2016–17 Scottish League Two

Scottish League Two
Season 2016–17
Matches played 66
Goals scored 198 (3 per match)
Top goalscorer Peter MacDonald
David McKenna
Shane Sutherland
(7 goals)[1]
Biggest home win Arbroath 4–0 Clyde[2]
(12 November 2016)
Biggest away win Montrose 0–5 Elgin City[2]
(15 October 2016)
Highest scoring Arbroath 5–3 Stirling Albion
Clyde 5–3 Cowdenbeath[2]
(27 August 2016)
Longest winning run 7 matches:[2]
Forfar Athletic
Longest unbeaten run 8 matches:[2]
Arbroath
Longest winless run 11 matches:[2]
Edinburgh City
Longest losing run 4 matches:[2]
Edinburgh City
Highest attendance 862[2]
Arbroath 2–0 Forfar Athletic[2]
(15 October 2016)
Lowest attendance 256[2]
Edinburgh City 1–0 Annan Athletic[2]
(12 November 2016)
Total attendance 32,081[2]
Average attendance 486[2]
2017–18 →

All statistics correct as of 19 November 2016.

The 2016–17 Scottish League Two (known as Ladbrokes League Two for sponsorship reasons) is the 22nd season in the current format of 10 teams in the fourth-tier of Scottish football. The last placed team will enter a play-off with a team nominated by the Scottish Football Association from outside the SPFL determining which team enters League Two in the 2017–18 season.[3] The fixtures were published on 17 June 2016.[4]

Ten teams will contest the league: Annan Athletic, Arbroath, Berwick Rangers, Clyde, Cowdenbeath, Edinburgh City, Elgin City, Forfar Athletic, Montrose and Stirling Albion.

Teams

The following teams have changed division since the 2015–16 season.

Stadia and locations

Annan Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Clyde
Galabank Gayfield Park Shielfield Park Broadwood Stadium
Capacity: 2,504[5] Capacity: 6,600[6] Capacity: 4,099[7] Capacity: 8,086[8]
Cowdenbeath Edinburgh City
Central Park Meadowbank Stadium
Capacity: 4,309[9] Capacity: 5,000
Elgin City Forfar Athletic Montrose Stirling Albion
Borough Briggs Station Park Links Park Forthbank Stadium
Capacity: 4,520[10] Capacity: 6,777[11] Capacity: 4,936[12] Capacity: 3,808[13]

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Annan Athletic Scotland Jim Chapman Scotland Steven Black Stanno M&S Engineering Ltd
Arbroath Scotland Dick Campbell Scotland Mark Whatley Pendle Megatech
Berwick Rangers United States John Coughlin Scotland Jordyn Sheerin Zoo Sport Simple Energy Scotland Ltd
Clyde Scotland Barry Ferguson Scotland Scott Ferguson Hummel Advance Construction Group (H),
Heartfelt Limited (A)
Cowdenbeath Scotland Liam Fox Scotland David McGurn Uhlsport Subsea Pressure Controls
Edinburgh City Scotland Gary Jardine Scotland Ian McFarland Joma Hutchinson Networks
Elgin City Scotland Jim Weir Scotland Archie MacPhee EC 1893 McDonald & Munro
Forfar Athletic Scotland Gary Bollan Scotland David Cox Pendle Orchard Timber Products
Montrose Scotland Stewart Petrie Scotland Paul Watson Nike Intervention Rentals
Stirling Albion Scotland Dave Mackay Scotland Ross McMillan Macron Prudential

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Cowdenbeath Scotland Colin Nish Sacked 12 May 2016[14] Pre-season Scotland Liam Fox 23 May 2016[14]
Stirling Albion Scotland Stuart McLaren Sacked 24 September 2016[15] 9th Scotland Martyn Corrigan (caretaker) 24 September 2016[15]
Stirling Albion Scotland Martyn Corrigan (caretaker) Stepped down 5 November 2016[16] 7th Scotland Dave Mackay 9 November 2016[17]
Montrose Scotland Paul Hegarty Sacked 16 November 2016[18] 9th Scotland John Holt (caretaker) 16 November 2016[18]

League Summary

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Forfar Athletic 13 9 2 2 27 17 +10 29 Promotion to Scottish League One
2 Elgin City 15 8 0 7 31 19 +12 24 Qualification to League One play-offs
3 Clyde 14 7 3 4 23 21 +2 24
4 Arbroath 14 5 7 2 25 17 +8 22
5 Annan Athletic 13 4 4 5 19 20 −1 16
6 Cowdenbeath 14 4 4 6 18 22 −4 16
7 Berwick Rangers 13 3 6 4 15 16 −1 15
8 Edinburgh City 15 3 5 7 14 21 −7 14
9 Stirling Albion 13 3 5 5 18 26 −8 14
10 Montrose 14 3 4 7 14 25 −11 13 Qualification to League Two play-off finals
Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2016. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Positions by Round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Leader - Promotion to 2017–18 Scottish League One
Qualification to League One play-offs
Qualification to League Two play-offs
Team \ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
Annan Athletic 1 5 3 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 5
Arbroath 5 6 4 2 4 4 5 6 4 4 4 3 3
Berwick Rangers 6 3 6 4 5 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 6
Clyde 3 4 7 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 2
Cowdenbeath 10 9 8 8 7 7 7 9 9 9 8 8 8
Edinburgh City 7 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Elgin City 4 1 2 6 3 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 4
Forfar Athletic 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Montrose 9 8 9 9 9 8 8 7 8 8 9 9 9
Stirling Albion 7 7 5 7 8 9 9 8 7 7 7 7 7

