The Scottish Junior Football East Region Premier League South also known for sponsorship reasons as the McBookie.com East Premier League South, was the second-tier division of the East Region of the Scottish Junior Football Association and sat parallel with the East Region Premier League North.
The league came into existence under the 'South' name for the 2006–07 season, although a 'Lothian District league' had been in place below the East Super League since 2002–03, using the structure of a common 'East Region' top tier and lower regional divisions in place of the old structure of three separate regional leagues in that part of Scotland, with the East Junior Football League the historic Lothians competition. The South Division was expanded for the start of the 2013–14 season by absorbing the more southerly clubs from the dissolved East Region Central Division as part of league reconstruction in the region.
Between 2006–07 and 2017–18, there was an East Premier League at tier 2 and North and South Divisions at tier 3. The large-scale movement of clubs to the East of Scotland League resulted in the structure being flattened into two tiers. Further league reconstruction for the 2019–20 season split the Super League into North and South divisions, reducing the number of Premier League South teams. For the final season it comprised 10 clubs who were due to play each other three times to give 27 league fixtures prior to the season being cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Final Members
ClubLocationHome GroundFinishing position 2019-20 Bo'ness United JuniorBo'ness Newtown Park 9thKirkcaldy & Dysart Kirkcaldy Denfield Park4thLinlithgow Rose CFC Linlithgow Xcite Linlithgow 8thLochgelly Albert Lochgelly Gardiners Park6thNewburgh Newburgh East Shore Park 3rdRosyth Rosyth Fleet Grounds2ndSauchie Juniors CFC Sauchie Beechwood Park5thStoneyburn Stoneyburn Beechwood Park1stSyngenta Denny Westfield Park7thWest Calder United West Calder Hermand Park10th
Winners
As Lothians District, one of three third-tier divisions: 2002–03:2002/03, The History of Newtongrange Star Bo'ness United 2003–04:2003/04, The History of Newtongrange Star Camelon Juniors 2004–05:2004/05, The History of Newtongrange Star Whitburn 2005–06:2005/06, The History of Newtongrange Star Camelon Juniors (2) As East Region South, one of three third-tier divisions: 2006–07:2006/07, The History of Newtongrange Star Newtongrange Star 2007–08: Fauldhouse United 2008–09: Armadale Thistle 2009–10: Broxburn Athletic 2010–11: Sauchie 2011–12: Dalkeith Thistle 2012–13: Fauldhouse United (2) As one of two third-tier divisions: 2013–14: Edinburgh United 2014–15: Haddington Athletic 2015–16: Tranent 2016–17: Dunbar United 2017–18: Pumpherston As one of two second-tier divisions: 2018–19: Pumpherston (2) 2019–20: No champion
References
External links East Region South Division at Non-League Scotland (archive version, 2007-08 membership) Premier League South table at East Region SJFA