Pixels: | 250 |
Competition: | Scottish League Two |
Season: | 2019–20 |
Dates: | 3 August 2019 – 15 April 2020 |
Winners: | Cove Rangers |
Promoted: | Cove Rangers |
Matches: | 137 |
Total Goals: | 414 |
League Topscorer: | Mitch Megginson (24 goals)[1] [2] |
Biggest Home Win: | Cove Rangers 5–0 Edinburgh City (3 August 2019) Annan Athletic 6–1 Cove Rangers (30 November 2019) |
Biggest Away Win: | Stirling Albion 1–7 Cove Rangers (10 March 2020) |
Highest Scoring: | Albion Rovers 4–4 Cove Rangers (10 August 2019) Stirling Albion 1–7 Cove Rangers (10 March 2020) |
Longest Wins: | 6 matches: Cove Rangers Cowdenbeath |
Longest Unbeaten: | 8 matches: Cove Rangers |
Longest Winless: | 11 matches: Brechin City |
Longest Losses: | 6 matches: Annan Athletic |
Highest Attendance: | 1,264 Cove Rangers 2–0 Elgin City (28 December 2019) |
Lowest Attendance: | 194 Edinburgh City 4–0 Stenhousemuir (29 October 2019) |
Attendance: | 66,675 |
Average Attendance: | 486(18) |
Prevseason: | 2018–19 |
Nextseason: | 2020–21 |
Updated: | 1 May 2020 |
The 2019–20 Scottish League Two (known as Ladbrokes League Two for sponsorship reasons) was the 26th season in the current format of 10 teams in the fourth-tier of Scottish football. Ten teams contested the league: Albion Rovers, Annan Athletic, Brechin City, Cove Rangers, Cowdenbeath, Edinburgh City, Elgin City, Queen's Park, Stenhousemuir and Stirling Albion.
The season began on 3 August 2019 and was scheduled to end on 2 May 2020.[3] On 13 March 2020 all SPFL leagues were indefinitely suspended due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.[4] On 8 April, with the pandemic continuing, the SPFL board proposed to curtail the 2019 - 20 League Two season and use the points per game earned by each team to date as the final standings.[5] The plan was approved on 15 April, meaning the league was declared over and Cove Rangers were crowned champions.[6]
The following teams have changed division since the 2018–19 season.
Promoted from Highland Football League
Relegated from League One
Relegated to Lowland Football League
Promoted to League One
Albion Rovers | Annan Athletic | |||
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Cliftonhill | Galabank | Balmoral Stadium | ||
Capacity: 1,238[7] | Capacity: 2,504[8] | Capacity: 4,123[9] | Capacity: 2,602 | |
Cowdenbeath | Edinburgh City | |||
Central Park | Ainslie Park[10] | |||
Capacity: 4,309[11] | Capacity: 3,534 | |||
Elgin City | Queen's Park | Stenhousemuir | ||
Borough Briggs | Ochilview Park | Forthbank Stadium | ||
Capacity: 4,520[12] | Capacity: 51,866[13] | Capacity: 3,746[14] | Capacity: 3,808[15] | |
Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | |
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Albion Rovers | Joma | K & T Plant Hire Ltd | |||
Annan Athletic | Halbro | M & S Engineering | |||
Brechin City | Pendle | Glencadam distillery | |||
Cove Rangers | Adidas | ACE Group | |||
Cowdenbeath | Errea | Delta 70 Mfg Ltd | |||
Edinburgh City | Macron | Forth Capital | |||
Elgin City | EV2 Sportswear | McDonald & Munro | |||
Queen's Park | Under Armour | Irn-Bru | |||
Stenhousemuir | Uhlsport | LOC Hire | |||
Stirling Albion | Macron |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | |
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Brechin City | Barry Smith | Sacked | 19 August 2019[16] | 10th | Mark Wilson | 4 September 2019[17] | |
Stenhousemuir | Colin McMenamin | Sacked | 17 September 2019[18] | 8th | Davie Irons | 25 September 2019[19] | |
Queen's Park | Mark Roberts | Sacked | 31 December 2019[20] | 7th | Ray McKinnon | 2 January 2020[21] |
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 180 games, with each team playing 36.
Rank | Player | Club | Goals | |
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1 | Mitch Megginson | Cove Rangers | 24 | |
2 | Shane Sutherland | Elgin City | 16 | |
3 | Jamie Masson | Cove Rangers | 15 | |
4 | Salim Kouider-Aïssa | Queen's Park | 13 | |
5 | Declan Byrne | Albion Rovers | 11 |
Player | For | Against | Score | Date | Ref | |
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Tommy Muir | Annan Athletic | Cove Rangers | 6–1 (H) | 30 November 2019 | [22] | |
Darryl Duffy | Stirling Albion | Albion Rovers | 3–0 (A) | 4 January 2020 | [23] |
Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Ref. | ||
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Manager | Club | Player | Club | ||
August | Paul Hartley | Cove Rangers | Declan Glass | Cove Rangers | |
September | Gary Bollan | Cowdenbeath | Craig Barr | ||
October | Gavin Price | Elgin City | Shane Sutherland | ||
November | Mark Roberts | Queen's Park | Salim Kouider Aïssa | Queen's Park | |
December | James McDonaugh | Edinburgh City | Liam Henderson | ||
January | Paul Hartley | Cove Rangers | Mitch Megginson | ||
February | Ray McKinnon | Queen's Park | Dylan Bikey | Stirling Albion |