2016–17 West of Scotland Super League

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

McBookie.com West of Scotland Super League Premier Division
Season2016–17
ChampionsGlenafton Athletic[1]
RelegatedLargs Thistle
Troon
Matches played132
Goals scored408 (3.09 per match)
Biggest home winKilbirnie Ladeside 5–0 Largs Thistle
Biggest away winHurlford United 0–6 Cumnock Juniors
Highest scoringArthurlie 4–5 Hurlford United

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.

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

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

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
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

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]

Kilsyth Rangers0 – 1Kilwinning Rangers
Report Monti
Duncansfield Park, Kilsyth
Kilwinning Rangers2 – 2Kilsyth Rangers
Frye
McCloskey 		Report Davidson (2)
Abbey Park, Kilwinning

Super League First Division

McBookie.com West of Scotland Super League First Division
Season2016–17
ChampionsGirvan[12]
PromotedClydebank
RelegatedYoker Athletic
Shotts Bon Accord
Blantyre Victoria
Irvine Victoria
Matches played182
Goals scored640 (3.52 per match)
Biggest home winKilsyth Rangers 8–0 Cumbernauld United
Biggest away winShotts Bon Accord 0–7 Kilsyth Rangers
Highest scoringBlantyre Victoria 2–8 Petershill
Yoker Athletic 6–4 Blantyre Victoria
← 2015–16

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.

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

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

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
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

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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