2018–19 South of Scotland Football League
# 2018–19 South of Scotland Football League

The 2018–19 South of Scotland Football League was the 73rd season of the South of Scotland Football League, and the 5th season as the sixth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. The season began on 28 July 2018 and ended on 10 May 2019. Threave Rovers are the reigning champions.

The league increased to a 16 team division as Wigtown & Bladnoch returned to the league after a one season absence.

Stranraer reserves won the league on 10 April 2019. As a reserve team they are ineligible for promotion to the Lowland League.

## Teams

The following teams changed division after the 2017–18 season.

### To South of Scotland League

Returned from abeyance

* Wigtown and Bladnoch

| Team | Location | Home ground | Capacity | Seats | Floodlit |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Abbey Vale | New Abbey | Maryfield Park | 1,000 | 0 | No |
| Annan Athletic reserves | Annan | Galabank | 2,504 | 500 | Yes |
| Bonnyton Thistle | Kilmarnock | Bonnyton Park | 1,000 | 100 | Yes |
| Creetown | Creetown | Castlecary Park | 1,000 | 0 | No |
| Dumfries YMCA | Dumfries | Kingholm Park | 500 | 0 | Yes |
| Heston Rovers | Dumfries | Palmerston Park | 8,690 | 3,377 | Yes |
| Lochar Thistle | Dumfries | Maxwelltown High School | 1,000 | 0 | No |
| Lochmaben | Lockerbie | New King Edward Park | 1,000 | 0 | No |
| Mid-Annandale | Lockerbie | New King Edward Park | 1,000 | 0 | No |
| Newton Stewart | Newton Stewart | Blairmount Park | 1,500 | 0 | Yes |
| Nithsdale Wanderers | Sanquhar | Lorimer Park | 1,000 | 0 | Yes |
| St Cuthbert Wanderers | Kirkcudbright | St Mary's Park | 2,000 | 0 | Yes |
| Stranraer reserves | Stranraer | Stair Park | 4,178 | 1,830 | Yes |
| Threave Rovers | Castle Douglas | Meadow Park | 1,500 | | Yes |
| Upper Annandale | Moffat | Moffat Academy | 1,000 | 0 | No |
| Wigtown & Bladnoch | Wigtown | Trammondford Park | 888 | 0 | No |

$^{SFA}$ Club has an SFA Licence (as of 20 December 2017) and are eligible to participate in the Lowland League promotion play-off should they win the league.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Stranraer reserves (C) | 30 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 131 | 24 | +107 | 88 | Ineligible for promotion to the Lowland League |
| 2 | Bonnyton Thistle | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 120 | 39 | +81 | 70 | |
| 3 | Nithsdale Wanderers | 30 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 100 | 72 | +28 | 60 | |
| 4 | Abbey Vale | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 100 | 54 | +46 | 57 | |
| 5 | Upper Annandale | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 72 | 53 | +19 | 57 | |
| 6 | Mid-Annandale | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 105 | 50 | +55 | 55 | |
| 7 | Lochar Thistle | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 71 | 47 | +24 | 53 | |
| 8 | Heston Rovers | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 66 | 48 | +18 | 48 | |
| 9 | Threave Rovers | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 79 | 54 | +25 | 45 | |
| 10 | St Cuthbert Wanderers | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 79 | 57 | +22 | 45 | |
| 11 | Lochmaben | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 59 | 87 | −28 | 29 | |
| 12 | Wigtown & Bladnoch | 30 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 48 | 94 | −46 | 27 | |
| 13 | Newton Stewart | 30 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 38 | 115 | −77 | 22 | |
| 14 | Creetown | 30 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 36 | 87 | −51 | 19 | |
| 15 | Dumfries YMCA | 30 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 29 | 125 | −96 | 11 | |
| 16 | Annan Athletic reserves | 30 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 26 | 153 | −127 | 2 | |
