# 2015–16 East Superleague

The 2015–16 East Superleague (known as the McBookie.com East Superleague for sponsorship reasons) was the 14th season of the East Superleague, the top tier of league competition for SJFA East Region member clubs.
The season began on 8 August 2015 and ended on 4 June 2016. Kelty Hearts were the reigning champions.
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic secured the title on 18 May 2016, their third East Superleague championship. As winners they entered the preliminary round of the 2016–17 Scottish Cup.

## Teams

The following teams changed division prior to the 2015–16 season.

### To East Superleague

Promoted from East Premier League
* Tayport
* St Andrews United
* Broughty Athletic

### From East Superleague

Relegated to East Premier League
* Armadale Thistle
* Lochee United
Folded
* Ballingry Rovers

### Stadia and locations

| Club | Location | Ground | Manager | Finishing position 2014–15 |
| Bo'ness United | Bo'ness | Newtown Park | Allan McGonigal | 2nd |
| Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | Bonnyrigg | New Dundas Park | Robbie Horn | 7th |
| Broughty Athletic | Dundee | Whitton Park | Keith Gibson | East Premier League, 3rd |
| Broxburn Athletic | Broxburn | Albyn Park | Max Christie | 8th |
| Camelon Juniors | Camelon | Carmuirs Park | Murray McDowell | 12th |
| Carnoustie Panmure | Carnoustie | Laing Park | Alan McSkimming | 13th |
| Fauldhouse United | Fauldhouse | Park View | David Cowan | 10th |
| Hill of Beath Hawthorn | Hill of Beath | Keirs Park | Bobby Wilson | 9th |
| Kelty Hearts | Kelty | Central Park | Tam Courts | Champions |
| Linlithgow Rose | Linlithgow | Prestonfield | David McGlynn | 3rd |
| Musselburgh Athletic | Musselburgh | Olivebank Stadium | | 11th |
| Newtongrange Star | Newtongrange | New Victoria Park | Stevie McLeish | 4th |
| Penicuik Athletic | Penicuik | Penicuik Park | Craig Meikle | 6th |
| St Andrews United | St Andrews | Recreation Park | Ian Barrett | East Premier League, 2nd |
| Sauchie Juniors | Sauchie | Beechwood Park | Fraser Duncan | 5th |
| Tayport | Tayport | Canniepairt | John Ovenstone | East Premier League, 1st |

### Managerial changes

| Club | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Linlithgow Rose | Danny Smith | Resigned | 7 June 2015 | Close season | David McGlynn | 9 June 2015 |
| Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | David McGlynn | Resigned | 9 June 2015 | Close season | Robbie Horn | 12 June 2015 |
| Hill of Beath Hawthorn | Jock Finlayson | Resigned | 12 June 2015 | Close season | Bobby Wilson | 12 June 2015 |
| Tayport | Dave Baikie | Resigned | 31 October 2015 | 16th | John Ovenstone | 31 October 2015 |
| St Andrews United | Phil McGuire | Sacked | 5 December 2015 | 15th | Ian Barrett | 13 December 2015 |
| Camelon Juniors | John Sludden | Resigned | 7 May 2016 | 12th | Grant Tierney (caretaker) | 20 May 2016 |
| Newtongrange Star | Alan Miller | Sacked | 8 May 2016 | 6th | Stevie McLeish | 20 May 2016 |
| Musselburgh Athletic | Stevie McLeish | Appointed manager at Newtongrange Star | 20 May 2016 | 7th | Calvin Shand | 17 June 2016 |
| Camelon Juniors | Grant Tierney | End of caretaker spell | 1 June 2016 | 11th (season complete) | Murray McDowell | 5 June 2016 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic (C) | 30 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 85 | 31 | +54 | 73 | Qualification for 2016–17 Scottish Cup |
| 2 | Kelty Hearts | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 59 | 30 | +29 | 62 | |
| 3 | Linlithgow Rose | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 64 | 39 | +25 | 60 | |
| 4 | Bo'ness United | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 60 | 36 | +24 | 56 | |
| 5 | Newtongrange Star | 30 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 45 | 38 | +7 | 47 | |
| 6 | Broxburn Athletic | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 51 | 54 | −3 | 44 | |
| 7 | Musselburgh Athletic | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 56 | 54 | +2 | 43 | |
| 8 | Hill of Beath Hawthorn | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 54 | 48 | +6 | 41 | |
| 9 | Penicuik Athletic | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 47 | 56 | −9 | 41 | |
| 10 | Broughty Athletic | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 49 | 54 | −5 | 39 | |
| 11 | Camelon Juniors | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 49 | 57 | −8 | 36 | |
| 12 | Carnoustie Panmure | 30 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 50 | 63 | −13 | 34 | |
| 13 | Fauldhouse United | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 44 | 61 | −17 | 32 | |
| 14 | Sauchie Juniors (R) | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 52 | 70 | −18 | 32 | Qualification for East Region League play-off |
| 15 | St Andrews United (R) | 30 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 38 | 68 | −30 | 24 | Relegation to East Premier League |
| 16 | Tayport (R) | 30 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 32 | 76 | −44 | 23 | Relegation to East Premier League |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BNS | BRG | BRT | BRX | CAM | CAR | FAU | HOB | KEL | LTH | MUS | NEW | PEN | STA | SCH | TAY |
| Bo'ness United | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 |
| Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | 3–2 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 4–4 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 7–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Broughty Athletic | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 |
| Broxburn Athletic | 1–1 | 0–6 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 1–3 |
| Camelon Juniors | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–3 | | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 5–3 |
| Carnoustie Panmure | 1–1 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 3–0 | | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Fauldhouse United | 2–5 | 0–4 | 4–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–6 | 2–0 |
| Hill of Beath Hawthorn | 1–3 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–4 |
| Kelty Hearts | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| Linlithgow Rose | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Musselburgh Athletic | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 3–2 |
| Newtongrange Star | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 |
| Penicuik Athletic | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| St Andrews United | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–5 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | | 4–4 | 1–0 |
| Sauchie Juniors | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | | 3–1 |
| Tayport | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 1–5 | 0–6 | 0–3 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 2–2 | |

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

Lochee United, who finished third in the East Premier League, defeated Sauchie Juniors 10–0 on aggregate in the East Region Super/Premier League play-off to gain promotion.