2013–14 Scottish League One Explained

Pixels:250
Competition:Scottish League One
Season:2013–14
Winners:Rangers
Promoted:Rangers
Relegated:East Fife
Arbroath
Matches:169
Total Goals:557
League Topscorer:Michael Moffat (25 goals)
Biggest Home Win:Rangers 8–0 Stenhousemuir
Biggest Away Win:Airdrieonians 0–6 Rangers
Highest Scoring:Stenhousemuir 4–5 Dunfermline Athletic
Ayr United 3–6 Stranraer
Longest Wins:15 games
Rangers[1]
Longest Unbeaten:36 games
Rangers
Longest Winless:11 games
Arbroath
Longest Losses:8 games
Airdrieonians
Highest Attendance:45,462
Rangers 1–1 Stranraer
(26 December 2013)
Lowest Attendance:326
Stranraer 1–0 Stenhousemuir
(19 October 2013)
Average Attendance:5,253
Highest Average Attendance:42,657 (Rangers FC)
Prevseason:2012–13
Nextseason:2014–15

The 2013–14 Scottish League One was the 20th season in the current format of 10 teams in the third-tier of Scottish football. This was the first season of the competition being part of the newly formed Scottish Professional Football League after the merger of the Scottish Premier League and the Scottish Football League.[2] Queen of the South were the defending champions.

Rangers were confirmed as champions after a 3–0 home win over Airdrieonians on 12 March 2014. This secured the club's second successive divisional title and promotion to the second tier.[3] This was the earliest anyone had secured a championship title since Partick Thistle won the old First Division in 1975–76.[4] Rangers were presented with the trophy on 26 April after a 3–0 win against Stranraer at Ibrox.[5] [6]

Teams

Rangers were promoted into the league as 2012–13 Scottish Third Division champions. Airdrieonians were automatically relegated into the league after finishing bottom of the First Division, while Dunfermline were relegated into the league by losing the First Division play-off final to Alloa Athletic, who took their place in the 2013–14 Scottish Championship. Queen of the South were also promoted to the Championship as last season's Second Division champions. East Fife maintained their status in this division by defeating Peterhead in the Second Division play-off final. Peterhead remained in the fourth tier. Albion Rovers were automatically relegated to the fourth tier by finishing bottom of last season's Second Division.

Stadia and locations

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
AirdrieoniansAirdrieExcelsior Stadiumalign=right 10,170[7]
ArbroathArbroathGayfield Parkalign=right 6,600[8]
Ayr UnitedAyrSomerset Parkalign=right 10,185[9]
Brechin CityBrechinGlebe Parkalign=right 3,960[10]
Dunfermline AthleticDunfermlineEast End Parkalign=right 11,480[11]
East FifeMethilBayview Stadiumalign=right 1,980[12]
Forfar AthleticForfarStation Parkalign=right 6,777[13]
RangersGlasgowIbrox Stadiumalign=right 50,987[14]
StenhousemuirStenhousemuirOchilview Parkalign=right 3,746[15]
StranraerStranraerStair Parkalign=right 2,988[16]

League table

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

Second half of season

League One play-offs

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

2–2 on aggregate. East Fife won 7–6 on penalties.----Stirling Albion won 8–4 on aggregate.

Final

Second leg

Stirling Albion won 3–2 on aggregate.

Top scorers

As of 19 April 2014.

ScorerRankClubGoals[17]
1 Michael MoffatAyr United25
2 Jon DalyRangers20
3 Lee McCullochRangers17
4 Jamie LongworthStranraer14
5 Martin GrehanStranraer13
6 Alan CookArbroath12
7 Andrew JacksonBrechin City11
8 Liam BuchananEast Fife10
Dale HilsonForfar Athletic10
Paul McManusArbroath10
Gavin SwankieForfar Athletic10
Alan TroutenBrechin City10
Ryan WallaceDunfermline Athletic10

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Scottish League One Stats - 2013-14. ESPN. 22 September 2013.
  2. Web site: SFL clubs vote in favour of merger with SPL . BBC . 12 June 2013 . 18 June 2013.
  3. News: Rangers 3–0 Airdrieonians . . 12 March 2014 . 12 March 2014.
  4. News: Wednesday's Scottish football . . 12 March 2014 . 12 March 2014.
  5. Web site: Rangers 3 Stranraer 0:Ibrox side dedicate win to Jardine. 28 April 2014. Herald Scotland . 29 April 2014.
  6. Web site: Rangers 3 Stranraer 0. 28 April 2014. Scotsman. 29 April 2014.
  7. Web site: Airdrieonians Football Club. Scottish Professional Football League . 11 November 2013.
  8. Web site: Arbroath Football Club. Scottish Professional Football League . 11 November 2013.
  9. Web site: Ayr United Football Club. Scottish Professional Football League . 11 November 2013.
  10. Web site: 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 .
  11. Web site: Dunfermline Athletic Football Club. Scottish Professional Football League . 11 November 2013.
  12. Web site: East Fife Football Club. Scottish Professional Football League . 11 November 2013.
  13. Web site: Forfar Athletic Football Club. Scottish Professional Football League . 11 November 2013.
  14. Rangers Football Club. Scottish Professional Football League . 11 November 2013.
  15. Web site: Stenhousemuir Football Club. Scottish Professional Football League . 11 November 2013.
  16. Web site: Stranraer Football Club. Scottish Professional Football League . 11 November 2013.
  17. News: Scottish League One Top Scorers . 27 August 2013. BBC Sport.