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2016–17
Season information
Season statistics
Matches played 233
Goals scored 819
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The 2016–17 East Superleague is the fifteenth Superleague competition since the formation of the Scottish Junior Football Association, East Region in 2002. The winners of this competition are eligible to enter the 2017–18 Scottish Cup. The season began on 6 August 2016.

Member clubs for the 2016–17 season[]

Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic are the reigning champions.

St Andrews United and Tayport were relegated to the East Premier League at the end of the 2015–16 season and are replaced by Jeanfield Swifts and Dundonald Bluebell.

Lochee United were also promoted from the East Premier League after defeating Sauchie Juniors 10–0 on aggregate in the East Region Super/Premier League Play Off.

Club Location Ground Manager Finishing position 2015–16
Bo'ness United Bo'ness Newtown Park Allan McGonigal 4th
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic Bonnyrigg New Dundas Park Robbie Horn Champions
Broughty Athletic Dundee Whitton Park Keith Gibson 10th
Broxburn Athletic Broxburn Albyn Park Max Christie 6th
Camelon Juniors Camelon Carmuirs Park Gordon Herd 11th
Carnoustie Panmure Carnoustie Laing Park Alan McSkimming 12th
Dundonald Bluebell Cardenden Moorside Park Stevie Kay East Premier League, 2nd
Fauldhouse United Fauldhouse Park View Jon Connolly 13th
Hill of Beath Hawthorn Hill of Beath Keirs Park 8th
Jeanfield Swifts Perth Riverside Park Ross Gunnion East Premier League, 1st
Kelty Hearts Kelty New Central Park Tam Courts 2nd
Linlithgow Rose Linlithgow Prestonfield Jimmy Crease & Alan Miller (caretakers) 3rd
Lochee United Dundee Thomson Park George Shields East Premier League, 3rd
Musselburgh Athletic Musselburgh Olivebank Stadium Calvin Shand 7th
Newtongrange Star Newtongrange New Victoria Park Stevie McLeish 5th
Penicuik Athletic Penicuik Penicuik Park Johnny Harvey 9th

Managerial changes[]

Club Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Fauldhouse United David Cowan Resigned 13 June 2016 Close season Stephen Findlay 24 June 2016
Lochee United Steven Leahy Resigned 23 June 2016 Close season George Shields 1 July 2016
Penicuik Athletic Craig Meikle Resigned 28 June 2016 Close season Johnny Harvey 30 June 2016
Dundonald Bluebell Craig Morrison Resigned 30 June 2016 Close season Stevie Kay 3 July 2016
Camelon Juniors Murray McDowell Sacked 27 September 2016 11th Gordon Herd 21 October 2016
Linlithgow Rose David McGlynn Resigned 3 October 2016 9th Todd Lumsden 31 October 2016
Fauldhouse United Stephen Findlay Resigned 21 December 2016 16th David Cowan 21 December 2016
Fauldhouse United David Cowan Sacked 21 February 2017 16th Jon Connolly 21 February 2017
Linlithgow Rose Todd Lumsden Sacked 2 May 2017 15th
Hill of Beath Hawthorn Bobby Wilson Mutual consent 14 May 2017 9th

League table[]

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Notes
1 Kelty Hearts 29 24 3 2 81 29 +52 75 Qualification to the 2017–18 Scottish Cup
2 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 26 21 0 5 60 20 +40 63
3 Template:Fb team Bo'ness United 30 17 4 9 73 34 +39 55
4 Template:Fb team Penicuik Athletic 30 14 7 9 65 47 +18 49
5 Template:Fb team Lochee United 28 14 4 10 49 43 +6 46
6 Template:Fb team Dundonald Bluebell 30 13 6 11 65 58 +7 45
7 Template:Fb team Broughty Athletic 29 12 7 10 44 52 −8 43
8 Template:Fb team Broxburn Athletic 30 12 6 12 69 57 +12 42
9 Template:Fb team Hill of Beath Hawthorn 30 9 7 14 42 53 −11 34
10 Template:Fb team Carnoustie Panmure 29 9 6 14 43 71 −28 33
11 Template:Fb team Jeanfield Swifts 28 8 8 12 51 68 −17 32
12 Template:Fb team Camelon Juniors 30 7 11 12 34 52 −18 32
13 Template:Fb team Linlithgow Rose 27 8 7 12 33 36 −3 31
14 Template:Fb team Newtongrange Star (Q) 30 7 9 14 43 62 −19 30 Qualification to the East Region League play-off
15 Template:Fb team Musselburgh Athletic (R) 30 6 11 13 42 48 −6 29 Relegation to the East Premier League
16 Template:Fb team Fauldhouse United (R) 30 3 2 25 25 89 −64 11

