Its main problems were its inability to attract any of the major sides – these clubs aspired to be in the GJL – and its high turnover in membership.
The third, and main, SJL was formed by seven of the clubs who lost their places in the Glasgow Junior League "great betrayal" scandal of 1908.
Twelve teams enlisted in its initial season including Bellshill Athletic, Blantyre Victoria and Pollok.
It was initially confined to the Glasgow district, but soon extended to include sides from Bute, Clackmannanshire, Ayrshire and Stirlingshire.
Two wartime editions were played in 1939–40 and 1940–41 but the league subsequently suspended its operations for the rest of World War II.
An attempted revival in 1945 was put off for a year, but the Central Junior Football League's refusal to hand back co-opted teams from the war essentially killed the SJL off.