It comes after teams at all levels of adult football were ordered to stop training until August 24 following Covid-19 safety breaches in Scotland’s top flight. Thanks to Ayr United FC for their support in hosting this match. Also runners-up in the Western Intermediate League on 1 occasion. The Ayrshire Junior Football League, known as the Western Junior League from 1919 until 1968, was a football league competition operated in Ayrshire under the Scottish Junior Football Association which operated until a merger in 2002. Records from the 1919–1968 era are incomplete as per cited sources; not all runners-up are accounted for (missing South section finalist when winner was from North section). Some local cups still retained the link to Ayrshire. Formed in 1891 by Annbank, Ayr Parkhouse, Beith, Galston, Irvine, Kilwinning Monkcastle, Mauchline, Newmilns, Saltcoats Victoria and Stevenston Thistle F.C. Ayrshire football: Management team forced to play themselves after players go AWOL Gaffer had to borrow boots to make up the numbers as depleted side suffered 13-0 hammering. A lower division of the West Region was designated specifically for legacy Ayrshire clubs in parallel with two for Central clubs, until 2018 when it was decided to organise all divisions on a regional basis. Terms & Conditions, Privacy, 33624197 | 52084024, Ayrshire AFA LFM - Thursday 10th September 2020, Ayrshire AFA AGM - Thursday 27th August 2020, Ayrshire AFA LFM - Thursday 10th September 2020 - Notification of Ayrshire AFA Leagues Formation Meeting 2020/21, Ayrshire AFA AGM - Thursday 27th August 2020 - Notification of Ayrshire AFA AGM 2020. In 1968 the Junior football system across Scotland was reorganised, with Lanarkshire's league merging with the Central setup. It was at this point that Auchinleck Talbot, Scottish Cup winners in the 1940s but never a consistent force and without a major trophy in several years, rose to dominate the Junior grade at both regional and national levels, which generally continued into the 21st century.[3]. The politician believes there is next to no chance … The Scottish Junior Football Association is affiliated to the Scottish Football Association and administers the Junior grade of association football in Scotland. The membership was soon expanded in 1934 with a group of clubs from south-east Ayrshire whose local league had folded[2] (clubs in the north had been reluctant to admit them previously due to travel difficulties involved, a factor which had also prevented local clubs joining other leagues such as the Scottish Junior Football League in the past). The Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) is an association football league in … The league was formed in the aftermath of World War I, primarily from clubs in the territory which today is North Ayrshire that had participated in smaller leagues such as the Irvine & District competition. Ayrshire Football League is a defunct soccer league in Scotland. The Ayrshire Football League continued with a less powerful membership but finally disbanded in 1895. Also won the Western Intermediate League on 2 occasions. The divisional setup remained until 2002, when the largest clubs in Ayrshire and Central merged under a two-tier Super League within a new Scottish Junior Football Association, West Region to increase the number of lucrative matches to be played between them (the three regions in the east of the country did likewise). Share Ayrshire Schools FA are delighted to host the international Under 18 Schools Match beteeen Scotland and The Republic of Ireland on Thursday 28th March. By 1893 the Ayrshire Football League had increased to 16 clubs. Ayrshire AFA League Page. Ayrshire AFA LFM - Thursday 10th September 2020 - Notification of Ayrshire AFA Leagues Formation Meeting 2020/21 The Scottish Junior Football Ayrshire Division One (also known as the Ayrshire District League) was the third-tier division of the West Region of the Scottish Junior Football Association. Also won the Western Intermediate League on 1 occasion. Kick off 7pm at Somerset Park in Ayr. The dispute was resolved in 1931 and the Western League resumed alongside a new Central League for the Glasgow clubs, with the former Scottish Intermediate Cup which had been contested between them now named the West of Scotland Junior Cup as an additional trophy to the Scottish Cup, with clubs from the Lanarkshire Junior Football League also taking part. For some, this was too many and the likelihood of playing to small crowds was irksome. The two highest-placed teams at the end of the season were promoted to the Super League First Division. Defunct football competitions in Scotland. [1] After only a few years of operation, the Western clubs became embroiled in the Intermediate dispute relating to compensation payments due to clubs joining Scottish Football League teams, and along with the larger and more powerful Glasgow Junior Football League, broke away from the SJFA and its flagship tournament, the Scottish Junior Cup in 1927 to form a rival Intermediate Association, although still playing in a separate division from the Glasgow clubs.