2011–12 East Superleague
| Season | 2011–12 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic |
| Relegated | Bathgate Thistle |
| Matches played | 110 |
| Goals scored | 368 (3.35 per match) |
| Biggest home win | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 5–0 Bathgate Thistle 7 April 2012 |
| Biggest away win | Bathgate Thistle 1–7 Carnoustie Panmure 14 April 2012 |
| Highest scoring | Linlithgow Rose 5–3 Bathgate Thistle 18 February 2012 Bathgate Thistle 1–7 Carnoustie Panmure 14 April 2012 |
| Longest winning run | Bathgate Thistle (4) 12 November 2011 – 14 January 2012 Linlithgow Rose 18 February 2012 – 10 March 2012 |
| Longest unbeaten run | Hill of Beath Hawthorn (11) 3 September 2011 – 25 February 2012 |
| Longest losing run | Carnoustie Panmure (7) 24 September 2011 – 18 February 2012 |
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The 2011–12 East Superleague was the tenth Superleague competition since the formation of the Scottish Junior Football Association, East Region in 2002. The season began on 27 August 2011. The winners of this competition gain direct entry to round one of the 2012–13 Scottish Cup. Only the bottom placed side were relegated to the East Premier League after the resignation of Forfar West End in October 2011.[1]
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic won the championship on the final day of the season.[2] Founder members Bathgate Thistle were relegated from the Superleague for the first time.
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Member clubs for the 2011–12 season
Bo'ness United are the reigning champions. St Andrews United and Carnoustie Panmure were promoted from the East Premier League and replace Newtongrange Star and Tayport.
Forfar West End were unable to guarantee fulfilling their fixtures and withdrew from the league on 18 October 2011.[3]
| Club | Location | Ground | Manager | Finishing position 2010–11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bathgate Thistle | Bathgate | Creamery Park | Derek Strickland | 8th |
| Bo'ness United | Bo'ness | Newtown Park | Paul Ronald | Champions |
| Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | Bonnyrigg | New Dundas Park | Max Christie | 4th |
| Camelon Juniors | Camelon | Carmuirs Park | Danny Smith | 10th |
| Carnoustie Panmure | Carnoustie | Laing Park | Ian Gilzean | East Premier League, 2nd |
| Hill of Beath Hawthorn | Hill of Beath | Keirs Park | Jock Finlayson | 2nd |
| Kelty Hearts | Kelty | Central Park | Keith Burgess | 9th |
| Linlithgow Rose | Linlithgow | Prestonfield | Mark Bradley | 3rd |
| Lochee United | Dundee | Thomson Park | Paul Ritchie | 5th |
| Musselburgh Athletic | Musselburgh | Olivebank Stadium | David McGlynn | 7th |
| St Andrews United | St Andrews | Recreation Park | Jim Hardie | East Premier League, 1st |
Managerial changes
| Club | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bathgate Thistle | Graeme Love | Sacked [4] | 18 March 2012 | 5th | Derek Strickland [5] | 20 April 2012 (season complete) |
Table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic (C) | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 48 | 23 | +25 | 43 | Qualification to 2012–13 Scottish Cup |
| 2 | Hill of Beath Hawthorn | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 23 | +16 | 38 | |
| 3 | Linlithgow Rose | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 32 | +10 | 35 | |
| 4 | Bo'ness United | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 26 | −1 | 27 | |
| 5 | Kelty Hearts | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 26 | −2 | 26 | |
| 6 | Camelon Juniors | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 25 | |
| 7 | Lochee United | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 24 | |
| 8 | Musselburgh Athletic | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 22 | |
| 9 | St Andrews United | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 40 | −12 | 22 | |
| 10 | Carnoustie Panmure | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 21 | |
| 11 | Bathgate Thistle (R) | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 48 | −21 | 21 | Relegation to East Premier League |
| 12 | Forfar West End | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0† | Club in abeyance, record expunged |
Updated to games played on 26 May 2012.
Source: East Region SJFA
†Forfar West End went into abeyance on 18 October 2011 and resigned from the league. Their record (Pld4 W0 D0 L4 GF1 GA25 Pts0) was expunged.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
| Home ╲ Away | BATH | BONE | BONN | CAME | CARN | FORF | HOBH | KELT | LINL | LOCH | MUSS | SAND |
| Bathgate Thistle | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–7 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | ||
| Bo'ness United | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 3–0 | ||
| Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 5–2 | ||
| Camelon Juniors | 5–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | ||
| Carnoustie Panmure | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | ||
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| Hill of Beath Hawthorn | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | ||
| Kelty Hearts | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | ||
| Linlithgow Rose | 5–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | ||
| Lochee United | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | ||
| Musselburgh Athletic | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 4–1 | ||
| St Andrews United | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 3–2 |
Updated to games played on 26 May 2012.
Source: East Region SJFA
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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