2014–15 South of Scotland Football League

South of Scotland Football League 2014–15 Wigtown & Bladnoch 182 883 Wigtown & Bladnoch 18–0 Dumfries YMCA(22 April 2015) Dumfries YMCA 2–14 Lochar Thistle(22 April 2015) Wigtown & Bladnoch 18–0 Dumfries YMCA(22 April 2015) 9 gamesNewton Stewart 16 gamesWigtown & Bladnoch 26 gamesDumfries YMCA 21 gamesDumfries YMCA 237Wigtown & Bladnoch 3–2 Newton Stewart(4 April 2015) 2013–14 2015–16 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 Scotland Dumfries and Galloway 450 right Location of teams in 2014–15 South of Scotland Football League within Dumfries & Galloway Scotland Dumfries and Galloway 6 54.9799 -3.6194 Abbey Vale left Scotland Dumfries and Galloway 6 54.9000 -4.3833 Creetown top Scotland Dumfries and Galloway 6 55.0700 -3.6030 Crichton bottom Scotland Dumfries and Galloway 6 55.0700 -3.6030 YMCA top Scotland Dumfries and Galloway 6 55.49 -4.03043 Edusport Academy Red Arrow Up.svg bottom Scotland Dumfries and Galloway 6 54.8833 -4.1833 Fleet Star right Scotland Dumfries and Galloway 6 55.0701 -3.6030 Heston Rovers right Scotland Dumfries and Galloway 6 55.0701 -3.6030 Lochar Thistle left Scotland Dumfries and Galloway 6 55.1200 -3.3570 Mid-Annandale top Scotland Dumfries and Galloway 6 54.9580 -4.4920 Newton Stewart left Scotland Dumfries and Galloway 6 55.3679 -3.9246 Nithsdale Wanderers top Scotland Dumfries and Galloway 6 54.8320 -4.0480 St Cuthbert Wanderers bottom Scotland Dumfries and Galloway 6 54.8700 -4.4390 Wigtown & Bladnoch left Scotland Dumfries and Galloway 6 55.3320 -3.4420 Upper Annandale right The following teams changed prior to the 2014–15 season. To South of Scotland League Dumfries YMCA Edusport Academy Upper Annandale Team Location Home ground Capacity Ref. Abbey Vale New Abbey Maryfield Park 1,000 Abbey Vale, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014. Creetown Creetown Castle Cary Park 2,000 Creetown, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014. Crichton Dumfries Dumfries High School 500 Crichton https://web.archive.org/web/20140701011330/http://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/crichton.htm 2014-07-01 , nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014. Dumfries YMCA Dumfries Kingholm Park 1,000 Dumfries YMCA, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014. Edusport Academy Hamilton Hamilton Palace Sports Grounds 1,000 Edusport Academy, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014. Fleet Star Gatehouse of Fleet Garries Park 1,000 Fleet Star, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014. Heston Rovers Dumfries Palmerston Park 7,620 Heston Rovers, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014. Lochar Thistle Dumfries Maxwelltown High School 1,000 Lochar Thistle, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014. Mid-Annandale Lockerbie New King Edward Park 1,000 Mid-Annandale, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014. Newton Stewart Newton Stewart Blairmount Park 1,500 Newton Stewart, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014. Nithsdale Wanderers Sanquhar Lorimer Park 1,000 Nithsdale Wanderers, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014. St Cuthbert Wanderers Kirkcudbright St Mary's Park 2,000 St Cuthbert Wanderers, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014. Upper Annandale Moffat Moffat Academy 1,000 Upper Annandale, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014. Wigtown & Bladnoch Wigtown Trammondford Park 1,500 Wigtown & Bladnoch, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014. League table main WDL PQ SCW St Cuthbert Wanderers EAC Edusport Academy WAB Wigtown & Bladnoch CRI Crichton HR Heston Rovers UAN Upper Annandale LTH Lochar Thistle MAN Mid-Annandale NST Newton Stewart CRE Creetown AVA Abbey Vale NWA Nithsdale Wanderers FST Fleet Star YMCA Dumfries YMCA 17 3 6 90 50 15 2 9 79 37 21 3 2 109 19 C 10 2 14 59 80 13 4 9 61 45 7 4 15 40 64 17 1 8 81 54 8 3 15 50 55 19 3 4 100 32 8 1 17 49 78 12 2 12 50 52 6 4 16 30 69 12 1 13 59 53 0 1 25 32 201 #f8f9fa Ineligible for promotion to Lowland League I -6 Newton Stewart deducted six points. 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete South of Scotland Football League References 5