Source: Statto.com

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

Home ╲ Away ANN ARB BERCLYCOWEDCELGFORMONSTI
Annan Athletic 1–2 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–3 3–2
Arbroath 1–1 1–1 4–0 0–0 2–0 5–3
Berwick Rangers 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–4 1–2
Clyde 3–2 3–2 5–3 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–1
Cowdenbeath 2–2 0–2 2–0 0–1 2–0 0–2
Edinburgh City 1–0 3–3 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–3 0–1
Elgin City 0–2 0–1 0–2 3–1 3–0 2–3
Forfar Athletic 2–0 4–3 1–1 3–2 1–3 4–1
Montrose 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–5 1–1
Stirling Albion 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–4 0–3 2–0

Updated to games played on 19 November 2016.
Source: Scottish League 2
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

Home ╲ Away ANN ARB BERCLYCOWEDCELGFORMONSTI
Annan Athletic
Arbroath
Berwick Rangers
Clyde
Cowdenbeath
Edinburgh City
Elgin City
Forfar Athletic
Montrose
Stirling Albion

Source: Scottish League 2
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 19 November 2016[1][19]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Scotland David McKenna Annan Athletic 7
Scotland Peter MacDonald Clyde
Scotland Shane Sutherland Elgin City
4 Scotland Steven Thomson Berwick Rangers 6
Scotland Sean Higgins Clyde
Scotland Gary Fraser Montrose
7 Scotland Bobby Linn Arbroath 5
Scotland Martin Scott Arbroath
Scotland Danny Denholm Forfar Athletic
Scotland Josh Peters Forfar Athletic

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Ref
Scotland Linn, BobbyBobby Linn Arbroath Stirling Albion 5–3 27 August 2016 [20]

Discipline

Player

Yellow cards
As of matches played on 19 November 2016[21]
Rank Player Club Cards
1 Scotland Darren Lavery Berwick Rangers 5
Scotland Brian Martin Berwick Rangers
Scotland Sean Higgins Clyde
Scotland Mark Nicolson Elgin City
Northern Ireland Kieran McWalter Montrose
Scotland Marc McKenzie Stirling Albion
7 Scotland Fraser Mullen Cowdenbeath 4
Scotland Sean Dickson Stirling Albion
9 21 players 3
Red cards
As of matches played on 19 November 2016[21]
Rank Player Club Cards
1 Scotland Michael McKenna Berwick Rangers 2
2 19 players 1

Club

Yellow cards
As of matches played on 19 November 2016[22]
Rank Club Cards
1 Stirling Albion 30
2 Berwick Rangers 26
Montrose
Red cards
As of matches played on 19 November 2016[22]
Rank Club Cards
1 Berwick Rangers 7
2 Montrose 4
3 Arbroath 3

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Annan Athletic 2,564 421 289 366 -0.81879194630872−18.1%†
2 Arbroath 3,620 862 482 603 -0.92626728110599−7.3%†
3 Berwick Rangers 2,507 469 366 417 -0.90455531453362−9.5%†
4 Clyde 4,102 738 445 586 -0.95751633986928−4.2%†
5 Cowdenbeath 1,910 342 270 318 -0.53445378151261−46.5%†
6 Edinburgh City 3,282 590 256 410 n/a†
7 Elgin City 3,660 713 519 610 -0.82880434782609−17.1%†
8 Forfar Athletic 3,396 740 477 566 -0.810888252149−18.9%†
9 Montrose 3,130 794 283 447 -0.79115044247788−20.8%†
10 Stirling Albion 3,981 777 457 568 -0.92207792207792−7.7%†
League total 32,081 862 256 486 -0.87567567567568−12.4%†

Updated to games played on 19 November 2016
Source: [2][23]

Awards

Monthly awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Ref.
Manager Club Player Club
August Scotland Gary Bollan Forfar Athletic Scotland Josh Peters Forfar Athletic [24]
September Scotland Gary Bollan Forfar Athletic Scotland Thomas O'Brien Forfar Athletic
October Scotland Jim Weir Elgin City Scotland Shane Sutherland Elgin City
November
December
January
February
March
April

League Two play-offs

The first round will be contested between the winners of the Highland League and Lowland League. The winners will then play off against the bottom club in League Two, swapping with them and being promoted to League Two for the 2017–18 season if they win.


References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "2016–17 Scottish League Two performance". ESPN. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "The Rules of the SPFL" (PDF). Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "The SPFL has today unveiled the fixture lists for the 2016/17 Ladbrokes Premiership, Ladbrokes Championship, Ladbrokes League 1 and Ladbrokes League 2 seasons.". spfl.co.uk. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "Annan Athletic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "Arbroath Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  7. ↑ "Berwick Rangers Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  8. ↑ "Clyde Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  9. ↑ "Cowdenbeath Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  10. ↑ "Elgin City Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  11. ↑ "Forfar Athletic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  12. ↑ "Montrose Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  13. ↑ "Stirling Albion Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  14. 1 2 "Cowdenbeath on the hunt for new manager after parting company with Colin Nish". The Courier. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  15. 1 2 "Club statement". Stirling Albion FC. 24 September 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  16. ↑ "Club statement". Stirling Albion FC. 5 November 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  17. ↑ "New manager". Stirling Albion FC. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  18. 1 2 "Paul Hegarty sacked as Montrose manager". Montrose Review. Johnston Publishing Ltd. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  19. ↑ "Scottish League Two Top Scorers". BBC. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  20. ↑ "Arbroath 5–3 Stirling Albion". BBC Sport. 27 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  21. 1 2 "2016–17 Scottish League Two statistics – Player Discipline". ESPN. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  22. 1 2 "2016–17 Scottish League Two statistics – Club Discipline". ESPN. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  23. ↑ "2015–16 Scottish League Two performance". ESPN. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  24. ↑ "SPFL monthly awards". www.spfl.co.uk. Scottish Professional Football League. May 28, 2014.
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