Glasgow Junior League

including the Glasgow Junior League Cup and Glasgow 2nd XI Junior League

Page created: 27 August 2020

Updated: 1 October 2021

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. A 2nd XI GJL was also organised between 1897 and 1899.

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 Junior 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 Junior League. The new Division One 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 Junior League was also sanctioned.

The voting to decide on the make-up of the new Division One 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 Two.

The Second Division included many of the top district teams outside the Lanarkshire Junior 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 Lanark RV, 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, who were 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 FA (GJFA), which was of course dominated by the GJL clubs. The GJFA played a leading role in the formation of the Scottish Junior FA (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 GJFA 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 GJFA 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 Junior 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 own 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 Scottish Central Junior League although the spirit of the GJL lived on. Its champion club were awarded the Evening Times Trophy, and the Central Junior League's first gathering in 1932 was described as the 32nd AGM.

This 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 Scottish Junior Football Cup and League Competitions. (June 2006). 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).

Winners
Glasgow Junior League 1895-96 Cambuslang Hibernian 1896-97 Strathclyde 1897-98 Parkhead 1898-99 Rutherglen Glencairn 1899-00 Vale of Clyde 1900-01 Parkhead/Maryhill 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 Glasgow 2nd XI Junior League 1897-98 Maryhill 1898-99 Parkhead 2nd XI	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 1905-1907 no competition 1907-08 Yoker Athletic 1908-1923 no competition 1923-24 Shettleston Celtic Glasgow Junior League Cup finals 1921-22 Strathclyde v Clydebank Juniors 2-1 1922-23 Strathclyde v Pollok 3-0 1923-24 Kirkintilloch Rob Roy v St Roch's 4-2 1924-25 St Roch's v Benburb 3-0 1925-26 Shawfield v Strathclyde 3-2 1926-27 Ashfield v Strathclyde 2-0

1895-96 Glasgow Junior League

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Cambuslang Hibernian	14	9	3	2	42	21	21
Strathclyde	14	8	3	3	58	32	19
Parkhead	14	8	3	3	49	28	19
Jordanhill	14	7	1	6	32	32	15
Maryhill	14	5	3	6	47	47	13
St Mungo	14	4	1	9	20	52	9
Vale of Clyde	14	2	4	8	27	38	8
Crown Athletic	13	2	4	7	26	52	8
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Crown Athletic played one match as Oatlands (2-3 v Parkhead) before reverting to their original name following the collapse of their merger with Benburb

Glasgow Perthshire withdrew before the season began

Cambuslang Hibernian had replaced Ashfield who withdrew before the season began

1896-1897 Glasgow Junior League

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Strathclyde	14	12	1	1	69	19	25
Cambuslang Hibernian	14	12	0	2	53	30	24
Benburb	14	8	0	6	37	37	16
Parkhead	14	7	1	6	44	38	15
Crown Athletic	14	6	0	8	29	53	12
Vale of Clyde	14	5	0	9	32	46	10
Jordanhill	14	5	0	9	31	36	10
St Mungo	14	0	0	14	19	70	0
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1897-98 Glasgow Junior League

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

1897-98 Glasgow 2nd XI Junior League

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

Rutherglen Glencairn were deducted 2 points

1898-99 Glasgow Junior League

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

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Parkhead 2nd XI	11	8	0	3	33	16	16
Maryhill 2nd XI	13	6	2	5	31	31	14
Vale of Clyde 2nd XI	11	5	2	4	28	27	12
Rutherglen Glencairn 2nd XI	11	5	0	6	24	28	10
Strathclyde 2nd XI	12	4	2	6	29	35	10
Petershill 2nd XI	9	4	1	4	28	35	9
Ashfield 2nd XI	12	3	4	5	24	28	8
Glasgow Perthshire 2nd XI	8	2	1	5	16	21	1
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Table as of 29 April 1899

Ashfield were deducted 2 points

Glasgow Perthshire were deducted 4 points

Parkhead 2nd XI were eventual champions

1899-1900 Glasgow Junior League

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Vale of Clyde	14	9	5	0	41	19	23
Glasgow Perthshire	14	10	1	3	35	21	21
Strathclyde	14	8	3	3	40	23	19
Rutherglen Glencairn	14	5	4	5	25	24	14
Parkhead	14	4	4	6	27	33	12
Cambuslang Hibernian	14	3	4	7	21	39	10
Maryhill	14	2	3	9	18	33	7
Ashfield	14	2	2	10	27	42	6
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1900-01 Glasgow Junior League

