2014–15 Scottish Championship

March 2026 250 Scottish Championship 2014–15 Heart of Midlothian Heart of Midlothian Cowdenbeath 180 525 Jason Cummings (19 goals) Hearts 10–0 Cowdenbeath(28 February 2015) Cowdenbeath 0–5 Queen of the South (21 January 2015) Hearts 10–0 Cowdenbeath(28 February 2015) 9 gameshttp://www.statto.com/football/stats/scotland/championship/2014-2015/longest-sequences/full 2014–15 Scottish Championship statistics Statto 22 March 2015Heart of Midlothian 20 gamesHeart of Midlothian 12 gamesAlloa Athletic 5 gamesCowdenbeathLivingston 43,683http://www.espnfc.com/scottish-championship/46/statistics/performance?season=2014&seasonType=0 2014–15 Scottish Championship statistics ESPN 9 December 2014Rangers 1–2 Heart of Midlothian(10 August 2014) 549Cowdenbeath 0–3 Alloa Athletic(23 August 2014) 7,532 2013–14 2015–16 31 March 2015 The 2014–15 Scottish Championship is the 21st season in the current format of 10 teams in the second tier of Scottish football. Heart of Midlothian won the title on 22 March 2015 and secured their return to the Scottish Premiership with a record seven matches remaining, after Rangers defeated city rivals Hibernian 2–0.Hibernian 0-2 Rangers https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/31893214 22 March 2015 BBC Sport 21 March 2015 This marked the first time since the 1984-85 season that a side in the same division as an Old Firm club won a league title in Scotland. Teams Rangers were promoted as 2013–14 Scottish League One champions, whilst Heart of Midlothian were relegated from the 2013–14 Scottish Premiership. Hibernian finished 11th in the Premiership and were eventually relegated after a play-off against Hamilton Academical, losing a penalty shoot-out following a 2–2 draw on aggregate over two legs. Stadia and locations Stadia by capacity and locations Alloa Athletic Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Falkirk Recreation Park Central Park Dumbarton Football Stadium Falkirk Stadium Capacity: 3,100http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/alloa-athletic/ Alloa Athletic Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 4,309http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/cowdenbeath/ Cowdenbeath Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 2,020http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/dumbarton/ Dumbarton Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 8,750http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/falkirk/ Falkirk Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 200px 200px 200px 200px Rangerscenter Scotland South 300 Scotland South 6 56.116320 -3.795195 Alloa Athletic left Scotland South 6 56.108856 -3.347164 Cowdenbeath top Scotland South 6 55.938403 -4.561606 Dumbarton left Scotland South 6 56.018151 -3.756666 Falkirk left Scotland South 6 55.939167 -3.232222 Heart of Midlothian bottom Scotland South 6 55.961667 -3.165556 Hibernian right Scotland South 6 55.886167 -3.522872 Livingston left Scotland South 6 55.069767 -3.624944 Queen of the South left Scotland South 6 56.118300 -3.138820 Raith Rovers right Scotland South 6 55.853207 -4.309243 Rangers left Heart of Midlothian Ibrox Stadium Tynecastle Stadium Capacity: 50,947http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/rangers/ Rangers Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 17,529http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/hearts/ Heart of Midlothian Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131022121754/http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/hearts/ 2013-10-22 dead 200px 200px Raith Rovers Queen of the South Livingston Hibernian Stark's Park Palmerston Park Almondvale Stadium Easter Road Capacity: 8,473http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/raith/ Raith Rovers Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131022121447/http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/raith/ 2013-10-22 dead Capacity: 8,690http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/queen-of-the-south/ Queen of the South Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 9,865http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/livingston/ Livingston Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 20,421http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/hibernian/ Hibernian Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 200px 200px 200px 200px Personnel and kits Team Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorAlloa AthleticSCO Danny Lennon Pendle Marshall ConstructionCowdenbeathNIR Jimmy Nicholl Uhlsport Subsea Pressure ControlsDumbartonSCO Ian Murray Joma Baxter RamsayFalkirkSCO Peter Houston Puma Central DemolitionHeart of MidlothianSCO Robbie Neilson Adidas Foundation of Hearts (A)HibernianENG Alan Stubbs Nike MarathonbetLivingstonSCO John McGlynn Joma Energy AssetsQueen of the SouthSCO James FowlerJoma Southwest Mechanical ServicesRaith RoversSCO Grant Murray Puma valmcdermid.com (H, front of shirt), Keytech Electronic Systems (H, back of shirt), D&G Autocare (A)RangersSCO Stuart McCall Puma 32Red Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Heart of Midlothian SCO Gary Locke Scottish footballer Mutual Consent 12 May 2014https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27372508 Hearts: Craig Levein lands lead role as manager Gary Locke exits BBC Sport BBC 12 May 2014 30 May 2015 Pre-season SCO Robbie Neilson 12 May 2014 Falkirk SCO Gary Holt Gary Holt (footballer) Resigned 2 June 2014https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27666076 Norwich make triple appointment of Holt, Robson and Royle BBC Sport BBC 2 June 2014 30 May 2015 Pre-season SCO Peter Houston 12 June 2014https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27806352 New Falkirk boss Peter Houston sets his sights on play-offs BBC Sport BBC 12 June 2014 30 May 2015 Hibernian ENG Terry Butcher Sacked 10 June 2014https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27783337 Hibernian sack Terry Butcher following club's relegation BBC Sport BBC 10 June 2014 30 May 2015 Pre-season ENG Alan Stubbs 24 June 2014https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27972243 Hibernian name Alan Stubbs as their new head coach BBC Sport BBC 24 June 2014 30 May 2015 Queen of the South SCO Jim McIntyre Jim McIntyre (footballer) Appointed by Ross County 9 September 2014https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/29124475 Ross County: Jim McIntyre joins from Queen of the South BBC Sport BBC 9 September 2014 30 May 2015 4th SCO James Fowler James Fowler (footballer) 30 September 2014https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/29427163 Queen of the South appoint Fowler as new manager BBC Sport BBC 30 September 2014 30 May 2015 Rangers SCO Ally McCoist Resigned 15 December 2014https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/30475395 Rangers confirm manager Ally McCoist's resignation 15 December 2014 BBC Sport 2nd SCO Stuart McCall 12 March 2015https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/30937644 Rangers: Stuart McCall appointed manager until summer 12 March 2015 BBC Sport Livingston SCO John McGlynn John McGlynn (Scottish footballer) Mutual Consent 16 December 2014https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/30492637 John McGlynn: Livingston boss departs 'by mutual consent' BBC Sport BBC 16 December 2014 30 May 2015 10th SCO Mark Burchill 16 December 2014 Alloa Athletic SCO Barry Smith footballer, born 1974 Resigned 7 March 2015https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/31785021 Barry Smith resigns as manager of Alloa Athletic 7 March 2015 BBC Sport 9th SCO Danny Lennon 7 April 2015https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/32197576 Alloa Athletic appoint Danny Lennon as new manager 7 April 2015 BBC Sport League table main WDL complete Soccerway HOM HIB RAN QOS FAL RAI DUM LIV ALA COW SP 2PPO 4PPO 4PPO RPO REL 6 9 21 34 56 7 4 25 31 86 9 7 20 36 79 14 11 11 48 48 21 7 8 70 32 29 4 3 96 26 8 8 20 41 53 17 9 10 58 41 12 7 17 42 65 19 10 7 69 39 Alloa Athletic Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Falkirk Hibernian Heart of Midlothian Livingston Queen of the South Raith Rovers Rangers 5 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored PQR green1 Promotion to the Premiership yellow1 Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final yellow2 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final red2 Qualification for the Championship play-offs red1 Relegation to League One -5 Livingston were deducted 5 points due to failure of tax payments. CP O R Results Teams play each other four times in this league. In the first half of the season each team plays every other team twice (home and away) and then do the same in the second half of the season, for a total of 36 games. First half of season main FBR grey ALO COW DUM FAL HOM HIB LIV QOS RAI RAN Alloa Athletic 2–3 0–1 2–3 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 Cowdenbeath 0–3 1–3 2–2 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–3 0–3 Dumbarton 3–1 0–0 0–3 0–0 3–6 1–0 0–4 2–1 0–3 Falkirk 2–1 6–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 Heart of Midlothian 2–0 5–1 5–1 4–1 2–1 5–0 4–1 1–0 2–0 Hibernian 2–0 3–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 4–0 Livingston 4–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–4 2–2 0–1 0–1 Queen of the South 2–0 1–2 3–0 3–0 0–3 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 Raith Rovers 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 0–4 1–3 1–5 3–4 0–4 Rangers 1–1 1–0 4–1 4–0 1–2 1–3 2–0 4–2 6–1 27 December 2014 BBC Sport Second half of season main FBR grey ALO COW DUM FAL HOM HIB LIV QOS RAI RAN Alloa Athletic 3–0 3–0 1–3 1–4 0–1 2–2 2–2 0–0 0–1 Cowdenbeath 0–2 3–0 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 0–5 0–1 0–0 Dumbarton 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–5 1–2 1–5 0–0 2–2 1–3 Falkirk 1–0 1–0 3–3 0–3 0–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 Heart of Midlothian 3–0 10–0 4–0 2–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 Hibernian 4–1 5–0 3–0 3–3 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 Livingston 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–3 1–3 1–0 0–2 1–1 Queen of the South 1–0 4–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–2 3–1 2–1 3–0 Raith Rovers 2–1 1–3 2–1 2–2 1–3 2–1 0–4 3–0 1–2 Rangers 2–2 4–1 3–1 2–2 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 4–0 2 May 2015 BBC Sport Championship play-offs The second bottom team in the Championship enters into a 4 team playoff with the teams from 2nd to 4th from League One Semi-finals All times British Summer Time (UTC+1) First leg 6 May 2015 0–2 19:45 Report Brechin City Alloa Athletic Chopra 56Benedictus 90 Glebe Park, Brechin 505 Brian Colvin 6 May 2015 3–0 19:45 Report Forfar Athletic Stranraer Kader 61Swankie 87Hay 90 Station Park, Forfar 717 Stephen Finnie Second leg 9 May 2015 0–1 15:00 Report Alloa Athletic Brechin City Trouten 80 Recreation Park, Alloa 606 Crawford Allan Alloa win 2-1 on aggregate 9 May 2015 1–1 15:00 Report Stranraer Forfar Athletic Aitken 41 pen. Swankie 53 pen. Stair Park, Stranraer 519 Bobby Madden Forfar win 4-1 on aggregate Final The two semi-final winners enter a two-legged play-off, the winner of which is awarded a place in the 2015–16 Scottish Championship. First leg 13 May 2015 3–1 19:45 Report Forfar Athletic Alloa Athletic Kader 10Templeman 57Travis 90 Benedictus 82 Station Park, Forfar 1,212 Kevin Graham Second leg 17 May 2015 3–0 17:30 Report Alloa Athletic Forfar Athletic Chopra 45Buchanan 67Holmes 0 74Meggatt 84 Recreation Park, Alloa 1,423 Willie Collum Alloa win 4-3 on aggregate Top scorers RankScorerClubGoalsScottish Championship Scoring Stats, 2014-15 Season https://www.espn.com/soccer/stats/_/league/SCO.2/view/scoring/season/2014/scottish-championship 2024-01-21 ESPN en 1AUS Jason CummingsHibernian192SCO Derek LyleQueen of the South153SCO Liam BuchananAlloa Athletic144CGO Dominique MalongaHibernian135SCO Gavin ReillyQueen of the South12NED Género Zeefuik Genero Zeefuik - Soccerbase https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=48218 Heart of Midlothian7SCO Jordan WhiteLivingston11SCO James KeatingsHeart of Midlothian9ENG Nicky LawRangers10SCO Mark StewartRaith RoversSCO Danny MullenLivingstonSCO Jamie WalkerHeart of Midlothian References 30em Category:Scottish Championship seasons Category:2014–15 Scottish Professional Football League Scot