Central Fife Times | Sport | Great season for junior clubs

Friday, 5th September, 2008

Published: Thursday, 26th June, 2008 11:00

Great season for junior clubs

By Jim Stark

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The junior football season ended last weekend and the seven local sides now have time to reflect on their various campaigns before pre-season training starts next month.

It was a season in which the area's two East Super League sides maintained their status and for Ballingry Rovers it was an extra special campaign as they emerged unbeaten in lifting the Central League championship.

The Super League saw Kelty Hearts make a real fist of it in their first season back-up and they finished on 28 points in seventh position.

Hill of Beath Hawthorn were four behind them but a comfortable seven points clear of relegation in tenth spot.

In the East Premier Division Dundonald Bluebell benefited from a really good start to their first season at that level and finished in ninth spot, nine points clear of the relegation places.

In the Central League Ballingry Rovers set the pace for the rest by winning 18 and drawing four of their 22 games scoring 90 goals in the process. They finished seven points clear of second top St Andrews United.

Elsewhere in the division Lochgelly Albert had a good season and finished third on 45 points with Crossgates Primrose in sixth place on 29 points and Lochore Welfare seventh on 27.

Two of the local cups came to the area with Hill of Beath Hawthorn winning the league cup and Kelty Hearts lifting the Maloco Associates Cup.

The clubs will be strengthening their squads in the close season and Hill of Beath have beefed up their backroom team with former Cowdenbeath skipper Eric Archibald and former Cowden striker Billy Spence joining as coaches.

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