The South of Scotland League is a league competition which sits in the second tier of the SFA’s “pyramid”, below the Lowland League and parallel with the South of Scotland League.
There is no automatic promotion or relegation from this league. The winners are entitled to enter into the Scottish Cup if they are not already a licensed SFA member club.
There are currently eleven member clubs who play each other home and away to give a programme of 20 games. Leith Athletic are the defending champions in 2016-17.
The number of member clubs took a huge hit in the summer of 2016 despite Tweedmouth Rangers joining. Civil Service Strollers and Hawick Royal Albert left to join the Lowland League while Craigroyston went junior. Spartans withdrew their reserve side and Duns resigned after being unable to attract players.
Matches in this league usually kick off at 2.30pm, with earlier starts in mid-winter at grounds with no floodlighting.
2016-17 COMPETITION
Saturday, September 3
- Eyemouth United 4-3 Stirling University Res
- Peebles Rovers 0-4 Tynecastle
Saturday, September 10
- Coldstream 0-4 Lothian Thistle HV
- Heriot Watt University 3-1 Peebles Rovers
- Leith Athletic 6-0 Tweedmouth Rangers
Saturday, September 17
- Stirling University Res 1-2 Leith Athletic
Saturday, September 24
- Burntisland Shipyard 1-2 Peebles Rovers
- Coldstream 2-2 Eyemouth United
- Ormiston 1-4 Stirling University Res
Saturday, October 1
- Eyemouth United 10-0 Burntisland Shipyard
- Stirling University Res 8-0 Tweedmouth Rangers
- Heriot Watt University 6-2 Ormiston
- Leith Athletic 8-2 Coldstream
Saturday, October 8
- Burntisland Shipyard 0-6 Leith Athletic
- Lothian Thistle HV 3-0 Tynecastle
- Peebles Rovers 0-1 Coldstream
- Stirling University Res 1-3 Heriot Watt University
- Tweedmouth Rangers 0-1 Eyemouth United
Saturday, October 15
- Burntisland Shipyard 0-6 Ormiston
- Peebles Rovers 0-1 Stirling University Res – fixture reversed
- Tweedmouth Rangers 0-2 Heriot Watt University
Saturday, October 22
- Burntisland Shipyard 1-5 Tweedmouth Rangers – fixture reversed
- Coldstream 2-2 Stirling University Res
- Ormiston 0-3 Eyemouth United
- Peebles Rovers 0-0 Lothian Thistle HV
Saturday, October 29
- Coldstream 4-2 Tweedmouth Rangers
- Eyemouth United 3-2 Peebles Rovers
- Heriot Watt University 9-0 Burntisland Shipyard
- Ormiston 2-4 Lothian Thistle HV
- Tynecastle 2-2 Stirling University Res
Saturday, November 5
- Burntisland Shipyard 2-2 Coldstream
- Leith Athletic 2-1 Heriot-Watt University (1pm)
- Lothian Thistle HV 1-1 Tweedmouth Rangers
- Peebles Rovers 2-1 Ormiston
- Stirling University Res 0-3 Tynecastle
Saturday, November 12
- Eyemouth United P-P Ormiston
- Peebles Rovers 2-5 Lothian Thistle HV
- Stirling University Res 3-4 Coldstream
- Tweedmouth Rangers P-P Burntisland Shipyard
Saturday, November 19
- Eyemouth United 2-3 Tynecastle
- Heriot Watt University 2-3 Coldstream
- Ormiston 4-0 Burntisland Shipyard
- Stirling University Res P-P Peebles Rovers – fixture reversed
Saturday, November 26
- Burntisland Shipyard P-P Tynecastle
- Coldstream P-P Heriot Watt University
- Leith Athletic 5-0 Eyemouth United – fixture reversed
- Lothian Thistle HV P-P Stirling University Res
- Tweedmouth Rangers P-P Ormiston
Saturday, December 3
- Ormiston 0-6 Tynecastle
- Stirling University Res 3-2 Peebles Rovers
Saturday, December 10
- Heriot Watt University 3-0 Eyemouth United
- Leith Athletic 7-0 Peebles Rovers
- Lothian Thistle HV 6-1 Burntisland Shipyard
- Ormiston 1-2 Coldstream
- Tweedmouth Rangers 0-1 Tynecastle
Saturday, December 17
- Eyemouth United 1-0 Ormiston
- Peebles Rovers 4-0 Burntisland Shipyard
- Stirling University Res P-P Lothian Thistle HV
