2023–24 Scottish League Two

Scottish League Two 2023–24
Season information
Dates	5 August 2023–4 May 2024
Winners	Stenhousemuir
Promoted	Stenhousemuir Dumbarton (via play-offs)
Season statistics
Matches played	180
Goals scored	467
Top goalscorer	Blair Henderson 18 goals
Biggest home win	Peterhead 6–0 Elgin City (30 September 2023)
Biggest away win	Stenhousemuir 1–6 Clyde (24 February 2024)
Highest scoring	Dumbarton 4–4 Clyde (23 December 2023) The Spartans 2–6 Dumbarton (16 March 2024)
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The 2023–24 Scottish League Two (known as cinch League Two for sponsorship reasons) was the eleventh season of Scottish League Two, the fourth tier of Scottish football. The season begin on 5 August 2023.

Ten teams contest the league. All ten teams confirmed have secured their League Two status: Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic, Clyde, Dumbarton, East Fife, Elgin City, Forfar Athletic, Peterhead, The Spartans, Stenhousemuir and Stranraer and The Spartans.

Teams

The following teams changed division after the 2022–23 season.

To League Two Promoted from Lowland Football League The Spartans Relegated from League One Clyde Peterhead

From League Two Relegated to Lowland Football League Albion Rovers Promoted to League One Annan Athletic Stirling Albion

Stadia and locations

Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	Clyde	Dumbarton	East Fife
New Dundas Park	New Douglas Park	Dumbarton Football Stadium	Bayview Stadium
Capacity: 3,000	Capacity: 6,018	Capacity: 2,020	Capacity: 1,980
Elgin City			Forfar Athletic
Borough Briggs			Station Park
Capacity: 4,520			Capacity: 6,777
Peterhead	The Spartans	Stenhousemuir	Stranraer
Balmoor	Ainslie Park	Ochilview Park	Stair Park
Capacity: 3,150	Capacity: 3,612	Capacity: 3,746	Capacity: 4,178

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	Horn, RobbieRobbie Horn	Stewart, JonathanJonathan Stewart	Puma	G. Fitzsimmons and Son (Home) Shepherd Chartered Surveyors (Away)
Clyde	Duffy, JimJim Duffy	McLean, BrianBrian McLean	Puma	HomesBook Factoring (Home) Whitemoss Dental (Away)
Dumbarton	Farrell, StephenStephen Farrell	Buchanan, GregorGregor Buchanan	Macron	No Sponsor
East Fife	McDonald, GreigGreig McDonald	Murdoch, StewartStewart Murdoch	Joma	TBC (Home) The Taxi Centre Fife (Away)
Elgin City	TBC	Cooper, MatthewMatthew Cooper	Joma	McDonald & Munro
Forfar Athletic	McKinnon, RayRay McKinnon	TBC	Pendle	Orchard Timber Products
Peterhead	Brown, JordonJordon Brown Strachan, RyanRyan Strachan	Dixon, PaulPaul Dixon	Adidas	The Score Group
Stenhousemuir	Naysmith, GaryGary Naysmith	Crighton, SeanSean Crighton	Puma	LOC Hire
Stranraer	Agnew, ScottScott Agnew	Gallagher, GrantGrant Gallagher	Joma	Stena Line
The Spartans	Samuel, DouglasDouglas Samuel	Waugh, KevinKevin Waugh	Macron	J-TEQ EMS Solutions Ltd

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Clyde	Jim Duffy	Appointed director of football	24 May 2023	Pre-season	Brian McLean	2 June 2023
Elgin City	Charlie Charlesworth, Ross Draper and Stevie Dunn	End of interim spell	25 May 2023		Ross Draper	25 May 2023
	Ross Draper	Resigned	5 September 2023	9th	Barry Smith	5 September 2023
Clyde	Brian McLean	Sacked	22 October 2023		Ian McCall	15 November 2023
Elgin City	Barry Smith	Mutual consent	13 November 2023		Allan Hale	5 December 2023
East Fife	Greig McDonald	Resigned	5 February 2024	6th	Dick Campbell	6 February 2024
Bonnyrigg Rose	Robbie Horn	Sacked	24 March 2024	8th	Calum Elliot	25 March 2024

