2018–19 Scottish League Two

Scottish League Two
Season 2018–19
Dates 4 August 2018 – 4 May 2019
Matches played 45
Goals scored 120 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorer Blair Henderson (9 goals)[1]
Biggest home win Edinburgh City 4–0 Albion Rovers[2]
(4 August 2018)
Biggest away win Albion Rovers 0–4 Peterhead[2]
(11 August 2018)
Highest scoring Albion Rovers 3–5 Berwick Rangers[2]
(1 September 2018)
Longest winning run 7 matches:[2]
Edinburgh City
Longest unbeaten run 7 matches:[2]
Edinburgh City
Longest winless run 7 matches:[2]
Albion Rovers
Longest losing run 6 matches:[2]
Albion Rovers
Highest attendance 1,076
Queen's Park 1–0 Clyde[2]
(6 October 2018)
Lowest attendance 222
Albion Rovers 3–5 Berwick Rangers[2]
(1 September 2018)
Total attendance 21,130[2]
Average attendance 491[2]
2019–20 →
All statistics correct as of 13 October 2018.

The 2018–19 Scottish League Two (known as Ladbrokes League Two for sponsorship reasons) will be the 24th season in the current format of 10 teams in the fourth-tier of Scottish football. The fixtures were published on 15 June 2018 and the season will begin on 4 August 2018.[3]

The last placed team will enter a play-off with a team nominated by the Scottish Football Association from outside the SPFL determining which team enters League Two in the 2019–20 season.[4]

Ten teams will contest the league: Albion Rovers, Annan Athletic, Berwick Rangers, Clyde, Cowdenbeath, Edinburgh City, Elgin City, Peterhead, Queen's Park and Stirling Albion.

Teams

The following teams have changed division since the 2017–18 season.

Stadia and locations

Albion Rovers Annan Athletic Berwick Rangers Clyde
Cliftonhill Galabank Shielfield Park Broadwood Stadium
Capacity: 1,238[5] Capacity: 2,504[6] Capacity: 4,099[7] Capacity: 8,086[8]
Cowdenbeath Edinburgh City
Central Park Ainslie Park[9]
Capacity: 4,309[10] Capacity: 3,000
Elgin City Peterhead Queen's Park Stirling Albion
Borough Briggs Balmoor Hampden Park Forthbank Stadium
Capacity: 4,520[11] Capacity: 3,150[12] Capacity: 51,866[13] Capacity: 3,808[14]

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Albion Rovers Scotland John Brogan Scotland Bryan Wharton Joma Reigart Demolition
Annan Athletic Republic of Ireland Peter Murphy Scotland Peter Watson[15] Halbro[16] M&S Engineering Ltd[16][17]
Berwick Rangers Vacant Scotland Robert Wilson Mitre[18] Northern Soul Kitchen
Clyde Northern Ireland Danny Lennon Scotland Kevin Nicoll Kappa Advance Construction Group (H)[19]
Rock Regen (A)[20]
Cowdenbeath Scotland Gary Bollan Scotland David Marsh Errea Subsea Pressure Controls[21]
Edinburgh City Scotland James McDonaugh England Josh Walker[22] Joma[23] CMC Property[24]
Elgin City Scotland Gavin Price Scotland Jon Paul McGovern[25] EV2[26] McDonald & Munro[27]
Peterhead Scotland Jim McInally Scotland Rory McAllister Adidas Independent Oilfield Services
Queen's Park Scotland Mark Roberts Scotland Scott Gibson Under Armour Irn-Bru
Stirling Albion Vacant Scotland Ross McGeachie[28] Macron Prudential

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Albion Rovers Scotland Brian Kerr Resigned 7 May 2018[29] Pre-season Scotland John Brogan 22 May 2018[30]
Queen's Park Scotland Gus MacPherson Left for St Mirren 18 September 2018 6th Scotland Mark Roberts 12 October 2018
Stirling Albion Scotland Dave Mackay Sacked 29 September 2018 7th
Berwick Rangers Scotland Robbie Horn Resigned 6 October 2018 9th

League summary

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Edinburgh City 9 8 0 1 18 3 +15 24 Promotion to Scottish League One
2 Peterhead 9 7 1 1 19 5 +14 22 Qualification to League One play-offs
3 Clyde 9 6 0 3 15 8 +7 18
4 Annan Athletic 9 5 1 3 17 12 +5 16
5 Elgin City 9 5 1 3 12 13 −1 16
6 Queen's Park 9 3 2 4 7 9 −2 11
7 Cowdenbeath 9 2 2 5 10 13 −3 8
8 Stirling Albion 9 2 0 7 6 15 −9 6
9 Berwick Rangers 9 2 0 7 8 21 −13 6
10 Albion Rovers 9 1 1 7 8 21 −13 4 Qualification to League Two play-off finals
Updated to match(es) played on 13 October 2018. Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

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 2019–20 League One
Qualification to League One play-offs
Qualification to League Two play-offs
Team \ Round 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
Edinburgh City164311111
Peterhead621122222
Clyde215643333
Annan Athletic432234444
Elgin City543465555
Queen's Park756556666
Cowdenbeath987789997
Stirling Albion899997778
Berwick Rangers378878889
Albion Rovers101010101010101010

Source: Scottish League Two - Table
Updated: 13 October 2018

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 180 games, with each team playing 36.

