Stirlingshire Junior Football League
1893-94,
1900-1928 & 1932-33
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The Stirlingshire Junior League was first
mentioned in 1893-94 when two of the competitors were Alva Athletic (from
Clackmannanshire) and St Ninians Thistle. The league was revived in 1900, and
clubs from the ‘Wee County’ featured heavily after 1909 when the
Clackmannanshire Junior FA disbanded. The league was played for until 1928 when
many of its clubs joined the Scottish Junior League during the Intermediate
dispute. It briefly reformed in 1932, but lasted just a season as many clubs
preferred the opposition of the SJL. As well as featuring a Second Division
for a time, the league also organized a League Cup competition. The league was very popular and could
attract a great many clubs. Unfortunately this, coupled with the plethora of
cups up for grab invariably left many teams failing to fulfil all their
matches. In 1923-24 the league came up with a novel way to encourage clubs to
complete their fixtures. The new rule stated that the top four clubs at the
end of the season would play off for the title. However only matches where
both home and away games had been played would count towards the final points
tally. Also teams had to have completed over half their fixtures. This led to
farcical situations such as St Ninians Thistle turning up for a game with
only half a team.
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1893-94 |
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F |
A |
Pts |
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1900-01 Dunipace |
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A |
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1901-02 Dunipace Airth Castle Rangers Cowie Wanderers Denny Athletic Forth Rangers Gairdoch Grange Rovers Longcroft Thistle Rising Star St Ninians Thistle Stenhousemuir Hearts Vale of Carron |
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W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
Longcroft Thistle and Rising Thistle may not have
played full season
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1902-03 Dunipace Grange Rovers Vale of Carron Denny Athletic Stenhousemuir
Hearts Banknock Cowie
Wanderers St Ninians
Thistle Rising Star Forth Rangers Gairdoch East Plean
United |
P
14 15 16 8 10 13 13 13 12 9 13 11 |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts 25 23 23 14 12 11 10 9 8 6 4 3 |
Table as at 21 March
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1903-04 Dunipace |
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F |
A |
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1904-05 Dunipace |
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A |
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1905-06
First Division Vale of Carron |
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L |
F |
A |
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1905-06
Second Division Bannockburn |
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A |
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1906-07
First Division Dunipace |
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F |
A |
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1906-07
Second Division |
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1907-08
First Division Dunipace Bannockburn Bonnybridge Thistle Cowie Wanderers Denny Athletic East Plean United Forth Rangers Grange Rovers Kilsyth Emmet Longcroft Thistle St Ninians Thistle Stenhousemuir Hearts Vale of Carron |
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L |
F |
A |
Pts |
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1907-08
Second Division |
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D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
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1908-09 Dunipace Bannockburn Bonnybridge Athletic Camelon Camelon Athletic Cowie Wanderers Denny Athletic Denny Hibernian Dunipace East Plean United Forth Rangers Grange Rovers Kilsyth Emmet Longcroft Thistle Vale of Carron |
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L |
F |
A |
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1908-09
Second Division |
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F |
A |
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1909-10
First Division
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D |
L |
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A |
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Kilsyth
Emmet Bannockburn Camelon Cowie Wanderers Denny Athletic Denny Hibernian Dunipace East Plean United Forth Rangers Grange Rovers Longcroft Thistle Vale of Carron |
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1909-10
Second Division |
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W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
Sauchie
Alva
Albion Rangers Banknock Slamannan
Strollers Bonnybridge
Athletic Stenhousemuir
Juniors Clackmannan
Juniors Linlithgow
Rose Airth
Castle Rovers Bonnybridge
Thistle Fallin
Hibernian Dollar
United |
23 23 20 18 19 20 14 15 17 14 15 14 |
16 12 12 7 6 6 5 5 4 3 3 2 |
4 3 1 1 2 3 3 1 2 3 2 1 |
3 8 7 10 11 11 6 9 11 8 8 9 |
67 52 34 21 25 31 24 19 16 15 13 27 |
14 30 21 45 30 39 19 18 47 20 31 35 |
36 27 25 15 14 13 13 11 10 9 8 5 |
Last known table
Stenhousemuir Juniors had 2 points deducted
for breach of Rule.
Calder's Brilliant XI disbanded during the
season.
Cumbernauld withdrew during the season.
Oakvale were suspended on 27 December 1909.
