UPDATES

8 July East of Scotland League More results from John Weir for the 1970s have been added. The EOS Qualifying Cup and King Cup has also seen some additional results and corrections. I will be working on 1969-70's notes from John over the next couple of days.

After 9 months of extensive work, John and I are in the process of winding down the research for these competitions. We reckon we now have over 95% of results for the League and 99% of the cup results.. Any further additions will now be on an "as and when" basis. If anyone can add any of the missing info, be it dates, results, even corrections, these will be gladly recieved.

4 July East of Scotland League 1972-73 results grid has been updated and is complete as is possible. Again EOSQC and King Cup-ties appear to have been counted as certain league matches. The final table has also been corrected to reflect the results grid and has a few differences regarding the number of matches won and lost by a few clubs.

22 June some more league tables and extended memberships have been added to the North Caledonian League.

The Inverness Junior League's founding date has been pushed back to 1950.

And more results have been added to the 1950s seasons of the Aberdeenshire League.

New addition: Highland Alliance, a reserve league for Highland League clubs which existed in the mid 1920s. The North of Scotland 2nd XI Leaguewas colliquolly known as this in the late 1930s after it changed its name for the North of Scotland Junior League.

Border Amateur League (pre-WWI version) results are now 99% complete.

13 June East of Scotland League, EOS Qualifying Cup and King Cup, all updated with more results for the 1960s.

I've also researched more on the Border Senior League and have now uncovered virtually every result for this competition which existed from the 1890s to the early 1920s. This has meant a slight rewrite of the winners list... the1907-08 and 1912-13 seasons being unfinished and the championships withheld. Also the Borders-based Southern Leagueof 1905-06 was abandoned during the season.

I intend to work on the Berwickshire-based Border Amateur League of the same period over the next week or so.

1 Jun 1979-80 East of Scotland League results updated.

28 May 1973-74 and 1974-75 East of Scotland League results updated.

Ken Morton has noted that the result of Peterhead v Huntly Highland League match on 18 Dec 1954 was 0-1, not 2-1.

Thanks to Gordon Hunter for uncovering more Penman Cup ties for the 1960-61 season

21 May 1969-70 East of Scotland League results updated

15 May additional results has been added to a few seasons in the early 1980s of the East of Scotland League, We've also been able to fill in the match outcomes and some scorelines for the Edinburgh Section of the 1967-68 season. This has corrected an apparent anomally where Edinburgh University were recorded as playing only 10 of their 12 fixtures despite all the other clubs completing theirs!

25 April the date and result of every Highland League Cup match from 1946-2025 are now on the site.

24 April East of Scotland League more results for 1964-65 and  1965-66 have been added, The Border Section of the  1967-68 season has also been updated. John Weir's research has been able to confirm the remaining missing scores for the 1984-85 season. The EOS Qualifying Cup, King Cup and East of Scotland League Cup have also been updated

10 April Scott Husband has sent some amendments and additions for the 1961-62 Aberdeenshire Cup and 1957-58 North of Scotland Cup. I've looked more at the latter and it appears every match in this competition is now accounted for. Further research of the Inverness Cup has also yielded more results for the 1950s editions and I'll be looking further into this cup over the next few days.

Further research of the Highland League has uncovered three of the missing results ..

1923-24
28 Apr Inv Thistle v Caley 1-2

1926-27
8 Sep Caley v Clach 2-1

1947-48
16 Aug RAF v Deveronvale 1-7

This leaves only SIX matches to confirm.

2 April A discussion on the History of the Highland League Facebook group regarding the 1923-24 Highland League has noted that the result of the Forres v Nairn County match was actually 4-3 and not 3-3 as recorded in the results matrix. This has now been amended and league table adjusted accordingly. Thanks to Ian McNeill for uncovering this error.

As for ttwo Caley v Thistle matches where the scores are unknown, based on an, albeit somewhat dodgy table published on 1 April 1924, it appears the undated match in the grid was played prior to this date and was won 2-1 to Caley with the 28 April match also ending 2-1.

