2015–16 Scottish League One

Scottish League One
Season 2015–16
Champions Dunfermline Athletic
Promoted Dunfermline Athletic
Relegated Forfar Athletic
Matches played 180
Goals scored 538 (2.99 per match)
Top goalscorer Faissal El Bakhtaoui
Rory McAllister
(22 goals)[1]
Best goalkeeper Sean Murdoch
(15 clean sheets)
Biggest home win Peterhead 7–0 Cowdenbeath[2]
(21 November 2015)
Biggest away win Brechin City 1–6 Dunfermline Athletic
(8 August 2015)[2]
Highest scoring Dunfermline Athletic 7–1 Cowdenbeath
(15 August 2015)[2]
Longest winning run 5 matches:[2]
Dunfermline Athletic
Peterhead
Longest unbeaten run 19 matches:[2]
Peterhead
Longest winless run 17 matches:[2]
Forfar Athletic
Longest losing run 6 matches:[2]
Brechin City
Highest attendance 6,236[2]
Dunfermline Athletic 1–0 Peterhead
(30 April 2016)
Lowest attendance 210[2]
Albion Rovers 4–1 Brechin City
(23 February 2016)
Total attendance 175,562[2]
Average attendance 975[2]

All statistics correct as of 1 May 2016.

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

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 Scotland Eddie Wolecki Black Scotland Marc Fitzpatrick Macron M&H Logistics
Albion Rovers Scotland Darren Young Scotland Michael Dunlop Adidas Reigart Demolition
Ayr United Scotland Ian McCall Scotland Nicky Devlin Adidas Bodog
Brechin City Scotland Darren Dods Scotland Craig Molloy Pendle Delson
Cowdenbeath Scotland Colin Nish Scotland Pat Scullion Uhlsport Subsea Pressure Controls
Dunfermline Athletic Scotland Allan Johnston Scotland Callum Fordyce Joma SRJ Windows
Forfar Athletic Scotland Gary Bollan Scotland Gavin Swankie Pendle Orchard Timber Products
Peterhead Scotland Jim McInally Scotland Steven Noble Adidas LFH Engineering Ltd
Stenhousemuir Scotland Brown Ferguson Scotland Stuart Malcolm Prostar Gulnar Tandoori Restaurant
Stranraer Scotland Brian Reid Scotland 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 Scotland John Potter Stepped down 30 April 2015[13] Pre-season Scotland Allan Johnston 8 May 2015[14]
Cowdenbeath Northern Ireland Jimmy Nicholl Resigned 5 May 2015[15] Scotland Colin Nish 2 June 2015[16]
Brechin City Scotland Ray McKinnon Signed by Raith Rovers 23 May 2015[17] Scotland Darren Dods 10 June 2015[18]
Stranraer Scotland Stephen Aitken Signed by Dumbarton 27 May 2015[19] Scotland Brian Reid 1 June 2015[20]
Forfar Athletic Scotland Dick Campbell Sacked 12 December 2015[21] 8th Scotland Stewart Petrie (interim) 15 December 2015[22]
Airdrieonians Scotland Gary Bollan Signed by Forfar Athletic 20 December 2015[23] 5th Scotland Eddie Wolecki Black 22 December 2015[24]
Forfar Athletic Scotland Stewart Petrie (interim) End of interim 21 December 2015[25] 8th Scotland 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 (Q) 36 19 4 13 65 47 +18 61 Qualification to Championship play-offs
3 Peterhead (Q) 36 16 11 9 72 47 +25 59
4 Stranraer (Q) 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 (Q) 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
Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (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.

First half of season

Home ╲ Away AIR ALB AYRBRECOWDNFFORPETSTESTR
Airdrieonians 11 12 10 32 02 01 10 01 01
Albion Rovers 13 30 31 21 11 11 10 20 02
Ayr United 30 10 21 50 12 22 11 52 31
Brechin City 12 01 11 20 16 02 11 12 20
Cowdenbeath 30 10 42 30 00 21 22 22 12
Dunfermline Athletic 11 30 02 31 71 40 00 10 31
Forfar Athletic 23 40 22 01 01 04 02 41 12
Peterhead 20 11 30 23 70 21 22 22 11
Stenhousemuir 21 01 01 22 42 05 22 43 10
Stranraer 13 01 12 10 03 03 00 04 12

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

Second half of season

Home ╲ Away AIR ALB AYRBRECOWDNFFORPETSTESTR
Airdrieonians 11 01 02 20 30 11 34 11 11
Albion Rovers 12 13 41 00 01 32 11 11 01
Ayr United 03 01 21 41 02 21 12 41 21
Brechin City 33 21 10 22 12 40 51 10 10
Cowdenbeath 13 12 10 21 01 14 23 13 02
Dunfermline Athletic 01 11 32 31 21 22 10 50 61
Forfar Athletic 02 10 31 12 11 24 20 01 11
Peterhead 10 51 04 41 01 00 32 41 00
Stenhousemuir 32 13 04 00 23 03 21 14 15
Stranraer 40 00 10 20 10 41 10 15 31

Updated to games played on 30 April 2016.
Source: Scottish League 1
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

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

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Ref
England Cardle, JoeJoe Cardle Dunfermline Athletic Forfar Athletic 4–0 5 September 2015 [26]
Scotland McAllister, RoryRory McAllister Peterhead Stenhousemuir 3–4 31 October 2015 [27]
Scotland McIntosh, LeightonLeighton McIntosh Peterhead Cowdenbeath 7–0 21 November 2015 [28]
England Cardle, JoeJoe Cardle Dunfermline Athletic Stranraer 6–1 27 February 2016 [29]
Scotland McAllister, RoryRory McAllister Peterhead Brechin City 4–1 27 February 2016 [30]
Morocco El Bakhtaoui, FaissalFaissal El Bakhtaoui Dunfermline Athletic Brechin City 3–1 26 March 2016 [31]
Scotland Thomson, RobertRobert Thomson Brechin City Peterhead 5–1 16 April 2016 [32]

Discipline

Player

Yellow cards
As of matches played on 30 April 2016[33]
Rank Player Club Cards
1 Scotland Kyle Turnbull Albion Rovers 11
2 Scotland Dean Brett Cowdenbeath 10
Scotland Andy Geggan Dunfermline Athletic
Scotland Steven Bell Stranraer
5 Scotland Darren Dods Brechin City 9
Scotland Euan Murray Stenhousemuir
7 10 players 8

Red cards
As of matches played on 30 April 2016[33]
Rank Player Club Cards
1 Scotland Thomas O'Brien Forfar Athletic 2
Scotland Scott Ross Peterhead
Scotland Steven Noble Peterhead
4 38 players 1

Club

Yellow cards
As of matches played on 30 April 2016[34]
Rank Club Cards
1 Brechin City 83
2 Stenhousemuir 80
3 Cowdenbeath 76

Red cards
As of matches played on 30 April 2016[34]
Rank Club Cards
1 Stenhousemuir 7
2 Cowdenbeath 6
Peterhead

Awards

Monthly awards

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

League One play-offs

Cowdenbeath, the second bottom team, will enter 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

Second Leg

Final

The winners of the semi-finals will compete against one another over two legs, with the winner being awarded a place in the 2016–17 Scottish League One.

First Leg

Second Leg

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