SJFA West Region Premiership

{{Infobox football league

| logo =

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| country = {{SCO}}

| founded = {{Start date and age|2002|paren=yes}}

| teams = 16

| promotion = no promotion

| relegation = West Region Championship

| level = 1

| pyramid = Scottish Junior Football Association#Organisation and regions

| most successful club = Auchinleck Talbot (7 titles)

| domest_cup = Scottish Junior Cup

| champions = Auchinleck Talbot (7th title)

| season = 2019–20

| current =

| website = [https://scottishjuniorfa.com/west-region Scottish Junior FA]

|folded=2020}}

The SJFA West Region Premiership (also known as the McBookie.com West Region Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was a semi-professional football league run by the West Region of the Scottish Junior Football Association, and was the highest tier of league competition for its member clubs.

Formerly known as the West of Scotland Super League Premier Division, the league was created in 2002 with the amalgamation of the top leagues of the Central and Ayrshire regions.

It was abolished in 2020 when all SJFA West Region clubs moved to join the newly formed senior West of Scotland Football League.

The final champions and most successful club were Auchinleck Talbot, who won seven league titles. A total of 32 clubs competed in the league.

History

Initially two clubs were automatically relegated to the Super League First Division at the end of each season, and replaced by the clubs placed first and second in that division. A relegation play-off was added in 2006–07 which saw the club finishing third bottom contest a two-legged play-off against the team which finished third in the Super League First Division.

From the 2007–08 season, the winners of the league were eligible to enter the senior Scottish Cup at its earliest stage, with Pollok being the first champions to take part in the Scottish Cup.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/7076933.stm|title=Pollok 0-1 Montrose|date=3 November 2007|work=BBC Sport|access-date=12 October 2017}}

In 2017 West Region clubs voted to organise all leagues on a regionwide basis and as a result, the Super League Premier Division was rebranded as the West Region Premiership for the 2018–19 season. The league was also expanded to sixteen clubs, and with clubs were relegated to a rebranded Championship also consisting of sixteen teams.{{cite news|last1=Goldthorp|first1=Craig|title=Junior football overhaul sees merger of Scotland's West and Ayrshire clubs|url=http://www.carlukegazette.co.uk/sport/football/junior-football-overhaul-sees-merger-of-scotland-s-west-and-ayrshire-clubs-1-4502886|access-date=12 October 2017|work=www.carlukegazette.co.uk|date=13 July 2017|language=en}}

The final season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Champions and season summaries

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

class="wikitable"

!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

2003–04

| Kilwinning Rangers

| Arthurlie

| Kilbirnie Ladeside
Neilston Juniors

| Bellshill Athletic
Renfrew

| N/A

2004–05

| Pollok (2)

| Arthurlie

| Kilwinning Rangers
Troon

| Kilsyth Rangers
Shotts Bon Accord

| N/A

2005–06

| Auchinleck Talbot

| Renfrew

| Johnstone Burgh
Larkhall Thistle

| Neilston Juniors
Petershill

| 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

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{{cite news|title=Spartans leave it late in City Park's last Scottish Cup tie|url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/spartans-1-pollock-0-spartans-leave-it-late-in-city-park-s-last-scottish-cup-tie-1-1438099|access-date=1 September 2016|work=The Scotsman|date=4 October 2008}}

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{{cite news|title=Hibernian 3 - 0 Irvine Meadow|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8442110.stm|access-date=1 September 2016|work=BBC Sport|date=9 January 2010}}

2009–10

| Beith Juniors

| Arthurlie

| Vale of Clyde
Bellshill Athletic

| Rutherglen Glencairn
Cumnock Juniors

| Lanark United 3
Clydebank 2

| 3rd Round 2010–11{{cite news|title=Beith 3-4 Airdrie United|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/9337017.stm|access-date=1 September 2016|work=BBC Sport|date=4 January 2011}}

2010–11

| Irvine Meadow (2)

| Arthurlie

| Rutherglen Glencairn
Lanark United

| Ashfield
Clydebank

| Petershill 1
Glenafton Athletic 0

| 3rd Round 2011–12{{cite news|last1=Robertson|first1=Alan|title=Irvine Meadow 0 Livingston 6|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/scottish-cup-irvine-meadow-0-1087371|access-date=1 September 2016|work=Daily Record|date=20 November 2011}}

2011–12

| Irvine Meadow (3)

| Petershill

| Kilbirnie Ladeside
Largs Thistle

| Glenafton Athletic
Shotts Bon Accord

| Pollok 5
Renfrew 1

| 2nd Round 2012–13{{cite news|title=Third Division Montrose and Peterhead exit Scottish Cup|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/19774116|access-date=1 September 2016|work=BBC Sport|date=29 September 2012}}

