2015–16 Scottish League One

March 2026 250 Scottish League One 2015–16 Dunfermline Athletic Dunfermline AthleticAyr United CowdenbeathForfar Athletic 180 538 Faissal El BakhtaouiRory McAllister(22 goals)http://www.espnfc.co.uk/scottish-league-one/47/statistics/scorers?season=2015&seasonType=0 2015–16 Scottish League One scorers ESPN 16 August 2015 Sean Murdoch(15 clean sheets) Peterhead 7–0 Cowdenbeathhttp://www.espnfc.co.uk/scottish-league-one/47/statistics/performance?season=2015&seasonType=0 2015–16 Scottish League One performance ESPN 16 August 2015(21 November 2015) Brechin City 1–6 Dunfermline Athletic(8 August 2015) Dunfermline Athletic 7–1 Cowdenbeath(15 August 2015) 5 matches:Dunfermline AthleticPeterhead 19 matches:Peterhead 17 matches:Forfar Athletic 6 matches:Brechin City 6,236Dunfermline Athletic 1–0 Peterhead(30 April 2016) 210Albion Rovers 4–1 Brechin City(23 February 2016) 175,562 975 2014–15 2016–17 7 May 2016 The 2015–16 Scottish League One (referred to as the Ladbrokes League One for sponsorship reasons) was the 22nd season in the current format of 10 teams in the third-tier of Scottish football. Teams Promoted from Scottish League Two Albion Rovers Relegated from Scottish Championship Cowdenbeath Stadia and locations Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Ayr United Brechin City Excelsior Stadium Cliftonhill Somerset ParkGlebe Park Capacity: 10,170http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/airdrieonians/ Airdrieonians Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 1,238http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/albion-rovers/ Albion Rovers Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 10,185http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/ayr-united/ Ayr United Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 3,960http://www.footballgroundguide.com/scotland//brechin_city.htm Brechin City Football Club Scottish Football Ground Guide 11 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20160410095612/http://www.footballgroundguide.com/scotland//hibernian.htm 2016-04-10 dead 200px 200px 200px 200px CowdenbeathUK Scotland 350 center UK Scotland 6 55.853782 -3.960586 Airdrieonians right UK Scotland 6 55.853203 -4.013114 Albion Rovers left UK Scotland 6 55.469684 -4.620098 Ayr United right UK Scotland 6 56.736391 -2.6584547 Brechin City right UK Scotland 6 56.108856 -3.347164 Cowdenbeath top UK Scotland 6 56.07530 -3.4419 Dunfermline Athletic right UK Scotland 6 56.651491 -2.8843430 Forfar Athletic left UK Scotland 6 57.506535 -1.7972195 Peterhead right UK Scotland 6 56.028920 -3.814752 Stenhousemuir left UK Scotland 6 54.903475 -5.0142503 Stranraer right Dunfermline AthleticCentral Park East End Park Capacity: 4,309http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/cowdenbeath/ Cowdenbeath Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 11,480http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/dunfermline-athletic/ Dunfermline Athletic Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 200px 200px Forfar Athletic Peterhead Stenhousemuir Stranraer Station Park Balmoor Ochilview Park Stair Park Capacity: 6,777http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/forfar-athletic/ Forfar Athletic Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 3,150http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/peterhead/ Peterhead Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 3,746http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/stenhousemuir/ Stenhousemuir Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 6,250http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/stranraer/ Stranraer Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 200px 200px 200px 200px Personnel Team Manager Captain Manufacturer Sponsors Airdrieonians SCO Danny Lennon (acting head coach) SCO Marc Fitzpatrick Macron M&H Logistics Albion Rovers SCO Darren Young SCO Michael Dunlop Adidas Reigart