South Ayrshire Junior Football
League
(Known as Ayrshire Southern League
(1926-27) and Ayrshire Junior League (1928-1931))
1920-1932
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See also Contibutors Jim McCaulie Martin Bain Jackie Heaney Stewart Davidson |
This league was formed by members of the
Ayr & District Junior League (founded 1899) and the remnants of the
Cumnock & District Junior League, which had been in abeyance since 1914. In 1926 the League absorbed the Ayr &
District Junior League and renamed themselves the
Ayrshire Southern League and formed into two sections based on geographical
location. The winners of both sections to play off for the championship. In the close season of the 1927-28 the
Ayr & District Junior League had been recruiting clubs to their fold so
the league could make a comeback, and a number of the SAL clubs had been
taking an interest. This would have led the SAL with only 3 clubs, so the SAL
secretary Mr Blair held a number of meetings with the SJFA and the Ayr &
District Junior League and managed to amalgamate the two bodies under the
name The Ayrshire Junior League, as it was the only league in the county
still loyal to the SJFA in the Intermediate dispute. Ayrshire Junior League
was to be the name of the league from 1928-1931. For the final season,
1931-32, it reverted back to South Ayrshire League as by then all the Ayr
clubs had folded. |
South Ayrshire
Junior League champions
1920-21 Auchinleck Talbot 1921-22
New Cumnock United 1922-23 New Cumnock
United 1923-24 New Cumnock
United 1924-25
Muirkirk Athletic 1925-26
Cumnock 1926-27
Lugar Boswell 1927-28
Cronberry Eglinton 1928-29
Kello Rovers 1929-30
Cumnock 1930-31
Glenafton Athletic 1931-32
Glenafton Athletic |
West
section
- - - - - - Burnfoothill Primrose - - - - - |
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|
1920-21 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
|
1 2 3 4 5 6 |
Auchinleck Talbot New
Cumnock United Catrine Muirkirk Ex-Services
Athletic Kello Rovers Cumnock |
9 5 2 2 4 3 |
6 3 1 0 0 0 |
1 1 0 1 1 0 |
2 1 1 1 3 3 |
17 7 3 3 3 4 |
9 4 3 5 6 7 |
13 7 2 1 1 0 |
|
|
1921-22 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
|
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
New
Cumnock United Auchinleck Talbot Cumnock Glenbuck Cherrypickers Muirkirk Ex-Services
Athletic Kello Rovers Catrine |
12 12 12 12 12 11 11 |
8 9 7 6 3 2 2 |
3 0 2 1 1 0 0 |
1 3 3 5 8 9 9 |
27 24 19 32 14 11 12 |
8 15 12 14 19 31 36 |
19 18 16 13 7 4 4 |
|
|
1922-23 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
|
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
New
Cumnock United Auchinleck Talbot Cumnock Muirkirk Ex-Services
Athletic Kello Rovers Glenbuck Cherrypickers Cronberry Eglinton |
12 12 12 12 12 12 12 |
9 5 6 5 4 4 2 |
2 5 0 2 2 2 1 |
1 2 6 5 6 6 9 |
21 21 30 22 20 19 8 |
9 8 20 29 23 23 28 |
20 15 12 12 10 10 5 |
|
|
1923-24 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
|
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 |
New
Cumnock United Cumnock Muirkirk Ex-Services
Athletic Auchinleck Talbot Glenbuck Cherrypickers Kello Rovers Cronberry Eglinton Skares |
14 14 14 14 14 13 13 14 |
9 8 7 7 7 5 2 2 |
3 2 2 2 1 3 2 1 |
2 4 5 5 6 5 9 11 |
41 33 36 31 32 23 15 13 |
17 20 23 25 20 27 47 44 |
21 18 16 16 15 13 6 5 |
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|
1924-25 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
|
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 |
Muirkirk Ex-Services
Athletic Kello Rovers Cumnock Auchinleck Talbot New
Cumnock United Glenbuck Cherrypickers Cronberry Eglinton Hurlford Thistle |
14 12 13 14 13 12 10 14 |
11 9 8 5 6 3 2 0 |
1 0 2 5 2 2 2 0 |
2 3 3 4 5 7 6 14 |
28 27 26 26 17 15 8 8 |
14 12 15 19 21 19 25 31 |
23 18 18 15 14 8 6 0 |
Hurlford Thistle only played 9 games, when they opted out of the league all the
clubs they still had to meet were given the 2 points.
