2014–15 South of Scotland Football League
Football league season
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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.
| Season | 2014–15 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Wigtown & Bladnoch |
| Matches | 182 |
| Goals | 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
The following teams changed prior to the 2014–15 season.
To South of Scotland League
| 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[a] | 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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
- Newton Stewart deducted six points.