North Ayrshire Football Cup and League

1893-1902

 

See also

Main index

Club directory

Ayrshire Combination

 

 

The Cup competition was organized in 1893, and although initially run alongside the existing Ayrshire Combination, it evolved into a League competition from 1895 and lasted beyond the demise of senior county league football in Ayrshire in the late 1890s

 

Champions

(knockout format)

1893-94 Saltcoats Victoria

1894-95 Stevenston Thistle

 

(league format)

1895-96 Stevenston Thistle

1896-97 Kilwinning Monkcastle

1897-98 Kilwinning Eglinton

1898-99 Galston

1899-00 Kilwinning Eglinton

1900-01 Beith and Annbank shared

1901-02 Kilwinning Eglinton

 

 

 

 

1895-96

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pts

1

Stevenston Thistle

12

8

1

3

45

34

17

2

Beith

12

7

3

2

36

16

17

 3

Kilwinning Eglinton

12

6

2

4

35

27

14

 4

Kilwinning Monkcastle

12

6

2

4

44

30

14

 5

Irvine

12

4

3

5

31

38

11

 6

Saltcoats Victoria

12

4

0

8

27

35

8

 7

Kilbirnie

12

1

1

10

23

60

3

 

Stevenston Thistle beat Beith in a play-off 2-1 to win the title.

 

 

 

1896-97

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pts

1

Kilwinning Monkcastle

10

6

2

2

28

18

14

2

Stevenston Thistle

10

6

1

3

25

23

13

3

Galston

10

5

2

3

32

21

12

4

Beith

10

5

1

4

16

20

11

5

Kilwinning Eglinton

10

3

2

5

28

32

8

6

Irvine

10

0

2

8

14

29

2

 

Saltcoats Victoria withdrew

 

 

 

1897-98

 

 

 

Kilwinning Eglinton

 

Plus others

 

 

 

 

 

1898-99

 

 

 

Glaston

 

Plus others

 

 

 

 

 

1899-1900

P

Pts

1

Stevenston Thistle

14

18

2

Kilwinning Eglinton

13

17

3

4

Beith

Galston

13

12

17

12

5

Lanemark

9

11

6

Kilmarnock 'A'

9

6

7

Maybole

10

5

8

Kilwinning Monkcastle

7

2

 

Beith, Galston and Kilwinning Eglinton all had two points awarded from Kilmarnock ‘A’, who were deducted six points.

 

 

 

1900-01

 

 

 

Beith

Annbank

Galston

Lanemark

Stevenston Thistle

 

Plus others

 

 

 

 

 

1901-02

 

 

 

Kilwinning Eglinton

 

Plus others

 

 

 

 

 

Source: Tom Cockburn and Ian King