West of Scotland Super League Premier Division

West of Scotland Super League Premier Division

Country	Scotland
Founded	2002
Number of teams	12
Promotion to	no promotion
Relegation to	Super League First Division
Domestic cup(s)	Scottish Junior Cup
Current champions	Auchinleck Talbot (2015–16)
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

Arthurlie

Auchinleck Talbot

Beith Juniors

Rob Roy

Glenafton Athletic

Hurlford United

Kilbirnie Ladeside

Pollok

Troon

Cumnock

Largs Thistle

Kilwinning Rangers

Location of teams in 2016–17 West of Scotland Super League Premier Division

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 (4) Ashfield 7 (3)	3rd Round 2013–14[8]
2013–14	Auchinleck Talbot (3)	Irvine Meadow	Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Pollok Largs Thistle	Troon Beith Juniors Shotts Bon Accord	Shotts Bon Accord 5 (1) Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 2 (1)	2nd Round 2014-15[9]
2014–15	Auchinleck Talbot (4)	Hurlford United	Shotts Bon Accord Cumnock Juniors Clydebank	Pollok Shettleston Kirkintilloch Rob Roy	Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 4 (2) Shotts Bon Accord 1 (0)	2nd Round 2015-16[10]
2015–16	Auchinleck Talbot (5)	Hurlford United	Irvine Meadow Petershill Shettleston	Cumnock Juniors Largs Thistle Kilwinning Rangers	Kilwinning Rangers 5 (2) Shettleston 3 (3)

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 2015–16 season, inclusive.^[11] Teams highlighted in bold are members of the 2016–17 Super League Premier Division.

P	Club	Ssn	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	PPG	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Rel
1	Auchinleck Talbot	14	308	172	63	73	663	360	+303	579	1.91	5	1	4	2
2	Pollok	13	286	144	54	88	552	432	+120	486	1.70	4	1	2	1	1
3	Arthurlie	13	286	130	58	98	500	435	+65	433^1	1.51		4	1
4	Irvine Meadow	10	220	113	35	72	414	324	+90	374	1.70	3	2		1	2
5	Glenafton Athletic	11	242	90	55	97	351	356	-5	325	1.34			1	1	1
6	Cumnock Juniors	12	264	89	56	119	440	487	−47	323	1.22				1	2
7	Petershill	10	220	87	55	78	345	341	+4	316	1.44		2	1	1	1
8	Beith Juniors	8	176	81	35	60	318	293	+25	278	1.58	1		1		1
9	Kilbirnie Ladeside	8	176	55	37	84	280	325	−45	202	1.15			1		2
10	Kirkintilloch Rob Roy	7	154	56	27	71	248	297	−49	195	1.27					1
11	Bellshill Athletic	6	132	43	25	64	175	231	−56	154	1.17					1
12	Maryhill	5	110	40	24	46	176	175	+1	144	1.31				1	1
13	Hurlford	3	66	41	15	10	144	70	74	138	2.09		2	1
14	Neilston Juniors	5	110	37	20	53	171	205	−34	131	1.19		1		1	2
15	Shotts Bon Accord	5	110	36	20	54	153	210	−57	128	1.16					2
16	Clydebank	4	88	35	14	39	130	138	-8	119	1.35			1	2	1
17	Kilwinning Rangers	3	66	31	16	19	130	94	+36	109	1.65	1			1	1
18	Troon	4	88	29	22	37	142	156	−14	106^2	1.20				1	1
19	Largs Thistle	4	88	28	14	46	112	168	−56	98	1.1					2
20	Larkhall Thistle	4	88	22	27	39	132	164	−32	93	1.06					1
21	Johnstone Burgh	4	88	25	18	45	100	165	−65	93	1.06					1
22	Renfrew	3	66	23	13	30	91	121	−30	82	1.24		1			1
23	Ashfield	2	44	16	11	17	81	76	+5	59	1.34					1
24	Kilsyth Rangers	3	66	13	20	33	79	140	−61	59	0.89					1
25	Lanark United	2	44	12	8	24	66	93	−27	44	1.00					1
26	Vale of Clyde	2	44	8	9	27	54	107	−53	33	0.75					1
27	Shettleston	1	22	7	4	11	26	32	-6	25	1.14					1
28	Rutherglen Glencairn	1	22	2	7	13	24	57	−33	13	0.59					1
29	Benburb	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. "Auchinleck Talbot 2 – 3 Stranraer". BBC Sport. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
9. "Edinburgh City 2-1 Auchinleck Talbot". BBC Sport. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
10. "Scottish Cup: East Stirlingshire and Clyde eliminated". BBC Sport. 24 October 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
11. http://www.west-region-results.co.uk/