	0–4	1–1	3–0	5–4
Downfield	5–6	1–0		4–1	0–2	4–0	2–3	2–2	0–3	0–2	1–6	3–1
Fauldhouse United	0–3	3–0	3–1		3–2	2–2	0–1	7–0	0–4	1–1	0–4	1–2
Forfar West End	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–1		6–0	2–1	2–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–3
Glenrothes	0–2	1–5	0–1	3–1	1–1		1–5	3–3	1–2	2–0	0–5	3–2
Kennoway Star Hearts	0–1	2–4	2–0	4–0	0–3	3–0		4–0	0–2	3–5	0–1	2–3
Kirriemuir Thistle	1–0	4–1	4–0	1–3	5–3	5–0	2–3		0–8	2–1	0–4	3–4
Lochee United	2–2	2–1	5–1	5–0	2–2	4–1	2–1	3–0		3–0	6–1	6–1
Tayport	3–2	4–1	3–1	4–1	2–1	4–3	3–1	3–0	0–2		0–3	1–2
Thornton Hibs	0–4	0–1	5–2	6–2	1–4	1–0	2–2	3–2	0–1	2–1		5–2
Whitburn	1–3	2–1	5–2	3–3	5–0	2–2	4–1	4–4	0–1	3–2	2–0

Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2019. Source: East Region SJFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

1. Glenrothes, Thornton Hibs and Kennoway Star Hearts in East Superleague 2018-19
2. Kennoway Star Hearts [@KSHJFC13] (11 September 2018). "Craig Johnstone has stepped down in his role as manager with immediate effect" (Tweet). Retrieved 17 September 2018 – via Twitter.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
3. Inglis, Scott (1 October 2018). "Byers brought back in by Kennoway". Fife Today. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
4. Turnbull, Craig (17 September 2018). "Glenrothes Juniors: Manager Willie Campbell resigns". Fife Today. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
5. "Glenrothes Juniors". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
6. "Carnoustie Panmure Football Club". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
7. Wilson, Fraser (29 September 2018). "Phil McGuire on turning down senior offers as he takes over at Carnoustie". Daily Record. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
8. Inglis, Scott (30 October 2018). "Tayport manager King departs the Canniepairt". Fife Today. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
9. "Kay can't wait for Tayport challenge". Fife Today. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2018.