2015–16 East of Scotland Football League explained

Competition:East of Scotland Football League
Season:2015–16
Winners:Leith Athletic
Matches:210
Total Goals:977
Prevseason:2014–15
Nextseason:2016–17

The 2015–16 East of Scotland Football League (known for sponsorship reasons as the Central Taxis East of Scotland League) was the 87th season of the East of Scotland Football League, and the 2nd season as the sixth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. The season began on 22 August 2015 and finished on 28 May 2016. Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale were the defending champions.

The league was merged into a single division of 16 teams, for the first time since 1986–87. Following the resignation of Easthouses Lily the membership had tied 8/8 on a vote between two divisions of eight or a single division of 16, and the League Board selected the latter. As a result, Coldstream and Craigroyston effectively avoided relegation despite finishing in the bottom two places of the previous season's Premier Division.

This season saw the departure of Easthouses Lily who left to join the Scottish Junior Football Association.

Kelso United resigned at the start of September after fulfilling their opening East of Scotland Qualifying League and Qualifying Cup matches and three league games. This reduced the number of clubs to 15. Their league defeats to Coldstream (0–7), Leith Athletic (5–0) and Burntisland Shipyard (5–0) were expunged.

Teams

The following teams have changed division since the 2014–15 season.

From East of Scotland Football League

Transferred to East South Division

TeamLocationHome groundCapacityRef.
Recreation Park 1,000 [1]
Telford College Sports Ground 1,000 [2]
Home Park 1,000 [3]
St Mark’s Park 2,000 [4]
New Hawthorn Park 1,000 [5]
Warner Park 2,000 [6]
1,000 [7]
Riccarton Campus 1,800 [8]
Meadowbank 3G 500 [9]
Saughton Sports Complex 1,000 [10]
Recreation Park 2,000 [11]
2,250 [12]
3,000 [13]
Gannochy Sports Centre 1,000 [14]
Fernieside Recreation Ground 1,500 [15]

League table

Notes and References

  1. https://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/burntisland.html Burntisland Shipyard
  2. https://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/civil.html Civil Service Strollers
  3. https://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/coldstream.html Coldstream
  4. https://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/craigroyston.html Craigroyston
  5. http://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/duns.htm Duns
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20130517121322/http://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/eyemouth.htm Eyemouth United
  7. https://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/hawick.html Hawick Royal Albert
  8. https://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/heriotwatt.html Heriot-Watt Uni
  9. https://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/leith.html Leith Athletic
  10. https://web.archive.org/web/20130517120914/http://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/lothian.htm Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale
  11. https://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/ormiston.html Ormiston
  12. https://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/peebles.html Peebles Rovers
  13. https://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/spartans.html Spartans EoS
  14. https://web.archive.org/web/20131112102444/http://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/stirling2.htm Stirling University Reserves
  15. https://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/tynecastle.html Tynecastle