The History of Newtongrange Star
1933/34
EDINBURGH & DISTRICT LEAGUE
Pld W D L F A Pts
Blackburn Athletic 34 23 5 6 93 55 51
Bo'ness Cadora 34 21 5 8 122 58 47
Tranent Juniors 34 19 7 8 90 59 45
Bonnyrigg Rose 34 20 4 10 111 85 44
Musselburgh Bruntonians 33 14 10 9 67 62 38
Thorntree United 34 14 8 12 76 75 36
Arniston Rangers 32 12 10 10 63 70 34
Linlithgow Rose 32 14 5 13 96 98 33
Wallyford Bluebell 31 12 3 11 79 65 32
Fauldhouse United 32 11 8 13 70 74 30
Newtongrange Star 32 12 5 15 64 78 29
Portobello Thistle 31 11 4 16 61 76 28
Dunbar United 34 9 10 15 56 73 28
Rosewell Rosedale 30 9 9 12 65 59 27
Ormiston Primrose 30 7 8 15 58 76 22
Dalkeith Thistle 31 7 8 16 47 81 22
Edina 29 7 6 16 64 75 20
Stoneyburn Juniors 34 8 2 24 61 105 18
Opponents Venue F A Scorers Team Info
Arniston Rangers H 1 2 Murray
A 2 2 ?
Blackburn Athletic H 2 3 ?
A 0 2
Bo'ness Cadora H 0 0
A 0 7
Bonnyrigg Rose H 5 2 Hay 3, Cormack, Murray
A 4 7 ?
Dalkeith Thistle H 1 0
Cormack		 O'Rourke, Lambert, R. Pryde, Henderson, D. Murray, Carruthers, R. Murray, Hay, McLean, Cormack.
A 2 1 Marr, Thomson
Dunbar United H 0 1
A 0 1
Edina H 5 2 D. Pryde 3, Thomson, Porteous
A 3 1 ?
Fauldhouse United H 4 0 ?
A
Linlithgow Rose H 4 3 ?
A 3 4 ?
Musselburgh Bruntonians H 3 1 Carruthers, Thomson, Hay
A 2 3 Stewart, Bell
Ormiston Primrose H 2 2 Murray, Marr
A 3 4 ?, Pryde
Portobello Thistle H 1 0 ?
A
Rosewell Rosedale H
A 2 7 Cormack 2
Stoneyburn Juniors H 3 0 Murray, Paterson 2
A 2 0 Hay 2
Thorntree United H 0 2
A
Tranent Juniors H 1 8 ?
A 0 4
Wallyford Bluebell H 2 2 Herbert, Robertson
A 4 2 Hay 3, ?
HERBERT CASE
On the 1st of February 1934, Portobello Thistle lodged a protest with regard to a match in the previous season with Newtongrange Star on 12th April 1933. It was alleged that George Herbert had taken part in a match between Dalkeith Thistle A and Arniston Rangers A. The East of Scotland Association upheld the protest. Newtongrange Star appealed to the Scottish Junior Football Association who sent the case back to the East of Scotland Association who rescinded their decision.

George Herbert then admitted that he did play in the game and the protest upheld once again. Newtongrange Star were thus stripped of the League Championship for the 1932/33 season.

A further appeal was made to the Scottish Junior Football Association and on 1st March 1934 they upheld Newtongrange Star's appeal and the League Championship was reinstated.

Following this on 8th March 1934 a public meeting was held at Lothian Halls, Newtongrange to discuss the financial position of the club. A motion was tabled and a vote taken that found the Newtongrange public had no confidence in the present management who subsequently resigned. A new management was elected on 12th April 1934.
SCOTTISH JUNIOR CUP
Round Venue Opponents F A PenF PenA Scorers Team Crowd
1 A Bonnyrigg Rose 2 2 Hay 2 O'Rourke, Lambert, Ramage, Marr, Henderson, R. Pryde, Carruthers, Murray, Hay, Thomson, A. Pryde.
H Bonnyrigg Rose 2 1 Carruthers, Henderson
2 H Bowhill Rovers 0 3 2000
THORNTON SHIELD
Round Venue Opponents F A PenF PenA Scorers Team Info
1 Bye
2 A Fauldhouse United 1 3 Hay
EAST OF SCOTLAND CUP
Round Venue Opponents F A PenF PenA Scorers Team Info
1 Bye
2 A Dunbar United 0 0
H Dunbar United 1 1 ?
N Dunbar United 1 1 Carruthers
N Dunbar United 1 2 Murray
EAST OF SCOTLAND CONSOLATION CUP
Round Venue Opponents F A PenF PenA Scorers Team Info
QF H Portobello Thistle 2 2 Hume, Carruthers
A Portobello Thistle 4 5 ?
MUSSELBURGH CUP
Round Venue Opponents F A PenF PenA Scorers Team Info
1 A Dunbar United 1 0 ?
2 H Linlithgow Rose 2 2 ?
A Linlithgow Rose 2 3 ?
BROWN CUP
Round Venue Opponents F A PenF PenA Scorers Team Info
1 H Blackburn Athletic 4 1 ?
2 A Thorntree United 0 5
MARSHALL CUP
Round Venue Opponents F A PenF PenA Scorers Team Info
1 Bye
2 H Ormiston Primrose 0 2
Thank you to John J Young for supplying this photograph