Eastern Football League
Third version 1915-1923
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See also Eastern League
overview |
After the outbreak
of War in 1914, the Scottish League continued with a full programme of
fixtures for both of its divisions. In 1915, it decided to suspend the Second
Division, but allow its members to form two regional leagues, Western and
Eastern. With the addition of five non-League clubs, a twelve team league was
organized. Leith and Kirkcaldy United both dropped out after this season,
with the latter disbanding completely. By 1917 the league had been reduced to
five clubs. Dundee and Raith Rovers, after leaving the Scottish League to
reduce travelling costs, joined and the seven clubs played each other four
times in the 1917-18 season. The league then broke up for a year before restarting
in 1919. The Eastern League continued in some form until 1923. In that year
the Scottish League started a Third Division. The majority of clubs came from
the Western League, with the Eastern League supplying Brechin City,
Clackmannan and Montrose. The league also ran a cup competition for a number
of years. |
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Eastern League champions |
Eastern
Cup winners
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1915-16 Armadale 1916-17 Cowdenbeath 1917-18 Dundee 1918-19 no competition 1919-20 Dundee Hibernian 1920-21 1921-22 1922-23 |
Armadale Dundee or Dundee Hibernian |
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Eastern League membership |
Seasons |
Came from |
Left
for
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Aberdeen ‘A’ Arbroath Arbroath Athletic Armadale Bathgate Brechin City Broxburn United Clackmannan Cowdenbeath Dundee Dundee ‘A’ Dundee Hibernian Dunfermline Athletic East Fife East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Kirkcaldy United Leith Athletic Lochgelly United Montrose Peebles Rovers Raith Rovers Raith Rovers ‘A’ St Bernards St
Johnstone |
1922-23 1919-20 1922-23 1915-1918 1915-1917 1919-1923 1915-1917 1922-23 1915-1918 1919-20 1917-1918 1919-20 1922-23 1915-1918 1919-20 1922-23 1915-1918 1915-1918 1915-1917 1919-20 1915-16 1915-16 1922-23 1915-1917 1919-20 1919-1923 1921-22 1917-18 1919-20 1915-1917 1919-20 |
Central League Central League Central League Scottish League Scottish League Scottish League Scottish League Scottish League Scottish League Central League Scottish League Central League Scottish League Western League Scottish League Scottish League Scottish League |
Scottish Alliance Scottish League Scottish League Scottish League Scottish Alliance Central League Scottish League Central League Scottish Alliance Central League Scottish League Western League Central League |
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1915-16 |
P
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W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 |
Armadale St
Bernards Cowdenbeath Bathgate East
Fife Broxburn
United East
Stirlingshire Leith
Lochgelly
United Dundee
Hibernian Dunfermline
Athletic Kirkcaldy
United |
21 22 22 22 22 22 22 20 21 22 20 22 |
17 16 12 12 8 9 10 7 7 7 5 2 |
2 1 3 2 6 4 2 4 4 1 4 1 |
2 5 7 8 8 9 10 9 10 14 11 19 |
52 59 38 45 52 29 36 28 24 36 38 22 |
17 26 20 30 39 29 36 43 36 57 53 73 |
36 33 27 26 22 22 22 18 18 15 14 5 |
Eastern
Cup: Armadale
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1916-17 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
Cowdenbeath East
Fife St
Bernards Armadale Dundee
Hibernian Dunfermline
Athletic East
Stirlingshire Broxburn
United Bathgate Lochgelly
United |
18 14 18 17 17 16 15 14 16 15 |
11 7 10 7 6 7 5 5 3 4 |
5 5 2 6 3 1 4 2 2 0 |
2 2 6 4 8 8 6 7 11 11 |
45 26 37 36 29 21 28 15 21 16 |
19 9 23 26 33 27 35 25 38 39 |
27 23 22 20 15 15 14 12 8 8 |
Both
East Fife v Broxburn United fixtures were not played due to a dispute. The points
from both fixtures were awarded to East Fife
Eastern
Cup:
? or St Bernards
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1917-18 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
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= = 3 4 5 6 7 |
Cowdenbeath Dundee Raith
Rovers Armadale Dundee
Hibernian Dunfermline
Athletic East
Fife |
24 24 22 20 24 24 22 |
15 15 11 7 7 6 5 |
3 3 5 5 5 3 4 |
6 6 6 8 12 15 13 |
49 59 40 36 30 37 21 |
18 40 24 33 48 61 48 |
33 33 27 19 19 15 14 |
Dundee
beat Cowdenbeath in a play-off in 1919 for the title.
16
August 1919 Dundee v Cowdenbeath 2-1
20
August 1919 Cowdenbeath v Dundee 0-1
Dundee won 3-1 on
aggregate
Eastern
Cup: Dundee
or
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1919-20 |
Arb |
Bre |
Cow |
DunA |
DunH |
Forf |
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RR |
StJ |
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Arbroath |
X |
Oct 4 4-1 |
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Oct 25 0-1 |
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Aug 23 1-0 |
Nov 8 6-1 |
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Brechin City |
Dec 27 1-2 |
X |
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Nov 8 2-3 |
Nov 29 2-5 |
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Jan 17 4-2 |
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Oct 11 1-3 |
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Cowdenbeath |
Jan 17 3-0 |
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X |
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Feb 7 3-0 |
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Sep 13 1-1 |
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Aug 23 4-1 |
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Aug 16 2-1 |
X |
Dec 20 2-0 |
Sep 13 5-0 |
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Jan 17 3-3 |
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Hibernian |
Aug 30 2-0 |
Mar 13 4-1 |
Oct 11 2-0 |
Sep 27 1-1 |
X |
Nov 1 2-0 |
Dec 6 4-0 |
Nov 15 1-4 |
Oct 18 1-0 |
Sep 13 3-1 |
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Forfar Athletic |
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Aug 30 1-4 |
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Oct 4 1-2 |
X |
Nov 8 0-1 |
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Dec 27 1-1 |
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Lochgelly United |
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Dec 27 1-3 |
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X |
Aug 30 2-1 |
Oct 11 1-3 |
Aug 16 1-1 |
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Montrose |
Sep 13 1-1 |
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Aug 23 0-2 |
Oct 11 1-2 |
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X |
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Raith Rovers
‘A’ |
Aug 16 1-2 |
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Dec 27 0-1 |
Nov 8 2-3 |
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Sep 27 4-0 |
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X |
Aug 30 5-0 |
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St
Johnstone |
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Mar 27 3-0 |
Aug 23 4-2 |
Dec 13 1-1 |
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Nov 15 3-2 |
X |
On 17 January 1920, the referee didn’t appear
at the Cowdenbeath v Arbroath and
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1919-20 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
Dundee
Hibernian Dundee
‘A’ Cowdenbeath St
Johnstone Arbroath Forfar
Athletic Lochgelly
United Raith
Rovers ‘A’ Montrose Brechin
City |
18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 |
13 10 10 8 9 8 6 7 4 1 |
2 5 4 4 2 2 4 0 2 3 |
3 3 4 6 7 8 8 11 12 14 |
37 38 36 46 39 34 27 33 27 28 |
19 22 32 33 32 36 32 29 47 63 |
28 25 24 20 20 18 16 14 10 5 |
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1920-21 |
1921-22 |
1922-23 |
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Brechin
City Montrose |
Brechin
City Montrose Peebles
Rovers |
Aberdeen
‘A’ Arbroath
Athletic Brechin
City Clackmannan Dundee
‘A’ Leith
Athletic Montrose |