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Season | 2016–17 |
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Champions | Glenafton Athletic [1] |
Relegated | Largs Thistle Troon |
Matches played | 132 |
Goals scored | 408 (3.09 per match) |
Biggest home win | Kilbirnie Ladeside 5–0 Largs Thistle |
Biggest away win | Hurlford United 0–6 Cumnock Juniors |
Highest scoring | Arthurlie 4–5 Hurlford United |
← 2015–16 2017–18 → |
Auchinleck Talbot were the reigning champions.
Cumnock Juniors and Largs Thistle were promoted from the Super League First Division, replacing the automatically relegated Petershill and Irvine Meadow.
Kiilwinning Rangers claimed a third promotion spot after defeating Shettleston 5–3 on aggregate in the West Region League play-off.
Club | Location | Ground | Manager | Finishing position 2015–16 |
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Arthurlie | Barrhead | Dunterlie Park | Chris Mackie | 9th |
Auchinleck Talbot | Auchinleck | Beechwood Park | Tommy Sloan | Champions |
Beith Juniors | Beith | Bellsdale Park | John Millar | 7th |
Cumnock Juniors | Cumnock | Townhead Park | John McKeown | Super League First Division, 1st |
Glenafton Athletic | New Cumnock | Loch Park | Craig McEwan | 6th |
Hurlford United | Hurlford | Blair Park | Darren Henderson | 2nd |
Kilbirnie Ladeside | Kilbirnie | Valefield Park | Billy McGhie | 3rd |
Kilwinning Rangers | Kilwinning | Abbey Park | Chris Strain | Super League First Division, 3rd |
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy | Cumbernauld | Guy's Meadow 1 | Stuart Maxwell | 8th |
Largs Thistle | Largs | Barrfields Stadium | Stuart Davidson | Super League First Division, 2nd |
Pollok | Newlands, Glasgow | Newlandsfield Park | Tony McInally | 5th |
Troon | Troon | Portland Park | Jim Kirkwood | 4th |
1 Groundsharing with Cumbernauld United F.C. [2]
Club | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Largs Thistle | Bryan Slavin | Resigned [3] | 8 October 2016 | 12th | Stuart Davidson [4] | 8 October 2016 |
Kilbirnie Ladeside | Stephen Swift | Resigned [5] | 13 November 2016 | 11th | Mark Bradley [6] | 27 November 2016 |
Arthurlie | Steve Kerrigan | Resigned [7] | 18 December 2016 | 6th | Chris Mackie [7] | 18 December 2016 |
Kilbirnie Ladeside | Mark Bradley | Released [8] | 20 May 2017 | 9th | Billy McGhie [9] | 20 May 2017 |
Troon | Gordon Burns | Resigned [10] | 23 May 2017 | 12th | Jim Kirkwood | 23 May 2017 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Glenafton Athletic (C) | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 21 | +14 | 46 | Qualification for 2017–18 Scottish Cup |
2 | Kirkintilloch Rob Roy | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 21 | +16 | 43 | |
3 | Beith Juniors | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 44 | 26 | +18 | 42 | |
4 | Auchinleck Talbot | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 17 | +9 | 40 | |
5 | Hurlford United | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 30 | |
6 | Cumnock Juniors | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 29 | |
7 | Arthurlie | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 37 | 48 | −11 | 29 | |
8 | Pollok | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 26 | |
9 | Kilbirnie Ladeside | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 25 | |
10 | Kilwinning Rangers (O) | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 29 | 38 | −9 | 24 | Qualification for West Region League play-off |
11 | Largs Thistle (R) | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 30 | 50 | −20 | 19 | Relegation to Super League First Division |
12 | Troon (R) | 22 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 28 | 49 | −21 | 16 |
Kilwinning Rangers retained their place in the West of Scotland Super League Premier Division after defeating Kilsyth Rangers 3–2 on aggregate in the West Region League play-off. [11]
Kilsyth Rangers | 0 – 1 | Kilwinning Rangers |
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Report | Monti |
Kilwinning Rangers | 2 – 2 | Kilsyth Rangers |
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Frye McCloskey | Report | Davidson (2) |
Season | 2016–17 |
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Champions | Girvan [12] |
Promoted | Clydebank |
Relegated | Yoker Athletic Shotts Bon Accord Blantyre Victoria Irvine Victoria |
Matches played | 182 |
Goals scored | 640 (3.52 per match) |
Biggest home win | Kilsyth Rangers 8–0 Cumbernauld United |
Biggest away win | Shotts Bon Accord 0–7 Kilsyth Rangers |
Highest scoring | Blantyre Victoria 2–8 Petershill Yoker Athletic 6–4 Blantyre Victoria |
← 2015–16 2017–18 → |
The First Division had a 50% turnover of membership for the 2016–17 season with seven new clubs. Irvine Meadow and Petershill were automatically relegated from the Super League Premier Division and were joined by Shettleston who lost the West Region League play-off to Kilwinning Rangers.
Girvan and Irvine Victoria were promoted from the Ayrshire District League while Maryhill and Renfrew joined after gaining promotion from the Central District First Division.
Club | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Cumbernauld United | John Queen | Resigned [13] | 3 September 2016 | 12th | George Shaw [14] | 22 September 2016 |
Maryhill | Jim Delaney | Resigned [15] | 28 September 2016 | 14th | John Hughes [16] | 4 October 2016 |
Clydebank | Billy McGhie | Resigned [17] | 28 December 2016 | 4th | Kieran McAnespie [18] | 19 January 2017 |
Shettleston | Ryan McStay & Peter Weatherson | Mutual consent [19] | 8 January 2017 | 2nd | John Fallon [20] | 15 January 2017 |
Cumbernauld United | George Shaw | Sacked [21] | 26 January 2017 | 10th | Andy Frame [22] | |
Irvine Meadow | Gareth Turner & Michael Wardrope | Resigned [23] | End of season | 6th | Ross Wilson [24] | 21 May 2017 |
Shettleston | John Fallon | Mutual consent [25] | End of season | 7th | James McKenna [26] | 4 June 2017 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Girvan (C, P) | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 59 | 30 | +29 | 52 | Promotion to Super League Premier Division |
2 | Clydebank (P) | 26 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 58 | 33 | +25 | 50 | |
3 | Kilsyth Rangers (Q) | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 67 | 32 | +35 | 49 | Qualification for West Region League play-off |
4 | Petershill | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 70 | 33 | +37 | 48 | |
5 | Rutherglen Glencairn | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 50 | 32 | +18 | 45 | |
6 | Irvine Meadow | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 40 | |
7 | Shettleston | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 40 | |
8 | Renfrew | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 43 | 38 | +5 | 36 | |
9 | Cumbernauld United | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 38 | 64 | −26 | 32 | |
10 | Maryhill | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 35 | 60 | −25 | 31 | |
11 | Yoker Athletic (R) | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 46 | 58 | −12 | 30 | Relegation to Central District First Division/Ayrshire District League |
12 | Shotts Bon Accord (R) | 26 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 30 | 65 | −35 | 24 | |
13 | Blantyre Victoria (R) | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 33 | 64 | −31 | 19 | |
14 | Irvine Victoria (R) | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 31 | 56 | −25 | 15 |
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