2020–21 West of Scotland Football League explained

Competition:West of Scotland Football League
Season:2020–21

The 2020–21 West of Scotland Football League (known as the PDM Buildbase West of Scotland League for sponsorship reasons) was the inaugural season of the West of Scotland Football League, with its top division as part of the sixth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system.

Originally, the league was set to begin in October 2020 with 67 teams split across two tiers and four leagues. However, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, 14 teams considered pulling out of the league before nine confirmed it was not financially viable to compete while supporters were not allowed into football grounds. The league decided not to penalise teams who chose to withdraw due to the pandemic and introduced proposals to have no promotion and relegation in the inaugural season.[1] [2] [3]

On 11 January 2021 the league was suspended by the Scottish Football Association due to the escalating pandemic situation.[4] On 17 March, the board declared the season null and void.[5]

Premier Division

Competition:West of Scotland Football League Premier Division
Season:2020–21
Dates:
(abandoned)
Matches:48
Total Goals:164
Biggest Home Win:
(31 October 2020)

(5 December 2020)
Biggest Away Win:
(5 December 2020)
Highest Scoring:
(28 November 2020)

(5 December 2020)

(27 December 2020)
Longest Wins:5 matches:
Clydebank
Longest Unbeaten:7 matches:
Clydebank
Longest Winless:7 matches:
Cumbernauld United
Longest Losses:7 matches:
Cumbernauld United
Updated:29 December 2020

Teams

The Premier Division initially consisted of all 16 teams from the 2019–20 West Region Premiership, the top 3 teams based on points per game from the 2019–20 West Region Championship, and Bonnyton Thistle from the 2019–20 South of Scotland Football League.

Due to the start of the season being delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the division was split into two groups so that the number of games played by each team would be reduced from 38 to 28.[6]

However, after the start date for the league was confirmed, five teams withdrew so the two groups were scrapped and the division reverted to 28 games played on a home and away basis, with no relegation from the Premier Division at the end of the season.[7]

Stadia and locations

ClubLocationGrounddata-sort-type="number" Capacitydata-sort-type="number" SeatsFloodlit
Beith JuniorsBellsdale Park[8] align=right 1,500align=right 0align=right No
BenburbDrumoyne, GlasgowNew Tinto Park[9] align=right 1,000align=right 500align=right Yes
Blantyre VictoriaBlantyreCastle Parkalign=right 2,500align=right 0align=right No
Bonnyton Park[10] align=right 1,000align=right 100 align=right Yes
ClydebankClydebankHolm Parkalign=right 3,500align=right 0align=right Yes
Cumbernauld UnitedCumbernauldGuy's Meadowalign=right 2,500align=right 0align=right No
DarvelDarvelRecreation Parkalign=right 2,200align=right 60align=right No
Hurlford UnitedHurlfordBlair Park[11] align=right 1,500align=right 0align=right No
Irvine Meadow XIIrvineMeadow Park[12] align=right 5,200align=right 700align=right Yes
Kilwinning RangersKilwinningBuffs Parkalign=right 1,500align=right 0align=right No
Kirkintilloch Rob RoyCumbernauldGuy's Meadowalign=right 2,500align=right 0align=right No
Largs ThistleLargsBarrfields Stadium[13] align=right 4,500align=right 800align=right No
RossvaleDrumoyne, GlasgowNew Tinto Parkalign=right 1,000align=right 500align=right Yes
Rutherglen GlencairnRutherglenNew Southcroft Park[14] align=right 1,500align=right 0align=right Yes
TroonTroonPortland Park[15] align=right 2,600align=right 0align=right No
Notes:

Withdrawn

ClubLocationGrounddata-sort-type="number" Capacitydata-sort-type="number" SeatsFloodlit
Auchinleck TalbotBeechwood Park[16] align=right 4,000align=right 500align=right Yes
Cumnock JuniorsCumnockTownhead Park[17] align=right 3,000align=right 0align=right Yes
New CumnockLoch Park[18] align=right 3,400align=right 250align=right No
Kilbirnie LadesideKilbirnieValefield Park[19] align=right 3,000align=right 0align=right No
PollokPollokshaws, GlasgowNewlandsfield Park[20] align=right 4,000align=right 0align=right No

