2020–21 East Premiership

The 2020–21 East Premiership (known as the McBookie.com East Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the 19th season of league competition for SJFA East Region member clubs. This was effectively a continuation of the East Superleague but with fewer member clubs in the East Region all teams were in a single tier with no promotion or relegation.

McBookie.com East Premiership

Season	2020–21
Dates	21 November 2020 – 16 March 2021 (abandoned)
← 2019–20 2021-22 (Midlands League) →

The league was renamed to East Premiership and was split into North and South regional divisions, containing 17 and 13 teams respectively.^[1] The winners of each division were due to play each other in a play-off to determine the overall champion. The start of the league season was delayed until November 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and games were played behind closed doors due to Scottish Government restrictions. Lochee United continued as the reigning champions due to the previous season being declared null and void.^[2]

On 7 January 2021 the East Region chose to suspend the season until 6 February, due to new restrictions in place because of the rising number of COVID-19 cases.^[3] On 16 March the Scottish Junior Football Association's management committee ended the season declared all competitions null and void for a second successive season.^[4]

Teams

The following teams changed division after the 2019–20 season.

To East Superleague

Promoted from East Premier League North

• Arbroath Victoria
• Blairgowrie
• Brechin Victoria
• Coupar Angus
• Dundee Violet
• East Craigie
• Forfar United
• Lochee Harp

Promoted from East Premier League South

• Bo'ness United Junior
• Linlithgow Rose Community
• Sauchie Juniors Community
• Stoneyburn
• Syngenta
• West Calder United

From East Superleague

Transferred to East of Scotland League

• Luncarty
• Kennoway Star Hearts
• Lochore Welfare
• Thornton Hibs

North

McBookie.com East Region Premiership North

Season	2020–21
Dates	21 November 2020 – 16 March 2021
Matches played	33
Goals scored	152 (4.61 per match)
Biggest home win	East Craigie 12–0 Coupar Angus (21 November 2020)
Biggest away win	Coupar Angus 0–11 Lochee United (28 November 2020)
Highest scoring	East Craigie 12–0 Coupar Angus (21 November 2020)
Longest winning run	5 matches: Lochee United
Longest unbeaten run	5 matches: Lochee United
Longest winless run	5 matches: Lochee Harp
Longest losing run	5 matches: Lochee Harp
← 2019–20 All statistics correct as of 19 December 2020.

Stadia and locations

Club	Location	Home Ground	Capacity	Seats	Floodlit	Finishing position 2018–19
Arbroath Victoria	Arbroath	Ogilvy Park[5]	4,000	0	Yes	10th in Premier League North
Blairgowrie	Blairgowrie	Davie Park[6]	2,500	0	No	8th in Premier League North
Brechin Victoria	Brechin	Victoria Park[7]	600	100	Yes	9th in Premier League North
Broughty Athletic	Dundee	Whitton Park[8]	2,500	0	Yes	2nd
Carnoustie Panmure	Carnoustie	Laing Park[9]	1,500	0	No	7th
Coupar Angus	Coupar Angus	Foxhall Park[10]	1,800	0	Yes	12th in Premier League North
Downfield	Dundee	Downfield Park[11]	2,500	13	Yes	11th
Dundee North End	Dundee	North End Park[12]	2,000	0	Yes	1st in Premier League North
Dundee Violet	Dundee	Glenesk Park[13]	2,000	0	No	6th in Premier League North
East Craigie	Dundee	Craigie Park[14]	3,300	0	No	5th in Premier League North
Forfar United	Forfar	Guthrie Park[15]	2,500	0	No	11th in Premier League North
Forfar West End	Forfar	Strathmore Park[16]	2,500	0	No	6th
Kirriemuir Thistle	Kirriemuir	Westview Park[17]	2,000	32	Yes	9th
Lochee Harp	Dundee	Downfield Park[18]	2,500	13	Yes	7th in Premier League North
Lochee United	Dundee	Thomson Park[19]	3,200	0	No	1st
Scone Thistle	Scone	Farquharson Park[20]	1,000	0	No	4th in Premier League North
Tayport	Tayport	Canniepairt[21]	2,000	0	No	5th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Lochee United	5	5	0	0	22	2	+20	15	All clubs transferred to the Midlands League
2	Tayport	4	4	0	0	14	2	+12	12
3	Broughty Athletic	5	4	0	1	14	6	+8	12
4	East Craigie	4	3	0	1	24	4	+20	9
5	Carnoustie Panmure	4	3	0	1	20	7	+13	9
6	Arbroath Victoria	3	3	0	0	12	2	+10	9
7	Downfield	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
8	Brechin Victoria	5	1	2	2	8	15	−7	5
9	Dundee Violet	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
10	Forfar West End	4	1	1	2	5	9	−4	4
11	Forfar United	5	1	1	3	8	13	−5	4
12	Kirriemuir Thistle	4	1	0	3	6	8	−2	3
13	Dundee North End	3	0	2	1	4	6	−2	2
14	Blairgowrie	4	0	0	4	3	10	−7	0
15	Scone Thistle	3	0	0	3	1	16	−15	0
16	Lochee Harp	5	0	0	5	2	22	−20	0
17	Coupar Angus	2	0	0	2	0	23	−23	0

Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2020. Source: SJFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results

Each team was due to play every other team once, for a total of 16 fixtures.^[1]

Home \ Away	ARB	BLA	BRE	BRO	CAR	COU	DOW	DNE	DUV	ECR	FWE	FUN	KIR	LHA	LOU	SCO	TAY
Arbroath Victoria													4–1	5–0
Blairgowrie							0–1										0–1
Brechin Victoria		5–2		0–3				2–2
Broughty Athletic		3–1					1–3		2–0
Carnoustie Panmure												2–5				10–0
Coupar Angus															0–11
Downfield			1–1
Dundee North End									1–1
Dundee Violet												3–2
East Craigie						12–0						4–0					1–3
Forfar West End				2–5										1–0
Forfar United											1–1				0–3
Kirriemuir Thistle					1–2											3–0
Lochee Harp					1–6					1–7
Lochee United								3–1					2–1	3–0
Scone Thistle	1–3
Tayport			7–0								3–1

Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2020. Source: SJFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

South

McBookie.com East Region Premiership South

Season	2020–21
Dates	21 November 2020 – 16 March 2021
Matches played	15
Goals scored	67 (4.47 per match)
Biggest home win	Syngenta 6–0 Sauchie Juniors Community (21 November 2020)
Biggest away win	Pumpherston 1–6 Syngenta (28 November 2020)
Highest scoring	Syngenta 5–3 West Calder United (19 December 2020)
Longest winning run	2 matches: 3 teams
Longest unbeaten run	3 matches: Bo'ness United Junior & Syngenta
Longest winless run	3 matches: Bathgate Thistle & Sauchie Juniors Community
Longest losing run	3 matches: Bathgate Thistle & Sauchie Juniors Community
← 2019–20 All statistics correct as of 19 December 2020.

Stadia and locations

Club	Location	Home Ground	Capacity	Seats	Floodlit	Finishing position 2018–19
Armadale Thistle	Armadale	Volunteer Park[22]	3,000	0	Yes	3rd in Premier League South
Bathgate Thistle	Bathgate	Creamery Park[23]	3,000	0	Yes	4th in Premier League South
Bo'ness United Junior	Bo'ness	Newtown Park[24]	2,500	0	Yes	n/a
Fauldhouse United	Fauldhouse	Park View[25]	2,000	100	No	10th
Harthill Royal	Harthill	Gibbshill Park[26]	1,800	0	No	6th in Premier League South
Livingston United	Livingston	Station Park[27]	2,000	0	Yes	2nd in Premier League South
Pumpherston	Pumpherston	Recreation Park[28]	2,700	0	No	1st in Premier League South
Sauchie Juniors Community	Sauchie	Beechwood Park[29]	5,000	200	Yes	n/a
Stoneyburn	Stoneyburn	Beechwood Park[30]	4,000	0	No	7th in Premier League South
Syngenta	Denny	Westfield Park[31]				n/a
West Calder United	West Calder	Hermand Park[32]	1,000	0	No	9th in Premier League South
Whitburn	Whitburn	Central Park[33]	3,000	38	No	4th