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Stenhousemuir (C, P)	36	18	14	4	50	31	+19	68	Promotion to League One
2	Peterhead	36	16	12	8	58	39	+19	60	Qualification for the League One play-offs
3	The Spartans	36	15	13	8	53	43	+10	58
4	Dumbarton (O, P)	36	16	9	11	56	44	+12	57
5	East Fife	36	11	11	14	46	47	−1	44
6	Forfar Athletic	36	9	15	12	38	45	−7	42
7	Elgin City	36	10	10	16	35	59	−24	40
8	Bonnyrigg Rose	36	9	12	15	47	48	−1	39
9	Clyde	36	9	11	16	46	58	−12	38
10	Stranraer (O)	36	9	9	18	38	53	−15	36	Qualification for the League Two play-off final

Source: BBC
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted

League Two play-offs

The Pyramid play-off was due to be contested between the champions of the 2023–24 Highland Football League and the 2023–24 Lowland Football League. East Kilbride secured their place in the play-offs as the Lowland Football League representative on 12 April 2024. Buckie Thistle won the Highland League on 20 April 2024. However, on 25 April 2024 the SFA confirmed that Buckie Thistle had not received the necessary Bronze licence to be able to compete in the SPFL, therefore the Pyramid play-off was cancelled and East Kilbride were automatically advanced to the League Two play-off final against Stranraer. Stranraer's victory in the final meant that they remained in League Two for the 2024–25 season.

Pyramid play-off

First leg

27 April 2024	East Kilbride	Walkover	Buckie Thistle	East Kilbride
15:00				Stadium: K-Park Training Academy

Second leg

4 May 2024	Buckie Thistle	Walkover	East Kilbride	Buckie
15:00				Stadium: Victoria Park

Final

First leg

11 May 2024	East Kilbride	2–2	Stranraer	East Kilbride
15:00	Stirling  32' Robertson  71'		McIntosh  45+2' Ross  60'	Stadium: K-Park Training Academy Attendance: 652 Referee: Dan McFarlane

Second leg

18 May 2024	Stranraer	3–1 (5–3 agg.)	East Kilbride	Stranraer
15:00	Gallagher  44' Ross  117' Gilmartin  120+1'		Samson  76'	Stadium: Stair Park Attendance: 1,871 Referee: Craig Napier

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 (Matches 1–18)

Home \ Away	BON	CLY	DUM	EFI	ELG	FOR	PET	STE	STR	SPA
Bonnyrigg Rose	—	3–2	1–1	4–2	5–1	0–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–2
Clyde	0–2	—	0–4	0–3	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–2	2–2	1–2
Dumbarton	4–0	4–4	—	1–0	1–0	3–1	0–1	0–1	3–1	1–1
East Fife	0–3	2–0	0–1	—	4–0	1–1	0–3	0–2	4–0	0–3
Elgin City	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	—	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–4
Forfar Athletic	1–2	1–1	2–4	0–0	0–0	—	1–3	1–3	1–1	2–2
Peterhead	2–1	2–1	3–1	2–0	6–0	1–2	—	0–0	3–2	0–1
Stenhousemuir	1–0	2–2	2–4	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	—	5–0	3–2
Stranraer	3–1	1–0	5–0	1–1	3–1	0–2	2–1	0–3	—	3–4
The Spartans	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	1–2	0–1	3–0	—

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.

Second half of season (Matches 19–36)

Home \ Away	BON	CLY	DUM	EFI	ELG	FOR	PET	STE	STR	SPA
Bonnyrigg Rose	—	1–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	4–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	0–1
Clyde	3–2	—	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–0
Dumbarton	2–0	1–0	—	1–2	2–2	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–0
East Fife	1–4	1–1	3–2	—	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–2
Elgin City	1–0	0–3	0–1	1–0	—	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–2
Forfar Athletic	0–0	2–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	—	3–3	1–1	2–0	1–0
Peterhead	0–0	4–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	—	2–1	2–0	0–1
Stenhousemuir	1–1	1–6	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	—	1–0	0–0
Stranraer	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	2–0	2–0	—	1–2
The Spartans	2–1	1–1	2–6	1–3	1–2	1–0	2–2	0–2	0–0	—

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.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Blair Henderson	The Spartans	18
2	Matthew Aitken	Stenhousemuir	14
3	Neil Martyniuk	Bonnyrigg Rose	13
	Nathan Austin	East Fife
5	Martin Rennie	Clyde	12

External links

• Official website