2018–19 Scottish League One

Scottish League One
Season2018–19
Dates4 August 2018 – 4 May 2019
ChampionsArbroath
PromotedArbroath
RelegatedStenhousemuir
Brechin City
Matches played180
Goals scored522 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorerKevin Nisbet (30 goals)[1]
Biggest home winRaith Rovers 4–0 Forfar Athletic[2]
(1 September 2018)
Dumbarton 4–0 East Fife[2]
(27 October 2018)
Brechin City 4–0 Forfar Athletic[2]
(10 November 2018)
Raith Rovers 5–1 Stenhousemuir[2]
(5 January 2019)
Biggest away winMontrose 0–4 Arbroath[2]
(4 August 2018)
Dumbarton 1–5 Raith Rovers[2]
(29 September 2018)
Forfar Athletic 0–4 East Fife[2]
(6 October 2018)
Brechin City 1–5 Arbroath[2]
(17 November 2018)
Highest scoringAirdrieonians 3–4 Raith Rovers[2]
(25 August 2018)
Arbroath 5–2 Stenhousemuir[2]
(1 December 2018)
Stranraer 3–4 East Fife[2]
(26 January 2019)
Montrose 5–2 Brechin City[2]
(2 February 2019)
East Fife 3–4 Dumbarton[2]
(23 February 2019)
Longest winning run8 matches:[2]
Arbroath
Longest unbeaten run17 matches:[2]
Arbroath
Longest winless run9 matches:[2]
East Fife
Longest losing run6 matches:[2]
Brechin City
Highest attendance2,833[2]
Raith Rovers 1–2 East Fife
(29 December 2018)
Lowest attendance219[2]
Stranraer 1–1 Stenhousemuir
(26 February 2019)
Total attendance135,576[2]
Average attendance753[2] (78)
All statistics correct as of 4 May 2019.

The 2018–19 Scottish League One (known as the Ladbrokes League One for sponsorship reasons) was the 25th season in the current format of 10 teams in the third-tier of Scottish football. The fixtures were published on 15 June 2018 and the season began on 4 August 2018.[3]

Ten teams contested the league: Airdrieonians, Arbroath, Brechin City, Dumbarton, East Fife, Forfar Athletic, Montrose, Raith Rovers, Stenhousemuir and Stranraer.

Arbroath won the league following a 1–1 draw at Brechin City on 13 April 2019. Brechin were relegated after a 1–1 draw with Stenhousemuir on the final day.

Teams

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

Stadia and locations

Airdrieonians Arbroath Brechin City Dumbarton
Excelsior Stadium Gayfield Park Glebe Park Dumbarton Football Stadium
Capacity: 10,101[4] Capacity: 6,600[5] Capacity: 4,123[6] Capacity: 2,020[7]
East Fife
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Location of teams in 2018–19 League One
 Forfar Athletic
Bayview Stadium Station Park
Capacity: 1,980[8] Capacity: 6,777[9]
Montrose Raith Rovers Stenhousemuir Stranraer
Links Park Stark's Park Ochilview Park Stair Park
Capacity: 4,936[10] Capacity: 8,867[11] Capacity: 3,746[12] Capacity: 4,178[13]

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Airdrieonians Scotland Ian Murray Scotland Sean Crighton Hummel[14] Holemasters[15]
Arbroath Scotland Dick Campbell Scotland Mark Whatley[16] Pendle[17] Megatech[17]
Brechin City Scotland Barry Smith Scotland Paul McLean[18] Pendle JJKS Estates (Home)
Ferguson Oliver (Away)
Dumbarton Scotland Jim Duffy Scotland Ross Forbes Joma[19] Turnberry Homes[19]
East Fife Scotland Darren Young Scotland Kevin Smith[20] Joma Liam Anderson Architectural Services (Home)
EF Joinery (Away)
Forfar Athletic Scotland Jim Weir South Africa Michael Travis Pendle Orchard Timber Products
Montrose Scotland Stewart Petrie Scotland Paul Watson[21] Nike[22] Carnegie Fuels Ltd[22]
Raith Rovers Scotland John McGlynn Scotland Kyle Benedictus Puma[23] valmcdermid.com (Home)[23]
Tag Games (Away)[23]
Stenhousemuir Scotland Colin McMenamin Scotland Graeme Smith Mitre[24] Warriors in the Community
Stranraer Scotland Stephen Farrell Scotland Jamie Hamill Joma[25] Stena Line[26]