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

Maryhill v Parkhead 2-2

Championship shared

1901-02 Glasgow Junior League

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Rutherglen Glencairn	18	12	4	2	53	19	28
Parkhead	18	9	6	3	52	31	24
Glasgow Perthshire	18	8	5	5	34	37	21
Strathclyde	18	8	3	7	46	36	19
Petershill	18	7	4	7	46	39	18
Cambuslang Hibernian	18	8	2	8	39	41	18
Vale of Clyde	18	6	4	8	44	48	16
Maryhill	18	5	5	8	35	41	15
Ashfield	18	6	2	10	39	57	14
Co-operative United	18	3	1	14	24	62	7
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1902-03 Glasgow Junior League

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Parkhead	18	14	1	3	48	27	29
Petershill	18	13	2	3	65	24	28
Glasgow Perthshire	18	13	2	3	54	20	28
Strathclyde	18	8	4	6	33	25	20
Renfrew Victoria	18	7	3	8	40	43	17
Maryhill	18	7	2	9	29	33	16
Vale of Clyde	18	4	6	8	35	54	14
Cambuslang Hibernian	18	6	2	10	37	48	14
Rutherglen Glencairn	18	4	3	11	29	45	11
Ashfield	18	0	3	15	25	66	3
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1903-04 Glasgow Junior League

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Maryhill	18	11	4	3	32	19	26
Petershill	18	11	1	6	50	40	23
Parkhead	18	8	4	6	34	34	20
Renfrew Victoria	18	10	0	8	33	35	20
Glasgow Perthshire	18	7	3	8	22	24	19
Strathclyde	18	7	3	8	35	29	17
Rutherglen Glencairn	18	7	2	9	23	22	16
Ashfield	18	5	6	7	34	37	16
Vale of Clyde	18	5	2	11	28	42	12
Cambuslang Hibernian	18	6	1	11	29	38	11
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Glasgow Perthshire were awarded 2 points

Cambuslang Hibernian were deducted 2 points

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1904-05 Glasgow Junior League

Division 1

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

Maryhill won the championship on goal average

Division 2

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
7	18	11	4	3	48	19	26
Benburb	16	11	3	2	34	13	25
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy	17	9	5	3	37	16	23
Neilston Victoria	17	9	4	4	36	23	22
Cambuslang Hibernian	18	7	2	9	29	28	16
Yoker Athletic	18	6	4	8	34	37	16
Co-operative United	16	5	5	6	27	30	15
Parkhead Athletic	18	4	3	11	26	52	11
Levern Victoria	17	3	5	9	21	41	11
3rd Lanark RV	17	3	1	13	14	70	7
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Table as of 27 May 1905

Parkhead Athletic eventually finished in 9th place

Neilston Victoria replaced Fairfield Shipyard before the season began

Levern Victoria replaced Port Juniors (Dennistoun) who withdrew during the season

1905-06 Glasgow Junior League

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

1906-07 Glasgow Junior League

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

1907-08 Glasgow Junior League

Division 1

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

Division 2

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

1908-09 Glasgow Junior League

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

Ashfield won the championship on goal average

1909-10 Glasgow Junior League

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

1910-11 Glasgow Junior League

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Cambuslang Rangers	26	19	5	2	68	21	43
Strathclyde	26	15	5	6	55	29	35
Rutherglen Glencairn	26	15	4	7	43	34	34
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy	26	11	9	6	40	30	31
Glasgow Perthshire	26	12	6	8	52	35	30
Clydebank	26	12	3	11	56	47	27
Ashfield	26	10	6	10	48	42	26
Bellshill Athletic	26	10	4	12	49	45	24
Vale of Clyde	26	7	8	11	37	51	22
Parkhead	26	8	6	12	40	51	20
Benburb	26	7	5	14	44	65	19
Shettleston	26	7	4	15	32	64	18
Maryhill	26	6	5	15	31	58	17
Petershill	26	6	4	16	30	53	16
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Parkhead were deducted 2 points

1911-12 Glasgow Junior League

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Cambuslang Rangers	26	17	5	4	54	25	39
Vale of Clyde	26	16	6	4	47	18	38
Clydebank	26	16	3	7	67	38	35
Ashfield	26	12	8	6	40	23	32
Bellshill Athletic	26	12	5	9	46	40	29
Petershill	26	10	8	8	42	38	28
Parkhead	26	11	6	9	36	43	28
Glasgow Perthshire	26	10	6	10	41	41	26
Rutherglen Glencairn	26	10	5	11	47	44	25
Strathclyde	26	7	4	15	36	52	18
Shettleston	26	4	9	13	29	47	17
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy	26	6	5	15	27	48	17
Maryhill	26	6	5	15	27	54	17
Benburb	26	5	5	16	36	64	15
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1912-13 Glasgow Junior League

