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Posted 3rd August 2011
Maxwelltown Thistle and
Morton Thistle of the DDAFL have recently played in the Normandy Cup a 4 team invitational pre-season tournament which also includes the Normandy Star and Moffat Thistle 2010 from the Dumfries Sunday League. The Cup which is sponsored by Bill and Doreen Imrie of the Normandy Bar will be an annual event featuring the two teams sponsored by the Normandy Bar (Maxwelltown Thistle and Normandy Star) and 2 invited teams.
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR CLUB SECRETARIES - A player MUST be registered within 3 days of the registration form being signed by the player. This is a SAFA requirement, and any forms handed into or sent to the registration secretary which do not comply with this requirement will be returned (for posted forms there will be two days grace). Holding onto signed forms could mean that a player will have to be re-signed if this 3 day rule is not adhered to.
Posted 29th July 2011
South Cup Draw
The South of Scotland Cup draw was made at Hampden Park on 29th July 2011. Six of our teams have entered this season with 2 teams, Upper annandale and Lochar Thistle recieving byes to the second round. In the first round Maxwelltown Thistle and Dynamo Star look to have their hands full. Lochar Thistle are drawn away to last years semi-finalists Gala Rovers.
Round 1
Lochmaben vs Hawick Legion
Symington Tinto vs Maxwelltown Thistle
Terregles Athletic vs Jed Legion
Dynamo Star vs Carluke Hearts
Round 2
Gala Rovers vs Lochar Thistle
Upper Annandale vs West Barns star
Posted 11th June 2011
AGM News - The league agm was held on the 11th June 2011 at the david Keswick Centre. There were no changes in the leaue officials with alll current incumbents elected unopposed. The annual awards were announced and awarded (see below for details). The main change for season 2011-12 is the move to playing each other three times instead of two. This will add seven games to the itinery so one of the knockout cups has been withdrawn. In short 21 league games, 1 cup played in league format and 4 knockout cups. Four of the cups were drawn, leaving only one to follow later in the year. Two cups will be played to completion before the xmas break.
Player of the Year - Jim Brown (Lochar Thistle)
Goalkeeper of the Year - Stuart Allison (Dynamo Star)
Tony Pierog Trophy for Sportsmanship - Maxwelltown Thistle
League Top Goalscorers - Lochar Thistle
Team Losing fewset Goals - Lochar Thistle
Personality of the Year - George Kirk (Lochar Thistle)
McKeand Trophy (Top Goalscorer) - Steven Hyslop (Lochmaben)
League Cup Groups
Group A
Maxwelltown Thistle, Morton Thistle, Upper Annandale, Lochmaben
Group B
Terregles Athletic, Lochar Thistle, Dynamo Star, YMCA
Tayleurian Cup
1. Lochmaben vs YMCA
2. Dynamo Star vs Maxwelltown Thistle
3. Terregles Athletic vs Upper Annandale
4. Morton Thistle vs Lochar Thistle
Semis 3 vs 4 and 4 vs 2
British Legion Cup
1. Terregles Athletic vs Upper Annandale
2. Morton Thistle vs Lochar Thistle
3. Lochmaben vs Dynamo Star
4. Maxwelltown Thistle vs YMCA
Semis 3 vs 1 and 2 vs 4
Queen of the South Cup
1. Lochmaben vs Upper Annandale
2. Lochar Thistle vs Morton Thistle
3. Terregles Athletic vs YMCA
4. Maxwelltown Thistle vs Dynamo Star
Semis 2 vs 4 and 1 vs 3
Posted 29th May 2011
Lochar Thistle before the match vs Maxwelltown on Saturday 28th June.
Referee of the Year 2010-11
Sandy McNay was presented with the Referee of the Year award on Saturday before the final of the Nivison Cup on Wednesday night.
Posted 16th May 2011
Lochar Lift Title after 28 Year Wait
Lochar Thistle secured the points they needed to confirm the DDAFL title on Monday night with a well deserved 4-2 away win at Lochmaben, the only other side who before the game were still in with a mathematical chance of the title. Both sides have met several times this season with Lochmaben holding the upper hand but it was Lochar who won both of their all important league encounters and with this victory still remain undefeated in the league with one match remaining.
