2015–16 Scottish League Two

Scottish League Two
Season 2015–16
Champions East Fife
Promoted East Fife
Matches played 180
Goals scored 517 (2.87 per match)
Top goalscorer Nathan Austin
(22 goals)[1]
Biggest home win Stirling Albion 7–0 Montrose
(9 February 2016)[2]
Biggest away win Stirling Albion 0–6 East Fife
(19 March 2016)[2]
Highest scoring East Fife 5–3 East Stirlingshire
(14 November 2015)[2]
Longest winning run 4 matches:[2]
Clyde
East Fife
Elgin City
Longest unbeaten run 7 matches:[2]
East Fife
Longest winless run 8 matches:[2]
Montrose
Longest losing run 6 matches:[2]
Berwick Rangers
Highest attendance 1,387[2]
Montrose 0–2 Arbroath
(2 January 2016)
Lowest attendance 238[2]
East Stirlingshire 3–1 Montrose
(21 November 2015)
Berwick Rangers 3–2 Annan Athletic
(16 February 2016)
Total attendance 99,947[2]
Average attendance 555[2]

All statistics correct as of 1 May 2016.

The 2015–16 Scottish League Two (referred to as the Ladbrokes League Two for sponsorship reasons) is the 21st season in the current format of 10 teams in the fourth-tier of Scottish football. The last placed team will enter a play-off with a team nominated by the Scottish Football Association from outside the SPFL determining which team enters League Two in the 2016–17 season.[3]

Teams

Relegated from Scottish League One

Stadia and locations

Annan Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Clyde
Galabank Gayfield Park Shielfield Park Broadwood Stadium
Capacity: 2,514[4] Capacity: 6,600[5] Capacity: 4,500[6] Capacity: 7,936[7]
East Fife East Stirlingshire
Bayview Stadium Ochilview Park
Capacity: 1,980[8] Capacity: 3,746[9]
Elgin City Montrose Queen's Park Stirling Albion
Borough Briggs Links Park Hampden Park Forthbank Stadium
Capacity: 4,520[10] Capacity: 3,292[11] Capacity: 51,866[12] Capacity: 3,808[13]

Personnel

Team Manager Captain Manufacturer Sponsors
Annan Athletic Scotland Jim Chapman Scotland Steven Black Stanno M&S Engineering Ltd
Arbroath Scotland Dick Campbell Scotland Mark Whatley Pendle Megatech
Berwick Rangers United States John Coughlin England Jonny Fairbairn Zoo Sport Automatic Retailing Vending Ltd
Clyde Scotland Barry Ferguson Scotland Mark McLaughlin Hummel Cash for Kids
East Fife Scotland Gary Naysmith Scotland Steven Campbell Joma OLS Laundry Service
East Stirlingshire Scotland Craig Tully England Richard Barnard Jako Shire Trust
Elgin City Scotland Jim Weir Scotland Jamie Duff EC 1893 McDonald & Munro
Montrose Scotland Paul Hegarty Scotland Paul Watson Nike Intervention Rentals
Queen's Park Scotland Gus MacPherson Scotland Tony Quinn Under Armour Irn-Bru
Stirling Albion Scotland Stuart McLaren Scotland Ross McMillan Macron Prudential

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Berwick Rangers Scotland Colin Cameron Sacked 31 October 2015[14] 7th United States John Coughlin 6 November 2015[15]
Arbroath England Todd Lumsden Sacked 6 March 2016[16] 8th Scotland Dick Campbell 8 March 2016[17]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 East Fife (C, P) 36 18 8 10 62 41 +21 62 Promotion to Scottish League One
2 Elgin City (Q) 36 17 8 11 59 46 +13 59 Qualification to League One play-offs
3 Clyde (Q) 36 17 6 13 56 45 +11 57
4 Queen's Park (Q) 36 15 11 10 46 32 +14 56
5 Annan Athletic 36 16 8 12 69 57 +12 56
6 Berwick Rangers 36 14 7 15 45 50 5 49
7 Stirling Albion 36 13 9 14 47 46 +1 48
8 Montrose 36 11 10 15 50 70 20 43
9 Arbroath 36 11 6 19 42 51 9 39
10 East Stirlingshire (Q) 36 9 5 22 41 79 38 32 Qualification to League Two play-offs
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.

