2016–17 East of Scotland Football League


The 2016–17 East of Scotland Football League was the 88th season of the East of Scotland Football League, and the 3rd season as the sixth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. The season began on 3 September 2016 and finished on 13 May 2017. Leith Athletic were the defending champions.
The league was reduced to a 12-team division following the departure of Civil Service Strollers and Hawick Royal Albert who left to join the Lowland Football League, Craigroyston who left to join the Scottish Junior Football Association and Spartans Reserves who withdrew.
Tweedmouth Rangers joined from the North Northumberland League, however Duns resigned before the season began.

Teams

The following teams have changed division since the 2015–16 season.

To East of Scotland Football League

Transferred from North Northumberland Football League
Transferred to Lowland Football League
Transferred to East South Division
TeamLocationHome groundCapacityRef.
Burntisland ShipyardBurntislandRecreation Park1,000
ColdstreamColdstreamHome Park1,000
DunsDunsNew Hawthorn Park1,000
Eyemouth UnitedEyemouthWarner Park2,000
Heriot-Watt UniversityEdinburghRiccarton Campus1,800
Leith AthleticEdinburghMeadowbank 3G500
Lothian Thistle Hutchison ValeEdinburghSaughton Sports Complex1,000
OrmistonOrmistonRecreation Park2,000
Peebles RoversPeeblesWhitestone Park2,250
Stirling University ReservesStirlingGannochy Sports Centre1,000
Tweedmouth RangersBerwick-upon-TweedOld Shielfield1,000
TynecastleEdinburghFernieside Recreation Ground1,500

League table