The SJFA West Region Premiership (also known as the McBookie.com West Region Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was a semi-professional football league run by the West Region of the Scottish Junior Football Association, and was the highest tier of league competition for its member clubs.
Formerly known as the West of Scotland Super League Premier Division, the league was created in 2002 with the amalgamation of the top leagues of the Central and Ayrshire regions.
It was abolished in 2020 when all SJFA West Region clubs moved to join the newly formed senior West of Scotland Football League.
The final champions and most successful club were Auchinleck Talbot, who won seven league titles. A total of 32 clubs competed in the league.
History Initially two clubs were automatically relegated to the Super League First Division at the end of each season, and replaced by the clubs placed first and second in that division. A relegation play-off was added in 2006–07 which saw the club finishing third bottom contest a two-legged play-off against the team which finished third in the Super League First Division.
From the 2007–08 season, the winners of the league were eligible to enter the senior Scottish Cup at its earliest stage, with Pollok being the first champions to take part in the Scottish Cup.
In 2017 West Region clubs voted to organise all leagues on a regionwide basis and as a result, the Super League Premier Division was rebranded as the West Region Premiership for the 2018–19 season. The league was also expanded to sixteen clubs, and with clubs were relegated to a rebranded Championship also consisting of sixteen teams.
The final season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Champions and season summaries
Note: Champions in bold completed the 'Double' by also winning the Junior Cup.
YearWinner Runners-upRelegatedPromotedWest Region Leagueplay-off (aggregate)Champions' Progressionin Scottish Cup 2002–03 Pollok Neilston Juniors BenburbIrvine Meadow XI ArthurlieTroon N/A N/A 2003–04 Kilwinning Rangers Arthurlie Kilbirnie LadesideNeilston Juniors Bellshill AthleticRenfrew N/A N/A 2004–05 Pollok (2) Arthurlie Kilwinning RangersTroon Kilsyth RangersShotts Bon Accord N/A N/A 2005–06 Auchinleck Talbot Renfrew Johnstone BurghLarkhall Thistle Neilston JuniorsPetershill N/A N/A 2006–07 Pollok (3) Auchinleck Talbot MaryhillRenfrew Beith JuniorsIrvine Meadow XI Glenafton Athletic 2Kilwinning Rangers 0 2nd Round 2007–08 2007–08 Pollok (4) Irvine Meadow XI Kilsyth Rangers Shotts Bon Accord Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Vale of Clyde Cumnock Juniors 5Kilwinning Rangers 2 1st Round 2008–09 2008–09 Irvine Meadow XI Pollok Neilston Juniors Cumnock Juniors Glenafton Athletic Largs Thistle Kilbirnie Ladeside Lanark United Lanark United 3Glenafton Athletic 2 4th Round 2009–10 2009–10 Beith Juniors Arthurlie Vale of Clyde Bellshill Athletic Rutherglen Glencairn Cumnock Juniors Lanark United 3Clydebank 2 3rd Round 2010–11 2010–11 Irvine Meadow (2) Arthurlie Rutherglen GlencairnLanark United AshfieldClydebank Petershill 1Glenafton Athletic 0 3rd Round 2011–12 2011–12 Irvine Meadow (3) Petershill Kilbirnie LadesideLargs Thistle Glenafton AthleticShotts Bon Accord Pollok 5Renfrew 1 2nd Round 2012–13 2012–13 Auchinleck Talbot (2) Petershill Shotts Bon AccordBeith JuniorsAshfield Hurlford UnitedKilbirnie LadesideLargs Thistle Largs Thistle 7 Ashfield 74–3 pens. 3rd Round 2013–14 2013–14 Auchinleck Talbot (3) Irvine Meadow Kirkintilloch Rob RoyPollokLargs Thistle TroonBeith JuniorsShotts Bon Accord Shotts Bon Accord 5Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 2 2nd Round 2014–15 2014–15 Auchinleck Talbot (4) Hurlford United Shotts Bon AccordCumnock JuniorsClydebank PollokShettlestonKirkintilloch Rob Roy Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 4Shotts Bon Accord 1 2nd Round 2015–16 2015–16 Auchinleck Talbot (5) Hurlford United Irvine MeadowPetershillShettleston Cumnock JuniorsLargs ThistleKilwinning Rangers Kilwinning Rangers 5Shettleston 3 Preliminary round 2 2016–17 2016–17 Glenafton Athletic Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Largs ThistleTroon GirvanClydebank Kilwinning Rangers 3Kilsyth Rangers 23rd Round 2017–18 2017–18 Beith Juniors (2) Auchinleck Talbot GirvanArthurlie PetershillCambuslangLargsRenfrewIrvine Meadow Troon Irvine Meadow 4Arthurlie 1 Troon 4Girvan 23rd Round 2018–19 2018–19 Auchinleck Talbot (6) Hurlford United RenfrewPetershillCambuslang Rutherglen GlencairnBenburbRossvale 3rd Round 2019–20 2019–20 Auchinleck Talbot (7) Kilwinning RangersNo promotion or relegation: all clubs moved to the senior West of Scotland Football League.Pyramid Update – 67 Applications Approved, Scottish Lowland Football League, 14 April 2020Junior clubs in the west are about to get the best of both worlds, The Scotsman, 19 April 2020 Withdrew
References
External links West Region Super Premier League at Non-League Scotland (archive version, 2007-08 membership)