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1910-11 First Division |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
Denny
Hibernian
Longcroft Thistle Dunipace Grange Rovers Kilsyth Emmet Bannockburn Forth Rangers Denny Athletic East Plean United Cowie Wanderers Sauchie Banknock |
21 22 19 18 16 19 21 17 19 19 21 20 |
15 11 11 10 9 6 6 7 5 5 5 4 |
1 7 4 2 3 5 5 2 6 4 2 3 |
5 4 4 6 4 8 10 8 8 10 14 13 |
40 43 43 37 27 30 24 24 14 22 25 5 |
20 21 22 25 19 37 43 19 20 31 49 14 |
31 29 26 22 21 17 17 16 16 14 12 11 |
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1910-11 Second Division |
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D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
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Croy Celtic Alva Albion Rangers Vale of Carron Alloa Our Boys Tillicoultry Athletic Bonnybridge Athletic Airth Castle Rovers Slamannan Swifts |
14 11 11 12 10 9 5 4 |
10 9 7 4 3 1 1 0 |
1 0 1 3 2 2 0 1 |
3 2 3 5 5 6 4 3 |
28 30 28 25 19 10 5 2 |
17 10 15 19 24 23 14 19 |
21 18 15 11 8 4 2 1 |
Lochside were suspended on 5 November 1910
Park and
Linlithgow Rose may have also competed for a while.
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1911-12 First Division |
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D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
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Dunipace Denny Hibernian Forth Rangers Longcroft Thistle Grange Rovers Cowie Wanderers Laurieston Villa Banknock Alloa Ramblers Bannockburn Celtic Sauchie |
20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |
16 15 11 11 9 8 7 6 3 2 2 |
1 3 4 3 5 6 3 5 1 2 1 |
3 2 5 6 6 6 10 9 16 13 17 |
52 68 39 38 40 42 19 22 15 24 8 |
15 19 28 18 34 34 39 44 30 54 38 |
33 33 26 25 23 22 17 17 7 6 5 |
Alva Albion Rovers’
results were expunged
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1911-12 Second Division |
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D |
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A |
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Banknock Laurieston Vale Alloa
Our Boys
Sauchie Tillicoultry Athletic |
14 15 15 15 13 |
6 7 6 5 5 |
4 2 3 4 1 |
4 6 6 6 7 |
34 23 25 23 18 |
23 24 27 19 30 |
16 16 15 14 11 |
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1912-13 First Division |
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D |
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A |
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Kilsyth Emmet Longcroft Thistle Denny Athletic Alva Albion Rovers Cowie Wanderers Grange Rovers Denny Hibernian Dunipace Vale of Carron Forth Rangers East Plean United Bannockburn Celtic |
22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 |
15 15 13 13 11 10 10 10 7 5 4 0 |
3 2 6 2 4 4 4 1 4 2 3 3 |
4 5 3 7 7 8 8 11 11 15 15 19 |
54 54 48 46 36 47 27 36 26 23 21 12 |
26 20 20 26 29 33 26 38 60 55 73 28 |
33 32 32 28 26 24 24 21 18 12 11 3 |
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1912-13
Second Division Banknock Laurieston
Villa Alloa
Ramblers Sauchie Vale
of Carron Bainsford |
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D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
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1913-14 |
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D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
Dunipace
Alva Albion Rangers Banknock Cowie Wanderers Denny Hibernian Bannockburn Celtic Denny Athletic Forth Rangers Grange Rovers Laurieston Villa Seafield Athletic |
16 19 19 16 18 19 17 16 17 15 18 |
13 10 9 8 10 5 5 7 8 2 3 |
1 6 5 6 1 2 4 4 2 3 2 |
2 3 5 2 7 12 8 5 7 10 13 |
42 36 31 31 39 29 24 36 23 11 19 |
17 21 17 16 29 42 26 25 19 44 46 |
27 26 23 22 21 12 14 18 18 7 8 |
Coalsnaughton Athletic and Longcroft
Thistle may also have competed for a time.
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1914-15 California Celtic |
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1915-16 California Celtic |
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1919-20 Dunipace |
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1920-21 Dunipace |
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1921-22 Dunipace |
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1923-23 Dunipace Alva Albion Rangers Banknock Bannockburn United Bonnybridge Thistle California United Camelon Castings Cowie Wanderers Denny Hibernian Dunblane Rovers Forth Rangers Grange Rovers Kings Park Juniors Longcroft Thistle Plean Polmont Athletic St Ninians Thistle Stirling Emmet Vale of Grange |
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A |
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1923-24 Dunipace |
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A |
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1924-25 Alva Albion Rangers |
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1925-26 Grange Rovers |
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1926-27 Grange Rovers |
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1927-28 Camelon |
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1932-33 Clackmannan |
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Source: Eric Thompson, John Meffen and
Stewart Davidson
