Glasgow Junior Football League

1895-1927

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The following account of the league is taken from a variety of sources. The main part is an abridged version of Jackie Heaney’s excellent history which appeared in issues 16, 17 and 18 (July to December 1984) of the Scottish Football Historian magazine and from Miscellany Volume 3 (June 2006) - Scottish Junior Football Cup and League Competitions. Jackie also researched a large number of final tables, which have been supplied by Stewart Davidson, as has Martin Bain and Alistair Hay of the St Anthony’s history site. The Second Division tables were taken from Scottish Non League Histories Volume 5 (June 1997). Both the latter publications are available from Stewart Davidson’s Scottish Non League Review. The Glasgow Junior League (GJL) can justifiably claim to have been the most successful Junior League of its time, both financially and from a playing point of view. Gates compared favourably with those of many senior teams and in competitions its clubs dominated the Scottish Junior Cup and had an almost total monopoly on the Glasgow Junior Cup. The top Glasgow clubs were relatively slow in taking to League football. In the early 1890s local Leagues had been established in Lanarkshire, Edinburgh, Ayr and Perth but the only organisations based in Glasgow - the Scottish Junior League and the Scottish Junior Alliance - had both failed primarily because the top city clubs had not become involved. By 1895, however, the obvious benefits of a regular competitive programme against top-class opposition persuaded the Glasgow clubs to take the plunge, and in July of that year eight clubs were invited to a meeting to form a League. The original eight were Ashfield, Benburb, Jordanhill, Maryhill, Parkhead, Glasgow Perthshire, Strathclyde and Vale of Clyde. In the event Perthshire declined to attend but the 'Glasgow Junior League' was nevertheless formally established with eight clubs, St. Mungo (Springburn) making up the numbers. The GJL followed the example of other Leagues whereby the bottom two clubs would retire but be eligible for re-election which was increased to three clubs from 1900-01. As a mark of displeasure against their attitude, was that League clubs refused to play against Glasgow Perthshire except in cup-ties. At this time friendlies still formed an important element in the football calendar so that the boycott was a heavy punishment. Shortly afterwards, Ashfield also withdrew and had a similar boycott imposed upon them. They were replaced by Cambuslang Hibernian a Lanarkshire club who had recently joined the GJFA. August brought the news that Benburb had amalgamated with another Junior club, Crown Athletic. The new organisation took the name of Oatlands Juniors and kicked off in the GJL under that name. However a group of Benburb supporters, unhappy with the merger, got together and reformed the club. At this Oatlands Juniors reverted back to Crown Athletic whilst retaining their place in the GJL. In spite of this inauspicious beginning, the competition was a great success, the first championship going to Cambuslang Hibernian who also won the Scottish Junior Cup. Beaten finalists in the latter were Parkhead and the example set by these two clubs at the outset was often to be repeated thereafter. The 1896-97 championship went to Strathclyde who were, strictly speaking, the first club to win the 'Evening Times' Trophy. This award was only presented to the League at the end of 1896-97 but Cambuslang Hibernian had their name inscribed on the trophy in recognition of their achievement the year before. The season also saw a record of a different kind being set by St. Mungo, who failed to register a single point and at the season's close, they became defunct. St. Mungo would never re-emerge but their ground became the home of a new club who would be rather more successful - Petershill. At the same time, Crown Athletic also went to the wall and resigned from the League, thus creating two vacancies. Among the aspirants were the rehabilitated Glasgow Perthshire and Ashfield and the former, together with Rutherglen Glencairn were successful. One year later came the final twist in the Benburb / Crown Athletic saga when Benburb themselves became defunct. A further two vacancies were created by the decision to increase the League to ten clubs and the three clubs admitted were Ashfield, Maryhill and Petershill. After only one season the League reverted to eight clubs again with the axe falling on Jordanhill and Petershill. Jordanhill's exclusion could hardly be counted as a great loss since they had finished in the re-election zone for the third successive year and were another declining club whose reputation had been won in the days before the GJL. There was also speculation that a Second Division or a district league would be formed. Nothing came of the former, but a Glasgow District League was formed by Clyde Juniors, who were barred from the GJL due to a rule which prohibited Junior clubs that were affiliated with Senior ones. Petershill, on the other hand, were a little unfortunate but their period of exile lasted only one year before another change of heart saw the League once again increased to ten clubs, with three clubs having to retire each season. The other club admitted for the 1900-01 season was Co-operative United, the first club from Govan to be included. Indeed geography may have played a greater part in their selection than ability since there were other clubs around who, arguably, had a better claim. 1900-01 saw the first occasion in which two clubs finished level on points at the top of the table and, according to the rules, a play-off was necessary for the title. Maryhill and Parkhead fought out a 2-2 draw and, for the first and only time, were declared joint champions. This meant that after six years Parkhead had become the first club to win the title twice and, for good measure, they also lifted the Glasgow Cup. For Maryhill - also Junior Cup Finalists - their performance justified the League's faith in them, for in the previous two seasons they had been forced to seek re-election. In 1902 Co-operative United failed to gain re-election and their place in the League was taken by Renfrew Victoria, the first time a club outside the Glasgow Association had been admitted. 