# 2020–21 East Premiership

The 2020–21 East Premiership (known as the McBookie.com East Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the 19th season of league competition for SJFA East Region member clubs. This was effectively a continuation of the East Superleague but with fewer member clubs in the East Region all teams were in a single tier with no promotion or relegation.
The league was renamed to East Premiership and was split into North and South regional divisions, containing 17 and 13 teams respectively. The winners of each division were due to play each other in a play-off to determine the overall champion. The start of the league season was delayed until November 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and games were played behind closed doors due to Scottish Government restrictions. Lochee United continued as the reigning champions due to the previous season being declared null and void.
On 7 January 2021 the East Region chose to suspend the season until 6 February, due to new restrictions in place because of the rising number of COVID-19 cases. On 16 March the Scottish Junior Football Association's management committee ended the season declared all competitions null and void for a second successive season.

## Teams

The following teams changed division after the 2019–20 season.

### To East Superleague

Promoted from East Premier League North
* Arbroath Victoria
* Blairgowrie
* Brechin Victoria
* Coupar Angus
* Dundee Violet
* East Craigie
* Forfar United
* Lochee Harp
Promoted from East Premier League South
* Bo'ness United Junior
* Linlithgow Rose Community
* Sauchie Juniors Community
* Stoneyburn
* Syngenta
* West Calder United

### From East Superleague

Transferred to East of Scotland League
* Luncarty
* Kennoway Star Hearts
* Lochore Welfare
* Thornton Hibs

## North
### Stadia and locations

| Club | Location | Home Ground | Capacity | Seats | Floodlit | Finishing position 2018–19 |
| Arbroath Victoria | Arbroath | Ogilvy Park | 4,000 | 0 | Yes | 10th in Premier League North |
| Blairgowrie | Blairgowrie | Davie Park | 2,500 | 0 | No | 8th in Premier League North |
| Brechin Victoria | Brechin | Victoria Park | 600 | 100 | Yes | 9th in Premier League North |
| Broughty Athletic | Dundee | Whitton Park | 2,500 | 0 | Yes | 2nd |
| Carnoustie Panmure | Carnoustie | Laing Park | 1,500 | 0 | No | 7th |
| Coupar Angus | Coupar Angus | Foxhall Park | 1,800 | 0 | Yes | 12th in Premier League North |
| Downfield | Dundee | Downfield Park | 2,500 | 13 | Yes | 11th |
| Dundee North End | Dundee | North End Park | 2,000 | 0 | Yes | 1st in Premier League North |
| Dundee Violet | Dundee | Glenesk Park | 2,000 | 0 | No | 6th in Premier League North |
| East Craigie | Dundee | Craigie Park | 3,300 | 0 | No | 5th in Premier League North |
| Forfar United | Forfar | Guthrie Park | 2,500 | 0 | No | 11th in Premier League North |
| Forfar West End | Forfar | Strathmore Park | 2,500 | 0 | No | 6th |
| Kirriemuir Thistle | Kirriemuir | Westview Park | 2,000 | 32 | Yes | 9th |
| Lochee Harp | Dundee | Downfield Park | 2,500 | 13 | Yes | 7th in Premier League North |
| Lochee United | Dundee | Thomson Park | 3,200 | 0 | No | 1st |
| Scone Thistle | Scone | Farquharson Park | 1,000 | 0 | No | 4th in Premier League North |
| Tayport | Tayport | Canniepairt | 2,000 | 0 | No | 5th |

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Lochee United | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | +20 | 15 | All clubs transferred to the Midlands League |
| 2 | Tayport | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 12 | |
| 3 | Broughty Athletic | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 12 | |
| 4 | East Craigie | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 4 | +20 | 9 | |
| 5 | Carnoustie Panmure | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 7 | +13 | 9 | |
| 6 | Arbroath Victoria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 9 | |
| 7 | Downfield | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | |
| 8 | Brechin Victoria | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 5 | |
| 9 | Dundee Violet | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | |
| 10 | Forfar West End | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 4 | |
| 11 | Forfar United | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 4 | |
| 12 | Kirriemuir Thistle | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 | |
| 13 | Dundee North End | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 | |
| 14 | Blairgowrie | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 0 | |
| 15 | Scone Thistle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 0 | |
| 16 | Lochee Harp | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 22 | −20 | 0 | |
| 17 | Coupar Angus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | −23 | 0 | |

