Eastern Football Alliance

1891-92

See also Main index Club directory Eastern League East of Scotland League

This early league was formed in May 1891 by, initially, six clubs based in West Lothian, Edinburgh and Fife. Broxburn Shamrock and Kirkcaldy were later admitted but Leith Hibernian, a club related to the original Hibernian club, actually disbanded before the competition started and were replaced by Adventurers. Midway through, Kirkcaldy appear to have dropped out, but the league was abandoned anyway with only three clubs completing their fixtures.

1891-92	Adv	Arm	Bath	Bo’	Bro	Br S	Kirk	MS
Adventurers	X				23 Apr 1-5	23 Jan 3-3		9 Apr 1-5
Armadale	15 Aug 5-2	X		22 Aug 5-1	23 Jan 5-9 CC?	30 Apr 3-2		24 Oct 5-2
Bathgate Rovers		15 Apr 4-3	X	23 Apr 7-0	14 May 3-1	30 Jan 3-0		21 May 3-5
Bo’ness		30 Jan 4-2		X		6 Feb 2-3	29 Aug 3-3	15 Aug 2-8
Broxburn	5 Mar 4-5	31 Oct 7-2	30 Apr 0-2	13 Feb 9-1	X	16 Apr 4-1	15 Aug 3-2	28 May 5-5
Broxburn Shamrock	8 Aug 5-3	27 Feb 6-2	9 Apr 7-2		14 Nov 2-1	X		23 Apr 7-5
Kirkcaldy	22 Aug 2-2	19 Sep 3-2			30 Jan 1-5		X	19 Mar 1-4
Mossend Swifts	19 Dec 6-1	16 Jan 4-2	22 Aug 4-1	2 Apr 5-0	XXX	29 Aug 4-1	XXX	X

15 Aug Bathgate Rovers v Broxburn Shamrock 0-1 (referee at first allowed and then disallowed a Rovers’ goal forcing a crowd invasion after 85 mins. He declared the game to be over)

22 Aug Broxburn Shamrock v Broxburn 0-1 abandoned after 40 mins due to rainstorm

24 Oct Bathgate Rov v Broxburn 4-0

9 Jan Kirkcaldy v Broxburn Shamrock 1-2 (friendly due to snow)

5 Mar Adventurers v Broxburn (First game in EA)

26 Mar Broxburn v Mossend 0-1 friendly played due to stormy weather

21 May Broxburn Shamrock v Adventurers 9-1 (EA?)

1891-92		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7	Mossend Swifts Broxburn Shamrock Broxburn Bathgate Rovers Adventurers Armadale Bo’ness	12 11 12 9 10 12 10	9 8 7 4 3 3 1	1 1 1 0 2 0 1	2 2 4 5 5 9 8	58 46 53 22 30 37 19	29 26 31 23 46 57 55	19 17 15 8 8 6 3

Sources include Gus Martin