2015–16 Lowland Football League

Lowland League
Season 2015–16
Champions Edinburgh City
2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Lowland League is the third season of the Lowland Football League. Edinburgh City were the defending champions. Cumbernauld Colts were elected to the league as new members.

Teams

Team Location Home ground Capacity Ref.
BSC Glasgow Glasgow Lochburn Park (Maryhill) 1,800 [1]
Cumbernauld Colts Cumbernauld Broadwood Stadium 7,936 [2]
Dalbeattie Star Dalbeattie Islecroft Stadium 3,500 [3]
East Kilbride East Kilbride K Park Training Academy 400 [4]
Edinburgh City Edinburgh Meadowbank Stadium 16,500 [5]
Edinburgh University Edinburgh New East Peffermill 1,000 [6]
Gala Fairydean Rovers Galashiels Netherdale 4,000 [7]
Gretna 2008 Gretna Raydale Park 2,200 [8]
Preston Athletic Prestonpans Pennypit Park 4,000 [9]
Selkirk Selkirk Yarrow Park 1,162 [10]
Spartans Edinburgh Ainslie Park 3,000 [11]
Stirling University Stirling Forthbank Stadium 3,808 [12]
Threave Rovers Castle Douglas Meadow Park 1,500 [13]
Vale of Leithen Innerleithen Victoria Park 1,500 [14]
Whitehill Welfare Rosewell Ferguson Park 2,614 [15]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Edinburgh City (C, Q) 26 22 1 3 70 27 +43 67 Qualification to Scottish League Two play-offs
2 Spartans 28 18 4 6 74 36 +38 58
3 Stirling University 28 17 5 6 65 32 +33 56
4 Cumbernauld Colts 28 15 6 7 60 42 +18 51
5 East Kilbride 28 14 7 7 68 44 +24 49
6 Edinburgh University 28 13 3 12 51 46 +5 42
7 BSC Glasgow 28 12 5 11 54 51 +3 41
8 Whitehill Welfare 27 12 4 11 47 42 +5 40
9 Dalbeattie Star 28 10 6 12 54 50 +4 36
10 Gretna 2008 28 11 3 14 38 50 −12 36
11 Gala Fairydean Rovers 28 10 2 16 53 61 −8 32
12 Selkirk 28 9 2 17 52 70 −18 29
13 Vale of Leithen 27 7 5 15 37 64 −27 26
14 Preston Athletic 28 6 4 18 28 70 −42 22
15 Threave Rovers 28 3 1 24 30 96 −66 10 Relegation to level 6
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Results

Home ╲ Away BSC CUM DBSEKBEDCEDUGFRG08PRASELSPASLUTHRVOLWHW
BSC Glasgow 0–4 2–1 1–0 1–3 0–2 3–3 2–4 3–1 2–2 2–2 3–3 7–3 2–1 2–0
Cumbernauld Colts 2–1 4–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 4–1 5–1 1–0 0–4 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–3
Dalbeattie Star 0–2 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 1–2 2–3 1–2 2–2 7–1 2–1 1–1
East Kilbride 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 6–0 2–1 4–1 1–1 5–4 0–1 2–2 4–0 5–2 1–2
Edinburgh City 2–0 3–1 5–2 1–1 5–0 3–0 3–0 4–1 4–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 1–4
Edinburgh University 3–2 4–0 1–2 0–4 1–2 4–1 2–0 1–0 3–2 3–4 0–1 4–0 0–0 5–0
Gala Fairydean Rovers 4–3 2–2 1–2 3–2 1–3 0–5 0–2 1–0 3–1 2–6 1–3 5–0 7–0 0–1
Gretna 2008 0–0 0–2 0–0 4–5 0–3 0–5 0–2 3–2 0–3 1–0 2–1 3–0 3–1 1–0
Preston Athletic 0–4 0–2 1–4 2–0 2–8 2–1 0–3 0–2 0–1 0–7 0–5 5–0 2–2 1–1
Selkirk 1–2 3–5 1–4 1–5 1–2 2–0 2–1 1–5 1–2 3–2 1–2 3–1 1–3 0–4
Spartans 2–1 3–0 4–2 1–1 2–3 5–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 5–2 1–0 4–1 4–1 3–2
Stirling University 0–3 1–2 3–1 3–0 3–1 1–0 4–2 3–1 5–1 2–1 1–1 4–1 2–0 3–1
Threave Rovers 0–3 1–4 3–4 3–4 1–2 1–2 1–4 1–2 0–1 3–5 0–3 0–6 1–1 3–1
Vale of Leithen 5–0 3–3 1–8 1–4 2–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–4 1–0 1–3 1–2 0–2
Whitehill Welfare 1–2 2–4 0–0 2–3 0–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 5–2 2–1 1–2 3–2

Updated to games played on 3 May 2016.
Source: BBC Sport
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Lowland Football League Play-off

It is proposed that the respective winners of the East of Scotland and South of Scotland leagues will play one another with the winner taking a place in next season's Lowland League. However, this is subject to strict licensing and entry criteria which will determine possible acceptance.

References

  1. ↑ Broomhill SC Glasgow, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  2. ↑ Cumbernauld Colts, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Dalbeattie Star, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  4. ↑ East Kilbride, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  5. ↑ Edinburgh City, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  6. ↑ Edinburgh University, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  7. ↑ Gala Fairydean Rovers, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  8. ↑ Gretna 2008, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  9. ↑ Preston Athletic, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  10. ↑ Selkirk, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  11. ↑ Spartans, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  12. ↑ Stirling University, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  13. ↑ Threave Rovers, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  14. ↑ Vale of Leithen, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  15. ↑ Whitehill Welfare, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 10 August 2013.
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