2022–23 East of Scotland Football League

East of Scotland Football League
Season2022–23
Dates30 July 2022 – 27 May 2023
ChampionsLinlithgow Rose

The 2022–23 East of Scotland Football League (known as the Central Taxis East of Scotland League for sponsorship reasons) was the 94th season of the East of Scotland Football League, and the 9th season with its top division as part of the sixth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. The season began on 30 July 2022 and ended on 27 May 2023. Tranent Juniors were the reigning champions but were unable to defend their title after gaining promotion to the Lowland Football League.

After running with multiple conferences as part of its structure for the past four seasons, the league moved to four linear divisions to accommodate the 60 clubs taking part. Linlithgow Rose won the Premier Division and became the fifth East of Scotland League and former SJFA East Region club to gain promotion to the Lowland League.

Teams

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The following teams changed division after the 2021–22 season.

To East of Scotland Football League

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Relegated from Lowland Football League

Transferred from West of Scotland Football League

From East of Scotland Football League

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Promoted to Lowland Football League

Premier Division

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East of Scotland Football League Premier Division
Season2022–23
Dates30 July 2022 – 13 May 2023
ChampionsLinlithgow Rose
PromotedLinlithgow Rose
Relegated
Matches played240
Goals scored922 (3.84 per match)
Biggest home winLinlithgow Rose 10–0 Vale of Leithen
(2 August 2022)
Biggest away winVale of Leithen 0–8 Jeanfield Swifts
(25 February 2023)
Highest scoringMusselburgh Athletic 10–2 Vale of Leithen
(4 February 2023)
Longest winning run8 matches:
Linlithgow Rose
Longest unbeaten run16 matches:
Linlithgow Rose
Longest winless run20 matches:
Oakley United & Vale of Leithen
Longest losing run20 matches:
Vale of Leithen
All statistics correct as of 13 May 2023.

The Premier Division reverted to a 16 team division, with Haddington Athletic and Oakley United promoted from First Division Conferences A and B respectively.[1] A 2–1 win for Linlithgow Rose at Haddington Athletic on 29 April 2023, gave them an unassailable eight-point lead over Sauchie Juniors with two games remaining. They were promoted to the 2023–24 Lowland Football League as neither Abbey Vale or Beith Juniors held an SFA club licence to contest the play-off.

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Location of teams in 2022–23 East of Scotland Football League Premier Division

Stadia and locations

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Team Location Home ground Capacity Seats
Blackburn United [SFA] Blackburn New Murrayfield Park[2] 1,500 0
Broxburn Athletic [SFA] Broxburn Albyn Park[3] 1,000 0
Crossgates Primrose Crossgates Humbug Park[4] 2,000 0
Dundonald Bluebell [SFA] Cardenden Moorside Park[5] 2,000 0
Haddington Athletic [SFA] Haddington Millfield Park[6] 1,500 0
Hill of Beath Hawthorn [SFA] Hill of Beath Keir's Park[7] 2,000 0
Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts Dalgety Bay Dalgety Bay Sports & Leisure Centre[8] TBC 0
Jeanfield Swifts [SFA] Perth Riverside Stadium[9] 1,000 0
Linlithgow Rose [SFA] Linlithgow Prestonfield[10] 2,264 301
Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale [SFA] Pilton, Edinburgh Ainslie Park[a] 3,612 534
Musselburgh Athletic [SFA] Musselburgh Olivebank Stadium[11] 2,500 0
Oakley United Oakley Blairwood Park[12] 2,000 0
Penicuik Athletic [SFA] Penicuik Penicuik Park[13] 2,000 0
Sauchie Juniors [SFA] Sauchie Beechwood Park[14] 5,000 200
Tynecastle [SFA] Slateford, Edinburgh Meggetland Sports Complex[15] 4,388 500
Vale of Leithen [SFA] Innerleithen Victoria Park 1,500 0
Notes
  1. ^ Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale are ground-sharing with The Spartans.

All grounds are equipped with floodlights, except Humbug Park (Crossgates Primrose) and Blairwood Park (Oakley United).