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

1913-14 Glasgow Junior League

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Benburb	26	20	4	2	49	18	44
Cambuslang Rangers	26	20	3	3	58	26	43
Shettleston	26	12	8	6	63	44	32
Strathclyde	26	11	7	8	40	37	29
Parkhead	26	11	6	9	46	45	28
Petershill	26	11	5	10	45	35	27
Clydebank	26	9	6	11	42	46	24
Bellshill Athletic	26	9	6	11	39	44	24
Maryhill	26	8	6	12	36	40	22
Ashfield	26	7	7	12	32	41	21
Rutherglen Glencairn	26	7	6	13	35	55	20
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy	26	5	8	13	29	44	18
Vale of Clyde	26	7	4	15	34	52	18
Glasgow Perthshire	26	3	8	15	37	58	14
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1914-15 Glasgow Junior League

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Cambuslang Rangers	26	20	2	4	62	26	42
Vale of Clyde	26	16	7	3	48	26	39
Ashfield	26	15	6	5	65	29	36
Petershill	26	15	4	7	54	24	34
Parkhead	26	13	5	8	53	42	31
Clydebank Juniors	26	13	1	12	48	48	27
Maryhill	26	10	6	10	34	41	26
Bellshill Athletic	26	9	6	11	43	50	24
Glasgow Perthshire	26	9	5	12	40	47	23
Rutherglen Glencairn	26	5	11	10	34	50	21
Benburb	26	8	3	15	44	49	19
Shettleston	26	7	4	15	35	50	18
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy	26	7	4	15	31	64	18
Strathclyde	26	0	5	21	14	59	5
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1915-16 Glasgow Junior League

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

Clydebank Juniors v Ashfield 4-2

1916-17 Glasgow Junior League

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

17 Jun Parkhead v Petershill 1-1

27 Jun Parkhead v Petershill 3-2

1917-18 Glasgow Junior League

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Vale of Clyde	30	19	7	4	67	31	45
Ashfield	30	17	8	5	77	41	42
Parkhead	27	20	2	5	74	28	42
Rutherglen Glencairn	30	17	6	7	63	43	40
Larkhall Thistle	30	19	1	10	87	41	39
Pollok	30	16	7	7	65	41	39
Cambuslang Rangers	29	13	7	9	49	34	33
Petershill	30	13	7	10	63	43	33
Strathclyde	30	12	9	9	52	52	33
Bellshill Athletic	30	9	8	13	49	54	26
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy	30	7	8	15	35	49	22
Maryhill	29	8	4	17	35	65	20
Benburb	30	7	6	17	21	54	20
Glasgow Perthshire	30	5	5	20	29	86	15
Clydebank Juniors	29	5	3	21	27	73	13
Shettleston	30	4	4	22	27	85	12
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Parkhead were suspended by the Scottish Junior FA and couldn't complete their fixtures

1918-19 Glasgow Junior League

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Rutherglen Glencairn	30	22	4	4	84	31	48
Ashfield	30	20	5	5	74	30	45
Pollok	30	18	4	8	64	30	40
Petershill	30	14	9	7	60	33	37
St Mirren	30	15	5	10	62	36	35
Vale of Clyde	30	12	10	8	56	47	34
Larkhall Thistle	30	15	2	13	59	64	32
Benburb	30	11	7	12	60	65	29
Parkhead	30	12	5	13	44	50	29
Cambuslang Rangers	30	10	8	12	40	42	28
Bellshill Athletic	30	12	3	15	52	71	27
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy	30	10	7	13	37	56	27
Maryhill	30	8	5	17	47	64	21
Glasgow Perthshire	30	6	6	18	30	60	18
Clydebank Juniors	30	6	3	21	30	71	15
Strathclyde	30	5	5	20	30	79	15
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1919-20 Glasgow Junior League

