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2023–24 South of Scotland Football League

The 2023–24 South of Scotland Football League was the 78th season of the South of Scotland Football League, and the 10th season as part of the sixth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. Abbey Vale were the reigning champions, but could only finish fourth in the table.

South of Scotland Football League
Season2023–24
Dates29 July 2023 – 8 May 2024
ChampionsDalbeattie Star
Matches played132
Goals scored639 (4.84 per match)
Biggest home win
Biggest away winSt Cuthbert Wanderers 0–13 Newton Stewart
(5 August 2023)
Highest scoringSt Cuthbert Wanderers 0–13 Newton Stewart
(5 August 2023)
Longest winning run8 matches:
Dalbeattie Star
Longest unbeaten run15 matches:
Dalbeattie Star
Longest winless run21 matches:
Wigtown & Bladnoch
Longest losing run11 matches:
Wigtown & Bladnoch
All statistics correct as of 8 May 2024.

The championship title, and qualification for the Lowland League play-off, was decided in the final fixture of the season on 8 May with Creetown and Dalbeattie Star facing off against each other at Castle Cary Park – having been postponed on 20 April due to ground issues.[1] A 1–1 draw saw Dalbeattie Star take the title by two points, and as a result, faced Broxburn Athletic in the play-off, losing 2–12 on aggregate.

Teams

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Location of teams in 2023–24 South of Scotland Football League

The following team changed divisions after the 2022–23 season.

To South of Scotland League

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Relegated from Lowland Football League

From South of Scotland League

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Resigned

Stadia and locations

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

Stranraer reserves are ineligible for promotion.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Dalbeattie Star (C) 22 17 3 2 92 22 +70 54 Qualification for the Lowland League play-off
2 Creetown 22 16 4 2 69 20 +49 52
3 Newton Stewart 22 16 2 4 84 29 +55 50
4 Abbey Vale 22 15 3 4 80 24 +56 48
5 Lochar Thistle 22 12 6 4 62 31 +31 42
6 Stranraer reserves 22 12 1 9 61 58 +3 37 Ineligible for promotion
7 Nithsdale Wanderers 22 11 3 8 55 44 +11 36
8 Mid-Annandale 22 8 1 13 53 78 −25 25
9 Upper Annandale 22 4 2 16 29 76 −47 14
10 Lochmaben 22 2 4 16 22 78 −56 10
11 St Cuthbert Wanderers 22 2 1 19 12 83 −71 7
12 Wigtown & Bladnoch 22 1 2 19 20 96 −76 5
Source: [15]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions

Results

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Home \ Away ABB CRE DAL LOT LOC MID NEW NIT SCW STR UPA WIG
Abbey Vale 0–2 0–1 5–0 7–1 6–2[a] 3–0 0–0 5–0 3–3 3–1[b] 4–1
Creetown 3–2 1–1 0–0 3–0 6–0 3–3 1–1 4–1[c] 1–2 7–0 8–0[d]
Dalbeattie Star 2–3 3–0 2–2 6–1 3–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 7–0 6–0 10–1[e]
Lochar Thistle 2–2[f] 1–2 4–4 4–1[g] 5–0 3–3[h] 4–1 6–0 3–1 1–1 3–1
Lochmaben 1–3 1–6 0–4 0–4 1–2 1–3 0–3 1–1 3–2 3–3 1–1
Mid-Annandale 1–5 0–3 1–6 3–5 7–0 4–7 2–2 3–2 2–3 5–3 4–0
Newton Stewart 2–0 2–3 2–4 1–0 7–0 5–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 6–0 6–2
Nithsdale Wanderers 0–3 2–3 4–3 3–2 3–2 6–1 1–3 3–0 3–5 5–1 4–2
St Cuthbert Wanderers 1–11 1–2 0–6 0–3 2–3 1–3 0–13 0–3 0–3 0–2 1–0
Stranraer reserves 0–6 0–4 2–5 0–3 3–1 5–4 0–4 4–2 3–0 9–0 7–0
Upper Annandale 1–3 0–2[i] 0–3[j] 0–2 3–0 2–3[k] 1–5 2–3[l] 2–0[m] 2–6 4–1[n]
Wigtown & Bladnoch 0–6 0–5[o] 0–7 1–5 1–1 2–5 0–4 1–5 1–2 2–3 3–1
Source: South of Scotland Football League[31]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Match played at North West Community Campus, Dumfries.[16]
  2. ^ Match played at Dumfries High School, Dumfries.[17]
  3. ^ Match played at Blairmount Park, Newton Stewart.[18]
  4. ^ Match played at Stranraer Academy 3G, Stranraer.[19]
  5. ^ Match played at North West Community Campus, Dumfries.[20]
  6. ^ Match played at North West Community Campus.[21]
  7. ^ Match played at North West Community Campus.[22]
  8. ^ Match played at North West Community Campus.[23]
  9. ^ Match played at New King Edward Park, Lockerbie.[24]
  10. ^ Match played at New King Edward Park, Lockerbie.[25]
  11. ^ Match played at Raydale Park, Gretna.[26]
  12. ^ Match played at New King Edward Park, Lockerbie.[27]
  13. ^ Match played at New King Edward Park, Lockerbie.[28]
  14. ^ Match played at New King Edward Park, Lockerbie.[29]
  15. ^ Match played at Blairmount Park, Newton Stewart.[30]

