2018–19 West Region Premiership

West Region Premiership
Season2018–19
Dates4 August 2018 – 14 June 2019
ChampionsAuchinleck Talbot
RelegatedRenfrew
Petershill
Cambuslang Rangers
Matches played240
Goals scored816 (3.4 per match)
Biggest home winAuchinleck Talbot 9–1 Cambuslang Rangers
(2 March 2019)
Biggest away winPetershill 0–7 Auchinleck Talbot
(2 February 2019)
Highest scoringAuchinleck Talbot 9–1 Cambuslang Rangers
(2 March 2019)
Longest winning run11 matches:
Hurlford United
All statistics correct as of 7 June 2019.

The 2018–19 West Region Premiership was the first season of the West Region Premiership the newly named and expanded top tier of league competition for SJFA West Region member clubs, and the 17th season since the West Region began in 2002. It was the first season after the reconstruction of the West Region into four regionwide divisions.[1][2]

The league consisted of 16 clubs, 10 from the 2017–18 West of Scotland Super League Premier Division, four from the 2017–18 West of Scotland Super League First Division and the two play-off winners.[3]

Auchinleck Talbot won the title on 15 May 2019 after a 5–0 win over Troon. As champions they entered the preliminary round of the 2019–20 Scottish Cup.

Teams

Member clubs for the 2018–19 season

Beith were the defending champions.

Petershill, Cambuslang Rangers, Largs Thistle and Renfrew were promoted from the old West of Scotland Super League First Division to allow the new division to expand from 12 to 16 teams.

Irvine Meadow and Troon claimed the final spots after beating Arthurlie and Girvan respectively in the West Region League play-offs.

Club Location Ground Capacity Seats Floodlit Manager Finishing position 2017–18
Auchinleck Talbot Auchinleck Beechwood Park 2,600 500 No Tommy Sloan 2nd
Beith Beith Bellsdale Park 1,500 0 No John Millar 1st
Cambuslang Rangers Cambuslang Somervell Park 3,000 0 No Alan Paterson 2nd in First Division
Clydebank Clydebank Lochburn Park1 1800 205 Yes Kieran McAnespie 10th
Cumnock Cumnock Townhead Park 3,000 0 Yes Paul Burns 9th
Glenafton Athletic New Cumnock Loch Park 3,400 250 No Craig McEwan 7th
Hurlford United Hurlford Blair Park 1,500 0 No Darren Henderson 8th
Irvine Meadow Irvine Meadow Park 5,200 700 No Brian McGinty 5th in First Division
Kilbirnie Ladeside Kilbirnie Valefield Park 3,000 0 No Liam McGuinness 5th
Kilwinning Rangers Kilwinning Abbey Park 2,500 0 No Chris Strain 4th
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Cumbernauld Guy's Meadow2 2,500 0 No Stuart Maxwell 6th
Largs Thistle Largs Barrfields Stadium 4,500 800 No Stuart Davidson 3rd in First Division
Petershill Springburn, Glasgow Petershill Park 1,500 500 Yes Willie Paterson 1st in First Division
Pollok Newlands, Glasgow Newlandsfield Park 4,000 0 No Murdo Mackinnon 3rd
Renfrew Renfrew New Western Park 1,500 500 Yes Colin Clark and Martin Ferry 4th in First Division
Troon Troon Portland Park 2,600 0 No Jim Kirkwood 6th in First Division

1 Groundsharing with Maryhill.[4]
2 Groundsharing with Cumbernauld United.[5]

Managerial changes

Club Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Pollok Tony McInally Not given 18 October 2018 4th Murdo Mackinnon[6] 19 October 2018
Kilbirnie Ladeside Billy McGhie Resigned[7] 20 October 2018 13th Liam McGuinness[8] 6 November 2018
Cumnock Juniors Peter Leonard Mutual consent[9] 9 December 2018 6th Paul Burns 9 December 2018
Cambuslang Rangers Paul McColl Suspended[10] 24 December 2018 13th Billy Campbell 24 December 2018
Cambuslang Rangers Billy Campbell Resigned[11] 7 February 2019 16th Alan Paterson[12] 18 February 2019

