2023–24_East_of_Scotland_Football_League

2023–24 East of Scotland Football League

Football league season

The 2023–24 East of Scotland Football League (known as the Central Taxis East of Scotland League for sponsorship reasons) was the 95th season of the East of Scotland Football League, and the 10th season with its top division as part of the sixth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. Linlithgow Rose were the reigning champions but were unable to defend their title after gaining promotion to the Lowland Football League.

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East of Scotland Football League
Season	2023–24
Dates	29 July 2023 – 22 May 2024
Champions	Broxburn Athletic
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

Broxburn Athletic won their first East of Scotland Football League title by eleven points over Musselburgh Athletic, and were promoted to the 2024–25 Lowland Football League following a 12–2 victory over Dalbeattie Star in the Lowland League play-off.

Teams

The following teams changed division after the 2022–23 season.

To East of Scotland Football League

Transferred from Lothian & Edinburgh Amateur League

Linton Hotspur

From East of Scotland Football League

Promoted to Lowland Football League

Linlithgow Rose

Folded

Syngenta

Premier Division

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East of Scotland Football League Premier Division
Season	2023–24
Dates	29 July 2023 – 18 May 2024
Champions	Broxburn Athletic
Promoted	Broxburn Athletic
Relegated	Crossgates Primrose Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts Kinnoull
Matches played	240
Goals scored	930 (3.88 per match)
Biggest home win	Tynecastle 9–0 Penicuik Athletic (12 August 2023)
Biggest away win	Kinnoull 0–6 Hutchison Vale (19 August 2023) Tynecastle 1–7 Musselburgh Athletic (22 August 2023)
Highest scoring	Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts 3–7 Broxburn Athletic (9 September 2023)
Longest winning run	7 matches: Sauchie Juniors
Longest unbeaten run	16 matches: Musselburgh Athletic
Longest winless run	16 matches: Kinnoull
Longest losing run	13 matches: Kinnoull
← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 18 May 2024.

Broxburn Athletic won the East of Scotland League for the first time following a 2–3 defeat suffered by Musselburgh Athletic at Jeanfield Swifts on 1 May 2024, which left Musselburgh eight points behind with two games remaining. They were promoted to the 2024–25 Lowland Football League, beating Dalbeattie Star in the Lowland League play-off.

Hill of Beath Hawthorn

Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts

Location of teams in 2023–24 East of Scotland Football League Premier Division

Relegated from 2022–23 Premier Division:

Blackburn United
Oakley United
Vale of Leithen

Promoted to 2023–24 Premier Division:

Dunbar United
Glenrothes
Luncarty
Kinnoull

Stadia and locations

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Team	Location	Home ground	Surface	Capacity	Seats
Broxburn Athletic ^[SFA]	Broxburn	Albyn Park^[1]	Artificial	2,050	0
Crossgates Primrose	Crossgates	Humbug Park^[2]	Grass	1,500	0
Dunbar United ^[SFA]	Dunbar	New Countess Park^[3]	Grass	1,200	191
Dundonald Bluebell ^[SFA]	Cardenden	Moorside Park^[4]	Grass	1,000	0
Glenrothes	Glenrothes	Warout Stadium ^[5]	Grass	2,000	730
Haddington Athletic ^[SFA]	Haddington	Millfield Park^[6]	Grass	1,200	0
Hill of Beath Hawthorn ^[SFA]	Hill of Beath	Keir's Park^[7]	Grass	1,080	0
Hutchison Vale ^[SFA]	Pilton, Edinburgh	Ainslie Park^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Artificial	3,612	534
Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts	Dalgety Bay	Dalgety Bay Sports & Leisure Centre^[8]	Artificial	1,000	0
Jeanfield Swifts ^[SFA]	Perth	Riverside Stadium^[9]	Grass	1,000	0
Kinnoull	Perth	Tulloch Park^[10]	Grass	1,000	0
Luncarty	Luncarty	Brownlands Park	Grass	1,000	0
Musselburgh Athletic ^[SFA]	Musselburgh	Olivebank Stadium^[11]	Grass	1,500	0
Penicuik Athletic ^[SFA]	Penicuik	Montgomery Park^[12]	Grass	1,500	0
Sauchie Juniors ^[SFA]	Sauchie	Beechwood Park^[13]	Grass	2,500	200
Tynecastle ^[SFA]	Slateford, Edinburgh	Meggetland Sports Complex^[14]	Grass	3,000	500

Notes

Hutchison Vale are ground-sharing with The Spartans.

