2014–15 South of Scotland Football League
| Season | 2014–15 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Wigtown & Bladnoch |
| Matches played | 182 |
| Goals scored | 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) |
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The 2014–15 South of Scotland Football League, is the 69th season of the South of Scotland Football League.
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.
Wigtown & Bladnoch were the defending champions. This was the first season which the league was added to the Scottish league pyramid at level six, with the winner due to play off against the East of Scotland Football League winner for a place in the 2015-16 Lowland Football League. As Wigtown failed to match the valid licensing, no play-off took place and they remained in the division for the following season.
The championship was successfully retained by Wigtown & Bladnoch, who overhauled long-time leaders Newton Stewart in the remaining weeks of the season, 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.
Teams
| 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 |
Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wigtown & Bladnoch (C) | 26 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 109 | 19 | +90 | 66 | Ineligible for promotion to Lowland Football League |
| 2 | Newton Stewart | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 100 | 32 | +68 | 541 | |
| 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 | Fleet Star | 26 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 57 | 49 | +8 | 38 | |
| 8 | Abbey Vale | 26 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 50 | 52 | −2 | 38 | |
| 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 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 45 | 76 | −31 | 23 | |
| 13 | Nithsdale Wanderers | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 30 | 69 | −39 | 22 | |
| 14 | Dumfries YMCA | 26 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 32 | 201 | −169 | 1 |
Updated to games played on 9 May 2015.
Source: South of Scotland Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Newton Stewart were deducted 6 points for breaching SSFL competition rules
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
End of Season Awards
Player of the Year :-
Stuart Cluckie Wigtown & Bladnoch FC
Top Scorer :-
Roman Soltys St Cuthbert Wanderers F.C.
Ground of the Year :-
Lorimer Park Nithsdale Wanderers FC
Detroit Cup (Most Successful Team) :-
Wigtown & Bladnoch FC
Referee of the Year :-
Scott Jamieson
Team of the Year :-
Harry Fidler Newton Stewart FC
Jamie Adams Wigtown & Bladnoch FC
Andrew Houston Creetown FC
Stuart Cluckie Wigtown & Bladnoch FC
Michael Wilson Newton Stewart FC
Lewis Dunn Wigtown & Bladnoch FC
Phillip Middlemiss St Cuthbert Wanderers F.C.
Richard Jones Wigtown & Bladnoch FC
Quentin Foley Edusport Academy
Robert Middleton Newton Stewart FC
Roman Soltys St Cuthbert Wanderers F.C.
References
- ↑ Abbey Vale, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ↑ Creetown, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ↑ Crichton, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ↑ Dumfries YMCA, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ↑ Edusport Academy, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ↑ Fleet Star, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ↑ Heston Rovers, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ↑ Lochar Thistle, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ↑ Mid-Annandale, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ↑ Newton Stewart, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ↑ Nithsdale Wanderers, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ↑ St Cuthbert Wanderers, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ↑ Upper Annandale, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ↑ Wigtown & Bladnoch, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 21 December 2014.