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Auchinleck Talbot (C, Q) 30 27 2 1 82 15 +67 83 Qualification to 2019–20 Scottish Cup
2 Hurlford United 30 22 3 5 79 37 +42 69
3 Pollok 30 16 8 6 57 32 +25 56
4 Beith 30 14 10 6 63 41 +22 52
5 Glenafton Athletic[a] 30 14 7 9 54 43 +11 49
6 Irvine Meadow 30 14 5 11 47 48 −1 47
7 Largs Thistle 30 12 10 8 69 41 +28 46
8 Clydebank 30 13 4 13 59 47 +12 43
9 Kilwinning Rangers 30 12 3 15 41 46 −5 39
10 Cumnock 30 10 4 16 46 63 −17 34
11 Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 30 8 8 14 41 54 −13 32
12 Troon 30 9 5 16 39 53 −14 32
13 Kilbirnie Ladeside 30 10 2 18 38 58 −20 32
14 Renfrew (R) 30 8 6 16 42 66 −24 30 Relegation to West Region Championship
15 Petershill[b] (R) 30 5 3 22 24 80 −56 15
16 Cambuslang Rangers[c] (R) 30 5 2 23 35 92 −57 14
Source: West Region SJFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Glenafton Athletic were awarded a technical victory against Cambuslang Rangers after their match on 22 December 2018 was abandoned.
  2. ^ Petershill were deducted three points for non-fulfilment of a fixture against Largs Thistle on 29 December 2018.
  3. ^ Cambuslang Rangers were deducted three points for non-fulfilment of a fixture against Auchinleck Talbot on 29 December 2018.

Results

Home \ Away AUC BEI CAM CLY CMN GLE HUR IVM KLB KWN KRR LRG PSH PLK REN TRO
Auchinleck Talbot 1–0 9–1 4–0 4–3 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–1
Beith 0–5 2–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 3–4 1–1 3–2 0–3 7–2 3–0 6–0 1–3 2–0 1–0
Cambuslang Rangers 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–0 3–2 2–7 0–2 0–5 2–3 4–0 0–6 2–1 1–2 2–2 2–4
Clydebank 2–3 1–2 3–3 2–2 1–2 0–1 0–2 2–0 5–0 2–0 3–0 6–1 1–2 3–1 2–2
Cumnock 0–1 2–2 1–0 3–2 0–3 2–6 4–0 2–1 0–2 2–3 1–7 5–1 1–4 3–1 1–0
Glenafton Athletic 1–5 3–3 3–0[a] 0–2 4–2 2–2 3–2 3–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 6–2 1–2
Hurlford United 0–5 0–0 4–0 5–2 2–0 3–2 4–3 3–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 5–1 3–0 1–0 5–1
Irvine Meadow 1–2 2–2 6–0 0–3 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 3–0 1–3 3–0 2–1
Kilbirnie Ladeside 0–1 1–4 1–2 1–1 4–0 0–3 1–6 4–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–4 0–3 3–0
Kilwinning Rangers 0–1 2–2 3–1 0–2 0–2 4–3 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 0–2 2–1 3–0
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–2 4–3 1–1 2–0 1–2 4–0 3–2 2–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–1
Largs Thistle 0–1 0–0 3–0 2–1 3–3 2–1 1–1 7–0 6–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–3 5–0 4–2
Petershill 0–7 0–3 2–1 0–3 1–0 0–4 0–4 0–1 1–2 0–1 3–3 1–4 0–4 2–0 0–3
Pollok 1–2 2–2 3–2 4–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 2–3 2–2 0–0 2–2 0–0
Renfrew 1–3 2–4 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–4 5–1 0–4 3–1 1–0 5–2 3–4 1–1 0–3
Troon 0–5 0–2 7–1 1–5 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–2 0–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–2
Source: West Region SJFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Glenafton Athletic were awarded a technical victory after their match with Cambuslang Rangers was abandoned on 22 December 2018.

References

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