2015–16 South of Scotland Football League

The 2015–16 South of Scotland Football League, was the 70th season of the South of Scotland Football League, and the 2nd season as the sixth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. Wigtown & Bladnoch were the defending champions.

South of Scotland Football League

Season	2015–16
Champions	St Cuthbert Wanderers
Matches played	182
Goals scored	880 (4.84 per match)
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Crichton merged with North & South Lanarkshire AFA side Lochmaben to prevent the club folding, which included a return to Crichton Hospital Park.

St Cuthbert Wanderers won their thirteenth league title, but remained in the division as they did not meet the required licensing criteria for promotion to the Lowland League.

Teams

Abbey Vale

Creetown

Edusport Academy

Fleet Star

Mid-Annandale

Newton Stewart

Nithsdale Wanderers

St Cuthbert Wanderers

Wigtown & Bladnoch

Upper Annandale

Dumfries teamsCrichton
YMCA
Heston Rovers
Lochar Thistle

Location of teams in 2015–16 South of Scotland Football League within Dumfries & Galloway

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	Crichton Hospital Park	500	[3]
Dumfries YMCA	Dumfries	Kingholm Park	1,000	[4]
Edusport Academy	Annan	Galabank	3,000	[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	St Cuthbert Wanderers (C)	26	24	1	1	120	34	+86	73	Ineligible for promotion to Lowland League
2	Edusport Academy	26	20	3	3	96	22	+74	63
3	Wigtown & Bladnoch	26	15	4	7	67	49	+18	49
4	Crichton	26	14	5	7	76	54	+22	47
5	Heston Rovers	26	13	5	8	68	52	+16	44
6	Upper Annandale	26	13	1	12	54	57	−3	40
7	Lochar Thistle	26	12	2	12	68	56	+12	38
8	Mid-Annandale	26	10	4	12	57	51	+6	34
9	Newton Stewart	26	10	3	13	54	62	−8	33
10	Creetown	26	9	2	15	54	68	−14	29
11	Abbey Vale	26	8	2	16	48	76	−28	26
12	Nithsdale Wanderers	26	7	5	14	43	74	−31	26
13	Fleet Star	26	5	3	18	43	87	−44	18
14	Dumfries YMCA	26	2	0	24	32	138	−106	6

Source: South of Scotland Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

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.