1904-05 was a time of radical change in the League, when the decision was taken to introduce a Second Division of ten clubs, primarily of the Glasgow District League. The new Division 1 had twelve clubs, and, in addition, goal average was to come into operation. Although there were strong objections from Maryhill, Perthshire and Petershill, the changes agreed were widely applauded in the sporting press, and it was felt that Glasgow Junior football was in the dawn of a new era. Automatic promotion and relegation, first adopted by the Lanarkshire League was also sanctioned. The voting to decide on the make-up of the new Division 1 was done in two separate ballots. The first ballot was in accordance with normal procedure whereby the bottom three clubs retired and were considered for re-election along with any other applicants. Ashfield and Vale of Clyde were unanimously re-elected but Cambuslang Hibernian lost out by a single vote to Clydebank Juniors. A second ballot was then taken to choose the clubs who would fill the two vacancies created by the expansion of the Division and once again the Hibernian were passed over, this time by Shettleston and, significantly, Cambuslang Rangers, who had been attempting to gain entry to the League for some years and who would undoubtedly have succeeded had not Cambuslang already have been represented in the shape of Hibernian. Instead Hibs found themselves places in Division 2. The Second Division included many of the top district teams outside the Lanarkshire League. Apart from Cambuslang Hibernian there were two other names from the GJL's past in Co-operative United and the resuscitated Benburb. Other Glasgow clubs were 3rd LRV, one of the many military Junior sides of the time; Parkhead Athletic, another example of a promising young team forced to live in the shadows of a more illustrious neighbours; and Port Juniors, a young club from Dennistoun (and not to be confused with Port Glasgow Athletic Juniors, often referred to at that time as 'Port Juniors'). From outside Glasgow there were Baillieston Thistle, Neilston Victoria, KirkintillochRob Roy and Yoker Athletic. However shortly after the start of the season Port Juniors lost their ground and were forced to resign, being replaced by Levern Victoria. In due course, however, the first rumblings of discontent began to appear from the old guard as the harsh realities of relegation began to dawn on them. After that it was no surprise when the League reverted to a single Division. The justification put forward for this was that automatic promotion meant that clubs were unable to control the quality of those admitted to the top Division. The League honoured its promise on promotion and the top two clubs from the lower Division - Benburb and Baillieston Thistle - were admitted to a new fourteen club GJL. The other Division 2 clubs were cast adrift to fend for themselves, all of them except Parkhead Athletic forming a new Glasgow & District Junior League. The championship itself was, for the first time, decided on goal average, Maryhill edging out Strathclyde. In 1907-08 came the notorious episode which came to be known as the 'Great Betrayal'. The origins of this stretched back a number of years and stemmed from a growing feeling of frustration on the part of the Glasgow Junior Association (GJA), which was of course dominated by the GJL clubs. The GJA played a leading role in the formation of the Scottish Junior Association (SJFA) in 1886 but the representation on the SJFA was such that, together, outside districts could wield a degree of influence which was out of all proportion to the contribution that they node. This meant that any GJA proposals which didn't suit the other clubs for example an earlier proposal by Maryhill to introduce a Qualifying Cup were liable to be thrown out as a matter of course. It is sufficient to say that the same thing happened in 1907 and the upshot was that the GJA decided to split from the SJFA and opened up its membership, and that of the GJL, to any club within 16 miles of the city. Again the Glasgow & District league lost most of its clubs, there was also an application from Dunoon. Three Lanarkshire Junior League clubs – Bellshill Athletic, Blantyre Victoria and Burnbank Athletic – plus Kirkintilloch Rob Roy, were admitted to an expanded First Division while 16 clubs created the new Second Division. Again though the dispute was soon resolved, and again the GJL began dismantling the new set-up. However, this time they went one step further and actually expelled the four new Division 1 clubs despite only Burnbank Athletic finishing in the bottom four. The top two Second Division went as far as taking legal advice, but in the end the GJL reverted to its 1906-07 membership. The clubs cast adrift created two new leagues – the Second Glasgow Junior League, which had nothing to do with the GLJ and disbanded after a year, and the Scottish Junior League (SJL), which was more successful and would expand to two divisions and last until after WWII. Unlike most other leagues, the GJL wasn’t adversely affected by the Great War and after 1918 expanded to 18 clubs. In 1921 it ‘poached’ Shawfield and Shettleston from the SJL, which had lost a number of clubs before to the GJL. This time they demanded the return of the two clubs, but as they hadn’t yet confirmed their membership, there was nothing the SFJA could have done. In 1922, a similar thing happened and when SJL champions and Scottish Junior Cup holders St Roch’s and Glasgow Junior Cup winners St Anthony’s joined the GJL, the SJL again protested to the SJFA. When the smoke had cleared the GJFA had again split from the SJFA, opened its doors to ‘outsiders’ and another Second Division was formed. Stung by the events of 1907-08, top candidates for a place, Post Glasgow Athletic, Duntocher Hibernian etc, resisted, but there were enough other clubs, many of which were new to the Juniors, that were willing to join. Seven SJL members did defect, but the new division had a decidedly makeshift look about it. Again the set-up was dismantled at the end of the season and again another Second GJL was formed, which petered out after a couple of years. The GJL continued for another five years when another dispute erupted. This time it affected most of the clubs in the West of Scotland and would be known as the Intermediate Dispute. The GJL disbanded and was reformed as the Scottish Intemediate League. Because of the high quality of the defectors, First and Second Divisions were ruled out and an East/West Divisional set-up was used instead. When this dispute was over four years later, the SIL was renamed the Central Junior League although the spirit of the GJL lived on. Its champion club were awarded the Evening Times Trophy, and the Central League’s first gathering in 1932 was described as the 32nd AGM.

