Lothian Junior League Competitions
1892-2002
Page created: 22 January 2021
Updated: 26 February 2021
Although there are
press reports of a club called Virginians being Junior League champions in 1891
this probably relates to a cup competition. So it is more probable that the first league formed in the Lothians was the Edinburgh & District Junior League in
1892. This folded in 1897 and was replaced by the short-lived Leith & District League.
Up until 1922 the region was served a number of
leagues; the East of
Scotland Junior League, which folded in 1904 after several clubs left to
form the Linlithgowshire Junior League and the
Edinburgh Junior League, which re-formed as the East of Scotland Junior League
in 1912. There was also a wartime Lothian Junior League.
However the strongest
and longest lasting league was the Midlothian
Junior League (also known as the Donaldson
League) which was formed in 1892 and was to continue under various names
until 2002.
In 1922 the East of
Scotland Junior FA decided to amalgamate the Midlothian
Junior League,
the Linlithgowshire Junior League and Border Junior League as the East of Scotland Junior League which
was split into three regional divisions. This fragmented in 1926 when the
Border clubs left and the remaining clubs consolidated under one division.
Further re-organising in 1929 saw clubs in the region compete as the Midlothian Junior League. This would
continue until WWII, after which the league was restarted as the Edinburgh & District
Junior League.
In the 1968 the
Scottish Junior FA re-organisation of the Junior
set-up, the Edinburgh & District
Junior League was renamed the East
Region Junior League. A further re-organisation in 2002 saw the league
merge with the Tayside Region Junior
League and Fife Region Junior League
to form the expanded East Region Junior
League.
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Edinburgh &
District Junior League (1) 1892-93 Niddrie Bluebell 1893-94
Niddrie Bluebell 1894-95
no competition 1895-96
Leith Rangers 1896-97
Leith Craighall |
Leith & District
League 1897-98
Leith Primrose |
Edinburgh Junior
League 1904-05
Edinburgh Rosebery 1905-06
no competition 1906-07
Edinburgh Rosebery 1907-08
1908-09
North British Thistle / Edinburgh Rosebery 1909-10
Granton Gasworks 1910-11
Niddrie Bluebell 1911-12
Niddrie Bluebell |
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East of Scotland
Junior League(1) 1899-00
Vale of Grange 1900-01
Vale of Grange 1901-02
Dunfermline Our Boys 1902-03
Bo'ness Our Boys 1903-04
Broxburn Athletic |
East of Scotland
Junior League(2) 1912-13
Niddrie Bluebell 1913-14
Pumpherston Rangers 1914-15
Linlithgow Rose 1915-1918
no competition 1918-19
Winchburgh Violet 1919-20
Edinburgh Emmet 1920-21
West Calder / West Craigs United 1921-22
Winchburgh Violet |
Linlithgowshire Junior League 1904-05
Broxburn Athletic 1905-06
Broxburn Athletic 1906-07
Armadale Thistle / Our Boys Athletic 1907-08
Broxburn Thistle 1908-09
Broxburn Thistle 1909-10
Broxburn St Andrew's / Armadale
Thistle 1910-11
Seafield Athletic 1911-12
Bathgate Primrose 1912-13
Broxburn St Andrew's 1913-14
Addiewell United 1914-15
Avonbridge 1915-1921
no competition 1921-22
West Craigs United |
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Midlothian Junior
League
(1) 1893-94
Arniston Rangers 1894-95
Newtongrange Athletic 1895-96
Arniston Rangers 1896-97
Dalhousie Rangers 1897-98
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 1898-99
Musselburgh Fern 1899-00
Arniston Rangers 1900-01
Arniston Rangers 1901-02
Arniston Rangers |
1902-03
Edinburgh Myrtle 1903-04
Arniston Rangers 1904-05
Arniston Rangers 1905-06
Newtongrange Star 1906-07
Newtongrange Star 1907-08
Newtongrange Star 1908-09
Arniston Rangers 1909-10
Penicuik 1910-11
Arniston Rangers |
1911-12
