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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 F.C. applying in 2000 and 2002, Annan Athletic in 2000 and Edinburgh City F.C. attempting to join in 2002.

In 2004, Threave Rovers F.C. pulled out of the League to concentrate their efforts on the South of Scotland Football League. This has left the League with an uneven number of clubs and they are expected to fill the vacancy in the Summer of 2005.

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.

EoSFL members:

• Annan Athletic F.C.
• Civil Service Strollers F.C.
• Coldstream F.C
• Craigroyston F.C.
• Dalbeattie Star F.C.
• Easthouses Lily F.C.
• Edinburgh Athletic F.C.
• Edinburgh City F.C.
• Edinburgh University F.C.
• Eyemouth United F.C.
• Gala Fairydean F.C.
• Hawick Royal Albert F.C.
• Heriot-Watt University F.C.
• Kelso United F.C.
• Lothian Thistle F.C.
• Ormiston F.C
• Peebles Rovers F.C.
• Preston Athletic F.C.
• Selkirk F.C.
• Spartans F.C.
• Tollcross United F.C.
• Vale of Leithen F.C.
• Whitehill Welfare F.C.

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 1939-40 – 1944-45 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 2003-04 (Premier Division) – Spartans (1st Division) – Kelso United

External link

EoSFL Website (http://www.eastofscotlandfa.org/)

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