Lochmaben bossed the game early on and were two goals up in the first 25 minutes. Gary White side-footed home from close range for the first and Stefan Ramsay made it two from 8 yards out. Lochar pulled one back with 5 minutes remaining in the first half when a Mike McGauchie 25 yard free kick took a strange bounce over keeper Craig Lauder.
The second half started with Lochar looking much livelier and it didn’t take them long to grab an equaliser when Terry Jardine finished from close range. The turning point in the game came a few minutes later when Lochmaben keeper Craig Lauder upended William Dempster in the box and was sent off. Jim Brown squandered the chance though when his spot kick was brilliantly saved by stand-in keeper Shane Watson. With quarter of an hour remaining Lochar made the extra man count when Jardine finished off a neat move to give his side the lead for the first time. The game was wrapped up when Lochar were awarded a second penalty, this time Jardine took over spot kick duties and his successful kick secured his hattrick as well as the match.
New National Constitution proposals by SAFA for 2010-2011
The SAFA have put together a proposed national constitution which is currently under consideration. There are quite a few possible changes for next year. Every club has a right to comment on these and can send a letter to the SAFA outlining your club's views. This should be done as soon as possible.
Click on the link to download/view the new standard constitution document. Please note that the text highlighted in red does not signify changes from the current constitution. Assume that this is an all new proposal and that all parts may be different from present.
The DDAFL League Executive will be sending a letter outlinging their views. Any club can contact G.Lockhart to pass on their views or can email them via
steven.todd@ddafl.co.uk. who will then pass them on to Graham.
Queen of the South Cup Draw
The draw was made for the Queen of the South Cup at the February Management Meeting.
The Queen of the South Cup is sponsored by the Junior Blues section of the
Queens Trust.
Posted 4th October 2010
Colin McBurnie of Colins Carpets presents Maurice Sproat and Grahamm Lockhart with the sponsor cheque for the British Legion Cup, This is the second year that Colin has sponsored the BL Cup, prior to that he has sponsored the McCall Cup among others. The league would like to thank Colin for his continued support. Colin has recently moved to new larger premises on the Annan Road in Dumfries.
Posted 5th September 2010
If any club is interested in putting together there is a new free service available at
club website. This is a very simple to follow system and very little knowledge of setting up a site is required. click the following link to get started.
CLUBWEBSITE
On Monday League Treasurer Jim Kirk received a cheque from Kenny Hope of League Cup sponsor John Pagan & Son. John Pagan & Son have been sponsors of this competition for several years and the League is grateful that they have continued their sponsorship for another year.
Posted 18th August 2010
Morton Thistle have been drawn away in the West of Scotland Cup and will play Milton AFC of the
Caledonian League on the 16th October 2010
Posted 18th August 2010
There are a fair few players who play both Saturday and Sunday football playing inb our league. The following link gets you to the new Sunday League Website
In addition there is a new revamped SAFA website Scottishfa.co.uk/SAFA
Posted 28th July 2010
A series of articles about football in the Upper Nisthdale area is currently being published in one of the weekly papers in that area. These will be published on this site as and when they are available -
Posted 27th July 2010
Cups re-drawn and League fixtures re-scheduled
As a result of the Stakeford Colts withdrawl from the league, all cups were re-drawn a 1pm today at the Lochar Inn. The draws were made by vice-president David Nish and were witnessed by general secretary Graham Lockhart and vice-president Stevie Todd. In addition the league fixtures were re-scheduled. Full details can be found by following this link -
Cup Draws 2010/11
Posted 27th July 2010
From this season onwards a player will be suspended for 1 game when he reaches 5 cautions, previously a 2 games suspension applied when a player reached 4 cautions. If a player reaches 10 cautions he will be suspended for 3 games and 6 games for reaching 15 cautions.
