Eastern Football League
Fourth version 1945-46
|
See also Eastern League
overview By Stuart Robertson Gordon Hunter Brian McColl Andrew Hulet Tom McGouran |
In
1945-46, the Scottish League was still in abeyance, so its member clubs
continued with the Southern League. With the addition of North Eastern
League, two divisions were set up, but this excluded five pre-War League
clubs. They addressed this by creating a new league centred in the eastern
counties. Founded in Perth on 20 July 1945, the league’s working title was
the Central League before the Eastern League nane
was settled on. Despite having an odd number of sides, an application from Bo’ness was refused. They went on and merged with the
local Junior club Cadora to form Bo’ness United. Another new club was Stirling Albion, who
were seen as a continuation of the town’s pre-War
League side King’s Park. The SFA were asked to perform the secretarial duties
and the league modelled itself on the North Eastern League by playing over
two series. It also organized two Cup competitions. The second series
saw the addition of St Johnstone ‘A’, which brought
the membership up to eight clubs. However Stirling Albion were
expelled after playing two games when they decided to participate in the
Southern League Cup against the wishes of the other Eastern League clubs. |
Champions
First series – Dundee
Second series – East Strilingshire
|
First Series |
Bre |
Dun |
ES |
Ed C |
For |
Mont |
Stir |
|
Brechin City |
X |
8 Sep 1-5 |
|
10 Nov 2-3 |
1 Dec 5-1 |
25 Aug 3-5 |
29 Sep 4-3 |
|
Dundee ‘A’ |
27 Oct 3-0 |
X |
15 Sep 5-1 |
1 Sep 5-1 |
29 Dec 2-1 |
24 Nov 6-2 |
20 Oct 4-2 |
|
East Stirlingshire |
15 Dec 5-0 |
10 Nov 3-1 |
X |
22 Dec 2-0 |
|
8 Sep 1-4 |
13 Oct 4-2 |
|
Edinburgh City |
13 Oct 5-3 |
3 Nov 2-3 |
29 Sep 7-1 |
X |
25 Aug 5-6 |
27 Oct 6-3 |
24 Nov 1-2 |
|
Forfar Athletic |
|
13 Oct 2-2 |
1 Sep 3-3 |
8 Dec 5-1 |
X |
29 Sep 7-3 |
10 Nov 4-8 |
|
Montrose |
20 Oct 1-1 |
|
8 Dec 2-1 |
15 Sep 5-2 |
3 Nov 4-3 |
X |
1 Sep 2-3 |
|
Stirling Albion |
3 Nov 0-1 |
25 Aug 1-2 |
27 Oct 5-1 |
18 Aug 8-3 |
8 Sep 7-1 |
1 Dec 5-1 |
X |
|
|
First Series |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
|
1 |
Dundee ‘A’ |
11 |
9 |
1 |
1 |
38 |
16 |
19 |
|
2 |
Stirling Albion |
12 |
7 |
0 |
5 |
46 |
28 |
14 |
|
3 |
Montrose |
11 |
5 |
1 |
5 |
32 |
38 |
11 |
|
4 |
East Stirlingshire |
10 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
22 |
29 |
9 |
|
5 |
Edinburgh City |
12 |
4 |
0 |
8 |
36 |
45 |
8 |
|
6 |
Forfar Athletic |
10 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
33 |
40 |
8 |
|
7 |
Brechin City |
10 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
20 |
31 |
7 |
This table was printed in
the press, but doesn’t tally with the known results
|
|
First Series |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