League table

Results

Tier 7

Conference A

Stadia and locations

TeamLocationHome grounddata-sort-type="number" Capacitydata-sort-type="number" SeatsFloodlit
Annbank UnitedAnnbankNew Pebble Parkalign=right 2,600align=right 0align=right No
Ardeer ThistleStevenstonArdeer Stadiumalign=right 3,500align=right 0align=right No
AshfieldPossilpark, GlasgowAshfield Stadiumalign=right 3,500align=right 600align=right Yes
Bellshill AthleticBellshillRockburn Parkalign=right 500align=right 0align=right No
Craigmark BurntoniansDalmellingtonStation Parkalign=right 2,200align=right 0align=right No
Airdriealign=right 10,101align=right 10,101align=right Yes
Kello RoversKirkconnelNithside Parkalign=right 1,700align=right 0align=right No
MaryhillMaryhill, GlasgowLochburn Parkalign=right 1,800align=right 205align=right Yes
Maybole JuniorsMayboleLadywell Stadiumalign=right 2,000align=right 0align=right No
Muirkirk JuniorsMuirkirkBurnside Parkalign=right 2,300align=right 0align=right No
RenfrewRenfrewNew Western Parkalign=right 1,000align=right 0align=right Yes
St Roch'sProvanmill, GlasgowJames McGrory Parkalign=right 2,000align=right 0align=right No
Notes:

League table

Conference B

Stadia and locations

TeamLocationHome grounddata-sort-type="number" Capacitydata-sort-type="number" SeatsFloodlit
Carluke RoversCarlukeJohn Cumming Stadiumalign=right 1,500align=right 0align=right Yes
Forth WanderersForthKingshill Parkalign=right 3,500align=right 0align=right No
GartcairnAirdrieMTC Parkalign=right 500align=right 0align=right Yes
Greenock JuniorsGreenockRavenscraig Stadiumalign=right 6,000align=right 1,000align=right Yes
Irvine VictoriaIrvineVictoria Parkalign=right 1,800align=right 0align=right No
Johnstone BurghJohnstoneKeanie Parkalign=right 5,000align=right 0align=right No
Lugar Boswell ThistleLugarRosebank Parkalign=right 2,000align=right 0align=right No
NeilstonNeilstonBrig-o-Lea Stadiumalign=right 2,000align=right 0align=right Yes
Port GlasgowPort GlasgowPort Glasgow Community Stadiumalign=right 2,000align=right 0align=right Yes
St Cadoc'sShieldhall, GlasgowMcKenna Park align=right 1,000align=right 0align=right No
Vale of ClydeTollcross, GlasgowFullarton Parkalign=right 2,500align=right 0align=right No
Vale of LevenAlexandriaMillburn Parkalign=right 3,000align=right 0align=right No
WishawWishawBeltane Parkalign=right 1,000align=right 0align=right No
Notes:

League table

Conference C

Stadia and locations

TeamLocationHome grounddata-sort-type="number" Capacitydata-sort-type="number" SeatsFloodlit
Drumchapel UnitedDrumchapel, GlasgowDonald Dewar Centrealign=right TBCalign=right 0align=right Yes
East Kilbride ThistleEast KilbrideThe Showparkalign=right 2,300align=right 0align=right No
Glasgow PerthshirePossilpark, GlasgowKeppoch Parkalign=right 1,800align=right 0align=right No
Kilsyth RangersKilsythDuncansfieldalign=right 2,000align=right 0align=right No
Lanark UnitedLanarkMoor Parkalign=right 4,000align=right 0align=right No
Newmains UnitedNewmainsVictoria Parkalign=right 1,000align=right 0align=right No
St Anthony'sShieldhall, GlasgowMcKenna Parkalign=right 1,000align=right 0align=right No
Thorniewood UnitedViewparkRobertson Parkalign=right 3,000align=right 0align=right No
Yoker AthleticClydebankHolm Parkalign=right 3,500align=right 0align=right Yes

