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2022–23 West of Scotland Football League

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West of Scotland Football League
Season2022–23

The 2022–23 West of Scotland Football League (known as the PDM Buildbase West of Scotland League for sponsorship reasons) was the third season of the West of Scotland Football League, with its top division as part of the sixth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. The season began on 29 July 2022 and ended on 27 May 2023. Darvel were the reigning champions.

Teams

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To West of Scotland Football League

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Transferred from South of Scotland Football League

Transferred from Ayrshire Amateur Football League

  • Eglinton (played 2021–22 as Kilwinning Rangers Amateurs)

Transferred from Caledonian Amateur Football League

  • Thorn Athletic

Transferred from Central Scottish Amateur Football League

Transferred from Scottish Amateur Football League

  • Easterhouse Academy (played 2021–22 as Easthall Star)

Newly established

  • Rossvale Academy

From West of Scotland Football League

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Transferred to East of Scotland Football League

Premier Division

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West of Scotland Football League Premier Division
Season2022–23
Dates30 July 2022 – 13 May 2023
ChampionsBeith Juniors
Relegated
Matches played240
Goals scored820 (3.42 per match)
Biggest home winArthurlie 11–1 Petershill
(8 October 2022)
Biggest away winKilwinning Rangers 0–7 Clydebank
(21 April 2023)
Highest scoringArthurlie 11–1 Petershill
(8 October 2022)
Longest winning run9 matches:
Beith Juniors
Longest unbeaten run16 matches:
Beith Juniors
Longest winless run11 matches:
Petershill
Longest losing run6 matches:
Cambuslang Rangers
All statistics correct as of 13 May 2023.

The Premier Division reverted to a 16-team division, with Arthurlie, Cambuslang Rangers, and Petershill promoted from the tier 7 Conferences A, B & C respectively. Coupled with a 1–1 draw for Darvel at Hurlford United, a 5–0 win for Beith Juniors over Kilwinning Rangers on 29 April 2023 secured the league title. However, they were ineligible for promotion as they do not hold an SFA club licence.

Stadia and locations

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Club Location Ground Surface Capacity Seats Floodlit
Arthurlie Barrhead Dunterlie Park Grass 4,000 0 No
Auchinleck Talbot [SFA] Auchinleck Beechwood Park[1] Grass 4,000 500 Yes
Beith Juniors Beith Bellsdale Park[2] Grass 1,500 0 No
Cambuslang Rangers Cambuslang Somervell Park Grass 3,000 0 No
Clydebank [SFA] Clydebank Holm Park Artificial 3,500 0 Yes
Cumnock Juniors [SFA] Cumnock Townhead Park[3] Artificial 3,000 0 Yes
Darvel [SFA] Darvel Recreation Park Grass 2,000 60 Yes
Glenafton Athletic New Cumnock Loch Park Grass 3,400 250 Yes
Hurlford United Hurlford Blair Park[4] Grass 1,500 0 No
Irvine Meadow XI [SFA] Irvine Meadow Park[5] Grass 2,132 700 Yes
Kilwinning Rangers [SFA] Kilwinning Buffs Park Grass 2,800 270 Yes
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Cumbernauld Guy's Meadow[a] Grass 2,500 0 No
Largs Thistle Largs Barrfields Park Artificial 4,500 800 No
Pollok [SFA] Pollokshaws, Glasgow Newlandsfield Park[6] Grass 4,000 0 Yes
Petershill Springburn, Glasgow Petershill Park Artificial 2,000 500 Yes
Troon Troon Portland Park[7] Grass 2,600 100 Yes
Notes

