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2024–25 South of Scotland Football League

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South of Scotland Football League
Season2024–25
Dates27 July 2024 – 10 May 2025
Matches played74
Goals scored355 (4.8 per match)
Biggest home winDalbeattie Star 8–0 St Cuthbert Wanderers
(21 September 2024)
Biggest away winWigtown & Bladnoch 1–14 Dalbeattie Star
(10 August 2024)
Highest scoringWigtown & Bladnoch 1–14 Dalbeattie Star
(10 August 2024)
Longest winning run8 matches:
Creetown
Longest unbeaten run9 matches:
Creetown
Longest winless run15 matches:
Wigtown & Bladnoch
Longest losing run8 matches:
Wigtown & Bladnoch
2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 16 November 2024.

The 2024–25 South of Scotland Football League is the 79th season of the South of Scotland Football League, and the 11th season as part of the sixth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. Dalbeattie Star are the reigning champions.

Teams

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Stadia and locations

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Team Location Home ground Surface Capacity Seats Floodlit
Abbey Vale New Abbey Maryfield Park Grass 800[1] 48 No
Creetown[SFA] Creetown Castle Cary Park Grass 500[2] 0 Yes
Dalbeattie Star[SFA] Dalbeattie Islecroft Stadium Grass 1,320[3] 100 Yes
Lochar Thistle Dumfries Wilson Park Grass 600[4] 0 Yes
Lochmaben Lochmaben Whitehills Park Grass 1,000[5] 0 No
Mid-Annandale Lockerbie New King Edward Park Artificial 500[6] 0 Yes
Newton Stewart[SFA] Newton Stewart Blairmount Park Artificial 1,000[7] 0 Yes
Nithsdale Wanderers Sanquhar Lorimer Park Grass 1,000[8] 0 Yes
St Cuthbert Wanderers[SFA] Kirkcudbright St Mary's Park Artificial 1,000[9] 0 Yes
Stranraer reserves Stranraer Stranraer Academy Artificial 1,000[10] 0 Yes
Upper Annandale Moffat Moffat Academy Grass 1,000[11] 0 No
Wigtown & Bladnoch[SFA] Wigtown Trammondford Park Grass 888[12] 0 Yes

SFA Club with an SFA licence[13] eligible to participate in the Lowland League promotion play-off should they win the league, and also compete in the Scottish Cup.

Stranraer reserves are ineligible for promotion.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Nithsdale Wanderers 13 9 2 2 50 23 +27 29 Qualification for the Lowland League play-off
2 Stranraer reserves 13 9 2 2 31 15 +16 29 Ineligible for promotion
3 Abbey Vale 12 8 2 2 35 14 +21 26
4 Dalbeattie Star 11 8 1 2 54 18 +36 25
5 Creetown 12 8 1 3 36 20 +16 25
6 Lochar Thistle 10 8 0 2 34 9 +25 24
7 Newton Stewart 10 5 4 1 28 11 +17 19
8 Upper Annandale 12 4 1 7 20 24 −4 13
9 Lochmaben 13 2 3 8 24 35 −11 9
10 Mid-Annandale 13 2 1 10 23 43 −20 7
11 St Cuthbert Wanderers 14 1 2 11 13 62 −49 5
12 Wigtown & Bladnoch 15 0 1 14 7 81 −74 1
Updated to match(es) played on 16 November 2024. Source: South of Scotland Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results

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Home \ Away ABB CRE DAL LOT LOC MID NEW NIT SCW STR UPA WIG
Abbey Vale 3–2 3–3 4–1 1–3 5–0 4–0
Creetown 2–1 3–7 0–2 3–2 3–0 2–1
Dalbeattie Star 0–1 4–3 3–3 4–0 8–0 2–4
Lochar Thistle 2–3 3–1 1–3 2–0 3–0
Lochmaben 0–2 1–4 3–1 1–6 1–4 5–0 1–2 2–2
Mid-Annandale 0–4 1–4 0–5 0–5 5–1
Newton Stewart 1–2 1–1 3–3 6–0 1–0 4–0
Nithsdale Wanderers 5–2 5–4 4–1 5–1 1–0 6–0
St Cuthbert Wanderers 0–7 0–5 0–9 2–2 3–3 1–4 0–1
Stranraer reserves 1–1 3–1 0–0 4–1 3–2 1–0
Upper Annandale 1–6[a] 0–3[b] 1–3[c] 3–1[d] 7–0[e]
Wigtown & Bladnoch 1–8 1–14 1–1 1–5 0–8 0–3 0–6 1–5
Updated to match(es) played on 16 November 2024. Source: South of Scotland Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Match played at New King Edward Park, Lockerbie.[14]
  2. ^ Match played at New King Edward Park, Lockerbie.[15]
  3. ^ Match played at New King Edward Park, Lockerbie.[16]
  4. ^ Match played at New King Edward Park, Lockerbie.[17]
  5. ^ Match played at New King Edward Park, Lockerbie.[18]

References

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  1. ^ Abbey Vale, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  2. ^ Creetown, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  3. ^ Dalbeattie Star, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  4. ^ Lochar Thistle, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Lochmaben". nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Archived from the original on 23 May 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  6. ^ Mid-Annandale, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  7. ^ Newton Stewart, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  8. ^ Nithsdale Wanderers, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  9. ^ St Cuthbert Wanderers, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  10. ^ "Stranraer". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  11. ^ Upper Annandale, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  12. ^ Wigtown & Bladnoch, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  13. ^ "Licensed Clubs – 2024" (PDF). Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  14. ^ Abbey Vale [@AbbeyValeFC] (16 November 2024). "Full time at Lockerbie as Vale take all 3 points against @uppers1966 🐝⚽️🐝" (Tweet). Retrieved 16 November 2024 – via Twitter.
  15. ^ "Upper Annandale 0 - 3 Creetown". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  16. ^ "Upper Annandale 1 - 3 Lochar Thistle". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  17. ^ "Upper Annandale 3 - 1 Mid Annandale". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  18. ^ "Upper Annandale 7 - 0 Wigtown & Bladnoch". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
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