2014–15 South of Scotland Football League

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.

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 (22 April 2015)
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)
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

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

Abbey Vale

Creetown

Crichton

YMCA

Edusport Academy

Fleet Star

Heston Rovers

Lochar Thistle

Mid-Annandale

Newton Stewart

Nithsdale Wanderers

St Cuthbert Wanderers

Wigtown & Bladnoch

Upper Annandale

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

• Dumfries YMCA
• Edusport Academy
• Upper Annandale

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[lower-alpha 1]	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.