31 March Chris Soutar has unearthed a report that the 1925-26 Morayshire Junior Leaguewas won by Lossiemouth Rangers and this has been confirmed by a subsequent report in the Aberdeen P&J on 1 June 1926. Sorry Newmill!

29 March 1987-88 East of Scotland League First Division results near complete. The only two outstanding results are the two Heriot-Watt v Tollcross matches played on 26 March and 26 April 1988. It looks likely that Tollcross won both matches by an aggregate score of 8-0.

28 March I've reviewed the 1951-52 East of Scotland League and the updated results grid and table is now on the site. 20 match results are unfortunately still outstanding. I have attempted to use week to week league tables as published in the press to determine the missing results however this has been problematic. For a start some newspapers printed tables that conflict with another paper's. Also some cup-ties were also counted as league matches, some of these were subsequently taken out, then some added back!

25 March John has found more results for the1983-84 East of Scotland League. Using the weekly tables published in contemporary newspapers, I've been able to compile a near complete result grid, the resultd dates and/or dates of seven matches still needing to be confirmed.

I received an email from Bruce Ralston concerning the 1952 Scottish Amateur Cup final...

"Whilst browsing through the facts and figures and happy memories of my younger days (I am now 86 years of age) I did, however come across a discrepancy which I feel sure you would want to know about.
In the section on Scottish Amateur Cup finals, it correctly shows details of the 1957 final as Giffnock North 4 Cupar Hearts 2. As a teenager representing the Youth sections of the club on the Giffnock North committee at that time I can vividly recall every minute of that memorable day.
However, your details of the 1952 final – Port Glasgow Hibs 1 Giffnock North 0 – are incorrect. Much as I would like to claim that Giffnock North have appeared in two finals, in 1952 it was in fact Giffnock Amateurs, an entirely different club. Both played in the Scottish Amateur League, and shared the same pitch at Huntly Park, Giffnock, which, of course, led to a close local rivalry.
There is absolutely no doubt that it was Giffnock AMATEURS who appeared in the 1952 final."

19 March East of Scotland League for 1954-55 has been further amended. John has also sent more dates/results for the 1982-83 season.

15 March The 1975-76 season of the East of Scotland League, EOS Qualifying Cup, King Cup has been updated, the confirmation of only two league results outstanding. Further work on the 1950s to 1980s period is ongoing. Many thanks to JOHN WEIR for his unwavering research in this period.

9 March Edinburgh & District League  More dates and results have been found for this league which operated between 1930 and 1935. The league tables have also been corrected.

I've also added the pre-WWI Eastern League results and tables, this league ran from 1912-1914 and contained several Lothian and Borders clubs.

4 March East of Scotland League, EOS Qualifying Cup, King Cup, Alex Jack Cup and East of Scotland League Cup all updated

Border Cup updated

John has sent more league and cup results for the 1979-1986 period, as well as additional info for the earlier seasons. I've also looked at the 19th century editions of the cup competitions and made further amendments to those. Thanks to Madara of P&B forum for highlighting a Border Cup error, 1910 semi-final should read Duns 1 Coldstream 3, not 3-1.

2 March Gordon Hunter has noted a couple of results for the 1966-67 East of Scotland League, the results grids for this season is now  near complete.

1 March Thanks to Eednud of P&B for noting the final score of the 1901-02 Paul Shield between Selkirk and Duns (4-1).

I've been looking at the 19th century seasons of the EOS Qualifying Cup, EOS Consolation Cup and King Cup and unearthed a number of the missing dates and scores. These are now on the site.