Posted 23rd July 2010
Stakeford Colts Resign from League - All Cup and League Fixtures Scrapped
Stakeford Colts (formerly First Base Dynamos) have withdrawn from the league. A letter stating that they were resigning was recieved by the League Secretary this week. The Executive Committee have met and have made the decision that in the light of the resignation that all proposed league and cup fixtures are to be cancelled. All cups will be re-drawn next week and a new league fixture list will be drawn up and posted on the fixtures page in due course.
Posted 13th July 2010
Player Registrations
As yet there have been no completed registration forms handed in. A blank registration for can be found on the
downloads page.
Posted 15th June 2010
The League AGM toook place on Sunday 13th June at the David Keswick Centre. There were no new teams but First Base Dynamos have changed their name to the Stakeford Colts. Local fees remained the same as did all the League Officials. The end of season trophies were presented by Mr. Brian Templeton (full list below). Mr. Walter Dyer of the YMCA was awarded life membership as a reward for his services to both the YMCA AFC and the League. The League Cup sections were drawn as well as three of the knock out cups (see cup section for draws). It was also decided that we would follow an agreed fixture schedule for the first half of the season (see fixtures section for details).
Player of the Year (shared) - Charles Common (Lochmaben) & Sandy Kennedy (Terregles Athletic)
Personality of the Year - Upper Annandale Committee
Goalkeeper of the Year - Alan Gordon (Lochar Thistle)
Team scoring most goals - Upper Annandale
Team conceding fewest goals - Upper Annandale
Mark McKeand Trophy (League Top Goalscorer) - Neil Roddick (Upper Annandale)
Tony Pierog Trophy for Sportsmanship - YMCA
Life Membership - Mr.Walter Dyer (YMCA)
Referee of the Year - Donald McGuffie
Posted 11th May 2010
There will be a second Sports Injuries course on the 22/23 May at Palmerston Park. Teams who have not got a qualified person via this course will not be able to compete in the league next season.
Posted 11th May 2010
Uppers are Champs for Fourth Time in a Row
Congratulation go to Upper Annandale who are League Champions for the fourth consecutive season. Stewartry AFC have withdrawn from the league and as a result all of their results have been expunged from the records. This means that to 6 points that closest challengers Lochmaben have gained in matches against Stewartry have been deducted. As Uppers have not yet played Stewartry they have no resulting deduction. Uppers will be presented with their trophies on Saturday before their match with Dynamo Star.
Posted 30th April 2010
Lochmaben lifted the Queen of the South Cup for the first time in their 40 year history on Wednesday night when they defeated Lochar Thistle 5-3 in one of the best finals seen in recent years.
Posted 25th April 2010
Upper Annandale lifted the Bill Nivison Memorial Cup when they defeated Lochmaben by 5-3 at the David Keswick Centre on Friday night.
Posted 23rd February 2010
Maxwelltown Thistle were presented with a new Strip from main sponsor Bill Imrie of the Normandy Bar on Saturday.
Photos
Posted 31st October 2009
Upper Annandale lifted John Pagan sponsored League cup when they defeated Lochar Thistle 4-2 at the David Keswick Centre on Friday Night.
Posted 16th October 2009
Morton Thistle were happy to recieve a new set of strips sponsored by Mark Jardine of Roucan Loch.
Pictures
Posted 11th October 2009
The Dumfries and District Amateur Football League are extremely grateful to Metrik Office
Supplies for agreeing to sponsor this seasons Nivison cup pictured are
Metriks sales advisor Allison McNamara presenting a cheque to chairman
Maurice Sproat of the league. Stuart and Ian Callander then drew the
cup:
Posted 22nd September 2009
This season the league has changed the type of trophies for the league championship and cup finals. Winners and runners up will now recieve the same medal which has the league roundal shown below on it. All the medals will be the same only the presentation boxes will be different dependant on sponsorship.
Posted 22nd September 2009
New League Sponsors
The league has new sponsors. The Queens Trust have taken over sponsorship of the League Championship. A full round-up of what the Queens Trust are all about can be found at www.queenstrust.org The league committee are pleased with the sponsorship deal as the Queens Trust, as well as supporting Queen of the South in many different ways also like to participate in the community. In addition the "Junior Blues" section of the Trust are sponsoring the Queen of the South Cup for the 2009/10 season.
