2018–19 West Region Premiership
# 2018–19 West Region Premiership

The 2018–19 West Region Premiership was the first season of the West Region Premiership the newly named and expanded top tier of league competition for SJFA West Region member clubs, and the 17th season since the West Region began in 2002. It was the first season after the reconstruction of the West Region into four regionwide divisions.

The league consisted of 16 clubs, 10 from the 2017–18 West of Scotland Super League Premier Division, four from the 2017–18 West of Scotland Super League First Division and the two play-off winners.

Auchinleck Talbot won the title on 15 May 2019 after a 5–0 win over Troon. As champions they entered the preliminary round of the 2019–20 Scottish Cup.

## Teams

### Member clubs for the 2018–19 season

Beith were the defending champions.

Petershill, Cambuslang Rangers, Largs Thistle and Renfrew were promoted from the old West of Scotland Super League First Division to allow the new division to expand from 12 to 16 teams.

Irvine Meadow and Troon claimed the final spots after beating Arthurlie and Girvan respectively in the West Region League play-offs.

| Club | Location | Ground | Capacity | Seats | Floodlit | Manager | Finishing position 2017–18 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Auchinleck Talbot | Auchinleck | Beechwood Park | 2,600 | 500 | No | Tommy Sloan | 2nd |
| Beith | Beith | Bellsdale Park | 1,500 | 0 | No | John Millar | 1st |
| Cambuslang Rangers | Cambuslang | Somervell Park | 3,000 | 0 | No | Alan Paterson | 2nd in First Division |
| Clydebank | Clydebank | Lochburn $Park^1$ | 1800 | 205 | Yes | Kieran McAnespie | 10th |
| Cumnock | Cumnock | Townhead Park | 3,000 | 0 | Yes | Paul Burns | 9th |
| Glenafton Athletic | New Cumnock | Loch Park | 3,400 | 250 | No | Craig McEwan | 7th |
| Hurlford United | Hurlford | Blair Park | 1,500 | 0 | No | Darren Henderson | 8th |
| Irvine Meadow | Irvine | Meadow Park | 5,200 | 700 | No | Brian McGinty | 5th in First Division |
| Kilbirnie Ladeside | Kilbirnie | Valefield Park | 3,000 | 0 | No | Liam McGuinness | 5th |
| Kilwinning Rangers | Kilwinning | Abbey Park | 2,500 | 0 | No | Chris Strain | 4th |
| Kirkintilloch Rob Roy | Cumbernauld | Guy's $Meadow^2$ | 2,500 | 0 | No | Stuart Maxwell | 6th |
| Largs Thistle | Largs | Barrfields Stadium | 4,500 | 800 | No | Stuart Davidson | 3rd in First Division |
| Petershill | Springburn, Glasgow | Petershill Park | 1,500 | 500 | Yes | Willie Paterson | 1st in First Division |
| Pollok | Newlands, Glasgow | Newlandsfield Park | 4,000 | 0 | No | Murdo Mackinnon | 3rd |
| Renfrew | Renfrew | New Western Park | 1,500 | 500 | Yes | Colin Clark and Martin Ferry | 4th in First Division |
| Troon | Troon | Portland Park | 2,600 | 0 | No | Jim Kirkwood | 6th in First Division |

$^1$ Groundsharing with Maryhill. $^2$ Groundsharing with Cumbernauld United.

### Managerial changes

| Club | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pollok | Tony McInally | Not given | 18 October 2018 | 4th | Murdo Mackinnon | 19 October 2018 |
| Kilbirnie Ladeside | Billy McGhie | Resigned | 20 October 2018 | 13th | Liam McGuinness | 6 November 2018 |
| Cumnock Juniors | Peter Leonard | Mutual consent | 9 December 2018 | 6th | Paul Burns | 9 December 2018 |
| Cambuslang Rangers | Paul McColl | Suspended | 24 December 2018 | 13th | Billy Campbell | 24 December 2018 |
| Cambuslang Rangers | Billy Campbell | Resigned | 7 February 2019 | 16th | Alan Paterson | 18 February 2019 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Auchinleck Talbot (C, Q) | 30 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 82 | 15 | +67 | 83 | Qualification to 2019–20 Scottish Cup |
| 2 | Hurlford United | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 79 | 37 | +42 | 69 | |
| 3 | Pollok | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 57 | 32 | +25 | 56 | |
| 4 | Beith | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 63 | 41 | +22 | 52 | |
| 5 | Glenafton Athletic | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 54 | 43 | +11 | 49 | |
| 6 | Irvine Meadow | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 47 | 48 | −1 | 47 | |
| 7 | Largs Thistle | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 69 | 41 | +28 | 46 | |
| 8 | Clydebank | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 59 | 47 | +12 | 43 | |
| 9 | Kilwinning Rangers | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 39 | |
| 10 | Cumnock | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 46 | 63 | −17 | 34 | |
| 11 | Kirkintilloch Rob Roy | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 41 | 54 | −13 | 32 | |
| 12 | Troon | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 39 | 53 | −14 | 32 | |
| 13 | Kilbirnie Ladeside | 30 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 38 | 58 | −20 | 32 | |
| 14 | Renfrew (R) | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 42 | 66 | −24 | 30 | Relegation to West Region Championship |
| 15 | Petershill (R) | 30 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 24 | 80 | −56 | 15 | Relegation to West Region Championship |
| 16 | Cambuslang Rangers (R) | 30 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 35 | 92 | −57 | 14 | Relegation to West Region Championship |

* ↑ Glenafton Athletic were awarded a technical victory against Cambuslang Rangers after their match on 22 December 2018 was abandoned.
* ↑ Petershill were deducted three points for non-fulfilment of a fixture against Largs Thistle on 29 December 2018.
* ↑ Cambuslang Rangers were deducted three points for non-fulfilment of a fixture against Auchinleck Talbot on 29 December 2018.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AUC | BEI | CAM | CLY | CMN | GLE | HUR | IVM | KLB | KWN | KRR | LRG | PSH | PLK | REN | TRO |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Auchinleck Talbot | | 1–0 | 9–1 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Beith | 0–5 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 7–2 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Cambuslang Rangers | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–7 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 0–6 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–4 |
| Clydebank | 2–3 | 1–2 | 3–3 | | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Cumnock | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | | 0–3 | 2–6 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–7 | 5–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Glenafton Athletic | 1–5 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 4–2 | | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 1–2 |
| Hurlford United | 0–5 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | | 4–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 |
| Irvine Meadow | 1–2 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Kilbirnie Ladeside | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 1–6 | 4–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 3–0 |
| Kilwinning Rangers | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Kirkintilloch Rob Roy | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Largs Thistle | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 3–3 | 5–0 | 4–2 |
| Petershill | 0–7 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–4 | | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–3 |
| Pollok | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Renfrew | 1–3 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 5–1 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 1–1 | | 0–3 |
| Troon | 0–5 | 0–2 | 7–1 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |

* ↑ Glenafton Athletic were awarded a technical victory after their match with Cambuslang Rangers was abandoned on 22 December 2018.
