2012–13 West of Scotland Super League Premier Division

Stagecoach West of Scotland Super League Premier Division
Season 2012–13
Champions Auchinleck Talbot
Relegated Ashfield
Beith Juniors
Shotts Bon Accord
Matches played 132
Goals scored 443 (3.36 per match)
Biggest home win Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 7–3 Glenafton Athletic
8 September 2012
Biggest away win Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 0–6 Irvine Meadow
27 April 2013
Highest scoring Kirkintilloch 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.[1]

Member clubs for the 2012–13 season

Irvine Meadow were the reigning champions.[2]

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.[3]

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 [4] 14 November 2012
Cumnock Juniors Stevie Farrell Appointed asst. manager at Stranraer 15 December 2012 [5] 10th Brian McLuckie 18 December 2012 [6]
Beith Juniors Frank Lynch Resigned 18 April 2013 11th John Millar [7] 18 April 2013
Shotts Bon Accord Tony McInally Resigned [8] 27 April 2013 12th Tam McDonald [9] 4 June 2013
Irvine Meadow XI Chris Strain Sacked 15 May 2013 6th Stevie Rankin [10] 15 May 2013
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Jimmy Lindsay & Derek Frye Resigned End of season 7th Stewart Maxwell [11] 11 May 2013
Arthurlie Mark Cameron Appointed asst. manager at Albion Rovers End of season 6th Gavin Duncan [12] 20 May 2013
Ashfield Stevie Rankin [10] Appointed manager at Irvine Meadow End of season 10th John Conlin [13] 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 to 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 3711 32
5 Irvine Meadow 22 9 3 10 36 371 30
6 Arthurlie 22 8 5 9 40 400 29
7 Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 22 8 5 9 49 501 29
8 Pollok 22 7 6 9 25 3510 27
9 Cumnock Juniors 22 7 4 11 36 404 25
10 Ashfield (R) 22 7 4 11 35 405 25 Qualification to West Region League play-off
11 Beith Juniors (R) 22 7 3 12 36 5014 24 Relegation to Super League First Division
12 Shotts Bon Accord (R) 22 2 7 13 23 4522 13

Updated to games played on 8 June 2013.
Source: SJFA West Region
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 AUCHBEITCLYDCUMNGLENIRVMKIRKPETEPOLLSHOT
Arthurlie 31 23 41 12 11 14 22 33 11 22 30
Ashfield 21 13 11 42 42 20 52 22 12 32 11
Auchinleck Talbot 30 41 33 51 20 40 20 33 21 40 21
Beith Juniors 02 21 01 14 23 12 30 32 14 22 21
Clydebank 12 10 03 40 21 30 10 03 11 10 03
Cumnock Juniors 43 20 02 24 13 01 22 12 40 00 30
Glenafton Athletic 12 31 01 13 32 10 21 04 10 01 20
Irvine Meadow 21 10 02 23 20 21 01 33 14 21 21
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 04 21 03 40 03 13 73 06 23 12 42
Petershill 40 23 01 21 11 40 30 20 10 11 22
Pollok 31 10 14 32 01 13 00 02 22 03 21
Shotts Bon Accord 01 11 05 21 11 33 11 14 24 00 01

Updated to games played on 8 June 2013.
Source: SJFA West Region
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: 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.[14] Largs will replace Ashfield in the 2013–14 West of Scotland Super League Premier Division.

3 June 2013
19:30
Ashfield 3 – 3 Largs 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

5 June 2013
19:30
Largs Thistle 4 – 4 Ashfield
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

  1. O'Donnell, Jim (2 May 2013). "Auchinleck are crowned Super Premier champs". Evening Times. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  2. Scott McHarg (21 May 2012). "Irvine Meadow secure Stagecoach Premier League title with win over Largs Thistle". Daily Record. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  3. "Juniors: Pollok safe after 5-1 play-off victory over Renfrew". The Glaswegian. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  4. Jim O'Donnell (16 November 2012). "Manager Frank Lynch delighted to be back at Beith for Emirates Cup crunch". Evening Times. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  5. "Aitken brings in Farrell to assist". Scottish Football League. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  6. "Brian is Manager at the moment.". Cumnock Juniors F.C. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  7. Campbell, Scott (20 April 2013). "Millar time". The Scottish Sun. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  8. O'Donnell, Jim (1 May 2013). "Shock as boss Macca quits Shotts". Evening Times. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  9. Jim O'Donnell (6 June 2013). "McDonald: Shotts can rise from ashes". Evening Times. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  10. 1 2 Jim O'Donnell (15 May 2013). "Rankin quits Ashfield to take over at Meadow". Evening Times. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  11. Jim O'Donnell (14 May 2013). "Petershill star Maxwell ready for a battle on two fronts". Evening Times. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  12. Jeff Holmes (22 May 2013). "Cameron to part company with Arthurlie". Paisley Daily Express. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  13. Jim O'Donnell (20 May 2013). "Ladeside hope for step-up jamboree". Evening Times. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  14. "Shoot-out drama as Largs win". Evening Times. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
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