The South of Scotland Football League is an amateur football competition based in the south of Scotland. Another earlier league of the same name briefly existed during the early days of competitive football. The current league is considered to be the weakest of Scotland's three "senior" non-leagues (the other two being the Highland Football League and the East of Scotland Football League).
The original South of Scotland Football League was created in 1892–93 and featured these clubs:
The competition was abandoned and no championship was awarded.
The present South of Scotland Football League was formed in 1946 and currently features these clubs:
Annan Athletic withdrew their Reserves team from the league at the end of the 2008-09 season so that they could concentrate on the SFL Under 19 league and the Reserve League West.
Stranraer Athletic resigned from the league in 2008. The newly-formed Gretna 2008, founded to replace the bankrupted old Gretna applied to join the South of Scotland League but in the end joined the East of Scotland League instead.
Dalbeattie Star, Newton Stewart, St Cuthbert Wanderers, Threave Rovers and Wigtown & Bladnoch are full members of the SFA and therefore are allowed to enter the Scottish Cup. The senior team for Stranraer is automatically allowed to enter by virtue of full SFA membership.
The Southern Counties Cup, also known as the Challenge Cup, is the league's main knockout competition and it has been played since 1891. The first winners were The 5th Kirkcudbrightshire Rifle Volunteers.
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