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Raith Rovers Scotland Barry Smith Resigned 4 September 2018 2nd Scotland John McGlynn 25 September 2018
Airdrieonians Scotland Stevie Findlay Sacked 8 October 2018 6th Scotland Ian Murray 19 October 2018
Dumbarton Scotland Stephen Aitken Sacked 8 October 2018 9th Scotland Jim Duffy 21 October 2018
Brechin City Scotland Darren Dods Sacked 30 October 2018 6th Scotland Barry Smith 5 November 2018
Stenhousemuir Scotland Brown Ferguson Sacked 6 November 2018 9th Scotland Colin McMenamin 28 November 2018

League summary

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Arbroath (C, P) 36 20 10 6 63 38 +25 70 Promotion to the Championship
2 Forfar Athletic 36 19 6 11 54 47 +7 63 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
3 Raith Rovers 36 16 12 8 74 48 +26 60
4 Montrose 36 15 6 15 49 50 −1 51
5 Airdrieonians 36 14 6 16 51 44 +7 48
6 Dumbarton 36 12 10 14 60 60 0 46
7 East Fife 36 13 7 16 49 56 −7 46
8 Stranraer 36 11 9 16 45 57 −12 42
9 Stenhousemuir (R) 36 10 7 19 35 61 −26 37 Qualification for the League One play-offs
10 Brechin City (R) 36 9 9 18 42 61 −19 36 Relegation to League Two
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (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 2019–20 Championship
Qualification for Championship play-offs
Qualification for League One play-offs
Relegation to 2019–20 League Two
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
Arbroath 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Forfar Athletic 8 4 5 3 5 8 8 7 8 7 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 2
Raith Rovers 5 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 3
Montrose 10 8 3 6 7 10 9 9 10 10 10 6 9 8 7 4 5 4 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4
Airdrieonians 2 3 2 4 3 3 3 4 6 4 5 7 6 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5
Dumbarton 3 5 6 8 9 6 6 8 9 9 9 10 8 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 10 8 7 7 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 6
East Fife 9 10 10 10 10 7 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 7
Stranraer 6 9 9 7 8 5 7 6 5 6 7 5 7 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 8 8 8 8 9 9 8 8 8 8 8
Stenhousemuir 4 7 8 9 6 9 10 10 7 8 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9
Brechin City 7 6 7 5 4 4 5 5 4 5 6 8 5 7 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 7 9 9 9 9 8 8 9 9 9 10 10

Source: BBC Sport
Updated: 4 May 2019

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.

First half of season

Home \ Away AIR ARB BRE DUM EFI FOR MON RAI STE STR
Airdrieonians — 0–1 1–3 1–1 4–2 0–1 0–1 3–4 0–1 2–0
Arbroath 3–1 — 2–2 3–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 0–2 5–2 3–1
Brechin City 0–1 1–5 — 3–2 1–0 4–0 1–3 1–1 1–2 1–1
Dumbarton 1–1 1–1 4–1 — 4–0 0–2 2–1 1–5 2–1 0–1
East Fife 2–1 0–3 3–1 0–2 — 1–0 0–2 2–1 2–0 3–3
Forfar Athletic 1–3 2–3 1–1 3–0 0–4 — 2–1 3–2 2–0 0–0
Montrose 0–3 0–4 2–1 1–0 0–2 2–2 — 3–2 3–1 1–1
Raith Rovers 2–0 1–1 2–1 4–2 2–2 4–0 1–1 — 2–0 2–1
Stenhousemuir 1–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–2 3–2 1–3 — 0–2
Stranraer 1–2 0–1 0–2 3–2 0–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 —
Source: Scottish League One
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home \ Away AIR ARB BRE DUM EFI FOR MON RAI STE STR
Airdrieonians — 3–0 0–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 3–0
Arbroath 3–2 — 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 2–2 0–2 1–1
Brechin City 0–3 1–1 — 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–3 2–1 1–1 1–2
Dumbarton 3–3 2–0 2–1 — 3–0 2–3 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–1
East Fife 1–2 1–1 0–2 3–4 — 2–3 0–2 1–2 1–1 3–1
Forfar Athletic 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 3–0 — 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1
Montrose 2–1 1–1 5–2 1–3 0–2 2–0 — 1–1 2–0 3–1
Raith Rovers 1–0 0–1 3–2 4–1 1–2 1–1 4–1 — 5–1 2–3
Stenhousemuir 1–0 1–4 2–2 2–2 1–1 0–3 1–0 1–1 — 0–1
Stranraer 1–4 0–0 3–0 0–3 3–4 2–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 —
Source: Scottish League One
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