All grounds are equipped with floodlights, except Humbug Park (Crossgates Primrose), Warout Stadium (Glenrothes), Brownlands Park (Luncarty).

League table

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Broxburn Athletic (C, O, P)	30	23	5	2	82	36	+46	74	Qualification for the Lowland League play-off
2	Musselburgh Athletic	30	19	6	5	69	30	+39	63
3	Jeanfield Swifts	30	18	6	6	80	37	+43	60
4	Dunbar United	30	18	2	10	69	44	+25	56
5	Hutchison Vale	30	18	1	11	72	46	+26	55
6	Sauchie Juniors	30	17	3	10	66	48	+18	54
7	Hill of Beath Hawthorn	30	15	5	10	57	50	+7	50
8	Haddington Athletic	30	13	5	12	59	40	+19	44
9	Dundonald Bluebell	30	12	7	11	63	60	+3	43
10	Tynecastle	30	10	7	13	58	61	−3	37
11	Penicuik Athletic	30	10	5	15	51	66	−15	35
12	Luncarty	30	9	1	20	46	79	−33	28
13	Glenrothes^{[lower-alpha 1]}	30	8	6	16	57	84	−27	27
14	Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts (R)	30	7	3	20	41	82	−41	24	Relegation to the First Division
15	Crossgates Primrose (R)	30	5	5	20	33	69	−36	20
16	Kinnoull (R)	30	3	3	24	26	97	−71	12

Source: eosfl.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Glenrothes deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible, underage player in their 0–5 defeat against Jeanfield Swifts.^[15]

Results

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Home \ Away	BRX	CRS	DNB	DBL	GLE	HAD	HOB	HUT	IHS	JFS	KIN	LUN	MUS	PEN	SAU	TYN
Broxburn Athletic		3–2	0–3	4–3	2–1	0–0	1–1	4–3	5–2	3–1	6–0	6–0	2–2	2–0	2–1	5–0
Crossgates Primrose	1–4		1–2	1–2	1–1	1–4	0–3	1–4	3–2	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–3
Dunbar United	1–2	2–1		4–1	2–3	2–1	1–2	1–0	4–0	1–3	4–1	5–1	0–2	2–3	1–1	2–1
Dundonald Bluebell	1–3	3–0	4–0		2–2	2–2	1–3	3–1	1–2	2–2	5–0	1–0	2–2	1–5	0–3	6–1
Glenrothes	3–2	2–0	2–5	2–4		0–1	0–3	0–2	4–1	0–5	1–0	2–2	1–2	6–0	2–3	4–4
Haddington Athletic	0–1	3–1	0–1	2–2	7–0		3–4	0–2	3–1	1–2	5–0	4–0	1–2	3–1	2–3	0–2
Hill of Beath Hawthorn	1–2	2–3	1–3	1–0	3–3	0–3		1–3	2–1	3–2	2–1	5–0	0–0	2–1^{[lower-alpha 1]}	0–3	2–1
Hutchison Vale	1–2	3–0	2–3	4–2	4–1	0–1	2–1		7–1	3–2	3–0	2–1	2–1	2–4	3–1	1–2
Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts	3–7	1–1	2–1	2–5	4–2	0–2	1–3	1–3		1–3	1–2	1–2	0–4	2–0	4–1	2–2
Jeanfield Swifts	1–1	5–0	1–1	4–0	3–3	3–0	1–1	2–2	3–1		4–3	0–1	3–2	2–1	4–1	5–0
Kinnoull	0–3	0–1	0–5	1–3	1–4	2–5	1–3	0–6	0–2	1–5		3–2	0–4	0–0	1–2	0–0
Luncarty	1–2	5–3	4–2	2–3	4–1	1–0	2–3	6–3	3–1	0–4	3–2		1–2	2–3	0–5	0–1
Musselburgh Athletic	1–3	1–1	1–0	4–0	4–1	4–2	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–0	1–2	1–0		6–2	2–1	2–2
Penicuik Athletic	0–1	1–3	0–1	1–2	5–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	1–1	1–3	5–1	4–1	1–3		1–2	1–1
Sauchie Juniors	1–1	2–0	2–7	1–1	7–2	1–2	3–2	0–1	4–0	2–1	5–1	4–2	1–0	2–3		1–0
Tynecastle	2–3	4–1	2–3	1–1	1–3	1–1	5–1	0–1	0–1	0–4	6–2	4–0	1–7	9–0	2–1