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|
1925-26 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
|
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 |
Cumnock Muirkirk Ex-Services
Athletic New
Cumnock United Auchinleck Talbot Cronberry Eglinton Kello Rovers Glenbuck Cherrypickers Mossblown Rangers |
14 14 12 11 14 9 10 10 |
11 10 5 4 4 1 2 2 |
2 2 3 3 2 4 0 0 |
1 2 4 4 8 4 8 8 |
48 50 37 23 26 17 18 23 |
16 29 26 26 38 23 36 48 |
24 22 13 11 10 6 4 4 |
Final Table. League was wound up after championship decided.
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|
1926-27
East section |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
|
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 |
Lugar
Boswell Kello Rovers Muirkirk Ex-Services
Athletic Cumnock Auchinleck Talbot Galston Juniors New
Cumnock United Cronberry Eglinton |
13 13 12 12 10 11 8 5 |
9 6 5 6 4 3 2 0 |
1 2 3 0 1 3 2 2 |
3 5 4 6 5 5 4 3 |
38 32 21 29 17 19 12 4 |
14 22 20 25 17 34 21 16 |
19 14 13 12 9 9 6 2 |
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|
1926-27
West section |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
|
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 |
Burnfoothill Primrose Girvan
Annbank Primrose Benquhat Heatherbell Dailly Thistle Glenfield Springside Thistle Mossblown Rangers |
8 8 7 7 7 5 2 0 |
5 3 4 3 1 1 0 0 |
2 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 |
1 2 3 3 3 4 2 0 |
18 14 14 15 7 9 3 0 |
13 11 21 17 18 15 5 0 |
12 9 8 7 5 2 0 0 |
Championship:
Lugar Boswell beat Burnfoothill Primrose 3-0 at Rosebank
Park, Lugar Boswell, during the 1927-28 season.
The bottom 3 clubs in the
West Section all folded during the season. Again both sections were wound up
for the season when both sections were won.
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|
1927-28 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
|
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 |
Cronberry Eglinton Kello Rovers Burnfoothill Primrose Lugar
Boswell Girvan Dalmellington United Auchinleck Talbot New
Cumnock United Annbank Primrose |
14 15 12 12 15 11 13 10 10 |
12 10 6 6 5 4 2 2 2 |
1 2 2 1 1 1 5 2 1 |
1 3 4 5 9 6 6 6 7 |
35 48 16 28 34 26 16 13 22 |
9 26 15 28 45 31 31 23 30 |
25 22 14 13 11 9 9 6 5 |
This was the final table as
the SAL wound up the league in April as too many clubs were near financial
collapse and it was "needless and unfair to make teams play matches that
were unimportant."
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|
1928-29 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
|
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 |
Kello Rovers Cronberry Eglinton Benquhat Heatherbell Lugar
Boswell Dalmellington United Burnfoothill Primrose Girvan
Irvine
LMS |
14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 |
11 9 8 7 5 4 2 0 |
2 2 4 1 3 3 3 2 |
1 3 2 6 6 7 9 12 |
54 44 41 38 27 23 22 11 |
19 15 20 31 35 35 46 59 |
24 20 20 15 13 11 7 2 |
LMS=London, Midland
Scottish - a railwayworkers club
Annbank Primrose played 2 games losing 4-1 to Kello
and drawing 1-1 with Lugar, before asking to leave the league in February as
they had no support to mention. The points were annexed by the league.
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|
1929-30 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
|
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
Cumnock Kello Rovers Benquhat Heatherbell Lugar
Boswell Auchinleck Talbot Dalmellington United Cronberry Eglinton |
12 12 12 12 12 12 12 |
9 8 8 3 3 2 1 |
1 2 1 4 2 3 3 |
2 2 3 5 7 7 8 |
35 33 35 26 18 17 19 |
17 14 24 27 31 28 42 |
19 18 17 10 8 7 5 |
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|
1930-31 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
|
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 |
Glenafton Athletic Glenbuck Cherrypickers Auchinleck Talbot Cronberry Eglinton Cumnock Kello Rovers Dalmellington United Lugar
Boswell |
14 13 13 13 12 11 12 12 |
11 9 6 4 3 2 3 1 |
2 3 3 4 4 3 0 3 |
1 1 4 5 5 6 9 8 |
54 36 34 17 18 11 14 15 |
16 17 26 28 16 32 22 33 |
24 21 15 12 10 7 6 3 |
Benquhat Heatherbell played 5 games
W2 D1 L2 before folding in January 1931 due to financial problems,
all points were annexed by the league
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|
1931-32 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
|
1 2 3 4 5 6 |
Glenafton Athletic Cumnock Auchinleck Talbot Cronberry Eglinton Kello Rovers Lugar
Boswell |
10 10 9 7 6 8 |
7 5 3 3 1 1 |
3 3 2 0 3 1 |
0 2 4 4 2 6 |
35 18 18 10 6 7 |
6 16 18 19 18 15 |
17 13 8 6 5 3 |
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