Glasgow Junior League champions 1895-96 Cambuslang Hibernian 1896-97 Strathclyde 1897-98 Parkhead 1898-99 Rutherglen Glencairn 1899-00 Vale of Clyde 1900-01 Parkhead / Maryhill - shared 1901-02 Rutherglen Glencairn 1902-03 Parkhead 1903-04 Maryhill 1904-05 Maryhill 1905-06 Ashfield 1906-07 Ashfield 1907-08 Ashfield 1908-09 Ashfield 1909-10 Ashfield 1910-11 Cambuslang Rangers 1911-12 Cambuslang Rangers 1912-13 Vale of Clyde 1913-14 Benburb 1914-15 Cambuslang Rangers 1915-16 Cambuslang Rangers 1916-17 Parkhead 1917-18 Vale of Clyde 1918-19 Rutherglen Glencairn 1919-20 Vale of Clyde 1920-21 Ashfield 1921-22 Rutherglen Glencairn 1922-23 Strathclyde 1923-24 Shettleston 1924-25 St Roch’s 1925-26 St Roch’s 1926-27 Shettleston

Division 2 1904-05 Baillieston Thistle 1907-08 Yoker Athletic 1923-24 Shettleston Celtic Glasgow Junior League Cup finals 1921-22 Strathclyde 2-1 Clydebank Juniors 1922-23 Strathclyde 3-0 Pollok 1923-24 Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 4-2 St Roch’s 1924-25 St Roch’s 3-0 Benburb 1925-26 Shawfield 3-2 Strathclyde 1926-27 Ashfield 2-0 Strathclyde

	1895-96	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8	Cambuslang Hibernian Strathclyde Parkhead Jordanhill Maryhill St. Mungo Vale Of Clyde Crown Athletic	14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14	9 8 8 7 5 4 2 2	3 3 3 1 3 1 4 4	2 3 3 6 6 9 8 8	42 58 49 32 47 20 27 29	21 32 28 32 47 52 38 54	21 19 19 15 13 9 8 8

Crown athletic started season as Oatlands but only played 1 game (h 2-3 v Parkhead) before changing name back to original name of Crown Athletic. Crown Athletic & Benburb had merged at the start of the season to form Oatlands, then a group of Benburb supporters weren't happy with merger and reformed Benburb, Oatland's then decided to change their name back.

Cambuslang Hibernian had replaced Ashfield who withdrew before the start of the season.

	1896-97	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8	Strathclyde Cambuslang Hibernian Benburb Parkhead Crown Athletic Vale of Clyde Jordanhill St Mungo	14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14	12 12 8 7 6 5 5 0	1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0	1 2 6 6 8 9 9 14	69 53 37 44 29 32 31 19	19 30 37 38 53 46 36 70	25 24 16 15 12 10 10 0

	1897-98	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8	Parkhead Rutherglen Glencairn Cambuslang Hibernian Strathclyde Glasgow Perthshire Vale of Clyde Jordanhill Benburb	13 14 14 14 14 13 14 14	8 8 5 5 3 4 4 1	3 3 6 5 6 3 3 5	2 3 3 4 5 6 7 8	36 30 26 33 32 25 29 18	19 23 25 29 33 28 34 33	19 17 16 15 12 11 11 7

Rutherglen Glencairn had 2 points deducted for breach of Rule

Standings as of 28 May 1898

	1897-98 Glasgow Junior 2nd XI League	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	Maryhill Parkhead Petershill Glasgow Perthshire Rutherglen Glencairn Cambuslang Hibernian Strathclyde Redcliffe Thistle Jordanhill Benburb	18 18 16 16 18 18 18 18 18 18	14 14 11 10 8 6 5 5 4 3	2 2 1 2 1 3 3 2 1 1	2 2 4 4 9 9 10 11 13 14	81 72 44 35 40 37 38 31 28 22	24 17 30 37 44 53 59 44 68 68	30 28 23 22 15 15 13 12 9 7

