SJFA West Region Premiership

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SJFA West Region Premiership
Founded2002(22 years ago) (2002)
Folded2020
CountryFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Number of teams16
Level on pyramid 1
Promotion tono promotion
Relegation to West Region Championship
Domestic cup(s) Scottish Junior Cup
Last champions Auchinleck Talbot (7th title)
(2019–20)
Most championships Auchinleck Talbot (7 titles)
Website Scottish Junior FA

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.

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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.

YearWinnerRunners-upRelegatedPromotedWest Region League
play-off (aggregate)		Champions' Progression
in Scottish Cup
2002–03 Pollok Neilston Juniors Benburb
Irvine Meadow XI 		Arthurlie
Troon 		N/AN/A
2003–04 Kilwinning Rangers Arthurlie Kilbirnie Ladeside
Neilston Juniors 		Bellshill Athletic
Renfrew 		N/AN/A
2004–05 Pollok (2) Arthurlie Kilwinning Rangers
Troon 		Kilsyth Rangers
Shotts Bon Accord 		N/AN/A
2005–06 Auchinleck Talbot Renfrew Johnstone Burgh
Larkhall Thistle 		Neilston Juniors
Petershill 		N/AN/A
2006–07 Pollok (3) Auchinleck Talbot Maryhill
Renfrew 		Beith Juniors
Irvine Meadow XI 		Glenafton Athletic 2
Kilwinning Rangers 0		 2nd Round 2007–08 [1]
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
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) Hurlford United 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) Hurlford United 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 Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Largs Thistle
Troon 		Girvan
Clydebank 		Kilwinning Rangers 3
Kilsyth Rangers 2 [16] 		3rd Round 2017–18
2017–18 Beith Juniors (2) Auchinleck Talbot 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 [lower-alpha 1] Auchinleck Talbot (7) Kilwinning Rangers No promotion or relegation: all clubs moved to the senior West of Scotland Football League . [19] [20] Withdrew
  1. ↑ Season suspended in March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Champions calculated using 'points per game' algorithm, announced on 21 April. [17] [18]

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