2012–13 East Superleague

McBookie.com East Superleague

Season	2012–13
Champions	Linlithgow Rose
Matches played	132
Goals scored	463 (3.51 per match)
Biggest home win	Linlithgow Rose 7–0 Lochee United 27 April 2013
Biggest away win	St Andrews United 1–6 Bo'ness United 6 October 2012
Highest scoring	Musselburgh Athletic 5–4 Lochee United 18 May 2013
Longest winning run	(11) Linlithgow Rose 10 November 2012 – 11 May 2013
Longest unbeaten run	(22) Linlithgow Rose whole season undefeated
Longest losing run	(8) St Andrews United 2 May 2013 – season end
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 East Superleague was the eleventh Superleague competition since the formation of the Scottish Junior Football Association, East Region in 2002. The season began on 1 September 2012. The winners of this competition gain direct entry to round one of the 2013–14 Scottish Cup.

There was no relegation this season as the Superleague expanded to 16 clubs in 2013–14.

Linlithgow Rose won the title on 27 April 2013 and become the first club to win the East Superleague on three occasions and also becoming the first team to go the full season unbeaten in the league.

Member clubs for the 2012–13 season

Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic were the reigning champions.

Sauchie Juniors and Broxburn Athletic were promoted from the East Premier League and replace Bathgate Thistle, who were relegated, and Forfar West End, who resigned from the 2011–12 competition in October 2011 after four matches.

Club	Location	Ground	Manager	Finishing position 2011–12
Bo'ness United	Bo'ness	Newtown Park	Allan McGonigal	4th
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	Bonnyrigg	New Dundas Park	Max Christie	Champions
Broxburn Athletic	Broxburn	Albyn Park	Steve Pittman	East Premier League, 2nd
Camelon Juniors	Camelon	Carmuirs Park	Danny Smith	6th
Carnoustie Panmure	Carnoustie	Laing Park	Alan McSkimming	10th
Hill of Beath Hawthorn	Hill of Beath	Keirs Park	Jock Finlayson	2nd
Kelty Hearts	Kelty	Central Park	Willie Newbigging	5th
Linlithgow Rose	Linlithgow	Prestonfield	Mark Bradley	3rd
Lochee United	Dundee	Thomson Park	Paul Ritchie	7th
Musselburgh Athletic	Musselburgh	Olivebank Stadium	David McGlynn	8th
St Andrews United	St Andrews	Recreation Park	Jim Hardie	9th
Sauchie Juniors	Sauchie	Beechwood Park	Fraser Duncan	East Premier League, 1st

Managerial changes

Club	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Bo'ness United	Paul Ronald	Sacked	2 September 2012	11th	Allan McGonigal	29 October 2012
Carnoustie Panmure	Ian Gilzean	Left by mutual consent	9 March 2013	9th	Alan McSkimming	9 May 2013
Kelty Hearts	Keith Burgess	Resigned	31 May 2013	5th	Willie Newbigging	2 June 2013
Lochee United	Paul Ritchie	Resigned	End of season	10th	Steven Leahy	7 June 2013

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Linlithgow Rose (C)	22	19	3	0	59	15	+44	60	Qualification to 2013–14 Scottish Cup
2	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	22	12	5	5	58	36	+22	41
3	Camelon Juniors	22	12	3	7	50	39	+11	39
4	Bo'ness United	22	11	5	6	44	32	+12	38
5	Kelty Hearts	22	8	4	10	33	33	0	28
6	Broxburn Athletic	22	8	4	10	31	32	−1	28
7	Musselburgh Athletic	22	8	3	11	32	37	−5	27
8	Hill of Beath Hawthorn	22	7	5	10	38	38	0	26
9	Carnoustie Panmure	22	8	2	12	33	52	−19	26
10	Lochee United	22	7	4	11	33	51	−18	25
11	Sauchie Juniors	22	6	6	10	27	31	−4	24
12	St Andrews United	22	3	2	17	24	66	−42	11

Updated to games played on 15 June 2013.
Source: East Region SJFA
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

BONE

BONN

BROX

CAME

CARN

HOBH

KELT

LINL

LOCH

MUSS

SAND

SAUC

Bo'ness United

4–2

2–0

2–1

3–0

3–1

1–2

0–0

2–2

1–0

3–0

1–1

Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic

3–1

2–1

2–4

5–3

2–2

3–2

1–2

5–1

4–0

4–0

2–2

Broxburn Athletic

3–0

2–2

3–1

3–1

3–0

1–0

0–1

2–0

1–3

1–2

1–0

Camelon Juniors

0–4

3–1

1–1

2–2

2–1

5–1

0–2

3–2

2–1

6–1

2–0

Carnoustie Panmure

5–1

1–2

1–3

2–1

3–2

1–0

0–2

3–2

0–5

1–0

1–3

Hill of Beath Hawthorn

1–2

3–5

5–1

2–1

6–2

2–2

0–2

4–0

0–1

1–3

2–1

Kelty Hearts

1–2

0–3

1–1

1–2

2–1

0–0

1–2

1–2

4–0

4–2

2–1

Linlithgow Rose

3–2

2–2

2–0

4–3

2–0

4–1

1–1

7–0

2–0

4–1

3–0

Lochee United

4–2

2–4

1–0

1–1

1–2

0–0

1–2

2–5

1–1

2–1

2–0

Musselburgh Athletic

1–1

1–0

2–2

2–3

1–2

1–2

1–0

0–4

5–4

4–1

1–2

St Andrews United

1–6

0–4

2–1

2–4

2–2

0–3

0–2

1–4

1–2

0–2

2–2

Sauchie Juniors

1–1

0–0

3–1

2–3

4–0

0–0

1–4

0–1

0–1

1–0

4–2

Updated to games played on 15 June 2013.
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.