Demolition Ayr United SCO Ian McCall SCO Nicky Devlin Adidas Bodog Brechin City SCO Darren Dods SCO Craig Molloy Pendle Delson Cowdenbeath SCO Colin Nish SCO Pat Scullion Uhlsport Subsea Pressure Controls Dunfermline Athletic SCO Allan Johnston SCO Callum Fordyce Joma SRJ Windows Forfar Athletic SCO Gary Bollan SCO Gavin Swankie Pendle Orchard Timber Products Peterhead SCO Jim McInally SCO Steven Noble Adidas LFH Engineering Ltd Stenhousemuir SCO Brown Ferguson SCO Stuart Malcolm Prostar Gulnar Tandoori Restaurant Stranraer SCO Brian Reid SCO Steven Bell Stanno Stena Line Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment Dunfermline Athletic SCO name John Potter Stepped down 30 April 2015Dunfermline Athletic: John Potter axed as manager https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/32533118 BBC Sport 30 April 2015 19 September 2015Pre-season SCO name Allan Johnston 8 May 2015https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/32659299 Allan Johnston: Dunfermline appoint former Kilmarnock boss BBC Sport 8 May 2015 19 September 2015 Cowdenbeath NIR name Jimmy Nicholl Resigned 5 May 2015Cowdenbeath: Jimmy Nicholl resigns as boss after relegation https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/32597631 BBC Sport 5 May 2015 19 September 2015 SCO name Colin Nish 2 June 2015Colin Nish appointed player-manager at Cowdenbeath https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/32984250 BBC Sport 2 June 2015 19 September 2015 Brechin City SCO name Ray McKinnon Signed by Raith Rovers 23 May 2015Raith Rovers: Brechin's Ray McKinnon in Kirkcaldy switch https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/32820581 BBC Sport 23 May 2015 19 September 2015 SCO name Darren Dods 10 June 2015Darren Dods installed as Brechin City's new manager https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/33089448 BBC Sport 10 June 2015 19 September 2015 Stranraer SCO name Stephen Aitken Signed by Dumbarton 27 May 2015Dumbarton: Stranraer's Stephen Aitken makes managerial switch https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/32889668 BBC Sport 27 May 2015 19 September 2015 SCO name Brian Reid 1 June 2015Stranraer: Brian Reid 'delighted' to be named manager https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/32967075 BBC Sport 1 June 2015 19 September 2015 Forfar Athletic SCO name Dick Campbell Sacked 12 December 2015Dick Campbell: Forfar sack boss after seven years in charge https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35085361 BBC Sport 12 December 2015 12 December 2015 8th SCO Stewart Petrie (interim) 15 December 2015Update: Managerial Vacancy http://www.forfarathletic.co.uk/index.php?option=com_flexicontent&view=items&cid=6%3Anews&id=2102%3Aupdate-managerial-vacancy&Itemid=27 forfarathletic.co.uk 15 December 2015 15 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151222132436/http://www.forfarathletic.co.uk/index.php?option=com_flexicontent&view=items&cid=6%3Anews&id=2102%3Aupdate-managerial-vacancy&Itemid=27 22 December 2015 dead Airdrieonians SCO name Gary Bollan Signed by Forfar Athletic 20 December 2015Gary Bollan leaves Airdrieonians to take over at Forfar https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35147135 BBC Sport 21 December 2015 22 December 2015 5th SCO name Eddie Wolecki Black 22 December 2015Eddie Wolecki Black: Airdrieonians appoint former Glasgow City coach https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35161839 BBC Sport 22 December 2015 22 December 2015 Forfar Athletic SCO name Stewart Petrie (interim) End of interim 21 December 2015Gary Bollan appointed ‘Loons’ Manager http://www.forfarathletic.co.uk/index.php?option=com_flexicontent&view=items&cid=6%3Anews&id=2110%3Agary-bollan-appointed-loons-manager&Itemid=27 forfarathletic.co.uk 21 December 2015 21 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151222163052/http://www.forfarathletic.co.uk/index.php?option=com_flexicontent&view=items&cid=6%3Anews&id=2110%3Agary-bollan-appointed-loons-manager&Itemid=27 