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Beith Juniors (C) 30 21 3 6 78 40 +38 66 Ineligible for the Lowland League play-off
2 Auchinleck Talbot 30 17 6 7 60 32 +28 57
3 Darvel 30 17 5 8 71 42 +29 56
4 Clydebank 30 17 1 12 69 43 +26 52
5 Pollok 30 14 6 10 56 41 +15 48
6 Largs Thistle 30 14 5 11 48 42 +6 47
7 Hurlford United 30 13 6 11 49 47 +2 45
8 Irvine Meadow XI 30 13 4 13 49 55 −6 43
9 Cumnock Juniors 30 12 6 12 52 51 +1 42
10 Glenafton Athletic 30 12 6 12 46 47 −1 42
11 Troon 30 13 3 14 48 51 −3 42
12 Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 30 11 3 16 37 44 −7 36
13 Arthurlie[a] 30 10 3 17 40 59 −19 30
14 Petershill (R) 30 8 4 18 41 82 −41 28 Relegation to the First Division
15 Kilwinning Rangers (R) 30 7 5 18 46 80 −34 26
16 Cambuslang Rangers[b] (R) 30 7 2 21 30 64 −34 20
Source: West of Scotland Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Arthurlie deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player in their 1–3 loss against Clydebank.[8]
  2. ^ Cambuslang Rangers deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player in their 1–3 loss against Beith Juniors.[9]

Results

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Home \ Away ART AUC BEI CAM CLY CMN DAR GLE HUR IVM KWN KRR LRG PRH PLK TRO
Arthurlie 0–3 2–1 0–3 1–3 2–1 3–2 2–4 1–3 2–0 2–1 3–1 1–2 11–1 0–0 1–2
Auchinleck Talbot 2–0 1–2 3–1 1–2 4–0 0–3 3–1 3–1 2–2 3–1 1–2 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–1
Beith Juniors 7–1 1–2 7–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 4–3 5–0 0–3 4–1 7–1 1–0 0–4
Cambuslang Rangers 3–2 0–1 1–3 0–3 0–3 0–1 3–2 2–1 1–2 0–3 0–3 2–2 2–2 0–1 1–2
Clydebank 4–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 6–2 1–2 2–3 5–1 1–0 3–2 2–1 4–2 4–1
Cumnock Juniors 1–0 2–4 3–3 2–0 3–2 2–4 3–3 0–0 2–1 5–2 1–2 0–1 3–1 2–2 4–2
Darvel 4–0 2–2 2–3 3–1 2–0 1–2 2–2 0–1 5–0 3–1 4–3 1–2 5–1 1–1 5–0
Glenafton Athletic 1–0 3–1 1–2 2–1 3–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 3–0 0–1 3–1 0–2 0–1
Hurlford United 0–1 0–2 4–3 0–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 5–4 0–0 2–2 4–0 0–4 2–0
Irvine Meadow XI 0–1 1–3 1–2 3–4 2–2 2–1 1–2 1–0 4–3 1–3 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–1
Kilwinning Rangers 1–1 0–6 2–3 2–0 0–7 1–1 3–6 0–1 2–2 4–2 2–0 1–0 3–5 1–1 2–3
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 0–2 0–0 1–3 3–1 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–2 2–0
Largs Thistle 5–0 1–0 1–3 0–1 1–2 2–1 0–2 1–1 4–1 3–1 0–2 1–5 4–0 5–1 1–0
Petershill 2–1 1–1 0–3 4–2 1–4 2–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 3–3 4–2 2–0 3–2 1–3 0–2
Pollok 2–0 1–1 2–3 1–0 4–1 3–0 2–3 3–2 2–4 0–2 3–0 6–2 0–0 2–0 5–3
Troon 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 3–1 0–3 4–1 3–0 3–1 3–4 4–2 0–2 1–2 2–2 1–0
Source: [10]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

First Division

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The First Division is made up of the seven teams relegated from the Premier Division, along with those finishing 2nd, 3rd, and 4th in each of the three Conferences. A 1–1 draw at Benburb on the final day of the season allowed Gartcairn to win the league title by one point ahead of St Cadoc's.