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Linlithgow Rose (C, P) 30 23 5 2 97 22 +75 74 Promotion to the Lowland League
2 Sauchie Juniors 30 20 5 5 88 46 +42 65
3 Musselburgh Athletic 30 17 5 8 75 33 +42 56
4 Dundonald Bluebell 30 15 6 9 70 46 +24 51
5 Jeanfield Swifts 30 15 4 11 74 53 +21 49
6 Penicuik Athletic 30 13 9 8 51 38 +13 48
7 Haddington Athletic 30 13 8 9 45 42 +3 47
8 Crossgates Primrose 30 13 7 10 50 51 −1 46
9 Broxburn Athletic 30 11 10 9 65 56 +9 43
10 Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale 30 13 4 13 56 57 −1 43
11 Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts 30 11 4 15 44 52 −8 37
12 Tynecastle 30 10 7 13 42 55 −13 37
13 Hill of Beath Hawthorn 30 10 6 14 55 55 0 36
14 Blackburn United (R) 30 9 3 18 57 75 −18 30 Relegation to the First Division
15 Oakley United[a] (R) 30 2 3 25 30 103 −73 6
16 Vale of Leithen[b] (R) 30 2 0 28 23 138 −115 −6
Source: East of Scotland Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Oakley United deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player in their 0–7 defeat against Jeanfield Swifts.
  2. ^ Vale of Leithen were given four three-point deductions: three games where they fielded an ineligible player – 1–3 defeat against Crossgates Primrose, 0–6 defeat against Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts and 0–4 defeat against Hill of Beath Hawthorn – and for failing to fulfil a fixture against Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts.

Results

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Home \ Away BLU BRX CRS DBL HAD HOB IHS JFS LIN LTV MUS OAK PEN SAU TYN VOL
Blackburn United — 3–2 2–3 1–3 1–2 2–1 0–1 2–4 1–1 3–2 1–6 4–0 4–2 0–1 3–3 6–0
Broxburn Athletic 1–1 — 1–1 5–5 1–0[a] 3–1 3–3 1–0 1–5 1–5 2–2 2–2 2–1 4–2 1–4 8–0
Crossgates Primrose 4–1 0–4 — 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–1 3–3 1–4 4–1 0–1 4–3 2–1 1–2 1–2 3–1
Dundonald Bluebell 5–2 2–2 1–1 — 1–2 1–2 3–2 0–2[b] 0–1 0–2 2–1 6–0 1–3 1–2 3–0 3–0
Haddington Athletic 3–2 1–2 1–2 1–3 — 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 5–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 4–3 0–0 2–0
Hill of Beath Hawthorn 6–1 1–1 0–1 1–6 2–3 — 1–3 1–2 3–3 0–1 1–2[c] 2–1 3–1 4–4 2–2 4–0
Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts 3–2 2–1 1–0 1–2 3–0 1–3 — 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 4–5 1–2 6–0
Jeanfield Swifts 4–2 2–0 2–1 0–2 4–1 0–2 2–0 — 2–4 3–1 1–3 7–0 2–2 0–5 4–2 8–2
Linlithgow Rose 3–1 4–1 7–0 5–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 4–2 — 1–2 0–1 8–0 4–0 0–0 3–0 10–0
Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale 1–5 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 3–1 1–0 0–1[d] — 2–3 6–2 1–2 3–3 3–0 4–2
Musselburgh Athletic 1–0 0–4 2–4 1–2 1–1 0–2 7–0 3–0 0–0 3–0 — 7–0 3–1 2–0 0–1 10–2
Oakley United 0–3 1–4 1–2 2–2 2–3 1–4 0–1 1–3 1–5 0–2 1–6 — 0–2 2–5 1–1 2–1
Penicuik Athletic 5–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–3 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 — 1–3 1–1 4–0
Sauchie Juniors 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–3 2–2 4–2 4–0 2–0 2–4 6–1 3–1 5–3 1–1 — 4–0 3–0
Tynecastle 2–3 1–1 0–2 1–3 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–4 1–4 3–2 1–0 1–0 1–3 2–3 — 4–1
Vale of Leithen 3–0 2–5 1–2 0–7 1–3 2–0 2–3 0–8 0–7 2–4 0–6 1–3 0–4 0–6 0–3 —
Source: [20]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Match initially finished 4–1 to Haddington Athletic,[16] but later awarded 1–0 to Broxburn Athletic.
  2. ^ Match played at New Central Park, Kelty.[17]
  3. ^ Match played at Central Park, Cowdenbeath.[18]
  4. ^ Match initially finished 4–2 to Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale,[19] but later awarded 1–0 to Linlithgow Rose.