Rutherglen Glencairn had 2 points deducted for breach of Rule

Standings as of 28 May 1898

	1898-99	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	Rutherglen Glencairn Cambuslang Hibernian Ashfield Strathclyde Parkhead Vale of Clyde Glasgow Perthshire Maryhill Petershill Jordanhill	18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18	12 12 10 9 8 6 4 6 5 1	5 3 3 5 2 4 6 2 1 3	1 3 5 4 8 8 8 10 12 14	72 56 51 44 47 47 43 40 43 27	27 28 41 30 38 54 54 54 72 72	29 27 23 22 16 15 14 14 11 5

	1898-99 Glasgow Junior 2nd XI League	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8	Parkhead Maryhill Vale of Clyde Rutherglen Glencairn Strathclyde Petershill Ashfield Glasgow Perthshire	11 13 11 11 12 9 12 8	8 6 5 5 4 4 3 2	0 2 2 0 2 1 4 1	3 5 4 6 6 4 5 5	33 31 28 24 29 28 24 16	16 31 27 28 35 35 28 21	16 14 12 10 10 9 8 1

Ashfield had 2 points and Glasgow Perthshire 4 points deducted both for breach of Rule

Standings as of 29 April 1899

	1899-00	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8	Vale of Clyde Glasgow Perthshire Strathclyde Rutherglen Glencairn Parkhead Cambuslang Hibernian Maryhill Ashfield	14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14	9 10 8 5 4 3 2 2	5 1 3 4 4 4 3 2	0 3 3 5 6 7 9 10	41 35 40 25 27 21 18 27	19 21 23 24 33 39 33 42	23 21 19 14 12 10 7 6

	1900-01	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	Maryhill Parkhead Petershill Cambuslang Hibernian Strathclyde Co-operative United Ashfield Rutherglen Glencairn Glasgow Perthshire Vale of Clyde	18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18	12 13 11 8 8 7 6 5 4 3	4 2 1 3 2 1 3 4 2 4	2 3 6 7 8 10 9 9 12 11	54 73 53 44 45 35 42 42 29 35	26 30 35 51 46 47 53 48 53 63	28 28 23 19 18 15 15 14 10 10

Play-off – Maryhill 2-2 Parkhead, Championship shared

	1901-02	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	Rutherglen Glencairn Parkhead Glasgow Perthshire Strathclyde Petershill Cambuslang Hibernian Vale of Clyde Maryhill Ashfield Co-operative United	18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18	12 9 8 8 7 8 6 5 6 3	4 6 5 3 4 2 4 5 2 1	2 3 5 7 7 8 8 8 10 14	53 42 32 46 46 39 44 35 39 24	17 31 37 35 39 41 48 41 57 62	28 24 21 19 18 18 16 15 14 7

	1902-03	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	Parkhead Petershill Glasgow Perthshire Strathclyde Renfrew Victoria Maryhill Vale of Clyde Cambuslang Hibernian Rutherglen Glencairn Ashfield	18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18	14 13 13 8 7 7 4 6 4 0	1 2 2 4 3 2 6 2 3 3	3 3 3 6 8 9 8 10 11 15	48 65 54 33 40 29 35 37 29 25	27 24 20 25 43 33 54 48 45 66	29 28 28 20 17 16 14 14 11 3

	1903-04	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	Maryhill Petershill Parkhead Renfrew Victoria Glasgow Perthshire Strathclyde Ashfield Rutherglen Glencairn Vale of Clyde Cambuslang Hibernian	18 18 18 18 17 18 17 18 16 18	11	4	3	33	19	26 23 20 20 17 17 16 16 10 11

Glasgow Perthshire were awarded 2 points

Vale of Clyde were deducted 2 points

Table as at 28 May 1904

	1904-05 Division 1	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12	Maryhill Strathclyde Ashfield Clydebank Juniors Petershill Cambuslang Rangers Renfrew Victoria Parkhead Vale of Clyde Rutherglen Glencairn Glasgow Perthshire Shettleston	22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22	10 13 12 9 8 10 7 6 9 5 6 4	9 3 4 6 8 2 6 7 1 11 4 5	3 6 6 7 6 10 9 9 12 6 12 13	35 42 45 37 29 30 37 30 25 23 24 24	21 35 20 29 26 33 33 42 40 22 42 38	29 29 28 24 24 22 20 19 19 17 16 13

Championship decided on goal average

Rutherglen Glencairn were deducted 4 points for breach of Rule

	1904-05 Division 2	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	Baillieston Thistle Benburb Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Neilston Victoria Cambuslang Hibernian Yoker Athletic Co-operative United Parkhead Athletic Levern Victoria Third Lanark Juniors	18 16 17 17 17 18 18 18 17 17	11 11 9 9 7 6 5 4 3 3	4 3 5 4 2 4 5 3 5 1	3 2 3 4 9 8 6 11 9 13	48 34 37 36 29 34 27 26 21 14	19 13 16 23 28 37 30 52 41 70	26 25 23 22 16 16 15 11 11 9

