2011–12 East Superleague

ACA Sports 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

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.

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
1 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic (C) 20 13 4 3 48 23+25 43 Qualification for 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 25 261 27
5 Kelty Hearts 20 7 5 8 24 262 26
6 Camelon Juniors 20 7 4 9 30 29+1 25
7 Lochee United 20 7 3 10 32 375 24
8 Musselburgh Athletic 20 6 4 10 41 454 22
9 St Andrews United 20 6 4 10 28 4012 22
10 Carnoustie Panmure 20 5 6 9 32 397 21
11 Bathgate Thistle (R) 20 5 6 9 27 4821 21 Relegation to East Premier League
12 Forfar West End 0 0 0 0 0 00 00 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 BAT BNS BRGCAMCARFWEHOBKELLTHLOCMUSSTA
Bathgate Thistle 00 22 10 17 03 10 12 02 33 21
Bo'ness United 11 32 20 33 11 10 22 24 03 30
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 50 20 02 00 02 21 31 41 41 52
Camelon Juniors 51 31 33 20 03 31 11 01 33 01
Carnoustie Panmure 22 10 01 14 13 22 32 13 22 11
Forfar West End
Hill of Beath Hawthorn 21 20 13 10 12 12 20 22 03 11
Kelty Hearts 22 02 01 10 02 11 21 31 13 20
Linlithgow Rose 53 11 22 41 31 33 01 10 31 31
Lochee United 12 02 13 12 21 14 00 12 33 12
Musselburgh Athletic 12 01 14 20 52 24 13 13 03 41
St Andrews United 42 10 02 11 20 02 22 23 34 32

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.

References

  1. "Sad times as top local club goes into abeyance". Kirriemuir Herald. 26 October 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  2. John Gilmour (28 May 2012). "Deserved plaudits for Bonnyrigg as McKenna’s strike clinches title". The Scotsman. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  3. "'I fear there may be more' — Forfar West End's problems a sign of financial pressures facing junior football". The Courier. 20 October 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  4. John Gilmour (19 March 2012). "Love sacked". The Scotsman. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  5. "Strickland for Bathgate". West Lothian Courier. 21 April 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.