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.{{cite news|title=Shoot-out drama as Largs win|url=http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/13257639.Shoot_out_drama_as_Largs_win/?ref=arc|access-date=6 June 2017|work=Evening Times|date=6 June 2013|language=en}}

| 3rd Round 2013–14{{cite news|title=Auchinleck Talbot 2 – 3 Stranraer|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/24809660|access-date=1 September 2016|work=BBC Sport|date=9 November 2013}}

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{{cite news|last1=Thomson|first1=Nick|title=Things are looking up|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/things-are-looking-up-3674479|access-date=6 June 2017|work=Daily Record|date=11 June 2014}}

| 2nd Round 2014–15{{cite news|title=Edinburgh City 2-1 Auchinleck Talbot|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/29389811|access-date=1 September 2016|work=BBC Sport|date=5 October 2014}}

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{{cite news|last1=Hepburn|first1=David|title=Promotion joy for Kirkintilloch Rob Roy|url=http://www.kirkintilloch-herald.co.uk/news/promotion-joy-for-kirkintilloch-rob-roy-1-3793601|access-date=6 June 2017|work=www.kirkintilloch-herald.co.uk|date=5 June 2015|language=en}}

| 2nd Round 2015–16{{cite news|title=Scottish Cup: East Stirlingshire and Clyde eliminated|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/34627946|access-date=1 September 2016|work=BBC Sport|date=24 October 2015}}

2015–16

| Auchinleck Talbot (5)

| Hurlford United

| Irvine Meadow
Petershill
Shettleston

| Cumnock Juniors
Largs Thistle
Kilwinning Rangers

| Kilwinning Rangers 5
Shettleston 3{{cite news|last1=McGowan|first1=Eric|title=Buffs shoot down Shettleston to win promotion back to the top flight|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/kilwinning-rangers-shoot-down-shettleston-8163610|access-date=6 June 2017|work=Daily Record|date=11 June 2016}}

| Preliminary round 2 2016–17{{cite news|last1=O'Donnell|first1=Jim|title=Don't write off Auchinleck Talbot after William Hill Scottish Cup defeat, says victorious Beith skipper John Sheridan|url=http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/14738728.Don__39_t_write_off_Auchinleck_Talbot_after_William_Hill_Scottish_Cup_defeat__says_victorious_Beith_skipper_John_Sheridan/|access-date=6 June 2017|work=Evening Times|date=13 September 2016|language=en}}

2016–17

| Glenafton Athletic

| Kirkintilloch Rob Roy

| Largs Thistle
Troon

| Girvan
Clydebank

| Kilwinning Rangers 3
Kilsyth Rangers 2{{cite news|last1=McGowan|first1=Eric|title=Kilwinning Rangers retain top flight status after play-off drama at Abbey Park|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/kilwinning-rangers-2-kilsyth-rangers-10550875|access-date=6 June 2017|work=Daily Record|date=3 June 2017}}

| Beith Juniors (2)

| Petershill
Cambuslang
Largs
Renfrew
Irvine Meadow
Troon

| Irvine Meadow 4
Arthurlie 1
Troon 4
Girvan 2

|3rd Round 2018–19

2018–19

| Auchinleck Talbot (6)

| Hurlford United

| Renfrew
Petershill
Cambuslang

| Rutherglen Glencairn
Benburb
Rossvale

| 3rd Round 2019–20

2019–20{{efn|Season suspended in March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Champions calculated using 'points per game' algorithm, announced on 21 April.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52381370 Auchinleck Talbot awarded Scottish junior title despite being 12 points off top], BBC Sport, 21 April 2020[https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/ayrshire/junior-football-chiefs-explain-reasoning-21904213 Junior football chiefs explain reasoning behind controversial league winners decision], Daily Record, 21 April 2020}}

| Auchinleck Talbot (7)

| Kilwinning Rangers

|colspan=3|No promotion or relegation: all clubs moved to the senior West of Scotland Football League.[http://slfl.co.uk/pyramid-update-67-applications-approved/#more-13209 Pyramid Update – 67 Applications Approved], Scottish Lowland Football League, 14 April 2020[https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/junior-clubs-west-are-about-get-best-both-worlds-2542801 Junior clubs in the west are about to get the best of both worlds], The Scotsman, 19 April 2020

| Withdrew

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20071012023143/http://nonleaguescotland.co.uk/region/west/westpremier.htm West Region Super Premier League] at Non-League Scotland (archive version, 2007-08 membership)

Category:2002 establishments in Scotland

Category:Sports leagues established in 2002

Category:Sports leagues disestablished in 2020

Category:2020 disestablishments in Scotland

Category:Defunct football leagues in Scotland

Category:Defunct Scottish Junior Football Association leagues