2011–12 West of Scotland Super League Premier Division

Stagecoach West of Scotland Super League Premier Division

Season	2011–12
Champions	Irvine Meadow XI
Relegated	Kilbirnie Ladeside Largs Thistle
Matches played	132
Goals scored	459 (3.48 per match)
Biggest home win	Auchinleck Talbot 9–1 Ashfield 5 November 2011
Biggest away win	Cumnock Juniors 0–6 Irvine Meadow 7 January 2012
Highest scoring	Kilbirnie Ladeside 8–2 Cumnock Juniors 24 September 2011 Auchinleck Talbot 9–1 Ashfield 5 November 2011
Longest winning run	Clydebank (8) 21 January 2012 – season end
Longest unbeaten run	Auchinleck Talbot (9) 14 January 2012 – 9 May 2012
Longest losing run	Kilbirnie Ladeside (8) 14 January 2012 – 25 April 2012
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 West of Scotland Super League Premier Division was the tenth Super League Premier Division competition since the formation of the Scottish Junior Football Association, West Region in 2002. The season began on 13 August 2011.^[1] The winners of this competition gain direct entry to round one of the 2012–13 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.

Irvine Meadow won the championship on 19 May 2012, their third title in four seasons.^[2]

Kilbirnie Ladeside and Largs Thistle were relegated. Pollok defeated Renfrew in the West Region league play-off to retain their place in the division.

Member clubs for the 2011–12 season

Irvine Meadow are the reigning champions. Ashfield and Clydebank were promoted from the Super League First Division, replacing Lanark United and Rutherglen Glencairn. Petershill retained their place in the league after defeating Glenafton Athletic in the West Region League play-off.

Club	Location	Ground	Manager	Finishing position 2010–11
Arthurlie	Barrhead	Dunterlie Park	Mark Cameron	2nd
Ashfield	Possilpark, Glasgow	Saracen Park	Stevie Rankin	Super League First Division, 1st
Auchinleck Talbot	Auchinleck	Beechwood Park	Tommy Sloan	3rd
Beith Juniors	Beith	Bellsdale Park	Stevie Easton	7th
Clydebank	Clydebank	Holm Park	Billy McGhie	Super League First Division, 2nd
Cumnock Juniors	Cumnock	Townhead Park	Stevie Farrell	9th
Irvine Meadow	Irvine	Meadow Park	Chris Strain	Champions
Kilbirnie Ladeside	Kilbirnie	Valefield	Mark Crilly & Stephen Swift	8th
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy	Kirkintilloch	Adamslie Park	Jimmy Lindsay	6th
Largs Thistle	Largs	Barrfields Stadium	Pat McIlvogue	5th
Petershill	Springburn, Glasgow	Petershill Park	Willie Paterson & Scott Smith	10th
Pollok	Newlands, Glasgow	Newlandsfield Park	John Richardson	4th

Managerial changes

Club	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Pollok	Willie Irvine	Resigned	10 October 2011[3]	7th	John Richardson	21 November 2011[4]
Kilbirnie Ladeside	Tommy Bryce	Resigned	3 March 2012	12th	Mark Crilly & Stephen Swift	12 March 2012
Arthurlie	Sandy MacLean	Sacked[5]	4 March 2012	9th	Mark Cameron[5]	4 March 2012

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Irvine Meadow (C)	22	15	3	4	54	25	+29	48	Qualification to 2012–13 Scottish Cup
2	Petershill	22	12	7	3	47	26	+21	43
3	Auchinleck Talbot	22	11	6	5	42	21	+21	39
4	Clydebank	22	12	3	7	45	32	+13	39
5	Beith Juniors	22	10	5	7	31	30	+1	35
6	Ashfield	22	9	7	6	46	36	+10	34
7	Arthurlie	22	9	3	10	41	41	0	30
8	Kirkintilloch Rob Roy	22	8	4	10	36	46	−10	28
9	Cumnock Juniors	22	6	7	9	38	50	−12	25
10	Pollok (O)	22	7	2	13	34	45	−11	23	Qualification to West Region League play-off
11	Largs Thistle (R)	22	4	5	13	20	44	−24	17	Relegation to Super League First Division
12	Kilbirnie Ladeside (R)	22	2	2	18	25	63	−38	8

Updated to games played on 4 June 2012.
Source: SJFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away

ART

ASHF

AUCH

BEIT

CLYD

CUMN

IRVM

KILB

KIRK

LARG

PETE

POLL

Arthurlie

1–1

1–4

0–3

1–4

3–3

2–4

3–1

0–1

4–0

3–4

4–0

Ashfield

2–5

3–0

2–3

1–1

4–1

3–1

6–1

1–1

1–2

2–2

4–0

Auchinleck Talbot

2–3

9–1

0–0

2–0

2–1

1–2

3–1

1–3

0–0

2–0

5–3

Beith Juniors

2–1

1–2

2–1

0–3

2–1

0–4

2–0^2

2–1

0–1

1–1

2–0

Clydebank

2–4

0–3

0–0

2–0

2–5

3–1

3–0

3–0

1–0

0–1

3–1

Cumnock Juniors

2–0

2–1

1–1

1–1

1–1

0–6

2–0

1–3

2–0

2–3

3–2

Irvine Meadow

3–1

2–0

0–0

3–1

2–1

2–2

4–2

6–1

2–0

1–2

2–1

Kilbirnie Ladeside

0–1

0–0

0–4

0–2^3

0–2

8–2

0–3

1–5

3–3

1–5

2–4

Kirkintilloch Rob Roy

0–1

2–5

0–3

3–3

3–2

1–1

2–3

2–1

0–2

1–1

1–0

Largs Thistle

0–3

0–2

0–1

1–1

1–4

3–3

0–1

0–2

4–2

1–1

0–3

Petershill

3–0

1–1

0–0

3–2

2–3

2–0

2–2

4–0

3–1

4–1

1–2

Pollok

0–0

1–1

0–1

0–1

4–5

3–2

1–0

3–2

2–3

4–1

0–2

Updated to games played on 4 June 2012.
Source: ^[6]
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
² Match played behind closed doors at Toryglen Regional Football Centre, Glasgow, due to previous crowd disturbance at this fixture.^[7]
3 Match played at Maryhill F.C. due to previous crowd disturbance at this fixture.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

West Region League play-off

Pollok v Renfrew

11 June 2012 19:30

Pollok	4 – 0	Renfrew
Carlo Monti  16' Michael O'Hara  28' Billy Jones  34', 75'	Pollok FC

Newlandsfield Park, Glasgow

Renfrew v Pollok

13 June 2011 19:30

Renfrew	1 – 1	Pollok
Anton Heffron  62'	Pollok FC	57' (o.g.) Fraser Campbell

Western Park, Renfrew

Pollok win 5 – 1 on aggregate and retain their place in the West of Scotland Super League Premier Division for the 2012–13 season.

References

1. West Region fixtures
2. Scott Campbell (21 May 2012). "Irvine-Meadow 2 Largs Thistle 0". The Scottish Sun. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
3. "Pollok FC Official Statement". Pollok FC. 10 October 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
4. "New Manager Appointed: John Richardson". Pollok FC. 22 February 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
5. "MacLean is given the boot". Barrhead News. 9 March 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
6. "Recent Results". West Region, SJFA. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
7. "Beith 2 Kilbirnie Ladeside 0 - Beith win behind closed doors". Daily Record. 3 October 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2011.