2015–16 Lowland Football League

April 2022 Lowland League 2015–16 Edinburgh City Edinburgh City Threave Rovers 210 786 Ross Allum(Edinburgh City)(27 goals) 8 matches: Edinburgh City 18 matches: Edinburgh City 17 matches: Threave Rovers 2014–15 2016–17 The 2015–16 Lowland League was the third season of the Lowland Football League. The season began on 1 August 2015 and ended on 19 May 2016. Edinburgh City were the defending champions. Cumbernauld Colts were elected to the league as new members. The league was won by Edinburgh City with two matches remaining on 9 April 2016, securing their second title after a 1–0 win over Stirling University. They played the champions of the 2015–16 Highland League (Cove Rangers) in the semi-finals of the League Two play-offs, winning 4-1 on aggregate. Edinburgh City then drew 1–1 at home in the first leg of the play-off final against East Stirlingshire, before scoring a late penalty to win 1–0 away from home in the second leg, winning 2–1 on aggregate to gain a place in Scottish League Two. Teams Scotland South 550 right Location of teams in 2015–16 Scottish Lowland Football League Scotland South 6 55.886000 -4.243743 BSC Glasgow left Scotland South 6 55.937769 -4.0295161 Cumbernauld Colts top Scotland South 6 54.934219 -3.822527 Dalbeattie Star right Scotland South 6 55.764352 -4.176999 East Kilbride bottom Scotland South 6 55.956994 -3.158532 Edinburgh City top Scotland South 6 55.932342 -3.150492 Scotland South 6 55.606125 -2.783503 Gala FR right Scotland South 6 54.993693 -3.072656 Gretna 2008 right Scotland South 6 55.957160 -2.986919 Preston Athletic right Scotland South 6 55.547336 -2.857121 Selkirk bottom Scotland South 6 55.971659 -3.232638 The Spartans left Scotland South 6 56.119143 -3.911948 Stirling University top Scotland South 6 54.941125 -3.931088 Threave Rovers left Scotland South 6 55.619707 -3.065679 Vale of Leithen left Scotland South 6 55.854325 -3.132284 Whitehill Welfare bottom Scotland South TransparentPlaceholder.png 55.88 -3.17 Edinburgh Uni left The following teams have changed division prior to the 2015–16 season. To Lowland League Transferred from Caledonian Amateur Football League Cumbernauld Colts Stadia and Locations Team Location Home ground Capacity Ref. BSC Glasgow Glasgow Lochburn Park (Maryhill) 1,800 Broomhill SC Glasgow https://web.archive.org/web/20150624133714/http://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/broomhillsc.htm 2015-06-24 , nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 24 June 2015. Cumbernauld Colts Cumbernauld Broadwood Stadium 7,936 Cumbernauld Colts, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 24 June 2015. Dalbeattie Star Dalbeattie Islecroft Stadium 3,500 Dalbeattie Star, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 10 August 2013. East Kilbride East Kilbride K Park Training Academy 400 East Kilbride https://web.archive.org/web/20230402135759/http://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/eastkilbridefc.html 2 April 2023 , nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 10 August 2013. Edinburgh City Edinburgh Meadowbank Stadium 16,500 Edinburgh City https://web.archive.org/web/20130814011853/http://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/edinburghcity.htm 2013-08-14 , nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 10 August 2013. Edinburgh University Edinburgh New East Peffermill 1,000 Edinburgh University, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 24 June 2015. Gala Fairydean Rovers Galashiels Netherdale 4,000 Gala Fairydean Rovers, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 10 August 2013. Gretna 2008 Gretna Raydale Park 2,200 Gretna 2008, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 10 August 2013. Preston Athletic Prestonpans Pennypit Park 4,000 Preston Athletic, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 10 August 2013. Selkirk Selkirk Yarrow Park 1,162 Selkirk https://web.archive.org/web/20161021124702/http://nonleaguescotland.org.uk/selkirk.htm 21 October 2016 , nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 10 August 2013. The Spartans Edinburgh Ainslie Park 3,000 Spartans, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 10 August 2013. Stirling University Stirling Forthbank Stadium 3,808 Stirling University, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 10 August 2013. Threave Rovers Castle Douglas Meadow Park 1,500 Threave Rovers, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 10 August 2013. Vale of Leithen Innerleithen Victoria Park 1,500 Vale of Leithen, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 10 August 2013. Whitehill Welfare Rosewell Ferguson Park 2,614 Whitehill Welfare, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 10 August 2013. League table Threave Rovers were spared automatic relegation as neither champion of the two feeder leagues, Leith Athletic or St Cuthbert Wanderers, met licensing criteria. The club however, declined the opportunity to re-apply to the league and rejoined the South of Scotland Football League for the 2016–17 season.Gillespie Stuart Threave Rovers' South of Scotland League return confirmed after three years in the Lowland League http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/threave-rovers-south-scotland-league-8099347 10 August 2016 Daily Record 5 June 2016 main football complete Soccerway EDC SPA STI CUM EAS EDU BSC WHI DAL GRE GFR SEL VOL PRE THR playoffs relegation 12 5 11 54 51 15 6 7 60 42 10 6 12 54 50 14 7 7 68 44 24 1 3 74 28 13 3 12 51 46 10 2 16 53 61 11 3 14 38 50 6 4 18 28 70 9 2 17 52 70 18 4 6 74 36 17 5 6 65 32 3 1 24 30 96 7 5 16 38 67 12 4 12 47 43 BSC Glasgow Cumbernauld Colts Dalbeattie Star East Kilbride Edinburgh City Edinburgh University Gala Fairydean Rovers Gretna 2008 Preston Athletic Selkirk The Spartans Stirling University Threave Rovers Vale of Leithen Whitehill Welfare COP R 5 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored PQR yellow1 Qualification to League Two play-off semi-finals red1 Resigned at end of season, joined South of Scotland League Results main FBR grey BSC CUM DBS EKB EDC EDU GFR G08 PRA SEL SPA SLU THR VOL WHW 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 The 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 1–3 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 0–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 5–2 2–1 1–2 3–2 complete Soccerway Lowland Football League play-off It was proposed that the respective winners of the 2015–16 East of Scotland Football League (Leith Athletic) and 2015–16 South of Scotland Football League (St Cuthbert Wanderers) leagues would meet in a play-off, with the winner taking a place in next season's Lowland League. However, neither met licensing criteria so the play-off did not take place. References 2 Category:Lowland Football League seasons 5 Scottish