2014–15 South of Scotland Football League

South of Scotland Football League
Season2014–15
ChampionsWigtown & Bladnoch
Matches played182
Goals scored883 (4.85 per match)
Biggest home winWigtown & Bladnoch 18–0 Dumfries YMCA
(22 April 2015)
Biggest away winDumfries YMCA 2–14 Lochar Thistle
(22 April 2015)
Highest scoringWigtown & Bladnoch 18–0 Dumfries YMCA
(22 April 2015)
Longest winning run9 games
Newton Stewart
Longest unbeaten run16 games
Wigtown & Bladnoch
Longest winless run26 games
Dumfries YMCA
Longest losing run21 games
Dumfries YMCA
Highest attendance237
Wigtown & Bladnoch 3–2 Newton Stewart
(4 April 2015)

The 2014–15 South of Scotland Football League, was the 69th season of the South of Scotland Football League, and the 1st season as the sixth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. Wigtown & Bladnoch were the defending champions.

This season saw the introduction of three new member clubs, including two from the recently defunct Dumfries & District Amateur Football League, Upper Annandale and Dumfries YMCA. Edusport Academy were the additional new entrant.

The championship was successfully retained by Wigtown & Bladnoch, who overhauled long-time leaders Newton Stewart to win their first back-to-back league titles in the history of the club. Confirmation of Wigtown's success came as Newton Stewart were deducted six points for failing to fulfil a fixture at Abbey Vale and Wigtown beat Nithsdale Wanderers 2–0 therefore making it mathematically impossible for Newton Stewart to win the title.

This was the first season in which the league was added to the Scottish league pyramid system at level six, with the winner due to face the East of Scotland League champions for a place in the Lowland League. However, as Wigtown & Bladnoch did not meet the required licensing criteria for promotion, no play-off took place and they remained in the division for the following season.

Teams

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Location of teams in 2014–15 South of Scotland Football League within Dumfries & Galloway

The following teams changed prior to the 2014–15 season.

To South of Scotland League

Team Location Home ground Capacity Ref.
Abbey Vale New Abbey Maryfield Park 1,000 [1]
Creetown Creetown Castle Cary Park 2,000 [2]
Crichton Dumfries Dumfries High School 500 [3]
Dumfries YMCA Dumfries Kingholm Park 1,000 [4]
Edusport Academy Hamilton Hamilton Palace Sports Grounds 1,000 [5]
Fleet Star Gatehouse of Fleet Garries Park 1,000 [6]
Heston Rovers Dumfries Palmerston Park 7,620 [7]
Lochar Thistle Dumfries Maxwelltown High School 1,000 [8]
Mid-Annandale Lockerbie New King Edward Park 1,000 [9]
Newton Stewart Newton Stewart Blairmount Park 1,500 [10]
Nithsdale Wanderers Sanquhar Lorimer Park 1,000 [11]
St Cuthbert Wanderers Kirkcudbright St Mary's Park 2,000 [12]
Upper Annandale Moffat Moffat Academy 1,000 [13]
Wigtown & Bladnoch Wigtown Trammondford Park 1,500 [14]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Wigtown & Bladnoch (C) 26 21 3 2 109 19 +90 66 Ineligible for promotion to Lowland League
2 Newton Stewart[a] 26 19 3 4 100 32 +68 54
3 St Cuthbert Wanderers 26 17 3 6 90 50 +40 54
4 Lochar Thistle 26 17 1 8 81 54 +27 52
5 Edusport Academy 26 15 2 9 79 37 +42 47
6 Heston Rovers 26 13 4 9 61 45 +16 43
7 Abbey Vale 26 12 2 12 50 52 −2 38
8 Fleet Star 26 12 1 13 59 53 +6 37
9 Crichton 26 10 2 14 59 80 −21 32
10 Mid-Annandale 26 8 3 15 50 55 −5 27
11 Upper Annandale 26 7 4 15 40 64 −24 25
12 Creetown 26 8 1 17 49 78 −29 25
13 Nithsdale Wanderers 26 6 4 16 30 69 −39 22
14 Dumfries YMCA 26 0 1 25 32 201 −169 1
Source: South of Scotland Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Newton Stewart deducted six points.


References

  1. ^ Abbey Vale, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  2. ^ Creetown, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  3. ^ Crichton Archived 2014-07-01 at the Wayback Machine, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  4. ^ Dumfries YMCA, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  5. ^ Edusport Academy, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  6. ^ Fleet Star, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  7. ^ Heston Rovers, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  8. ^ Lochar Thistle, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  9. ^ Mid-Annandale, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  10. ^ Newton Stewart, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  11. ^ Nithsdale Wanderers, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  12. ^ St Cuthbert Wanderers, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  13. ^ Upper Annandale, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  14. ^ Wigtown & Bladnoch, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014.