THE WEST OF SCOTLAND LEAGUE

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Undeterred by the failure of County leagues experiment 5 years previously, (See Renfrewshire League) the various local FA’s decided to go for a regional approach to bridge the lack of competitive fixtures issue in Scotland, and the Renfrewshire, Ayrshire and Glasgow FA’s cobbled together this West of Scotland League.

It had more success than the County approach, but dwindling attendances meant it was scrapped after 3 seasons, with Saints best attempt being a 2nd place finish in 1900/01.

Various records are listed below:

West of Scotland League CategoryRecordAdditional Info
Number of Seasons Entered31899-1902
Best PerformanceRunners Up1901/02 (From 6 clubs)
Worst Performance4th1902/03 (From 6 clubs)
Most Victories 4Morton & Partick Thistle
Most Defeats3Clyde & Kilmarnock
Most Goals Scored Against 17Port Glasgow Athletic
Most Goals Conceded Against15Port Glasgow Athletic
Highest Home Attendance6,00031/12/1900 v Morton
Lowest Home Attendance1,50015/04/1901 v Kilmarnock
Highest Away Attendance 3,00029/09/1900 v Morton
Lowest Away Attendance 50030/04/1901 v Partick Thistle
Most Appearances23Tom Jackson
Most Goals10Ronald Orr
Highest Scoring Match84-4 v Port Glasgow Athletic, 13/04/1901
Record Win (Home)6-131/12/1900 v Morton
Record Win (Away)5-014/04/1900 v Clyde
Record Defeat (Home)1-3v Clyde & Kilmarnock (1900/01)
Record Defeat (Away)1-629/09/1900 v Morton
Most Individual Goals in a Match27 times
Most Individual Goals in a season7Ronald Orr, 1900/01
Most Club Goals Scored in a Season251900/01
Most Club Goals Conceded in a Season231900/01
Total Shut Outs3
Most Shut Outs in a Season1in each season
SEASONPOSITION (out of 6)
1899-003rd
1900-01Runners Up
1901-024th

DATEOPPOSITIONATTVSCOREOSCORERSSEASON
28/10/1899CLYDE H1-3LGRAY1899/00
23/12/1899Partick This A1-4LMcNEILLY (P)1899/00
06/01/1900PARTICK THIS H4-3WLINDSAY, STEEL, CHEYNE, YOUNG1899/00
03/02/1900Morton A0-1L 1899/00
10/03/1900KILMARNOCK H2-1WLINDSAY (2)1899/00
24/03/1900Port Glasgow A2-4LWYLIE, ORR1899/00
14/04/1900Clyde1,000A5-0WSTEEL (2), WYLIE, LINDSAY, ORR1899/00
21/04/1900Kilmarnock A1-1DLINDSAY1899/00
01/05/1900MORTON H2-1W 1899/00
12/05/1900PORT GLASGOW H5-1WSTEEL, ORR, YOUNG, WYLIE, LINDSAY1899/00
29/09/1900Morton3,000A1-6LBENNIE1900/01
31/12/1900MORTON6,000H6-1WWILSON (2), ORR (2), LINDSAY, COWDEN1900/01
13/04/1901Port Glasgow A4-4DCOWDEN, ORR (2), GREENLEES1900/01
15/04/1901KILMARNOCK1,500H1-3L 1900/01
20/04/1901Kilmarnock A2-2DWILSON (2)1900/01
23/04/1901PORT GLASGOW H2-1WDRUMMOND, ORR1900/01
30/04/1901Partick This500A2-0WWILSON, DRUMMOND1900/01
07/05/1901CLYDE H1-3LDRUMMOND1900/01
11/05/1901PARTICK THIS3,000H4-1WORR (2), LINDSAY, COUSER1900/01
14/05/1901Clyde A2-2D 1900/01
22/02/1902Morton2,000A3-2WLINDSAY, MOFFAT, ROBERTSON1901/02
01/03/1902MORTON3,000H3-1WMOFFAT, ROBERTSON (2)1901/02
08/03/1902Kilmarnock A1-4LFRASER1901/02
31/03/1902Partick This A1-2LBRUCE1901/02
05/04/1902Port Glasgow A2-4LWILSON, MOFFAT1901/02
21/04/1902PORT GLASGOW H2-1WHUNTER, FRASER1901/02
29/04/1902CLYDE H2-2DDILLON, HUNTER1901/02
08/05/1902PARTICK THIS H2-0W 1901/02
10/05/1902KILMARNOCK H1-2LWILSON1901/02
12/05/1902Clyde A1-2L 1901/02
POSWESTERN LEAGUE APPEARANCESTOTAL
1JACKSON, Tom23
2LINDSAY, David22
3McAVOY, Mick21
4BRUCE, Walter20
=5ORR, Ronald16
=5PATRICK, John16
7GREENLEES, Donald15
8CAMERON, Jock13
=9ROBERTSON, Robert12
=9STARK, James12
=11WYLIE, Sandy11
=11BENNIE, Bob11
=11HAMILTON, David11
=14WILSON, Jimmy10
=14HASTINGS, George10
16YOUNG, Alex9
=17MOFFAT, Joe8
=17CAIRNEY, ?8
19STEEL, William7
20FRASER, John6

Left, Tom Jackson, 23 appearances in the Western League, and right, Ronald Orr, 10 goals in the competition.

POSWESTERN LEAGUE GOALSCORERSTOTAL
1ORR, Ronald10
2LINDSAY, David9
3WILSON, Jimmy7
4STEEL, William4
=5ROBERTSON, Robert3
=5WYLIE, Sandy3
=5MOFFAT, Joe3
=8YOUNG, Alex2
=8FRASER, John2
=8COWDEN, William2
=8HUNTER, Robert2
=8DRUMMOND, ?2
=13BRUCE, Walter1
=13GREENLEES, Donald1
=13BENNIE, Bob1
=13CHEYNE, ?1
=13SHANNON, ?1
=13COUSER, ?1
=13DILLON, ?1
=13GRAY, William1
=13McNEILLY, James1

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