2015–16 Scottish League One

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Scottish League One
Season2015–16
ChampionsDunfermline Athletic
PromotedDunfermline Athletic
Ayr United
RelegatedCowdenbeath
Forfar Athletic
Matches180
Goals538 (2.99 per match)
Top goalscorerFaissal El Bakhtaoui
Rory McAllister
(22 goals)[1]
Best goalkeeperSean Murdoch
(15 clean sheets)
Biggest home winPeterhead 7–0 Cowdenbeath[2]
(21 November 2015)
Biggest away winBrechin City 1–6 Dunfermline Athletic
(8 August 2015)[2]
Highest scoringDunfermline Athletic 7–1 Cowdenbeath
(15 August 2015)[2]
Longest winning run5 matches:[2]
Dunfermline Athletic
Peterhead
Longest unbeaten run19 matches:[2]
Peterhead
Longest winless run17 matches:[2]
Forfar Athletic
Longest losing run6 matches:[2]
Brechin City
Highest attendance6,236[2]
Dunfermline Athletic 1–0 Peterhead
(30 April 2016)
Lowest attendance210[2]
Albion Rovers 4–1 Brechin City
(23 February 2016)
Total attendance175,562[2]
Average attendance975[2]
All statistics correct as of 7 May 2016.

The 2015–16 Scottish League One (referred to as the Ladbrokes League One for sponsorship reasons) was the 22nd season in the current format of 10 teams in the third-tier of Scottish football.

Teams

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Promoted from Scottish League Two

Relegated from Scottish Championship

Stadia and locations

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Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Ayr United Brechin City
Excelsior Stadium Cliftonhill Somerset Park Glebe Park
Capacity: 10,170[3] Capacity: 1,238[4] Capacity: 10,185[5] Capacity: 3,960[6]
Cowdenbeath
Dunfermline Athletic
Central Park East End Park
Capacity: 4,309[7] Capacity: 11,480[8]
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]

Personnel

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Team Manager Captain Manufacturer Sponsors
Airdrieonians Scotland Danny Lennon (acting head coach) Scotland Marc Fitzpatrick Macron M&H Logistics
Albion Rovers Scotland Darren Young Scotland Michael Dunlop Adidas Reigart Demolition
Ayr United Scotland Ian McCall Scotland Nicky Devlin Adidas Bodog
Brechin City Scotland Darren Dods Scotland Craig Molloy Pendle Delson
Cowdenbeath Scotland Colin Nish Scotland Pat Scullion Uhlsport Subsea Pressure Controls
Dunfermline Athletic Scotland Allan Johnston Scotland Callum Fordyce Joma SRJ Windows
Forfar Athletic Scotland Gary Bollan Scotland Gavin Swankie Pendle Orchard Timber Products
Peterhead Scotland Jim McInally Scotland Steven Noble Adidas LFH Engineering Ltd
Stenhousemuir Scotland Brown Ferguson Scotland Stuart Malcolm Prostar Gulnar Tandoori Restaurant
Stranraer Scotland Brian Reid Scotland Steven Bell Stanno Stena Line

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Dunfermline Athletic Scotland John Potter Stepped down 30 April 2015[13] Pre-season Scotland Allan Johnston 8 May 2015[14]
Cowdenbeath Northern Ireland Jimmy Nicholl Resigned 5 May 2015[15] Scotland Colin Nish 2 June 2015[16]
Brechin City Scotland Ray McKinnon Signed by Raith Rovers 23 May 2015[17] Scotland Darren Dods 10 June 2015[18]
Stranraer Scotland Stephen Aitken Signed by Dumbarton 27 May 2015[19] Scotland Brian Reid 1 June 2015[20]
Forfar Athletic Scotland Dick Campbell Sacked 12 December 2015[21] 8th Scotland Stewart Petrie (interim) 15 December 2015[22]
Airdrieonians Scotland Gary Bollan Signed by Forfar Athletic 20 December 2015[23] 5th Scotland Eddie Wolecki Black 22 December 2015[24]
Forfar Athletic Scotland Stewart Petrie (interim) End of interim 21 December 2015[25] 8th Scotland Gary Bollan 21 December 2015[23]
Airdrieonians Scotland Eddie Wolecki Black Illness 5 March 2016 4th Scotland Danny Lennon (acting head coach) 10 March 2016