Standings as of 27 May 1905

Levern Victoria had replaced Port Juniors during the season

Neiston Victoria had replaced Fairfield Shipyard before the season

	1905-06	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14	Ashfield Strathclyde Baillieston Thistle Benburb Maryhill Rutherglen Glencairn Vale of Clyde Renfrew Victoria Petershill Shettleston Clydebank Juniors Parkhead Glasgow Perthshire Cambuslang Rangers	26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26	20 17 11 11 11 10 10 9 8 9 8 4 6 5	4 2 7 5 4 6 6 6 8 6 7 12 6 7	2 7 8 10 11 10 10 11 10 11 11 10 14 14	67 47 44 45 39 40 40 47 33 46 51 39 38 32	24 32 35 40 40 42 45 31 38 54 48 47 57 55	44 36 29 27 26 26 26 24 24 24 21 20 18 17

Clydebank Juniors were deducted 4 points for breach of Rule

	1906-07	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14	Ashfield Maryhill Clydebank Juniors Petershill Strathclyde Baillieston Thistle Shettleston Glasgow Perthshire Benburb Vale of Clyde Parkhead Rutherglen Glencairn Cambuslang Rangers Renfrew Victoria	26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26	18 18 14 12 11 13 13 8 9 8 7 6 5 5	5 2 6 6 8 3 3 7 5 4 5 4 6 6	3 6 6 8 7 10 10 11 12 14 14 16 15 15	47 65 50 53 51 60 40 49 50 31 40 34 27 52	30 36 39 39 41 48 42 43 54 45 62 48 53 69	41 38 34 30 30 29 29 23 23 20 19 16 16 14

Renfrew Victoria were deducted 4 points for breach of Rule

	1907-08 Division 1	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18	Ashfield Clydebank Juniors Maryhill Rutherglen Glencairn Strathclyde Vale of Clyde Blantyre Victoria Glasgow Perthshire Bellshill Athletic Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Cambuslang Rangers Petershill Benburb Shettleston Renfrew Victoria Burnbank Athletic Baillieston Thistle Parkhead	34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34	25 25 19 18 15 17 14 14 12 11 11 9 12 13 11 10 11 4	5 4 8 5 10 5 4 5 7 9 7 11 4 2 6 6 4 8	4 5 7 11 9 12 16 15 15 14 16 14 18 19 17 18 19 22	93 93 66 67 57 59 68 60 45 45 50 49 54 54 51 38 45 36	23 37 38 56 43 48 69 57 50 53 60 63 63 65 77 61 82 74	55 54 46 41 40 39 32 31 31 31 29 29 28 28 28 26 26 16

Glasgow Perthshire were deducted 2 points for breach of Rule

	1907-08 Division 2	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15	Yoker Athletic Dumbarton Corinthians Duntocher Hibernian Kirkintilloch Harp Cadder United Campsie St Anthony’s Levern Victoria Corkerhill Rockbank Auburn Victoria Postal & Telegraph Athletic Maryhll St Vincent Simmarians Busby Rosemount	28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28	23 20 20 16 17 13 13 10 12 8 7 8 6 6 3	1 2 2 7 5 5 4 8 1 5 6 3 4 0 3	4 6 6 5 6 10 11 10 15 15 15 17 18 22 22	109 91 91 65 84 58 52 67 68 43 45 38 42 46 24	25 40 41 32 48 58 33 44 81 55 74 85 99 84 102	47 42 42 39 39 31 30 28 25 21 20 19 16 12 9

Dumbarton Harp Juniors resigned during the season and their record was expunged.

	1908-09	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14	Ashfield Strathclyde Petershill Benburb Clydebank Juniors Rutherglen Glencairn Glasgow Perthshire Shettleston Baillieston Thistle Parkhead Cambuslang Rangers Vale of Clyde Maryhill Renfrew Victoria	26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26	17 19 12 10 10 11 11 7 10 10 6 7 8 3	7 5 9 8 8 4 3 11 5 4 8 3 1 6	2 2 5 8 8 11 12 8 11 12 12 16 17 17	51 62 48 41 51 33 45 37 44 34 32 34 25 30	16 20 29 35 45 37 44 38 58 41 42 47 51 64	41 41 33 28 28 26 25 25 25 24 20 17 17 12

Championship decided on goal average

Strathclyde were deducted 2 points for breach of Rule

	1909-10	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14	Ashfield Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Vale of Clyde Cambuslang Rangers Clydebank Juniors Rutherglen Glencairn Petershill Strathclyde Shettleston Maryhill Glasgow Perthshire Baillieston Thistle Parkhead Benburb	26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26	15 15 12 13 13 13 9 10 6 7 7 5 5 6	8 7 11 7 7 7 9 6 5 3 5 8 6 3	3 4 3 6 6 6 8 10 15 16 14 13 15 17	61 55 41 44 58 52 44 37 32 32 43 49 34 45	31 28 23 38 27 40 42 46 57 64 48 67 66 63	38 37 35 33 33 33 27 26 17 17 17 16 16 15

Glasgow Perthshire and Baillieston Thistle both had 2 points deducted for breach of Rule

