Pixels: | 250 |
Competition: | Scottish League Two |
Season: | 2015–16 |
Winners: | East Fife |
Promoted: | East Fife Queen's Park |
Relegated: | East Stirlingshire |
Matches: | 180 |
Total Goals: | 517 |
League Topscorer: | Nathan Austin (22 goals)[1] |
Best Goalkeeper: | Jordan Hart (6 clean sheets)--> |
Biggest Home Win: | (9 February 2016)[2] |
Biggest Away Win: | (19 March 2016) |
Highest Scoring: | (14 November 2015) |
Longest Wins: | 4 matches: Clyde East Fife Elgin City |
Longest Unbeaten: | 7 matches: East Fife |
Longest Winless: | 8 matches: Montrose |
Longest Losses: | 6 matches: Berwick Rangers |
Highest Attendance: | 1,387 (2 January 2016) |
Lowest Attendance: | 238 (21 November 2015) (16 February 2016) |
Attendance: | 99,947 |
Average Attendance: | 555 |
Prevseason: | 2014–15 |
Nextseason: | 2016–17 |
Updated: | 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.[3]
Relegated from Scottish League One
Promoted to Scottish League One
Annan Athletic | Arbroath | Berwick Rangers | Clyde | |
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Galabank | Gayfield Park | Shielfield Park | Broadwood Stadium | |
Capacity: 2,514[4] | Capacity: 6,600[5] | Capacity: 4,500[6] | Capacity: 7,936[7] | |
East Fife | East Stirlingshire | |||
Ochilview Park | ||||
Capacity: 1,980[8] | Capacity: 3,746[9] | |||
Elgin City | Montrose | Queen's Park | Stirling Albion | |
Borough Briggs | Links Park | Hampden Park | Forthbank Stadium | |
Capacity: 4,520[10] | Capacity: 3,292[11] | Capacity: 51,866[12] | Capacity: 3,808[13] | |
Team | Manager | Captain | Manufacturer | Sponsors | |
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Annan Athletic | Jim Chapman | Steven Black | Stanno | M&S Engineering Ltd | |
Arbroath | Dick Campbell | Mark Whatley | Pendle | Megatech | |
Berwick Rangers | John Coughlin | Jonny Fairbairn | Zoo Sport | Automatic Retailing Vending Ltd | |
Clyde | Barry Ferguson | Mark McLaughlin | Hummel | Cash for Kids | |
East Fife | Gary Naysmith | Steven Campbell | Joma | OLS Laundry Service | |
East Stirlingshire | Craig Tully | Richard Barnard | Jako | Shire Trust | |
Elgin City | Jim Weir | Jamie Duff | EC 1893 | McDonald & Munro | |
Montrose | Paul Hegarty | Paul Watson | Nike | Intervention Rentals | |
Queen's Park | Gus MacPherson | Tony Quinn | Under Armour | Irn-Bru | |
Stirling Albion | Stuart McLaren | Ross McMillan | Macron | Prudential |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Berwick Rangers | Sacked | 31 October 2015[14] | 7th | John Coughlin | 6 November 2015[15] | |
Arbroath | Sacked | 6 March 2016[16] | 8th | Dick Campbell | 8 March 2016[17] | |
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.
Rank | Player | Club | Goals | |
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1 | Nathan Austin | East Fife | 22 | |
2 | Craig Gunn | Elgin City | 21 | |
3 | Gary Fraser | Montrose | 19 | |
4 | Blair Henderson | Berwick Rangers | 17 | |
5 | Peter Weatherson | Annan Athletic | 15 | |
6 | Josh Todd | Annan Athletic | 13 |
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
East Fife | Montrose | 4–1 | [18] | |||
4 | Clyde | Berwick Rangers | 5–0 | [19] | ||
Stirling Albion | Montrose | 3–1 | [20] | |||
East Fife | Stirling Albion | 3–1 | [21] | |||
Stirling Albion | Montrose | 7–0 | [22] |
Rank | Player | Club | Cards | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Michael McKenna | Berwick Rangers | 13 | |
2 | Reece Donaldson | East Stirlingshire | 11 | |
3 | Steven Notman | Berwick Rangers | 10 | |
Gary Fraser | Montrose | |||
Ross Forsyth | Stirling Albion | |||
6 | Mark McLaughlin | Clyde | 9 | |
Mark Nicolson | Elgin City | |||
Ross Smith | Stirling Albion | |||
9 | Graham Webster | Montrose | 8 | |
10 | 6 players | 7 |
Rank | Player | Club | Cards | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Peter Weatherson | Annan Athletic | 2 | |
Ricky Little | Arbroath | |||
Jordan McGregor | Berwick Rangers | |||
Kevin Walker | Berwick Rangers | |||
Reece Donaldson | East Stirlingshire | |||
Ross Smith | Stirling Albion | |||
7 | 33 players | 1 |
Rank | Club | Cards | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Berwick Rangers | 74 | |
2 | East Stirlingshire | 73 | |
3 | Stirling Albion | 64 |
Rank | Club | Cards | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Berwick Rangers | 8 | |
Stirling Albion | |||
3 | Clyde | 7 |
Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Ref. | ||
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Manager | Club | Player | Club | ||
August | Gary Naysmith | East Fife | Smart Osadolor | Annan Athletic | [25] |
September | Gus MacPherson | Queen's Park | Bobby Linn | Arbroath | |
October | Paul Hegarty | Montrose | Matty Flynn | Annan Athletic | |
November | Barry Ferguson | Clyde | David Gormley | Clyde | |
December | Stuart McLaren | Stirling Albion | Darren Smith | Stirling Albion | |
January | Jim Weir | Elgin City | Nathan Austin | East Fife | |
February | Barry Ferguson | Clyde | Steven Doris | Stirling Albion | |
March | Gary Naysmith | East Fife | Kyle Wilkie | East Fife | |
April | John Coughlin | Berwick Rangers | Brian Cameron | Elgin City |
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.