The 2018–19 Scottish League Two (known as Ladbrokes League Two for sponsorship reasons) was the 25th season in the current format of 10 teams in the fourth-tier of Scottish football. The fixtures were published on 15 June 2018 and the season began on 4 August 2018.
The bottom team entered a two-legged play-off against the winners of the Pyramid play-off between the Highland League and Lowland League champions, to determine which team competes in League Two in the 2019–20 season.
Ten teams contested the league: Albion Rovers, Annan Athletic, Berwick Rangers, Clyde, Cowdenbeath, Edinburgh City, Elgin City, Peterhead, Queen's Park and Stirling Albion.
Peterhead lifted the title after a 2–0 win at Queen's Park on the final day.
Teams The following teams changed division after the 2017–18 season.
To League Two Relegated from Scottish League One Queen's Park Albion Rovers
From League Two Promoted to Scottish League One Montrose Stenhousemuir
Stadia and locations Albion Rovers Annan Athletic Berwick Rangers Clyde Cliftonhill Galabank Shielfield Park Broadwood Stadium Capacity: 1,238 Capacity: 2,504 Capacity: 4,099 Capacity: 8,086 Cowdenbeath Edinburgh City Central Park Ainslie Park Capacity: 4,309 Capacity: 3,000 Elgin City Peterhead Queen's Park Stirling Albion Borough Briggs Balmoor Hampden Park Forthbank Stadium Capacity: 4,520 Capacity: 3,150 Capacity: 51,866 Capacity: 3,798
Personnel and kits
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Albion Rovers Joma Reigart Demolition Annan Athletic Halbro M&S Engineering Ltd Berwick Rangers Mitre Northern Soul Kitchen Clyde Kappa Advance Construction Group (H) Rock Regen (A) Cowdenbeath Errea Subsea Pressure Controls Edinburgh City Joma CMC Property Elgin City EV2 Sportswear McDonald & Munro Peterhead Adidas Independent Oilfield Services Queen's Park Under Armour Irn-Bru Stirling Albion Macron Prudential
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment Albion Rovers Brian Kerr Resigned 7 May 2018 Pre-season John Brogan 22 May 2018 Queen's Park Gus MacPherson Left for St Mirren 18 September 2018 6th Mark Roberts (interim) 20 September 2018 Queen's Park Mark Roberts (interim) End of interim 12 October 2018 6th Mark Roberts 12 October 2018 Stirling Albion Dave Mackay Sacked 29 September 2018 7th Kevin Rutkiewicz 22 October 2018 Berwick Rangers Robbie Horn Resigned 6 October 2018 9th Johnny Harvey 16 October 2018 Albion Rovers John Brogan Resigned 21 October 2018 10th Kevin Harper 6 November 2018 Berwick Rangers Johnny Harvey Sacked 2 May 2019 10th John Brownlie 2 May 2019
League summary
League table
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 2019–20 League One Qualification for League One play-offs Qualification for League Two play-off final
Team \ Round1 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 Peterhead 6 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1Clyde 2 1 5 6 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2Edinburgh City 1 6 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3Annan Athletic 4 3 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4Stirling Albion 8 9 9 9 9 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 6 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5Cowdenbeath 9 8 7 7 8 9 9 9 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 6Queen's Park 7 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 7Elgin City 5 4 3 4 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 6 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 8Albion Rovers 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9Berwick Rangers 3 7 8 8 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Source: Scottish League Two - Table Updated: 4 May 2019
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 180 games, with each team playing 36.
First half of season
Second half of season
Season statistics Scoring Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Blair HendersonEdinburgh City302 David GoodwillieClyde173 Rory McAllisterPeterhead154 Shane SutherlandElgin City & Peterhead135 Tommy MuirAnnan Athletic12 Tony WallaceAnnan Athletic
Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef Blair HendersonEdinburgh CityAlbion Rovers4–0 (H)4 August 2018 Blair HendersonEdinburgh CityElgin City4–1 (H)15 December 2018 Peter MacDonaldStirling AlbionAlbion Rovers0–5 (A)26 January 2019 Darryl McHardyElgin CityAlbion Rovers0–3 (A)9 February 2019 David GaltQueen's ParkElgin City4–1 (H)16 March 2019 Jordan AllanCowdenbeathEdinburgh City4–1 (H)6 April 2019 Note
(H) = Home, (A) = Away;
Attendances
Awards
Monthly awards MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the MonthRef.ManagerClubPlayerClub August Peter Murphy Annan Athletic Rory McAllister Peterhead September James McDonaugh Edinburgh City Conrad Balatoni Edinburgh City October Mark Roberts Queen's Park Blair Henderson Edinburgh City November Danny Lennon Clyde Dylan Cogill Clyde December Jim McInally Peterhead Blair Henderson Edinburgh City January Danny Lennon Clyde Peter MacDonald Stirling Albion February Peter Murphy Annan Athletic Chris Johnston Annan Athletic March Kevin Harper Albion Rovers Peter Morrison Albion Rovers April Danny Lennon Clyde Smart Osadolor Albion Rovers
League Two play-offs The Pyramid play-off was contested between the champions of the 2018–19 Highland Football League (Cove Rangers) and the 2018–19 Lowland Football League (East Kilbride). Cove were victorious 5–1 on aggregate and faced the bottom club (Berwick Rangers) in the League Two play-off final, being promoted to League Two for the 2019–20 season after a 7–0 aggregate win. As Berwick Rangers lost the play-off, they were relegated to the Lowland League since they were an England-based club (they were based in Berwick-upon-Tweed), and England is south of 56.4513N latitude (middle of the Tay Road Bridge).
Pyramid play-off
First leg
Second leg
Final
First leg
Second leg
References