Posted 14th September 2009
Upper Annandale were presented with the 2008/09 Newbie Social Cup the league championship trophy and individual medals before their league cup match against Terregles Athletic on Saturday 12th September . The reasons for the long delay are well documented but Uppers were deserved winners with a strong late season run after several poor home results early in the season. This makes it a hattrick of titles a feat only achieved by other four clubs in the past 50 odd years. Incidentally the other clubs were Lincluden Swifts, Nithsdale Amateurs, YMCA and Kirkconnel Amateurs. This was probably the hardest of the three with serious opposition from at least 4 other teams.
Posted 9th September 2009
Kirkconnel AFC, better known as Kirkconnel Amateurs have withdrawn from the league after 44 consecutive seasons as members. The lack of committee members and players has forced the club to fold for the time being. It is hoped that they can get things sorted out for next season. Kirkconnel are the most successful team in league history by a long way. They joined the league in 1965 after a season in the Ayrshire Church league. It took some time for the club to achieve success and it wasn't until the 1980s that they came to the fore. From then on they have been a formidable outfit lifting a record 11 league titles and amassing more than 50 trophies over the years. They were also winners of the South of Scotland cup in the early 2000s. Over the years they have had many excellent players and their withdrawl is a big loss to the DDAFL.
Posted 31st August 2009
The long running saga of the 2008/09 championship is over. The General Purposes Committee of the SAFA have deducted 18 points from Maxwelltown Thistle for playing an ineligible player in 6 of their league matches, no fine was applied to recognise the fact that Maxwelltown were unaware that ther player was ineligible. This leaves Upper Annandale as the champions for the third year running. Uppers, who themselves lost 3 points for the same offence during the season dad the best playing record and were deserved champions. The presentation of the League Trophy and winners medals will take place at the next appropriate opportunity.
Posted 4th August 2009
Jim Moneagle the League's Honorary President has passed away. Jim was a stalwart of the league and fulfilled many positions over the years in his long association with amateur and youth football in the town. Jim will be missed by all that knew him.
Posted 25th June 2009
Cup Final Programs and End Of Season Report
Most of the 2009-10 cup finals had programs.These have been converted to pdf files so can be downloaded and printed.
Posted 14th June 2009
AGM News
The AGM was held today at 11 am in the Resources Room at the David Keswick Centre.
The biggest news is that will be a new team in the league next season. The team are Stewartry A.F.C. and will play their home games at Crocketford. The taem will be made up of players who take part in the Stewartry Summer League.
There were changes on the committee level as well. The new committee are as follows:
President - Maurice Sproat
Vice Presidents - David Nish and Steven Todd
Gen Sec and Match Sec - Graham Lockhart
Registration Sec - Steven Todd
There were a number of rule changes passed, these were either compulsory (SAFA changes) or clarifications of the present rules. The main rule change is around the player registration system. We will now be part of the SFA National system and will players will be included in the national database.
FC Dynamo Star also changed their name back to Dynamo Star A.F.C.
The annual presentations were also made.
Personality of the Year - Anne Wells (First Base Dynamos)
Player of the Year - Sean Kearney (Maxwelltown Thistle) / Ross Dawson (Upper Annandale) (shared)
Team Conceding the Fewest Goals - Upper Annandale
Top Goalscorers - Upper Annandale
Mark McKeand Memorial Cup (Top League Goalscorer) - Neil Roddick (Upper Annandale) 21 goals
Tony Pierog Trophy for Sporstmanship - Kirconnel Amateurs
Goalkeeper of the Year - Kevin Sommerville (Morton Thistle)
Referee of the Year - Davie Laurie
The league would like to thank Mr and Mrs Kerr who came to present the Mark McKeand Memorial Cup which they donated to the league for the Top Goalscorer Competition. This was won by Neil Roddick of Upper Annandale AFC. Mr. Kerr also presented a cheque to the league for £100.