References

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  1. ^ Gillespie, Stuart (26 April 2024). "South of Scotland League title decider between Creetown and Dalbeattie Star postponed due to burst pipe". Daily Record. Reach plc. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  2. ^ Abbey Vale, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  3. ^ Creetown, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  4. ^ Dalbeattie Star, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  5. ^ Lochar Thistle, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Lochmaben". nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Archived from the original on 23 May 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  7. ^ Mid-Annandale, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  8. ^ Newton Stewart, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  9. ^ Nithsdale Wanderers, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  10. ^ St Cuthbert Wanderers, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  11. ^ "Stranraer". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  12. ^ Upper Annandale, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  13. ^ Wigtown & Bladnoch, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  14. ^ "Licensed Clubs - August 2022" (PDF). Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  15. ^ "Tables". South of Scotland Football League. South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  16. ^ "Abbey Vale vs Mid Annandale". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  17. ^ "Abbey Vale 3 - 1 Upper Annandale". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  18. ^ "Creetown 4 - 1 St Cuthbert Wanderers". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  19. ^ "Creetown 8 - 0 Wigtown & Bladnoch". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  20. ^ "Dalbeattie Star 10 - 1 Wigtown & Bladnoch". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  21. ^ "Lochar Thistle 2 - 2 Abbey Vale". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  22. ^ "Lochar Thistle vs Lochmaben". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  23. ^ Lochar Thistle FC [@LocharThistleFC] (6 October 2023). "⚽️⚽️VENUE CHANGE⚽️⚽️ @The_Creesiders are the visitors to Dumfries tomorrow for a @SOSFLeague clash. With the weather a bit on the damp side and our Youths in Scottish Cup action the Seniors will now be playing at NWCC. Thistle Kitchen will still be in operation. 🥧☕️🥤 🔴⚪️⚫️" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 October 2023 – via Twitter.
  24. ^ "Upper Annandale 0 - 2 Creetown". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  25. ^ Upper Annandale FC [@Uppers1966] (6 April 2024). "Half time at a windy New King Edward Park 🏟️ Upper Annandale 0-0 Dalbeattie Star. Dalbeattie down to 10 🟥 #montheuppers ⚫️⚪️" (Tweet). Retrieved 6 April 2024 – via Twitter.
  26. ^ "Upper Annandale 2 - 3 Mid Annandale". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  27. ^ "Upper Annandale 2 - 3 Nithsdale Wanderers". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  28. ^ "Upper Annandale 2 - 0 St Cuthbert Wanderers". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  29. ^ Upper Annandale FC [@Uppers1966] (4 January 2024). "⚫️⚪️ First matchday of 2024! 🙌⚽️ It's back to league action to kick off the first fixture of the new year! We welcome @WBFC3 to Lockerbie this Saturday, home of Mids. Due to the school holidays, we cannot access the school so are on the road! 🚗 #montheuppers ⚫️⚪️" (Tweet). Retrieved 6 January 2024 – via Twitter.
  30. ^ "Wigtown & Bladnoch 0 - 5 Creetown". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  31. ^ "South of Scotland League Results". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
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