TheSJFA West Region Premiership (also known as theMcBookie.com West Region Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was a semi-professional football league run by theWest Region of theScottish Junior Football Association, and was the highest tier of league competition for its member clubs.
Formerly known as theWest of Scotland Super League Premier Division, the league was created in 2002 with the amalgamation of the top leagues of theCentral andAyrshire regions.
Initially two clubs were automatically relegated to theSuper League First Division at the end of each season, and replaced by the clubs placed first and second in that division. A relegation play-off was added in 2006–07 which saw the club finishing third bottom contest a two-legged play-off against the team which finished third in the Super League First Division.
From the 2007–08 season, the winners of the league were eligible to enter the seniorScottish Cup at its earliest stage, withPollok being the first champions to take part in the Scottish Cup.[1]
In 2017 West Region clubs voted to organise all leagues on a regionwide basis and as a result, the Super League Premier Division was rebranded as theWest Region Premiership for the 2018–19 season. The league was also expanded to sixteen clubs, and with clubs were relegated to a rebrandedChampionship also consisting of sixteen teams.[2]