2016–17_West_of_Scotland_Super_League

2016–17 West of Scotland Super League

Football league season

The 2016–17 West of Scotland Super League was the fifteenth Super League competition since the formation of the Scottish Junior Football Association, West Region in 2002. The league comprised two divisions, a West of Scotland Super League Premier Division of twelve clubs and a West of Scotland Super League First Division of fourteen clubs. There were two automatic relegation places between the divisions, while the third-bottom placed side in the Premier Division entered the West Region league play-off, a two-legged tie against the third placed side in the First Division, to decide the final promotion/relegation spot. The winners of the Super League Premier Division are eligible to enter round one of the 2017–18 Scottish Cup.

Super League Premier Division

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

McBookie.com West of Scotland Super League Premier Division
Season	2016–17
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 →

Member clubs for the 2016–17 season

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.

More information Club, Location ...

Club	Location	Ground	Manager	Finishing position 2015–16
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]

Managerial changes

More information Club, Outgoing manager ...

Club	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
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

League table

More information Pos, Team ...

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	Relegation to Super League First Division

Updated to match(es) played on 12 June 2017. Source: SJFA West Region
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

More information Home \ Away, ART ...

Home \ Away	ART	AUC	BEI	CMN	GLE	HUR	KLB	KWN	KRR	LRG	PLK	TRO
Arthurlie		0–4	1–4	3–1	1–1	4–5	4–3	3–1	0–2	4–2	1–6	3–0
Auchinleck Talbot	1–0		1–1	3–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–0
Beith Juniors	2–0	3–0		2–0	1–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	0–0	3–2	2–2	3–1
Cumnock Juniors	1–2	0–1	2–2		0–1	1–1	3–1	4–1	2–4	4–0	3–1	2–0
Glenafton Athletic	2–0	3–1	1–3	1–1		0–1	3–1	1–0	0–1	4–1	1–0	2–1
Hurlford United	0–1	2–2	2–2	0–6	2–3		0–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	4–4
Kilbirnie Ladeside	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–3	2–2		1–2	0–2	5–0	3–1	2–1
Kilwinning Rangers	1–2	0–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–3		1–2	0–1	1–0	3–0
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy	2–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–2	4–2	0–1	5–1		3–2	3–2	3–1
Largs Thistle	4–3	0–0	0–1	0–1	4–1	0–1	4–1	1–3	1–2		1–4	2–1
Pollok	2–0	2–0	2–2	4–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–3	1–1	4–1		3–1
Troon	2–3	0–3	2–4	2–4	0–1	2–3	3–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on 12 June 2017. Source: SJFA West Region
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

West Region League play-off

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]

More information Kilsyth Rangers, 0 – 1 ...

Kilsyth Rangers	0 – 1	Kilwinning Rangers
	Report	Monti

31 May 2017

19:30

Duncansfield Park, Kilsyth

More information Kilwinning Rangers, 2 – 2 ...

Kilwinning Rangers	2 – 2	Kilsyth Rangers
Frye McCloskey	Report	Davidson (2)

2 June 2017

19:30

Abbey Park, Kilwinning

Super League First Division

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

McBookie.com West of Scotland Super League First Division
Season	2016–17
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 →

Member clubs for the 2016–17 season

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.

More information Club, Location ...

Club	Location	Ground	Manager(s)	Finishing position 2015–16
Blantyre Victoria	Blantyre	KG Stadium	John Gibson	5th
Clydebank	Clydebank	Holm Park	Kieran McAnespie	4th
Cumbernauld United	Cumbernauld	Guy's Meadow	Andy Frame	8th
Girvan	Girvan	Hamilton Park	Peter Leonard	Ayrshire District League, 1st
Irvine Meadow	Irvine	Meadow Park	Ross Wilson	Super League Premier Division, 12th
Irvine Victoria	Irvine	Victoria Park	Stevie Wilson	Ayrshire District League, 2nd
Kilsyth Rangers	Kilsyth	Duncansfield Park	Keith Hogg	6th
Maryhill	Glasgow	Lochburn Park	John Hughes	Central District First Division, 2nd
Petershill	Glasgow	Petershill Park	Willie Paterson	Super League Premier Division, 11th
Renfrew	Renfrew	New Western Park	Colin Clark & Martin Ferry	Central District First Division, 1st
Rutherglen Glencairn	Rutherglen	Celsius Stadium	Willie Harvey	7th
Shettleston	Glasgow	Greenfield Park	James McKenna	Super League Premier Division, 10th
Shotts Bon Accord	Shotts	Hannah Park	Kieran McGuinness	9th
Yoker Athletic	Clydebank	Holm Park	Steven Reilly	10th

Managerial changes

More information Club, Outgoing manager ...

Club	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
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

League table

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
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	Promotion to Super League Premier Division
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

Updated to match(es) played on 3 June 2017. Source: SJFA West Region
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Results

More information Home \ Away, BLA ...

Home \ Away	BLA	CLY	CUM	GRV	IVM	IVV	KSY	MAR	PSH	REN	RUG	SHE	SBA	YOK
Blantyre Victoria		1–4	3–3	1–6	0–1	1–2	0–3	6–1	2–8	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–3	0–0
Clydebank	0–0		3–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–4	5–0	5–2	1–2	0–2	4–1	3–0	3–4
Cumbernauld United	3–1	1–5		2–2	0–3	4–3	2–2	0–0	0–3	3–2	1–1	3–2	3–6	0–4
Girvan	1–0	3–4	2–0		3–2	4–0	2–2	3–0	1–0	1–0	0–3	6–1	4–1	3–1
Irvine Meadow	1–0	1–2	3–0	0–0		3–1	4–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–1
Irvine Victoria	0–3	1–1	0–2	1–3	4–1		0–1	2–3	2–2	1–3	0–1	0–1	0–2	2–0
Kilsyth Rangers	3–0	0–3	8–0	1–1	3–0	3–1		1–1	1–1	3–2	2–2	2–2	6–0	1–1
Maryhill	2–0	3–0	3–0	0–1	2–2	3–2	2–5		2–3	1–0	1–3	1–5	1–2	2–4
Petershill	4–2	1–2	1–2	1–3	2–0	2–0	5–1	6–0		4–1	2–3	1–0	1–0	3–0
Renfrew	6–1	2–1	2–3	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–2	2–2	1–1		1–1	0–1	3–0	3–3
Rutherglen Glencairn	3–0	1–2	1–4	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	5–0	2–2	3–1		0–1	4–2	1–1
Shettleston	1–2	1–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	3–4	0–4	0–1	2–2	3–1	1–1		1–0	2–1
Shotts Bon Accord	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–3	2–0	3–1	0–7	0–1	0–6	0–2	3–2	1–4		0–1
Yoker Athletic	6–4	0–3	0–2	1–4	3–1	2–2	0–0	1–2	0–6	1–3	3–2	3–4	5–3

Updated to match(es) played on 3 June 2017. Source: SJFA West Region
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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