2012–13 West of Scotland Super League Premier Division

**Stagecoach West of Scotland Super League Premier Division**
Season	2012–13
Champions	Auchinleck Talbot
Relegated	Ashfield Beith Juniors Shotts Bon Accord
Matches played	132
Goals scored	443 (3.36 per match)
Biggest home win	Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 7–3 Glenafton Athletic 8 September 2012
Biggest away win	Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 0–6 Irvine Meadow 27 April 2013
Highest scoring	Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 7–3 Glenafton Athletic 8 September 2012
Longest winning run	(13) Auchinleck Talbot 29 December 2012 – season end
Longest unbeaten run	(22) Auchinleck Talbot whole season undefeated
Longest losing run	(5) Cumnock Juniors 27 October 2012 – 29 December 2012 Irvine Meadow 3 November 2012 – 29 December 2012
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 West of Scotland Super League Premier Division was the eleventh Super League Premier Division competition since the formation of the Scottish Junior Football Association, West Region in 2002. The season began on 18 August 2012. The winners of this competition gain direct entry to round one of the 2013–14 Scottish Cup. The two last placed sides were relegated to the Super League First Division. The third-bottom placed side entered the West Region league play-off, a two-legged tie against the third placed side in the Super League First Division, to decide the final promotion/relegation spot.

Auchinleck Talbot won the championship on 1 May 2013.^[1]

Member clubs for the 2012–13 season

Irvine Meadow were the reigning champions.^[2]

Glenafton Athletic and Shotts Bon Accord were promoted from the Super League First Division, replacing Largs Thistle and Kilbirnie Ladeside.

Pollok had retained their place in the league after defeating Renfrew in the West Region League play-off.^[3]

Club	Location	Ground	Manager	Finishing position 2011–12
Arthurlie	Barrhead	Dunterlie Park	Mark Cameron	7th
Ashfield	Possilpark, Glasgow	Saracen Park	Stevie Rankin	6th
Auchinleck Talbot	Auchinleck	Beechwood Park	Tommy Sloan	3rd
Beith Juniors	Beith	Bellsdale Park	John Millar	5th
Clydebank	Clydebank	Holm Park	Billy McGhie	4th
Cumnock Juniors	Cumnock	Townhead Park	Brian McLuckie	9th
Glenafton Athletic	New Cumnock	Loch Park	Darren Henderson	Super League First Division, 1st
Irvine Meadow	Irvine	Meadow Park	Mark Campbell (caretaker)	Champions
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy	Kirkintilloch	Adamslie Park	Jimmy Lindsay & Derek Frye	8th
Petershill	Springburn, Glasgow	Petershill Park	Willie Paterson & Scott Smith	2nd
Pollok	Newlands, Glasgow	Newlandsfield Park	John Richardson	10th
Shotts Bon Accord	Shotts	Hannah Park	Tam McDonald	Super League First Division, 2nd

Managerial changes

Club	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Beith Juniors !Beith Juniors	Stevie Easton	Sacked	12 November 2012	11th	Frank Lynch ^[4]	14 November 2012
Cumnock Juniors !Cumnock Juniors	Stevie Farrell	Appointed asst. manager at Stranraer	15 December 2012 ^[5]	10th	Brian McLuckie	18 December 2012 ^[6]
Beith Juniors !Beith Juniors	Frank Lynch	Resigned	18 April 2013	11th	John Millar ^[7]	18 April 2013
Shotts Bon Accord !Shotts Bon Accord	Tony McInally	Resigned ^[8]	27 April 2013	12th	Tam McDonald ^[9]	4 June 2013
Irvine Meadow XI !Irvine Meadow XI	Chris Strain	Sacked	15 May 2013	6th	Stevie Rankin ^[10]	15 May 2013
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy !Kirkintilloch Rob Roy	Jimmy Lindsay & Derek Frye	Resigned	End of season	7th	Stewart Maxwell ^[11]	11 May 2013
Arthurlie !Arthurlie	Mark Cameron	Appointed asst. manager at Albion Rovers	End of season	6th	Gavin Duncan ^[12]	20 May 2013
Ashfield !Ashfield	Stevie Rankin ^[10]	Appointed manager at Irvine Meadow	End of season	10th	John Conlin ^[13]	19 May 2013

