2016–17 East of Scotland Football League

East of Scotland Football League

Season	2016–17
Dates	3 September 2016 – 13 May 2017
Champions	Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale
Matches played	110
Goals scored	503 (4.57 per match)
Biggest home win	Eyemouth United 10–0 Burntisland Shipyard (1 October 2016)
Biggest away win	Tweedmouth Rangers 0–11 Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale (10 May 2017)
Highest scoring	Tweedmouth Rangers 0–11 Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale (10 May 2017)
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 East of Scotland Football League (known for sponsorship reasons as the Central Taxis East of Scotland League) was the 88th season of the East of Scotland Football League, and the 3rd season as the sixth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. The season began on 3 September 2016 and finished on 13 May 2017. Leith Athletic were the defending champions.

The league was reduced to a 12-team division following the departure of Civil Service Strollers and Hawick Royal Albert who left to join the Lowland Football League, Craigroyston who left to join the Scottish Junior Football Association and Spartans Reserves who withdrew.

Tweedmouth Rangers joined from the North Northumberland League, however Duns resigned before the season began.

Teams

Stirling University reserves

Coldstream

Burntisland Shipyard

Eyemouth United

Ormiston

Peebles Rovers

Tweedmouth Rangers

Tynecastle

Heriot-Watt University

Leith Athletic

Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale

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Location of teams in 2016–17 East of Scotland Football League

The following teams have changed division since the 2015–16 season.

To East of Scotland Football League

Transferred from North Northumberland Football League

• Tweedmouth Rangers

From East of Scotland Football League

Transferred to Lowland Football League

• Civil Service Strollers
• Hawick Royal Albert

Transferred to East South Division

• Craigroyston

Team	Location	Home ground	Capacity	Ref.
Burntisland Shipyard	Burntisland	Recreation Park	1,000	[1]
Coldstream	Coldstream	Home Park	1,000	[2]
Duns	Duns	New Hawthorn Park	1,000	[3]
Eyemouth United	Eyemouth	Warner Park	2,000	[4]
Heriot-Watt University	Edinburgh	Riccarton Campus	1,800	[5]
Leith Athletic	Edinburgh	Meadowbank 3G	500	[6]
Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale	Edinburgh	Saughton Sports Complex	1,000	[7]
Ormiston	Ormiston	Recreation Park	2,000	[8]
Peebles Rovers	Peebles	Whitestone Park	2,250	[9]
Stirling University Reserves	Stirling	Gannochy Sports Centre	1,000	[10]
Tweedmouth Rangers	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Old Shielfield	1,000	[11]
Tynecastle	Edinburgh	Fernieside Recreation Ground	1,500	[12]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale (C)	20	17	2	1	85	16	+69	53	Ineligible for promotion to Lowland League
2	Leith Athletic	20	15	2	3	80	18	+62	47
3	Tynecastle	20	14	1	5	56	26	+30	43
4	Heriot-Watt University	20	12	3	5	61	30	+31	39
5	Coldstream	20	9	4	7	39	51	−12	31
6	Stirling University Reserves	20	9	3	8	55	36	+19	30
7	Eyemouth United	20	7	2	11	34	53	−19	23
8	Peebles Rovers	20	6	1	13	28	45	−17	19
9	Ormiston	20	4	0	16	25	57	−32	12
10	Tweedmouth Rangers	20	3	3	14	28	77	−49	12
11	Burntisland Shipyard	20	3	1	16	12	94	−82	10
12	Duns	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Club resigned membership, results expunged

Source: East of Scotland Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions

References

1. Burntisland Shipyard, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 29 August 2016.
2. Coldstream, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 29 August 2016.
3. Duns Archived 2014-12-22 at the Wayback Machine, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 29 August 2016.
4. Eyemouth United, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 29 August 2016.
5. Heriot-Watt Uni, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 29 August 2016.
6. Leith Athletic, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 29 August 2016.
7. Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 29 August 2016.
8. Ormiston, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 29 August 2016.
9. Peebles Rovers, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 29 August 2016.
10. Stirling University Reserves Archived 2016-07-02 at the Wayback Machine, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 29 August 2016.
11. Tweedmouth Rangers, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 29 August 2016.
12. Tynecastle, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 29 August 2016.