West Region SJFA FAKE FIXTURES 2008-09

West Super Premier Division Results, Table & Grid Original League Fixtures 2008-09 Original GRID	West Super First Division Results, Table & Grid Original League Fixtures 2008-09 Original GRID	Ayrshire Division Results, Table & Grid Original League Fixtures 2008-09 Original GRID	Central 1st Division Results, Table & Grid Original League Fixtures 2008-09 Original GRID	Central 2nd Division Results, Table & Grid Original League Fixtures 2008-09 Original GRID
FAKE West of Scotland Cup draw	FAKE Ayrshire Cup draw	FAKE Central League Cup draw	Sectional Cup RESULTS & FIXTURES	FAKE Scottish Junior Cup Draw
FAKE North Ayrshire Cup draw	FAKE South Ayrshire Cup draw	FAKE Evening Times Cup draw	FAKE Scottish FA Cup draw

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West Premier | West 1st | Ayrshire | Central 1st | Central 2nd

It has been said that it is not possible to produce a fixture list for the West Region of the SJFA. By mid June 2009, this web page will either prove or disprove that belief. That is because here a full programme of fixtures for all West Region clubs will be available, and will also be maintained throughout the season in tandem with the real fixture list produced by Scott Robertson and John Fyfe. In some ways it's a bit of fun, but at the same time I hope this experiment can help the West Region's member clubs, supporters and officials gain a rounded appreciation of how a fixture list can work.

I will not be tampering in any way with the current procedure, but no real cup draws will be used. Cups are drawn using a browser based script which can be seen here (it might work better in Internet Explorer than Firefox). However, real dates are to be used for the Scottish Junior Cup and the Scottish FA Cup.

Real dates are being used for the Sectional League Cup and the early rounds of the West of Scotland Cup. Dates are not available for the remainder of the cup competitions so supposition has to come into play at that stage. However, I will not be using any of the real league fixtures - producing this fixture list was complicated enough!

There are currently 3 sets of groundsharers in the West Region - Port Glasgow at Greenock, Royal Albert at Larkhall and Clydebank at Yoker - you would not believe how difficult I found it to try and avoid ground clashes for the league fixtures. In the end I've had to admit defeat and put a couple of games into blank weekends. It was a problem I hadn't considered before starting and on this occasion that is the best solution. I had to swap a number of fixtures to accommodate for the various permeatations caused by groundshares and that has in places created a bit of an unbalanced fixture list.

Truth be told, not a great deal will happen until later in the year, because that's when the chaos of cancelled fixtures will begin to hit home. A fixtures diary has been produced, click here for the link, and it will act as a template from day one to the final match of the season. Every league fixture has been given a date between 23rd August 2008 and sometime in early to mid 2009, depending on the relevant league (the Central 2nd Division runs out of games in mid February but I wager most clubs end up playing league games well into April and possibly May because of postponements).

In terms of cup competition, dates have been set aside for specific rounds in all but the case of the Ayrshire council cups and the Evening Times Cup. Both are largely dependent on club availability and will be scheduled accordingly from April '09 onwards.

Whenever a league match is postponed, it is immediately given a new date later in the season. There is also the flexibility of clubs being able to bring a league fixture forward should they find themselves idle.

1. If a club's real home fixture is postponed, any 'fake' home fixture will also be. Should a real home game go ahead, then that overrides point 2, below.
2. For the purpose of making this experiment realistic, between November to March inclusive, a postponements chart may be consulted to decide whether (in circumstances where there is no real home game, i.e. point 1 above, to compare) a game will go ahead. The postponements chart studies the past 5 seasons and works out how many home games each club plays in the 5 months in question. The lower the number of games played, the more likely it would be such a fixture would not go ahead. A weather chart may also be used to make a decision - for example, no rain and 15 degrees in December will likely mean 'game on.'

When it comes to cup ties, obviously the outcome of the results will greatly influence the fixture congestion of certain clubs. A three person panel (to be appointed) will decide the outcome of cup ties.