	1910-11	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14	Cambuslang Rangers Strathclyde Rutherglen Glencairn Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Glasgow Perthshire Clydebank Juniors Ashfield Bellshill Athletic Vale of Clyde Parkhead Benburb Shettleston Maryhill Petershill	26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26	19 15 15 11 12 12 10 10 7 8 7 7 6 6	5 5 4 9 6 3 6 4 8 6 5 4 5 4	2 6 7 6 8 11 10 12 12 12 14 15 15 16	68 55 43 40 52 56 48 49 37 40 44 32 31 30	21 29 34 30 35 47 42 45 51 51 65 64 58 53	43 35 34 31 30 27 26 24 20 20 19 18 17 16

	1911-12	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14	Cambuslang Rangers Vale Of Clyde Clydebank Ashfield Bellshill Athletic Petershill Parkhead Glasgow Perthshire Rutherglen Glencairn Strathclyde Shettleston Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Maryhill Benburb	26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26	17 16 16 12 12 10 11 10 10 7 4 6 6 5	5 6 3 8 5 8 6 6 5 4 9 5 5 5	4 4 7 6 9 8 9 10 11 15 13 15 15 16	54 47 67 40 46 42 36 41 47 36 29 27 27 36	25 18 38 23 40 38 43 41 44 52 47 48 54 64	39 38 35 32 29 29 28 26 25 18 17 17 17 15

	1912-13	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14	Vale of Clyde Glasgow Perthshire Ashfield Benburb Shettleston Clydebank Juniors Cambuslang Rangers Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Bellshill Athletic Petershill Parkhead Strathclyde Maryhill Rutherglen Glencairn	26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26	14 12 12 11 11 11 11 9 12 10 10 9 5 3	8 8 6 8 7 7 6 8 1 5 3 5 7 5	4 6 8 7 8 8 9 9 13 11 13 12 14 18	55 43 43 44 46 46 38 48 47 36 46 41 23 27	31 39 42 34 35 38 38 40 44 38 44 52 47 55	36 32 30 30 29 29 28 26 25 25 23 23 15 11

Maryhill were deducted 2 points for breach of Rule

	1913-14	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14	Benburb Cambuslang Rangers Shettleston Strathclyde Parkhead Petershill Clydebank Juniors Bellshill Athletic Maryhill Ashfield Rutherglen Glencairn Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Vale Of Clyde Glasgow Perthshire	26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26	20 20 12 11 11 11 9 9 8 7 7 5 7 3	4 3 8 7 6 5 6 6 6 7 6 8 4 8	2 3 6 8 9 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 15 15	49 58 63 40 46 45 42 39 36 32 35 29 34 37	18 26 44 37 45 35 46 44 40 41 55 44 52 58	44 43 32 29 28 27 24 24 22 21 20 18 18 14

	1914-15	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14	Cambuslang Rangers Vale of Clyde Ashfield Petershill Parkhead Clydebank Juniors Maryhill Bellshill Athletic Glasgow Perthshire Rutherglen Glencairn Benburb Shettleston Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Strathclyde	26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26	20 16 15 15 13 13 10 9 9 5 8 7 7 0	2 7 6 4 5 1 6 6 5 11 3 4 4 5	4 3 5 7 8 12 10 11 12 10 15 15 15 21	62 48 65 54 53 48 34 43 40 34 44 35 31 14	26 26 29 24 42 48 41 50 47 50 49 50 64 59	42 39 36 34 31 27 26 24 23 21 19 18 18 5

	1915-16	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14	Cambuslang Rangers Clydebank Juniors Ashfield Strathclyde Petershill Parkhead Bellshill Athletic Rutherglen Glencairn Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Benburb Glasgow Perthshire Vale Of Clyde Maryhill Shettleston	26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26	19 17 15 14 11 11 9 8 7 6 6 6 7 4	7 4 8 7 7 7 7 8 6 6 5 5 2 5	0 5 3 5 8 8 10 10 13 14 15 15 17 17	59 54 76 47 52 46 40 34 35 42 40 25 30 20	22 32 26 27 33 35 51 39 54 58 59 58 46 60	45 38 38 35 29 29 25 24 20 18 17 17 16 13

Play off result for 2nd place Clydebank JuniorS 4 Ashfield 2

	1916-17	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Parkhead Petershill Ashfield Strathclyde Bellshill Athletic Cambuslang Rangers Vale Of Clyde Benburb Rutherglen Glencairn Larkhall Thistle Pollok Maryhill Clydebank Shettleston Glasgow Perthshire Kirkintilloch Rob Roy	30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30	23 21 20 18 15 14 15 14 12 11 8 9 6 8 5 5	3 7 2 3 6 8 5 3 4 4 7 4 6 2 5 1	4 2 8 9 9 8 10 13 14 15 15 17 18 20 20 24	93 75 72 62 67 54 40 60 45 60 45 44 37 35 30 20	30 31 32 43 43 32 43 47 51 54 62 69 63 72 88 78	49 49 42 39 36 36 35 31 28 26 23 22 18 18 15 11

Play Off

Saturday 17th June 1917 at Cathkin Park, (Third Lanark FC)

Parkhead 1 Petershill 1

Replay

Wednesday 27th June 1917 at Cathkin Park, (Third Lanark FC)

