2021–22 Scottish League One

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Scottish League One 2021–22
Season information
Dates	31 July 2021 – 30 April 2022
Winners	Cove Rangers
Promoted	Cove Rangers
Relegated	Dumbarton East Fife
Season statistics
Matches played	180
Goals scored	507
Top goalscorer	Mitch Megginson 18 goals
Biggest home win	Queen's Park 6–0 Falkirk (4 December 2021)
Biggest away win	Clyde 0–5 Montrose (16 October 2021) Clyde 0–5 Airdrieonians (23 April 2022)
Highest scoring	Falkirk 6–2 Dumbarton (8 January 2022)
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The 2021–22 Scottish League One (known as cinch League One for sponsorship reasons) is the ninth season of Scottish League One, the third tier of Scottish football. The season is set to commence on 31 July.

Ten teams contested the league: Airdrieonians, Alloa Athletic, Clyde, Cove Rangers, Dumbarton, East Fife, Falkirk, Montrose, Peterhead and Queen's Park.

Teams

The following teams changed division after the 2020–21 season.

To League One

Promoted from League Two

• Queen's Park

Relegated from the Championship

• Alloa Athletic

From League One

Relegated to League Two

• Forfar Athletic

Promoted to the Championship

• Partick Thistle

Stadia and locations

Airdrieonians	Alloa Athletic	Clyde	Cove Rangers
Excelsior Stadium	Recreation Park	Broadwood Stadium	Balmoral Stadium
Capacity: 10,101	Capacity: 3,100	Capacity: 8,086	Capacity: 2,602
Dumbarton			East Fife
Dumbarton Football Stadium			Bayview Stadium
Capacity: 2,020			Capacity: 1,980
Falkirk	Montrose	Peterhead	Queen's Park
Falkirk Stadium	Links Park	Balmoor	Firhill Stadium
Capacity: 7,937	Capacity: 4,936	Capacity: 3,150	Capacity: 10,102

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Airdrieonians	Murray, IanIan Murray	Fordyce, CallumCallum Fordyce	Umbro	Holemasters
Alloa Athletic	Ferguson, BarryBarry Ferguson	Graham, AndyAndy Graham	Pendle	Northern Gas and Power
Clyde	Lennon, DannyDanny Lennon	Goodwillie, DavidDavid Goodwillie	Puma	HomesBook Factoring (Home) Whitemoss Dental (Away)
Cove Rangers	Hartley, PaulPaul Hartley	Megginson, MitchMitch Megginson	Adidas	ACE Group
Dumbarton	Farrell, StephenStephen Farrell	Carswell, StuartStuart Carswell	Joma	C&G Systems
East Fife	Young, DarrenDarren Young	Smith, KevinKevin Smith	Joma	BW Technology
Falkirk	Sheerin, PaulPaul Sheerin	Miller, GaryGary Miller	Puma	Clarke ePOS (UK) Ltd
Montrose	Petrie, StewartStewart Petrie	Watson, PaulPaul Watson	Hummel	Carnegie Fuels Ltd
Peterhead	McInally, JimJim McInally	Brown, ScottScott Brown	Adidas	The Score Group
Queen's Park	Ellis, LaurieLaurie Ellis	Doyle, MichaelMichael Doyle	Admiral	Irn-Bru

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Alloa Athletic	Peter Grant	Sacked	1 May 2021	Pre-season	Barry Ferguson	27 May 2021
Falkirk	Gary Holt	End of interim spell	6 May 2021		Paul Sheerin	28 May 2021
Queen's Park	Ray McKinnon	Mutual consent	10 May 2021		Laurie Ellis	22 May 2021
Dumbarton	Jim Duffy	End of contract	24 May 2021		Stephen Farrell	29 May 2021
East Fife	Darren Young	Sacked	21 November 2021	10th	Stevie Crawford	30 November 2021
Falkirk	Paul Sheerin		5 December 2021	5th	Martin Rennie	10 December 2021
Queen's Park	Laurie Ellis		31 December 2021	4th	Marijn Beuker (interim)	31 December 2021
Alloa Athletic	Barry Ferguson	Resigned	14 February 2022	8th	Brian Rice	21 February 2022
Falkirk	Martin Rennie	Left	14 April 2022	5th	Kenny Miller (interim)	14 April 2022

League summary

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cove Rangers  (C) (P)	36	23	10	3	73	32	+41	79	Promotion to Scottish Championship
2	Airdrieonians	36	21	9	6	68	37	+31	72	Qualification to League One play-offs
3	Montrose	36	15	14	7	53	36	+17	59
4	Queen's Park  (P) (O)	36	11	18	7	51	36	+15	51
5	Alloa Athletic	36	12	9	15	49	57	−8	45
6	Falkirk	36	12	8	16	49	55	−6	44
7	Peterhead	36	11	9	16	46	51	−5	42
8	Clyde	36	9	12	15	39	62	−23	39
9	Dumbarton  (R)	36	9	7	20	48	71	−23	34	Qualification to League One play-off finals
10	East Fife  (R)	36	5	8	23	31	70	−39	23	Relegation to Scottish League Two