Stadia and locations

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Team Location Home ground Capacity Seats Floodlit
Benburb [SFA] Drumoyne, Glasgow New Tinto Park[11] 1,000 500 Yes
Blantyre Victoria Blantyre Castle Park 2,500 0 No
Bonnyton Thistle [SFA] Kilmarnock Bonnyton Park[12] 1,000 100 Yes
Cumbernauld United Cumbernauld Village Guy's Meadow 2,500 0 No
Drumchapel United Drumchapel, Glasgow Donald Dewar Centre TBC 10 Yes
Gartcairn Airdrie MTC Park 500 0 Yes
Johnstone Burgh Johnstone Keanie Park 5,000 0 No
Kilbirnie Ladeside Kilbirnie Valefield Park[13] 3,000 0 No
Neilston Neilston Brig-o-Lea Stadium 2,000 0 Yes
Rossvale Springburn, Glasgow Petershill Park[a] 1,500 500 Yes
Rutherglen Glencairn [SFA] Rutherglen New Southcroft Park[14] 1,500 0 Yes
Shotts Bon Accord Shotts Hannah Park 4,000 0 Yes
St Cadoc's Drumoyne, Glasgow New Tinto Park[b] 1,000 500 Yes
St Roch's Provanmill, Glasgow James McGrory Park 2,000 0 No
Thorniewood United Viewpark Robertson Park 3,000 0 No
Whitletts Victoria Ayr Dam Park Stadium 3,000 478 Yes
Notes
  1. ^ Rossvale are ground-sharing with Petershill at Petershill Park.
  2. ^ St Cadoc's are ground-sharing with Benburb at New Tinto Park.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Gartcairn (C, P) 30 19 7 4 69 34 +35 64 Promotion to the Premier Division
2 St Cadoc's (P) 30 19 6 5 68 34 +34 63
3 Benburb (P) 30 17 5 8 66 47 +19 56
4 Drumchapel United 30 16 4 10 68 49 +19 52
5 Blantyre Victoria 30 12 7 11 51 44 +7 43
6 Kilbirnie Ladeside 30 12 7 11 59 56 +3 43
7 Johnstone Burgh 30 13 4 13 47 54 −7 43
8 Neilston 30 11 6 13 43 44 −1 39
9 Rutherglen Glencairn 30 10 8 12 41 40 +1 38
10 Shotts Bon Accord 30 11 5 14 45 45 0 38
11 Thorniewood United 30 12 2 16 49 61 −12 38
12 St Roch's 30 12 1 17 59 67 −8 37
13 Whitletts Victoria[a] 30 11 5 14 55 60 −5 35
14 Bonnyton Thistle (R) 30 9 4 17 38 75 −37 31 Relegation to the Second Division
15 Cumbernauld United[b] (R) 30 8 6 16 48 57 −9 27
16 Rossvale (R) 30 8 3 19 41 80 −39 27
Source: West of Scotland Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Whitletts Victoria deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player in their 2–0 win over St Roch's.[8]
  2. ^ Cumbernauld United deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player.[15]

Results

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Home \ Away BNB BLV BON CMU DRU GAR JOB KLB NEI ROS RUG SBA SCD STR TWU WHV
Benburb 0–1 2–1 3–1 0–2 1–1 2–2 6–3 2–0 3–2 1–0 0–1 2–3 2–0 3–1 5–1
Blantyre Victoria 2–2 0–2 2–0 5–2 0–1 2–3 4–0 3–1 1–3 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–4 2–2 1–2
Bonnyton Thistle 0–3 0–2 2–1 2–3 1–3 0–3 1–5 2–1 2–1 0–2 2–1 1–6 0–2 1–1 3–2
Cumbernauld United 3–1 2–2 6–1 4–2 0–4 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–2 4–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–2
Drumchapel United 3–0 3–2 4–0 3–2[a] 0–3 5–0 2–3 3–0 6–1 2–0 3–3 1–2 6–2 3–1 4–2
Gartcairn 1–1 2–2 5–2 2–0 2–2 1–0 2–3 0–1 8–0 2–2 1–0 0–2 4–1 1–0 4–3
Johnstone Burgh 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 3–2 0–2 1–4 2–1 3–0 5–0 0–1 1–1 5–3 2–1 2–1
Kilbirnie Ladeside 3–4 2–1 2–1 1–3 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 7–2 4–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 4–3 1–1
Neilston 2–0 2–1 1–1 4–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 2–2 4–0 0–1 1–0 3–3 3–2 2–1 1–1
Rossvale 0–3 2–2 5–2 1–1 0–1 1–4 1–2 3–1 2–0 0–3 1–5 1–2 2–1 0–3 4–0
Rutherglen Glencairn 1–1 0–1 1–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 6–0 2–2 3–1 0–1 2–2 3–1 5–1 1–1
Shotts Bon Accord 2–5 3–1 1–1 1–3 5–0 2–2 3–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 2–3 1–2 2–1
St Cadoc's 2–3 3–2 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–2 3–0 0–3 1–0 5–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–3
St Roch's 3–5 1–3 7–1 4–2 0–1 2–3 3–0 0–1 3–1 2–2 4–1 2–1 0–5 1–2 0–2
Thorniewood United 3–4 1–3 2–1 2–1 3–1 0–2 1–2 3–1 4–2 2–1 0–2 2–1 0–6 3–4 2–1
Whitletts Victoria 2–0 0–1 2–2 3–4 1–3 3–4 7–2 1–0 1–3 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–4 2–0 2–1
Source: [17]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Match played at New Tinto Park, Drumoyne.[16]