- Tynecastle 6-3 Coldstream
Saturday, January 7
- Coldstream 1-3 Peebles Rovers
- Eyemouth United P-P Tweedmouth Rangers
- Heriot Watt University 4-2 Stirling University Res
- Leith Athletic 3-1 Ormiston
- Tynecastle 0-2 Lothian Thistle HV
Saturday, January 14
- Leith Athletic 0-3 Lothian Thistle HV
- Peebles Rovers P-P Eyemouth United
- Stirling University Res P-P Burntisland Shipyard
- Tweedmouth Rangers P-P Coldstream
- Tynecastle P-P Ormiston
Saturday, January 21
- Burntisland Shipyard 3-2 Heriot Watt University
- Eyemouth United 0-2 Coldstream
- Lothian Thistle HV 8-0 Ormiston
- Peebles Rovers 7-2 Tweedmouth Rangers
- Leith Athletic 5-0 Tynecastle
Saturday, January 28
- Coldstream P-P Burntisland Shipyard
- Ormiston P-P Peebles Rovers
- Stirling University Res 3-3 Lothian Thistle HV
- Tynecastle 5-1 Heriot Watt University
Saturday, February 4
- Burntisland Shipyard – Tynecastle
- Eyemouth United P-P Leith Athletic
- Lothian Thistle HV 7-0 Coldstream
- Ormiston 1-2 Heriot Watt University
Saturday, February 11
- Coldstream P-P Ormiston
- Heriot Watt University 3-1 Lothian Thistle HV
- Peebles Rovers P-P Leith Athletic
- Tweedmouth Rangers P-P Stirling University Res
- Tynecastle P-P Burntisland Shipyard
Saturday, February 18
- Heriot Watt University 4-1 Tynecastle
- Leith Athletic 9-0 Burntisland Shipyard
- Lothian Thistle HV 1-0 Peebles Rovers
- Ormiston 2-0 Tweedmouth Rangers
- Stirling University Res 4-1 Eyemouth United
Saturday, February 25
- Burntisland Shipyard P-P Lothian Thistle
- Coldstream 0-4 Leith Athletic
- Heriot Watt University 8-1 Tweedmouth Rangers
- Stirling University Res P-P Ormiston
- Tynecastle P-P Eyemouth United
Saturday, March 4
- Burntisland Shipyard P-P Eyemouth United
- Coldstream P-P Heriot Watt University
- Leith Athletic 2-0 Stirling University Res
- Tweedmouth Rangers P-P Lothian Thistle HV
- Tynecastle P-P Peebles Rovers
Saturday, March 11
- Eyemouth United 4-4 Tweedmouth Rangers
- Heriot Watt University 2-2 Leith Athletic
- Ormiston 0-1 Peebles Rovers
- Stirling University Res 6-0 Burntisland Shipyard
Wednesday, March 15
- Tynecastle 4-0 Burntisland Shipyard
Saturday, March 18
- Coldstream P-P Burntisland Shipyard
Saturday, March 25
- Burntisland Shipyard 0-7 Stirling University Res
- Coldstream 0-2 Tynecastle
- Eyemouth United 0-3 Lothian Thistle HV
- Tweedmouth Rangers 3-1 Peebles Rovers
Sunday, March 26
- Ormiston 1-4 Leith Athletic
Wednesday, March 29
- Lothian Thistle HV 3-2 Heriot Watt University
Saturday, April 1
- Burntisland Shipyard 1-0 Tynecastle
- Peebles Rovers 1-2 Eyemouth United
- Stirling University Res 3-0 Ormiston
Wednesday, April 5
- Tynecastle 2-1 Leith Athletic
Saturday, April 8
- Peebles Rovers 0-4 Leith Athletic
Saturday, April 15
- Eyemouth United 0-6 Leith Athletic
- Lothian Thistle HV 2-0 Stirling University Res
- Tweedmouth Rangers 2-1 Burntisland Shipyard
Wednesday, April 19
- Tynecastle 3-0 Ormiston
Saturday, April 22
- Burntisland Shipyard 0-7 Lothian Thistle HV
- Coldstream 2-0 Ormiston
- Eyemouth United 1-2 Heriot Watt University
- Tynecastle 7-2 Tweedmouth Rangers
Saturday, April 29
- Coldstream 3-1 Burntisland Shipyard – new fixture
- Tweedmouth Rangers 1-2 Stirling University Res
- Tynecastle 3-0 Peebles Rovers
Tuesday, May 2
- Tweedmouth Rangers 2-2 Leith Athletic
Friday, May 5
- Tweedmouth Rangers 0-4 Coldstream
Saturday, May 6
- Lothian Thistle HV 8-0 Eyemouth United
Wednesday, May 10
- Tweedmouth Rangers 0-11 Lothian Thistle HV
- Tynecastle 4-0 Eyemouth United
Saturday, May 13
- Burntisland Shipyard 1-0 Eyemouth United
- Coldstream 2-2 Heriot Watt University
- Lothian Thistle HV 3-2 Leith
- Lothian are champions
- Tweedmouth Rangers 3-4 Ormiston
Season complete