2018–19 Scottish League Two

Scottish League Two
Season2018–19
Dates4 August 2018 – 4 May 2019
ChampionsPeterhead
PromotedPeterhead
Clyde
RelegatedBerwick Rangers
Matches played180
Goals scored501 (2.78 per match)
Top goalscorerBlair Henderson (30 goals)[1]
Biggest home winQueen's Park 7–1 Berwick Rangers[2]
(26 January 2019)
Annan Athletic 6–0 Berwick Rangers[2]
(6 April 2019)
Biggest away winBerwick Rangers 0–5 Peterhead[2]
(8 December 2018)
Albion Rovers 0–5 Stirling Albion[2]
(26 January 2019)
Highest scoringAlbion Rovers 3–5 Berwick Rangers[2]
(1 September 2018)
Queen's Park 7–1 Berwick Rangers[2]
(26 January 2019)
Longest winning run8 matches:[2]
Edinburgh City
Longest unbeaten run16 matches:[2]
Clyde
Longest winless run19 matches:[2]
Albion Rovers
Longest losing run8 matches:[2]
Albion Rovers
Highest attendance1,371
Peterhead 1–1 Stirling Albion[2]
(27 April 2019)
Lowest attendance145
Albion Rovers 1–1 Annan Athletic[2]
(29 December 2018)
Total attendance90,826[2]
Average attendance504[2] (12)
All statistics correct as of 4 May 2019.

The 2018–19 Scottish League Two (known as Ladbrokes League Two for sponsorship reasons) was the 25th 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 began on 4 August 2018.[3]

The bottom team entered a two-legged play-off against the winners of the Pyramid play-off between the Highland League and Lowland League champions, to determine which team competes in League Two in the 2019–20 season.[4]

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

Peterhead lifted the title after a 2–0 win at Queen's Park on the final day.

Teams

The following teams changed division after 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
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Location of teams in 2018–19 Scottish League Two
 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: 3,798[14]

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Albion Rovers Scotland Kevin Harper Scotland Bryan Wharton Joma Reigart Demolition
Annan Athletic Republic of Ireland Peter Murphy Scotland Scott Hooper Halbro[15] M&S Engineering Ltd[15][16]
Berwick Rangers Scotland John Brownlie Scotland Robert Wilson Mitre[17] Northern Soul Kitchen
Clyde Scotland Danny Lennon Scotland Kevin Nicoll Kappa Advance Construction Group (H)[18]
Rock Regen (A)[19]
Cowdenbeath Scotland Gary Bollan Scotland Kyle Miller Errea Subsea Pressure Controls[20]
Edinburgh City Scotland James McDonaugh England Josh Walker[21] Joma[22] CMC Property[23]
Elgin City Scotland Gavin Price Scotland Darryl McHardy EV2[24] McDonald & Munro[25]
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 Scotland Kevin Rutkiewicz Scotland Ross McGeachie 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[26] Pre-season Scotland John Brogan 22 May 2018[27]
Queen's Park Scotland Gus MacPherson Left for St Mirren 18 September 2018[28] 6th Scotland Mark Roberts (interim) 20 September 2018[29]
Queen's Park Scotland Mark Roberts (interim) End of interim 12 October 2018[30] 6th Scotland Mark Roberts 12 October 2018[30]
Stirling Albion Scotland Dave Mackay Sacked 29 September 2018[31] 7th Scotland Kevin Rutkiewicz 22 October 2018[32]
Berwick Rangers Scotland Robbie Horn Resigned 6 October 2018[33] 9th Scotland Johnny Harvey 16 October 2018[34]
Albion Rovers Scotland John Brogan Resigned 21 October 2018[35] 10th Scotland Kevin Harper 6 November 2018[36]
Berwick Rangers Scotland Johnny Harvey Sacked 2 May 2019[37] 10th Scotland John Brownlie 2 May 2019[37]

League summary

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Peterhead (C, P) 36 24 7 5 65 29 +36 79 Promotion to League One
2 Clyde[a] (O, P) 36 23 5 8 63 35 +28 74 Qualification for the League One play-offs
3 Edinburgh City 36 20 7 9 58 31 +27 67
4 Annan Athletic 36 20 6 10 70 39 +31 66
5 Stirling Albion 36 13 8 15 44 45 −1 47
6 Cowdenbeath 36 12 7 17 46 46 0 43
7 Queen's Park[a] 36 11 10 15 44 47 −3 43
8 Elgin City 36 13 4 19 52 67 −15 43
9 Albion Rovers[a] 36 7 6 23 32 71 −39 27
10 Berwick Rangers (R) 36 5 4 27 27 91 −64 19 Qualification for the League Two play-off final
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Albion Rovers and Queen's Park were awarded 3–0 technical victories against Clyde in February 2019 after Clyde fielded an ineligible player. The original matches had finished 1–0 to Clyde and 1–1 respectively.[38][39]

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 for League One play-offs
Qualification for League Two play-off final
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
Peterhead 6 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Clyde 2 1 5 6 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2
Edinburgh City 1 6 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3
Annan Athletic 4 3 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Stirling Albion 8 9 9 9 9 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 6 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Cowdenbeath 9 8 7 7 8 9 9 9 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 6
Queen's Park 7 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 7
Elgin City 5 4 3 4 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 6 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 8
Albion Rovers 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
Berwick Rangers 3 7 8 8 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