Wemyss Athletic 1912-13
Wemyss Athletic 1913-14
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 1914-15
Tranent 1915-1919
no competition 1919-20
Newtongrange Star 1920-21
Newtongrange Star 1921-22
Newtongrange Star |
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Lothian Junior League 1915-16
Winchburgh Violet 1916-17
Winchburgh Violet 1917-18
Winchburgh Violet 1918-19
Loanhead Mayflower |
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East of Scotland
Junior League
(3) Eastern Division 1922-23
Newtongrange Star 1923-24
Newtongrange Star 1924-25
Newtongrange Star 1925-26
Newtongrange Star |
East of Scotland
Junior League (3) Western Division 1922-23
Livingston United 1923-24
Linlithgow Rose 1924-25
Linlithgow Rose 1925-26
Vale of Grange |
East of Scotland
Junior League
(3) Southern Division 1922-23
Gala Hailes Villa 1923-24
Vale of Leithen 1924-25
Duns Juniors 1925-26
Gala Hailes Villa |
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Midlothian Junior
League (2) 1926-27
Newtongrange Star 1927-28
Dunbar United (play-off winners) 1928-29
Tranent 1929-30
Newtongrange Star 1930-31
Tranent 1931-32
Dalkeith Thistle 1932-33
Newtongrange Star 1933-34
Blackburn Athletic 1934-35
Stoneyburn 1935-36
Bo'ness Cadora 1936-37
Tranent 1937-38
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 1938-39
Stoneyburn 1939-40 Armadale
Thistle 1940-41 Armadale
Thistle 1941-1945 no
competition |
Midlothian Junior
League (2) Division A 1927-28
Dalkeith Thistle Division B 1927-28
Linlithgow Rose |
East of Scotland
Junior League
(4) 1928-29 Stoneyburn |
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Lanark & Lothians Junior League 1941-42
Polkemmet 1942-43 Armadale Thistle 1943-44 Armadale Thistle 1944-45
Fauldhouse United |
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Edinburgh &
District Junior League (2) Play-off winners 1945-46 Fauldhouse
United 1948-49 Bo'ness United 1949-50 Armadale
Thistle 1952-53 Armadale
Thistle 1953-54 Arniston
Rangers 1957-58 Bo'ness United 1961-62 Dunbar United |
Edinburgh &
District Junior League (2) West Division 1949-50 Armadale
Thistle 1952-53 Armadale
Thistle 1953-54 Bo'ness United 1957-58 Bo'ness United 1961-62 Whitburn |
Edinburgh &
District Junior League (2) Mid/East Division 1949-50 Arniston
Rangers 1952-53 Newtongrange Star 1953-54 Arniston
Rangers 1957-58 Ormiston Primrose 1961-62 Dunbar United |
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East Region Junior
League Play-off winners 1968-69 Bo'ness United |
East Region Junior
League West Division 1968-69 Bo'ness United |
East Region Junior
League Mid/East Division 1968-69 Newtongrange Star |
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East Region Junior
League Division A 1975-76 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 1979-80 Camelon 1981-82 Linlithgow Rose |
1983-84 Linlithgow Rose 1984-85 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 1990-91
Newtongrange Star 1991-92
Newtongrange Star |
Division1 1992-93
Fauldhouse United 1993-94
Camelon 1994-95
Camelon 1995-96
Whitburn 1996-97
Linlithgow Rose 1997-98
Whitburn 1998-99
Linlithgow Rose 1999-00
Linlithgow Rose 2000-01
Whitburn 2001-02 Linlithgow Rose |
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East Region Junior
League Division B 1975-76 Dunbar United 1979-80 Dalkeith Thistle 1981-82 Fauldhouse
United |
1983-84 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 1984-85 Armadale
Thistle 1990-91
Bathgate Thistle 1991-92
Livingston
United |
Division 2 1992-93
Harthill Royal 1993-94
Dunbar
United 1994-95
Harthill Royal 1995-96
Tranent 1996-97
Fauldhouse United 1997-98
Dunbar
United 1998-99
Haddington Athletic 1999-00
Harthill Royal 2000-01
Musselburgh Athletic 2001-02 Fauldhouse United |
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