### Results

Each team was due to play every other team once, for a total of 16 fixtures.
| Home \ Away | ARB | BLA | BRE | BRO | CAR | COU | DOW | DNE | DUV | ECR | FWE | FUN | KIR | LHA | LOU | SCO | TAY |
| Arbroath Victoria | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4–1 | 5–0 | | | |
| Blairgowrie | | | | | | | 0–1 | | | | | | | | | | 0–1 |
| Brechin Victoria | | 5–2 | | 0–3 | | | | 2–2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Broughty Athletic | | 3–1 | | | | | 1–3 | | 2–0 | | | | | | | | |
| Carnoustie Panmure | | | | | | | | | | | | 2–5 | | | | 10–0 | |
| Coupar Angus | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0–11 | | |
| Downfield | | | 1–1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dundee North End | | | | | | | | | 1–1 | | | | | | | | |
| Dundee Violet | | | | | | | | | | | | 3–2 | | | | | |
| East Craigie | | | | | | 12–0 | | | | | | 4–0 | | | | | 1–3 |
| Forfar West End | | | | 2–5 | | | | | | | | | | 1–0 | | | |
| Forfar United | | | | | | | | | | | 1–1 | | | | 0–3 | | |
| Kirriemuir Thistle | | | | | 1–2 | | | | | | | | | | | 3–0 | |
| Lochee Harp | | | | | 1–6 | | | | | 1–7 | | | | | | | |
| Lochee United | | | | | | | | 3–1 | | | | | 2–1 | 3–0 | | | |
| Scone Thistle | 1–3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tayport | | | 7–0 | | | | | | | | 3–1 | | | | | | |

## South
### Stadia and locations

| Club | Location | Home Ground | Capacity | Seats | Floodlit | Finishing position 2018–19 |
| Armadale Thistle | Armadale | Volunteer Park | 3,000 | 0 | Yes | 3rd in Premier League South |
| Bathgate Thistle | Bathgate | Creamery Park | 3,000 | 0 | Yes | 4th in Premier League South |
| Bo'ness United Junior | Bo'ness | Newtown Park | 2,500 | 0 | Yes | n/a |
| Fauldhouse United | Fauldhouse | Park View | 2,000 | 100 | No | 10th |
| Harthill Royal | Harthill | Gibbshill Park | 1,800 | 0 | No | 6th in Premier League South |
| Livingston United | Livingston | Station Park | 2,000 | 0 | Yes | 2nd in Premier League South |
| Pumpherston | Pumpherston | Recreation Park | 2,700 | 0 | No | 1st in Premier League South |
| Sauchie Juniors Community | Sauchie | Beechwood Park | 5,000 | 200 | Yes | n/a |
| Stoneyburn | Stoneyburn | Beechwood Park | 4,000 | 0 | No | 7th in Premier League South |
| Syngenta | Denny | Westfield Park | | | | n/a |
| West Calder United | West Calder | Hermand Park | 1,000 | 0 | No | 9th in Premier League South |
| Whitburn | Whitburn | Central Park | 3,000 | 38 | No | 4th |

#### Withdrew

| Club | Location | Home Ground | Capacity | Seats | Floodlit | Finishing position 2018–19 |
| Linlithgow Rose Community | Linlithgow | Xcite Linlithgow | 500 | 0 | Yes | n/a |

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Syngenta | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | +12 | 10 | Resigned membership, joined East of Scotland League |
| 2 | Bo'ness United Junior | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | Resigned membership, joined East of Scotland League |
| 3 | Armadale Thistle | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 6 | Resigned membership, joined East of Scotland League |
| 4 | Fauldhouse United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | Resigned membership, joined East of Scotland League |
| 5 | Livingston United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | Resigned membership, joined East of Scotland League |
| 6 | West Calder United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 3 | Resigned membership, joined East of Scotland League |
| 7 | Whitburn Juniors | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Resigned membership, joined East of Scotland League |
| 8 | Stoneyburn | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | Resigned membership, joined East of Scotland League |
| 9 | Pumpherston | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 1 | Resigned membership, joined East of Scotland League |
| 10 | Harthill Royal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 | Resigned membership, joined West of Scotland League |
| 11 | Bathgate Thistle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | Resigned membership, joined East of Scotland League |
| 12 | Sauchie Juniors Community | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 0 | Resigned membership |

### Results

Each team was due to play every other team twice, for a total of 22 fixtures.
| Home \ Away | ARM | BAT | BUJ | FAU | HAR | LIV | PUM | SJC | SYN | WCU | WHI |
| Armadale Thistle | | | | | 6–1 | | | | | | |
| Bathgate Thistle | | | | 1–2 | | | | | | | |
| Bo'ness United Junior | | 2–0 | | | | | | | | | 3–1 |
| Fauldhouse United | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Harthill Royal | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Livingston United | | | | | | | | 3–2 | | | |
| Pumpherston | | | | | | | | | 1–6 | | |
| Sauchie Juniors Community | | | | | | | | | | | 1–3 |
| Stoneyburn | | | | | | 1–1 | 3–3 | | | | |
| Syngenta | 1–2 | | 1–1 | | | | | 6–0 | | 5–3 | |
| West Calder United | | 5–0 | | 1–2 | | | | | | | |
| Whitburn Juniors | | | | | | | | | | | |