Source: Scottish League Two - Table
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 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 — 1–1 3–5 0–3 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–4 0–3 3–1
Annan Athletic 3–1 — 4–0 1–2 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–3 3–1 2–2
Berwick Rangers 2–0 0–3 — 2–3 0–3 2–2 0–3 0–5 1–2 1–0
Clyde 1–0 1–0 3–3 — 2–0 0–2 4–1 1–3 2–0 1–1
Cowdenbeath 1–1 1–2 4–0 1–1 — 0–2 1–2 2–4 2–0 1–0
Edinburgh City 4–0 2–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 — 4–1 1–1 2–0 3–1
Elgin City 4–2 0–1 2–4 1–3 3–1 1–0 — 0–3 2–1 0–3
Peterhead 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 — 1–1 4–1
Queen's Park 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–4 2–0 — 1–1
Stirling Albion 1–0 1–2 3–0 0–3 2–1 0–1 5–2 0–2 1–0 —
Source: Scottish League Two
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home \ Away ALB ANN BER CLY COW EDC ELG PET QUE STI
Albion Rovers — 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 3–2 0–3 0–2 0–4 0–5
Annan Athletic 4–0 — 6–0 1–1 3–2 3–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–2
Berwick Rangers 0–3 1–2 — 0–3 1–1 0–2 0–3 2–0 0–3 1–2
Clyde 0–3 2–1 5–0 — 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–3 3–0 3–1
Cowdenbeath 1–0 2–4 2–0 2–1 — 4–1 2–1 1–3 0–0 1–2
Edinburgh City 3–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 2–0 — 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–1
Elgin City 0–2 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–4 3–3 — 1–2 2–2 3–2
Peterhead 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 — 2–1 1–1
Queen's Park 2–2 0–3 7–1 3–0 1–1 0–4 4–1 0–2 — 0–0
Stirling Albion 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 —
Source: Scottish League Two
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 Blair Henderson Edinburgh City 30
2 Scotland David Goodwillie Clyde 17
3 Scotland Rory McAllister Peterhead 15
4 Scotland Shane Sutherland Elgin City & Peterhead 13
5 Scotland Tommy Muir Annan Athletic 12
Scotland Tony Wallace Annan Athletic

Source:[40]

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Scottish Professional Football League hat-tricks § Scottish League Two
Player For Against Result Date Ref
Scotland Blair Henderson Edinburgh City Albion Rovers 4–0 (H) 4 August 2018 [41]
Scotland Blair Henderson Edinburgh City Elgin City 4–1 (H) 15 December 2018 [42]
Scotland Peter MacDonald Stirling Albion Albion Rovers 0–5 (A) 26 January 2019 [43]
Scotland Darryl McHardy Elgin City Albion Rovers 0–3 (A) 9 February 2019 [44]
Scotland David Galt Queen's Park Elgin City 4–1 (H) 16 March 2019 [45]
Scotland Jordan Allan Cowdenbeath Edinburgh City 4–1 (H) 6 April 2019 [46]

Note

(H) = Home, (A) = Away;

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Peterhead 12,021 1,371 522 667 +9.2%†
2 Clyde 11,485 1,012 408 638 +29.7%†
3 Elgin City 11,211 929 485 622 +2.5%†
4 Queen's Park 11,001 1,076 404 611 −11.1%†
5 Stirling Albion 10,583 802 413 587 −10.7%†
6 Berwick Rangers 8,599 975 293 477 +10.2%†
7 Edinburgh City 7,223 1,057 247 401 +24.9%†
8 Annan Athletic 7,168 569 317 398 +15.0%†
9 Cowdenbeath 6,384 1,007 250 354 +11.0%†
10 Albion Rovers 5,151 560 145 286 −37.3%†
League total 90,826 1,371 145 504 +2.4%†

Updated to games played on 4 May 2019
Source: [2] [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] [54] [55] [56]

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 [57]
September Scotland James McDonaugh Edinburgh City England Conrad Balatoni Edinburgh City
October Scotland Mark Roberts Queen's Park Scotland Blair Henderson Edinburgh City
November Northern Ireland Danny Lennon Clyde England Dylan Cogill Clyde
December Scotland Jim McInally Peterhead Scotland Blair Henderson Edinburgh City
January Northern Ireland Danny Lennon Clyde Scotland Peter MacDonald Stirling Albion
February Republic of Ireland Peter Murphy Annan Athletic Scotland Chris Johnston Annan Athletic
March Scotland Kevin Harper Albion Rovers Scotland Peter Morrison Albion Rovers
April Northern Ireland Danny Lennon Clyde Nigeria Smart Osadolor Albion Rovers

League Two play-offs

The Pyramid play-off was contested between the champions of the 2018–19 Highland Football League (Cove Rangers) and the 2018–19 Lowland Football League (East Kilbride).[58] Cove were victorious 5–1 on aggregate and faced the bottom club (Berwick Rangers) in the League Two play-off final, being promoted to League Two for the 2019–20 season after a 7–0 aggregate win. As Berwick Rangers lost the play-off, they were relegated to the Lowland League since they were south of 56.4513N latitude (middle of the Tay Road Bridge).[4]

Pyramid play-off

First leg

27 April 2019 East Kilbride 1–2 Cove Rangers East Kilbride
15:00
  • Longworth 90+3'
 Report
  • Milne 3'
  • Ross 35'
 Stadium: K-Park Training Academy
Referee: Grant Irvine

Second leg

4 May 2019 Cove Rangers 3–0
(5–1 agg.)		 East Kilbride Aberdeen
15:00
Report Stadium: Balmoral Stadium
Referee: Mike Roncone

Final

First leg

11 May 2019 Cove Rangers 4–0 Berwick Rangers Aberdeen
15:00
Report Stadium: Balmoral Stadium
Attendance: 1,955
Referee: David Lowe

Second leg

18 May 2019 Berwick Rangers 0–3
(0–7 agg.)		 Cove Rangers Berwick-upon-Tweed
15:00 Report
Stadium: Shielfield Park
Attendance: 1,314
Referee: John McKendrick

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