Founded	1927
President Alexander Owens

The Central Scottish Amateur Football League is a football (soccer)

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 league competition for amateur clubs in the Central Belt

Central Belt

The Central Belt of Scotland is a common term used to describe the area of highest population density within Scotland. Despite the name, it is not geographically central but is nevertheless situated at the 'waist' of Scotland on a conventional map and the term 'central' is used in many local...

 of Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

. It was formed in 1927 and is currently sponsored by Foster's Lager

Foster's Lager

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. The association is affiliated to the Scottish Amateur Football Association

Scottish Amateur Football Association

The Scottish Amateur Football Association is the organising body for amateur football across Scotland. An affiliate of the Scottish Football Association, the SAFA has in turn 50 regional associations affiliated to it and some 67 different league competitions organised by these associations...

.

The Central Scottish AFL are the current holders of the John Smiths Inter League Trophy.

Member Clubs

As of season 2011/2012, the Central Scottish had 37 member clubs, listed below alongside links to the individual team's website where available.

Member Club	Website (where available)
Arthurlie United	www.clubwebsite.co.uk/arthurlieutdafc
Ashvale Victoria
Bannockburn
Brightons Brightons F.C. Brightons Football Club are a football club from Brightons in the Falkirk local authority area. Formed in 1990, they presently compete in Division 1A of the Foster's Central Scottish Amateur Football League...	www.brightonsafc.co.uk
Cambusnethan Talbot Cambusnethan Talbot AFC Cambusnethan Talbot Amateur Football Club are a football club from the Cambusnethan area of Lanarkshire in Scotland. Re-formed in 1999 they play their home matches at Dalziel Park, Motherwell and their home strip colours are all red, with an all black away kit.On reformation in 1999, the club...	www.cambytalbot.org.uk
Campsie Minerva
Chryston	www.webteams.co.uk/Home.aspx?team=chrystonafc
Colville Park
Cumbernauld Clyde	www.clubwebsite.co.uk/cumbernauldclydeafc
Drumchapel Amateurs Drumchapel Amateur F.C. Drumchapel Amateur Football Club are a football club from the village of Duntocher, near Clydebank in Scotland. Formed in 1950 in the Drumchapel area of the city of Glasgow, they are nicknamed "The Drum". The club presently competes in the Central Scottish Amateur League and is viewed as one of the...	www.drumchapelamateurs.com
Drumchapel United	www.drumchapelutd.co.uk
Dumbarton Harp
Eastfield
East Kilbride
Eddlewood
Elderslie
Garrowhill Thistle
Gourock Athletic
Grangemouth
Greenock HSFP
Harestanes Harestanes F.C. Harestanes Amateur Football Club are a football club from the Harestanes area of Kirkintilloch in Scotland. Formed in 1981 they play their home matches at the Merkland Playing Fields and their strip colours are red with a yellow and navy trim....
Kilpatrick
Kilsyth	www.freewebs.com/kilsythafc
Linwood
Mearns
Motherwell Miners
Pollok
Redbrae Redbrae F.C. Redbrae Athletic Football Club are a football club from Kirkintilloch in Scotland. They play at Merkland Playing Fields.They currently compete in the Central Scottish Amateur Football League....
St Patricks FP	www.clubwebsite.co.uk/stpatricksfpafc/61203
Scotia Athletic
Sporting
Stedfast
Steins Thistle Steins Thistle F.C. Steins Thistle Football Club is a football club from Allandale near Cumbernauld in Scotland. They were formed as the works team of the G.R. Stein Brickworks in Allandale, hence the name Steins Thistle in January, 1972. The brickworks provided a pitch for the team, and upon the firm's closure...	www.steinsthistle.co.uk
Stirling City	www.stirlingcityfootballclub.co.uk
Uddingston Anvil
Waterside	www.webteams.co.uk/Home.aspx?team=watersideafc
Wellhouse	www.wellhouseafc.co.uk
Wishaw HSFP	wishawhighfp.com

League Setup

The Central Scottish AFL is split into two divisions, a Premier League of 12 teams and a 25-strong Division 1 (split into Division 1A and 1B). The bottom two teams from the Premier League are automatically relegated to Division 1, being replaced by the winners of each of the two sections, and the team which finishes 3rd from bottom is entered into a round-robin playoff with the two teams who finished second in each of Division 1A and Division 1B - the winner secures a place in the Premier League. Division 1 sections are determined by a draw at the association's Annual General Meeting.


