Scottish Junior Football Association, West Region

The Scottish Junior Football Association, West Region is one of three regions of the SJFA which organise their own distinct league and cup competitions. The SJFA used to be split into six regions, but in 2002 they took the decision to reform into three to try and ensure more games between the top clubs and hence increase their revenues.

The West Region was formed by the amalgamation of the Central and Ayrshire regions. The league set-up in the region is a combined top division, officially known as the SJFA West Region Premier Division (12 teams), with the SJFA West Region First Division (14 teams) below. There are two regionalised District Leagues that provide the First Division with two clubs each at the end of the season. The District Leagues of Ayrshire and Central below the Super League correspond to the former two regions that combined to create the Western region. There is a Central District League (with two divisions) and an Ayrshire District League. The four teams being relegated from Division One are assigned to their historic region. Although Ayrshire presently only has one division, clubs are also promoted between the two divisions of the Central District League.

Roll of Honour

Season	West Super League Premier Division	West Super League First Division	Ayrshire District League	Central District League First Division	Central District League Second Division
2002–03	Pollok	Arthurlie	Lugar Boswell Thistle	Kilsyth Rangers	St Anthony's
2003–04	Kilwinning Rangers	Bellshill Athletic	Maybole	Cambuslang Rangers	Clydebank
2004–05	Pollok	Kilsyth Rangers	Largs Thistle	Vale of Clyde	Lanark United
2005–06	Auchinleck Talbot	Neilston Juniors	Irvine Meadow	Lesmahagow	Blantyre Victoria
2006–07	Pollok	Irvine Meadow	Kilbirnie Ladeside	Kirkintilloch Rob Roy	Ashfield
2007–08	Pollok	Kirkintilloch Rob Roy	Hurlford United	Port Glasgow	Vale of Leven
2008–09	Irvine Meadow	Largs Thistle	Dalry Thistle	Rutherglen Glencairn	Blantyre Victoria
2009–10	Beith Juniors	Rutherglen Glencairn	Hurlford United	Cumbernauld United	Johnstone Burgh
2010–11	Irvine Meadow	Ashfield	Ardrossan Winton Rovers	Kilsyth Rangers	Yoker Athletic

Current cup holders

• West of Scotland Cup - Arthurlie
• Central League Cup - Pollok
• Ayrshire Cup - Auchinleck Talbot
• Central Sectional League Cup - Petershill FC
• Ayrshire Sectional League Cup - Auchinleck Talbot
• Evening Times Cup Winners Cup - Arthurlie

Member clubs

There are 64 member clubs of the West Region.

Stagecoach Super League Premier Division

Main article: Scottish Junior Football West Premier League

Stagecoach Super League Division One

Main article: Scottish Junior Football West Division One

Ayrshire District League

Main article: Scottish Junior Football Ayrshire Division One

Central District, First Division

Main article: Scottish Junior Football Central Division One

Central District, Second Division

Main article: Scottish Junior Football Central Division Two

Cup competitions

The West Region organise six cup competitions for member clubs:

• The West of Scotland Cup. Known as the New Coin Automatics West of Scotland Cup for sponsorship purposes, this is a knockout tournament for all West Region clubs. The competition originated as the Scottish Intermediate Cup in 1927–28 and was renamed The West of Scotland Cup following the ending of the Intermediate dispute in 1931.

• Central League Cup. Known as the D. & D. Programmes Central League Cup for sponsorship purposes, this is a knockout tournament for former Central Region clubs in the West Region.

• Ayrshire Cup. Known as the Ayrshire Weekly Press Cup for sponsorship purposes, this is a knockout tournament for former Ayrshire Region clubs in the West Region.

• Central Sectional League Cup. Known as the Surridge Sectional League Cup (Central) for sponsorship purposes, this tournament is for former Central Region clubs and is the opening competition of the season. Clubs initially compete in eight groups (sections) with the group winners advancing to a knockout competition. Based geographically, the groups comprise the same clubs each season. Matches in the group stages are played under league rules so a player is not cup-tied by turning out for a particular club.

• Ayrshire Sectional League Cup. Known as the Ardagh Glass Sectional League Cup (Ayrshire) for sponsorship reasons, this tournament is for former Ayrshire Region clubs. Clubs initially compete in four groups (sections) with group winners and runners up advancing to the knockout stages, otherwise the format is the same as that of the Central Sectional League Cup

• Evening Times Cup Winners Cup. This is a knockout tournament played at the end of the season and features the winners of the ten West Region competitions during the preceding season. Clubs who win two or more competitions during the season enter as winners of the highest ranked tournament with runners-up qualifying from lower ranked tournaments. For the purposes of the Evening Times Cup Winners Cup, the order of preference for West Region competitions is as follows:

Order of Preference	Competition	2010–11 qualifiers
1	Super League Premier Division	Irvine Meadow
2	West of Scotland Cup	Arthurlie
3	Super League First Division	Ashfield
4	Ayrshire Cup	Auchinleck Talbot
5	Central League Cup	Pollok
6	Ayrshire Sectional League Cup	no qualifier †
7	Central Sectional League Cup	Shotts Bon Accord
8	Ayrshire District League	Ardrossan Winton Rovers
9	Central District League First Division	Kilsyth Rangers
10	Central District League Second Division	Yoker Athletic

† No qualifier from Ayrshire Sectional League Cup as both the winner (Auchinleck Talbot) and runner-up (Irvine Meadow) qualified via higher ranked tournaments.

External links

• SJFA, West Region