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2015–16 Scottish League One

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.

Scottish League One
Season2015–16
ChampionsDunfermline Athletic
PromotedDunfermline Athletic
Ayr United
RelegatedCowdenbeath
Forfar Athletic
Matches played180
Goals scored538 (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.

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   Danny Lennon (acting head coach)   Marc Fitzpatrick Macron M&H Logistics
Albion Rovers   Darren Young   Michael Dunlop Adidas Reigart Demolition
Ayr United   Ian McCall   Nicky Devlin Adidas Bodog
Brechin City   Darren Dods   Craig Molloy Pendle Delson
Cowdenbeath   Colin Nish   Pat Scullion Uhlsport Subsea Pressure Controls
Dunfermline Athletic   Allan Johnston   Callum Fordyce Joma SRJ Windows
Forfar Athletic   Gary Bollan   Gavin Swankie Pendle Orchard Timber Products
Peterhead   Jim McInally   Steven Noble Adidas LFH Engineering Ltd
Stenhousemuir   Brown Ferguson   Stuart Malcolm Prostar Gulnar Tandoori Restaurant
Stranraer   Brian Reid   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   John Potter Stepped down 30 April 2015[13] Pre-season   Allan Johnston 8 May 2015[14]
Cowdenbeath   Jimmy Nicholl Resigned 5 May 2015[15]   Colin Nish 2 June 2015[16]
Brechin City   Ray McKinnon Signed by Raith Rovers 23 May 2015[17]   Darren Dods 10 June 2015[18]
Stranraer   Stephen Aitken Signed by Dumbarton 27 May 2015[19]   Brian Reid 1 June 2015[20]
Forfar Athletic   Dick Campbell Sacked 12 December 2015[21] 8th   Stewart Petrie (interim) 15 December 2015[22]
Airdrieonians   Gary Bollan Signed by Forfar Athletic 20 December 2015[23] 5th   Eddie Wolecki Black 22 December 2015[24]
Forfar Athletic   Stewart Petrie (interim) End of interim 21 December 2015[25] 8th   Gary Bollan 21 December 2015[23]
Airdrieonians   Eddie Wolecki Black Illness 5 March 2016 4th   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   Faissal El Bakhtaoui Dunfermline Athletic 22
  Rory McAllister Peterhead
3   Greig Spence Cowdenbeath 17
4   Robert Thomson Brechin City 15
5   Joe Cardle Dunfermline Athletic 14
  Craig Moore Ayr United
7   Ally Love Albion Rovers 13
  Shane Sutherland Peterhead

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date Ref
  Joe Cardle Dunfermline Athletic Forfar Athletic 4–0 5 September 2015 [26]
  Rory McAllister Peterhead Stenhousemuir 3–4 31 October 2015 [27]
  Leighton McIntosh Peterhead Cowdenbeath 7–0 21 November 2015 [28]
  Joe Cardle Dunfermline Athletic Stranraer 6–1 27 February 2016 [29]
  Rory McAllister Peterhead Brechin City 4–1 27 February 2016 [30]
  Faissal El Bakhtaoui Dunfermline Athletic Brechin City 3–1 26 March 2016 [31]
  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   Dick Campbell Forfar Athletic   Faissal El Bakhtaoui Dunfermline Athletic [35]
September   Ian McCall Ayr United   Nicky Devlin Ayr United
October   Darren Young Albion Rovers   Sean Murdoch Dunfermline Athletic
November   Brown Ferguson Stenhousemuir   Leighton McIntosh Peterhead
December   Allan Johnston Dunfermline Athletic   Greig Spence Cowdenbeath
January   Jim McInally Peterhead   Shane Sutherland Peterhead
February   Jim McInally Peterhead   Rory McAllister Peterhead
March   Allan Johnston Dunfermline Athletic   Faissal El Bakhtaoui Dunfermline Athletic
April   Darren Dods Brechin City   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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