Source: East of Scotland Fixture List^[17]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

The original fixture finished 1–0 to Penicuik Athletic, but the match was replayed as Penicuik Athletic made too many substitutions during the match.^[16]

First Division

Heriot-Watt University

Location of teams in 2023–24 East of Scotland Football League First Division

Dunipace won the league title on 14 May 2024, following a 0–1 defeat for St Andrews United at Newtongrange Star – which meant that Dunipace, who had played all their games, could not be caught.

Relegated from 2022–23 First Division:

Burntisland Shipyard
Coldstream
Kennoway Star Hearts

Promoted to 2023–24 First Division:

Whitburn
St Andrews United
Heriot-Watt University
Arniston Rangers

Stadia and locations

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Team	Location	Home ground	Capacity	Seats	Floodlit
Arniston Rangers	Gorebridge	Newbyres Park^[18]	3,000	0	No
Blackburn United ^[SFA]	Blackburn	New Murrayfield Park^[19]	1,500	0	Yes
Camelon Juniors ^[SFA]	Camelon	Carmuirs Park^[20]	2,000	0	Yes
Dunipace ^[SFA]	Denny	Westfield Park^[21]	2,000	0	Yes
Heriot-Watt University	Riccarton, Edinburgh	John Brydson Arena^[22]	250	195	Yes
Kirkcaldy & Dysart	Kirkcaldy	Denfield Park^[8]	1,200	0	No
Leith Athletic	Edinburgh	Meadowbank Stadium^[23]	499	499	Yes
Lochore Welfare	Crosshill	Central Park	1,300	0	No
Newtongrange Star ^[SFA]	Newtongrange	New Victoria Park^[24]	2,300	30	Yes
Oakley United	Oakley	Blairwood Park^[25]	2,000	0	No
Preston Athletic ^[SFA]	Prestonpans	Pennypit Park^[26]	1,500	313	Yes
Rosyth	Rosyth	Fleet Grounds	300	0	Yes
St Andrews United ^[SFA]	St Andrews	Recreation Park^[27]	766	0	Yes
Vale of Leithen ^[SFA]	Innerleithen	Victoria Park	1,500	0	Yes
Whitburn	Whitburn	Central Park^[28]	3,000	38	No
Whitehill Welfare ^[SFA]	Rosewell	Ferguson Park^[29]	2,614	192	Yes

