{"id":181723,"date":"2026-04-24T15:15:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T14:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/?p=181723"},"modified":"2026-04-24T15:48:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T14:48:04","slug":"wosfl-weekend-preview-promotion-race-focus-for-renfrewshire-premier-clubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/2026\/04\/24\/wosfl-weekend-preview-promotion-race-focus-for-renfrewshire-premier-clubs\/","title":{"rendered":"WoSFL weekend preview: Promotion race focus for Renfrewshire premier clubs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Johnstone Burgh and Renfrew FC are both back in action this Saturday 25th April 2026 as the race for the top eight in the WoSFL Premier Division continues.<\/p>\n<p>Both sides are aiming to secure a place in the top half of the table, which would put them in position for promotion to the new Lowland League West for the 2026\/2027 season.<\/p>\n<p>Johnstone Burgh currently sit fourth in the table on 43 points and host Beith Juniors at Keanie Park. With teams below still able to close the gap, Burgh will know they need to keep picking up points to stay inside the top eight.<\/p>\n<p>Renfrew FC are ninth on 36 points and host St Cadoc\u2019s at New Western Park. They sit just outside the top eight and need a strong run of results to break into those places before the season ends.<\/p>\n<p>In the Second Division, Thorn Athletic are away to Cambuslang Rangers at Somervell Park. Thorn are ninth on 35 points and say they are heading into an important phase of the season during a busy run of games.<\/p>\n<p>Glenvale are at home to Glasgow University in the Third Division at Ferguslie Sports Centre. They currently sit 11th on 34 points and will be looking to improve their position before the end of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>In the Fourth Division, St Peters travel to face Irvine Victoria at Victoria Park. St Peters are 10th on 30 points and will be aiming to pick up points to move further up the table.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background: #f5f5f5; border-left: 5px solid #35125c; padding: 16px; margin: 20px 0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin-top: 0;\">How to get to the games:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Johnstone Burgh v Beith Juniors<\/strong><br \/>\nSaturday 25th April 2026, 2pm<br \/>\nKeanie Park, Johnstone<br \/>\nFacilities open from 1pm<br \/>\nAdmission: \u00a39 adults, \u00a35 concessions, under-16s free<\/p>\n<p><strong>Renfrew FC v St Cadoc\u2019s<\/strong><br \/>\nSaturday 25th April 2026, 2pm<br \/>\nNew Western Park, 1 Argyll Avenue, Renfrew PA4 9EF<br \/>\nAdmission: \u00a310 adults, \u00a35 concessions<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cambuslang Rangers v Thorn Athletic<\/strong><br \/>\nSaturday 25th April 2026, 2pm<br \/>\nSomervell Park, Cambuslang<\/p>\n<p><strong>Glenvale v Glasgow University<\/strong><br \/>\nSaturday 25th April 2026, 2pm<br \/>\nFerguslie Sports Centre, 106 Blackstoun Road, Paisley PA3 1EX<\/p>\n<p><strong>Irvine Victoria v St Peters<\/strong><br \/>\nSaturday 25th April 2026, 2pm<br \/>\nVictoria Park, Irvine<br \/>\nNo further matchday information was available.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johnstone Burgh and Renfrew FC are both back in action this Saturday 25th April 2026 as the race for the top eight in the WoSFL Premier Division continues. Both sides are aiming to secure a place in the top half of the table, which would put them in position for promotion to the new Lowland [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":177030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,1,26,24,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-181723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wosfl-first-division","category-wosfl-fourth-division","category-wosfl-premier-division","category-wosfl-second-division","category-wosfl-third-division"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WOSFL-Banner.jpg","featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WOSFL-Banner.jpg",768,384,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WOSFL-Banner-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WOSFL-Banner-300x150.jpg",300,150,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WOSFL-Banner.jpg",640,320,false],"large":["https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WOSFL-Banner.jpg",640,320,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WOSFL-Banner.jpg",768,384,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WOSFL-Banner.jpg",768,384,false],"joomsport-thmb-medium":["https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WOSFL-Banner-310x155.jpg",310,155,true],"rn-home-thumb":["https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WOSFL-Banner.jpg",320,160,false],"rn-home-rect":["https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WOSFL-Banner.jpg",480,240,false]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Ricky Kelly","author_link":"https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/author\/mudricky\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/category\/football\/wosfl-first-division\/\" rel=\"category tag\">WoSFL First Division<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/category\/football\/wosfl-fourth-division\/\" rel=\"category tag\">WoSFL Fourth Division<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/category\/football\/wosfl-premier-division\/\" rel=\"category tag\">WoSFL Premier Division<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/category\/football\/wosfl-second-division\/\" rel=\"category tag\">WoSFL Second Division<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/category\/football\/wosfl-third-division\/\" rel=\"category tag\">WoSFL Third Division<\/a>","tag_info":"WoSFL Third Division","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181723"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181726,"href":"https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181723\/revisions\/181726"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renfrewshire24.co.uk\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}