Source: BBC
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Results

Matches 1–18 Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away. Home \ Away AIR ALO CLY COV DUM EFI FAL MON PET QPA Airdrieonians — 2–1 2–1 0–2 3–2 3–0 1–2 0–3 3–1 1–0 Alloa Athletic 2–1 — 0–1 1–3 1–2 3–1 2–0 2–2 2–4 1–1 Clyde 2–2 2–1 — 2–1 0–3 3–1 1–3 0–5 2–2 2–2 Cove Rangers 1–0 3–0 3–0 — 2–0 5–2 1–1 1–1 3–0 3–3 Dumbarton 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–3 — 5–0 0–3 1–3 2–3 0–3 East Fife 0–1 1–1 0–2 4–2 2–1 — 0–2 0–2 3–0 1–1 Falkirk 0–3 1–1 3–0 0–3 1–2 2–1 — 0–1 2–1 0–1 Montrose 2–1 0–2 2–2 0–0 1–2 4–1 2–2 — 1–0 1–1 Peterhead 2–3 2–0 3–2 0–1 5–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 — 2–1 Queen's Park 0–0 3–4 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 6–0 1–1 3–2 — Source: BBC Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Matches 19–36 Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away. Home \ Away AIR ALO CLY COV DUM EFI FAL MON PET QPA Airdrieonians — 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 3–0 3–2 4–1 1–1 2–0 Alloa Athletic 0–2 — 1–0 2–2 2–3 1–3 0–3 4–1 1–0 1–1 Clyde 0–5 2–1 — 0–1 1–3 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–3 1–1 Cove Rangers 1–1 3–0 4–1 — 1–0 4–2 2–0 1–0 5–2 0–0 Dumbarton 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–2 — 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–3 East Fife 0–2 0–3 0–0 2–3 2–0 — 1–3 0–2 0–0 1–1 Falkirk 1–4 1–2 1–2 0–2 6–2 3–1 — 0–3 1–1 1–1 Montrose 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 — 2–0 2–1 Peterhead 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 4–3 1–0 1–0 0–1 — 2–1 Queen's Park 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 — Source: BBC Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

League One play-offs

The semi-finals will be contested by the teams placed second to fourth in Scottish League Two, as well as the team placed ninth in Scottish League One. The winners will advance to the final, with the highest-ranked team hosting the second leg.

Semi-finals

First leg

3 May 2022	Edinburgh City	4–1	Dumbarton	Edinburgh
19:45	See  11', 71' Buchanan  27' (o.g.) Robertson  90'	Report	MacLean  61'	Stadium: Ainslie Park Attendance: 630 Referee: Chris Graham

3 May 2022	Annan Athletic	1–0	Forfar Athletic	Annan
19:45	Garrity  31'	Report		Stadium: Galabank Attendance: 608 Referee: Lloyd Wilson

Second leg

7 May 2022	Dumbarton	1–1 (2–5 agg.)	Edinburgh City	Dumbarton
15:00	Syvertsen  59'	Report	Shanley  64'	Stadium: Dumbarton Football Stadium Attendance: 637 Referee: Gavin Duncan

7 May 2022	Forfar Athletic	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	Annan Athletic	Forfar
15:00	McCluskey  32'	Report	Wallace  88' (pen.)	Stadium: Station Park Attendance: 886 Referee: Steven Kirkland

Final

First leg

10 May 2022	Edinburgh City	2–0	Annan Athletic	Edinburgh
19:30	Murray  50' Shanley  62'	Report		Stadium: Ainslie Park Attendance: 1,008 Referee: Colin Steven

Second leg

13 May 2022	Annan Athletic	v	Edinburgh City	Annan
19:30				Stadium: Galabank

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

As of 30 April 2022

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mitchel Megginson	Cove Rangers	18
2	Rory McAllister	Cove Rangers	16
3	Calum Gallagher	Airdrieonians	15
	David Goodwillie	Clyde
	Graham Webster	Montrose

Awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
August	Laurie Ellis	Queen's Park	Simon Murray	Queen's Park
September	Stephen Farrell	Dumbarton	Callum Wilson	Dumbarton
October	Stewart Petrie	Montrose	Rory McAllister	Cove Rangers
November	Paul Hartley	Cove Rangers	Mitch Megginson	Cove Rangers
December	Paul Hartley	Cove Rangers	Blair Yule	Cove Rangers
January	Ian Murray	Airdrieonians	Dylan Easton	Airdrieonians
February	Ian Murray	Airdrieonians	Rhys McCabe	Airdrieonians
March	Paul Hartley	Cove Rangers	Callum Smith	Airdrieonians
Apri			Calum Gallagher	Airdrieonians

External links

• Official website