Parkhead 3 Petershill 2

Scorers: Parkhead Mathie(12), Kennedy(55), Kerr (89pen)

Petershill: Durward(11), McDonald(75)

	1917-18	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Vale of Clyde Ashfield Parkhead Rutherglen Glencairn Larkhall Thistle Pollok Cambuslang Rangers Petershill Strathclyde Bellshill Athletic Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Maryhill Benburb Glasgow Perthshire Clydebank Shettleston	30 30 27 30 30 30 29 30 30 30 30 29 30 30 29 30	19 17 20 17 19 16 13 13 12 9 7 8 7 5 5 4	7 8 2 6 1 7 7 7 9 8 8 4 6 5 3 4	4 5 5 7 10 7 9 10 9 13 15 17 17 20 21 22	67 77 74 63 87 65 49 63 52 49 35 35 21 29 27 27	31 41 28 43 41 41 34 43 52 54 49 65 54 86 73 85	45 42 42 40 39 39 33 33 33 26 22 20 20 15 13 12

Parkhead's fixtures were not completed as they were suspended by the SJFA.

	1918-19	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Rutherglen Glencairn Ashfield Pollok Petershill St. Mirren Juniors Vale of Clyde Larkhall Thistle Benburb Parkhead Cambuslang Rangers Bellshill Athletic Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Maryhill Glasgow Perthshire Clydebank Strathclyde	30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30	22 20 18 14 15 12 15 11 12 10 12 10 8 6 6 5	4 5 4 9 5 10 2 7 5 8 3 7 5 6 3 5	4 5 8 7 10 8 13 12 13 12 15 13 17 18 21 20	84 74 63 61 62 56 59 60 44 40 52 37 47 30 30 30	31 30 30 32 36 47 64 65 50 42 71 56 64 60 71 79	48 45 40 37 35 34 32 29 29 28 27 27 21 18 15 15

	1919-20	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Vale of Clyde Petershill Ashfield Larkhall Thistle Cambuslang Rangers Pollok Parkhead Benburb Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Rutherglen Glencairn St. Mirren Juniors Strathclyde Bellshill Athletic Glasgow Perthshire Clydebank Maryhill	30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30	23 21 19 19 15 14 14 10 10 10 9 9 8 6 4 6	2 3 4 2 6 7 7 7 5 4 6 6 7 7 10 3	5 6 7 9 9 9 9 13 15 16 15 15 15 17 16 21	67 62 79 73 75 62 60 48 45 40 41 39 44 39 38 36	25 38 40 50 66 36 40 49 64 51 59 62 59 67 73 69	48 45 42 40 36 35 35 27 25 24 24 24 23 19 18 15

	1920-21	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Ashfield Benburb Cambuslang Rangers Pollok Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Rutherglen Glencairn Vale of Clyde Larkhall Thistle Parkhead Clydebank Bellshill Athletic Renfrew Petershill Strathclyde Maryhill Glasgow Perthshire	30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30	18 16 19 15 14 14 12 14 12 11 9 9 8 7 7 4	6 9 2 7 8 6 10 4 7 9 6 6 6 8 4 4	5 5 9 8 8 10 8 12 11 10 15 15 16 15 19 22	68 67 59 52 55 57 53 65 53 52 45 39 48 38 39 29	39 37 42 34 43 42 43 55 52 48 60 53 60 60 83 75	42 41 40 37 36 34 34 32 31 31 24 24 22 22 18 12

	1921-22	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18	Rutherglen Glencairn Parkhead Bellshill Athletic Cambuslang Rangers Kirkintiloch Rob Roy Shawfield Renfrew Pollok Vale of Clyde Larkhall Thistle Strathclyde Ashfield Clydebank Glasgow Perthshire Shettleston Maryhill Petershill Benburb	34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34	21 19 20 17 16 16 17 14 11 14 13 10 11 9 11 6 6 7	8 11 7 9 7 5 3 4 10 3 5 10 6 10 5 12 12 9	5 4 7 8 11 13 14 16 13 17 16 14 17 15 18 16 16 18	70 67 76 66 66 81 61 54 50 61 64 53 50 53 46 48 37 37	27 26 46 45 50 55 58 56 53 69 77 71 64 72 62 71 69 69	50 49 47 43 39 37 37 32 32 31 31 30 28 28 27 24 24 23

	1922-23 Division 1	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Strathclyde Shettleston Rutherglen Glencairn Pollok St Roch’s Cambuslang Rangers Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Benburb Ashfield St Anthony’s Bellshill Athletic Shawfield Maryhill Vale of Clyde Renfrew Clydebank Juniors Larkhall Thistle Glasgow Perthshire Parkhead Petershill	38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38	21 22 20 19 16 15 14 12 15 12 13 13 12 13 12 10 12 12 12 10	10 7 9 10 15 10 9 13 7 12 10 10 10 8 9 14 7 6 6 8	7 9 9 9 7 13 15 13 16 14 15 15 16 17 17 14 19 20 20 20	73 75 82 75 63 56 66 58 65 67 55 55 75 63 53 61 56 53 42 48	39 49 53 66 48 56 65 57 59 63 66 66 78 72 62 65 71 73 67 75	52 51 49 48 47 40 37 37 37 36 36 36 34 34 33 32 31 30 30 28

