2019–20 West Region Premiership

West Region Premiership 2019-2020 Football league season

**West Region Premiership**
Season	2019–20
Dates	3 August 2019 – 11 March 2020 (abandoned)
Champions	Auchinleck Talbot
Relegated	None
Matches played	175
Goals scored	585 (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 run	8 games: Auchinleck Talbot
Longest unbeaten run	8 games: Auchinleck Talbot & Kilwinning Rangers
Longest winless run	12 games: Rutherglen Glencairn
Longest losing run	8 games: Kirkintilloch Rob Roy
← 2018–19

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.

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the league was indefinitely suspended on 13 March 2020. 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. 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.

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.

Teams

Kirkintilloch Rob Roy

Rutherglen Glencairn class=notpageimage| 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	4,000	500	No	Tommy Sloan	1st
Beith	Beith	Bellsdale Park	1,500	0	No	John Millar	4th
Benburb	Glasgow	New Tinto Park	1,000	500	Yes	Paul Lovering	2nd in Championship
Clydebank	Clydebank	Holm Park	3500	0	Yes	Kieran McAnespie	8th
Cumnock	Cumnock	Townhead Park	3,000	0	Yes	Paul Burns	10th
Glenafton Athletic	New Cumnock	Loch Park	3,400	250	No	Craig McEwan	5th
Hurlford United	Hurlford	Blair Park	1,500	0	No	Darren Henderson	2nd
Irvine Meadow	Irvine	Meadow Park	5,200	700	No	Brian McGinty	6th
Kilbirnie Ladeside	Kilbirnie	Valefield Park	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	2,500	0	No	Stuart Maxwell	11th
Largs Thistle	Largs	Barrfields Stadium	4,500	800	No	Stuart Davidson	7th
Pollok	Newlands, Glasgow	Newlandsfield Park	4,000	0	No	Murdo Mackinnon	3rd
Rossvale	Glasgow	New Tinto Park	1,000	500	Yes	Gordon Moffat	3rd in Championship
Rutherglen Glencairn	Rutherglen	New Southcroft Park	1,500	0	Yes	Willie Harvey	1st in Championship
Troon	Troon	Portland Park	2,600	0	No	Jim Kirkwood	12th

Notes

Kirkintilloch Rob Roy are ground-sharing with Cumbernauld United at Guy's Meadow.
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) Champions

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.

References

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"Troon". nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.

External links

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