# 2016–17 East Superleague

The 2016–17 East Superleague (known as the McBookie.com East Superleague for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th season of the East Superleague, the top tier of league competition for SJFA East Region member clubs.
The season began on 6 August 2016 and ended on 3 June 2017. Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic were the reigning champions.
Kelty Hearts clinched the championship on 31 May 2017, the club's second title in three seasons. As winners they entered the preliminary round of the 2017–18 Scottish Cup.

## Teams

The following teams changed division prior to the 2016–17 season.

### To East Superleague

Promoted from East Premier League
* Jeanfield Swifts
* Dundonald Bluebell
* Lochee United

### From East Superleague

Relegated to East Premier League
* Sauchie Juniors
* St Andrews United
* Tayport

### Stadia and locations

| Club | Location | Ground | Manager | Finishing position 2015–16 |
| Bo'ness United | Bo'ness | Newtown Park | Allan McGonigal | 4th |
| Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | Bonnyrigg | New Dundas Park | Robbie Horn | Champions |
| Broughty Athletic | Dundee | Whitton Park | Keith Gibson | 10th |
| Broxburn Athletic | Broxburn | Albyn Park | Max Christie | 6th |
| Camelon Juniors | Camelon | Carmuirs Park | Gordon Herd | 11th |
| Carnoustie Panmure | Carnoustie | Laing Park | Alan McSkimming | 12th |
| Dundonald Bluebell | Cardenden | Moorside Park | Stevie Kay | East Premier League, 2nd |
| Fauldhouse United | Fauldhouse | Park View | Jon Connolly | 13th |
| Hill of Beath Hawthorn | Hill of Beath | Keirs Park | Kevin Fotheringham | 8th |
| Jeanfield Swifts | Perth | Riverside Park | Ross Gunnion | East Premier League, 1st |
| Kelty Hearts | Kelty | New Central Park | Tam Courts | 2nd |
| Linlithgow Rose | Linlithgow | Prestonfield | Mark Bradley | 3rd |
| Lochee United | Dundee | Thomson Park | George Shields | East Premier League, 3rd |
| Musselburgh Athletic | Musselburgh | Olivebank Stadium | Calvin Shand | 7th |
| Newtongrange Star | Newtongrange | New Victoria Park | Stevie McLeish | 5th |
| Penicuik Athletic | Penicuik | Penicuik Park | Johnny Harvey | 9th |

### Managerial changes

| Club | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Fauldhouse United | David Cowan | Resigned | 13 June 2016 | Close season | Stephen Findlay | 24 June 2016 |
| Lochee United | Steven Leahy | Resigned | 23 June 2016 | Close season | George Shields | 1 July 2016 |
| Penicuik Athletic | Craig Meikle | Resigned | 28 June 2016 | Close season | Johnny Harvey | 30 June 2016 |
| Dundonald Bluebell | Craig Morrison | Resigned | 30 June 2016 | Close season | Stevie Kay | 3 July 2016 |
| Camelon Juniors | Murray McDowell | Sacked | 27 September 2016 | 11th | Gordon Herd | 21 October 2016 |
| Linlithgow Rose | David McGlynn | Resigned | 3 October 2016 | 9th | Todd Lumsden | 31 October 2016 |
| Fauldhouse United | Stephen Findlay | Resigned | 21 December 2016 | 16th | David Cowan | 21 December 2016 |
| Fauldhouse United | David Cowan | Sacked | 21 February 2017 | 16th | Jon Connolly | 21 February 2017 |
| Linlithgow Rose | Todd Lumsden | Sacked | 2 May 2017 | 15th | Mark Bradley | 22 May 2017 |
| Hill of Beath Hawthorn | Bobby Wilson | Mutual consent | 14 May 2017 | 9th | Kevin Fotheringham | 20 May 2017 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Kelty Hearts (C) | 30 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 84 | 29 | +55 | 78 | Qualification for 2017–18 Scottish Cup |
| 2 | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | 30 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 70 | 25 | +45 | 69 | |
| 3 | Bo'ness United | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 73 | 34 | +39 | 55 | |
| 4 | Penicuik Athletic | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 65 | 47 | +18 | 49 | |
| 5 | Lochee United | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 53 | 48 | +5 | 49 | |
| 6 | Dundonald Bluebell | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 65 | 58 | +7 | 45 | |
| 7 | Broughty Athletic | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 46 | 55 | −9 | 43 | |
| 8 | Broxburn Athletic | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 69 | 57 | +12 | 42 | |
| 9 | Linlithgow Rose | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 40 | |
| 10 | Hill of Beath Hawthorn | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 34 | |
| 11 | Carnoustie Panmure | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 43 | 76 | −33 | 33 | |
| 12 | Camelon Juniors | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 52 | −18 | 32 | |
| 13 | Jeanfield Swifts | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 51 | 74 | −23 | 32 | |
| 14 | Newtongrange Star (Q) | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 43 | 62 | −19 | 30 | Qualification for East Region League play-off |
| 15 | Musselburgh Athletic (R) | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 42 | 48 | −6 | 29 | Relegation to East Premier League |
| 16 | Fauldhouse United (R) | 30 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 25 | 89 | −64 | 11 | Relegation to East Premier League |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BNS | BRG | BRT | BRX | CAM | CAR | DND | FAU | HOB | JEA | KEL | LTH | LOC | MUS | NEW | PEN |
| Bo'ness United | | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 5–0 |
| Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | 2–0 | | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Broughty Athletic | 0–1 | 0–6 | | 1–6 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Broxburn Athletic | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 7–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 3–3 |
| Camelon Juniors | 1–5 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 1–1 | | 2–3 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Carnoustie Panmure | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–6 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–5 |
| Dundonald Bluebell | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 5–6 | 1–0 | 2–3 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–5 |
| Fauldhouse United | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–5 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 0–5 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 0–0 |
| Hill of Beath Hawthorn | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 3–1 | | 3–1 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| Jeanfield Swifts | 0–5 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 2–3 |
| Kelty Hearts | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 5–3 | 3–3 |
| Linlithgow Rose | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Lochee United | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 0–5 | 1–3 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Musselburgh Athletic | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Newtongrange Star | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 2–4 |
| Penicuik Athletic | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 6–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | |

### East Region Super/Premier League play-off

Forfar West End, who finished third in the East Premier League, defeated Newtongrange Star 3–2 on aggregate in the East Region Super/Premier League play-off to gain promotion. However, Newtongrange were reprieved from relegation to balance league numbers following the departure of Kelty Hearts to the East of Scotland Football League.