2019–20 West Region Premiership

The 2019–20 West Region Premiership was the second and final season of the West Region Premiership the top tier of league competition for SJFA West Region member clubs, and the 18th season since the West Region began in 2002. It was the second season after the reconstruction of the West Region into four regionwide divisions.[1]

West Region Premiership
Season2019–20
Dates3 August 2019 – 11 March 2020
(abandoned)
ChampionsAuchinleck Talbot
RelegatedNone
Matches played175
Goals scored585 (3.34 per match)
Biggest home win
  • Auchinleck Talbot 8–1 Troon
  • (21 August 2019)
Biggest away win
  • Cumnock 0–7 Kilbirnie Ladeside
  • (10 August 2019)
Highest scoring
  • Auchinleck Talbot 8–1 Troon
  • (21 August 2019)
  • Rutherglen Glencairn 4–5 Kilwinning Rangers
  • (21 August 2019)
Longest winning run8 games:
Auchinleck Talbot
Longest unbeaten run8 games:
Auchinleck Talbot & Kilwinning Rangers
Longest winless run12 games:
Rutherglen Glencairn
Longest losing run8 games:
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the league was indefinitely suspended on 13 March 2020.[2] The season was officially cancelled on 10 April 2020 following a decision made by the West Region Management Committee, due to the uncertainty surrounding the pandemic and the Scottish Football Association's decision to extend the football shutdown until at least 10 June 2020.[3] Defending champions Auchinleck Talbot were controversially awarded the title on 22 April 2020 on a 'points per game' metric despite sitting third in the table when the season was abandoned.[4]

In April 2020, after prolonged negotiations, all clubs in membership of the West Region applied to join the newly formed West of Scotland Football League.[5]

Teams
Location of teams in 2019–20 West Region Premiership

Auchinleck Talbot were the defending champions.

Cambuslang Rangers, Petershill and Renfrew were relegated from the 2018–19 Premiership. They were replaced by Benburb, Rossvale and Rutherglen Glencairn who were promoted from the 2018–19 SJFA West Region Championship.

Stadia and locations
Club Location Ground Capacity Seats Floodlit Manager Finishing position 2018–19
Auchinleck Talbot Auchinleck Beechwood Park[6] 4,000 500 No Tommy Sloan 1st
Beith Beith Bellsdale Park[7] 1,500 0 No John Millar 4th
Benburb Glasgow New Tinto Park[8] 1,000 500 Yes Paul Lovering 2nd in Championship
Clydebank Clydebank Holm Park 3500 0 Yes Kieran McAnespie 8th
Cumnock Cumnock Townhead Park[9] 3,000 0 Yes Paul Burns 10th
Glenafton Athletic New Cumnock Loch Park[10] 3,400 250 No Craig McEwan 5th
Hurlford United Hurlford Blair Park[11] 1,500 0 No Darren Henderson 2nd
Irvine Meadow Irvine Meadow Park[12] 5,200 700 No Brian McGinty 6th
Kilbirnie Ladeside Kilbirnie Valefield Park[13] 3,000 0 No Liam McGuiness 13th
Kilwinning Rangers Kilwinning Kilwinning Sports Club TBC 0 No Chris Strain 9th
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Cumbernauld Guy's Meadow[A] 2,500 0 No Stuart Maxwell 11th
Largs Thistle Largs Barrfields Stadium[14] 4,500 800 No Stuart Davidson 7th
Pollok Newlands, Glasgow Newlandsfield Park[15] 4,000 0 No Murdo Mackinnon 3rd
Rossvale Glasgow New Tinto Park[B] 1,000 500 Yes Gordon Moffat 3rd in Championship
Rutherglen Glencairn Rutherglen New Southcroft Park[16] 1,500 0 Yes Willie Harvey 1st in Championship
Troon Troon Portland Park[17] 2,600 0 No Jim Kirkwood 12th
Notes
  1. ^
    Kirkintilloch Rob Roy are ground-sharing with Cumbernauld United at Guy's Meadow.
  2. ^
    Rossvale are ground-sharing with Benburb at New Tinto Park.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PPG Qualification or relegation
1 Auchinleck Talbot (C) 16 13 2 1 51 15 +36 41 2.56 All clubs joined the West of Scotland League
2 Kilwinning Rangers 25 16 5 4 51 38 +13 53 2.12
3 Pollok 22 13 3 6 48 22 +26 42 1.91
4 Glenafton Athletic 20 11 3 6 39 30 +9 36 1.80
5 Irvine Meadow 22 12 2 8 36 35 +1 38 1.73
6 Beith 21 9 7 5 40 35 +5 34 1.62
7 Hurlford United 19 8 5 6 29 26 +3 29 1.53
8 Kilbirnie Ladeside 24 10 3 11 44 44 0 33 1.38
9 Clydebank 28 11 4 13 42 45 −3 37 1.32
10 Cumnock 25 9 5 11 39 45 −6 32 1.28
11 Rossvale 25 10 2 13 33 39 −6 32 1.28
12 Largs Thistle 25 9 4 12 41 44 −3 31 1.24
13 Benburb 20 5 4 11 27 39 −12 19 0.95
14 Troon 24 6 4 14 31 51 −20 22 0.92
15 Rutherglen Glencairn 17 3 3 11 26 42 −16 12 0.71
16 Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 17 2 0 15 8 35 −27 6 0.35
Source: West Region SJFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champion.

Results
Home \ Away AUC BEI BNB CLY CMN GLE HUR IVM KLB KWN KRR LRG PLK ROS RUG TRO
Auchinleck Talbot — 4–0 5–0 3–0 4–1 1–1 5–2 6–1 3–1 2–1 8–1
Beith — 0–0 2–1 2–2 1–2 3–3 0–0 3–0 2–5 4–2 4–1
Benburb 0–0 — 0–1 1–1 1–3 4–3 2–4 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–0
Clydebank 0–2 2–2 2–0 — 3–2 2–2 3–0 2–0 5–2 1–3 1–2 1–2 1–4 1–3 5–2 1–2
Cumnock 1–3 5–3 2–0 — 1–2 1–0 0–7 1–2 4–0 2–2 1–3 3–1 3–2
Glenafton Athletic 3–0 4–1 0–1 2–1 — 1–1 2–1 3–1 5–1 1–2 2–1 3–1
Hurlford United 0–0 0–0 2–0 — 1–2 6–2 3–0 3–2 1–0 1–3 2–1
Irvine Meadow 4–3 2–0 2–3 — 1–3 1–2 1–0 2–1 3–3 2–1 3–1
Kilbirnie Ladeside 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–2 — 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 4–3
Kilwinning Rangers 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 3–0 6–2 — 3–0 0–3 1–0 2–2 3–2
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 0–2 0–2 1–2 0–2 0–1 — 1–2
Largs Thistle 3–4 1–1 3–2 2–3 3–1 3–2 4–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 — 1–2 0–0 0–0 3–0
Pollok 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–3 2–0 1–0 0–1 5–1 4–0 — 1–1 4–0
Rossvale 1–2 2–4 0–2 1–2 2–3 0–1 3–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–3 — 4–2 1–0
Rutherglen Glencairn 2–4 2–1 2–2 3–2 4–5 —
Troon 0–2 1–2 3–3 2–0 1–1 4–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–4 1–2 1–0 —
Source: West Region SJFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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