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2011–12 West Of Scotland Super League Premier Division
The 2011–12 West of Scotland Super League Premier Division was the tenth Super League Premier Division competition since the formation of the Scottish Junior Football Association, West Region in 2002. The season began on 13 August 2011. The winners of this competition gain direct entry to round one of the 2012–13 Scottish Cup. The two last placed sides were relegated to the Super League First Division. The third-bottom placed side entered 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. Irvine Meadow won the championship on 19 May 2012, their third title in four seasons. Kilbirnie Ladeside and Largs Thistle were relegated. Pollok defeated Renfrew in the West Region league play-off to retain their place in the division. Member clubs for the 2011–12 season Irvine Meadow are the reigning champions. Ashfield and Clydebank Clydebank ( gd, Bruach Chluaidh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Junior Football West Premier League
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 c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rutherglen Glencairn F
Rutherglen (, sco, Ruglen, gd, An Ruadh-Ghleann) is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, immediately south-east of the city of Glasgow, from its centre and directly south of the River Clyde. Having existed as a Lanarkshire burgh in its own right for more than 800 years, in 1975 Rutherglen lost its own local council and administratively became a component of the City of Glasgow District within the Strathclyde region (along with neighbouring Cambuslang). In 1996 the towns were reallocated to the South Lanarkshire council area.From a pawnbrokers to Parliament - Tommy McAvoy looks back on a career that took him to the House of Lords Marc McLean, Daily Record, 11 September 2018. Retrieved 1 Janua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy McGhie (footballer, Born 1961)
William "Budgie" McGhie (born 13 November 1961) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a defender for three clubs in the Scottish Football League. He is currently the assistant manager of Pollok. Career McGhie joined Clydebank (the 1965 version) from Clydebank Boys Club in 1981 and went on to make 177 league appearances for the club in the Scottish Football League. He moved to Partick Thistle in 1987 before joining Queen of the South where he made a further 164 league appearances. McGhie stepped down to Junior level in 1994, playing for Arthurlie, Shettleston and Petershill. He returned to Shettleston as a coach until the end of 2002–03 season. Managerial career McGhie was appointed manager of the reformed Clydebank when the club entered the Junior grade in July 2003. He resigned after a mainly successful 13 and a half years in December 2016, having lifted four trophies as well as achieving four leaguerunners up spots In season 2008–09 he guided The ''Bankies'' t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clydebank
Clydebank ( gd, Bruach Chluaidh) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Situated on the north bank of the River Clyde, it borders the village of Old Kilpatrick (with Bowling, West Dunbartonshire, Bowling and Milton, West Dunbartonshire, Milton beyond) to the west, and the Yoker and Drumchapel areas of the adjacent Glasgow, City of Glasgow immediately to the east. Depending on the definition of the town's boundaries, the suburban areas of Duntocher, Faifley and Hardgate either surround Clydebank to the north, or are its northern outskirts, with the Kilpatrick Hills beyond. Shires of Scotland, Historically part of Dunbartonshire and founded as a police burgh on 18 November 1886, Clydebank is part of the registration County of Dumbarton, the Dunbartonshire Lord Lieutenant, Crown Lieutenancy area, and the wider urban area of Greater Glasgow. History Early origins Clydebank is located within the historical boundaries of the ancient Kingdom of Strathclyde, the Mormaerdom of Lenno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beith
Beith is a small town in the Garnock Valley, North Ayrshire, Scotland approximately south-west of Glasgow. The town is situated on the crest of a hill and was known originally as the "''Hill o' Beith''" (hill of the birches) after its ''Court Hill''. History Name Beith's name is thought to emanate from Ogham, which is sometimes referred to as the "''Celtic Tree Alphabet''", ascribing names of trees to individual letters. ''Beithe'' in Old Irish means ''Birch-tree'' (cognate to Latin ''betula''). There is reason to believe that the whole of the district was covered with woods. The town of Beith itself was once known as 'Hill of Beith' as this was the name of the feudal barony and was itself derived from the Court Hill near Hill of Beith Castle. Alternatively, Beith may be derived from Cumbric ''*baɣeδ'', 'boar' (Welsh ''baedd''). The local pronunciation of the name would favour this theory. The Wood of Beit, now the 'Moor of Beith', has been identified as an Arthurian sit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beith Juniors F
Beith is a small town in the Garnock Valley, North Ayrshire, Scotland approximately south-west of Glasgow. The town is situated on the crest of a hill and was known originally as the "''Hill o' Beith''" (hill of the birches) after its ''Court Hill''. History Name Beith's name is thought to emanate from Ogham, which is sometimes referred to as the "''Celtic Tree Alphabet''", ascribing names of trees to individual letters. ''Beithe'' in Old Irish means ''Birch-tree'' (cognate to Latin ''betula''). There is reason to believe that the whole of the district was covered with woods. The town of Beith itself was once known as 'Hill of Beith' as this was the name of the feudal barony and was itself derived from the Court Hill near Hill of Beith Castle. Alternatively, Beith may be derived from Cumbric ''*baɣeδ'', 'boar' (Welsh ''baedd''). The local pronunciation of the name would favour this theory. The Wood of Beit, now the 'Moor of Beith', has been identified as an Arthurian sit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Sloan (footballer Born 1964)
