The History of Newtongrange Star
1962/63
STORY OF THE SEASON
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    1961/2 had lacked consistency although Star showed they could match the best with two Cup wins. In 1962/3 they achieved that level of consistency they were looking for and won the Mid / East League title. The season was badly disrupted by the dreadful winter conditions with games continuing into July!

    Star’s opponents in the overall title decider were Sauchie who had only recently stepped up from Juvenile football. Star won 4-2 at Victoria Park, but lost 2-0 in the second leg. A play-off was held at Broxburn, with Sauchie winning 1-0.

    The only Cup Final reached by Star was the St Michael Cup. Because of the bad winter and the late finish to the season no senior grounds were available, so the Final against Armadale was held at Saughton Enclosure. The West Lothian side won 2-0 in front of around 1000 spectators.

    Star started their Scottish Junior Cup campaign off well with an 8-0 thumping of Dundee Osborne at Victoria Park, with Jimmy Veitch scoring a hat trick. The fans thought the hard work had been done with a 1-1 draw against Craigmark in Ayrshire, but the visitors won the replay at Victoria Park 1-0.

    Star had a reasonable run in the East of Scotland Cup, beating Armadale, Broxburn and Preston before losing in the Semi Final.

    At the end of the season Jimmy Veitch was transferred to Dumbarton and youngster Rab Aitchison was signed by Hearts.

    Source: Newtongrange Star FC match programme [14-Mar-2009]
EDINBURGH & DISTRICT LEAGUE MID/EAST DIVISION
Pld W D L F A Pts
Newtongrange Star 22 14 6 2 82 43 34
Dalkeith Thistle 21 11 3 7 57 39 25
Dunbar United 21 10 5 5 57 50 25
Arniston Rangers 19 8 6 5 45 40 22
Haddington Athletic 22 7 6 9 54 61 20
Bonnyrigg Rose 19 8 3 8 56 49 19
Tranent Juniors 19 6 5 8 45 57 17
Preston Athletic 18 7 4 7 41 39 18
Penicuik Athletic 16 4 8 4 33 34 16
Loanhead Mayflower 18 4 7 7 32 42 15
Ormiston Primrose 15 6 2 7 32 49 14
Easthouses Lily 20 5 4 11 30 49 14
Musselburgh Athletic 18 3 5 10 43 56 11
Opponents Venue F A Scorers Team Info
Arniston Rangers H 3 1 ?
A 4 1 Judge, McLean, OG, ?
Bonnyrigg Rose H
A 4 2 Judge, ?
Dalkeith Thistle H 6 0 Aitchison 4, Veitch, ?
A 3 1 ?
Dunbar United H 3 2 Aitchison, Veitch, Slater Wilson, Manning, Kidd, Smith, Marshall, Gillespie, Callaghan, Slater, McLean, Veitch, Aitchison.
A 3 4 McLean, Callaghan, ?
Easthouses Lily H 4 1 Morrison, Veitch 3
A 8 3 Gillespie 5, Aitchison, Veitch, ?
Haddington Athletic H 6 4 ?
A 8 3 Veitch, McLean, Aitchison, ?
Loanhead Mayflower H 7 1 McLean 2, Veitch, Aitchison, ?
A 4 0 Gillespie 2, ?
Musselburgh Athletic H
A 4 4 Callaghan, Veitch 2, Aitchison Wilson, Manning, Kidd, Morrison, Marshall, Owens, Callaghan, Veitch, McLean, Aitchison, Taylor.
Ormiston Primrose H 0 4
A 1 1 ?
Penicuik Athletic H 4 2 ?
A 1 1 Owens
Preston Athletic H 1 1 Veitch
A 2 0 ?
Tranent Juniors H
A 4 4 Veitch 2, ?
EDINBURGH & DISTRICT LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYOFF
Mid/East Division winners v West Division winners
Round Venue Opponents F A Scorers Team Info
1st Leg H Sauchie Juniors 4 2 ?
2nd Leg A Sauchie Juniors 0 2
(Aggregate) 4 4
Decider N Sauchie Juniors 0 1
SCOTTISH JUNIOR CUP
Round Venue Opponents F A PenF PenA Scorers Team Info
1 Bye
2 H Dundee Osborne 8 0 Owens, Slater 2, Veitch 3, McLean, Manning
3 A Craigmark Burntonians 1 1 ?
H Craigmark Burntonians 0 1
EAST OF SCOTLAND CUP
Round Venue Opponents F A PenF PenA Scorers Team Info
1 A Armadale Thistle 3 3 Veitch, Gillespie, OG Wilson, McFarlane, Kidd, Marshall, McWilliam, Owens, McLean, Slater, Gillespie, Veitch, Aitchison.
H Armadale Thistle 2 1 McLean, Veitch Wilson, McFarlane, Kidd, Marshall, McWilliam, Owens, Manning, Slater, Gillespie, Veitch, McLean.
2 H Broxburn Athletic 4 2 Aitchison 2, McLean, Veitch Wilson, Manning, Kidd, Marshall, McWilliam, Smith, Callaghan, Slater, McLean, Veitch, Aitchison.
QF H Preston Athletic 4 0 ?
SF A Bonnyrigg Rose L L
ST MICHAELS CUP
Round Venue Opponents F A PenF PenA Scorers Team Crowd
1 H Grangemouth United 4 0 McLean 2, Callaghan, Slater
2 H Linlithgow Rose 1 0 McLean Wilson, McFarlane, Kidd, Marshall, McWilliam, Owens, Manning, Slater, Gillespie, Veitch, McLean.
QF A Bonnyrigg Rose 4 0 Slater, Aitchison, Owens, Veitch
SF ? Broxburn Athletic 4 0 ? (Note: Star were 4 up with 30 mins to go. No final score.)
F N Armadale Thistle 0 2 1000
BROWN CUP
Round Venue Opponents F A PenF PenA Scorers Team Info
1 H Broxburn Athletic 3 5 Aitchison, Veitch, Slater