2018–19 Scottish League Two
Season | 2018–19 |
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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] |
← 2017–18 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.
To League TwoRelegated from Scottish League One
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From League TwoPromoted to Scottish League One
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Stadia and locations
Albion Rovers | Annan Athletic | Berwick Rangers | Clyde |
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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 |
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Albion Rovers | Joma | Reigart Demolition | ||
Annan Athletic | Halbro[16] | M&S Engineering Ltd[16][17] | ||
Berwick Rangers | Vacant | Mitre[18] | Northern Soul Kitchen | |
Clyde | Kappa | Advance Construction Group (H)[19] Rock Regen (A)[20] | ||
Cowdenbeath | Errea | Subsea Pressure Controls[21] | ||
Edinburgh City | Joma[23] | CMC Property[24] | ||
Elgin City | EV2[26] | McDonald & Munro[27] | ||
Peterhead | Adidas | Independent Oilfield Services | ||
Queen's Park | Under Armour | Irn-Bru | ||
Stirling Albion | Vacant | Macron | Prudential |
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Albion Rovers | Resigned | 7 May 2018[29] | Pre-season | 22 May 2018[30] | ||
Queen's Park | Left for St Mirren | 18 September 2018 | 6th | 12 October 2018 | ||
Stirling Albion | Sacked | 29 September 2018 | 7th | |||
Berwick Rangers | Resigned | 6 October 2018 | 9th |
League summary
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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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 |
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 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
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Edinburgh City | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peterhead | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clyde | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Annan Athletic | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elgin City | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Queen's Park | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cowdenbeath | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stirling Albion | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Berwick Rangers | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albion Rovers | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 |
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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 | — |
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 |
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Annan Athletic | — | |||||||||
Berwick Rangers | — | |||||||||
Clyde | — | |||||||||
Cowdenbeath | — | |||||||||
Edinburgh City | — | |||||||||
Elgin City | — | |||||||||
Montrose | — | |||||||||
Peterhead | — | |||||||||
Stenhousemuir | — | |||||||||
Stirling Albion | — |
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Awards
Monthly awards
Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Ref. | ||
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Manager | Club | Player | Club | ||
August | Annan Athletic | Peterhead | [31] | ||
September | Edinburgh City | 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
27 April 2019 | SHFL or SLFL champion | v | SHFL or SLFL champion | |
15:00 |
Second leg
4 May 2019 | SHFL or SLFL champion | v | SHFL or SLFL champion | |
15:00 |
Second round
First leg
11 May 2019 | First Round winner | v | 10th in Scottish League Two | |
15:00 |
Second leg
18 May 2019 | 10th in Scottish League Two | v | First Round winner | |
15:00 |
References
- ↑ "Top Scorers - Scottish League Two". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Scottish League Two Performance Stats 2018–19". ESPN. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ↑ "2018/19 fixture release day confirmed". SPFL. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ↑ "The Rules of the SPFL" (PDF). Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
- ↑ "Albion Rovers Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ↑ "Annan Athletic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ↑ "Berwick Rangers Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ↑ "Clyde Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ↑ Pilcher, Ross (29 March 2017). "Edinburgh City and Spartans confirm three-season groundshare". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
- ↑ "Cowdenbeath Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ↑ "Elgin City Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ↑ "Peterhead Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ↑ "Queens Park Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ↑ "Stirling Albion Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ↑ "Watson named club captain". Annan Athletic FC. 16 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- 1 2 "Shirt sponsor winners". Annan Athletic FC. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ↑ "Club Sponsors". Annan Athletic FC. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ↑ "New team kit announcement". Berwick Rangers FC. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
- ↑ "Advance Construction extend sponsorship". Clyde FC. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
- ↑ "Rock Regen sponsor away shirt". Clyde FC. 16 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ↑ "New Uhlsport & FN Teamwear kit deal". Cowdenbeath FC. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- ↑ Pilcher, Ross (29 May 2017). "Josh Walker new Edinburgh City captain after extending deal". Edinburgh Evening News. Johnston Publishing Ltd. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- ↑ "Edinburgh City FC partnership". Edinburgh City FC. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- ↑ "CMC Property sponsor Edinburgh City FC". CMC Property. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- ↑ "Elgin 1 Cowdenbeath 1: Manager Billy Brown praise young battlers". The Courier. DC Thomson Co Ltd. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
- ↑ "EV2 Sportswear on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
- ↑ Walker, Aimee (22 May 2017). "New home strip 2017/18". Elgin City FC. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- ↑ "⚽️ 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.
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- ↑ "SPFL monthly awards". www.spfl.co.uk. Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 2016-05-31. Retrieved 8 April 2018.