2025–26 Lowland Football League

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Lowland League 2025–26
Season information
Dates	25 July 2025–18 April 2026
Season statistics
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The 2025–26 Scottish Lowland Football League (known as the Park's Motor Group Scottish Lowland Football League for sponsorship reasons) is the 13th season of the Lowland Football League, part of the fifth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system.

This is the final season in the league's current format before the league splitting into Lowland League East and Lowland League West ahead of season 2026–27, with no relegation taking place this season irrespective of results.

East Kilbride are the reigning champions but are unable to defend their title following their promotion to Scottish League Two.

Teams

Bonnyrigg Rose became the fifth club to join the league from the SPFL and the first of the promoted clubs to rejoin the league via relegation, having lost the previous season's League Two play-off against East Kilbride.

From Lowland League

Folded

• Broomhill

Promoted to Scottish League Two

• East Kilbride

To Lowland League

Relegated from Scottish League Two

• Bonnyrigg Rose

Promoted from West of Scotland Premier Division

• Clydebank

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Surface	Capacity	Seats
Albion Rovers	Coatbridge	Cliftonhill	Grass	1,572	489
Berwick Rangers	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Shielfield Park	Grass	4,099	1,366
Bo'ness United	Bo'ness	Newtown Park	Artificial	2,000	0
Bonnyrigg Rose	Bonnyrigg	New Dundas Park	Grass	2,020	72
Broxburn Athletic	Broxburn	Albyn Park	Artificial	2,050	0
Caledonian Braves	Motherwell	Alliance Park	Artificial	800	102
Celtic B	Airdrie	Excelsior Stadium	Artificial	10,101	10,101
Civil Service Strollers	Edinburgh	Christie Gillies Park	Grass	1,596	96
Clydebank	Clydebank	Holm Park	Artificial	1,200	0
Cowdenbeath	Cowdenbeath	Central Park	Grass	4,309	1,622
Cumbernauld Colts	Cumbernauld	Broadwood Stadium	Artificial	8,086	8,086
East Stirlingshire	Stenhousemuir	Ochilview Park	Artificial	3,746	626
Gala Fairydean Rovers	Galashiels	3G Arena, Netherdale	Artificial	2,000	500
Gretna 2008	Gretna	Raydale Park	Artificial	1,030	138
Heart of Midlothian B	Edinburgh	Ainslie Park	Artificial	3,700	854
Linlithgow Rose	Linlithgow	Prestonfield	Grass	1,730	301
Tranent	Tranent	Foresters Park	Grass	1,200	44
University of Stirling	Stirling	Forthbank Stadium	Grass	3,808	2,508

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Albion Rovers	Scotland ! Clark, SandySandy Clark	Uhlsport	Ribble Enviro
Berwick Rangers	Haynes, KevinKevin Haynes	TBC	Macron	NE Scaffolding
Bo'ness United	Hunter, StuartStuart Hunter	Johnston, KyleKyle Johnston	Adidas	JB Training and Lifting Solutions
Bonnyrigg Rose	Stewart, JonnyJonny Stewart	TBC	TBC	TBC
Broxburn Athletic	Scotland ! Pittman, SteveSteve Pittman	TBC	TBC	TBC
Caledonian Braves	Waddell, RickyRicky Waddell	TBC	TBC	TBC
Celtic B	Scotland ! McManus, StephenStephen McManus	TBC	Adidas	Dafabet
Civil Service Strollers	Jardine, GaryGary Jardine	TBC	TBC	TBC
Clydebank	Moffat, GordonGordon Moffat	Little, NickyNicky Little	Joma	The Co-operative brand (Clydebank)
Cowdenbeath	McLean, PaulPaul McLean	TBC	TBC	TBC
Cumbernauld Colts	Doyle, JohnJohn Doyle	TBC	TBC	TBC
East Stirlingshire	Scullion, PatPat Scullion	TBC	TBC	TBC
Gala Fairydean Rovers	Scotland ! Matin Scott	TBC	TBC	TBC
Gretna 2008	Parker, VincentVincent Parker	TBC	TBC	TBC
Hearts B	Beith, AngusAngus Beith	TBC	Hummel	Stellar Omada
Linlithgow Rose	Heard, GordonGordon Heard	TBC	TBC	TBC
Tranent	Horn, RobbieRobbie Horn	TBC	TBC	TBC
University of Stirling	Geddes, ChrisChris Geddes	TBC	TBC	TBC

