2015–16 Scottish League Two

250 Scottish League Two 2015–16 East Fife East FifeQueen's Park East Stirlingshire 180 517 Nathan Austin(22 goals)http://www.espnfc.co.uk/scottish-league-two/48/statistics/scorers?season=2015 2015–16 Scottish League Two scorers ESPN 20 August 2015 Stirling Albion 7–0 Montrose (9 February 2016)http://www.espnfc.co.uk/scottish-league-two/48/statistics/performance 2015–16 Scottish League Two performance ESPN 20 August 2015 Stirling Albion 0–6 East Fife (19 March 2016) East Fife 5–3 East Stirlingshire (14 November 2015) 4 matches:ClydeEast FifeElgin City 7 matches:East Fife 8 matches:Montrose 6 matches:Berwick Rangers 1,387Montrose 0–2 Arbroath(2 January 2016) 238East Stirlingshire 3–1 Montrose (21 November 2015)Berwick Rangers 3–2 Annan Athletic (16 February 2016) 99,947 555 2014–15 2016–17 1 May 2016 The 2015–16 Scottish League Two (referred to as the Ladbrokes League Two for sponsorship reasons) was the 22nd season in the current format of 10 teams in the fourth-tier of Scottish football. The last placed team entered a play-off with a team nominated by the Scottish Football Association from outside the SPFL to determine which team enters League Two in the 2016–17 season.http://spfl.co.uk/docs/067_324__therulesofthescottishprofessionalfootballleagueasat7march2014_1396269263.pdf The Rules of the SPFL Scottish Professional Football League PDF 5 May 2014 Teams To League Two Relegated from Scottish League One Stirling Albion From League Two Promoted to Scottish League One Albion Rovers Stadia and locations Annan Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Clyde Galabank Gayfield Park Shielfield Park Broadwood Stadium Capacity: 2,514http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/annan-athletic/ Annan Athletic Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 6,600http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/arbroath/ Arbroath Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 4,500http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/berwick-rangers/ Berwick Rangers Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 7,936http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/clyde/ Clyde Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 200px 200px 200px 200px East FifeUK Scotland 350 center UK Scotland 6 54.987035 -3.2568200 Annan Athletic left UK Scotland 6 56.551976 -2.5933059 Arbroath right UK Scotland 6 55.937769 -4.0295161 Clyde left UK Scotland 6 55.759333 -2.0153998 Berwick Rangers bottom UK Scotland 6 56.238326 -2.9994252 East Fife right UK Scotland 6 56.000685 -3.7546577 East Stirlingshire right UK Scotland 6 57.651538 -3.3200732 Elgin City bottom UK Scotland 6 56.721440 -2.4661846 Montrose right UK Scotland 6 55.824419 -4.2514220 Queen's Park bottom UK Scotland 6 56.129959 -3.912692 Stirling left East Stirlingshire Bayview Stadium Ochilview Park Capacity: 1,980http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/east-fife/ East Fife Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 3,746http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/east-stirlingshire/ East Stirlingshire Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20171031165434/https://spfl.co.uk/clubs/east-stirlingshire/ 31 October 2017 dead dmy-all center|200px 200px Elgin City Montrose Queen's Park Stirling Albion Borough Briggs Links Park Hampden Park Forthbank Stadium Capacity: 4,520http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/elgin-city/ Elgin City Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 3,292http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/montrose/ Montrose Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 51,866http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/queens-park/ Queens Park Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 3,808http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/stirling-albion/ Stirling Albion Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 200px 200px 200px 200px Personnel Team Manager Captain Manufacturer SponsorsAnnan AthleticSCO Jim ChapmanSCO Steven BlackStannoM&S Engineering LtdArbroathSCO Dick CampbellSCO Mark WhatleyPendleMegatechBerwick RangersUSA John CoughlinENG Jonny FairbairnZoo SportAutomatic