Lothian & Edinburgh Amateur Football Association

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Lothian & Edinburgh Amateur Football Association

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Country	Scotland
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1998
Divisions	7
Number of teams	75
Level on pyramid	N/A
Promotion to	None
Relegation to	None
Domestic cup(s)	Scottish Amateur Cup East of Scotland Cup
Current champions	Heriot Vale

The Lothian & Edinburgh Amateur Football Association (LEAFA) is a football league competition, primarily for amateur clubs in the Lothian & Edinburgh area of Scotland. It was formed in 1998 through an amalgamation of the Lothian AFA & the Edinburgh AFA. The association is affiliated to the Scottish Amateur Football Association.

Member clubs

As of season 2014–15, the Lothian & Edinburgh AFA had 75 member clubs, listed hereafter in their respective leagues :

Premier Division One

• Cramond
• East Linton
• Edinburgh Rose
• Fernieside
• Heriot Vale
• Lochend
• Musselburgh
• New'hall Leith Vics
• Sandys
• Spartans Amateurs
• Tollcross Thistle
• South Gyle

Premier Division Two

• Bathgate Thistle/Whitburn
• Danderhall Miners
• Dunalba FC
• Edinburgh University Amateurs
• Inverleith
• Linlithgow Thistle
• Mayfield & Easthouses
• Newtongrange Star 'A'
• North Merchiston Vale
• Penicuik United
• South Gyle
• Tynecastle Amateurs

Lothian West

• Blackridge Vale of Craig
• East Calder United
• Edinburgh United Alba
• Forth Community
• Lauriston Thistle
• North Edinburgh Wrds
• Polbeth United
• Redhall Star
• Shotts Victoria
• Uphall Station
• Whitburh Bluebell/Bathgate

Lothian East

• Barca-Milton 97
• Edinburgh Southern
• Edinburgh South
• Haddington Athletic
• Hermiston Vale
• Musselburgh Windsor
• North Berwick
• Pathhead
• Pencaitland
• Salters Athletic
• Victoria Loco

Edinburgh West

• Armadale Thistle
• Balerno Athletic
• Craigshill Thistle
• Heriott Watt
• Lanark
• Queensferry Athletic
• Ratho Athletic
• Seaforth Highlanders
• West Edinburgh United
• West Lothian

Edinburgh East

• Cavalry Park
• Clermiston Star
• Dalry Athletic
• Dunbar Athletic
• Dunedin Athletic
• Links United
• Meadows United
• Seton
• St Bernards
• Tranent

Edinburgh Central

• Civil Service Strollers Amateurs
• Craigroyston
• Edinburgh Academicals
• Edinburgh Harps
• Heriot-Watt University Amateurs
• LBG Strollers
• Melville Rovers
• Redpath Albion
• Sporting Icapb
• Standard Life

League Structure

The Lothian & Edinburgh AFA is split into seven divisions over four tiers - a Premier Division (1) of 11 teams, and Premier Division (2) of 12 teams. Immediately below this are two feeder leagues, the Lothian East & West leagues respectively. The bottom tier contains three further feeders, the Edinburgh West, Central & East.

The league setup for season 2014–15:

Level	League(s)/Division(s)
1	Premier Division One 11 clubs playing 20 games
2	Premier Division Two 12 clubs playing 22 games
3	Lothian West 11 clubs playing 20 games					Lothian East 11 clubs playing 20 games
4	Edinburgh West 10 clubs playing 18 games				Edinburgh Centre 10 clubs playing 18 games			Edinburgh East 10 clubs playing 18 games

External links

• Website of the Lothian & Edinburgh AFA