Notes

League table

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Dunipace (C, P)	28	21	3	4	78	29	+49	66	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	St Andrews United (P)	28	21	0	7	75	38	+37	63
3	Whitburn (P)	28	18	3	7	71	38	+33	57
4	Camelon Juniors	28	17	3	8	72	36	+36	54
5	Newtongrange Star	28	16	5	7	64	38	+26	53
6	Heriot-Watt University	28	12	5	11	46	41	+5	41
7	Preston Athletic	28	12	5	11	49	55	−6	41
8	Leith Athletic^{[lower-alpha 1]}	28	11	7	10	63	45	+18	37
9	Kirkcaldy & Dysart	28	11	4	13	58	51	+7	37
10	Blackburn United	28	10	6	12	45	56	−11	36
11	Whitehill Welfare	28	10	4	14	53	56	−3	34
12	Arniston Rangers	28	10	4	14	51	60	−9	34
13	Lochore Welfare	28	9	5	14	41	63	−22	32
14	Oakley United (R)	28	3	4	21	29	80	−51	13	Relegation to the Second Division
15	Vale of Leithen^{[lower-alpha 2]} (R)	28	0	0	28	29	138	−109	−3	Relegation to the Second Division
16	Rosyth (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawn; record expunged^[30]

Source: eosfl.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Leith Athletic deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player in their 1–5 defeat against Preston Athletic.
Vale of Leithen deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player in their 2–6 defeat against Arniston Rangers.

Results

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Home \ Away	ARN	BLU	CML	DPC	HER	KDY	LEI	LOW	NGS	OAK	PRE	STA	VOL	WHB	WHI
Arniston Rangers		0–0	2–4	1–2	1–3	0–0	3–2	0–0	1–0	0–2	3–0	3–4	2–1	0–2	4–1
Blackburn United	5–2		2–1	2–1	4–2	3–1	3–2	0–3	0–4	5–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	2–3	1–3
Camelon Juniors	3–0	3–0		2–4	3–2	2–0	2–1	3–0	4–1	4–0	0–1	6–1	5–0	1–2	5–3
Dunipace	5–0	4–0	2–1		2–1	5–2	1–1	3–1	1–0	4–2	4–1	3–0	9–0	4–2	4–2
Heriot-Watt University	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–2		1–2	2–2	1–2	1–1	2–0	2–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0
Kirkcaldy & Dysart	5–3	3–1	2–2	4–1	0–1		1–2	3–2	1–1	3–1	2–3	1–3	7–0	1–2	3–4
Leith Athletic	1–3	3–1	0–1	1–2	0–0	3–0		6–0	2–2	4–1	2–2	1–0	5–1	2–4	4–1
Lochore Welfare	1–1	0–0	1–3	1–0	1–3	2–2	1–2		3–3	3–1	2–1	2–4	4–1	0–5	2–0
Newtongrange Star	1–2	3–1	2–0	0–1	1–3	3–2	2–1	5–1		2–2	2–0	1–0	5–1	4–1	3–1
Oakley United	0–4	0–3	3–3	1–2	1–3	1–4	2–2	0–2	1–3		0–1	0–2	2–1	0–4	1–1
Preston Athletic	3–5	1–1	0–7	1–1	3–2	0–1	5–1	2–1	0–1	3–1		1–2	4–2	3–1	1–0
Rosyth
St Andrews United	3–2	7–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–3	0–1	8–1	5–4	6–0	2–1		3–0	1–0	1–0
Vale of Leithen	2–6	2–4	1–3	0–8	1–2	2–4	1–10	1–4	1–6	1–4	3–4	0–7		1–10	0–4
Whitburn	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	4–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–2	4–1	4–2	2–3	6–3		1–0
Whitehill Welfare	5–1	2–1	2–2	0–2	2–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–2	4–1	2–2	2–6	5–1	2–3

Source: East of Scotland Football League^[17]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second Division

Edinburgh College

Edinburgh United & Edinburgh South

Stirling University reserves

Thornton Hibs

Tweedmouth Rangers

Location of teams in 2023–24 East of Scotland Football League Second Division

The league title went down to the final day of the season, with Bo'ness Athletic and Thornton Hibs separated by one point. Despite a 21-match winning run for Thornton Hibs to end the season, Bo'ness Athletic's 4–0 home victory over Dalkeith Thistle was enough for the honours.

