In 1894, the various regional FA’s introduced small local leagues to increase the number of competitive matches being played, as at the time only 18 league matches were scheduled from the 10 team top tier, with each team playing each other home and away.
The Renfrewshire FA invited Abercorn, Morton, Port Glasgow Athletic and Saints to form this division, however the Abbies were never one to please others locally, and rejected the invite, leaving the other 3 to play it out.
With Saints using mainly reserve players in the first two fixtures, the matches were poorly attended and barely covered by the written press making even record collecting near impossible. Despite the mini-league being designed to be played to completion in a fortnight, it dragged out 5 months and bridged 2 seasons. The experiment had failed, and was never tried again.
Various records are listed below:
| DATE | OPPOSITION | V | SCORE | O | SCORERS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/03/1895 | Morton | A | 0-2 | L | |
| 18/05/1895 | Port Glasgow Ath | A | 0-5 | L | |
| 03/08/1895 | MORTON | H | 2-2 | D | WYLIE, MULLEN |
| 07/08/1895 | PORT GLASGOW ATH | H | 6-3 | W |
| POS | RENFREWSHIRE LEAGUE | P | W | D | L | F | A | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morton | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 |
| 2 | Port Glasgow Ath | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 4 |
| 3 | St. Mirren | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 3 |
| PLAYER | APPEARANCES | GOALS |
|---|---|---|
| CONNELL, John | 2 | – |
| COOK, George | 2 | – |
| McBAIN, Eddie | 2 | – |
| McBLANE, James | 2 | – |
| McGATHEN, James | 2 | – |
| PATRICK, John | 2 | – |
| WYLIE, Sandy | 2 | 1 |
| CALDWELL, ? | 1 | – |
| HAIG, Robert | 1 | – |
| HURRY, Charlie | 1 | – |
| McKIM, ? | 1 | – |
| MULLEN, Johnny | 1 | 1 |
| RICHARDSON, Archie | 1 | – |
| RUSSELL, John | 1 | – |
| TAYLOR, John | 1 | – |