Clydebank Juniors were deducted 2 points for breach of Rule

	1922-23 Division 2	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2	Shettleston Celtic Barclay Curle Athletic Anderston Armstrong & Main Baillieston Battlefield Blythswood Thistle Coatbridge Celtic Duncan Stewart’s Glenboig St Joseph’s 5th Highland Light Infantry Johnstone Rovers Rutherglen Waverley Simon’s Athletic Tollcross St Joseph’s Townhead

Ex-Navalmen and St Mirren Juniors both withdrew, the latter possibly in August before playing a game.

	1923-24	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Shettleston Rutherglen Glencairn Strathclyde St Anthony’s Renfrew Parkhead Shawfield Maryhill St Roch’s Pollok Petershill Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Larkhall Thistle Ashfield Benburb Bellshill Athletic Vale of Clyde Glasgow Perthshire Clydebank Juniors Cambuslang Rangers	38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38	23 24 21 19 20 19 18 19 16 12 13 12 13 13 11 15 13 7 8 9	7 4 4 8 5 7 8 4 9 15 11 11 8 7 11 3 5 10 8 5	8 10 13 11 13 12 12 15 13 11 14 15 17 18 16 20 20 21 22 24	70 80 70 61 64 68 79 56 57 71 58 57 65 57 47 68 54 46 54 55	35 52 49 43 46 54 62 64 50 62 67 70 66 67 61 91 61 66 91 80	53 52 46 46 45 45 44 42 41 39 37 35 34 33 33 33 31 24 24 21

Cambuslang Rangers were deducted 2 points for fielding an ineligible player

	1924-25	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Rt Roch’s Parkhead Rutherglen Glencairn Strathclyde Maryhill Cambuslang Rangers Renfrew St Anthony’s Shawfield Ashfield Shettleston Larkhall Thistle Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Pollok Petershill Vale of Clyde Glasgow Perthshire Benburb Bellshill Athletic Clydebank Juniors	38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38	30 28 18 20 20 18 17 18 15 15 14 13 15 14 10 12 11 10 8 4	7 8 14 9 6 7 8 4 9 8 9 10 4 4 12 6 3 5 7 0	1 2 6 9 12 13 13 16 14 15 15 15 19 20 16 20 24 23 23 34	83 92 92 74 75 102 65 77 79 71 65 67 58 69 47 56 51 52 52 38	26 33 63 53 52 67 63 64 68 63 50 72 69 88 62 92 87 69 95 129	65 64 50 49 46 43 42 40 39 38 37 36 34 32 32 30 25 25 23 8

St Roch’s had 2 points deducted for a registration infringement

Third re-election place play-off

Glasgow Perthshire v Benburb 2-0

	1925-26	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Rt Roch’s Strathclyde Ashfield Parkhead St Anthony’s Renfrew Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Bellshill Athletic Shettleston Petershill Benburb Rutherglen Glencairn Shawfield Vale of Clyde Glasgow Perthshire Maryhill Cambuslang Rangers Larkhall Thistle Pollok Clydebank Juniors	38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38	25 25 26 20 19 19 19 17 16 16 15 15 15 13 11 12 12 10 8 2	6 6 3 6 6 6 5 8 6 6 8 6 6 9 10 8 8 5 3 9	7 7 9 12 13 13 14 13 16 16 15 17 17 16 17 18 18 23 27 27	105 118 120 84 86 84 83 94 78 88 66 82 84 74 80 63 74 82 84 51	46 57 62 70 70 69 80 77 71 85 70 83 88 87 95 75 99 136 125 135	56 56 55 46 44 44 43 42 38 38 38 36 36 35 32 32 32 25 19 13

Championship Play-off

St Roch’s v Strathclyde 4-4, 3-1

	1926-27	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Shettleston Strathclyde Petershill St Roch’s Shawfield Cambuslang Rangers St Anthony’s Rutherglen Glencairn Benburb Maryhill Ashfield Parkhead Clydebank Juniors Bellshill Athletic Larkhall Thistle Glasgow Perthshire Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Renfrew Pollok Vale of Clyde	38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38	25 25 21 20 20 18 19 18 17 17 17 15 16 13 13 13 11 10 9 4	8 5 7 6 6 8 4 5 6 6 7 7 4 7 6 5 6 5 5 5	5 8 10 12 12 12 15 15 15 15 14 16 18 18 19 20 21 23 24 29	110 129 88 86 100 82 71 83 98 62 71 65 79 76 79 80 69 66 65 49	63 56 57 69 87 63 65 80 83 66 78 58 87 92 98 96 101 95 98 116	58 55 49 46 46 44 42 41 40 40 39 37 36 33 32 31 28 25 23 13

Ashfield were deducted 2 points for fielding an ineligible player

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