Updated to games played on 20 May 2017
Source: East Region SJFA
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Results[]

Home \ Away Template:Fb team Bo'ness United Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic Template:Fb team Broughty Athletic Template:Fb team Broxburn Athletic Template:Fb team Camelon Juniors Template:Fb team Carnoustie Panmure Template:Fb team Dundonald Bluebell Template:Fb team Fauldhouse United Template:Fb team Hill of Beath Hawthorn Template:Fb team Jeanfield Swifts Kelty Hearts Template:Fb team Linlithgow Rose Template:Fb team Lochee United Template:Fb team Musselburgh Athletic Template:Fb team Newtongrange Star Template:Fb team Penicuik Athletic
Template:Fb team Bo'ness United 2–3 3–0 0–1 0–0 4–1 2–1 7–0 1–2 5–1 1–2 2–0 3–4 5–1 4–1 5–0
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 2–0 4–0 3–1 1–0 4–0 2–0 1–0 2–4 3–0 1–2 3–0 3–0
Template:Fb team Broughty Athletic 0–1 0–6 1–6 0–1 3–4 3–1 3–2 1–0 3–3 0–0 2–2 2–0 2–2 1–0
Template:Fb team Broxburn Athletic 1–3 1–0 0–2 5–0 3–0 1–2 4–0 0–3 7–3 1–2 0–1 3–1 1–5 1–1 3–3
Template:Fb team Camelon Juniors 1–5 1–2 5–2 1–1 2–3 3–3 2–1 2–2 1–2 0–3 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–1
Template:Fb team Carnoustie Panmure 1–3 2–1 0–4 1–6 1–1 2–2 4–0 2–0 0–1 1–5 1–0 0–2 1–2 2–4 1–5
Template:Fb team Dundonald Bluebell 5–0 3–1 1–2 5–6 1–0 2–3 1–2 1–0 4–2 2–1 1–1 2–3 3–1 0–0 2–5
Template:Fb team Fauldhouse United 1–3 0–2 0–2 1–3 1–3 2–2 0–5 1–2 0–2 1–3 1–4 0–5 1–4 4–2 0–0
Template:Fb team Hill of Beath Hawthorn 0–2 2–3 1–3 3–3 0–1 1–1 4–4 3–1 3–1 2–5 1–0 0–2 1–1 3–0 0–2
Template:Fb team Jeanfield Swifts 0–5 1–3 1–1 3–3 4–0 2–2 2–3 1–3 3–1 2–3 0–0 2–1 4–4 2–3
Kelty Hearts 2–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 5–0 1–0 3–0 4–1 1–2 2–0 4–1 3–1 5–3 3–3
Template:Fb team Linlithgow Rose 0–3 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 4–1 2–0 0–1 0–2
Template:Fb team Lochee United 2–2 0–3 2–0 1–0 4–0 3–0 0–2 2–0 1–3 5–2 0–5 0–0 1–2 2–0
Template:Fb team Musselburgh Athletic 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 3–3 1–2 4–0 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–3
Template:Fb team Newtongrange Star 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 4–1 1–4 2–1 2–3 0–2 2–4 2–3 0–2 1–0 2–4
Template:Fb team Penicuik Athletic 1–1 1–4 1–1 5–3 1–1 0–2 5–1 6–1 4–0 4–0 0–1 0–2 2–3 1–1 3–0

Updated to games played on 20 May 2017
Source: East Region SJFA
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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