# 2022–23 South of Scotland Football League

The 2022–23 South of Scotland Football League was the 77th season of the South of Scotland Football League, and the 9th season as part of the sixth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. The season started on 30 July 2022 and ended on 8 May 2023. St Cuthbert Wanderers were the reigning champions.
The title was won for the first time by Abbey Vale, winning their last seven games of the season to overhaul long-time league leaders Creetown, who were also chasing a first league title. Abbey Vale were ineligible for promotion however, as they do not hold an SFA club licence. As champions, they will enter the 2023–24 Scottish Cup at the preliminary-round stage.

## Teams

The following team changed divisions after the 2021–22 season.

### From South of Scotland League

Transferred to West of Scotland Football League
* Threave Rovers
| Team | Location | Home ground | Capacity | Seats | Floodlit |
| Abbey Vale | New Abbey | Maryfield Park | 1,000 | 0 | No |
| Caledonian Braves reserves | Motherwell | Alliance Park | 500 | 100 | Yes |
| Creetown | Creetown | Castlecary Park | 1,000 | 0 | Yes |
| Lochar Thistle | Dumfries | Wilson Park | 1,000 | 0 | No |
| Lochmaben | Lochmaben | Whitehills Park | 1,000 | 0 | No |
| Mid-Annandale | Lockerbie | New King Edward Park | 1,000 | 0 | Yes |
| 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 |
| Upper Annandale | Moffat | Moffat Academy | 1,000 | 0 | No |
| Wigtown & Bladnoch | Wigtown | Trammondford Park | 888 | 0 | Yes |
$^{SFA}$ Club with an SFA licence 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Abbey Vale (C) | 22 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 100 | 24 | +76 | 58 | Ineligible for the Lowland League play-off |
| 2 | Creetown | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 66 | 17 | +49 | 55 | |
| 3 | Lochar Thistle | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 75 | 30 | +45 | 49 | |
| 4 | Stranraer reserves | 22 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 66 | 36 | +30 | 43 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 5 | Newton Stewart | 22 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 57 | 48 | +9 | 40 | |
| 6 | Mid-Annandale | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 62 | 38 | +24 | 38 | |
| 7 | St Cuthbert Wanderers | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 45 | 57 | −12 | 26 | |
| 8 | Upper Annandale | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 33 | 56 | −23 | 19 | |
| 9 | Lochmaben | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 36 | 60 | −24 | 17 | |
| 10 | Nithsdale Wanderers | 22 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 26 | 79 | −53 | 16 | |
| 11 | Caledonian Braves reserves | 22 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 37 | 70 | −33 | 14 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 12 | Wigtown & Bladnoch | 22 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 101 | −88 | 7 | |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ABB | CAL | CRE | LOT | LOC | MID | NEW | NIT | SCW | STR | UPA | WIG |
| Abbey Vale | — | 8–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 9–2 | 9–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 10–0 |
| Caledonian Braves reserves | 0–2 | — | 0–1 | 0–7 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–6 | 2–3 | 5–3 | 0–2 | 7–0 | 5–0 |
| Creetown | 3–0 | 4–1 | — | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 6–1 |
| Lochar Thistle | 2–5 | 7–2 | 1–1 | — | 5–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Lochmaben | 0–4 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 0–4 | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 6–0 |
| Mid-Annandale | 2–5 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–7 | 2–1 | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 3–0 | 18–0 |
| Newton Stewart | 1–5 | 6–3 | 2–2 | 6–5 | 4–3 | 0–3 | — | 5–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Nithsdale Wanderers | 2–6 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 0–5 | — | 0–4 | 3–9 | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| St Cuthbert Wanderers | 0–6 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 6–3 | 1–7 | 1–2 | 5–0 | — | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Stranraer reserves | 0–3 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 6–0 | 5–0 | — | 6–3 | 2–1 |
| Upper Annandale | 2–5 | 3–2 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | — | 5–1 |
| Wigtown & Bladnoch | 0–8 | 1–0 | 0–9 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 0–5 | 0–4 | — |
* ↑ Match played at Dumfries High School.
* ↑ Match played at Blairmount Park, Newton Stewart.
* ↑ Match played at Blairmount Park, Newton Stewart.
* ↑ Match played at Stranraer Academy 3G.
* ↑ Match played at North West Community Campus.
* ↑ Match played at North West Community Campus.
* ↑ Match played at North West Community Campus.
* ↑ Match played at Galabank, Annan.
* ↑ Match played at North West Community Campus, Dumfries, as Lorimer Park was unplayable.
* ↑ Match played at North West Community Campus, Dumfries.
* ↑ Match played at Stranraer Academy 3G.
* ↑ Match played at Stranraer Academy 3G.
* ↑ Match played at Stranraer Academy 3G.
* ↑ Match played at Blairmount Park, Newton Stewart.
* ↑ Match played at New King Edward Park, Lockerbie.
* ↑ Match played at New King Edward Park, Lockerbie.
* ↑ Match played at Dumfries High School, Dumfries.
* ↑ Match played at Raydale Park, Gretna.
* ↑ Match played at New King Edward Park, Lockerbie.
* ↑ Match played at Blairmount Park, Newton Stewart.
* ↑ Match played at Blairmount Park, Newton Stewart.
* ↑ Match played at Blairmount Park, Newton Stewart.