Retailing Vending LtdClydeSCO Barry FergusonSCO Mark McLaughlinHummelCash for KidsEast FifeSCO Gary NaysmithSCO Steven CampbellJomaOLS Laundry ServiceEast StirlingshireSCO Craig TullyENG Richard BarnardJakoShire Trust Elgin CitySCO Jim WeirSCO Jamie DuffEC 1893McDonald & MunroMontroseSCO Paul HegartySCO Paul WatsonNikeIntervention RentalsQueen's ParkSCO Gus MacPhersonSCO Tony QuinnUnder ArmourIrn-BruStirling AlbionSCO Stuart McLarenSCO Ross McMillanMacronPrudential Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment Berwick Rangers SCO name Colin Cameron Sacked 31 October 2015Montrose 4–1 Brewick https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/34624253 berwickrangers.com 31 October 2015 5 November 2015 7th USA John Coughlin 6 November 2015Coughlin named new Berwick boss http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/coughlin-named-new-berwick-boss/ SPFL 6 November 2015 6 November 2015 4 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082535/http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/coughlin-named-new-berwick-boss/ dead Arbroath ENG name Todd Lumsden Sacked 6 March 2016Struggling Arbroath part company with manager Todd Lumsden https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35739778 BBC Sport 6 March 2016 6 March 2016 8th SCO Dick Campbell 8 March 2016http://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/football/league-2/arbroath-appoint-dick-campbell-as-manager-1.927804 Arbroath appoint Dick Campbell as manager Eric Nicholson The Courier 8 March 2016 8 March 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160308171857/http://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/football/league-2/arbroath-appoint-dick-campbell-as-manager-1.927804 8 March 2016 League table main WDL complete BBC Sport EAF ELG CLY QPK ANN BER STI MON ARB EAS SL1 playoffs playoffs playoffs RPO 16 8 12 69 57 11 6 19 42 51 14 7 15 45 50 17 6 13 56 45 18 8 10 62 41 9 5 22 41 79 17 8 11 59 46 11 10 15 50 70 15 11 10 46 32 13 9 14 47 46 Annan Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Clyde East Fife East Stirlingshire Elgin City Montrose Queen's Park Stirling Albion CP R OP 5 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored PQR green1 Promotion to Scottish League One yellow1 Qualification to League One play-offs red2 Qualification for the League Two play-off final 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 main FBR grey ANN ARB BER CLY EFI EST ELG MON QPA STI Annan Athletic 2–2 1–0 2–3 2–0 3–1 1–1 3–2 3–1 1–1 Arbroath 0–2 3–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–3 3–1 1–2 2–0 Berwick Rangers 0–2 2–2 0–5 1–1 2–1 2–3 2–1 1–0 1–2 Clyde 4–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 3–1 4–2 3–1 0–2 0–1 East Fife 0–1 0–1 5–0 1–0 5–3 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 East Stirlingshire 3–1 0–4 0–4 0–3 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 2–3 Elgin City 3–2 2–0 4–1 1–1 4–2 4–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 Montrose 1–1 3–0 4–1 2–0 1–4 2–1 2–0 1–6 1–3 Queen's Park 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 5–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 Stirling Albion 1–0 3–1 1–3 0–1 1–3 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–2 Scottish League 2 8 March 2016 Second half of season main FBR grey ANN ARB BER CLY EFI EST ELG MON QPA STI Annan Athletic 4–1 1–0 3–3 2–4 1–3 4–2 3–3 1–0 2–2 Arbroath 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 3–0 2–3 0–0 0–1 1–1 Berwick Rangers 3–2 3–0 3–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 Clyde 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 3–3 0–1 3–1 East Fife 4–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 3–0 1–1 1–0 East Stirlingshire 0–1 0–3 0–0 2–4 1–3 0–3 2–4 0–3 3–2 Elgin City 2–2 4–1 1–0 1–0 1–3 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 Montrose 0–5 0–2 1–0 2–1 2–2 3–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 Queen's Park 1–3 2–1 0–0 2–1 3–0 0–3 0–0 1–1 1–1 Stirling Albion 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–6 3–0 0–0 7–0 0–0 Scottish League 2 30 April 2016 Season statistics Scoring Top scorers matches played on 30 April 2016 RankPlayerClubGoals1SCO Nathan AustinEast