2015–16 Scottish League One
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Season | 2015–16 |
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Champions | Dunfermline Athletic |
Promoted | Dunfermline Athletic Ayr United |
Relegated | Cowdenbeath Forfar Athletic |
Matches played | 180 |
Goals scored | 538 (2.99 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Faissal El Bakhtaoui Rory McAllister (22 goals)[1] |
Best goalkeeper | Sean Murdoch (15 clean sheets) |
Biggest home win | Peterhead 7–0 Cowdenbeath[2] (21 November 2015) |
Biggest away win | Brechin City 1–6 Dunfermline Athletic (8 August 2015)[2] |
Highest scoring | Dunfermline Athletic 7–1 Cowdenbeath (15 August 2015)[2] |
Longest winning run | 5 matches:[2] Dunfermline Athletic Peterhead |
Longest unbeaten run | 19 matches:[2] Peterhead |
Longest winless run | 17 matches:[2] Forfar Athletic |
Longest losing run | 6 matches:[2] Brechin City |
Highest attendance | 6,236[2] Dunfermline Athletic 1–0 Peterhead (30 April 2016) |
Lowest attendance | 210[2] Albion Rovers 4–1 Brechin City (23 February 2016) |
Total attendance | 175,562[2] |
Average attendance | 975[2] |
← 2014–15
2016–17 →
All statistics correct as of 7 May 2016. |
The 2015–16 Scottish League One (referred to as the Ladbrokes League One for sponsorship reasons) is the 21st season in the current format of 10 teams in the third-tier of Scottish football.
Contents
Teams
Promoted from Scottish League Two
Relegated from Scottish Championship
Stadia and locations
Airdrieonians | Albion Rovers | Ayr United | Brechin City |
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Excelsior Stadium | Cliftonhill | Somerset Park | Glebe Park |
Capacity: 10,170[3] | Capacity: 1,238[4] | Capacity: 10,185[5] | Capacity: 3,960[6] |
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Cowdenbeath | Dunfermline Athletic | ||
Central Park | East End Park | ||
Capacity: 4,309[7] | Capacity: 11,480[8] | ||
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Forfar Athletic | Peterhead | Stenhousemuir | Stranraer |
Station Park | Balmoor | Ochilview Park | Stair Park |
Capacity: 6,777[9] | Capacity: 3,150[10] | Capacity: 3,746[11] | Capacity: 6,250[12] |
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Personnel
Team | Manager | Captain | Manufacturer | Sponsors |
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Airdrieonians | ![]() |
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Macron | M&H Logistics |
Albion Rovers | ![]() |
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Adidas | Reigart Demolition |
Ayr United | ![]() |
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Adidas | Bodog |
Brechin City | ![]() |
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Pendle | Delson |
Cowdenbeath | ![]() |
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Uhlsport | Subsea Pressure Controls |
Dunfermline Athletic | ![]() |
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Joma | SRJ Windows |
Forfar Athletic | ![]() |
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Pendle | Orchard Timber Products |
Peterhead | ![]() |
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Adidas | LFH Engineering Ltd |
Stenhousemuir | ![]() |
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Prostar | Gulnar Tandoori Restaurant |
Stranraer | ![]() |
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Stanno | Stena Line |
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Dunfermline Athletic | ![]() |
Stepped down | 30 April 2015[13] | Pre-season | ![]() |
8 May 2015[14] |
Cowdenbeath | ![]() |
Resigned | 5 May 2015[15] | ![]() |
2 June 2015[16] | |
Brechin City | ![]() |
Signed by Raith Rovers | 23 May 2015[17] | ![]() |
10 June 2015[18] | |
Stranraer | ![]() |
Signed by Dumbarton | 27 May 2015[19] | ![]() |
1 June 2015[20] | |
Forfar Athletic | ![]() |
Sacked | 12 December 2015[21] | 8th | ![]() |
15 December 2015[22] |
Airdrieonians | ![]() |
Signed by Forfar Athletic | 20 December 2015[23] | 5th | ![]() |
22 December 2015[24] |
Forfar Athletic | ![]() |
End of interim | 21 December 2015[25] | 8th | ![]() |
21 December 2015[23] |
League table
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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
Source: Scottish League 1 1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column. Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. |
Second half of season
Source: Scottish League 1 1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column. Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. |
Season statistics
Scoring
Top scorers
- As of matches played on 30 April 2016[1]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Dunfermline Athletic | 22 |
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Peterhead | ||
3 | ![]() |
Cowdenbeath | 17 |
4 | ![]() |
Brechin City | 15 |
5 | ![]() |
Dunfermline Athletic | 14 |
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Ayr United | ||
7 | ![]() |
Albion Rovers | 13 |
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Peterhead |
Hat-tricks
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
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Dunfermline Athletic | Forfar Athletic | 4–0 | 5 September 2015 | [26] |
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Peterhead | Stenhousemuir | 3–4 | 31 October 2015 | [27] |
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Peterhead | Cowdenbeath | 7–0 | 21 November 2015 | [28] |
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Dunfermline Athletic | Stranraer | 6–1 | 27 February 2016 | [29] |
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Peterhead | Brechin City | 4–1 | 27 February 2016 | [30] |
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Dunfermline Athletic | Brechin City | 3–1 | 26 March 2016 | [31] |
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Brechin City | Peterhead | 5–1 | 16 April 2016 | [32] |
Discipline
Player
Yellow cards
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Red cards
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Club
Yellow cards
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Red cards
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Awards
Monthly awards
Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Ref. | ||
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Manager | Club | Player | Club | ||
August | ![]() |
Forfar Athletic | ![]() |
Dunfermline Athletic | [35] |
September | ![]() |
Ayr United | ![]() |
Ayr United | |
October | ![]() |
Albion Rovers | ![]() |
Dunfermline Athletic | |
November | ![]() |
Stenhousemuir | ![]() |
Peterhead | |
December | ![]() |
Dunfermline Athletic | ![]() |
Cowdenbeath | |
January | ![]() |
Peterhead | ![]() |
Peterhead | |
February | ![]() |
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March | ![]() |
Dunfermline Athletic | ![]() |
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April | ![]() |
Brechin City | ![]() |
Brechin 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
3 May 2016[36] | Clyde | 3–1 | Elgin City | Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld |
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19:45 | Gemmell ![]() Linton ![]() McLaughlin ![]() |
BBC Report | MacLeod ![]() |
Attendance: 804 Referee: John McKendrick |
4 May 2016[36] | Queen's Park | 2–0 | Cowdenbeath | Hampden Park, Glasgow |
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19:45 | Duggan ![]() |
BBC Report | Attendance: 572 Referee: Greg Aitken |
Second Leg
7 May 2016[36] | Elgin City | 0–2 (1–5 agg.) |
Clyde | Borough Briggs, Elgin |
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15:00 | BBC Report | Kirkpatrick ![]() Linton ![]() |
Attendance: 1,371 Referee: Euan Anderson |
7 May 2016[36] | Cowdenbeath | 1–0 (1–2 agg.) |
Queen's Park | Central Park, Cowdenbeath |
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15:00 | Spence ![]() |
BBC Report | Attendance: 585 Referee: 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
10 May 2016[37] | Clyde | 1–3 | Queen's Park | Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld |
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19:45 | Gemmell ![]() |
BBC Report | Burns ![]() Berry ![]() Galt ![]() |
Referee: Kevin Clancy |
Second Leg
14 May 2016[37] | Queen's Park | 0–1 (3–2 agg.) |
Clyde | Hampden Park, Glasgow |
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15:00 | BBC Report | Linton ![]() |
References
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