First Division

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The First Division was made up of the four teams relegated from the Premier Division, along with those finishing 2nd to 7th in Conferences A and B.[1] The league title came down to the final day of the season, with all four promoted teams – Dunbar United, Kinnoull, Glenrothes and Luncarty – still in a position to win. The title ultimately went to Dunbar United by one point over Kinnoull, having won 2–1 over Camelon Juniors with an injury time winner by Cammy Dawson.[21]

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Location of teams in 2022–23 East of Scotland Football League First Division

Stadia and locations

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Team Location Home ground Capacity Seats Floodlit
Burntisland Shipyard [SFA] Burntisland Recreation Park[22] 1,000 0 Yes
Camelon Juniors [SFA] Camelon Carmuirs Park[23] 2,000 0 Yes
Coldstream [SFA] Coldstream Home Park[24] 1,000 0 Yes
Dunbar United [SFA] Dunbar New Countess Park[25] 1,200 191 Yes
Dunipace [SFA] Denny Westfield Park[26] 2,000 0 Yes
Glenrothes Glenrothes Warout Stadium [27] 5,000 730 No
Kennoway Star Hearts Star Treaton Park 1,000 0 Yes
Kinnoull Perth Tulloch Park[28] 1,200 0 Yes
Kirkcaldy & Dysart Kirkcaldy Denfield Park[8] 1,200 0 No
Leith Athletic Edinburgh Meadowbank Stadium[a][29] 499 499 Yes
Lochore Welfare Crosshill Central Park 1,300 0 No
Luncarty Luncarty Brownlands Park 1,200 0 No
Newtongrange Star [SFA] Newtongrange New Victoria Park[30] 2,300 30 Yes
Preston Athletic [SFA] Prestonpans Pennypit Park[31] 1,500 313 Yes
Rosyth Rosyth Fleet Grounds 400 0 Yes
Whitehill Welfare [SFA] Rosewell Ferguson Park[32] 2,614 192 Yes
Notes
  1. ^ Leith Athletic are ground-sharing with Edinburgh.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Dunbar United (C, P) 30 19 6 5 57 31 +26 63 Promotion to the Premier Division
2 Kinnoull (P) 30 19 5 6 61 44 +17 62
3 Luncarty (P) 30 18 6 6 89 40 +49 60
4 Glenrothes (P) 30 17 7 6 79 53 +26 58
5 Newtongrange Star 30 16 2 12 74 54 +20 50
6 Kirkcaldy & Dysart 30 14 4 12 68 61 +7 46
7 Rosyth 30 13 4 13 58 51 +7 43
8 Dunipace 30 12 6 12 58 58 0 42
9 Preston Athletic 30 11 5 14 58 56 +2 38
10 Whitehill Welfare 30 10 7 13 51 55 −4 37
11 Camelon Juniors 30 9 10 11 55 61 −6 37
12 Leith Athletic 30 9 7 14 53 66 −13 34
13 Lochore Welfare 30 8 7 15 47 73 −26 31
14 Burntisland Shipyard[a] (R) 30 8 7 15 36 53 −17 28 Relegation to the Second Division
15 Coldstream (R) 30 8 4 18 43 82 −39 28
16 Kennoway Star Hearts (R) 30 3 5 22 32 81 −49 14
Source: East of Scotland Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Burntisland Shipyard deducted 3 points for failing to fulfil a fixture on 24 September against Kirkcaldy & Dysart.[33]