Second Division

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The Second Division consists of the clubs finishing 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th in each of the three Conferences, plus the 10th place club with the best points per game record (Muirkirk Juniors). Renfrew won the title with a round of matches to spare, sealing the title with a 2–0 win over Glasgow University.

Stadia and locations

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Team Location Home ground Capacity Seats Floodlit
Ardeer Thistle Stevenston Ardeer Stadium 3,500 0 No
Ashfield Possilpark, Glasgow Ashfield Stadium 3,500 600 Yes
Craigmark Burntonians Dalmellington Station Park 2,200 0 No
Forth Wanderers Forth Kingshill Park 3,500 0 No
Glasgow Perthshire Possilpark, Glasgow Keppoch Park 1,800 0 No
Glasgow United Shettleston, Glasgow Greenfield Park 1,800 10 No
Glasgow University [SFA] Airdrie Excelsior Stadium[a] 10,101 10,101 Yes
Greenock Juniors Greenock Ravenscraig Stadium 6,000 1,000 Yes
Kilsyth Rangers Kilsyth Duncansfield 2,000 0 No
Maryhill Maryhill, Glasgow Lochburn Park 1,800 205 Yes
Maybole Juniors Maybole Ladywell Stadium 2,000 0 No
Muirkirk Juniors Muirkirk Burnside Park 2,300 0 No
Renfrew Renfrew New Western Park 1,000 0 Yes
St Anthony's Shieldhall, Glasgow McKenna Park 1,000 0 No
Wishaw Wishaw Beltane Park 1,000 0 No
Yoker Athletic Clydebank Holm Park 3,500 0 Yes
Notes
  1. ^ Glasgow University are ground-sharing with Airdrieonians at the Excelsior Stadium.
Location of teams in 2022–23 West of Scotland League Second Division in the Greater Glasgow area

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Renfrew (C, P) 30 21 7 2 75 37 +38 70 Promotion to the First Division
2 Ashfield (P) 30 20 6 4 92 42 +50 66
3 Maybole Juniors[a] (P) 30 18 7 5 71 50 +21 58
4 Craigmark Burntonians 30 17 5 8 79 49 +30 56
5 Glasgow Perthshire 30 14 6 10 60 63 −3 48
6 Yoker Athletic 30 14 4 12 62 47 +15 46
7 St Anthony's 30 12 7 11 58 55 +3 43
8 Forth Wanderers 30 11 7 12 46 51 −5 40
9 Kilsyth Rangers 30 10 9 11 56 57 −1 39
10 Muirkirk Juniors 30 11 5 14 54 70 −16 38
11 Wishaw 30 11 4 15 48 62 −14 37
12 Maryhill 30 11 3 16 53 57 −4 36
13 Glasgow University 30 11 2 17 49 62 −13 35
14 Ardeer Thistle[b] (R) 30 9 4 17 44 64 −20 28 Relegation to the Third Division
15 Greenock Juniors (R) 30 5 7 18 41 67 −26 22
16 Glasgow United (R) 30 2 3 25 34 89 −55 9
Source: West of Scotland Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Maybole Juniors deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player.[18]
  2. ^ Ardeer Thistle deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player.[8]