|
1 |
Dundee ‘A’ |
11 |
9 |
1 |
1 |
45 |
19 |
19 |
|
2 |
Stirling
Albion |
12 |
7 |
0 |
5 |
47 |
27 |
14 |
|
3 |
Montrose |
12 |
5 |
1 |
6 |
36 |
42 |
11 |
|
4 |
East Stirlingshire |
11 |
5 |
1 |
5 |
25 |
34 |
11 |
|
5 |
Edinburgh City |
12 |
5 |
0 |
7 |
40 |
44 |
10 |
|
6 |
Forfar
Athletic |
10 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
33 |
44 |
8 |
|
7 |
Brechin City |
12 |
3 |
1 |
8 |
22 |
38 |
7 |
|
Second Series |
Bre |
Dun |
ES |
Ed C |
For |
Mont |
St J |
Stir |
|
Brechin City |
X |
12 Jan 1-0 |
16 Mar 1-1 |
16 Feb 1-1 |
|
9 Mar 4-3 |
26 Jan 2-1 |
|
|
Dundee ‘A’ |
30 Mar 5-1 |
X |
23 Mar 5-2 |
14 May 2-2 |
8 May 3-2 |
23 Feb 6-1 |
9 Mar 7-0 |
5 Jan 5-4 |
|
East Stirlingshire |
19 Jan 2-2 |
2 Mar 6-1 |
X |
2 Feb 6-2 |
9 Mar 4-3 |
30 Mar 7-2 |
5 Jan 5-1 |
|
|
Edinburgh City |
5 Jan 1-4 |
9 Feb 1-4 |
23 Feb 0-3 |
X |
26 Jan 2-5 |
16 Mar 2-4 |
30 Mar 4-2 |
|
|
Forfar Athletic |
23 Mar 1-1 |
2 Feb 7-3 |
9 Feb 3-2 |
2 Mar 4-2 |
X |
5 Jan 3-1 |
16 Mar 4-4 |
|
|
Montrose |
9 Feb 0-1 |
19 Jan 3-2 |
12 Jan 3-6 |
|
16 Feb 0-0 |
X |
2 Mar 4-0 |
|
|
St Johnstone ‘A’ |
23 Feb 3-0 |
1 Jan 5-2 |
16 Feb 3-3 |
23 Mar 3-2 |
12 Jan 4-0 |
2 Feb 1-1 |
X |
|
|
Stirling Albion |
|
|
1 Jan 6-2 |
|
|
|
|
X |
Stirling Albion resigned in
January 1946 to compete in the Scottish Southern League Cup competition
|
|
Second Series |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
|
1 |
East Stirlingshire |
12 |
7 |
3 |
2 |
47 |
26 |
17 |
|
2 |
Dundee ‘A’ |
12 |
6 |
1 |
5 |
40 |
31 |
13 |
|
3 |
Brechin City |
11 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
18 |
18 |
14 |
|
4 |
Forfar Athletic |
11 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
32 |
26 |
13 |
|
5 |
St Johnstone ‘A’ |
12 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
27 |
34 |
11 |
|
6 |
Montrose |
11 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
22 |
32 |
8 |
|
7 |
Edinburgh City |
11 |
1 |
2 |
8 |
19 |
38 |
4 |
|
Eastern League
Cup First series First round 8 Dec Forfar Athletic v Edinburgh City
5-1 8 Dec Stirling Albion v Brechin City 7-2 SemiFinal 15 Dec Montrose v Dundee
‘A’ 3-5 15 Dec Forfar Athletic v Stirling
Albion 3-2 Final 22 Dec Forfar Athletic v Dundee
‘A’ 1-4 29 Dec Dundee ‘A’ v Forfar
Athletic 2-1 |
Eastern League Cup Second series
1st rd 2 legs 6th Apr Brechin City 0-1
East Stirlingshire 17th Apr East Stirlingshire 0-3 Brechin City 17th Apr Forfar Ath 6-0 Montrose Montrose ?-? Forfar Ath 6th Apr Edinburgh City 4-3 Dundee ‘A’ 15th Apr Dundee ‘A’ 5-0 Edinburgh City St Johnstone ‘A’ bye Semi final 2 legs 24th Apr Dundee ‘A’
3-1 Brechin 27 Apr or 1st May Brechin ?-? Dundee ‘A’ 20th Apr Forfar 3-4 St Johnstone ‘A’ 27th Apr St Johnstone ‘A’
3-0 Forfar Ath Final 2 legs 4th May St Johnstone ‘A’ 5-0
Dundee ‘A’ 11th May Dundee ‘A’ 0-2 St Johnstone
‘A’ |