Thomas Sloan (born 24 August 1964), is a Scottish former footballer who played as a striker for several clubs in the Scottish Football League. He is currently the manager of Auchinleck Talbot with whom he has won the Scottish Junior Cup on seven occasions. Career Born in Irvine, Sloan began his career at Junior level with his hometown club Annbank United. After a single appearance for Stranraer as a trialist, he joined Ayr United for a spell before dropping back into Junior football with Annbank. Stepping up a second time in 1988, this time to Queen of the South, Sloan later moved to Kilmarnock before joining Stranraer on a permanent basis in 1991 under manager Alex McAnespie. During a successful six years at Stair Park, he made over 200 league appearances, helping the club to the Scottish League Division Two title in 1993–94, and winning the 1996–97 Scottish Challenge Cup. These were Stranraer's first ever league promotion and national cup honour respectively. Dropping ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auchinleck
Auchinleck ( ; sco, Affleck ; gd, Achadh nan Leac) is a village southeast of Mauchline, and northwest of Cumnock in East Ayrshire, Scotland. Surrounding the village is Auchinleck Estate, centred on Auchinleck House, past home of the lawyer, diarist and biographer James Boswell, James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck. History Auchinleck is in the heart of the ancient Kyle, Ayrshire, Kyle district of Scotland. The place-name means "field of (flat) stones" in Scottish Gaelic, from ' ('field') and ' ('slab'). The small locality of Auchincloss, Auchincloich has a comparable meaning. Although record of a community exists from as early as 1239, reliable records can really only be said to date from the arrival of the Boswell family in 1504. The barony ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glasgow
Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated population of 635,640. Straddling the border between historic Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire, the city now forms the Glasgow City Council area, one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and is governed by Glasgow City Council. It is situated on the River Clyde in the country's West Central Lowlands. Glasgow has the largest economy in Scotland and the third-highest GDP per capita of any city in the UK. Glasgow's major cultural institutions – the Burrell Collection, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Scottish Ballet and Scottish Opera – enjoy international reputations. The city was the European Capital of Culture in 1990 and is notable for its architecture, cult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Possilpark
Possilpark is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow, situated north of the River Clyde and centred around Saracen Street. The area developed around Saracen Foundry of Walter MacFarlane & Co., which was the main employer. In the wake of the Saracen Foundry's closure in 1967, this part of Glasgow became one of the poorest in the United Kingdom, and decades later deprivation and crime rates remain high. A variety of diverse community organisations operate in the area, providing arts, sports, health and gardening provision and community regeneration, including Young People's Futures, The Concrete Garden, Possobilities and Friends of Possilpark Greenspace. The district is served by both Possilpark & Parkhouse and Ashfield railway stations on the Maryhill Line. History Upper and Lower Possil estate In 1242, Alexander II of Scotland granted certain lands to the Bishop of Glasgow. These included the lands in the north referred to as Possele, divided in the sixteenth century in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barrhead
Barrhead ( sco, Baurheid, gd, Ceann a' Bharra) is a town in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, southwest of Glasgow city centre on the edge of the Gleniffer Braes. At the 2011 census its population was 17,268. History Barrhead was formed when a series of small textile-producing villages (Barrhead, Arthurlie, Grahamston and Gateside) gradually grew into one another to form one continuous town. According to local historian James McWhirter, the name "Barrhead" first appeared in 1750. Glanderston House, to the south, at one time belonged to the Stewart kings of Scotland. In 1851 there was an explosion at the Victoria Pit colliery in nearby Nitshill, killing 63 men and boys who worked in the mine, many of whom lived in Barrhead. The victims were buried in a mass grave in the yard at St John's Church on Darnley Road, and although some bodies were later exhumed and reburied in other cemeteries, some may still reside at St John's in an unmarked grave. In 1890, with a rapidly exp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthurlie F
Arthurlie is an area of the town of Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, Scotland. History of Arthurlie The lands of Arthurlie were held in medieval times by the Stewart family, a branch of the noble Stewarts of Darnley. Later the lands became the property of Allan Pollock, Esq. and remained in his family for several generations before being inherited by Gavin Ralston of Woodside in Beith.Pride, David (1910). ''A History of the Parish of Neilston''. Pub. Alexander Gardner, Paisley. Facing p 137. The area has long been associated with the legends of King Arthur.Pride, David (1910). ''A History of the Parish of Neilston''. Pub. Alexander Gardner, Paisley. p 138. The name means 'Arthur's meadow.'Johnston, James B. (1903), ''Place-Names of Scotland.'' Pub. David Douglas, Edinburgh. P. 19. Arthurlie was a barony of considerable extent, however it eventually came to be purchased by Henry Dunlop Esq. in 1818 from Gavin Ralston, a distant relative. The Dunlop family ran Gateside Cotton Mill und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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