Results

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Home \ Away BUR CML COL DNB DPC GLE KSH KIN KDY LEI LOW LUN NGS PRE ROS WHI
Burntisland Shipyard — 0–2 3–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 1–2 4–0 3–1 1–2 0–8 2–1 3–3 1–4 1–1
Camelon Juniors 2–1 — 5–3 1–1 3–3 1–1 2–2 1–2 3–2 2–3 1–1 0–5 4–3 2–3 2–4 1–0
Coldstream 2–3 3–3 — 2–2 2–1 0–6 3–2 1–2 1–6 2–1 3–4 2–1 2–3 1–0 1–1 2–3
Dunbar United 2–0 2–1 0–1 — 1–0 1–1 4–1 5–0 1–2 4–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–0
Dunipace 2–1 3–1 4–3 0–2 — 0–2 6–0 2–3 4–2 3–4 5–1 2–2 3–1 0–5[a] 0–5 1–4
Glenrothes 0–0 4–3 7–0 3–2 3–1 — 4–0 2–2 4–2[b] 4–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–4 2–4
Kennoway Star Hearts 3–1 2–2 1–0 2–3 0–1 2–4 — 0–4 0–1 2–3 1–1 1–4 0–4 2–1 1–2 2–2
Kinnoull 0–0 2–1 3–0 2–4 2–2 1–3 5–0 — 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 3–0 4–1
Kirkcaldy & Dysart 2–1 3–1 2–3 4–0 4–0 2–5 3–2 4–0 — 2–0 4–2 2–2 0–3 3–1 6–4 1–2
Leith Athletic 2–0 3–2 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–4 3–0 1–2 3–3 — 4–2 1–3 0–1 2–2 2–1 1–1
Lochore Welfare 0–2 1–3 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–3 2–1 3–3 1–1 4–2 — 1–3 5–4 1–1 2–1 0–3
Luncarty 2–0 2–2 4–0 0–3 2–2 7–3 5–1 4–0 2–2 2–4 6–1 — 3–1 4–0 3–1 2–1
Newtongrange Star 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–3 2–1 5–3 2–1 0–1 2–1 4–4 7–2 4–3 — 3–5 2–0 0–2
Preston Athletic 3–1 1–2 3–0 3–0 0–5 2–3 1–1 1–3 4–1 5–2 1–2 1–2 0–4 — 2–0 3–3
Rosyth 1–3 1–1 4–0 1–2 0–0 5–0 3–1 3–4 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–5 2–1 — 3–1
Whitehill Welfare 3–0 0–0 1–2 2–3 0–2 1–1 3–0 1–3 4–1 0–0 2–1 1–5 2–6 1–3 2–3 —
Source: [20]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Match played at Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir, due to vandalism of the pitch at Westfield Park.[34]
  2. ^ Match played at Bayview Stadium, Methil.[35]

Second Division

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The Second Division consists of the remaining clubs finishing 8th to 15th in Conferences A and B, plus Whitburn and Syngenta who were promoted from Conference X.[1] Whitburn won the league title for their second consecutive promotion, winning the division by nine points.

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Location of teams in 2022–23 East of Scotland Football League Second Division