Results

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Home \ Away ARD ASH CRB FOR GLP GLA GLU GRE KRA MAR MAY MUI REN STA WSH YOK
Ardeer Thistle 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–2 3–1 1–2 3–0 2–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–3 1–4 3–2 3–0
Ashfield 4–0[a] 2–3 2–1[b] 2–2[c] 6–0[d] 4–3[e] 4–0[f] 3–1 3–0 5–5 6–0[g] 2–3[h] 2–2[i] 5–0[j] 1–4
Craigmark Burntonians 7–0 1–3 5–2 3–1 3–2 3–1 2–3 2–2 0–3 1–3 4–0 0–2 2–0 8–2 2–0
Forth Wanderers 3–2 2–3 2–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–4 3–2 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–3 2–3
Glasgow Perthshire 3–1 2–2 2–5 0–1 3–1 4–2 2–2 3–2 2–1 2–3 3–1 3–2 3–2 3–2 0–3
Glasgow United 1–2 3–3 2–3 1–3 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–4 1–6 3–2 1–2 0–2 0–3 1–4
Glasgow University 5–0 1–2 2–5 2–1 3–2 2–0 2–2 2–3 0–1 1–3 3–1 0–6 1–0 2–4 1–0
Greenock Juniors 3–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–3 3–1 1–3 1–3 2–0 2–3 1–2 0–3 3–2 2–3 1–3
Kilsyth Rangers 1–3 2–1 2–2 0–3 0–1 4–3 1–2 2–2 4–1 2–2 3–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–3
Maryhill 4–1 0–2 3–2 0–1 1–2 3–0 3–2 4–2 3–3 1–4 0–4 3–5 2–2 0–2 1–2
Maybole Juniors 2–2 2–3 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 5–3 2–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–3 2–1 1–0 0–2
Muirkirk Juniors 1–0 1–7 2–5 2–1 2–2 4–2 0–0 4–1 1–2 3–2 4–5 3–3 3–2 3–0 3–1
Renfrew 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–0 4–3 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–4 4–1 3–0 4–1 1–0 3–2
St Anthony's 2–0 0–3 2–3 1–1 4–3 4–1 3–1 4–3 3–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–0
Wishaw 0–5 0–4 1–2 2–2 1–3 3–2 2–0 3–1 2–3 0–1 1–3 4–0 1–2 2–2 0–0
Yoker Athletic 2–4 1–3 0–1 2–2 6–1 6–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 2–4 4–2 2–2 1–1 3–1 2–3
Source: [29]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Match played at Stepford Football Centre, Barlanark.[19]
  2. ^ Match played at Stepford Football Centre, Barlanark.[20]
  3. ^ Match played at Stepford Football Centre, Barlanark.[21]
  4. ^ Match played at Stepford Football Centre, Barlanark.[22]
  5. ^ Match played at Stepford Football Centre, Barlanark.[23]
  6. ^ Match played at Stepford Football Centre, Barlanark.[24]
  7. ^ Match played at Stepford Football Centre, Barlanark.[25]
  8. ^ Match played at Stepford Football Centre, Barlanark.[26]
  9. ^ Match played at the Donald Dewar Centre, Drumchapel,[27] due to a rearranged speedway meeting for the Glasgow Tigers at Saracen Park.
  10. ^ Match played at Stepford Football Centre, Barlanark.[28]

Third Division

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The Third Division features the remaining clubs from each Conference, along with Finnart who were promoted as winners of Division Four. Vale of Clyde became champions on the penultimate weekend of the season, sealing the title with a 5–1 win at East Kilbride Thistle.

Stadia and locations

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Team Location Home ground Capacity Seats Floodlit
Ardrossan Winton Rovers Ardrossan Winton Park 3,000 80 Yes
Bellshill Athletic Bellshill Rockburn Park 500 0 No
Carluke Rovers Carluke John Cumming Stadium 1,500 0 Yes
Dalry Thistle Dalry Merksworth Park 3,000 0 No
East Kilbride Thistle East Kilbride The Showpark 2,300 0 No
Finnart Springburn, Glasgow Springburn Park TBC 0 Yes
Girvan [SFA] Girvan Hamilton Park 5,000 200 No
Irvine Victoria Irvine Victoria Park 1,800 0 No
Kello Rovers Kirkconnel Nithside Park 1,700 0 No
Lanark United Lanark Moor Park 4,000 0 No
Larkhall Thistle Larkhall Gasworks Park 2,000 0 No
Lesmahagow Lesmahagow Craighead Park 3,500 0 No
Lugar Boswell Thistle Lugar Rosebank Park 2,000 0 No
Newmains United Newmains Victoria Park 1,000 0 No
Port Glasgow Port Glasgow Port Glasgow Community Stadium 2,000 0 Yes
Saltcoats Victoria Saltcoats Campbell Park 2,500 0 No
Royal Albert Stonehouse Tileworks Park 1,000 0 No
Vale of Clyde Tollcross, Glasgow Fullarton Park 2,500 0 No
Vale of Leven Alexandria Millburn Park 3,000 0 No