Withdrew

Club	Location	Home Ground	Capacity	Seats	Floodlit	Finishing position 2018–19
Linlithgow Rose Community	Linlithgow	Xcite Linlithgow[34]	500	0	Yes	n/a

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Syngenta	5	3	1	1	19	7	+12	10	Resigned membership, joined East of Scotland League
2	Bo'ness United Junior	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
3	Armadale Thistle	2	2	0	0	8	2	+6	6
4	Fauldhouse United	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	6
5	Livingston United	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4
6	West Calder United	3	1	0	2	9	7	+2	3
7	Whitburn Juniors	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	3
8	Stoneyburn	2	0	2	0	4	4	0	2
9	Pumpherston	2	0	1	1	4	9	−5	1
10	Harthill Royal	1	0	0	1	1	6	−5	0	Resigned membership, joined West of Scotland League
11	Bathgate Thistle	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0	Resigned membership, joined East of Scotland League
12	Sauchie Juniors Community	3	0	0	3	3	12	−9	0	Resigned membership

Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2020. Source: SJFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results

Each team was due to play every other team twice, for a total of 22 fixtures.^[1]

Home \ Away	ARM	BAT	BUJ	FAU	HAR	LIV	PUM	SJC	STO	SYN	WCU	WHI
Armadale Thistle					6–1
Bathgate Thistle				1–2
Bo'ness United Junior		2–0										3–1
Fauldhouse United
Harthill Royal
Livingston United								3–2
Pumpherston										1–6
Sauchie Juniors Community												1–3
Stoneyburn						1–1	3–3
Syngenta	1–2		1–1					6–0			5–3
West Calder United		5–0		1–2
Whitburn Juniors

Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2020. Source: SJFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

1. East Region Structure, scottishjuniorfa.com, Retrieved 12 December 2020.
2. Phil McGuire bewildered by null and void decision that has cost Carnoustie Juniors title, dailyrecord.co.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
3. Calls for Lowland League to be suspended amid Covid lockdown as Juniors put their campaign on hold, dailyrecord.co.uk, Retrieved 9 January 2021.
4. @eastregion_sjfa (16 March 2021). "Following today's update from the Scottish Government stating that adult contact training/football will not be allowed until 17th May 2021, the management committee of the Scottish Junior FA have decided to end season 2020/2021 and declare all competitions null & void" (Tweet). Retrieved 2021-03-16 – via Twitter.
5. Arbroath Victoria, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
6. Blairgowrie, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
7. Brechin Victoria, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
8. Broughty Athletic, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
9. Carnoustie Panmure, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
10. Coupar Angus, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
11. Downfield, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
12. Dundee North End, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
13. Dundee Violet, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
14. East Craigie, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
15. Forfar United, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
16. Forfar West End, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
17. Kirriemuir Thistle, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
18. Lochee Harp, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
19. Lochee United, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
20. Scone Thistle, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
21. Tayport, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
22. Armadale Thistle, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
23. Bathgate Thistle, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
24. Bo'ness United Junior Archived 2021-05-21 at the Wayback Machine, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
25. Fauldhouse United, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
26. Harthill Royal, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
27. Livingston United, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
28. Pumpherston, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
29. Sauchie Juniors Community Archived 2021-05-11 at the Wayback Machine, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
30. Stoneyburn, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
31. Syngenta, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
32. West Calder United, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
33. Whitburn, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
34. Linlithgow Rose Community Archived 2021-10-26 at the Wayback Machine, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.

External links

• Official website