The league setup for season 2011/12:

Premier League

• Arthurlie United AFC
• Ashvale Victoria AFC
• Brightons AFC
  Brightons F.C.
  Brightons Football Club are a football club from Brightons in the Falkirk local authority area. Formed in 1990, they presently compete in Division 1A of the Foster's Central Scottish Amateur Football League...
  
  
• Colville Park AFC
• Drumchapel United AFC
• Eddlewood AFC
• Harestanes AFC
  Harestanes F.C.
  Harestanes Amateur Football Club are a football club from the Harestanes area of Kirkintilloch in Scotland. Formed in 1981 they play their home matches at the Merkland Playing Fields and their strip colours are red with a yellow and navy trim....
  
  
• Kilsyth AFC
• Pollok AFC
• St Patricks FP AFC
• Steins Thistle AFC
  Steins Thistle F.C.
  Steins Thistle Football Club is a football club from Allandale near Cumbernauld in Scotland. They were formed as the works team of the G.R. Stein Brickworks in Allandale, hence the name Steins Thistle in January, 1972. The brickworks provided a pitch for the team, and upon the firm's closure...
  
  
• Wishaw HSFP AFC

Division 1A

• Campsie Minerva AFC
• Dumbarton Harp AFC
• East Kilbride AFC
• Elderslie AFC
• Garrowhill Thistle AFC
• Gourock Athletic AFC
• Linwood AFC
• Mearns AFC
• Motherwell Miners AFC
• Redbrae AFC
• Scotia Athletic AFC
• Stedfast AFC
• Waterside AFC

Division 1B

• Bannockburn AFC
• Cambusnethan Talbot AFC
• Chryston AFC
• Cumbernauld Clyde AFC
• Drumchapel AFC
• Eastfield AFC
• Grangemouth AFC
• Greenock HSFP AFC
• Kilpatrick AFC
• Stirling City AFC
• Uddingston Anvil AFC
• Wellhouse AFC

Cup Competitions

As well as the league, the association administers three cup competitions for teams in membership: The Cinema Cup, The League Cup (The Bunrigh Trophy) and the McAvoy and McIntyre Trophy.

National and District Cups

In addition, member clubs are also likely to play in the Scottish Amateur Cup

Scottish Amateur Cup

The Scottish Amateur Cup is a nationwide knockout tournament supported and organised by the Scottish Amateur Football Association. The Scottish Amateur Cup is competed for by hundreds of football clubs every year.- Winners :-External links:*...

 and one of the two district cups (East or West). Below are teams who have won these trophies, whilst playing in the Central Scottish AFL.

Scottish Amateur Cup

• 1992/93 Bankhall Villa AFC
• 1995/96 Bellshill YMCA AFC
• 2001/02 Harestanes AFC
  Harestanes F.C.
  Harestanes Amateur Football Club are a football club from the Harestanes area of Kirkintilloch in Scotland. Formed in 1981 they play their home matches at the Merkland Playing Fields and their strip colours are red with a yellow and navy trim....
  
  
• 2002/03 Harestanes AFC
  Harestanes F.C.
  Harestanes Amateur Football Club are a football club from the Harestanes area of Kirkintilloch in Scotland. Formed in 1981 they play their home matches at the Merkland Playing Fields and their strip colours are red with a yellow and navy trim....
  
  
• 2006/07 Drumchapel United AFC
• 2007/08 Eddlewood AFC
• 2009/10 Eddlewood AFC
• 2010/11 Wishaw HSFP

West of Scotland Amateur Cup

• 1951/52 Gartsherrie United AFC
• 1988/89 Knightswood AFC
• 1990/91 Bellshill YMCA AFC
• 2003/04 Wellhouse AFC
• 2004/05 Drumchapel United AFC
• 2005/06 Drumchapel United AFC
• 2007/08 Drumchapel United AFC
• 2009/10 Harestanes AFC
  Harestanes F.C.
  Harestanes Amateur Football Club are a football club from the Harestanes area of Kirkintilloch in Scotland. Formed in 1981 they play their home matches at the Merkland Playing Fields and their strip colours are red with a yellow and navy trim....
  
  
• 2010/11 Drumchapel United AFC

East of Scotland Amateur Cup

• 2000/01 Spartans AFC
• 2001/02 Aberforth Rangers AFC
• 2002/03 Aberforth Rangers AFC
• 2003/04 Tullibody AFC

External links

• Website of the Central Scottish AFL
• Website of the Scottish Amateur FA