The Scottish Junior Football East Region Premier League, was the second-highest division of the East Region of the Scottish Junior Football Association between 2006 and 2018.
History From the 2006–07 season the East Super League was the highest tier, with the Premier League feeding down into South, Central and North divisions, replacing (but largely based upon) the old East (Lothians), Fife and Tayside leagues respectively. To populate the Premier League for its first season, three teams were relegated from the Super League and three were promoted from each of the districts – teams finishing 2nd–4th, with the winners jumping straight to the Super League. From the second season onwards, the bottom three teams were relegated (regardless of their originating location) with the three lower division winners replacing them. The Premier League winners and runners-up were promoted to the Super League, swapping with its bottom two teams. From 2013 to 2014, the Premier League was expanded to sixteen clubs and was fed by two expanded North and South divisions.
After the 2017–18 season, 24 clubs left the junior leagues to join the East of Scotland Football League, reducing the teams competing across the four leagues from 60 to 36. This led to the league to restructure from four to three leagues which consisted of two 12-team north and south sections feeding into a 12-team Super League; these were renamed the Premier League North and South but were essentially a continuation of the third tier divisions with the Premier removed from above them.
Final Members ClubLocationHome GroundFinishing position 2017–18Arniston Rangers Gorebridge Newbyres Park 12thBathgate Thistle Bathgate Creamery Park 13thBlackburn United Blackburn New Murrayfield Park 5thDalkeith Thistle Dalkeith King's Park 14thDownfield Dundee Downfield Park 10thDunbar United Dunbar New Countess Park 7thFauldhouse United Fauldhouse Park View 2ndGlenrothes Glenrothes Warout Stadium 9thHaddington Athletic Haddington Millfield Park 3rdKirriemuir Thistle Kirriemuir Westview Park 16thMusselburgh Athletic Musselburgh Olivebank Stadium 1stSt Andrews United St Andrews Recreation Park 11thTayport Tayport Canniepairt 4thThornton Hibernian Thornton Memorial Park 6thTranent Tranent Foresters Park 8thWhitburn Whitburn Central Park 15th
Winners 2006–07:Towns, Fields and Clubs of Fife, via Scottish Football Historical Archive, 2012 Glenrothes 2007–08:2007/08, The History of Newtongrange Star Bo'ness United 2008–09:2008/09, The History of Newtongrange Star Musselburgh Athletic 2009–10: Tayport 2010–11: St. Andrews United 2011–12:2011/12, The History of Newtongrange Star Sauchie 2012–13:2012/13, The History of Newtongrange Star Newtongrange Star 2013–14: Penicuik Athletic 2014–15: Tayport 2015–16: Jeanfield Swifts 2016–17: Sauchie (2) 2017–18: Musselburgh Athletic (2)
References
External links Premier League table at East Region SJFA East Region Premier League at Non-League Scotland (archive version, 2007-08 membership)