28 February Gordon Hunter has added more info for the EOS Qualifying Cup and EOS Consolation Cup...

EOS Qualifying Cup
1909-10 1st rd, Broxburn Athletic v Broxburn scr-wo. Athletic had resigned from the EOSFA.
1910-11 2nd rd, 17 Sep Gala Fairydean v Duns 1-0

EOS Consolation Cup
1910-11 1st rd, 4 March 1911, Amphion v Broxburn Shamrock 3-3
1911-12 1st rd, Gala Fairydean v Vale of Leithen scr-wo
1911-12 2nd rd, Amphion v Broxburn Shamrock, Amphion awarded the tie after Shamrock failed to appear

26 February

East of Scotland League, EOS Qualifying Cup, King Cup, Alex Jack Cup and East of Scotland League Cup all updated

Thanks to HibeeJibee of P&B for pointing out some corrections

King Cup in 2014-15 Edinburgh Community should read Craigroyston

2023-24 Premier Division: 30 Apr Hill of Beath v Penicuik 0-1 was declared void and replayed
both this and Third Division match Hawick v Edinburgh Community both related to referees allowing an improper number of substitutions

Kelso United did not scratch League Cup in 2015-16 results and section were:

Sat 1st Aug 2015 Stirling Uni EOS 1-1 Kelso
Wed 5th Aug 2015 Duns 7-2 Kelso
Sat 8th Aug 2015 Kelso 1-7 Spartans

Section C
Spartans P3 3-0-0 F16 A4 9pts
Duns P3 2-0-1 F11 A10 6pts
Stirling Uni P3 0-1-2 F3 A5 1pt
Kelso P3 0-1-2 F4 A15 1pt

Kelso withdrew from league in early September and had also played EOS Qualifying Cup R1 tie on Saturday 15th August, score Kelso 1-5 Hawick They scratched away to Ormiston in King Cup  R1 which was incorrectly showing as an Ormiston bye

22 February A correction have been made to the winners list for the Lanarkshire Cup, Airdrieonians were the winners in 1991, not Motherwell.

The scoreline of the 1911 Dumbartonshire Cup final has also been fixed, Vale of Leven beat Dumbarton Harp 3-1, not the other way around.

21 February East of Scotland League and cup results from seasons 1875 up to 2025

East of Scotland League, EOS Qualifying Cup, King Cup and East of Scotland League Cup all updated

14 October Stuart Robertson has created a new website that will host his extensive research into the Juniors. So far there are about 20 seasons with records covering the whole of Scotland... dates, results and final tables.

http://www.bawsontheslates.com/

8 October After a number of weeks of research, I'm able to  publish an extensive record of league and cup matches for Junior leagues and cups in Kincardineshire.

6 September Thanks to ANGUS MACKAY, I have been able to publish a comprehensive record of  football in CAITHNESS since the 1880s, with league and cup winners from numerous competitions competed for by the County FA and Wick FA. Also here are match results from various leagues and cups organised by the Wick FA.

Two downloads are also available...

FOOTBALL IN CAITHNESS 1886-1966, by Norman Glass

WICK FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION 1894-2024, by Angus Mackay

9 March SCOTTISH HIGHLAND LEAGUE, Dates, Results and Final Tables 1893-2024 now added. After four months of extensive research, 99.95% of every match has been found

My sincere thanks goes to Bob McNally for his unwavering help in getting this project completed

THE WINNERS

Fifth Edition now available. 

Listing the champions of over a thousand league and non-league competitions, this edition, the first in nearly a decade now features the principal winners of amateur, welfare and juvenile football. Women's football is also included

Copies available from Lulu.com (NOTE the option to change the price from US$ to GBP is at the foot of the page)

THE SCOTTISH NON LEAGUE REVIEW
was at the forefront of publishing research on Junior and Senior non-league football, the annual SNLR yearbook, the 'Bible of Non League football', being a must have.

Stewart Davidson decided to 'retire' after 30 years at the helm and has a number of his publications still available for sale at discounted prices. These booklets are hard to come by and contain a plethora of historical material; club histories, sourcebooks, league and cup histories including a complete record of the Scottish Qualifying Cup. Also available are the complete Scottish Junior Cup results from 1950 to date.

Stewart has UPDATED his list of the available books, please take a look and grab yourself a bargain!