Fife222SCO Craig GunnElgin City213SCO Gary FraserMontrose194SCO Blair HendersonBerwick Rangers175ENG Peter WeathersonAnnan Athletic156ENG Josh ToddAnnan Athletic13 Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date RefSCO Nathan Austin East Fife Montrose 4–1 dmy 2015 09 26 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/34300191 Montrose 1–4 East Fife 26 September 2015 BBC Sport 2 October 2015 SCO David Gormley4 Clyde Berwick Rangers 5–0 dmy 2015 11 21 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/34818802 Berwick Rangers 0–5 Clyde 21 November 2015 BBC Sport 25 November 2015SCO Darren Smith footballer, born 1988 Stirling Albion Montrose 3–1 dmy 2015 12 12 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35014332 Montrose 1–3 Stirling 12 December 2015 BBC Sport 14 December 2015SCO Nathan Austin East Fife Stirling Albion 3–1 dmy 2015 12 26 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35140696 Stirling 1–3 East Fife 26 December 2015 BBC Sport 2 January 2016SCO Darren Smith footballer, born 1988 Stirling Albion Montrose 7–0 dmy 2016 02 09 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35390161 Stirling Albion 7–0 Montrose 9 February 2016 BBC Sport 9 February 2016 Note 4 Player scored 4 goals Discipline Player Yellow cards matches played on 30 April 2016 RankPlayerClubCards1SCO Michael McKennaBerwick Rangers132SCO Reece DonaldsonEast Stirlingshire113SCO Steven NotmanBerwick Rangers10SCO Gary FraserMontroseSCO Ross ForsythStirling Albion6SCO Mark McLaughlinClyde9SCO Mark NicolsonElgin CitySCO Ross SmithStirling Albion9SCO Graham WebsterMontrose8106 players7 Red cards matches played on 30 April 2016http://www.espnfc.co.uk/scottish-league-two/48/statistics/discipline 2015–16 Scottish League Two statistics – Player Discipline ESPN 16 August 2015 RankPlayerClubCards1ENG Peter WeathersonAnnan Athletic2SCO Ricky LittleArbroathSCO Jordan McGregorBerwick RangersSCO Kevin WalkerBerwick RangersSCO Reece DonaldsonEast StirlingshireSCO Ross SmithStirling Albion733 players1 Club Yellow cards matches played on 30 April 2016http://www.espnfc.co.uk/scottish-league-two/48/statistics/fairplay 2015–16 Scottish League Two statistics – Club Discipline ESPN 20 August 2015 RankClubCards1Berwick Rangers742East Stirlingshire733Stirling Albion64 Red cards matches played on 30 April 2016 RankClubCards1Berwick Rangers8Stirling Albion3Clyde7 Awards Monthly awards MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the MonthRef.ManagerClubPlayerClubAugustSCO Gary NaysmithEast FifeNGA Smart OsadolorAnnan Athletic http://spfl.co.uk/awards SPFL monthly awards www.spfl.co.uk Scottish Professional Football League May 28, 2014 2015-10-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20160531033109/http://spfl.co.uk/awards 2016-05-31 deadSeptemberSCO Gus MacPhersonQueen's ParkSCO Bobby LinnArbroathOctoberSCO Paul HegartyMontroseSCO Matty FlynnAnnan AthleticNovemberSCO Barry FergusonClydeSCO David GormleyClydeDecemberSCO Stuart McLarenStirling AlbionSCO Darren SmithStirling AlbionJanuarySCO Jim WeirElgin CityENG Nathan AustinEast FifeFebruarySCO Barry FergusonClydeSCO Steven DorisStirling AlbionMarchSCO Gary NaysmithEast FifeSCO Kyle WilkieEast FifeAprilUSA John CoughlinBerwick RangersSCO Brian CameronElgin City 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, then played off against the bottom club in League Two, East Stirlingshire, swapping with them and being promoted to the 2016–17 Scottish League Two with a victory. Semi-finals First leg 1 23 April 2016 15:00 BBC Report Cove Rangers 0–3 Edinburgh City Allum 22 45 Donaldson 41 Harlaw Park, Inverurie Second leg 1 30 April 2016 15:00 BBC report Edinburgh City 1–1 4–1 Cove Rangers Gair 32 Watt 86 Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh 839 Final First leg 1 7 May 2016 15:00 BBC Report Edinburgh City 1–1 East Stirlingshire Gair 15 pen. Mbu 0 77 Wright 42 Donaldson 0 90+1 Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh 1,090 Gavin Duncan Second leg 1 14 May 2016 15:00 BBC Report East Stirlingshire 0–1 1–2 Edinburgh City Donaldson 0 86 Gair 87 pen. Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir 1,286 Don Robertson References 30em Category:Scottish League Two seasons 4 Scot