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East of Scotland Football League

The East of Scotland Football League (EoSFL) is a league of football (soccer) teams from South-East Scotland formed in 1927. It is one of the three 'senior' non-leagues (that is a league that is not the Scottish Football League (SFL), Scottish Premier League (SPL) or one of the Scottish Junior Football Association's leagues) in Scotland (the other two being the Highland Football League (HFL) and the South of Scotland Football League (SoSFL).

Its clubs are largely drawn from the Edinburgh and Scottish Borders areas, although with a number of clubs having opted to join their ranks from the SoSFL in recent years (Annan Athletic, Threave Rovers, Dalbeattie Star) there are now a few clubs from the Dumfriesshire area too.

The EoSFL is split into two divisions of 12 clubs each, with the top clubs competing in the Premier Division and the smaller clubs in the First Division. Clubs are prmoted and relegated between the two divisions at the end of each season.

Generally not viewed as being as strong as the HFL (with fewer of their club sides defeating SFL sides in the Scottish Cup competition as opposed to the HFL) it is still regarded as being stronger than the SoSFL. A number of the sides in the EoSFL have applied to join the SFL in recent years, with Gala Fairydean applying in 1994, 2000 and 2002, Preston Athletic applying in 2000 and 2002 and Edinburgh City attempting to join in 2002.

Attendances in the EoSFL are not particularly high as clubs in the Edinburgh area must compete with a number of SFL and SPL clubs and in the Borders area the sport of Rugby Union is more popular.

Table of contents
1 EoSFL Members:
2 List of EoSFL Championship Winners:
3 External Link

EoSFL Members:

The EoSFL is a full member of the Scottish Football Association.

List of EoSFL Championship Winners:

1927-28 Berwick Rangers

1928-29 Peebles Rovers

1929-30 Bathgate

1930-31 Bathgate

1931-32 Penicuik Athletic

1932-33 Peebles Rovers

1933-34 Peebles Rovers

1934-35 Peebles Rovers

1935-36 Peebles Rovers

1936-37 Jedburgh Artisans

1937-38 Penicuik Athletic

1938-39 Bo'ness

No league championship for the duration of the Second World War

1945-46 Peebles Rovers

1946-47 Berwick Rangers

1947-48 Hibernian 'B'

1948-49 Hibernian 'B'

1949-50 Heart of Midlothian 'B'

1950-51 Hibernian 'B'

1951-52 Hibernian 'B'

1952-53 Hibernian 'B'

1953-54 unfinished

1954-55 Eyemouth United

1955-56 Eyemouth United

1956-57 Eyemouth United

1957-58 unfinished

1958-59 unfinished

1959-60 unfinished

1960-61 Gala Fairydean

1961-62 Gala Fairydean

1962-63 unfinished

1963-64 Gala Fairydean

1964-65 Gala Fairydean

1965-66 Gala Fairydean

1966-67 Hawick Royal Albert

1967-68 Hawick Royal Albert

1968-69 Gala Fairydean

1969-70 Cowdenbeath 'A'

1970-71 Eyemouth United

1971-72 Spartans

1972-73 Civil Service Strollers

1973-74 Hawick Royal Albert

1974-75 Selkirk

1975-76 Selkirk

1976-77 Selkirk

1977-78 Vale of Leithen

1978-79 Vale of Leithen

1979-80 Whitehill Welfare

1980-81 Whitehill Welfare

1981-82 Whitehill Welfare

1982-83 Whitehill Welfare

1983-84 Spartans

1984-85 Whitehill Welfare

1985-86 Whitehill Welfare

1986-87 Vale of Leithen

1987-88 (Premier Division) Whitehill Welfare (1st Division) Annan Athletic

1988-89 (Premier Division) Gala Fairydean (1st Division) Peebles Rovers

1989-90 (Premier Division) Annan Athletic (1st Division) Coldstream

1990-91 (Premier Division) Gala Fairydean (1st Division) Easthouses Lily

1991-92 (Premier Division) Easthouses Lily (1st Division) Manor Thistle

1992-93 (Premier Division) Whitehill Welfare (1st Division) Civil Service Strollers

1993-94 (Premier Division) Whitehill Welfare (1st Division) Tollcross United

1994-95 (Premier Division) Whitehill Welfare (1st Division) Pencaitland

1995-96 (Premier Division) Whitehill Welfare (1st Division) Edinburgh City

1996-97 (Premier Division) Spartans (1st Division) Lothian Thistle

1997-98 (Premier Division) Whitehill Welfare (1st Division) Peebles Rovers

1998-99 (Premier Division) Whitehill Welfare (1st Division) Easthouses Lily

1999-00 (Premier Division) Annan Athletic (1st Division) Threave Rovers

2000-01 (Premier Division) Annan Athletic (1st Division) Pencaitland & Ormiston

2001-02 (Premier Division) Spartans (1st Division) Preston Athletic

2002-03 (Premier Division) Whitehill Welfare (1st Division) Edinburgh University

External Link

EoSFL Website