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South of Scotland Football League
Season2022-23
Dates30 July 2022 – 6 May 2023
Matches played42
Goals scored173 (4.12 per match)
Biggest home winAbbey Vale 10–0 Wigtown & Bladnoch
(6 August 2022)
Biggest away winWigtown & Bladnoch 0–9 Creetown
(5 November 2022)
Highest scoringAbbey Vale 10–0 Wigtown & Bladnoch
(6 August 2022)
Longest winning run5 matches:
Creetown
Longest unbeaten run6 matches:
Creetown & Lochar Thistle
Longest winless run7 matches:
Wigtown & Bladnoch
Longest losing run5 matches:
Caledonian Braves reserves & Wigtown & Bladnoch
All statistics correct as of 26 November 2022.

The 2022–23 South of Scotland Football League is the 77th season of the South of Scotland Football League, and the 9th season as part of the sixth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. The season started on 30 July 2022, and St Cuthbert Wanderers are the reigning champions.

Teams

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Location of teams in 2022–23 South of Scotland Football League

The following team changed divisions after the 2021–22 season.

From South of Scotland League

Transferred to West of Scotland Football League

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

SFA Club with an SFA licence[12] 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 Qualification
1 Creetown 6 5 1 0 19 1 +18 16 Qualification for the Lowland League play-off
2 Lochar Thistle 6 4 2 0 19 7 +12 14
3 Abbey Vale 5 4 1 0 22 3 +19 13
4 Mid-Annandale 6 4 1 1 16 5 +11 13
5 Stranraer reserves 6 4 1 1 15 6 +9 13
6 St Cuthbert Wanderers 9 4 0 5 16 25 −9 12
7 Upper Annandale 7 3 2 2 12 9 +3 11
8 Nithsdale Wanderers 9 3 1 5 15 23 −8 10
9 Newton Stewart 6 3 0 3 14 11 +3 9
10 Lochmaben 8 1 2 5 12 22 −10 5
11 Caledonian Braves reserves 9 1 0 8 10 29 −19 3
12 Wigtown & Bladnoch 7 0 1 6 3 32 −29 1
Updated to match(es) played on 26 November 2022. Source: [13]
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 UPA WIG
Abbey Vale — 14 Jan 8 Apr 1–1 3–0 17 Dec 25 Feb 3 Dec 7 Jan 10–0
Caledonian Braves reserves 0–2 — 0–1 6 May 4 Mar 18 Mar 1–6 2–3 5–3 0–2 8 Apr 10 Dec
Creetown 11 Feb — 10 Dec 7 Jan 3–1 1 Apr 4–0 22 Apr 28 Jan 25 Feb
Lochar Thistle 11 Feb 17 Dec 18 Mar — 5–2 3 Dec 5–1[a] 1 Apr 29 Apr 7 Jan
Lochmaben 18 Mar 3 Dec 14 Jan — 0–1 2–1 2–3 8 Apr 1–1 17 Dec
Mid-Annandale 10 Dec 5–0 0–0 28 Jan — 3–1 22 Apr 14 Jan 6 May 25 Feb 1 Apr
Newton Stewart 6 May 1 Apr 14 Jan 22 Apr 25 Feb 11 Feb — 10 Dec 1–3 3–0 2–1
Nithsdale Wanderers 2–6[b] 7 Jan 0–2 1–5 5–1 3 Dec 29 Apr — 8 Apr 17 Dec 2–0
St Cuthbert Wanderers 22 Apr 25 Feb 6 May 1–2 7 Jan 1–7 28 Jan — 10 Dec 2–1 3–1
Stranraer reserves 1 Apr 4–0 3 Dec 25 Feb 2–2 17 Dec 7 Jan 29 Apr — 15 Apr 2–1[c]
Upper Annandale 3–2 10 Dec 4–2 18 Mar 0–0 2–0 14 Jan — 22 Apr
Wigtown & Bladnoch 29 Apr 0–9[d] 1–1 6 May 8 Apr 14 Jan 18 Mar 0–5 3 Dec —
Updated to match(es) played on 26 November 2022. Source: [17]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Match played at North West Community Campus.[14]
  2. ^ Match played at North West Community Campus, Dumfries, as Lorimer Park was unplayable.[15]
  3. ^ Match played at Blairmount Park, Newton Stewart.[16]
  4. ^ Match played at Blairmount Park, Newton Stewart.

References

  1. ^ "Abbey Vale". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Creetown". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Lochar Thistle". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Lochmaben". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Mid-Annandale". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Newton Stewart". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Nithsdale Wanderers". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  8. ^ "St Cuthbert Wanderers". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  9. ^ "Stranraer Reserves". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  10. ^ "Upper Annandale". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  11. ^ "Wigtown & Bladnoch". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  12. ^ "Licensed Clubs - August 2022" (PDF). Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  13. ^ "Tables". South of Scotland Football League. South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  14. ^ Lochar Thistle FC [@LocharThistleFC] (25 November 2022). "**VENUE CHANGE** South of Scotland League Lochar Thistle v Nithsdale Wanderers Saturday 26th November 2pm KO North West Community Campus" (Tweet). Retrieved 26 November 2022 – via Twitter.
  15. ^ Nithsdale Wanderers Matchday [@FCNithsdale] (4 November 2022). "This Saturday we welcome Abbey Vale to North West Campus Dumfries as Lorimer Park unplayable for our South of Scotland League fixture . Another tough game for the Dale as Vale having a very good season. Kick off 2pm North West Campus 78-30 Alloway Rd Dumfries DG2 9lu #monthedale" (Tweet). Retrieved 6 November 2022 – via Twitter.
  16. ^ Newton Stewart FC [@The_Creesiders] (25 November 2022). "We welcome neighbours @StranraerRes and @WBFC3 to Blairmount tonight for an @SOSFLeague derby. This feisty encounter is sure to be the biggest game on this evening 🔵⚪️🔵 🔴⚪️🔴" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 November 2022 – via Twitter.
  17. ^ "South of Scotland League Results". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
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