The 2019–20 South of Scotland Football League was the 74th season of the
South of Scotland Football League
The South of Scotland Football League (SoSFL) is a senior football league based in south-west Scotland. The league sits at level 6 on the Scottish football league system, acting as a feeder to the Lowland Football League.
Founded in 1946, it ...
, and the sixth season as the sixth tier of the
Scottish football pyramid system.
Stranraer
Stranraer ( , in Scotland also ; ), also known as The Toon or The Cleyhole, is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, on Loch Ryan and the northern side of the isthmus joining the Rhins of Galloway to the mainland. Stranraer is Dumfries ...
reserves were the reigning champions.
The league remained at 16 teams despite the withdrawal of
Annan Athletic reserves, as
Caledonian Braves
Caledonian Braves Football Club is a Scottish semi-professional football club based in North Lanarkshire. They are members of the , in the fifth tier of the Scottish football league system.
The club originated from Edusport Academy, a residenti ...
reserves (formerly Edusport Academy) joined the league. However, 12 matches into the season
Dumfries YMCA withdrew.
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
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
. On 4 May, the league voted to declare the season null and void.
Teams
The following teams changed division after the 2018–19 season.
To South of Scotland League
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Caledonian Braves
Caledonian Braves Football Club is a Scottish semi-professional football club based in North Lanarkshire. They are members of the , in the fifth tier of the Scottish football league system.
The club originated from Edusport Academy, a residenti ...
reserves
From South of Scotland League
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Annan Athletic reserves
Club has an SFA Licence (as of July 2019)
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
References
External links
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South of Scotland Football League
The South of Scotland Football League (SoSFL) is a senior football league based in south-west Scotland. The league sits at level 6 on the Scottish football league system, acting as a feeder to the Lowland Football League.
Founded in 1946, it ...