2020–21 East of Scotland Football League
Season | 2020–21 |
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Dates | 9 October 2020 – 11 April 2021 (abandoned) |
← 2019–20 2021–22 → |
The 2020–21 East of Scotland Football League (known as the Central Taxis East of Scotland League for sponsorship reasons) was the 92nd season of the East of Scotland Football League, and the 7th season as the sixth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. Bo'ness United were the reigning champions but could not defend their title after being promoted to the Lowland Football League.
The start of the league season was delayed until October 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and games were played behind closed doors due to Scottish Government restrictions.
On 11 January 2021 the league was suspended by the
Teams
The following teams changed division after the 2019–20 season.
To East of Scotland Football League
Returned from Abeyance
Transferred from East Superleague North
Transferred from East Superleague South
Transferred from East Premier League South
Transferred from
From East of Scotland Football League
Promoted to Lowland Football League
Premier Division
Season | 2020–21 |
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Dates | 9 October 2020 – 11 April 2021 (abandoned) |
Matches played | 95 |
Goals scored | 379 (3.99 per match) |
Biggest home win | Camelon Juniors 8–0 Tynecastle (19 December 2020) |
Biggest away win | Blackburn United 0–6 Jeanfield Swifts (10 October 2020) |
Highest scoring | Jeanfield Swifts 6–3 Whitehill Welfare (17 October 2020) Tranent Juniors |
Longest winless run | 10 matches: Whitehill Welfare |
Longest losing run | 9 matches: Whitehill Welfare |
← 2019–20
All statistics correct as of 29 December 2020. |
Teams
No clubs were relegated at the end of the 2019–20 season. Therefore all clubs remain in the Premier Division (except promoted Bo'ness United) along with the winners of First Division Conference A and B (Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale and Tynecastle), plus the runners-up with the best points per game record (Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts).
Stadia and locations
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Tranent Juniors
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12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 15 | +21 | 28 |
2 | Jeanfield Swifts | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 7 | +20 | 23 |
3 | Linlithgow Rose | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 13 | +10 | 22 |
4 | Musselburgh Athletic | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 22 |
5 | Camelon Juniors | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 13 | +20 | 20 |
6 | Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 20 | +2 | 19 |
7 | Penicuik Athletic | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 16 |
8 | Dundonald Bluebell | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 16 |
9 | Newtongrange Star | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 22 | +2 | 16 |
10 | Broxburn Athletic | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 24 | +1 | 16 |
11 | Sauchie Juniors | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 15 |
12 | Hill of Beath Hawthorn | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 15 |
13 | Tynecastle | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 14 |
14 | Dunbar United | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 30 | −18 | 11 |
15 | Crossgates Primrose | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 25 | −10 | 10 |
16 | Blackburn United | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 39 | −24 | 3 |
17 | Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 34 | −26 | 3 |
18 | Whitehill Welfare | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 32 | −22 | 1 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Results
First Division
The 31 First Division clubs were assigned a place in Conference A or B based on their performances in the 2019–20 season.[21]