2015–16 West of Scotland Super League Premier Division

McBookie.com West of Scotland Super League Premier Division

Season	2015–16
Matches played	112
Goals scored	365 (3.26 per match)
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The 2015–16 West of Scotland Super League Premier Division is the fourteenth Super League Premier Division competition since the formation of the Scottish Junior Football Association, West Region in 2002. The winners of this competition are eligible to enter round one of the 2016–17 Scottish Cup. The two last placed sides are relegated to the Super League First Division. The third-bottom placed side will enter 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.

Member clubs for the 2015–16 season

Auchinleck Talbot are the reigning champions.

Pollok and Shettleston were promoted from the Super League First Division, replacing the automatically relegated Clydebank and Cumnock Juniors.

Kirkintilloch Rob Roy claimed a third promotion spot after defeating Shotts Bon Accord in the West Region League play-off.

Club	Location	Ground	Manager	Finishing position 2014–15
Arthurlie	Barrhead	Dunterlie Park	Steve Kerrigan	9th
Auchinleck Talbot	Auchinleck	Beechwood Park	Tommy Sloan	Champions
Beith Juniors	Beith	Bellsdale Park	John Millar	6th
Glenafton Athletic	New Cumnock	Loch Park	Craig McEwan	4th
Hurlford United	Hurlford	Blair Park	Darren Henderson	2nd
Irvine Meadow	Irvine	Meadow Park	Davie Greig	3rd
Kilbirnie Ladeside	Kilbirnie	Valefield Park	Stephen Swift	8th
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy	Cumbernauld	Guy's Meadow ^1	Stuart Maxwell	Super League First Division, 3rd
Petershill	Springburn, Glasgow	Petershill Park	Willie Paterson	5th
Pollok	Newlands, Glasgow	Newlandsfield Park	Tony McInally	Super League First Division, 1st
Shettleston	Shettleston, Glasgow	Greenfield Park	Reon Juskowiak	Super League First Division, 2nd
Troon	Troon	Portland Park	Gordon Burns	7th

¹ Groundsharing with Cumbernauld United F.C..^[1]

Managerial changes

Club	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Troon	Jim Kirkwood	Resigned [2]	10 August 2015	Close season	Gordon Burns	10 August 2015
Irvine Meadow	Stevie Rankin	Sacked [3]	22 December 2015	12th	Davie Greig [4]	6 January 2016
Shettleston	Hugh Kelly	Resigned	18 January 2016	9th	Reon Juskowiak	18 January 2016
Arthurlie	Robert Downs	Resigned [5]	23 January 2016	11th	Steve Kerrigan [5]	24 January 2016

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Auchinleck Talbot	18	11	2	5	33	14	+19	35	Qualification for 2016–17 Scottish Cup
2	Troon	21	11	1	9	48	30	+18	34
3	Kilbirnie Ladeside	18	9	3	6	30	22	+8	30
4	Glenafton Athletic	19	9	3	7	30	29	+1	30
5	Pollok	18	9	2	7	32	25	+7	29
6	Hurlford United	16	8	4	4	31	19	+12	28
7	Kirkintilloch Rob Roy	18	7	5	6	23	30	−7	26
8	Beith Juniors	16	7	4	5	28	28	0	25
9	Shettleston	21	7	4	10	26	31	−5	25
10	Arthurlie	20	6	5	9	32	37	−5	23	Qualification for West Region League play-off
11	Petershill	20	5	6	9	26	44	−18	21	Relegation to Super League First Division
12	Irvine Meadow (R)	19	2	3	14	26	56	−30	9

Updated to games played on 4 May 2016.
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

AUCH

BEIT

GLEN

HURL

IRVM

KILB

KIRK

PETE

POLL

SHET

TRO

Arthurlie

0–2

1–2

0–2

3–2

2–4

3–1

2–3

3–1

2–2

3–2

Auchinleck Talbot

2–2

1–0

4–3

3–0

0–1

2–0

4–1

2–0

2–0

Beith Juniors

4–1

3–1

0–0

3–0

2–2

2–2

2–1

3–2

Glenafton Athletic

2–2

0–2

1–3

3–2

4–2

2–0

0–2

1–0

2–4

1–2

1–1

Hurlford United

4–0

1–1

1–0

1–2

4–1

2–1

3–1

3–1

Irvine Meadow

0–1

0–1

7–2

1–2

1–0

2–2

1–1

2–3

2–6

Kilbirnie Ladeside

0–0

2–1

1–2

3–2

1–1

6–2

4–0

3–0

0–4

Kirkintilloch Rob Roy

1–1

2–0

0–2

3–2

1–1

3–2

2–2

2–1

Petershill

1–0

0–6

1–0

1–1

1–2

1–1

1–1

1–5

3–1

4–2

Pollok

1–3

1–0

4–2

1–1

3–1

2–1

0–1

2–0

0–1

0–2

Shettleston

2–1

0–0

0–0

0–2

4–0

1–2

2–0

4–1

0–1

0–3

Troon

3–2

2–1

0–1

2–1

8–0

0–1

4–0

3–1

1–3

1–0

Updated to games played on 4 May 2016.
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.

References

1. "End of an era at Adamslie Park for famous Rob Roy". The Scotsman. 12 April 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
2. "New Management Structure". troonfc.com. Troon FC. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
3. Campbell, Scott (26 December 2015). "Stevie Rankin is proud of his work at Irvine Meadow". The Scottish Sun. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
4. "Irvine Meadow appoint new manager". Irvine Times. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
5. O'Donnell, Jim (26 January 2016). "Stevie Kerrigan takes up the reins as new Arthurlie manager". Evening Times. Retrieved 6 February 2016.