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South of Scotland Football League
Season2024–25
Dates27 July 2024 – 3 May 2025
ChampionsLochar Thistle
Matches played132
Goals scored656 (4.97 per match)
Biggest home win
Biggest away winWigtown & Bladnoch 1–14 Dalbeattie Star
(10 August 2024)
Highest scoringWigtown & Bladnoch 1–14 Dalbeattie Star
(10 August 2024)
Longest winning run10 matches:
Newton Stewart
Longest unbeaten run15 matches:
Creetown
Longest winless run22 matches:
Wigtown & Bladnoch
Longest losing run13 matches:
Wigtown & Bladnoch
2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 3 May 2025.

The 2024–25 South of Scotland Football League was 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 were the reigning champions, but were unable to defend their title, as they can only finish third at best.

Lochar Thistle won the South of Scotland Football League for the first time, overhauling title rivals Newton Stewart, Dalbeattie Star and Creetown having caught up their points deficit with their games in hand. They clinched the championship with a 3–0 victory over Creetown on 26 April 2025, but were ineligible for promotion, as they do not hold an SFA club licence.

Teams

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Location of teams in 2024–25 South of Scotland Football League

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 Lochar Thistle (C) 22 17 1 4 81 21 +60 52 Ineligible for the Lowland League play-off
2 Newton Stewart 22 15 5 2 77 26 +51 50
3 Dalbeattie Star 22 14 4 4 90 42 +48 46
4 Creetown 22 14 3 5 64 34 +30 45
5 Stranraer reserves 22 13 4 5 57 36 +21 43 Ineligible for promotion
6 Abbey Vale 22 12 2 8 56 45 +11 38
7 Nithsdale Wanderers 22 11 4 7 71 55 +16 37
8 Upper Annandale 22 8 3 11 43 43 0 27
9 Mid-Annandale 22 5 2 15 43 69 −26 17
10 Lochmaben 22 3 3 16 32 74 −42 12
11 St Cuthbert Wanderers 22 2 4 16 24 96 −72 10
12 Wigtown & Bladnoch 22 0 1 21 18 115 −97 1
Source: South of Scotland Football League
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 0–5 3–8 2–0 3–2 0–1 2–5 3–3 4–1 1–3 5–0 4–0
Creetown 2–1 3–7 0–2 3–0 3–2 0–1 7–4 2–2[a] 3–0 1–0 2–1
Dalbeattie Star 0–1 2–2[b] 1–1 5–0 4–3 3–3 4–0 8–0 2–4 1–1 5–3
Lochar Thistle 5–1 3–0 2–3 3–1 3–1 1–3 6–2 8–0 2–0 3–0 3–0
Lochmaben 0–5 0–2 2–3 1–4 3–1 1–6 1–4 5–0 1–2 2–2 3–2
Mid-Annandale 0–4 2–6 1–4 0–5 5–1 1–5 0–5 7–0 3–3 0–3 5–1
Newton Stewart 1–2 1–1 3–4 5–1 5–1 5–0 3–3 6–0 3–0 1–0 4–0
Nithsdale Wanderers 3–1 5–2 1–4 0–3 5–4 4–1 3–3 5–1 1–4 1–0 6–0
St Cuthbert Wanderers 1–2 0–7 0–5 0–9 2–2 3–3 0–5 3–3 1–4 0–1 5–0
Stranraer reserves 1–1 0–2 5–1 0–6 8–0 3–1 0–0 4–1 3–2 1–0 3–2
Upper Annandale 1–6[c] 0–3[d] 3–2[e] 1–3[f] 3–1[g] 3–1[h] 2–4[i] 1–4[j] 7–0[k] 3–3[l] 7–0[m]
Wigtown & Bladnoch 3–5 1–8 1–14 0–8[n] 1–1 1–5 1–5 0–8 0–3 0–6 1–5
Source: South of Scotland Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Match played at Blairmount Park, Newton Stewart.[14]
  2. ^ Match played at North West Community Campus, Dumfries.[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]
  6. ^ Match played at New King Edward Park, Lockerbie.[19]
  7. ^ Match played at New King Edward Park, Lockerbie.[20]
  8. ^ Match played at New King Edward Park, Lockerbie.[21]
  9. ^ Match played at New King Edward Park, Lockerbie.[22]
  10. ^ Match played at New King Edward Park, Lockerbie.[23]
  11. ^ Match played at New King Edward Park, Lockerbie.[24]
  12. ^ Match played at New King Edward Park, Lockerbie.[25]
  13. ^ Match played at New King Edward Park, Lockerbie.[26]
  14. ^ Match played at Blairmount Park, Newton Stewart.[27]

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. ^ "Creetown 2 - 2 St Cuthbert Wanderers". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  15. ^ "Dalbeattie Star 2 - 2 Creetown". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ "Upper Annandale 0 - 3 Creetown". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  18. ^ "Upper Annandale 3 - 2 Dalbeattie Star". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  19. ^ "Upper Annandale 1 - 3 Lochar Thistle". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  20. ^ "Upper Annandale 3 - 1 Lochmaben". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  21. ^ "Upper Annandale 3 - 1 Mid Annandale". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  22. ^ "Upper Annandale 2 - 4 Newton Stewart". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  23. ^ "Upper Annandale vs Nithsdale Wanderers". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
  24. ^ "Upper Annandale 7 - 0 St Cuthbert Wanderers". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  25. ^ "Upper Annandale 3 - 3 Stranraer". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  26. ^ "Upper Annandale 7 - 0 Wigtown & Bladnoch". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  27. ^ "Wigtown & Bladnoch 0 - 8 Lochar Thistle". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
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