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Vale of Clyde (C, P) 36 29 3 4 130 35 +95 90 Promotion to the Second Division
2 Larkhall Thistle (P) 36 25 6 5 95 43 +52 81
3 Ardrossan Winton Rovers (P) 36 25 3 8 121 51 +70 78
4 Irvine Victoria 36 24 5 7 100 45 +55 77
5 Lesmahagow 36 24 3 9 93 59 +34 75
6 Lanark United 36 24 2 10 99 60 +39 74
7 Bellshill Athletic[a] 36 18 6 12 69 54 +15 57
8 Kello Rovers 36 15 7 14 58 50 +8 52
9 Finnart 36 15 7 14 65 60 +5 52
10 Girvan 36 13 9 14 62 80 −18 48
11 Port Glasgow 36 15 2 19 74 76 −2 47
12 Vale of Leven 36 12 8 16 57 59 −2 44
13 Dalry Thistle[b] 36 14 5 17 49 63 −14 44
14 Lugar Boswell Thistle (R) 36 11 6 19 59 76 −17 39 Relegation to the Fourth Division
15 East Kilbride Thistle (R) 36 9 9 18 60 105 −45 36
16 Carluke Rovers (R) 36 9 3 24 62 113 −51 30
17 Newmains United[c] (R) 36 5 6 25 36 101 −65 18
18 Royal Albert (R) 36 3 3 30 38 113 −75 12
19 Saltcoats Victoria[d] (R) 36 3 5 28 36 120 −84 11
Source: West of Scotland Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Bellshill Athletic deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player.
  2. ^ Dalry Thistle deducted 3 points for playing too many trialists in their 1–3 defeat to Lanark United.[8]
  3. ^ Newmains United deducted 3 points for playing too many trialists in a game.[30]
  4. ^ Saltcoats Victoria deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player.

