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Season2015–16
Dates8 August 2015 – 4 June 2016
ChampionsBonnyrigg Rose Athletic[1]
RelegatedSauchie Juniors
St Andrews United
Tayport
Matches played240
Goals scored835 (3.48 per match)
Biggest home winBonnyrigg Rose Athletic 7–0 St Andrews United
(12 March 2016)
Biggest away winBroxburn Athletic 0–6 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic
(19 December 2015)
Tayport 0–6 Musselburgh Athletic
3 October 2015

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.[2] As winners they entered the preliminary round of the 2016–17 Scottish Cup.

Teams

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

To East Superleague

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Promoted from East Premier League

From East Superleague

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Relegated to East Premier League

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Stadia and locations

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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

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Club Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Linlithgow Rose Danny Smith Resigned [4] 7 June 2015 Close season David McGlynn [4] 9 June 2015
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic David McGlynn Resigned [4] 9 June 2015 Close season Robbie Horn[5] 12 June 2015
Hill of Beath Hawthorn Jock Finlayson Resigned 12 June 2015 Close season Bobby Wilson [6] 12 June 2015
Tayport Dave Baikie Resigned [7] 31 October 2015 16th John Ovenstone [7] 31 October 2015
St Andrews United Phil McGuire Sacked[8] 5 December 2015 15th Ian Barrett [8] 13 December 2015
Camelon Juniors John Sludden Resigned [9] 7 May 2016 12th Grant Tierney (caretaker) [citation needed] 20 May 2016
Newtongrange Star Alan Miller Sacked [10] 8 May 2016 6th Stevie McLeish [11] 20 May 2016
Musselburgh Athletic Stevie McLeish Appointed manager at Newtongrange Star[11] 20 May 2016 7th Calvin Shand [12] 17 June 2016
Camelon Juniors Grant Tierney End of caretaker spell 1 June 2016 11th (season complete) Murray McDowell[13] 5 June 2016

League table

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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
Source: East Region SJFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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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
Updated to match(es) played on 4 June 2016. Source: East Region SJFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

East Region Super/Premier League play-off

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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.

Sauchie Juniors0 – 5Lochee United
9' Pat Martin
64', 82' Bryan Deasley
70', 89' Phil Hagan
Beechwood Park, Sauchie
Referee: Stewart Luke
Lochee United5 – 0Sauchie Juniors
Scot McComiskey 25'
Connor Birse 35'
Ryan Winter 45'
Phil Hagan 58', 70' (pen.)
Thomson Park, Dundee
Referee: Scott Leslie

References

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  1. ^ 2015/16, The History of Newtongrange Star
  2. ^ Thomson, Scott (19 May 2016). "Bonnyrigg Rose clinch Super League title in style". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Ballingry Rovers FC close their doors". STV Dundee. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  4. ^ a b c Thomson, Scott (11 June 2015). "David McGlynn: I want teams to fear facing my Linlithgow". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Bonnyrigg manager swaps Roses". Midlothian Advertiser. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Bobby Wilson is new Haws boss". Central Fife Times. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  7. ^ a b "Ovvy wants to lead 'Port back to the very top". Fife Today. 30 October 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  8. ^ a b Inglis, Scott (17 December 2015). "New Saints boss is raring to go". Fife Today. Johnston Press. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  9. ^ Oliver, David (10 May 2016). "Camelon boss John Sludden quits". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  10. ^ Thomson, Scott (10 May 2016). "Newtongrange part company with manager Alan Miller". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  11. ^ a b Thomson, Scott (21 May 2016). "Newtongrange appoint Stevie McLeish as new manager". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  12. ^ Harper, Gavin (17 June 2016). "Calvin Shand is new Musselburgh Athletic boss". East Lothian Courier. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  13. ^ "Bell and Ure to leave as McDowell arrives at Carmuirs". Falkirk Herald. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
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