Relegated from 2022–23 Second Division:

Craigroyston
Hawick Royal Albert
Lochgelly Albert
Syngenta (folded)

Promoted to 2023–24 Second Division:

Bo'ness Athletic
Armadale Thistle
Edinburgh College

Stadia and locations

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Team	Location	Home ground	Capacity	Seats	Floodlit
Armadale Thistle	Armadale	Volunteer Park^[31]	3,000	0	Yes
Burntisland Shipyard ^[SFA]	Burntisland	Recreation Park^[32]	1,000	0	Yes
Bo'ness Athletic	Bo'ness	Newtown Park^[33]	2,500	0	Yes
Coldstream ^[SFA]	Coldstream	Home Park^[34]	1,000	0	Yes
Dalkeith Thistle ^[SFA]	Dalkeith	King's Park^[35]	2,000	0	Yes
Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare ^[SFA]	Easthouses	Newbattle Complex^[36]	1,500	100	Yes
Edinburgh College	Edinburgh	Riccarton Campus^{[lower-alpha 1]}	250	195	Yes
Edinburgh South	Colinton, Edinburgh	Paties Road Stadium^{[lower-alpha 2]}	2,500	200	No
Edinburgh United	Colinton, Edinburgh	Paties Road Stadium^[37]	2,500	200	No
Kennoway Star Hearts	Star	Treaton Park	1,000	0	Yes
Newburgh	Newburgh	East Shore Park	1,000	0	No
Ormiston Primrose	Ormiston	New Recreation Park^[38]	1,000	0	No
Peebles Rovers	Peebles	Whitestone Park^[39]	2,250	250	No
Stirling University reserves	Stenhousemuir	Ochilview Park^{[lower-alpha 3]}	3,746	626	Yes
Thornton Hibs	Thornton	Memorial Park	1,800	0	No
Tweedmouth Rangers	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Shielfield Park^{[lower-alpha 4]}	4,099	1,366	Yes

Notes

Edinburgh College are ground-sharing with Heriot-Watt University.
Edinburgh South are ground-sharing with Edinburgh United.
Stirling University reserves are ground-sharing with Stenhousemuir.
Tweedmouth Rangers are ground-sharing with Berwick Rangers.

League table

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bo'ness Athletic (C, P)	30	27	0	3	139	32	+107	81	Promotion to the First Division
2	Thornton Hibs (P)	30	26	2	2	101	27	+74	80
3	Edinburgh South (P)	30	20	4	6	72	45	+27	64
4	Armadale Thistle	30	20	2	8	83	40	+43	62
5	Edinburgh College	30	15	6	9	68	58	+10	51
6	Peebles Rovers	30	14	4	12	58	61	−3	46
7	Stirling University reserves	30	15	0	15	64	60	+4	45
8	Dalkeith Thistle	30	13	2	15	65	60	+5	41
9	Kennoway Star Hearts	30	12	4	14	54	60	−6	40
10	Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare	30	12	2	16	62	84	−22	38
11	Coldstream	30	11	4	15	47	68	−21	37
12	Tweedmouth Rangers	30	10	2	18	47	68	−21	32
13	Burntisland Shipyard	30	9	5	16	48	71	−23	32
14	Ormiston Primrose (R)	30	6	2	22	48	104	−56	20	Relegation to the Third Division
15	Newburgh (R)	30	3	2	25	36	102	−66	11
16	Edinburgh United^{[lower-alpha 1]} (R)	30	5	3	22	40	92	−52	9

Source: eosfl.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Edinburgh United deducted 9 points for fielding an ineligible player in their March 2024 defeats against Edinburgh South, Bo'ness Athletic and Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare.

