2015–16 Scottish League One

The 2015–16 Scottish League One (referred to as the Ladbrokes League One for sponsorship reasons) was the 21st season in the current format of 10 teams in the third-tier of Scottish football.

Scottish League One
Season2015–16
ChampionsDunfermline Athletic
PromotedDunfermline Athletic
Ayr United
RelegatedCowdenbeath
Forfar Athletic
Matches played180
Goals scored538 (2.99 per match)
Top goalscorerFaissal El Bakhtaoui
Rory McAllister
(22 goals)[1]
Best goalkeeperSean Murdoch
(15 clean sheets)
Biggest home winPeterhead 7–0 Cowdenbeath[2]
(21 November 2015)
Biggest away winBrechin City 1–6 Dunfermline Athletic
(8 August 2015)[2]
Highest scoringDunfermline Athletic 7–1 Cowdenbeath
(15 August 2015)[2]
Longest winning run5 matches:[2]
Dunfermline Athletic
Peterhead
Longest unbeaten run19 matches:[2]
Peterhead
Longest winless run17 matches:[2]
Forfar Athletic
Longest losing run6 matches:[2]
Brechin City
Highest attendance6,236[2]
Dunfermline Athletic 1–0 Peterhead
(30 April 2016)
Lowest attendance210[2]
Albion Rovers 4–1 Brechin City
(23 February 2016)
Total attendance175,562[2]
Average attendance975[2]
All statistics correct as of 7 May 2016.

Teams

Promoted from Scottish League Two

Relegated from Scottish Championship

Stadia and locations
Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Ayr United Brechin City
Excelsior Stadium Cliftonhill Somerset Park Glebe Park
Capacity: 10,170[3] Capacity: 1,238[4] Capacity: 10,185[5] Capacity: 3,960[6]
Cowdenbeath
Dunfermline Athletic
Central Park East End Park
Capacity: 4,309[7] Capacity: 11,480[8]
Forfar Athletic Peterhead Stenhousemuir Stranraer
Station Park Balmoor Ochilview Park Stair Park
Capacity: 6,777[9] Capacity: 3,150[10] Capacity: 3,746[11] Capacity: 6,250[12]

Personnel
Team Manager Captain Manufacturer Sponsors
Airdrieonians Eddie Wolecki Black Marc Fitzpatrick Macron M&H Logistics
Albion Rovers Darren Young Michael Dunlop Adidas Reigart Demolition
Ayr United Ian McCall Nicky Devlin Adidas Bodog
Brechin City Darren Dods Craig Molloy Pendle Delson
Cowdenbeath Colin Nish Pat Scullion Uhlsport Subsea Pressure Controls
Dunfermline Athletic Allan Johnston Callum Fordyce Joma SRJ Windows
Forfar Athletic Gary Bollan Gavin Swankie Pendle Orchard Timber Products
Peterhead Jim McInally Steven Noble Adidas LFH Engineering Ltd
Stenhousemuir Brown Ferguson Stuart Malcolm Prostar Gulnar Tandoori Restaurant
Stranraer Brian Reid Steven Bell Stanno Stena Line

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Dunfermline Athletic John Potter Stepped down 30 April 2015[13] Pre-season Allan Johnston 8 May 2015[14]
Cowdenbeath Jimmy Nicholl Resigned 5 May 2015[15] Colin Nish 2 June 2015[16]
Brechin City Ray McKinnon Signed by Raith Rovers 23 May 2015[17] Darren Dods 10 June 2015[18]
Stranraer Stephen Aitken Signed by Dumbarton 27 May 2015[19] Brian Reid 1 June 2015[20]
Forfar Athletic Dick Campbell Sacked 12 December 2015[21] 8th Stewart Petrie (interim) 15 December 2015[22]
Airdrieonians Gary Bollan Signed by Forfar Athletic 20 December 2015[23] 5th Eddie Wolecki Black 22 December 2015[24]
Forfar Athletic Stewart Petrie (interim) End of interim 21 December 2015[25] 8th Gary Bollan 21 December 2015[23]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Dunfermline Athletic (C, P) 36 24 7 5 83 30 +53 79 Promotion to Scottish Championship
2 Ayr United (O, P) 36 19 4 13 65 47 +18 61 Qualification to Championship play-offs
3 Peterhead 36 16 11 9 72 47 +25 59
4 Stranraer 36 15 6 15 43 49 −6 51
5 Airdrieonians 36 14 7 15 48 50 −2 49
6 Albion Rovers 36 13 10 13 40 44 −4 49
7 Brechin City 36 12 6 18 47 59 −12 42
8 Stenhousemuir 36 11 7 18 46 80 −34 40
9 Cowdenbeath (R) 36 11 6 19 46 72 −26 39 Qualification to League One play-offs
10 Forfar Athletic (R) 36 8 10 18 48 60 −12 34 Relegation to Scottish League Two
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