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Vale of Clyde	30	23	2	5	67	25	48
Petershill	30	21	3	6	62	38	45
Ashfield	30	19	4	7	79	40	42
Larkhall Thistle	30	19	2	9	73	50	40
Cambuslang Rangers	30	15	6	9	75	66	36
Pollok	30	14	7	9	62	36	35
Parkhead	30	14	7	9	60	40	35
Benburb	30	10	7	13	48	49	27
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy	30	10	5	15	45	64	25
Rutherglen Glencairn	30	10	4	16	40	51	24
St Mirren	30	9	6	15	41	59	24
Strathclyde	30	9	6	15	39	62	24
Bellshill Athletic	30	8	7	15	44	59	23
Glasgow Perthshire	30	6	7	17	39	67	19
Clydebank Juniors	30	4	10	16	38	73	18
Maryhill	30	6	3	21	36	69	15
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1920-21 Glasgow Junior League

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Ashfield	30	18	6	6	68	39	42
Benburb	30	16	9	5	67	37	41
Cambuslang Rangers	30	19	2	9	59	42	40
Pollok	30	15	7	8	52	34	37
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy	30	14	8	8	55	43	36
Rutherglen Glencairn	30	14	6	10	57	42	34
Vale of Clyde	30	12	10	8	53	43	34
Larkhall Thistle	30	14	4	12	65	55	32
Parkhead	30	12	7	11	53	52	31
Clydebank Juniors	30	11	9	10	52	48	31
Bellshill Athletic	30	9	6	15	45	60	24
Renfrew	30	9	6	15	39	53	24
Petershill	30	8	6	16	48	60	22
Strathclyde	30	7	8	15	38	60	22
Maryhill	30	7	4	19	39	83	18
Glasgow Perthshire	30	4	4	22	29	75	12
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1921-22 Glasgow Junior League

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Rutherglen Glencairn	34	21	8	5	70	27	50
Parkhead	34	19	11	4	67	26	49
Bellshill Athletic	34	20	7	7	76	46	47
Cambuslang Rangers	34	17	9	8	66	45	43
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy	34	16	7	11	66	50	39
Shawfield	34	16	5	13	81	55	37
Renfrew	34	17	3	14	61	58	37
Pollok	34	14	4	16	54	56	32
Vale of Clyde	34	11	10	13	50	53	32
Larkhall Thistle	34	14	3	17	61	69	31
Strathclyde	34	13	5	16	64	77	31
Ashfield	34	10	10	14	53	71	30
Clydebank Juniors	34	11	6	17	50	64	28
Glasgow Perthshire	34	9	10	15	53	72	28
Shettleston	34	11	5	18	46	62	27
Maryhill	34	6	12	16	48	71	24
Petershill	34	6	12	16	37	69	24
Benburb	34	7	9	18	37	69	23
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1922-23 Glasgow Junior League

Division 1

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

Division 2

Shettleston Celtic

5th Highland Light Infantry

Anderston

Armstrong & Main

Baillieston

Barclay Curle Athletic

Battlefield

Blythswood Thistle

Coatbridge Celtic

Duncan Stewart's

Rutherglen Waverley

Simon's Athletic

Tollcross St Joseph's

Townhead Celtic

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GWS Ex-Navalmen and St Mirren Juniors both withdrew during the season and their records expunged

Shettleston Celtic were Division 2 champions

1923-24 Glasgow Junior League

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

1924-25 Glasgow Junior League

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

Re-election play-off

Glasgow Perthshire v Benburb 2-0

1925-26 Glasgow Junior League

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

St Roch's v Strathclyde 4-4, 3-1

1926-27 Glasgow Junior League

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Shettleston	38	25	8	5	110	58	58
Strathclyde	38	25	5	8	129	56	55
Petershill	38	21	7	10	88	57	49
St Roch's	38	20	6	12	86	69	46
Shawfield	38	20	6	12	100	87	46
Cambuslang Rangers	38	18	8	12	82	63	44
St Anthony's	38	19	4	15	71	65	42
Rutherglen Glencairn	38	18	5	15	83	80	41
Benburb	38	17	6	15	98	83	40
Maryhill	38	17	6	15	62	66	40
Ashfield	38	17	7	14	71	78	39
Parkhead	38	15	7	16	65	58	37
Clydebank	38	16	4	18	79	87	36
Bellshill Athletic	38	13	7	18	76	92	33
Larkhall Thistle	38	13	6	19	79	98	32
Glasgow Perthshire	38	13	5	20	80	96	31
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy	38	11	6	21	69	101	28
Renfrew	38	10	5	23	66	97	25
Pollok	38	9	5	24	65	98	23
Vale of Clyde	38	4	5	29	49	116	13
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Ashfield were deducted 2 points