Stadia and locations

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Team Location Home ground Capacity Seats Floodlit
Arniston Rangers Gorebridge Newbyres Park[36] 3,000 0 No
Craigroyston Warriston, Edinburgh St Mark's Park[37] 2,000 0 No
Dalkeith Thistle [SFA] Dalkeith King's Park[38] 2,000 0 Yes
Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare [SFA] Easthouses Newbattle Complex[39] 1,500 100 Yes
Edinburgh South Colinton, Edinburgh Paties Road Stadium[a] 2,500 200 No
Edinburgh United Colinton, Edinburgh Paties Road Stadium[40] 2,500 200 No
Hawick Royal Albert [SFA] Hawick Albert Park[41] 1,000 500 Yes
Heriot-Watt University Riccarton, Edinburgh John Brydson Arena[42] 250 195 Yes
Lochgelly Albert Lochgelly Gardiners Park 3,200 0 No
Newburgh Newburgh East Shore Park 1,000 0 No
Ormiston Primrose Ormiston New Recreation Park[43] 1,000 0 No
Peebles Rovers Peebles Whitestone Park[44] 2,250 250 No
Stirling University Reserves Stirling Gannochy Sports Centre[45] 1,000 0 Yes
St Andrews United [SFA] St Andrews Recreation Park[46] 766 0 Yes
Syngenta [SFA] Stenhousemuir Ochilview Park[b] 3,746 626 Yes
Thornton Hibs Thornton Memorial Park 1,800 0 No
Tweedmouth Rangers Berwick-upon-Tweed Old Shielfield[47] 1,000 0 No
Whitburn Whitburn Central Park[48] 3,000 38 No
Notes
  1. ^ Edinburgh South are ground-sharing with Edinburgh United.
  2. ^ Syngenta are ground-sharing with Stenhousemuir.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Whitburn (C, P) 32 28 2 2 129 42 +87 86 Promotion to the First Division
2 St Andrews United (P) 32 24 5 3 93 30 +63 77
3 Heriot-Watt University (P) 32 22 4 6 90 31 +59 70
4 Arniston Rangers (P) 32 21 4 7 93 53 +40 67
5 Dalkeith Thistle 32 19 5 8 77 47 +30 62
6 Thornton Hibs 32 18 4 10 86 54 +32 58
7 Stirling University reserves[a] 32 16 8 8 71 56 +15 53
8 Tweedmouth Rangers 32 12 7 13 59 73 −14 43
9 Peebles Rovers 32 11 8 13 50 54 −4 41
10 Edinburgh South 32 10 6 16 55 65 −10 36
11 Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare 32 7 8 17 45 84 −39 29
12 Newburgh 32 8 5 19 39 82 −43 29
13 Ormiston Primrose 32 7 7 18 42 71 −29 28
14 Edinburgh United[b] 32 8 6 18 45 75 −30 25
15 Craigroyston[c] (R) 32 6 8 18 37 65 −28 20 Relegation to the Third Division
16 Hawick Royal Albert (R) 32 3 6 23 34 94 −60 15
17 Lochgelly Albert (R) 32 3 5 24 43 112 −69 14
18 Syngenta (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrawn; record expunged[49]
Source: East of Scotland Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Stirling University deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player in their 1–2 defeat against Tweedmouth Rangers.
  2. ^ Edinburgh United deducted 2 points for fielding an ineligible player in their game against Newburgh – originally a 0–0 draw, the game was awarded 1–0 to Newburgh. Edinburgh United also deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player in their 1–5 defeat against St Andrews United.
  3. ^ Craigroyston deducted 6 points for fielding an ineligible player in their 1–3 defeats against St Andrews United and Whitburn.

