South of Scotland Football League

The South of Scotland Football League is an amateur football competition based in the south of Scotland. Another earlier league of the same name briefly existed during the early days of competitive football. The current league is considered to be the weakest of Scotland's three "senior" non-leagues (the other two being the Highland Football League and the East of Scotland Football League).

Original league

The original South of Scotland Football League was created in 1892–93 and featured these clubs:

• 5th Kirkcudbrightshire Rifle Volunteers
• Queen of the South Wanderers
• Mauchline
• Cronberry Eglinton
• Lugar Boswell
• Springbank
• Lanemark

The competition was abandoned and no championship was awarded.

Current league

The present South of Scotland Football League was formed in 1946 and currently features these clubs:

• Abbey Vale
• Creetown
• Crichton
• Dalbeattie Star
• Fleet Star
• Heston Rovers
• Mid-Annandale
• Newton Stewart
• Nithsdale Wanderers
• St. Cuthbert Wanderers
• Stranraer reserves
• Threave Rovers
• Wigtown & Bladnoch

Annan Athletic withdrew their Reserves team from the league at the end of the 2008-09 season so that they could concentrate on the SFL Under 19 league and...
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