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 30 April 2016[1]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Faissal El Bakhtaoui Dunfermline Athletic 22
Rory McAllister Peterhead
3 Greig Spence Cowdenbeath 17
4 Robert Thomson Brechin City 15
5 Joe Cardle Dunfermline Athletic 14
Craig Moore Ayr United
7 Ally Love Albion Rovers 13
Shane Sutherland Peterhead

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
Joe CardleDunfermline AthleticForfar Athletic4–05 September 2015[26]
Rory McAllisterPeterheadStenhousemuir3–431 October 2015[27]
Leighton McIntoshPeterheadCowdenbeath7–021 November 2015[28]
Joe CardleDunfermline AthleticStranraer6–127 February 2016[29]
Rory McAllisterPeterheadBrechin City4–127 February 2016[30]
Faissal El BakhtaouiDunfermline AthleticBrechin City3–126 March 2016[31]
Robert ThomsonBrechin CityPeterhead5–116 April 2016[32]

Discipline

Player

Club

Awards

Monthly awards
Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Ref.
Manager Club Player Club
August Dick Campbell Forfar Athletic Faissal El Bakhtaoui Dunfermline Athletic [35]
September Ian McCall Ayr United Nicky Devlin Ayr United
October Darren Young Albion Rovers Sean Murdoch Dunfermline Athletic
November Brown Ferguson Stenhousemuir Leighton McIntosh Peterhead
December Allan Johnston Dunfermline Athletic Greig Spence Cowdenbeath
January Jim McInally Peterhead Shane Sutherland Peterhead
February Jim McInally Peterhead Rory McAllister Peterhead
March Allan Johnston Dunfermline Athletic Faissal El Bakhtaoui Dunfermline Athletic
April Darren Dods Brechin City Robert Thomson Brechin City

League One play-offs

Cowdenbeath, the second bottom team, entered into a 4-team playoff with the 2nd-4th placed teams in 2015–16 Scottish League Two; Elgin City, Clyde, and Queen's Park.

Semi-Finals

First Leg
3 May 2016[36] Clyde3–1Elgin CityBroadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld
19:45 Gemmell  19'
Linton  41'
McLaughlin  67'		 BBC Report MacLeod  49' Attendance: 804
Referee: John McKendrick
4 May 2016[36] Queen's Park2–0CowdenbeathHampden Park, Glasgow
19:45 Duggan  1', 66' (pen.) BBC Report Attendance: 572
Referee: Greg Aitken

Second Leg
7 May 2016[36] Elgin City0–2
(1–5 agg.)		ClydeBorough Briggs, Elgin
15:00 BBC Report Kirkpatrick  62'
Linton  90+5'		 Attendance: 1,371
Referee: Euan Anderson
7 May 2016[36] Cowdenbeath1–0
(1–2 agg.)		Queen's ParkCentral Park, Cowdenbeath
15:00 Spence  54' BBC Report Attendance: 585
Referee: Craig Charleston

Final

The winners of the semi-finals, Clyde and Queen's Park, then competed against one another over two legs, with the winner replacing Cowdenbeath and being promoted to the 2016–17 Scottish League One.

First Leg
10 May 2016[37] Clyde1–3Queen's ParkBroadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld
19:45 Gemmell  15' BBC Report Burns  5' (pen.)
Berry  63'
Galt  84'		 Referee: Kevin Clancy

Second Leg
14 May 2016[37] Queen's Park0–1
(3–2 agg.)		ClydeHampden Park, Glasgow
15:00 BBC Report Linton  33' (pen.)

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