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Edinburgh Civil Service resigned from the East of Scotland League after six games of the 1923-24 season. Their record was taken over by Leith Amateurs.

Hawick United resigned from the East of Scotland League after eight games of the 1930-31 season to return to the Border Amateur League.

Berwick Rangers resigned from the East of Scotland League in January 1937.

Jedburgh Artisans resigned from the East of Scotland League in December 1937. Several other clubs also temporarily closed down during the last two months of the season.

Due mainly to the nature of the game in the south of the country, clubs in this region regularly resigned during the season, mainly for financial reasons.

Moffat and Vale of Dryfe both resigned from the Southern Counties League on the eve of the 1897-98 season. They were joined by Thornhill in October. As they hadn’t played any games, the committee replaced them with Dumfries Hibernian. The league soon suffered another blow when the 6th Galloway Rifle Volunteers also soon pulled out after playing just a single game. After this the league was looked upon as a side attraction and it came as no surprise when it disbanded unfinished at the end of the season.

Newton Stewart resigned from the Southern Counties league early in the 1930-31 season after suffering a number of heavy defeats.

Nithsdale Wanderers, for financial reasons, resigned from the Southern Counties League in the Autumn of 1931. They were later joined by Solway Star.

Because of the success of Queen of the South in the Scottish League in the 1930s, Douglas Wanderers had been struggling financially as their support deserted them for the Dumfries club.  In 1934 it came as no surprise when the club’s committee resigned from the Southern Counties League and disbanded the club.

Difficulty in attracting players was the main result of Whithorn resigning from the Southern Counties League in December 1936.

The military side RAF West Freugh resigned from the South of Scotland League after losing 21 goals in two games of the 1948-49 season. They were replaced by Glenluce who took over their remaining twelve fixtures.

Wigtown & Bladnoch have resigned from the South of Scotland League twice. The first in 1962-63 when the club virtually closed down for financial reasons. The second time in 1972-73 though had a bearing on the league championship as they resigned from the league with only one game left to play. The league had no option but to expunge their record effectively awarding the title to Stranraer reserves at the expense of Queen of the South reserves. Because of this, Queens left the South of Scotland League and returned to the mainstream reserve competitions.

Creetown resigned from the South of Scotland League in 1975-76 for financial reasons.

St Cuthbert Wanderers resigned from the South of Scotland League in 1977-78 for financial reasons.

Creetown resigned from the South of Scotland League in 1978-79 for financial reasons.

Dumfries United were elected to the South of Scotland League in May 1987. However one week before the start of the 1987-88 season, the club resigned after they lost most of their players who returned to amateur football.

Gretna Community were a club elected to the 1991-92 South of Scotland League from the Dumfries Amateur League. However after posting a couple of impressive results, the club resigned after only seven games. Their record was expunged.

Bo’ness resigned from the Edinburgh & District League during the 1934-35 season.

Northern resigned from the Scottish Alliance during the 1896-97 season.

Stenhousemuir resigned from the Scottish Union after six defeats in the 1906-07 season. The club had been experiencing ground difficulties and had requested to the league committee that they be allowed to play their remaining games away from home. This was refused and the club was replaced by Wishaw Thistle.

Clubs have resigned from the Scottish Combination on three occasions.

Wishaw United in 1902-03 and Camelon during 1904-05 were two. The third time came in 1897-98 when Hamilton Academical gained election to the Scottish League after Renton had resigned after four games.

War-time conditions saw three clubs resign from the Western League. Dykehead, Royal Albert and Wishaw Thistle all pulled out during the 1916-17 season.