First half of season

Home \ Away ALB ANN BER CLY COW EDC ELG PET QUE STI
Albion Rovers — 3–5 0–1 0–4 3–1
Annan Athletic 3–1 — 1–2 1–1 1–3 3–1
Berwick Rangers 0–3 — 2–3 0–3 1–0
Clyde 1–0 — 2–0 0–2 4–1
Cowdenbeath 1–1 1–2 4–0 — 2–4 1–0
Edinburgh City 4–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 — 3–1
Elgin City 3–1 1–0 — 2–1 0–3
Peterhead 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 — 1–1
Queen's Park 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 —
Stirling Albion 1–2 0–3 0–2 1–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 6 October 2018. Source: Scottish League Two
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home \ Away ANN BER CLY COW EDC ELG MON PET STE STI
Annan Athletic —
Berwick Rangers —
Clyde —
Cowdenbeath —
Edinburgh City —
Elgin City —
Montrose —
Peterhead —
Stenhousemuir —
Stirling Albion —
First match(es) will be played on 5 January 2019. Source: Scottish League Two
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Awards

Monthly awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Ref.
Manager Club Player Club
August Republic of Ireland Peter Murphy Annan Athletic Scotland Rory McAllister Peterhead [31]
September Scotland James McDonaugh Edinburgh City England Conrad Balatoni Edinburgh City
October
November
December
January
February
March
April

League Two play-offs

The first round will be contested between the winners of the 2018–19 Highland Football League and the 2018–19 Lowland Football League. The winners will then play off against the bottom club in League Two, being promoted to League Two for the 2019–20 season if they win. If the League Two club loses the play-off, they will be relegated to the appropriate regional league depending on whether they are north or south of 54.4513N latitude (middle of the Tay Road Bridge).

First round

First leg

Second leg

Second round

First leg

Second leg

References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Scottish League Two Performance Stats 2018–19". ESPN. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "2018/19 fixture release day confirmed". SPFL. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "The Rules of the SPFL" (PDF). Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Albion Rovers Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "Annan Athletic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  7. ↑ "Berwick Rangers Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  8. ↑ "Clyde Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  9. ↑ Pilcher, Ross (29 March 2017). "Edinburgh City and Spartans confirm three-season groundshare". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  10. ↑ "Cowdenbeath Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  11. ↑ "Elgin City Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  12. ↑ "Peterhead Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  13. ↑ "Queens Park Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  14. ↑ "Stirling Albion Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  15. ↑ "Watson named club captain". Annan Athletic FC. 16 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  16. 1 2 "Shirt sponsor winners". Annan Athletic FC. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  17. ↑ "Club Sponsors". Annan Athletic FC. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  18. ↑ "New team kit announcement". Berwick Rangers FC. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  19. ↑ "Advance Construction extend sponsorship". Clyde FC. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  20. ↑ "Rock Regen sponsor away shirt". Clyde FC. 16 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  21. ↑ "New Uhlsport & FN Teamwear kit deal". Cowdenbeath FC. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  22. ↑ Pilcher, Ross (29 May 2017). "Josh Walker new Edinburgh City captain after extending deal". Edinburgh Evening News. Johnston Publishing Ltd. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  23. ↑ "Edinburgh City FC partnership". Edinburgh City FC. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  24. ↑ "CMC Property sponsor Edinburgh City FC". CMC Property. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  25. ↑ "Elgin 1 Cowdenbeath 1: Manager Billy Brown praise young battlers". The Courier. DC Thomson Co Ltd. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  26. ↑ "EV2 Sportswear on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
  27. ↑ Walker, Aimee (22 May 2017). "New home strip 2017/18". Elgin City FC. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  28. ↑ "⚽️ Captain: Manager Dave Mackay has confirmed that defender Ross McGeachie has been appointed captain for season 2018/19. The 24-year-old played in every minute of our league campaign last year and made his debut in May 2012". Stirling Albion FC. Twitter. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  29. ↑ "Albion Rovers: Manager Brian Kerr and assistant Stuart Malcolm leave club". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 May 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
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