2021–22_South_of_Scotland_Football_League

2021–22 South of Scotland Football League

Football league season

The 2021–22 South of Scotland Football League was 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 continued as the reigning champions due to the previous two seasons being declared null and void. The season began on 17 July 2021.

Quick Facts Season, Dates ...

South of Scotland Football League
Season	2021–22
Dates	17 July 2021 – 16 May 2022
Champions	St Cuthbert Wanderers
Matches played	156
Goals scored	737 (4.72 per match)
Biggest home win	Threave Rovers 13–0 Caledonian Braves reserves (17 July 2021)
Biggest away win	Wigtown & Bladnoch 0–12 Abbey Vale (25 September 2021)
Highest scoring	Threave Rovers 13–0 Caledonian Braves reserves (17 July 2021)
Longest winning run	16 matches: St Cuthbert Wanderers
Longest unbeaten run	17 matches: St Cuthbert Wanderers
Longest winless run	17 matches: Wigtown & Bladnoch
Longest losing run	11 matches: Wigtown & Bladnoch
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

St Cuthbert Wanderers won the league title for the first time since the 2015–16 season, sealing the championship with a 6–2 victory over Nithsdale Wanderers on 27 April 2022.^[1]

Teams

Abbey Vale

Caledonian Braves reserves

St Cuthbert Wanderers

Stranraer reserves

Threave Rovers

Upper Annandale

Wigtown and Bladnoch

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

Heston Rovers elected not to compete during the 2021–22 season.^[2]

More information Team, Location ...

Team	Location	Home ground	Capacity	Seats	Floodlit
Abbey Vale	New Abbey	Maryfield Park	1,000^[3]	0	No
Caledonian Braves reserves	Motherwell	Alliance Park	500	100	Yes
Creetown	Creetown	Castlecary Park	1,000^[4]	0	Yes
Lochar Thistle	Dumfries	North West Community Campus	1,000^[5]	0	Yes
Lochmaben	Lochmaben	Whitehills Park	1,000^[6]	0	No
Mid-Annandale	Lockerbie	New King Edward Park	1,000^[7]	0	Yes
Newton Stewart ^[SFA]	Newton Stewart	Blairmount Park	1,500^[8]	0	Yes
Nithsdale Wanderers	Sanquhar	Lorimer Park	1,000^[9]	0	Yes
St Cuthbert Wanderers ^[SFA]	Kirkcudbright	St Mary's Park	2,000^[10]	0	Yes
Stranraer reserves	Stranraer	Stair Park	4,178^[11]	1,830	Yes
Threave Rovers ^[SFA]	Castle Douglas	Meadow Park	1,500^[12]		Yes
Upper Annandale	Moffat	Moffat Academy	1,000^[13]	0	No
Wigtown & Bladnoch ^[SFA]	Wigtown	Trammondford Park	888^[14]	0	Yes

^SFA Club with an SFA Licence^[15] 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

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	St Cuthbert Wanderers (C)	24	20	2	2	93	33	+60	62	Qualification for the Lowland League play-off
2	Threave Rovers	24	17	2	5	85	28	+57	53	Transferred to the West of Scotland League
3	Abbey Vale	24	16	1	7	72	33	+39	49
4	Newton Stewart	24	14	4	6	74	46	+28	46
5	Creetown	24	12	6	6	46	33	+13	42
6	Stranraer reserves	24	12	4	8	63	48	+15	40	Ineligible for promotion
7	Upper Annandale	24	9	3	12	47	64	−17	30
8	Caledonian Braves reserves	24	9	2	13	50	73	−23	29	Ineligible for promotion
9	Nithsdale Wanderers	24	8	4	12	64	64	0	28
10	Lochmaben	24	7	4	13	37	54	−17	25
11	Lochar Thistle	24	6	2	16	43	63	−20	20
12	Mid-Annandale	24	5	5	14	44	84	−40	20
13	Wigtown & Bladnoch	24	1	1	22	19	114	−95	4

Source: ^[16]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions

Results

More information Home \ Away, ABB ...

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	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	4–1	8–0
Caledonian Braves reserves	2–0		1–2	3–1	5–1	3–2	2–4	5–3	1–3	1–6	0–1^{[lower-alpha 1]}	3–2	3–1
Creetown	1–2	4–1		2–0	2–1	4–1	0–5	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–2	2–2	2–0
Lochar Thistle	1–3	2–0	0–1		2–3^{[lower-alpha 2]}	4–5	0–4	1–5	1–3	1–3	3–2	2–3	7–0
Lochmaben	1–5	3–1	1–3	1–4		3–3	1–3	1–2	0–2	1–1	1–4	1–2	3–1
Mid-Annandale	1–3	3–3	0–3	2–2	1–1		1–10	0–7	2–4	2–3	1–7	0–5	6–0
Newton Stewart	2–0	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	3–5	5–2	2–2		0–8	1–3	1–3	7–2	1–1
St Cuthbert Wanderers	3–2	4–1	5–1	6–0	2–1	3–0	4–2	6–2		3–5	3–2	4–0	6–3
Stranraer reserves	4–0	2–4	2–2	3–1	0–0	2–3	2–2	4–0	2–4		4–1	3–1	5–0
Threave Rovers	3–1	13–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	5–1	4–2	6–0	2–4	6–0		1–1^{[lower-alpha 3]}	6–0
Upper Annandale	0–6	4–1^{[lower-alpha 4]}	3–1^{[lower-alpha 5]}	1–1	0–1	4–1^{[lower-alpha 6]}	0–5	0–4	0–4^{[lower-alpha 7]}	6–4	3–5		2–1
Wigtown & Bladnoch	0–12	2–1	0–5	2–3^{[lower-alpha 8]}	2–3	0–3	2–4	0–9	1–8	1–3	0–5	0–3

