2014–15 South of Scotland Football League

South of Scotland Football League
Season 2014–15
Champions Wigtown & Bladnoch
Matches played 182
Goals scored 883 (4.85 per match)
Biggest home win Wigtown & Bladnoch 18–0 Dumfries YMCA
(13 September 2014)
Biggest away win Dumfries YMCA 2–14 Lochar Thistle
(22 April 2015)
Highest scoring Wigtown & Bladnoch 18–0 Dumfries YMCA
(22 April 2015)
Longest winning run 9 games
Newton Stewart
Longest unbeaten run 16 games
Wigtown & Bladnoch
Longest winless run 26 games
Dumfries YMCA
Longest losing run 21 games
Dumfries YMCA
Highest attendance 237
Wigtown & Bladnoch 3–2 Newton Stewart
(4 April 2015)
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The 2014–15 South of Scotland Football League, is the 69th season of the South of Scotland Football League.

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

Wigtown & Bladnoch were the defending champions. This was the first season which the league was added to the Scottish league pyramid at level six, with the winner playing off against the East of Scotland Football League winner for a place in the 2015-16 Lowland Football League. This will be subject to the successful club meeting the criteria for promotion.

The championship was successfully retained by Wigtown & Bladnoch, who overhauled long-time leaders Newton Stewart in the remaining weeks of the season, 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.

Teams

Location of Edusport Academy in 2014–15 South of Scotland Football League within North Lanarkshire
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
Qualification or relegation
1 Wigtown & Bladnoch (C) 26 21 3 2 109 19+90 66 Lowland Football League play-off
2 Newton Stewart 26 19 3 4 100 32+68 541
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 25 12 1 12 57 49+8 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 25 7 1 17 45 76−31 22
13 Nithsdale Wanderers 26 6 4 16 30 69−39 22
14 Dumfries YMCA 26 0 1 25 32 201−169 1

Updated to games played on 27 April 2015.
Source: South of Scotland Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

1 Newton Stewart were deducted 6 points for breaching SSFL competition rules

(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

References

  1. ↑ Abbey Vale, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Creetown, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  3. ↑ Crichton, 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.