Results

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Home \ Away AWR BEL CAR DAL EKT FIN GIR IRV KEL LAN LAR LES LBT NUC PGL ROA SAL VOC VOL
Ardrossan Winton Rovers 2–0 2–1 1–2 6–3 1–0 5–0 1–2 2–3 4–0 3–3 3–1 2–4 8–1 5–0 6–1 11–2 1–3 1–0
Bellshill Athletic 2–1 4–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–3 2–3 1–3 2–3 1–0 1–6 0–0 3–1 5–3 1–0 2–0 3–3 2–1
Carluke Rovers 2–5 1–3 0–1 4–4 3–0 3–4 1–4 3–1 1–4 2–4 3–2 2–1 4–4 2–5 3–2 5–1 0–5 1–3
Dalry Thistle 2–1 1–4 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–3 2–3 1–1 0–1 1–1 4–0 2–1 4–1 4–0[a] 2–4 2–2
East Kilbride Thistle 2–2 0–3 2–0 4–2 3–2 2–2 2–4 0–0 0–7 1–6 1–3 0–4 2–2 0–4 3–2 4–3 1–5 0–3
Finnart 1–5 2–2[b] 3–1 4–2 2–2[c] 5–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1[d] 0–2 2–2 3–0 0–3[e] 5–1 2–1 1–3 2–2
Girvan 0–3 3–3 2–2 0–1 3–3 1–0 0–3 3–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–4 3–3 3–1 4–0 0–6 2–1
Irvine Victoria 4–3 1–2 5–0 4–0 6–0 1–0 5–0 1–1 3–3 2–3 8–0 6–0 4–0 2–1 2–0 5–1 2–2 0–3
Kello Rovers 0–4 1–1 5–1 3–0 4–5 0–1 2–2 2–3 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 5–0 2–0 3–2 2–0 2–3 0–2
Lanark United 0–3 2–1 2–3 3–1 4–1 1–4 4–2 0–4 2–0 3–6 2–0 1–0 3–0 6–1 4–1 2–1 1–0 3–1
Larkhall Thistle 2–3 0–0 4–0 4–0 6–1 2–1 2–0 5–0 2–1 2–1 5–4 2–0 0–0 4–3 2–0 5–1 3–1 4–1
Lesmahagow Juniors 3–3 3–1 3–0 5–2 3–0 3–2 1–1 3–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 3–0 4–0 2–4 4–0 3–0 0–2 5–0
Lugar Boswell Thistle 2–4 4–6 4–3 1–0 1–1 2–5 2–0 1–3 1–2 4–6 2–1 0–3 4–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 0–6 1–1
Newmains United 0–2 1–0 3–1 0–1 2–2 0–2 0–3 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–3 3–4 0–2 0–2 1–1 4–1 0–6 1–2
Port Glasgow Juniors 0–1 2–1 4–1 3–0 4–1 1–2 1–2 1–3 0–1 1–7 0–2 2–3 3–2 4–2 4–1 1–2 0–1 2–0
Royal Albert 1–7 1–4 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–3[f] 0–3 0–2 0–0 1–4 2–3 1–3 2–6 3–1 1–4 3–3 1–6 0–4
Saltcoats Victoria 1–5 0–3 1–4 0–3 1–5 1–3 1–6 2–2 1–3 1–7 1–2 2–4 2–0 0–1 2–1 0–2 2–2 2–2
Vale of Clyde 2–3 1–0 9–1 2–1 1–0 5–0 7–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–3 5–1 4–2 7–1 4–1 5–0 5–0 2–1
Vale of Leven 1–2 1–0 4–1 1–2 0–2 3–2 1–1 2–3 0–1 1–3 1–0 2–3 0–0 4–1 3–3 4–1 0–0 0–4
Source: [36]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Match played at Synergy Arena, Kilmarnock.[31]
  2. ^ Match played at Stepford Football Centre, Barlanark.[32]
  3. ^ Match played at Stepford Football Centre, Barlanark.[33]
  4. ^ Match played at Greenfield Park, Shettleston.[34]
  5. ^ Match awarded to Port Glasgow, as Finnart were unable to find a suitable venue.
  6. ^ Match played at Craighead Park, Lesmahagow.[35]

Fourth Division

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The Fourth Division contains the remaining six clubs from Division Four, as well as six new teams, including Threave Rovers who have switched from the South of Scotland League.

Stadia and locations

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Team Location Home ground Capacity Seats Floodlit
BSC Glasgow Yoker, Glasgow Peterson Park 500 0 No
Campbeltown Pupils Campbeltown Kintyre Park TBC 0 No
Easterhouse Academy Glasgow Stepford Park Yes
Eglinton Kilwinning Kilwinning Sports Grounds TBC TBC TBC
Glenvale Paisley Ferguslie Sports Centre TBC 0 Yes
Harmony Row Shieldhall, Glasgow McKenna Park[a] 1,000 0 No
Kilsyth Athletic Kilsyth Kilsyth Sports Field TBC 0 No
Rossvale Academy Bishopbriggs Huntershill 500 0 Yes
St. Peter's Renfrew New Western Park[b] 1,000 0 Yes
Thorn Athletic Johnstone Thorn Park
Threave Rovers [SFA] Castle Douglas Meadow Park 1,500 TBC Yes
West Park United Bishopbriggs Huntershill 500 0 Yes
Notes
  1. ^ Harmony Row are ground-sharing with St Anthony's at McKenna Park.
  2. ^ St. Peter's are ground-sharing with Renfrew at New Western Park.
2022–23 West of Scotland Football League is located in Scotland South
Eglinton
Eglinton
Glasgow
Glasgow
Glenvale
Glenvale
Campbeltown Pupils
Campbeltown Pupils
Thorn Athletic
Thorn Athletic
Location of teams in 2022–23 West of Scotland League Fourth Division
2022–23 West of Scotland Football League is located in Glasgow council area
BSC Glasgow
BSC Glasgow
Easterhouse
Easterhouse
Harmony Row
Harmony Row
Rossvale Academy
Rossvale Academy
St Peter's
St Peter's
Location of teams in 2022–23 West of Scotland League Fourth Division in the Glasgow area

