2019–20 South of Scotland Football League explained

Competition:	South of Scotland Football League
Season:	2019–20
Matches:	150
Total Goals:	675
Longest Wins:	10 games: Stranraer reserves
Longest Unbeaten:	19 games: Threave Rovers
Longest Winless:	12 games: Lochmaben
Longest Losses:	7 games: Heston Rovers
Prevseason:	2018–19
Nextseason:	2020–21

The 2019–20 South of Scotland Football League was the 74th season of the South of Scotland Football League, and the sixth season as the sixth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. Stranraer reserves were the reigning champions.

The league remained at 16 teams despite the withdrawal of Annan Athletic reserves, as Caledonian Braves reserves (formerly Edusport Academy) joined the league. However, 12 matches into the season Dumfries YMCA withdrew.^[1]

The season began on 27 July 2019 and was scheduled to end on 25 April 2020, but on 13 March the league was indefinitely suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2] On 4 May, the league voted to declare the season null and void.^[3]

Teams

The following teams changed division after the 2018–19 season.

To South of Scotland League

• Caledonian Braves reserves

From South of Scotland League

• Annan Athletic reserves

Team	Location	Home ground	Capacity	Seats	Floodlit
		Maryfield Park	1,000^[4]	0	No
		Bonnyton Park	1,000^[5]	100	Yes
Caledonian Braves reserves		Alliance Park	500	100	Yes
		Castlecary Park	1,000^[6]	0	No
		Kingholm Park	500^[7]	0	Yes
			8,690^[8]	3,377	Yes
		North West Community Campus	1,000^[9]	0	Yes
		Whitehills Park	1,000^[10]	0	No
		New King Edward Park	1,000^[11]	0	No
		Blairmount Park	1,500^[12]	0	Yes
		Lorimer Park	1,000^[13]	0	Yes
		St Mary's Park	2,000^[14]	0	Yes
Stranraer reserves			4,178^[15]	1,830	Yes
		Meadow Park	1,500^[16]		Yes
		Moffat Academy	1,000^[17]	0	No
		Trammondford Park	888^[18]	0	No

Club has an SFA Licence (as of July 2019)^[19] and would have been eligible to participate in the Lowland League promotion play-off should they win the league. However, this was cancelled following the Lowland League's curtailment in April 2020.

League table at time of abandonment

Notes and References

1. News: End of the road for Dumfries YMCA as they drop out of league and cups . 24 November 2019 . DG News-Sport.
2. Web site: Coronavirus – Joint Response Group Update 13 March . Scottish FA . 13 March 2020 . 14 March 2020.
3. News: South football season ends without a champion side . 4 May 2020 . 4 May 2020 . DG News-Sport.
4. Web site: Abbey Vale . nonleaguescotland.org.uk . 5 July 2019 . 21 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161021182324/http://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/abbeyvale.htm . live .
5. Web site: Bonnyton Thistle . nonleaguescotland.org.uk . 5 July 2019 . 6 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190706175328/http://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/bonnyton.htm . live .
6. Web site: Creetown . nonleaguescotland.org.uk . 5 July 2019 . 21 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161021130506/http://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/creetown.htm . live .
7. Web site: Dumfries YMCA . nonleaguescotland.org.uk . 5 July 2019 . 23 May 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180523204321/http://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/dumfriesym.htm . dead .
8. Web site: Heston Rovers . nonleaguescotland.org.uk . 5 July 2019 . 21 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161021125913/http://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/heston.htm . live .
9. Web site: Lochar Thistle . nonleaguescotland.org.uk . 5 July 2019 . 21 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161021130810/http://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/lochar.htm . live .
10. Web site: Lochmaben . nonleaguescotland.org.uk . 5 July 2019 . 23 May 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180523213317/http://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/lochmaben.htm . live .
11. Web site: Mid-Annandale . nonleaguescotland.org.uk . 5 July 2019 . 21 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161021130014/http://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/midannandale.htm . live .
12. Web site: Newton Stewart . nonleaguescotland.org.uk . 5 July 2019 . 21 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161021182320/http://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/newtonstewart.htm . live .
13. Web site: Nithsdale Wanderers . nonleaguescotland.org.uk . 5 July 2019 . 21 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161021184613/http://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/nithsdale.htm . live .
14. Web site: St Cuthbert Wanderers . nonleaguescotland.org.uk . 5 July 2019 . 21 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161021184625/http://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/stcuthbert.htm . live .
15. Web site: Stranraer Reserves . nonleaguescotland.org.uk . 5 July 2019 . 2 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190702184821/http://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/stranraerres.htm . live .
16. Web site: Threave Rovers . nonleaguescotland.org.uk . 5 July 2019 . 21 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161021131559/http://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/threave.htm . live .
17. Web site: Upper Annandale . nonleaguescotland.org.uk . 5 July 2019 . 21 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161021182813/http://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/upperannandale.htm . live .
18. Web site: Wigtown & Bladnoch . nonleaguescotland.org.uk . 5 July 2019 . 21 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161021130631/http://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/wigtown.htm . live .
19. Web site: Licensed Clubs - July 2019. 1 July 2019.