Posted 10th June 2009
Link to new Unofficial DDAFLplayers forum
Posted 4th June 2009
The groups forum facility has been taken down for the time being. It will be back next season if a motion for the website to continue is passed at the AGM.
Posted 5th June 2009
For the record, here are the MOMs from the various cup finals.
League Cup – Ryan Johnstone (
Upper Annandale)
British Legion Cup – Ross Halliday (Maxwelltown Thistle)
Queen of the South Cup – Paul Madden (FC Dynamo Star)
Nivison Cup - John Howie (Lochar Thistle)
Tayleurian Cup – Shane Watson (Lochmaben)
Burns Cup – Alan Maxwell (Lochmaben)
Referee of the Year
Davie Laurie recieved the Referee of the Year award on Saturday 30th May from Life Member Bobby Copeland.
Posted 10th March 2009 - Some Fact and Figures
- Kirkconnel will play their 900th league game in the DDAFL in their final fixture of the season and will be the first club in league history to do so.
- Morton Thistle played their 800th league game in the final game of last season.
- Lochmaben passed the 800 game mark close to the end of last season.
- Lochar Thistle reached 350 total league wins recently when they defeated Terregles Athletic 7-2 at Jocks Loaning. They will have played more than 750 league games by the end of the season.
- Upper Annandale have drawn more league games than any other club in the history of the DDAFL with 163 draws. Uppers are closing in on the 900 league games milestone and may reach it before the end of next season.
- By the end of this season five teams will have reached the 40 year mark of league membership. Four of the teams are still active in the league, they are Kirkconnel, Morton Thistle, Upper Annandale and Lochar Thistle. The fifth was Mid-Annandale who are still going strong and who now play in the South League. Lochmaben will bring the total to six if they complete a full season in 2009/10.
- Teams from Terregles have a varied past and have played home games at both the Holm Park at Troqueer and Terregles Park. The current incarnation have been in the league for 25 years this season. They played under the banner of Queens Colts for four seasons before relocating to Terregles twenty one years ago and re-naming themselves Terregles Athletic. Confusingly there have been two other spells as Terregles Athletic and one as just plain old Terregles. Just to make matters even more complicated one of the earlier Terregles Athletic teams were re-named as Gateside Commercials part way through a season. This Gateside Commercials side should not be confused with the one who took over St.Theresa’a a couple of years earlier. The first ever team to bear the Terregles Athletic name merged with the Standard team to become Auld Brig United before changing their name back to Terregles Athletic the following season. This team was the incarnation that later were renamed Gateside. Pretty complicated!
- Lochar Thistle have also an interesting history. Within fours years of forming they had been promoted to the top division and had started a Youth Team which is now Lochar Boys Club. Not to rest on their laurels they also put a second team into the league, the only team to ever have done this. League rules prevented the teams sharing the same name so the second team was named Lochar Amateurs. Within a couple of years this team went out on their own and several years later became Maxwelltown High School FPs . The FPs later left the league to join the South League but did run an amateur team for one season a few years later. Even more interesting was the fact that the club were originally going to be called Lochar Hearts, unfortunately several locals people objected to this as the Uniroyal team had originally been Lochar Hearts before they had changed their name to get works backing. Uniroyal later became Heathhall Hearts.
Posted 12th October2008 / Updated 10th December 2008 / Updated August 2009
There will be a new competition for the league's Top Goalscorer this season. The trophy has been kindly donated by the family of Mark McKeand and will be called the Mark McKeand Memorial Cup. Only goals from league matches will be counted towards the cup.
Mr and Mrs Kerr attended the December management meeting to present the league with the new trophy on Tuesday night (9th december). Peter Meechan, league presidant gratefully recieved the cup.
At the meeting Mrs Kerr also stated that any funds left over from the fundraising event held to finance the purchase of the new trophy will be donated to league funds.
At the 09/10 AGM the trophy was presented to a representative of Upper Annandale AFC to be given to inaugral winner Neil Roddick who secured the trophy with the very last goal of the season. by Mrs Kerr. Mrs Kerr also handed over a cheque for £100 to the league.