22 December 2015 dead 8th SCO name Gary Bollan 21 December 2015 Airdrieonians SCO name Eddie Wolecki Black Illness 5 March 2016 4th SCO name Danny Lennon (acting head coach) 10 March 2016 League table main WDL complete BBC Sport DUN AYR PET STR AIR ALB BRE STE COW FOR SC playoffs playoffs playoffs RPO REL 14 7 15 48 50 13 10 13 40 44 19 4 13 65 47 12 6 18 47 59 11 6 19 46 72 24 7 5 83 30 8 10 18 48 60 16 11 9 72 47 11 7 18 46 80 15 6 15 43 49 OP R CP R Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Ayr United Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Athletic Forfar Athletic Peterhead Stenhousemuir Stranraer 5 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored PQR green1 Promotion to Scottish Championship yellow1 Qualification to Championship play-offs red2 Qualification to League One play-offs red1 Relegation to Scottish League Two 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 AIR ALB AYR BRE COW DNF FOR PET STE STR Airdrieonians 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–2 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 Albion Rovers 1–3 3–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–2 Ayr United 3–0 1–0 2–1 5–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 5–2 3–1 Brechin City 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–6 0–2 1–1 1–2 2–0 Cowdenbeath 3–0 1–0 4–2 3–0 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–2 1–2 Dunfermline Athletic 1–1 3–0 0–2 3–1 7–1 4–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 Forfar Athletic 2–3 4–0 2–2 0–1 0–1 0–4 0–2 4–1 1–2 Peterhead 2–0 1–1 3–0 2–3 7–0 2–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 Stenhousemuir 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–2 4–2 0–5 2–2 4–3 1–0 Stranraer 1–3 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–3 0–3 0–0 0–4 1–2 Scottish League 1 3 February 2016 Second half of season main FBR grey AIR ALB AYR BRE COW DNF FOR PET STE STR Airdrieonians 1–1 0–1 0–2 2–0 3–0 1–1 3–4 1–1 1–1 Albion Rovers 1–2 1–3 4–1 0–0 0–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 Ayr United 0–3 0–1 2–1 4–1 0–2 2–1 1–2 4–1 2–1 Brechin City 3–3 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 4–0 5–1 1–0 1–0 Cowdenbeath 1–3 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–4 2–3 1–3 0–2 Dunfermline Athletic 0–1 1–1 3–2 3–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 5–0 6–1 Forfar Athletic 0–2 1–0 3–1 1–2 1–1 2–4 2–0 0–1 1–1 Peterhead 1–0 5–1 0–4 4–1 0–1 0–0 3–2 4–1 0–0 Stenhousemuir 3–2 1–3 0–4 0–0 2–3 0–3 2–1 1–4 1–5 Stranraer 4–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 4–1 1–0 1–5 3–1 Scottish League 1 30 April 2016 Season statistics Scoring Top scorers matches played on 30 April 2016 RankPlayerClubGoals1FRA Faissal El BakhtaouiDunfermline Athletic22SCO Rory McAllisterPeterhead3SCO Greig SpenceCowdenbeath174SCO Robert ThomsonBrechin City155ENG Joe CardleDunfermline Athletic14SCO Craig MooreAyr United7SCO Ally LoveAlbion Rovers13SCO Shane SutherlandPeterhead Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date RefENG Joe Cardle Dunfermline Athletic Forfar Athletic 4–0 dmy 2015 09 05 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/34094259 Forfar 0 Dunfermline 4 5 September 2015 BBC Sport 10 September 2015SCO Rory McAllister footballer Peterhead Stenhousemuir 3–4 dmy 2015 10 31 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/34624155 Stenhousemuir 4 Peterhead 3 31 October 2015 BBC Sport 31 October 2015SCO Leighton McIntosh Peterhead Cowdenbeath 7–0 dmy 2015 11 21 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/34818634 Peterhead 7 Cowdenbeath 0 21 November 2015 BBC Sport 25 November 2015ENG Joe Cardle Dunfermline Athletic Stranraer 6–1 dmy 2016 02 27 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35620271 Dunfermline 6 Stranraer 1 27 February 2016 BBC Sport 27 February 2016SCO Rory McAllister footballer