As of 4 May 2019
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Scotland Kevin Nisbet Raith Rovers 29
2 Scotland Bobby Linn Arbroath 21
3 Scotland John Baird Forfar Athletic 16
Scotland Mark McGuigan Stenhousemuir
5 Scotland Leighton McIntosh Airdrieonians 15
6 Scotland Dom Thomas Dumbarton 14

Source:[27]

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Scottish Professional Football League hat-tricks § Scottish League One
Player For Against Result Date Ref
Scotland Liam Buchanan Raith Rovers Airdrieonians 3–4 (A) 25 August 2018 [28]
Scotland Bobby Linn Arbroath Forfar 3–1 (H) 15 September 2018 [29]
Scotland Bobby Linn Arbroath Forfar 2–3 (A) 8 December 2018 [30]
Scotland Bobby Linn Arbroath Airdrieonians 3–2 (H) 23 February 2019 [31]
Scotland Dom Thomas Dumbarton East Fife 3–4 (A) 23 February 2019 [32]
Scotland Leighton McIntosh Airdrieonians Stranraer 1–4 (A) 4 May 2019 [33]

Note

(H) = Home, (A) = Away

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Airdrieonians 13,743 1,140 600 763 −0.7%†
2 Arbroath 17,109 1,808 532 950 +23.1%†
3 Brechin City 10,457 1,509 355 580 −37.2%†
4 Dumbarton 11,116 756 456 617 −26.4%†
5 East Fife 12,561 1,756 323 697 +2.0%†
6 Forfar Athletic 11,976 1,342 459 665 +7.6%†
7 Montrose 14,210 1,666 486 789 +9.1%†
8 Raith Rovers 28,004 2,833 1,089 1,555 −17.6%†
9 Stenhousemuir 10,286 797 362 571 +36.0%†
10 Stranraer 6,108 432 219 339 −23.3%†
League total 135,576 2,833 219 753 −9.4%†

Updated to games played on 4 May 2019
Source: [2] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43]

Awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Ref.
Manager Club Player Club
August Scotland Dick Campbell Arbroath Scotland Ryan Wallace Arbroath [44]
September Scotland Darren Young East Fife Scotland Bobby Linn Arbroath
October Scotland Dick Campbell Arbroath Scotland Kevin Nisbet Raith Rovers
November Scotland Dick Campbell Arbroath Scotland Ricky Little Arbroath
December Scotland Stewart Petrie Montrose Scotland Martin Rennie Montrose
January Scotland Jim Weir Forfar Athletic Scotland Anton Dowds East Fife
February Scotland Jim Duffy Dumbarton Scotland Dom Thomas Dumbarton
March Scotland Jim Weir Forfar Athletic Scotland Dale Hilson Forfar Athletic
April Scotland Jim Duffy Dumbarton Scotland Calum Gallagher Dumbarton

League One play-offs

The second bottom team (Stenhousemuir) entered into a four-team playoff with the second, third, and fourth placed teams in League Two (Clyde, Edinburgh City and Annan Athletic). Clyde were promoted to League One after defeating Annan 2–0 in the final. Stenhousemuir were relegated to League Two after defeat to Annan in the semi-final.

Semi-final

First leg

7 May 2019 Annan Athletic 2–0 Stenhousemuir Annan
19:45
  • Johnston 8'
  • Sonkur 39'
 Report Stadium: Galabank
Attendance: 637
Referee: Steven Reid
7 May 2019 Edinburgh City 0–1 Clyde Edinburgh
19:45 Report
  • Syvertsen 15'
 Stadium: Ainslie Park
Attendance: 617
Referee: Barry Cook

Second leg

11 May 2019 Stenhousemuir 1–2
(1–4 agg.)		 Annan Athletic Stenhousemuir
15:00
  • Marsh 37'
 Report
Stadium: Ochilview Park
Attendance: 794
Referee: David Munro
11 May 2019 Clyde 3–0
(4–0 agg.)		 Edinburgh City Cumbernauld
15:00
Report Stadium: Broadwood Stadium
Attendance: 1,204
Referee: Craig Napier

Final

First leg

14 May 2019 Annan Athletic 1–0 Clyde Annan
19:45 Johnston 22' Report Stadium: Galabank
Attendance: 1,006
Referee: Greg Aitken

Second leg

18 May 2019 Clyde 2–0
(2–1 agg.)		 Annan Athletic Cumbernauld
15:00
  • McNiff 60'
  • Love 86' (pen)
 Report Stadium: Broadwood Stadium
Attendance: 2,725
Referee: Bobby Madden

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