2012–13 West of Scotland Super League Premier Division

Stagecoach West of Scotland Super League Premier Division
Season2012–13
ChampionsAuchinleck Talbot[1]
RelegatedAshfield
Beith Juniors
Shotts Bon Accord
Matches played132
Goals scored443 (3.36 per match)
Biggest home winKirkintilloch Rob Roy 7–3 Glenafton Athletic
8 September 2012
Biggest away winKirkintilloch Rob Roy 0–6 Irvine Meadow
27 April 2013
Highest scoringKirkintilloch Rob Roy 7–3 Glenafton Athletic
8 September 2012
Longest winning run(13) Auchinleck Talbot
29 December 2012 – season end
Longest unbeaten run(22) Auchinleck Talbot
whole season undefeated
Longest losing run(5) Cumnock Juniors
27 October 2012 – 29 December 2012
Irvine Meadow
3 November 2012 – 29 December 2012

The 2012–13 West of Scotland Super League Premier Division was the eleventh Super League Premier Division competition since the formation of the Scottish Junior Football Association, West Region in 2002. The season began on 18 August 2012. The winners of this competition gain direct entry to round one of the 2013–14 Scottish Cup. The two last placed sides were relegated to the Super League First Division. The third-bottom placed side entered the West Region league play-off, a two-legged tie against the third placed side in the Super League First Division, to decide the final promotion/relegation spot.

Auchinleck Talbot won the championship on 1 May 2013.[2]

Member clubs for the 2012–13 season

Irvine Meadow were the reigning champions.[3]

Glenafton Athletic and Shotts Bon Accord were promoted from the Super League First Division, replacing Largs Thistle and Kilbirnie Ladeside.

Pollok had retained their place in the league after defeating Renfrew in the West Region League play-off.[4]

Club Location Ground Manager Finishing position 2011–12
Arthurlie Barrhead Dunterlie Park Mark Cameron 7th
Ashfield Possilpark, Glasgow Saracen Park Stevie Rankin 6th
Auchinleck Talbot Auchinleck Beechwood Park Tommy Sloan 3rd
Beith Juniors Beith Bellsdale Park John Millar 5th
Clydebank Clydebank Holm Park Billy McGhie 4th
Cumnock Juniors Cumnock Townhead Park Brian McLuckie 9th
Glenafton Athletic New Cumnock Loch Park Darren Henderson Super League First Division, 1st
Irvine Meadow Irvine Meadow Park Mark Campbell (caretaker) Champions
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Kirkintilloch Adamslie Park Jimmy Lindsay & Derek Frye 8th
Petershill Springburn, Glasgow Petershill Park Willie Paterson & Scott Smith 2nd
Pollok Newlands, Glasgow Newlandsfield Park John Richardson 10th
Shotts Bon Accord Shotts Hannah Park Tam McDonald Super League First Division, 2nd

Managerial changes

Club Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Beith Juniors Stevie Easton Sacked 12 November 2012 11th Frank Lynch [5] 14 November 2012
Cumnock Juniors Stevie Farrell Appointed asst. manager at Stranraer 15 December 2012 [6] 10th Brian McLuckie 18 December 2012 [7]
Beith Juniors Frank Lynch Resigned 18 April 2013 11th John Millar [8] 18 April 2013
Shotts Bon Accord Tony McInally Resigned [9] 27 April 2013 12th Tam McDonald [10] 4 June 2013
Irvine Meadow XI Chris Strain Sacked 15 May 2013 6th Stevie Rankin [11] 15 May 2013
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Jimmy Lindsay & Derek Frye Resigned End of season 7th Stewart Maxwell [12] 11 May 2013
Arthurlie Mark Cameron Appointed asst. manager at Albion Rovers End of season 6th Gavin Duncan [13] 20 May 2013
Ashfield Stevie Rankin [11] Appointed manager at Irvine Meadow End of season 10th John Conlin [14] 19 May 2013

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Auchinleck Talbot (C) 22 20 2 0 62 14 +48 62 Qualification for 2013–14 Scottish Cup
2 Petershill 22 11 6 5 41 23 +18 39
3 Clydebank 22 11 3 8 34 32 +2 36
4 Glenafton Athletic 22 10 2 10 26 37 −11 32
5 Irvine Meadow 22 9 3 10 36 37 −1 30
6 Arthurlie 22 8 5 9 40 40 0 29
7 Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 22 8 5 9 49 50 −1 29
8 Pollok 22 7 6 9 25 35 −10 27
9 Cumnock Juniors 22 7 4 11 36 40 −4 25
10 Ashfield (R) 22 7 4 11 35 40 −5 25 Qualification for West Region League play-off
11 Beith Juniors (R) 22 7 3 12 36 50 −14 24 Relegation to Super League First Division
12 Shotts Bon Accord (R) 22 2 7 13 23 45 −22 13
Updated to match(es) played on 8 June 2013. Source: SJFA West Region
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away ART ASHF AUC BEI CLY CMN GLE IVM KRR PSH PLK SBA
Arthurlie 3–1 2–3 4–1 1–2 1–1 1–4 2–2 3–3 1–1 2–2 3–0
Ashfield 2–1 1–3 1–1 4–2 4–2 2–0 5–2 2–2 1–2 3–2 1–1
Auchinleck Talbot 3–0 4–1 3–3 5–1 2–0 4–0 2–0 3–3 2–1 4–0 2–1
Beith Juniors 0–2 2–1 0–1 1–4 2–3 1–2 3–0 3–2 1–4 2–2 2–1
Clydebank 1–2 1–0 0–3 4–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 0–3 1–1 1–0 0–3
Cumnock Juniors 4–3 2–0 0–2 2–4 1–3 0–1 2–2 1–2 4–0 0–0 3–0
Glenafton Athletic 1–2 3–1 0–1 1–3 3–2 1–0 2–1 0–4 1–0 0–1 2–0
Irvine Meadow 2–1 1–0 0–2 2–3 2–0 2–1 0–1 3–3 1–4 2–1 2–1
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 0–4 2–1 0–3 4–0 0–3 1–3 7–3 0–6 2–3 1–2 4–2
Petershill 4–0 2–3 0–1 2–1 1–1 4–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–2
Pollok 3–1 1–0 1–4 3–2 0–1 1–3 0–0 0–2 2–2 0–3 2–1
Shotts Bon Accord 0–1 1–1 0–5 2–1 1–1 3–3 1–1 1–4 2–4 0–0 0–1
Updated to match(es) played on 8 June 2013. Source: SJFA West Region
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

West Region League play-off

Largs Thistle, who finished third in the Super League First Division, defeated Ashfield 4 – 3 on penalty kicks after a 7 – 7 draw on aggregate in the West Region League play-off.[15] Largs will replace Ashfield in the 2013–14 West of Scotland Super League Premier Division.

Ashfield3 – 3Largs Thistle
Paul Maxwell 20'
Alistair Martin 72'
Mark Thomson 74' (pen.)		 Report 32' (o.g.) Lee McShane
52' Willie McClure
87' Eddie Walton
Saracen Park, Glasgow
Referee: Steven Reid
Largs Thistle4 – 4Ashfield
Eddie Walton 21'
Graham Muir 47'
Nicky Little 52'
Barri Stanton 65'		 3' Shaun Fraser
17' Paul Maxwell
20' Alistair Martin
90' (pen.) Mark Thomson
Penalties
4 – 3
Barrfields Stadium, Largs
Referee: Nick Walsh

References

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