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Auchinleck Talbot !Auchinleck Talbot (C)	22	20	2	0	62	14	+48	62	Qualification for 2013–14 Scottish Cup
2	Petershill !Petershill	22	11	6	5	41	23	+18	39
3	Clydebank !Clydebank	22	11	3	8	34	32	+2	36
4	Glenafton Athletic !Glenafton Athletic	22	10	2	10	26	37	−11	32
5	Irvine Meadow !Irvine Meadow	22	9	3	10	36	37	−1	30
6	Arthurlie !Arthurlie	22	8	5	9	40	40	0	29
7	Kirkintilloch Rob Roy !Kirkintilloch Rob Roy	22	8	5	9	49	50	−1	29
8	Pollok !Pollok	22	7	6	9	25	35	−10	27
9	Cumnock Juniors !Cumnock Juniors	22	7	4	11	36	40	−4	25
10	Ashfield !Ashfield (R)	22	7	4	11	35	40	−5	25	Qualification for West Region League play-off
11	Beith Juniors !Beith Juniors (R)	22	7	3	12	36	50	−14	24	Relegation to Super League First Division
12	Shotts Bon Accord !Shotts Bon Accord (R)	22	2	7	13	23	45	−22	13	Relegation to Super League First Division

Updated to games played on 8 June 2013.
Source: SJFA West Region
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Arthurlie !ART	Ashfield !ASHF	Auchinleck Talbot !AUC	Beith Juniors !BEI	Clydebank !CLY	Cumnock Juniors !CMN	Glenafton Athletic !GLE	Irvine Meadow !IVM	Kirkintilloch Rob Roy !KRR	Petershill !PSH	Pollok !PLK	Shotts Bon Accord !SBA
Arthurlie !Arthurlie		3–1	2–3	4–1	1–2	1–1	1–4	2–2	3–3	1–1	2–2	3–0
Ashfield !Ashfield	2–1		1–3	1–1	4–2	4–2	2–0	5–2	2–2	1–2	3–2	1–1
Auchinleck Talbot !Auchinleck Talbot	3–0	4–1		3–3	5–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	3–3	2–1	4–0	2–1
Beith Juniors !Beith Juniors	0–2	2–1	0–1		1–4	2–3	1–2	3–0	3–2	1–4	2–2	2–1
Clydebank !Clydebank	1–2	1–0	0–3	4–0		2–1	3–0	1–0	0–3	1–1	1–0	0–3
Cumnock Juniors !Cumnock Juniors	4–3	2–0	0–2	2–4	1–3		0–1	2–2	1–2	4–0	0–0	3–0
Glenafton Athletic !Glenafton Athletic	1–2	3–1	0–1	1–3	3–2	1–0		2–1	0–4	1–0	0–1	2–0
Irvine Meadow !Irvine Meadow	2–1	1–0	0–2	2–3	2–0	2–1	0–1		3–3	1–4	2–1	2–1
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy !Kirkintilloch Rob Roy	0–4	2–1	0–3	4–0	0–3	1–3	7–3	0–6		2–3	1–2	4–2
Petershill !Petershill	4–0	2–3	0–1	2–1	1–1	4–0	3–0	2–0	1–0		1–1	2–2
Pollok !Pollok	3–1	1–0	1–4	3–2	0–1	1–3	0–0	0–2	2–2	0–3		2–1
Shotts Bon Accord !Shotts Bon Accord	0–1	1–1	0–5	2–1	1–1	3–3	1–1	1–4	2–4	0–0	0–1

Updated to games played on 8 June 2013.
Source: SJFA West Region
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

West Region League play-off

Largs Thistle, who finished third in the Super League First Division, defeated Ashfield 4 – 3 on penalty kicks after a 7 – 7 draw on aggregate in the West Region League play-off.^[14] Largs will replace Ashfield in the 2013–14 West of Scotland Super League Premier Division.