League table

Withdrawn

TeamLocationHome grounddata-sort-type="number" Capacitydata-sort-type="number" SeatsFloodlit
Ardrossan Winton RoversArdrossanWinton Parkalign=right 3,000align=right 80align=right Yes
ArthurlieBarrheadDunterlie Parkalign=right 3,000align=right 0align=right No
Cambuslang RangersCambuslangSomervell Parkalign=right 3,000align=right 0align=right No
Dalry ThistleDalryMerksworth Parkalign=right 3,000align=right 0align=right No
GirvanHamilton Parkalign=right 5,000align=right 200align=right No
Larkhall ThistleLarkhallGasworks Parkalign=right 2,000align=right 0align=right No
LesmahagowLesmahagowCraighead Parkalign=right 3,500align=right 0align=right No
PetershillSpringburn, GlasgowPetershill Parkalign=right 1,500align=right 500align=right Yes
Royal AlbertStonehouseTileworks Parkalign=right 1,000align=right 0align=right No
Saltcoats VictoriaSaltcoatsCampbell Parkalign=right 2,500align=right 0align=right No
ShettlestonShettleston, GlasgowGreenfield Parkalign=right 1,800align=right 10align=right No
Shotts Bon AccordShottsHannah Parkalign=right 4,000align=right 0align=right Yes
Whitletts VictoriaAyrDam Park Stadiumalign=right 3,000align=right 478align=right Yes

Notes

Club with an SFA Licence (as of July 2020)[21] eligible to participate in the Lowland League promotion play-off should they win the Premier Division.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Update: 11th October 2020 . West of Scotland Football League . 11 October 2020 . 13 October 2020.
  2. Web site: Update: 113th October 2020 . West of Scotland Football League . 13 October 2020 . 13 October 2020.
  3. Web site: REVEALED: The West of Scotland League note that led to promotion and relegation being scrapped . Lanarkshire Live . Mark . Pirie . 13 October 2020 . 13 October 2020.
  4. Web site: Scottish FA Board confirms three-week suspension of professional football beneath SPFL Championship Scottish FA. 2021-03-10. www.scottishfa.co.uk.
  5. Web site: End of Season Statement – West of Scotland Football League. 2021-03-17. en-GB.
  6. Web site: Division Structures for 2020/21 – West of Scotland Football League. 2020-10-22. en-GB. 2020-10-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20201026155710/https://wosfl.co.uk/division-structures-for-2020-21/. dead.
  7. Web site: New Conference Layout – West of Scotland Football League. 2020-10-22. en-GB.
  8. Web site: Beith . nonleaguescotland.org.uk . 7 April 2019 . 2 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190502203018/http://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/beith.htm . live .
  9. Web site: Benburb . nonleaguescotland.org.uk . 4 May 2019 . 24 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190424222426/http://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/benburb.htm . live .
  10. Web site: Bonnyton Thistle . nonleaguescotland.org.uk . 5 July 2019 . 6 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190706175328/http://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/bonnyton.htm . live .
  11. Web site: Hurlford United . nonleaguescotland.org.uk . 7 April 2019 . 2 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190502203648/http://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/hurlford.htm . live .
  12. Web site: Irvine Meadow . nonleaguescotland.org.uk . 7 April 2019 . 1 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190301235157/http://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/irvinemeadow.htm . live .
  13. Web site: Largs Thistle . nonleaguescotland.org.uk . 4 May 2019 . 2 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190502202856/http://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/largs.htm . live .
  14. Web site: Rutherglen Glencairn . nonleaguescotland.org.uk . 4 May 2019 . 4 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190504083530/http://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/rutherglen.htm . live .
  15. Web site: Troon . nonleaguescotland.org.uk . 4 May 2019 . 2 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190502203329/http://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/troon.htm . live .
  16. Web site: Auchinleck Talbot . nonleaguescotland.org.uk . 7 April 2019 . 2 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190502202805/http://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/auchinleck.htm . live .
  17. Web site: Cumnock . nonleaguescotland.org.uk . 4 May 2019 . 1 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190501031845/http://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/cumnock.htm . live .
  18. Web site: Glenafton Athletic . nonleaguescotland.org.uk . 7 April 2019 . 2 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190502203805/http://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/glenafton.htm . live .
  19. Web site: Kilbirnie Ladeside . nonleaguescotland.org.uk . 4 May 2019 . 4 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190504083629/http://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/kilbirnie.htm . live .
  20. Web site: Pollok . nonleaguescotland.org.uk . 7 April 2019 . 7 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190407085506/http://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/pollok.htm . live .
  21. Web site: Licensed Clubs - July 2019. 30 August 2020.

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