Results

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Home \ Away	ARM	BOA	BUR	COL	DAL	ELM	EDC	EDS	EDN	KSH	NEW	ORM	PEE	STI	THO	TWE
Armadale Thistle		0–2	4–0	4–3	5–0	3–2	4–0	2–2	7–0	1–3	5–3	3–2	4–2	3–1	1–2	4–0
Bo'ness Athletic	2–1		5–1	7–0	4–0	5–2	7–0	4–0	6–0	7–2	10–0	6–0	5–1	4–3	1–5	4–1
Burntisland Shipyard	0–3	0–3		0–1	1–4	3–2	3–1	0–0	4–3	0–2	1–1	5–1	2–3	2–4	3–7	4–3
Coldstream	2–1	0–5	1–0		0–4	2–3	2–2	1–4	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	5–0	1–3	1–2	2–2
Dalkeith Thistle	0–1	3–5	4–1	3–1		1–2	2–2	1–2	2–0	2–3	4–2	1–3	1–2	0–1	6–0	2–1
Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare	2–6	2–5	3–3	1–3	3–2		1–4	1–2	3–2	6–5	1–0	2–2	1–2	2–1	1–3	3–0^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Edinburgh College	2–2	1–4	4–1	3–0	2–1	4–0		4–2	3–2	2–2	5–2	4–3	1–1	2–3	1–2^{[lower-alpha 2]}	3–1
Edinburgh South	3–0	0–5	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–3^{[lower-alpha 3]}	2–1		4–2	1–0	2–1	4–2	3–3	1–2	2–2	3–0
Edinburgh United	0–3	0–7	1–2	0–2	1–2	1–3	3–3	2–3		0–4	1–1	3–1	1–2	0–4	0–5	2–4
Kennoway Star Hearts	0–2	0–2	0–0	2–1	2–2	3–2	1–2	1–3	1–3		2–3	4–0	1–4	2–1	0–1	2–1
Newburgh	2–4	0–9	1–3	2–1	0–1	0–2	1–3	1–2	2–6	2–4		0–4	1–4	2–3	0–7	2–4
Ormiston Primrose	0–5	0–4	1–4	3–4	2–6	7–0	2–1	2–12	0–2	2–2	3–2		0–1	0–3	0–4	0–3
Peebles Rovers	1–2	2–3	0–2	2–2	1–5	3–2	1–2	1–3	3–1	2–0	2–1	4–0		4–0	1–4	1–1
Stirling University reserves	2–0	2–1	5–2	4–2	2–5	6–1	1–2	2–3	2–0	1–2	2–1	4–5	1–4		1–4	0–2
Thornton Hibs	0–2	4–2	0–0	5–0	5–0	4–1	2–0	1–0	8–1^{[lower-alpha 4]}	4–0	6–1	6–2	3–0	1–0		2–0
Tweedmouth Rangers	2–1	2–5	3–1	2–4	4–1	0–5	0–4	0–2	0–2	2–4	0–2	3–0	4–1	2–0	0–2

Source: East of Scotland Football League^[17]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

Match played at Albyn Park, Broxburn.^[40]
Match played at Meadowbank Stadium.^[41]
Match played at Albyn Park, Broxburn, due to a waterlogged pitch at Paties Road.^[42]
Match played at Bayview Stadium, Methil, due to an unplayable pitch at Memorial Park.^[43]

Third Division

West Lothian

Edinburgh Community

Hawick Royal Albert

Lochgelly Albert

Linton Hotspur

Location of teams in 2023–24 East of Scotland Football League Third Division

Location of teams in 2023–24 East of Scotland Football League Third Division within West Lothian

West Calder United won the league title with a round of matches to spare, following a 2–1 victory over Harthill Royal on 14 May 2024.

Transferred from Lothian & Edinburgh Amateur League

Linton Hotspur

Stadia and locations

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Club	Location	Home Ground	Capacity	Seats	Floodlit
Bathgate Thistle	Bathgate	Creamery Park^[44]	3,000	0	Yes
Edinburgh Community	Warriston, Edinburgh	St Mark's Park^[45]	2,000	0	No
Fauldhouse United	Fauldhouse	Park View^[46]	2,000	100	No
Harthill Royal	Harthill	Gibbshill Park	1,800	0	No
Hawick Royal Albert ^[SFA]	Hawick	Albert Park^[47]	1,000	500	Yes
Linton Hotspur	West Linton	New Moor Road	TBC	63	No
Livingston United	Livingston	Station Park^[48]	2,000	0	Yes
Lochgelly Albert	Lochgelly	Gardiners Park	3,200	0	No
Pumpherston	Pumpherston	Recreation Park^[49]	2,700	0	No
Stoneyburn	Stoneyburn	Beechwood Park^[50]	4,000	0	No
West Calder United	West Calder	Hermand Park^[51]	1,000	0	No