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Cowdenbeath	Dougie Hill	Resigned	19 April 2025	Pre-season	Paul McLean	28 April 2025
Tranent	Darren Smith	End of Interim Spell	1 June 2025		Robbie Horn	1 June 2025

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Linlithgow Rose	7	6	0	1	26	4	+22	18	Qualification for the Pyramid play-off
2	Clydebank	6	5	1	0	17	3	+14	16
3	Bo'ness United	6	4	1	1	12	6	+6	13
4	Celtic B	7	3	3	1	18	17	+1	12	Ineligible for promotion
5	Cumbernauld Colts	7	3	2	2	16	12	+4	11
6	Bonnyrigg Rose	6	3	1	2	12	6	+6	10
7	Gala Fairydean Rovers	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10
8	Broxburn Athletic	7	3	1	3	15	16	−1	10
9	Albion Rovers	6	3	1	2	11	13	−2	10
10	Cowdenbeath	7	3	1	3	8	12	−4	10
11	Caledonian Braves	6	3	0	3	9	8	+1	9
12	Tranent	6	2	1	3	11	10	+1	7
13	Berwick Rangers	6	1	3	2	7	11	−4	6
14	Heart of Midlothian B	6	1	2	3	11	17	−6	5	Ineligible for promotion
15	Civil Service Strollers	6	1	2	3	8	15	−7	5
16	University of Stirling	7	1	2	4	8	15	−7	5
17	Gretna 2008	7	1	1	5	15	25	−10	4
18	East Stirlingshire	7	0	1	6	5	20	−15	1

Updated to match(es) played on 24 August 2025. Source: SLFL BBC Sport Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results

Home \ Away	ALB	BER	BNS	BON	BRX	CAL	CEL	CSS	CLY	COW	CUM	EAS	GFR	GRE	HEA	LIN	TRA	STI
Albion Rovers					2–3						3–3		2–1
Berwick Rangers								1–1		2–0		2–2
Bo'ness United								3–0						4–3			1–0
Bonnyrigg Rose											1–0			1–2				1–1
Broxburn Athletic		5–0				0–2									3–3
Caledonian Braves								1–4				2–0						3–0
Celtic B					3–2									5–3			3–2
Civil Service Strollers							3–3		0–5							0–2
Clydebank										1–1		2–0						2–1
Cowdenbeath			1–0	2–1	1–2	2–1
Cumbernauld Colts		3–2					3–3		1–2
East Stirlingshire	1–2		1–3	1–5							0–4
Gala Fairydean Rovers				0–3		2–0	1–1
Gretna 2008	1–2														4–4	0–6
Heart of Midlothian B											1–2		0–2				1–5
Linlithgow Rose					5–0		3–0			5–1			1–2
Tranent	4–0	0–0							0–5
University of Stirling			1–1											3–2	1–2	1–4

Updated to match(es) played on 24 August 2025. Source: BBC
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion and relegation

Due to the restructure into Lowland League East and Lowland League West, there will be automatic promotion of champions of the 2025–26 East of Scotland Football League, the 2025–26 South of Scotland Football League, 2025–26 West of Scotland Football League and the 2025–26 Midlands Football League, subject to these clubs meeting the required licensing criteria for promotion. No teams will be relegated in 2025–26.

Further clubs may be promoted either automatically or via play-offs, depending on the number of licensed clubs in each league, with details as yet unannounced.

Should Brechin City fail to be promoted from the 2025–26 Highland League, they will enter the 2026–27 Lowland League East.

External links

• Official website