SJFA West Region Premiership explained

Teams:	16
Promotion:	no promotion
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
Website:	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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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.

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
2007–08	Pollok (4)	Irvine Meadow XI		Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Vale of Clyde	Cumnock Juniors 5 Kilwinning Rangers 2	1st Round 2008–09^[3]
2008 - 09		Irvine Meadow XI	Pollok			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)		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)		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		Largs Thistle Troon	Girvan Clydebank	Kilwinning Rangers 3 Kilsyth Rangers 2^[16]	3rd Round 2017–18
2017–18	Beith Juniors (2)		Girvan Arthurlie	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	Auchinleck Talbot (7)	Kilwinning Rangers	No promotion or relegation: all clubs moved to the senior West of Scotland Football League.^[17] ^[18]			Withdrew

External links

• West Region Super Premier League at Non-League Scotland (archive version, 2007-08 membership)

Notes and References

1. News: Pollok 0-1 Montrose. 3 November 2007. BBC Sport. 12 October 2017.
2. News: Goldthorp. Craig. Junior football overhaul sees merger of Scotland's West and Ayrshire clubs. 12 October 2017. www.carlukegazette.co.uk. 13 July 2017. en.
3. News: Spartans leave it late in City Park's last Scottish Cup tie. 1 September 2016. The Scotsman. 4 October 2008.
4. News: Hibernian 3 - 0 Irvine Meadow. 1 September 2016. BBC Sport. 9 January 2010.
5. News: Beith 3-4 Airdrie United. 1 September 2016. BBC Sport. 4 January 2011.
6. News: Robertson. Alan. Irvine Meadow 0 Livingston 6. 1 September 2016. Daily Record. 20 November 2011.
7. News: Third Division Montrose and Peterhead exit Scottish Cup. 1 September 2016. BBC Sport. 29 September 2012.
8. News: Shoot-out drama as Largs win. 6 June 2017. Evening Times. 6 June 2013. en.
9. News: Auchinleck Talbot 2 – 3 Stranraer. 1 September 2016. BBC Sport. 9 November 2013.
10. News: Thomson. Nick. Things are looking up. 6 June 2017. Daily Record. 11 June 2014.
11. News: Edinburgh City 2-1 Auchinleck Talbot. 1 September 2016. BBC Sport. 5 October 2014.
12. News: Hepburn. David. Promotion joy for Kirkintilloch Rob Roy. 6 June 2017. www.kirkintilloch-herald.co.uk. 5 June 2015. en.
13. News: Scottish Cup: East Stirlingshire and Clyde eliminated. 1 September 2016. BBC Sport. 24 October 2015.
14. News: McGowan. Eric. Buffs shoot down Shettleston to win promotion back to the top flight. 6 June 2017. Daily Record. 11 June 2016.
15. News: O'Donnell. Jim. Don't write off Auchinleck Talbot after William Hill Scottish Cup defeat, says victorious Beith skipper John Sheridan. 6 June 2017. Evening Times. 13 September 2016. en.
16. News: McGowan. Eric. Kilwinning Rangers retain top flight status after play-off drama at Abbey Park. 6 June 2017. Daily Record. 3 June 2017.
17. http://slfl.co.uk/pyramid-update-67-applications-approved/#more-13209 Pyramid Update – 67 Applications Approved
18. 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