Ashfield v Largs Thistle

3 June 2013
19:30

Ashfield	3 – 3	Largs Thistle
Paul Maxwell 20' Alistair Martin 72' Mark Thomson 74' (pen.)	Report	32' (o.g.) Lee McShane 52' Willie McClure 87' Eddie Walton

Saracen Park, Glasgow
Referee: Steven Reid

Largs Thistle v Ashfield

5 June 2013
19:30

Largs Thistle	4 – 4	Ashfield
Eddie Walton 21' Graham Muir 47' Nicky Little 52' Barri Stanton 65'		3' Shaun Fraser 17' Paul Maxwell 20' Alistair Martin 90' (pen.) Mark Thomson
	Penalties
	4 – 3

Barrfields Stadium, Largs
Referee: Nick Walsh

References

↑ O'Donnell, Jim (2 May 2013). "Auchinleck are crowned Super Premier champs". Evening Times. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
↑ Scott McHarg (21 May 2012). "Irvine Meadow secure Stagecoach Premier League title with win over Largs Thistle". Daily Record. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
↑ "Juniors: Pollok safe after 5-1 play-off victory over Renfrew". The Glaswegian. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
↑ Jim O'Donnell (16 November 2012). "Manager Frank Lynch delighted to be back at Beith for Emirates Cup crunch". Evening Times. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
↑ "Aitken brings in Farrell to assist". Scottish Football League. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
↑ "Brian is Manager at the moment.". Cumnock Juniors F.C. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
↑ Campbell, Scott (20 April 2013). "Millar time". The Scottish Sun. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
↑ O'Donnell, Jim (1 May 2013). "Shock as boss Macca quits Shotts". Evening Times. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
↑ Jim O'Donnell (6 June 2013). "McDonald: Shotts can rise from ashes". Evening Times. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
1 2 Jim O'Donnell (15 May 2013). "Rankin quits Ashfield to take over at Meadow". Evening Times. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
↑ Jim O'Donnell (14 May 2013). "Petershill star Maxwell ready for a battle on two fronts". Evening Times. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
↑ Jeff Holmes (22 May 2013). "Cameron to part company with Arthurlie". Paisley Daily Express. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
↑ Jim O'Donnell (20 May 2013). "Ladeside hope for step-up jamboree". Evening Times. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
↑ "Shoot-out drama as Largs win". Evening Times. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.

SJFA West of Scotland Super League Premier Division
Teams	Arthurlie Auchinleck Talbot Beith Juniors Glenafton Athletic Hurlford United Irvine Meadow XI Kilbirnie Ladeside Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Petershill Pollok Shettleston Troon
Seasons	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Scottish Junior Football Association
West Region	Super League Premier Division Super League First Division Ayrshire District League Central District League First Division Central District League Second Division
East Region	Super League Premier League North Division South Division
North Region	Super League First Division (West) / (East)
Other	Scottish Junior Cup List of Scottish Junior Football Association clubs National select team

2012–13 in Scottish football
« 2011–12 2013–14 »
Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League SJFA West Premier SJFA East Superleague SJFA North Superleague Scottish Premier Under-20 League Women's Premier League '12 '13
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Challenge Cup (Final) Junior Cup Youth Cup Women's Cup
European competitions	Champions League Europa League
Related to national team	Results 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group A
Club seasons
Premier League	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Motherwell Ross County St Johnstone St. Mirren
First Division	Airdrie United Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical Livingston Partick Thistle Raith Rovers
Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Brechin City East Fife Forfar Athletic Queen of the South Stenhousemuir Stranraer
Third Division	Annan Athletic Berwick Rangers Clyde East Stirlingshire Elgin City Montrose Peterhead Queen's Park Rangers Stirling Albion
List of Scottish football transfers summer 2012 List of Scottish football transfers winter 2012–13

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