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 ANN ARB BERCLYEFIESTELGMONQPASTI
Annan Athletic 22 10 23 20 31 11 32 31 11
Arbroath 02 31 01 11 00 03 31 12 20
Berwick Rangers 02 22 05 11 21 23 21 10 12
Clyde 42 02 11 20 31 42 31 02 01
East Fife 01 01 50 10 53 21 11 02 11
East Stirlingshire 31 04 04 03 10 20 31 21 23
Elgin City 32 20 41 11 42 40 20 00 10
Montrose 11 30 41 20 14 21 20 16 13
Queen's Park 01 10 01 11 02 51 31 01 10
Stirling Albion 10 31 13 01 13 00 31 10 12

Updated to games played on 8 March 2016.
Source: Scottish League 2
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 ANN ARB BERCLYEFIESTELGMONQPASTI
Annan Athletic 41 10 33 24 13 42 33 10 22
Arbroath 21 12 01 01 30 23 00 01 11
Berwick Rangers 32 30 30 20 22 20 10 11 10
Clyde 21 12 21 00 01 10 33 01 31
East Fife 42 21 10 20 11 02 30 11 10
East Stirlingshire 01 03 00 24 13 03 24 03 32
Elgin City 22 41 10 10 13 20 11 11 21
Montrose 05 02 10 21 22 32 31 11 11
Queen's Park 13 21 00 21 30 03 00 11 11
Stirling Albion 21 10 21 12 06 30 00 70 00

Updated to games played on 30 April 2016.
Source: Scottish League 2
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 Scotland Nathan Austin East Fife 22
2 Scotland Craig Gunn Elgin City 21
3 Scotland Gary Fraser Montrose 19
4 Scotland Blair Henderson Berwick Rangers 17
5 England Peter Weatherson Annan Athletic 15
6 England Josh Todd Annan Athletic 13

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Ref
Scotland Austin, NathanNathan Austin East Fife Montrose 4–1 26 September 2015 [18]
Scotland Gormley, DavidDavid Gormley4 Clyde Berwick Rangers 5–0 21 November 2015 [19]
Scotland Smith, DarrenDarren Smith Stirling Albion Montrose 3–1 12 December 2015 [20]
Scotland Austin, NathanNathan Austin East Fife Stirling Albion 3–1 26 December 2015 [21]
Scotland Smith, DarrenDarren Smith Stirling Albion Montrose 7–0 9 February 2016 [22]
Note

4 Player scored 4 goals

Discipline

Player

Yellow cards
As of matches played on 30 April 2016[23]
Rank Player Club Cards
1 Scotland Michael McKenna Berwick Rangers 13
2 Scotland Reece Donaldson East Stirlingshire 11
3 Scotland Steven Notman Berwick Rangers 10
Scotland Gary Fraser Montrose
Scotland Ross Forsyth Stirling Albion
6 Scotland Mark McLaughlin Clyde 9
Scotland Mark Nicolson Elgin City
Scotland Ross Smith Stirling Albion
9 Scotland Graham Webster Montrose 8
10 6 players 7

Red cards
As of matches played on 30 April 2016[23]
Rank Player Club Cards
1 England Peter Weatherson Annan Athletic 2
Scotland Ricky Little Arbroath
Scotland Jordan McGregor Berwick Rangers
Scotland Kevin Walker Berwick Rangers
Scotland Reece Donaldson East Stirlingshire
Scotland Ross Smith Stirling Albion
7 33 players 1

Club

Yellow cards
As of matches played on 30 April 2016[24]
Rank Club Cards
1 Berwick Rangers 74
2 East Stirlingshire 73
3 Stirling Albion 64

Red cards
As of matches played on 30 April 2016[24]
Rank Club Cards
1 Berwick Rangers 8
Stirling Albion
3 Clyde 7

Awards

Monthly awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Ref.
Manager Club Player Club
August Scotland Gary Naysmith East Fife Nigeria Smart Osadolor Annan Athletic [25]
September Scotland Gus MacPherson Queen's Park Scotland Bobby Linn Arbroath
October Scotland Paul Hegarty Montrose Scotland Matty Flynn Annan Athletic
November Scotland Barry Ferguson Clyde Scotland David Gormley Clyde
December Scotland Stuart McLaren Stirling Albion Scotland Darren Smith Stirling Albion
January Scotland Jim Weir Elgin City England Nathan Austin East Fife
February Scotland Barry Ferguson Clyde Scotland Steven Doris Stirling Albion
March Scotland Gary Naysmith East Fife Scotland Kyle Wilkie East Fife
April United States John Coughlin Berwick Rangers

League Two Play-offs

The first round was contested between Cove Rangers and Edinburgh City, the winners of the Highland League and Lowland League respectively.

City, the winners, will now play off against the bottom club in League Two, East Stirlingshire, with the winner securing a place in the 2016–17 Scottish League Two and the loser securing a place in the 2016–17 Lowland Football League.

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

First leg

Second leg

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  17. Nicholson, Eric (8 March 2016). "Arbroath appoint Dick Campbell as manager". The Courier. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
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