Peterhead Brechin City 4–1 dmy 2016 02 27 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35620244 Peterhead 4 Brechin City 1 27 February 2016 BBC Sport 27 February 2016FRA Faissal El Bakhtaoui Dunfermline Athletic Brechin City 3–1 dmy 2016 03 26 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35849745 Dunfermline Athletic 3 Brechin City 1 26 March 2016 BBC Sport 26 March 2016SCO Robert Thomson footballer, born 1993 Brechin City Peterhead 5–1 dmy 2016 04 16 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36004399 Brechin City 5 Peterhead 1 16 April 2016 BBC Sport 17 April 2016 Discipline Player Yellow cards matches played on 30 April 2016 RankPlayerClubCards1SCO Kyle TurnbullAlbion Rovers112SCO Dean BrettCowdenbeath10SCO Andy GegganDunfermline AthleticSCO Steven BellStranraer5SCO Darren DodsBrechin City9SCO Euan MurrayStenhousemuir710 players8 Red cards matches played on 30 April 2016http://www.espnfc.co.uk/scottish-league-one/47/statistics/discipline?season=2015&seasonType=0 2015–16 Scottish League One statistics – Player Discipline ESPN 16 August 2015 RankPlayerClubCards1SCO Thomas O'BrienForfar Athletic2SCO Scott RossPeterheadSCO Steven NoblePeterhead438 players1 Club Yellow cards matches played on 30 April 2016http://www.espnfc.co.uk/scottish-league-one/47/statistics/fairplay?season=2015&seasonType=0 2015–16 Scottish League One statistics – Club Discipline ESPN 5 September 2015 RankClubCards1Brechin City832Stenhousemuir803Cowdenbeath76 Red cards matches played on 30 April 2016 RankClubCards1Stenhousemuir72Cowdenbeath6Peterhead Awards Monthly awards MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the MonthRef.ManagerClubPlayerClubAugustSCO Dick CampbellForfar AthleticFRA Faissal El BakhtaouiDunfermline 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 Ian McCallAyr UnitedSCO Nicky DevlinAyr UnitedOctoberSCO Darren YoungAlbion RoversSCO Sean MurdochDunfermline AthleticNovemberSCO Brown FergusonStenhousemuirSCO Leighton McIntoshPeterheadDecemberSCO Allan JohnstonDunfermline AthleticSCO Greig SpenceCowdenbeathJanuarySCO Jim McInallyPeterheadSCO Shane SutherlandPeterheadFebruarySCO Jim McInallyPeterheadSCO Rory McAllisterPeterheadMarchSCO Allan JohnstonDunfermline AthleticFRA Faissal El BakhtaouiDunfermline AthleticAprilSCO Darren DodsBrechin CitySCO Robert ThomsonBrechin City League One play-offs Cowdenbeath, the second bottom team, entered 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 1 3 May 2016 Play-off fixtures for next week http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/play-off-fixtures-for-next-week/ SPFL 19:45 3–1 BBC Report Clyde Elgin City Gemmell 19Linton 41McLaughlin 67 MacLeod 49 Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld 804 John McKendrick 1 4 May 2016 19:45 2–0 BBC Report Queen's Park Cowdenbeath Duggan 1 66 pen. Hampden Park, Glasgow 572 Greg Aitken Second leg 1 7 May 2016 15:00 0–2 1–5 BBC Report Elgin City Clyde Kirkpatrick 62 Linton 90+5 Borough Briggs, Elgin 1,371 Euan Anderson 1 7 May 2016 15:00 1–0 1–2 BBC Report Cowdenbeath Queen's Park Spence 54 Central Park, Cowdenbeath 585 Craig Charleston Final The winners of the semi-finals, Clyde and Queen's Park, then competed against one another over two legs, with the winner replacing Cowdenbeath and being promoted to the 2016–17 Scottish League One. First leg 1 10 May 2016Updated play-off fixture list http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/updated-play-off-fixture-list/ SPFL 2016-05-08 2016-05-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20160517075519/http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/updated-play-off-fixture-list dead 19:45 1–3 BBC Report Clyde Queen's Park Gemmell 15 Burns 5 pen.Berry 63Galt 84 Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld Kevin Clancy Second leg 1 14 May 2016 15:00 0–1 3–2 BBC Report Queen's Park Clyde Linton 33 pen. Hampden Park, Glasgow References 30em Category:Scottish League One seasons 3 Scot