2011–12 East Superleague

ACA Sports East Superleague

Season	2011–12
Dates	27 August 2011 – 26 May 2012
Champions	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic
Relegated	Bathgate Thistle
Matches played	110
Goals scored	368 (3.35 per match)
Biggest home win	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 5–0 Bathgate Thistle 7 April 2012
Biggest away win	Bathgate Thistle 1–7 Carnoustie Panmure 14 April 2012
Highest scoring	Linlithgow Rose 5–3 Bathgate Thistle 18 February 2012 Bathgate Thistle 1–7 Carnoustie Panmure 14 April 2012
Longest winning run	Bathgate Thistle (4) 12 November 2011 – 14 January 2012 Linlithgow Rose 18 February 2012 – 10 March 2012
Longest unbeaten run	Hill of Beath Hawthorn (11) 3 September 2011 – 25 February 2012
Longest losing run	Carnoustie Panmure (7) 24 September 2011 – 18 February 2012
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 East Superleague (known as the ACA Sports East Superleague for sponsorship reasons) was the 11th season of the East Superleague, the top tier of league competition for SJFA East Region member clubs.

The season began on 27 August 2011 and ended on 26 May 2012. Bo'ness United were the reigning champions.

Only the bottom placed side was relegated to the East Premier League after Forfar West End were unable to guarantee fulfilment of their fixtures and withdrew from the league on 18 October 2011.^[1][2]

Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic won the championship on the final day of the season.^[3] As champions they entered the First Round of the 2012–13 Scottish Cup. Founder members Bathgate Thistle were relegated from the Superleague for the first time.

Teams

To East Superleague

Promoted from East Premier League

• St Andrews United
• Carnoustie Panmure

From East Superleague

Relegated to East Premier League

• Newtongrange Star
• Tayport

Stadia and locations

Club	Location	Ground	Manager	Finishing position 2010–11
Bathgate Thistle	Bathgate	Creamery Park	Derek Strickland	8th
Bo'ness United	Bo'ness	Newtown Park	Paul Ronald	Champions
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	Bonnyrigg	New Dundas Park	Max Christie	4th
Camelon Juniors	Camelon	Carmuirs Park	Danny Smith	10th
Carnoustie Panmure	Carnoustie	Laing Park	Ian Gilzean	East Premier League, 2nd
Hill of Beath Hawthorn	Hill of Beath	Keirs Park	Jock Finlayson	2nd
Kelty Hearts	Kelty	Central Park	Keith Burgess	9th
Linlithgow Rose	Linlithgow	Prestonfield	Mark Bradley	3rd
Lochee United	Dundee	Thomson Park	Paul Ritchie	5th
Musselburgh Athletic	Musselburgh	Olivebank Stadium	David McGlynn	7th
St Andrews United	St Andrews	Recreation Park	Jim Hardie	East Premier League, 1st

Managerial changes

Club	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Bathgate Thistle	Graeme Love	Sacked [4]	18 March 2012	5th	Derek Strickland[5]	20 April 2012 (season complete)

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic (C)	20	13	4	3	48	23	+25	43	Qualification for 2012–13 Scottish Cup
2	Hill of Beath Hawthorn	20	11	5	4	39	23	+16	38
3	Linlithgow Rose	20	10	5	5	42	32	+10	35
4	Bo'ness United	20	7	6	7	25	26	−1	27
5	Kelty Hearts	20	7	5	8	24	26	−2	26
6	Camelon Juniors	20	7	4	9	30	29	+1	25
7	Lochee United	20	7	3	10	32	37	−5	24
8	Musselburgh Athletic	20	6	4	10	41	45	−4	22
9	St Andrews United	20	6	4	10	28	40	−12	22
10	Carnoustie Panmure	20	5	6	9	32	39	−7	21
11	Bathgate Thistle (R)	20	5	6	9	27	48	−21	21	Relegation to East Premier League
12	Forfar West End	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0[a]	Club in abeyance, record expunged

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

1. Forfar West End went into abeyance on 18 October 2011 and resigned from the league. Their record (Pld4 W0 D0 L4 GF1 GA25 Pts0) was expunged.

Results

Home \ Away	BAT	BNS	BRG	CAM	CAR	FWE	HOB	KEL	LTH	LOC	MUS	STA
Bathgate Thistle		0–0	2–2	1–0	1–7		0–3	1–0	1–2	0–2	3–3	2–1
Bo'ness United	1–1		3–2	2–0	3–3		1–1	1–0	2–2	2–4	0–3	3–0
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	5–0	2–0		0–2	0–0		0–2	2–1	3–1	4–1	4–1	5–2
Camelon Juniors	5–1	3–1	3–3		2–0		0–3	3–1	1–1	0–1	3–3	0–1
Carnoustie Panmure	2–2	1–0	0–1	1–4			1–3	2–2	3–2	1–3	2–2	1–1
Forfar West End
Hill of Beath Hawthorn	2–1	2–0	1–3	1–0	1–2			1–2	2–0	2–2	0–3	1–1
Kelty Hearts	2–2	0–2	0–1	1–0	0–2		1–1		2–1	3–1	1–3	2–0
Linlithgow Rose	5–3	1–1	2–2	4–1	3–1		3–3	0–1		1–0	3–1	3–1
Lochee United	1–2	0–2	1–3	1–2	2–1		1–4	0–0	1–2		3–3	1–2
Musselburgh Athletic	1–2	0–1	1–4	2–0	5–2		2–4	1–3	1–3	0–3		4–1
St Andrews United	4–2	1–0	0–2	1–1	2–0		0–2	2–2	2–3	3–4	3–2

Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 2012. Source: East Region SJFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

1. "Sad times as top local club goes into abeyance". Kirriemuir Herald. 26 October 2011. Archived from the original on 2016-02-08. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
2. "'I fear there may be more' — Forfar West End's problems a sign of financial pressures facing junior football". The Courier. 20 October 2011. Archived from the original on 21 October 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
3. John Gilmour (28 May 2012). "Deserved plaudits for Bonnyrigg as McKenna's strike clinches title". The Scotsman. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
4. John Gilmour (19 March 2012). "Love sacked". The Scotsman. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
5. "Strickland for Bathgate". West Lothian Courier. 21 April 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.