West of Scotland Super League Premier Division

West of Scotland Super League Premier Division
Founded 2002 (2002)
Country  Scotland
Number of teams 12
Promotion to no promotion
Relegation to Super League First Division
Domestic cup(s) Scottish Junior Cup
Current champions Glenafton Athletic
(2016–17)
Website SJFA
2016–17 West of Scotland Super League Premier Division

The SJFA West of Scotland Super League Premier Division (also known as the McBookie.com Superleague) is the highest division of the West Region of the Scottish Junior Football Association.

The division was created in 2002 with the amalgamation of the top leagues of the Central and Ayrshire districts. The current champions are Auchinleck Talbot who have won a record four consecutive titles from 2013–2016.

From the 2007–08 season onwards the champions of the league qualify for the first round of the Scottish Cup, the first being Pollok, along with the champions of the East Superleague, the North Superleague, and the Junior Cup winners.[1]

Two clubs are automatically relegated to the Super League First Division, and are replaced by the clubs placed first and second in that division. The club which finishes third bottom contests a two-legged play-off against the team which finishes third in the Super League First Division.

Member clubs for the 2016–17 season

Club Location Home Ground Finishing position 2015–16
Arthurlie Barrhead Dunterlie Park 9th
Auchinleck Talbot Auchinleck Beechwood Park 1st
Beith Juniors Beith Bellsdale Park 7th
Cumnock Juniors Cumnock Townhead Park Super League First Division, 1st
Glenafton Athletic New Cumnock Loch Park 6th
Hurlford United Hurlford Blair Park 2nd
Kilbirnie Ladeside Kilbirnie Valefield Park 3rd
Kilwinning Rangers Kilwinning Abbey Park Super League First Division, 3rd
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Cumbernauld Guys Meadow 8th
Largs Thistle Largs Barrfields Stadium Super League First Division, 2nd
Pollok Glasgow Newlandsfield Park 5th
Troon Troon Portland Park 4th

Champions and season summaries

Note: Champions in bold completed the 'Double' by also winning the Junior Cup.

Year Winner Runners-up Relegated Promoted West Region League
play-off (aggregate)		 Champions' Progression
in Scottish Cup
2002–03 Pollok Neilston Juniors Benburb
Irvine Meadow XI		 Arthurlie
Troon		 N/A N/A
2003–04 Kilwinning Rangers Arthurlie Kilbirnie Ladeside
Neilston Juniors		 Bellshill Athletic
Renfrew		 N/A N/A
2004–05 Pollok (2) Arthurlie Kilwinning Rangers
Troon		 Kilsyth Rangers
Shotts Bon Accord		 N/A N/A
2005–06 Auchinleck Talbot Renfrew Johnstone Burgh
Larkhall Thistle		 Neilston Juniors
Petershill		 N/A N/A
2006–07 Pollok (3) Auchinleck Talbot Maryhill
Renfrew		 Beith Juniors
Irvine Meadow XI		 Glenafton Athletic 2
Kilwinning Rangers 0		 2nd Round 2007–08[2]
2007–08 Pollok (4) Irvine Meadow XI Kilsyth Rangers
Shotts Bon Accord 		Kirkintilloch Rob Roy
Vale of Clyde		 Cumnock Juniors 5
Kilwinning Rangers 2		 1st Round 2008–09[3]
2008–09 Irvine Meadow XI Pollok Neilston Juniors
Cumnock Juniors
Glenafton Athletic 		Largs Thistle
Kilbirnie Ladeside
Lanark United 		Lanark United 3
Glenafton Athletic 2		 4th Round 2009–10[4]
2009–10 Beith Juniors Arthurlie Vale of Clyde
Bellshill Athletic		 Rutherglen Glencairn
Cumnock Juniors		 Lanark United 3
Clydebank 2		 3rd Round 2010–11[5]
2010–11 Irvine Meadow (2) Arthurlie Rutherglen Glencairn
Lanark United		 Ashfield
Clydebank		 Petershill 1
Glenafton Athletic 0		 3rd Round 2011–12[6]
2011–12 Irvine Meadow (3) Petershill Kilbirnie Ladeside
Largs Thistle		 Glenafton Athletic
Shotts Bon Accord		 Pollok 5
Renfrew 1		 2nd Round 2012–13[7]
2012–13 Auchinleck Talbot (2) Petershill Shotts Bon Accord
Beith Juniors
Ashfield		 Hurlford United
Kilbirnie Ladeside
Largs Thistle		 Largs Thistle 7
Ashfield 7
4–3 pens.[8]		 3rd Round 2013–14[9]
2013–14 Auchinleck Talbot (3) Irvine Meadow Kirkintilloch Rob Roy
Pollok
Largs Thistle		 Troon
Beith Juniors
Shotts Bon Accord		 Shotts Bon Accord 5
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 2[10]		 2nd Round 2014–15[11]
2014–15 Auchinleck Talbot (4) Hurlford United Shotts Bon Accord
Cumnock Juniors
Clydebank		 Pollok
Shettleston
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy		 Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 4
Shotts Bon Accord 1[12]		 2nd Round 2015-16[13]
2015–16 Auchinleck Talbot (5) Hurlford United Irvine Meadow
Petershill
Shettleston		 Cumnock Juniors
Largs Thistle
Kilwinning Rangers		 Kilwinning Rangers 5
Shettleston 3[14]		 Preliminary round 2 2016–17[15]
2016–17 Glenafton Athletic Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Largs Thistle
Troon		 Girvan
Clydebank		 Kilwinning Rangers 3
Kilsyth Rangers 2[16]

All-time Super League Premier Division table

This table is a cumulative record of matches played in the Super League Premier Division since its inception in 2002. The table is accurate from the 2002–03 season to the end of the 2016–17 season, inclusive.[17] Teams highlighted in bold are members of the 2017–18 Super League Premier Division.

