2016–17 Scottish League One

Scottish League One
Season 2016–17
Champions Livingston
Promoted Brechin City
Livingston
Relegated Peterhead
Stenhousemuir
Matches played 180
Goals scored 509 (2.83 per match)
Top goalscorer Andy Ryan
(23 goals)[1][2]
Biggest home win Alloa Athletic 6–1 Brechin City[3]
(15 April 2017)
Biggest away win Stenhousemuir 0–5 Stranraer[3]
(15 October 2016)
Airdrieonians 0–5 Stenhousemuir[3]
(10 December 2016)
Highest scoring Stranraer 2–5 Alloa Athletic[3]
(13 August 2016)
Albion Rovers 3–4 Airdrieonians[3]
(11 March 2017)
Longest winning run 9 matches:[3]
Livingston
Longest unbeaten run 10 matches:[3]
East Fife
Longest winless run 10 matches:[3]
Peterhead
Longest losing run 5 matches:[3]
Stenhousemuir
Highest attendance 1,633[3]
Airdrieonians 1–2 Albion Rovers
(2 January 2017)
Lowest attendance 228[3]
Albion Rovers 0–2 Brechin City
(13 August 2016)
Total attendance 101,700[3]
Average attendance 565[3] (410[4])
All statistics correct as of 7 May 2017.

The 2016–17 Scottish League One (known as Ladbrokes League One for sponsorship reasons) was the 22nd season in the current format of 10 teams in the third-tier of Scottish football. The fixtures were published on 17 June 2016.[5]

Ten teams contested the league: Airdrieonians, Albion Rovers, Alloa Athletic, Brechin City, East Fife, Livingston, Peterhead, Queen's Park, Stenhousemuir and Stranraer.

Teams

The following teams changed division since the 2015–16 season.

Stadia and locations

Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Brechin City
Excelsior Stadium Cliftonhill Recreation Park Glebe Park
Capacity: 10,101[6] Capacity: 1,238[7] Capacity: 3,100[8] Capacity: 4,083[9]
East Fife Livingston
Bayview Stadium Almondvale Stadium
Capacity: 1,998[10] Capacity: 8,716[11]
Peterhead Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stranraer
Balmoor Hampden Park Ochilview Park Stair Park
Capacity: 3,150[12] Capacity: 51,866[13] Capacity: 4,096[14] Capacity: 4,178[15]

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Airdrieonians Scotland Mark Wilson Scotland Marc Fitzpatrick Under Armour M&H Logistics
Albion Rovers Scotland Darren Young Scotland Michael Dunlop Adidas Reigart Demolition
Alloa Athletic Republic of Ireland Jim Goodwin Scotland Graeme Holmes Pendle Chrystal & Hill Ltd
Brechin City Scotland Darren Dods Scotland Paul McLean Pendle Delson
East Fife Scotland Barry Smith Scotland Kevin Smith Joma W Glendinning Haulage Contractors (Home shirt)
EF Joinery (Away shirt)
Livingston Scotland David Hopkin Scotland Sean Crighton Joma Tony Macaroni
Peterhead Scotland Jim McInally Scotland Simon Ferry Adidas LFH Engineering Ltd
Queen's Park Scotland Gus MacPherson Scotland Paul Woods Under Armour Irn-Bru
Stenhousemuir Scotland Brown Ferguson Scotland Mark Gilhaney Prostar Gulnar Tandoori Restaurant
Stranraer Scotland Stephen Farrell Scotland Steven Bell Stanno Stena Line

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Alloa Athletic Scotland Jack Ross Signed by St Mirren 4 October 2016[16] 3rd Republic of Ireland Jim Goodwin 11 October 2016[17]
Airdrieonians Scotland Eddie Wolecki Black
Scotland Kevin McBride		 Stepped down
Sacked		 30 October 2016[18] 4th Scotland Mark Wilson 31 October 2016[18]
East Fife Scotland Gary Naysmith Signed by Queen of the South 5 December 2016[19] 9th Scotland Barry Smith 13 December 2016[20]
Stranraer Scotland Brian Reid Resigned 16 January 2017[21] 10th Scotland Stephen Farrell 20 January 2017[22]