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 West Park United[a] (C, P) 22 20 0 2 73 20 +53 57 Promotion to the Third Division
2 Kilsyth Athletic (P) 22 18 2 2 68 30 +38 56
3 Threave Rovers (P) 22 18 0 4 82 23 +59 54
4 St. Peter's 22 15 1 6 55 29 +26 46
5 Thorn Athletic 22 10 4 8 42 40 +2 34
6 BSC Glasgow 22 8 1 13 34 52 −18 25
7 Easterhouse Academy 22 7 3 12 31 48 −17 24
8 Rossvale Academy 22 8 0 14 39 67 −28 24
9 Eglinton 22 7 0 15 39 63 −24 21
10 Glenvale 22 5 1 16 39 59 −20 16
11 Campbeltown Pupils 22 3 3 16 23 58 −35 12
12 Harmony Row[b] 22 4 3 15 24 60 −36 12
Source: West of Scotland Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ West Park United deducted 3 points.
  2. ^ Harmony Row deducted 3 points.

Results

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Home \ Away BSC CAM EAS EGL GLE HRW KIL ROS STP THO THR WPU
BSC Glasgow 3–1 3–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 3–5 2–1 3–0 0–6 1–5 2–3
Campbeltown Pupils 1–2 0–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 2–3 1–4 0–3 3–0[a] 2–4 0–3
Easterhouse Academy 1–1 1–1 0–6 3–1 2–0 1–3 3–1 1–6 0–2 4–0 0–2
Eglinton 0–2 4–0 2–1 4–3 3–4 1–2 2–1 1–5 1–3 1–6 1–4
Glenvale 3–1 6–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 4–7 1–5 1–4 1–5 0–2
Harmony Row 0–2 1–1 2–4 3–2 3–6[b] 0–4 0–2 2–5 1–2 1–2 0–2
Kilsyth Athletic 3–1 3–2 5–1 6–0 3–1 6–2 6–0 3–1 2–2 1–2 3–2
Rossvale Academy 4–0 3–2 0–2 4–2 2–0 1–4 2–3 0–2 1–3 0–9 0–3
St Peters 2–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 3–2 8–0 1–2 3–0 1–1[c] 2–1 1–2
Thorn Athletic 4–3 3–0[d] 3–3[e] 1–3[f] 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–4 0–1[g] 0–4[h] 1–7
Threave Rovers 5–1[i] 4–0 3–0[j] 3–0 7–3 2–0 1–3 9–1[k] 4–0[l] 2–0[m] 3–0
West Park United 3–0 8–3 2–0 7–1 3–2 5–0 4–0 4–1 3–0 2–1 2–1
Source: [50]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Match awarded to Campbeltown Pupils, as Thorn Athletic were unable to field a team.[37]
  2. ^ Match played at St Ninian's High School, Giffnock.[38]
  3. ^ Match played at New Tinto Park, Drumoyne.[39]
  4. ^ Match played at Ferguslie Sports Centre, Paisley.[40]
  5. ^ Match played at Ferguslie Sports Centre, Paisley.[41]
  6. ^ Match played at New Western Park, Renfrew.[42]
  7. ^ Match played at Keanie Park.[43]
  8. ^ Match played at James McGrory Park, Royston.[44]
  9. ^ Match played at North West Community Campus, Dumfries.[45]
  10. ^ Match played at Raydale Park, Gretna.[46]
  11. ^ Match played at Palmerston Park, Dumfries.[47]
  12. ^ Match played at Palmerston Park, Dumfries.[48]
  13. ^ Match played at Raydale Park, Gretna.[49]

Notes

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SFA Club with an SFA licence;[51] eligible to participate in the Lowland League promotion play-off should they win the Premier Division and take part in the Scottish Cup.

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