2021–22 South of Scotland Football League

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South of Scotland Football League
Season2021–22
Matches played113
Goals scored537 (4.75 per match)
Biggest home winThreave Rovers 13–0 Caledonian Braves reserves
(17 July 2021)
Biggest away winWigtown & Bladnoch 0–12 Abbey Vale
(25 September 2021)
Highest scoringThreave Rovers 13–0 Caledonian Braves reserves
(17 July 2021)
Longest winning run13 matches:
St Cuthbert Wanderers
Longest unbeaten run13 matches:
St Cuthbert Wanderers
Longest winless run12 matches:
Wigtown & Bladnoch
Longest losing run6 matches:
Caledonian Braves reserves & Wigtown & Bladnoch
2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 5 February 2022.

The 2021–22 South of Scotland Football League is the 76th season of the South of Scotland Football League, and the 8th season as the sixth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. Stranraer reserves continue as the reigning champions due to the previous two seasons being declared null and void. The season began on 17 July 2021.

Teams[]

Location of teams in 2021–22 South of Scotland Football League

Heston Rovers elected not to compete during the 2021–22 season.[1]

Team Location Home ground Capacity Seats Floodlit
Abbey Vale New Abbey Maryfield Park 1,000[2] 0 No
Caledonian Braves reserves Motherwell Alliance Park 500 100 Yes
Creetown Creetown Castlecary Park 1,000[3] 0 Yes
Lochar Thistle Dumfries North West Community Campus 1,000[4] 0 Yes
Lochmaben Lochmaben Whitehills Park 1,000[5] 0 No
Mid-Annandale Lockerbie New King Edward Park 1,000[6] 0 Yes
Newton Stewart [SFA] Newton Stewart Blairmount Park 1,500[7] 0 Yes
Nithsdale Wanderers Sanquhar Lorimer Park 1,000[8] 0 Yes
St Cuthbert Wanderers [SFA] Kirkcudbright St Mary's Park 2,000[9] 0 Yes
Stranraer reserves Stranraer Stair Park 4,178[10] 1,830 Yes
Threave Rovers [SFA] Castle Douglas Meadow Park 1,500[11] Yes
Upper Annandale Moffat Moffat Academy 1,000[12] 0 No
Wigtown & Bladnoch [SFA] Wigtown Trammondford Park 888[13] 0 Yes

SFA Club with an SFA Licence[14] eligible to participate in the Lowland League promotion play-off should they win the league.

Caledonian Braves reserves and Stranraer reserves are ineligible for promotion.

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 St Cuthbert Wanderers 17 15 1 1 71 25 +46 46 Qualification for the Lowland League play-off
2 Threave Rovers 17 13 0 4 72 22 +50 39
3 Creetown 20 11 4 5 39 28 +11 37
4 Abbey Vale 16 11 1 4 57 23 +34 34
5 Newton Stewart 18 9 4 5 48 40 +8 31
6 Nithsdale Wanderers 17 7 4 6 48 37 +11 25
7 Stranraer reserves 17 7 3 7 39 36 +3 24 Ineligible for promotion
8 Lochmaben 16 5 3 8 24 32 −8 18
9 Upper Annandale 15 5 2 8 30 34 −4 17
10 Lochar Thistle 17 5 2 10 31 42 −11 17
11 Caledonian Braves reserves 19 5 2 12 34 62 −28 17 Ineligible for promotion
12 Mid-Annandale 18 3 5 10 29 60 −31 14
13 Wigtown & Bladnoch 19 1 1 17 15 96 −81 4
Updated to match(es) played on 5 February 2022. Source: [15]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results[]

Home \ Away ABB CAL CRE LOT LOC MID NEW NIT SCW STR THR UPA WIG
Abbey Vale 4–1 1–4 3–0 1–3 2–2 6–1 1–0 4–1 8–0
Caledonian Braves reserves 1–2 3–1 3–2 2–4 1–3 0–1[a] 3–2
Creetown 4–1 2–0 2–1 0–5 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 2–0
Lochar Thistle 1–3 2–0 0–1 1–5 1–3 1–3 3–2 7–0
Lochmaben 1–5 3–1 1–3 1–4 3–3 1–2 3–1
Mid-Annandale 1–3 3–3 0–3 2–2 1–1 0–7 2–4 1–7 0–5
Newton Stewart 3–3 2–1 4–3 2–1 1–2 1–4 1–1 5–1 0–2 3–2 6–2
Nithsdale Wanderers 1–2 3–5 0–0 3–4 5–2 2–2 0–8 1–3 1–1
St Cuthbert Wanderers 3–2 4–1 5–1 6–0 2–1 3–5 3–2 4–0 6–3
Stranraer reserves 4–0 2–4 2–2 0–0 2–3 2–2 2–4 4–1 3–1 5–0
Threave Rovers 13–0 3–0 5–1 4–2 6–0 2–4 6–0 6–0
Upper Annandale 4–1[b] 3–1[c] 1–1 0–1 4–1[d] 0–4 3–5 2–1
Wigtown & Bladnoch 0–12 2–1 0–5 2–3 0–3 2–4 0–9 1–8 0–5
Updated to match(es) played on 5 February 2022. Source: [20]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Match played at New King Edward Park, Lockerbie, due to a clashing fixture.[16]
  2. ^ Match played at New King Edward Park, Lockerbie.[17]
  3. ^ Match played at New King Edward Park, Lockerbie.[18]
  4. ^ Match played at New King Edward Park, Lockerbie.[19]

References[]

  1. ^ "CLUB STATEMENT".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Abbey Vale". nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Creetown". nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Lochar Thistle". nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Lochmaben". nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Mid-Annandale". nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Newton Stewart". nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Nithsdale Wanderers". nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  9. ^ "St Cuthbert Wanderers". nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Stranraer Reserves". nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Threave Rovers". nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Upper Annandale". nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Wigtown & Bladnoch". nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  14. ^ "Licensed Clubs - September 2020" (PDF). Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  15. ^ "Tables - South of Scotland Football League". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  16. ^ Threave Rovers FC [@ThreaveRoversFC] (23 November 2021). "Due to a fixture clash at Alliance Park, our @SOSFLeague fixture against @TheBravesFC scheduled for Saturday 27 November will now be played at New King Edward Park, Lockerbie. Kick off 2pm" (Tweet). Retrieved 27 November 2021 – via Twitter.
  17. ^ Upper Annandale FC [@Uppers1966] (14 January 2022). "Tomorrow