Competition: | McBookie.com East Superleague |
Season: | 2013–14 |
Winners: | Bo'ness United[1] |
Relegated: | Tayport St Andrews United |
Biggest Home Win: | Bo'ness United 6–1 Broxburn Athletic 2 Nov 2013 |
Biggest Away Win: | Ballingry Rovers 0–8 Sauchie Juniors 2 Nov 2013 |
Highest Scoring: | Lochee United 3–6 Hill of Beath Hawthorn 29 Sep 2013 |
Total Goals: | 827 |
Matches: | 240 |
Longest Wins: | (8) Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 26 Oct 2013 – 21 Dec 2013 |
Longest Unbeaten: | (12) Linlithgow Rose 8 Mar 2014 – season end |
Longest Losses: | (6) Three clubs |
Longest Winless: | (14) Tayport 7 Dec 2013 – 12 Apr 2014 |
Prevseason: | 2012–13 |
Nextseason: | 2014–15 |
The 2013–14 East Superleague (known as the McBookie.com East Superleague for sponsorship reasons) was the 12th season of the East Superleague, the top tier of league competition for SJFA East Region member clubs.
The season began on 10 August 2013 and ended on 14 June 2014. Linlithgow Rose were the reigning champions.[2] The division expanded from twelve to sixteen clubs from this season.[3]
Bo'ness United won the title on 28 May 2014. As champions they entered the preliminary round of the 2014–15 Scottish Cup where they were drawn to receive a bye to the first round.
The following teams changed division after the 2012–13 season.
Promoted from East Premier League
Club | Location | Ground | Manager | Finishing position 2012–13 | |
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Armadale Thistle | Jim Henderson | East Premier League, 4th | |||
Ballingry Rovers | Ore Park | Stevie Kay | East Premier League, 2nd | ||
Bo'ness United | Newtown Park | 4th | |||
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic | New Dundas Park | 2nd | |||
Broxburn Athletic | Albyn Park | 6th | |||
Camelon Juniors | Carmuirs Park | 3rd | |||
Carnoustie Panmure | Laing Park | Alan McSkimming | 9th | ||
Hill of Beath Hawthorn | Keirs Park | Jock Finlayson | 8th | ||
Kelty Hearts | Central Park | 5th | |||
Linlithgow Rose | Prestonfield | Danny Smith | Champions | ||
Lochee United | Thomson Park | Steven Leahy | 10th | ||
Musselburgh Athletic | Olivebank Stadium | David McGlynn | 7th | ||
Newtongrange Star | New Victoria Park | Alan Miller | East Premier League, 1st | ||
St Andrews United | Recreation Park | 12th | |||
Sauchie Juniors | Beechwood Park | Fraser Duncan | 11th | ||
Tayport | East Premier League, 3rd |
width=120 | Club | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Resigned [4] | 14 September 2013 | 16th | 14 September 2013 | ||||
Willie Newbigging | Sacked [5] | 2 October 2013 | 14th | 2 October 2013 | |||
Jim Hardie | Stepped down through illness [6] | 30 November 2013 | 15th | Gus Malone | 30 November 2013 | ||
Resigned [7] | 1 March 2014 | 4th | Danny Smith | 24 March 2014 | |||
Danny Smith | Appointed manager at Linlithgow Rose[8] | 24 March 2014 | 7th | 21 April 2014[9] | |||
Gus Malone | Left by mutual consent [10] | 5 May 2014 | 16th | Phil McGuire[11] | 26 May 2014 |
Kelty Hearts defeated Dalkeith Thistle, who finished third in the East Premier League, 5–0 on aggregate in the East Region Super/Premier League play-off to retain their Superleague status.[12]