2013–14 West of Scotland Super League Premier Division

Stagecoach West of Scotland Super League Premier Division
Season2013–14
ChampionsAuchinleck Talbot[1]
RelegatedKirkintilloch Rob Roy
Pollok
Largs Thistle
Matches played132
Goals scored429 (3.25 per match)
Biggest home winAuchinleck Talbot 6–0 Arthurlie
30 Aug 2013
Biggest away winKirkintilloch Rob Roy 1–5 Hurlford United
12 Oct 2013
Petershill 1–5 Kilbirnie Ladeside
14 Dec 2013
Highest scoringPollok 5–4 Kilbirnie Ladeside
22 Mar 2014
Longest winning run(6) Hurlford United
28 Apr 2013 – 14 May 2014
Irvine Meadow
12 Oct 2013 – 21 Dec 2013
Longest unbeaten run(16) Auchinleck Talbot
17 Aug 2013 – 15 Mar 2014
Longest winless run(10) Largs Thistle
17 Aug 2013 – 16 Nov 2013
Longest losing run(7) Largs Thistle
7 Sep 2013 – 16 Nov 2013

The 2013–14 West of Scotland Super League Premier Division was the twelfth Super League Premier Division competition since the formation of the Scottish Junior Football Association, West Region in 2002. The season began on 17 August 2013. The winners of this competition are eligible to enter round one of the 2014–15 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 their second successive title on 10 May 2014.

Member clubs for the 2013–14 season

Auchinleck Talbot were the reigning champions.[2]

Hurlford United and Kilbirnie Ladeside were promoted from the Super League First Division, replacing the automatically relegated Beith Juniors and Shotts Bon Accord.

Largs Thistle claimed a third promotion spot after defeating Ashfield in the West Region League play-off.[3]

Club Location Ground Manager Finishing position 2012–13
Arthurlie Barrhead Dunterlie Park Gavin Duncan 6th
Auchinleck Talbot Auchinleck Beechwood Park Tommy Sloan Champions
Clydebank Clydebank Holm Park Billy McGhie 3rd
Cumnock Juniors Cumnock Townhead Park Brian McLuckie 8th
Glenafton Athletic New Cumnock Loch Park Tommy Bryce 4th
Hurlford United Hurlford Blair Park Darren Henderson Super League First Division, 1st
Irvine Meadow Irvine Meadow Park Stevie Rankin 5th
Kilbirnie Ladeside Kilbirnie Valefield Park Mark Crilly & Stephen Swift Super League First Division, 2nd
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Kirkintilloch Adamslie Park Stewart Maxwell 7th
Largs Thistle Largs Barrfields Stadium Sandy MacLean Super League First Division, 3rd
Petershill Springburn, Glasgow Petershill Park Willie Paterson 2nd
Pollok Newlands, Glasgow Newlandsfield Park Tony McInally 9th

Managerial changes

Club Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Hurlford United Derek McCulloch Resigned [4] 19 June 2013 Close season Darren Henderson 27 June 2013
Glenafton Athletic Darren Henderson Appointed manager at Hurlford United[5] 27 June 2013 Close season Tommy Bryce 13 July 2013
Pollok John Richardson Resigned [6] 23 September 2013 5th Stephen Docherty 4 October 2013 [7]
Pollok Stephen Docherty Resigned [8] 2 December 2013 9th Tony McInally 26 December 2013 [9]
Petershill Scott Smith Resigned as co-manager [10] End of season 8th N/A

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Auchinleck Talbot (C) 22 16 3 3 48 20 +28 51 Qualification for 2014–15 Scottish Cup
2 Irvine Meadow 22 14 4 4 38 23 +15 46
3 Hurlford United 22 13 6 3 50 26 +24 45
4 Clydebank 22 10 3 9 34 29 +5 33
5 Cumnock Juniors 22 8 6 8 32 31 +1 30
6 Glenafton Athletic 22 9 2 11 27 33 −6 29
7 Kilbirnie Ladeside 22 8 4 10 40 32 +8 28
8 Petershill 22 6 7 9 34 37 −3 25
9 Arthurlie 22 6 6 10 27 41 −14 24
10 Kirkintilloch Rob Roy (R) 22 7 2 13 33 51 −18 23 Qualification for West Region League play-off
11 Pollok (R) 22 5 4 13 39 58 −19 19 Relegation to Super League First Division
12 Largs Thistle (R) 22 6 1 15 27 48 −21 19
Updated to match(es) played on 9 June 2014. 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 AUC CLY CMN GLE HUR IVM KLB KRR LRG PSH PLK
Arthurlie 1–1 2–5 2–0 1–3 1–2 0–4 1–1 4–1 1–2 2–2 1–1
Auchinleck Talbot 6–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 3–0 4–0 3–0 3–1 2–0
Clydebank 3–1 3–0 1–2 1–3 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–2 0–2 1–2
Cumnock Juniors 0–3 0–1 1–1 1–2 4–4 2–0 1–4 3–0 5–1 1–3 1–1
Glenafton Athletic 1–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–2 1–3 3–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 3–2
Hurlford United 0–0 5–3 1–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 3–2 4–1 4–0 1–1 5–1
Irvine Meadow 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–3 1–0 2–4 1–0 3–1 3–2
Kilbirnie Ladeside 3–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 3–0 2–0
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 1–2 2–4 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–5 1–3 3–0 4–1 1–4 4–2
Largs Thistle 1–2 1–2 1–3 1–2 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–4 2–3 2–1 2–1
Petershill 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 2–3 1–5 1–1 2–0 3–3
Pollok 2–0 1–4 3–4 0–2 2–2 2–5 1–2 5–4 3–1 3–2 2–5
Updated to match(es) played on 9 June 2014. Source: SJFA West Region
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

West Region League play-off

Shotts Bon Accord, who finished third in the Super League First Division, defeated Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 5 – 2 on aggregate in the West Region League play-off.[11] Shotts will replace Rob Roy in the 2014–15 West of Scotland Super League Premier Division.

Kirkintilloch Rob Roy1 – 1Shotts Bon Accord
Ryan Deas 78' Report 44' Gary McStay
Adamslie Park, Kirkintilloch
Referee: David Munro
Shotts Bon Accord4 – 1Kirkintilloch Rob Roy
Jack Marriott 28'
Chris Walker 40', 64'
Steven Canning 72'		 Report 46' Chris Duff
Greenfield Park, Shettleston
Referee: David Lowe

References

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