Lanarkshire Football Junior Alliance

1891-1903

See also Main index Club directory Lanarkshire Junior League

Formed in August 1892, the LJA was a subsidiary competition to the Lanarkshire Junior League. Although there was no direct affiliation to the latter, the Alliance supplied a number of clubs to it. This relationship was cemented in 1903 when the Alliance was absorbed by the LJL as its Second Division. The accompanying league tables and memberships were researched by the late Jackie Heaney and kindly supplied by Stewart Davidson, with additional information taken from John Aitken’s ‘West of Scotland Juniors 1885-2005’

Lanarkshire Junior Alliance champions

1892-93 West Benhar

1893-94 Palace Rangers

1894-95 Aitkenhead Rovers

1895-96 Cambusnethan

1896-97 Newarthill Athletic

1897-98 Thorniewood Rangers

1898-99 East Benhar Heatherbell

1899-00 Haywood Wanderers

1900-01 Cadzow Rangers

1901-02 Plains

1902-03 Douglas Water Thistle

	1892-93 Alliance	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8	West Benhar Shotts Shamrock Clelnad Thistle Newmains Shamrock Newarthill Shawsburn Rangers Flemington Blantyre Bellsfield	14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14	12 10 8 7 6 3 3 2	1 1 3 1 0 1 1 2	1 3 3 6 8 10 10 10	67 48 52 46 45 23 27 20	16 30 31 48 41 33 66 38	25 21 19 15 12 7 7 6

Shotts Shamrock given two points by Shawsburn Rangers

Newmains Shamrock given two points by Blantyre Bellsfield

	1893-94 Alliance	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8	Palace Rangers Shotts Shamrock Quarter Huttonbank West Benhar Whifflet Rangers Newarthill Newmains Rovers Flemington	14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14						24 20 15 15 14 12 9 5

	1894-95 Alliance	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2	Aitkenhead Rovers Westburn Hopehill Cambusnethan East Benhar Meadowhead Star Newton Athletic Overtown Quarter Huttonbank Shotts Shamrock Wishaw Hibernian

1894-95 Division 2	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Burnbank Athletic Burnside Athletic Cadzow Oak Athletic Caldervale Earnock Rovers Portland Rangers Quarter Huttonbank Athletic Royal Albert Victoria Shotts Battlefield Wishaw Star

Division 2 was an offshoot of the Lanarkshire Junior Alliance, and also included reserve XIs of other clubs.

	1895-96 Alliance	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2	Cambusnethan Burnbank Athletic Aitkenhead Rovers East Benhar Lanark Athletic Law Athletic Meadowhead Nethervale Thistle Newarthill Athletic Wishaw Hibernian

	1896-97 Alliance	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2	Newarthill Hearts Wishaw Victoria Berryhill Athletic Cambusnethan Lanark Athletic Nethanvale Thistle Palace Rangers Tannochside Rovers

	1897-98 Alliance	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	Thorniewood Rangers Lanark Athletic Holytown Thistle Newarthill Haywood Wanderers Shotts Battlefield Nethanvale Thistle Strathclyde Rovers Priory Rovers Newarthill Rangers	17 17 19 17 13 18 15 16 14 17						30 19 19 19 18 18 16 11 9 3

Haywood Wanderers finished as runners-up.

Newarthill Rangers took the place of Waterloo Rangers who withdrew some time after September 1897.

	1898-99 Alliance	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	East Benhar Heatherbell Dykehead Hawthorn Haywood Wanderers Strathclyde Rovers Hamilton Athletic Newmains Lanark Athletic Glenavon Netherburn Nethanvale Thistle	16 17 18 17 16 17 15 18 18 18						31 25 24 21 16 16 16 12 5 4

Standings as of 28 April 1899

“points as from Nethanvale added in 9 matches”

	1899-00 Alliance	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	Haywood Wanderers Carluke Milton Rovers Larkhall Bluebell Blantyre Hibernian East Benhar Hamilton Academical Jrs Dykehead Hawthorn Cadzow Rangers Motherwell Glencairn XI Newmains	18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18	13 14 10 11 9 7 7 5 4 3	2 0 3 0 1 3 2 3 1 1	3 4 5 7 8 8 9 10 13 14	44 61 42 38 70 43 33 11 24 28	29 21 24 26 41 54 42 58 44 55	28 28 23 22 19 17 16 13 9 7

Haywood Wanderers beat Carluke Milton Rovers 2-0 in a play-off

	1900-01 Alliance	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	Cadzow Rangers Dykehead Hawthorn Motherwell Milton Rovers Quarter Huttonbank Shotts Harp Hamilton Academical Jrs East Benhar Haywood Wanderers Morningside Rangers Larkhall Bluebell	18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18						28 26 23 21 20 16 13 12 10 9

Shotts Harp and Haywood Wanderers both had 2 points deducted

	1901-02 Alliance	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	Plains Quarter Huttonbank Dykehead Hawthorn Forth Thistle Blantyre Victoria Cadzow Rangers Morningside Rangers East Benhar Motherwell Milton Rovers Shotts Harp	18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18						30 22 21 20 20 18 15 14 10 10

	1902-03 Alliance	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5	Douglas Water Thistle Quarter Huttonbank Uddingston Rangers Dykehead Hawthorn Earnock Rovers Ashgill Rovers East Benhar Morningside Rangers Forth Thistle Motherwell Milton Rovers	18 18 18 18 18	12 10 10 9 7	4 2 2 3 5	2 6 6 6 6	43 47 32 28 44	27 32 29 18 42	28 22 22 21 19

Motherwell Milton Rovers possibly withdrew after 9 games.

After this season, the Lanarkshire Junior Alliance became the Second Division of the Lanarkshire Junior League.

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