Source: ^[25]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

Match played at New King Edward Park, Lockerbie, due to a clashing fixture.^[17]
Match played at Palmerston Park.^[18]
Match played at Palmerston Park, Dumfries.^[19]
Match played at New King Edward Park, Lockerbie.^[20]
Match played at New King Edward Park, Lockerbie.^[21]
Match played at New King Edward Park, Lockerbie.^[22]
Match played at Dumfries High School, Dumfries.^[23]
Match played at Blairmount Park, Newton Stewart.^[24]

References

[1]
Osborne, Richard (27 April 2022). "Saints Are SSFL Champions". South of Scotland Football League. Pitch Hero. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
[2]
"CLUB STATEMENT". Facebook.
[3]
"Abbey Vale". nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
[4]
"Creetown". nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
[5]
"Lochar Thistle". nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
[6]
"Lochmaben". nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Archived from the original on 23 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
[7]
"Mid-Annandale". nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
[8]
"Newton Stewart". nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
[9]
"Nithsdale Wanderers". nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
[10]
"St Cuthbert Wanderers". nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
[11]
"Stranraer Reserves". nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
[12]
"Threave Rovers". nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
[13]
"Upper Annandale". nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
[14]
"Wigtown & Bladnoch". nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
[15]
"Licensed Clubs - September 2020" (PDF). Retrieved 3 May 2021.
[16]
"Tables - South of Scotland Football League". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
[17]
Threave Rovers FC [@ThreaveRoversFC] (November 23, 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.
[18]
Lochar Thistle FC [@LocharThistleFC] (February 15, 2022). "Game Day:- South of Scotland League Lochar Thistle v @lochmabenfc 7.30pm KO Palmerston Park, Dumfries Mon Thistle 🔴⚫️" (Tweet). Retrieved 16 February 2022 – via Twitter.
[19]
Threave Rovers FC [@ThreaveRoversFC] (February 14, 2022). "We have another home league game this Wednesday night with a change of venue as Meadow Park once again is not playable. Threave Rovers v Upper Annandale is to be played at Palmerston Park, Dumfries kick off 7:45pm. Entry is £4 & £2 concessions via the Ice Bowl Stand turnstiles" (Tweet). Retrieved 16 February 2022 – via Twitter.
[20]
Upper Annandale FC [@Uppers1966] (January 14, 2022). "Tomorrow 🏆 @SOSFLeague v Caledonian Braves 📍 New King Edward Park, Lockerbie 🕑 3pm" (Tweet). Retrieved 15 January 2022 – via Twitter.
[21]
Upper Annandale FC [@Uppers1966] (December 10, 2021). "Tomorrow SSFL v @CreetownFC New King Edward Park, Lockerbie 2pm" (Tweet). Retrieved 11 December 2021 – via Twitter.
[22]
Upper Annandale FC [@Uppers1966] (December 17, 2021). "Tomorrow 🏆 SSFL v @Themidsfc 📍 New King Edward Park, Lockerbie 🕑 3pm" (Tweet). Retrieved 18 December 2021 – via Twitter.
[23]
St Cuthbert Wanderers FC [@StCuthberts1879] (March 5, 2022). "🔵⚪️UPPERS V SAINTS⚪️🔵 St Cuthbert Wanderers are in league action today as we face Upper Annandale. The match was moved earlier this week to Dumfries High School and kicks off at 3pm. Come support your Saints! 🔵⚪️💙⚪️🔵" (Tweet). Retrieved 5 March 2022 – via Twitter.
[24]
Wigtown & Bladnoch FC [@WBFC3] (February 12, 2022). "🔴⚪ Game Day 21 ⚪🔴 🆚 Lochar Thistle 📅 Sat 12th Feb 2022 🏆 SOSFL 📍 Blairmount Park ⏱️ 2:00 Pm Today we host Lochar Thistle at Blairmount. The team still chasing well needed points. Improvement again last week so fingers crossed it's continues [sic]. #RAWA" (Tweet). Retrieved 12 February 2022 – via Twitter.
[25]
"Results grid - South of Scotland Football League". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 19 May 2022.

External links

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