2025–26 South of Scotland Football League

South of Scotland Football League
Season2025–26
Dates26 July 2025 – TBC May 2026
Matches79
Goals345 (4.37 per match)
Biggest home winDalbeattie Star 15–0 St Cuthbert Wanderers
(14 January 2026)
Biggest away winWigtown & Bladnoch 0–10 Lochar Thistle
(8 November 2025)
Highest scoringDalbeattie Star 15–0 St Cuthbert Wanderers
(14 January 2026)
Longest winning run13 matches:
Stranraer reserves
Longest unbeaten run14 matches:
Stranraer reserves
Longest winless run12 matches:
St Cuthbert Wanderers
Longest losing run5 matches:
Mid-Annandale & Wigtown & Bladnoch
2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 18 March 2026.

The 2025–26 South of Scotland Football League is the 80th season of the South of Scotland Football League, and the 12th season as part of the sixth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. Lochar Thistle are the reigning champions.

Teams

Location of teams in 2025–26 South of Scotland Football League

The following teams changed divisions after the 2024–25 season.

From South of Scotland League

Moved to Dumfries Sunday Amateur Football League

Stadia and locations

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
Wigtown & Bladnoch[SFA] Wigtown Trammondford Park Grass 888[11] 0 Yes

SFA Club with an SFA licence[12] eligible for promotion to the Lowland League West should they win the league or finish as runners-up, and also compete in the Scottish Cup.

Stranraer reserves are ineligible for promotion.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Stranraer reserves 16 13 1 2 63 19 +44 40 Ineligible for promotion
2 Dalbeattie Star 13 11 1 1 51 6 +45 34 Promotion to the Lowland League West
3 Lochar Thistle 15 11 1 3 55 17 +38 34
4 Newton Stewart 13 10 1 2 42 13 +29 31 Promotion to the Lowland League West
5 Creetown 13 5 2 6 19 18 +1 17
6 Abbey Vale 13 5 2 6 28 30 −2 17
7 Lochmaben 15 3 4 8 23 46 −23 13
8 Nithsdale Wanderers 11 3 3 5 18 23 −5 12
9 Mid-Annandale 15 3 3 9 20 49 −29 12
10 St Cuthbert Wanderers 18 1 5 12 17 69 −52 8
11 Wigtown & Bladnoch 16 2 1 13 9 55 −46 7
Updated to match(es) played on 18 March 2026. Source: South of Scotland Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results

Home \ Away ABB CRE DAL LOT LOC MID NEW NIT SCW STR WIG
Abbey Vale 1–3 0–2 3–0 2–4[a] 2–2[b] 0–7 4–0
Creetown 0–2 1–2[c] 0–4 1–1 1–0 2–0
Dalbeattie Star 1–0 4–1 6–1[d] 3–0[e] 15–0[f] 1–0
Lochar Thistle 2–0 4–0[g] 7–0 5–1 1–1 0–1
Lochmaben 2–2 0–3 1–5 1–1 3–3 2–7 4–1
Mid-Annandale 3–3 1–3 0–4 2–4 2–3 3–2 0–2 2–1
Newton Stewart 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–3 6–1 2–0 4–0
Nithsdale Wanderers 1–4 1–5 0–6 1–1 4–1 1–2 1–2 2–0
St Cuthbert Wanderers 0–6 4–0 0–5 0–3 2–2 0–7 1–1 2–5 0–2[h]
Stranraer reserves 5–1 3–2 2–1 5–2 3–2 10–1 2–1 1–0
Wigtown & Bladnoch 0–10[i] 0–3 0–2 1–5 0–5 1–1 2–10[j]
Updated to match(es) played on 18 March 2026. Source: South of Scotland Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Match played at the North West Community Campus, Dumfries.[13]
  2. ^ Match played at the North West Community Campus, Dumfries.[14]
  3. ^ Match played at St Mary's Park, Kirkcudbright.[15]
  4. ^ Match played at the North West Community Campus, Dumfries.[16]
  5. ^ Match played at the North West Community Campus, Dumfries.[17]
  6. ^ Match played at the North West Community Campus, Dumfries.[18]
  7. ^ Match played at the North West Community Campus.[19]
  8. ^ Match played at Blairmount Park, Newton Stewart.[20]
  9. ^ Match played at the North West Community Campus, Dumfries.[21]
  10. ^ Match played at Blairmount Park, Newton Stewart.[22]

References

  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. ^ Wigtown & Bladnoch , nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  12. ^ "Licensed Clubs – 2025" (PDF). Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  13. ^ "Abbey Vale vs Newton Stewart". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 20 February 2026.
  14. ^ "Abbey Vale 2 - 2 St Cuthbert Wanderers". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
  15. ^ "Creetown 1 - 2 Lochmaben". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
  16. ^ "Dalbeattie Star 6 - 1 Lochmaben". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
  17. ^ "Dalbeattie Star 3 - 0 Mid Annandale". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  18. ^ "Dalbeattie Star 15 - 0 St Cuthbert Wanderers". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
  19. ^ "Lochar Thistle 4 - 0 Lochmaben". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  20. ^ "St Cuthbert Wanderers vs Wigtown & Bladnoch". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  21. ^ "Wigtown & Bladnoch 0 - 10 Lochar Thistle". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  22. ^ "Wigtown & Bladnoch vs Stranraer". South of Scotland Football League. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
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