Results

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Home \ Away ARN CRG DAL ELM EDS EDN HAW HER LOG NEW ORM PEE STI STA SYN THO TWE WHI
Arniston Rangers 3–0 2–2 1–0 5–4 5–0 3–0 3–3 4–1 1–2 3–1 3–1 3–3 1–2 3–2 4–1 3–0
Craigroyston 1–5 1–5 2–2 0–2 0–2 3–2 1–0 0–0 6–0 1–1 1–2 0–2[a] 1–3 1–0 2–2 1–3
Dalkeith Thistle 2–2 3–0 2–0 2–0 4–0 1–2 0–3 4–0 4–2 4–1 2–0 2–2 1–3 1–3 3–2 0–4
Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare 6–3 1–1 1–5 1–3 5–3 3–1 0–5 3–2 2–4 2–2 0–4 0–4 0–1 1–3 1–1 1–7
Edinburgh South 1–4 2–3 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–3 4–3 1–1 1–0 3–4 0–1 0–2 0–1 2–1 3–5
Edinburgh United 0–3 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–3 1–0 1–7 1–1 0–1[b] 2–2 3–1 1–1 1–5 0–4 0–1 3–4
Hawick Royal Albert 1–4 5–5 1–5 1–4 0–2[c] 1–4 0–4 4–4 1–0 0–3 2–0 1–3 0–1 0–0 1–4 0–2
Heriot-Watt University 0–3 2–1 0–0 7–0 2–0 1–0 5–2 3–0[d] 5–0 2–0 3–0 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–0 4–1
Lochgelly Albert 2–5 0–1 2–3 2–3 0–6 1–2 6–2 1–7 0–3 0–6 1–1 0–2 0–3 3–6 1–5 2–3
Newburgh 2–4 2–0 0–4 1–0 2–3 1–4 4–1 1–3 0–3 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–3 1–1 4–4 1–6
Ormiston Primrose 0–3 3–2 1–3 2–2 1–2 1–0 4–0 1–5 1–2 0–2 2–2 1–2 1–1 0–3 2–2 0–4
Peebles Rovers 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 5–2 3–0 2–2 0–1 7–2 0–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 0–5 3–1 1–4
Stirling University reserves 4–1 0–0 0–1 1–1[e] 5–3 1–4 2–2 1–1 3–1 3–0 4–1 2–1 1–4 4–0 8–1 0–5
St Andrews United 3–2 3–0 6–0 5–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 6–1 4–0 1–1 3–4 2–1 3–0 4–5
Syngenta
Thornton Hibs 1–2 3–2 3–2 2–0 1–1 6–3 6–0 5–4 7–0 5–0 1–2 4–0 5–3 1–7 2–1 1–4
Tweedmouth Rangers 3–1 0–0 1–6 4–0 3–3 3–2 2–1 0–3 2–2 2–1 5–2 2–1 2–1 1–3 2–1 1–5
Whitburn 5–2 4–1 4–2 3–2 3–2 6–1 3–0 3–1 8–1 6–1 4–0 1–1 8–0 3–1 2–2 4–0
Source: [20]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Match played at Albyn Park, Broxburn.[50]
  2. ^ Match initially finished 0–0,[51] but match later awarded to Newburgh.
  3. ^ Match played at Volunteer Park.[52]
  4. ^ Match played indoors at Oriam.[53]
  5. ^ Match played at Newbyres Park, Gorebridge.[54]

Third Division

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The Third Division featured the remaining nine clubs from Conference X, along with Harthill Royal who joined from the West of Scotland League.[1] Bo'ness Athletic dropped only 7 points all season, as they won the division by 28 points from their closest challengers, Armadale Thistle.

2022–23 East of Scotland Football League is located in Scotland Southeast
West Lothian
West Lothian
Bo'ness Athletic
Edinburgh College
Edinburgh College
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Location of teams in 2022–23 East of Scotland Football League Third Division
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Location of teams in 2022–23 East of Scotland Football League Third Division within West Lothian

Stadia and locations

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Club Location Home Ground Capacity Seats Floodlit
Armadale Thistle Armadale Volunteer Park[55] 3,000 0 Yes
Bathgate Thistle Bathgate Creamery Park[56] 3,000 0 Yes
Bo'ness Athletic Bo'ness Newtown Park[57] 2,500 0 Yes
Edinburgh College Edinburgh Riccarton Campus[a] 250 195 Yes
Fauldhouse United Fauldhouse Park View[58] 2,000 100 No
Harthill Royal Harthill Gibbshill Park 1,800 0 No
Livingston United Livingston Station Park[59] 2,000 0 Yes
Pumpherston Juniors Pumpherston Recreation Park[60] 2,700 0 No
Stoneyburn Stoneyburn Beechwood Park[61] 4,000 0 No
West Calder United West Calder Hermand Park[62] 1,000 0 No
Notes
  1. ^ Edinburgh College are ground-sharing with Heriot-Watt University.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Bo'ness Athletic (C, P) 36 33 2 1 210 34 +176 101 Promotion to the Second Division
2 Armadale Thistle (P) 36 23 4 9 113 61 +52 73
3 Edinburgh College (P) 36 20 3 13 95 63 +32 63
4 West Calder United 36 18 6 12 83 61 +22 60
5 Pumpherston Juniors 36 17 2 17 67 95 −28 53
6 Bathgate Thistle 36 12 6 18 54 89 −35 42
7 Fauldhouse United 36 10 6 20 65 89 −24 36
8 Stoneyburn 36 11 3 22 49 100 −51 36
9 Livingston United[a] 36 9 7 20 49 116 −67 28
10 Harthill Royal 36 4 7 25 35 112 −77 19
Source: East of Scotland Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Livingston United deducted 6 points for fielding ineligible players in their 0–5 defeat against Harthill Royal, and in their 0–6 defeat against Edinburgh College.