League table

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	West Calder United (C, P)	30	24	2	4	85	25	+60	74	Promotion to the Second Division
2	Bathgate Thistle (P)	30	22	4	4	82	32	+50	70
3	Harthill Royal (P)	30	17	5	8	73	42	+31	56
4	Stoneyburn	30	16	4	10	53	45	+8	52
5	Pumpherston	30	13	7	10	60	51	+9	46
6	Lochgelly Albert	30	14	3	13	71	64	+7	45
7	Fauldhouse United^{[lower-alpha 1]}	30	13	5	12	51	43	+8	42
8	Hawick Royal Albert	30	12	2	16	48	62	−14	38
9	Edinburgh Community	30	8	4	18	43	73	−30	28
10	Linton Hotspur	30	4	0	26	31	94	−63	12
11	Livingston United	30	2	4	24	31	97	−66	10

Source: eosfl.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:

Fauldhouse United deducted 2 points for fielding an ineligible player in their game against Edinburgh Community – originally a 3–3 draw, the game was awarded 1–0 to Edinburgh Community.

Results

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Home \ Away	BAT	ECF	FAU	HAR	HAW	LIN	LIV	LOC	PUM	STO	WCU
Bathgate Thistle		1–0	4–2	2–0	1–2	4–1	6–0	2–3	5–3	3–1	0–2
		4–1		2–0	4–1			3–2		2–1
Edinburgh Community	2–2		1–1	1–2	2–1	4–2	2–2	0–2	0–4	0–1	0–5
1–5		1–0^{[lower-alpha 1]}			4–2			1–3	2–3
Fauldhouse United	0–1	1–0		1–2	2–1	2–1	3–2	3–3	2–4	0–1	2–0
			4–0	1–0		3–1	3–2			0–2
Harthill Royal	0–1	4–2	2–2		3–0	5–0	6–0	1–2	3–2	5–1	0–0
2–1	2–3				3–2	2–2			2–0
Hawick Royal Albert	1–4	2–1^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1–0	1–4		3–1	3–3	3–0	2–1	1–2	1–5
	4–2		1–5			1–0	0–2			1–5
Linton Hotspur	0–2	2–0	0–4	0–3	1–3		3–0	4–5	0–7	0–4	0–3
		0–3		2–1			2–3	1–2		1–4
Livingston United	2–5	0–4	0–1	1–5	1–4	2–3		0–2	2–3	0–4	2–4
0–4	1–2				3–1			3–1	1–4
Lochgelly Albert	0–4	2–3	2–1	4–5	2–2	6–0	4–0		4–2	1–5	2–3
3–3	4–1		1–3			3–0			3–1
Pumpherston	1–1	3–2	1–1	2–2	1–3	2–0	3–1	3–2		0–0	3–1
		2–2	0–0	1–0			1–0			1–5
Stoneyburn	0–3	1–1	1–6	1–0	2–5	1–0	2–2	4–2	2–0		0–2
0–2		3–0		3–0	4–0			1–1
West Calder United	1–1	4–1	1–0	3–1	3–1	3–1	6–0	3–1	2–1	0–1
	7–0		2–1			3–0	2–1		3–0

Source: East of Scotland Football League^[17]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

Match initially finished 3–3; later awarded 1–0 to Edinburgh Community as Fauldhouse United fielded an ineligible player.
The original fixture finished 3–1 to Edinburgh Community, but the match was replayed as Edinburgh Community made too many substitutions during the match.^[52]

Notes

^SFA Club with an SFA licence;^[53] eligible to participate in the Lowland League promotion play-off (should they win the Premier Division), and also compete in the Scottish Cup.

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