Until 2006–07 For season 2002–03, twelve clubs from the
East (Lothians),
Fife and
Tayside leagues in the eastern part of Scotland combined to create the
East Super League; this was fed by the existing regional leagues:
Tayside Premier (with
Tayside Division One below),
Fife District League and
Lothians Division One (with
Lothians Division Two below.) A similar change occurred in the west of Scotland where the
Ayrshire and
Central leagues merged entirely to form a
West Region. A year earlier, the
North Region was renamed, but this had no impact on the system itself.
2006–07 to 2012–13 In 2006, a further reorganisation led to the creation of another region-wide tier below the East Super League, known as the
East Premier League. Below this, the Regional leagues were streamlined into single
North (Tayside),
Central (Fife) and
South (Lothians) Divisions. To balance the numbers in these new leagues, the majority of
Perthshire clubs were re-allocated from the North to the Central Division (exceptions to this were
Blairgowrie and
Coupar Angus who remained in the North Division setup). As of the end of 2006–07 season, clubs were promoted and relegated between the Super League and the Premier League. One club from each of the lowest-tier divisions would be promoted to the Premier League, with three Premier League sides relegated to a regional division corresponding to their geographical area.
2013–14 to 2016–17 As agreed at the 2011–12 East Region AGM, the leagues were restructured into four divisions from the 2013–14 season. The Super League and Premier League were expanded from twelve to sixteen clubs while the regional divisions were merged into two from the current three and branded as
North and
South; clubs in the Central division were split between the two new leagues on a geographical basis. The League Cup competitions which traditionally opened the season were also scrapped as part of these proposals.
2017–18 to 2018–19 In 2017,
Kelty Hearts left the league to join the
East of Scotland Football League in the
senior pyramid. The following April, thirteen clubs—most of them from the East Juniors—moved to the East of Scotland League for the
2018–19 season. When the window for applications was extended, even more East Region clubs quit the Junior grade, bringing the total of clubs leaving Junior football that summer to 24: •
Arniston Rangers •
Blackburn United •
Bo'ness United •
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic •
Broxburn Athletic •
Camelon Juniors •
Craigroyston •
Crossgates Primrose •
Dalkeith Thistle •
Dunbar United •
Dundonald Bluebell •
Easthouses Lily MW •
Edinburgh United •
Haddington Athletic •
Hill of Beath Hawthorn •
Jeanfield Swifts •
Linlithgow Rose •
Musselburgh Athletic •
Newtongrange Star •
Oakley United •
Penicuik Athletic •
Sauchie Juniors •
St Andrews United •
Tranent Juniors The loss of clubs caused the league to restructure from four divisions to three, effectively removing the Premier League and rearranging the 36 clubs into a 12-team
Super League with two 12-team
North and
South divisions below.
Glenrothes and
Kinnoull also made the move to the senior pyramid in summer 2019.
From 2019–20 The entire region was split into north and south sections, each containing a 10-team
Super League and a 8 or 10-team
Premier League below. Four clubs joined the South Premier League: Bo'ness United Junior, Linlithgow Rose Community, Syngenta, and
Sauchie Juniors Community. In April 2020, the
2019–20 season was declared null and void due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, and the next month it was confirmed that a further eight clubs, mostly from Fife, were leaving the East Juniors for the East of Scotland League: •
Kennoway Star Hearts •
Kirkcaldy & Dysart •
Lochgelly Albert •
Lochore Welfare •
Luncarty •
Newburgh •
Rosyth •
Thornton Hibs For the
2020–21 season, the remaining 30 clubs were merged into a single tier split into a Tayside League and Lothian League, later renamed
Premiership North (17 clubs) and
Premiership South (13 clubs). Matches restarted on 21 November 2020, but the season was declared null and void again on 16 March 2021. In April 2021 another eleven clubs announced they were leaving the East Juniors for the East of Scotland League: •
Armadale Thistle •
Bathgate Thistle •
Bo'ness United (now called Bo'ness Athletic} •
Fauldhouse United •
Harthill Royal (applied to join
West of Scotland Football League) •
Livingston United •
Pumpherston •
Stoneyburn •
Syngenta •
West Calder United •
Whitburn Also in April 2021 it was announced that discussions were ongoing for clubs in the East Premiership North to form
Midlands League at Tier 6 in the
Scottish football league system, that would ultimately see clubs in the Midlands League play off against those in the
North Caledonian League and
North Superleague for a place in the
Highland League. Although there was no official announcement of the league's formation, the East Region announced the fixtures for the
2021-22 season straight away on 21 June, with 19 clubs shown as league members,
Dundee St James and
Letham being new clubs in addition to all members of the
2020–21 East Premiership North. ==Cup competitions==