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Dunfermline Athletic (C, P) 36 24 7 5 83 30 +53 79 Promotion to Scottish Championship
2 Ayr United (O, P) 36 19 4 13 65 47 +18 61 Qualification to Championship play-offs
3 Peterhead 36 16 11 9 72 47 +25 59
4 Stranraer 36 15 6 15 43 49 −6 51
5 Airdrieonians 36 14 7 15 48 50 −2 49
6 Albion Rovers 36 13 10 13 40 44 −4 49
7 Brechin City 36 12 6 18 47 59 −12 42
8 Stenhousemuir 36 11 7 18 46 80 −34 40
9 Cowdenbeath (R) 36 11 6 19 46 72 −26 39 Qualification to League One play-offs
10 Forfar Athletic (R) 36 8 10 18 48 60 −12 34 Relegation to Scottish League Two
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

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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.

Season statistics

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Scoring

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Top scorers

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As of matches played on 30 April 2016[1]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 France Faissal El Bakhtaoui Dunfermline Athletic 22
Scotland Rory McAllister Peterhead
3 Scotland Greig Spence Cowdenbeath 17
4 Scotland Robert Thomson Brechin City 15
5 England Joe Cardle Dunfermline Athletic 14
Scotland Craig Moore Ayr United
7 Scotland Ally Love Albion Rovers 13
Scotland Shane Sutherland Peterhead

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date Ref
England Joe Cardle Dunfermline Athletic Forfar Athletic 4–0 5 September 2015 [26]
Scotland Rory McAllister Peterhead Stenhousemuir 3–4 31 October 2015 [27]
Scotland Leighton McIntosh Peterhead Cowdenbeath 7–0 21 November 2015 [28]
England Joe Cardle Dunfermline Athletic Stranraer 6–1 27 February 2016 [29]
Scotland Rory McAllister Peterhead Brechin City 4–1 27 February 2016 [30]
France Faissal El Bakhtaoui Dunfermline Athletic Brechin City 3–1 26 March 2016 [31]
Scotland Robert Thomson Brechin City Peterhead 5–1 16 April 2016 [32]

Discipline

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Player

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Club

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Awards

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Monthly awards

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Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Ref.
Manager Club Player Club
August Scotland Dick Campbell Forfar Athletic France Faissal El Bakhtaoui Dunfermline Athletic [35]
September Scotland Ian McCall Ayr United Scotland Nicky Devlin Ayr United
October Scotland Darren Young Albion Rovers Scotland Sean Murdoch Dunfermline Athletic
November Scotland Brown Ferguson Stenhousemuir Scotland Leighton McIntosh Peterhead
December Scotland Allan Johnston Dunfermline Athletic Scotland Greig Spence Cowdenbeath
January Scotland Jim McInally Peterhead Scotland Shane Sutherland Peterhead
February Scotland Jim McInally Peterhead Scotland Rory McAllister Peterhead
March Scotland Allan Johnston Dunfermline Athletic France Faissal El Bakhtaoui Dunfermline Athletic
April Scotland Darren Dods Brechin City Scotland Robert Thomson Brechin City

League One play-offs

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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

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First leg

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3 May 2016[36] Clyde 3–1 Elgin City Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld
19:45 Gemmell 19'
Linton 41'
McLaughlin 67'		 BBC Report MacLeod 49' Attendance: 804
Referee: John McKendrick
4 May 2016[36] Queen's Park 2–0 Cowdenbeath Hampden Park, Glasgow
19:45 Duggan 1', 66' (pen.) BBC Report Attendance: 572
Referee: Greg Aitken

Second leg

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7 May 2016[36] Elgin City 0–2
(1–5 agg.)		 Clyde Borough Briggs, Elgin
15:00 BBC Report Kirkpatrick 62'
Linton 90+5'		 Attendance: 1,371
Referee: Euan Anderson
7 May 2016[36] Cowdenbeath 1–0
(1–2 agg.)		 Queen's Park Central Park, Cowdenbeath
15:00 Spence 54' BBC Report Attendance: 585
Referee: Craig Charleston

Final

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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

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10 May 2016[37] Clyde 1–3 Queen's Park Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld
19:45 Gemmell 15' BBC Report Burns 5' (pen.)
Berry 63'
Galt 84'		 Referee: Kevin Clancy

Second leg

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14 May 2016[37] Queen's Park 0–1
(3–2 agg.)		 Clyde Hampden Park, Glasgow
15:00 BBC Report Linton 33' (pen.)

References

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