League Summary

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Livingston (C, P) 36 26 3 7 80 32 +48 81 Promotion to Scottish Championship
2 Alloa Athletic 36 17 11 8 69 44 +25 62 Qualification to Championship play-offs
3 Airdrieonians 36 16 4 16 61 66 −5 52
4 Brechin City (O, P) 36 15 5 16 43 49 −6 50
5 East Fife 36 12 10 14 41 44 −3 46
6 Queen's Park 36 12 10 14 37 51 −14 46
7 Stranraer 36 12 8 16 46 50 −4 44
8 Albion Rovers 36 11 9 16 41 48 −7 42
9 Peterhead (R) 36 10 10 16 44 59 −15 40 Qualification to League One play-offs
10 Stenhousemuir (R) 36 11 6 19 45 64 −19 39 Relegation to Scottish League Two
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2017. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Positions by Round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Leader - Promotion to 2017–18 Scottish Championship
Qualification to Championship play-offs
Qualification to League One play-offs
Relegation to 2017–18 Scottish League Two
Team \ Round 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
Livingston121332323211111111111111111111111111
Alloa Athletic212121131333344344422223222222222222
Airdrieonians354455767544422222233332334444434533
Brechin City433213212122233433344445667565545444
East Fife645644446789999876666556443333356355
Queen's Park866566888998775555555664555656663666
Stranraer99107975756778889910991010109996778788887
Albion Rovers577878654455556667777777789997877778
Peterhead10108108991098666677888888888788899999109
Stenhousemuir78991010109101010101010101010910109991010101010101010101010910

Source:
Updated: 7 May 2017

Results

Teams play each other four times, twice in the first half of the season (home and away) and twice in the second half of the season (home and away), making a total of 36 games.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

As of matches played on 6 May 2017
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Scotland Andy Ryan Airdrieonians 23
2 Scotland Liam Buchanan Livingston 22
3 Scotland Iain Russell Airdrieonians 18
4 Scotland Greig Spence Alloa Athletic 16
Scotland Rory McAllister Peterhead
6 Scotland Jordan Kirkpatrick Alloa Athletic 14
Scotland Danny Mullen Livingston
8 Republic of Ireland Andy Jackson Brechin City 13
Scotland Craig Malcolm Stranraer

Source:[1][2][23]

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
Scotland Iain RussellAirdrieoniansQueen's Park4–122 October 2016[24]
Scotland Ross CaldwellBrechin CityPeterhead3–15 November 2016[25]
Scotland Andy RyanAirdrieoniansEast Fife4–029 April 2017[26]

Discipline

Player

Club

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Airdrieonians 14,945 1,633 482 830 −3.6%†
2 Albion Rovers 8,092 1,199 228 449 −19.0%†
3 Alloa Athletic 9,561 712 307 531 −52.6%†
4 Brechin City 7,715 553 283 428 −20.7%†
5 East Fife 11,273 918 412 626 +0.2%†
6 Livingston 14,344 1,099 531 796 −53.9%†
7 Peterhead 9,081 681 365 504 −20.8%†
8 Queen's Park 11,605 957 481 644 +24.3%†
9 Stenhousemuir 7,715 604 331 428 −24.4%†
10 Stranraer 7,369 523 317 409 −19.2%†
League total 101,700 1,633 228 565 −42.1%†

Updated to games played on 6 May 2017
Source: [3][4]

Awards

Monthly awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Ref.
Manager Club Player Club
August Scotland Jack Ross Alloa Athletic Scotland Jordan Kirkpatrick Alloa Athletic [29]
September Scotland Gary Naysmith East Fife England Jamie Insall East Fife
October Scotland David Hopkin Livingston Scotland Liam Buchanan Livingston
November Scotland Mark Wilson Airdrieonians Scotland Rohan Ferguson Airdrieonians
December Scotland Bary Smith East Fife England Jonathan Page East Fife
January Scotland Jim McInally Peterhead Scotland Michael Dunlop Albion Rovers
February Republic of Ireland Jim Goodwin Alloa Athletic Scotland Willie Gibson Stranraer
March Scotland David Hopkin Livingston Republic of Ireland Andy Jackson Brechin City
April Scotland David Hopkin Livingston Scotland Liam Buchanan Livingston

League One play-offs

Peterhead the second bottom team, entered into a 4-team playoff with the 2nd-4th placed teams in 2016–17 Scottish League Two; Annan Athletic, Forfar Athletic and Montrose.

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

The winners of the semi-finals will compete against one another over two legs, with the winner competing in the 2017–18 Scottish League One.

First leg

Second leg

References

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  7. ↑ "Albion Rovers Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
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  14. ↑ "Stenhousemuir Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  15. ↑ "Stranraer Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
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  17. ↑ "Alloa Athletic appoint Jim Goodwin as manager". BBC Sport. BBC. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
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