The 2018–19 Scottish Lowland Football League (known as the Geosonic Lowland League for sponsorship reasons) was the 6th season of the Lowland Football League, the fifth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. The season began on 28 July 2018 and ended on 20 April 2019. The Spartans were the defending champions.
East of Scotland League champions Kelty Hearts joined the league after becoming the first club to gain promotion via the Lowland League play-off, thanks to their win against South of Scotland League winners Threave Rovers at the end of the previous season.
Selkirk resigned at the end of August after fulfilling three league games, reducing the number of clubs to 15. Their league defeats to East Kilbride (10–0), Civil Service Strollers (0–5) and Gretna 2008 (0–8) were expunged.
East Kilbride won their second league title on 26 March 2019 thanks to a 2–1 win over The Spartans at K-Park, with three matches still to play. They faced the winners of the 2018–19 Highland Football League (Cove Rangers) in the Pyramid play-off, losing 5-1 on aggregate.
Teams
The following teams have changed division since the 2017–18 season.
To Lowland League Promoted from East of Scotland League Kelty Hearts
From Lowland League Relegated to East of Scotland League Hawick Royal Albert
Stadia and locations Team Location StadiumCapacitySeats Floodlit BSC Glasgow Alloa Recreation ParkBSC Glasgow are ground-sharing at Alloa Athletic's Recreation Park due to the lack of a suitable venue in Glasgow. 3,100 919 Yes Civil Service Strollers Edinburgh Christie Gillies Park 1,569 100 No Cumbernauld Colts Cumbernauld Broadwood Stadium 7,936 7,936 Yes Dalbeattie Star Dalbeattie Islecroft Stadium 4,000 250 Yes East Kilbride East Kilbride K Park 660 400 Yes East Stirlingshire Falkirk Falkirk StadiumEast Stirlingshire are ground-sharing with Falkirk at the Falkirk Stadium for the duration of the 2018–19 season. 7,937 7,937 Yes Edinburgh University Edinburgh New Peffermill Stadium 1,100 100 Yes Edusport Academy Annan GalabankEdusport Academy are ground-sharing with Annan Athletic. 2,504 500 Yes Gala Fairydean Rovers Galashiels 3G Arena, Netherdale 5,500 495 Yes Gretna 2008 Gretna Raydale Park 3,000 1,318 Yes Kelty Hearts Kelty New Central Park 3,000 350 Yes Selkirk Selkirk Yarrow Park 1,000 100 No The Spartans Edinburgh Ainslie Park 3,000 504 Yes Stirling University Stirling Forthbank StadiumStirling University are ground-sharing with Stirling Albion. 3,808 2,508 Yes Vale of Leithen Innerleithen Victoria Park 1,500 0 No Whitehill Welfare Rosewell Ferguson Park 4,000 150 No
League table
Results
Lowland League play-off A play-off was due to take place between the winners of the 2018–19 East of Scotland Football League and the 2018–19 South of Scotland Football League. However South of Scotland League champions Stranraer reserves were ineligible for promotion due to being a reserve team.
Initially, the winners of the East of Scotland League (Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic) did not meet the required licensing criteria for promotion at the end of the season. However they were eventually awarded their SFA licence on 14 June 2019 and were confirmed as promoted to the 2019–20 Lowland Football League on the same day.
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