Results

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Home \ Away ARM BAT BOA EDC FAU HHR LIV PUM STO WCU ARM BAT BOA EDC FAU HHR LIV PUM STO WCU
Armadale Thistle — 5–1 0–7 6–3 3–0[a] 5–0[b] 2–3 5–1 2–4[c] 2–0[d] — 4–2 2–2 4–2 3–3 2–0 11–0 7–1 3–2 1–1
Bathgate Thistle 0–4 — 3–3 1–0 3–1 2–2 1–3 2–3 0–1 2–1 2–3 — 1–2 1–0 1–5 0–1 5–0 4–3 0–1 2–1
Bo'ness Athletic 4–0 10–0 — 3–1 8–1 14–0 11–1 7–0 2–0 3–1 5–2 12–0 — 5–1 5–1 4–0 8–0 7–0 13–0 5–3
Edinburgh College 2–0 7–2 3–4 — 1–0 2–2 0–0 0–1 5–1[f] 3–1 0–2 4–1 2–9[e] — 3–1 5–0 5–1 0–3 6–0 0–0
Fauldhouse United 3–2 2–2 1–6 3–1 — 3–1 0–3 1–1 0–1 0–1[g] 1–2 1–1 2–3 1–4 — 7–1 3–1 1–3 2–0 0–3
Harthill Royal 1–6 0–1 0–11 2–3 1–1 — 1–1 3–1 0–4 1–3 1–3 0–2 1–3 1–2 3–3 — 5–0 1–2 1–1 1–1
Livingston United 2–2 1–1 2–0 0–6 3–1 3–0 — 4–1 2–1 1–1 0–6 1–3 1–5 2–4 1–3 1–0 — 4–5 1–1 0–4
Pumpherston 1–3 2–1 0–4 0–2 4–2 2–1 3–1 — 2–0 0–5 1–2 3–1 0–5 0–3 3–1 4–1 2–0 — 5–1 2–5
Stoneyburn 3–4 0–3 2–7 0–4 1–4 4–0 3–1 3–3 — 3–2 1–0[h] 0–1 2–4 0–5 2–3 1–2 4–2 0–2 — 2–1
West Calder United 0–4 1–1 0–3 3–2 3–2 3–0 2–2 3–2 7–0 — 2–1 2–1 1–6 3–4 5–2 2–1 6–1 5–1 1–0 —
Source: [20]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Match played at Creamery Park, Bathgate.[63]
  2. ^ Match played at Creamery Park, Bathgate.[64]
  3. ^ Match played at Creamery Park, Bathgate.[65]
  4. ^ Match played at Creamery Park, Bathgate.[66]
  5. ^ Match played at Albyn Park, Broxburn.[67]
  6. ^ Match played at Pennypit Park, Prestonpans.[68]
  7. ^ Match initially finished 3–2 to Fauldhouse United,[69] but later awarded 1–0 to West Calder United as Fauldhouse United fielded an ineligible player.
  8. ^ Match initially finished 2–1 to Armadale Thistle, but later awarded 1–0 to Stoneyburn as Armadale Thistle fielded an ineligible player.

Notes

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SFA Club with an SFA licence[70] eligible to participate in the Lowland League promotion play-off should they win the Premier Division.

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