P
Club
Ssn
Pld
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
PPG
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Rel
1Auchinleck Talbot 15 330 184 67 79 689 367 +312 619 1.87 5 1 4 3
2 Pollok 14 308 151 59 98 593 465 +128 512 1.67 4 1 2 1 1
3Arthurlie 14 308 139 60 109 536 482 +54 4621 1.51 4 1
4Irvine Meadow 10 220 113 35 72 414 324 +90 374 1.70 3 2 1 2
5Glenafton Athletic 12 264 104 59 101 386 377 +9 371 1.40 1 1 1 1
6 Cumnock Juniors 13 286 97 61 128 476 518 −42 352 1.23 1 2
7Beith Juniors 9 198 92 44 62 362 319 +43 320 1.61 1 2 1
8Petershill 10 220 87 55 78 345 341 +4 316 1.44 2 1 1 1
9Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 8 176 69 31 76 285 318 −33 238 1.35 1 1
10 Kilbirnie Ladeside 9 198 61 44 93 309 359 −50 227 1.14 1 2
11Hurlford 4 88 48 24 16 181 111 70 168 1.90 2 1
12Bellshill Athletic 6 132 43 25 64 175 231 −56 154 1.17 1
13Maryhill 5 110 40 24 46 176 175 +1 144 1.31 1 1
14Kilwinning Rangers 4 88 38 19 31 159 132 +27 133 1.51 1 1 1
15Troon 5 110 34 23 53 170 215 −45 1322 1.20 1 2
16Neilston Juniors 5 110 37 20 53 171 205 −34 131 1.19 1 1 2
17Shotts Bon Accord 5 110 36 20 54 153 210 −57 128 1.16 2
18Clydebank 4 88 35 14 39 130 138 -8 119 1.35 1 2 1
19 Largs Thistle 5 110 34 15 61 142 218 −76 117 1.06 3
20Larkhall Thistle 4 88 22 27 39 132 164 −32 93 1.06 1
21Johnstone Burgh 4 88 25 18 45 100 165 −65 93 1.06 1
22Renfrew 3 66 23 13 30 91 121 −30 82 1.24 1 1
23Kilsyth Rangers 3 66 13 20 33 79 140 −61 59 0.89 1
24Ashfield 2 44 16 11 17 81 76 +5 59 1.34 1
25Lanark United 2 44 12 8 24 66 93 −27 44 1.00 1
26Vale of Clyde 2 44 8 9 27 54 107 −53 33 0.75 1
27Shettleston 1 22 7 4 11 26 32 -625 1.14 1
28Rutherglen Glencairn 1 22 2 7 13 24 57 −33 13 0.59 1
29Benburb 1 22 1 2 19 18 63 −45 5 0.23 1

P = Position; Ssn = Number of seasons; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points; PPG = Points per game; Rel = Relegated
1 Arthurlie deducted 15 points in 2005–06 season.
2 Troon deducted 3 points in 2003–04 season.

References

  1. ↑ Juniors make mark in Scottish Cup BBC Sport, 29 September 2007.
  2. ↑ "Pollok 0-1 Montrose". BBC Sport. 3 November 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Spartans leave it late in City Park's last Scottish Cup tie". The Scotsman. 4 October 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Hibernian 3 - 0 Irvine Meadow". BBC Sport. 9 January 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Beith 3-4 Airdrie United". BBC Sport. 4 January 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  6. ↑ Robertson, Alan (20 November 2011). "Irvine Meadow 0 Livingston 6". Daily Record. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  7. ↑ "Third Division Montrose and Peterhead exit Scottish Cup". BBC Sport. 29 September 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "Shoot-out drama as Largs win". Evening Times. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  9. ↑ "Auchinleck Talbot 2 – 3 Stranraer". BBC Sport. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  10. ↑ Thomson, Nick (11 June 2014). "Things are looking up". Daily Record. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  11. ↑ "Edinburgh City 2-1 Auchinleck Talbot". BBC Sport. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  12. ↑ Hepburn, David (5 June 2015). "Promotion joy for Kirkintilloch Rob Roy". www.kirkintilloch-herald.co.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  13. ↑ "Scottish Cup: East Stirlingshire and Clyde eliminated". BBC Sport. 24 October 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  14. ↑ McGowan, Eric (11 June 2016). "Buffs shoot down Shettleston to win promotion back to the top flight". Daily Record. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  15. ↑ O'Donnell, Jim (13 September 2016). "Don't write off Auchinleck Talbot after William Hill Scottish Cup defeat, says victorious Beith skipper John Sheridan". Evening Times. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  16. ↑ McGowan, Eric (3 June 2017). "Kilwinning Rangers retain top flight status after play-off drama at Abbey Park". Daily Record. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  17. ↑ http://www.west-region-results.co.uk/
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