The Border Amateur Football League is a
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
league for amateur clubs in the
Scottish Borders
The Scottish Borders ( sco, the Mairches, 'the Marches'; gd, Crìochan na h-Alba) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Dumfries and Galloway, East Lothian, Midlothian, South Lanarkshire, West Lothi ...
.
The league was founded in 1936
and is affiliated to the
Scottish Amateur Football Association
The Scottish Amateur Football Association (SAFA) is the organising body for amateur football across Scotland. An affiliate of the Scottish Football Association, the SAFA has in turn 50 regional associations affiliated to it and some 67 differe ...
. It currently features 31 teams in three divisions, named A, B and C. Teams from all three divisions compete for the Waddell Cup and (providing they enter) the South Cup and Scottish Amateur Cup. The Border Cup and Beveridge Cup are competed for by teams in the A Division; the Wright Cup and Walls Cup for teams in the B Division and the Sanderson Cup and Collie Cup for teams in the C Division. The Forsyth Cup is a consolation tournament for teams knocked out in the preliminary and first round of the Waddell Cup.
2021–2022 League Members
A League
* Ancrum
*
Chirnside United
*
Duns Amateurs
* Greenlaw
* Hawick United
* Hawick Waverley
* Langlee Amateurs
* Langholm Legion
* Newtown
* Tweeddale Rovers
B League
* Biggar United
* Coldstream Amateurs
* Earlston Rhymers
* Gala Hotspur
* Hawick Legion
* Jed Legion
* Kelso Thistle
* Leithen Rovers
* Selkirk Victoria
* Stow
* Tweedmouth Amateurs
C League
* Berwick Colts
* Eyemouth United
* Gala Fairydean Rovers
* Highfields United
* Lauder
* Netherdale Thistle
* St. Boswells
* Tweeddale Rovers Colts
References
External links
{{Football in Scotland
Football leagues in Scotland
Football in the Scottish Borders
Sports leagues established in 1936
1936 establishments in Scotland
Amateur association football in Scotland