2025–26 Scottish League One

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Scottish League One 2025–26
Season information
Dates	2 August 2025–2 May 2026
Season statistics
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The 2025–26 Scottish League One (known as William Hill League One for sponsorship reasons) is the 13th season of Scottish League One, the third tier of Scottish football. The season begins on 2 August 2025.

Ten teams will contest the league: Alloa Athletic, Cove Rangers, East Fife, Hamilton Academical, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Kelty Hearts, Montrose, Peterhead, Queen of the South and Stenhousemuir.

Teams

The following teams changed division after the 2024–25 season.

To League One Promoted from League Two Peterhead East Fife Relegated from the Championship Hamilton Academical

From League One Relegated to League Two Annan Athletic Dumbarton Promoted to the Championship Arbroath

Stadia and locations

Alloa Athletic	Cove Rangers	East Fife	Hamilton Academical
Recreation Park	Balmoral Stadium	Bayview Stadium	Broadwood Stadium
Capacity: 3,100	Capacity: 2,602	Capacity: 1,980	Capacity: 8,086
Inverness Caledonian Thistle			Kelty Hearts
Caledonian Stadium			New Central Park
Capacity: 7,512			Capacity: 2,181
Montrose	Peterhead	Queen of the South	Stenhousemuir
Links Park	Balmoor	Palmerston Park	Ochilview Park
Capacity: 4,936	Capacity: 3,150	Capacity: 8,690	Capacity: 3,746

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Alloa Athletic	Graham, AndyAndy Graham	Taggart, ScottScott Taggart	Pendle	Northern Gas and Power
Cove Rangers	Hartley, PaulPaul Hartley	Megginson, MitchMitch Megginson	Adidas	KR Group
East Fife	Campbell, DickDick Campbell	TBC	Erreà	MPH Group (Home) JADA (Away) Harley Taxis (Third)
Hamilton Academical	Rankin, JohnJohn Rankin	Robinson, ScottScott Robinson	Kurt	None
Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Kellacher, ScottScott Kellacher	Devine, DannyDanny Devine	Puma	TBD
Kelty Hearts	O'Ware, ThomasThomas O'Ware	O'Ware, ThomasThomas O'Ware	Adidas	Bellway
Montrose	Petrie, StewartStewart Petrie	Steeves, AndrewAndrew Steeves	Uhlsport	Montrose Port Authority
Peterhead	Brown, JordonJordon Brown Strachan, RyanRyan Strachan	Brown, JasonJason Brown	Puma	The Score Group
Queen of the South	Murphy, PeterPeter Murphy	Douglas, MattyMatty Douglas	Macron	The Venue Dumfries
Stenhousemuir	Naysmith, GaryGary Naysmith	Buchanan, GregorGregor Buchanan	Uhlsport	LOC Hire

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Alloa Athletic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Promotion to the Championship
2	Cove Rangers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
3	East Fife	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Hamilton Academical	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Kelty Hearts	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Montrose	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Peterhead	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Queen of the South	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Stenhousemuir	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for the League One play-offs
10	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	−5	Relegation to League Two

First match(es) will be played on 2 August 2025. 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).

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	ALL	COV	EFI	HAM	ICT	KEL	MON	PET	QOS	STE
Alloa Athletic	—	20 Sep	18 Oct	23 Aug	15 Nov	1 Nov	13 Sep	6 Dec	13 Dec	25 Oct
Cove Rangers	22 Nov	—	13 Dec	15 Nov	13 Sep	27 Sep	16 Aug	1 Nov	2 Aug	18 Oct
East Fife	9 Aug	4 Oct	—	1 Nov	6 Dec	23 Aug	20 Sep	20 Dec	13 Sep	15 Nov
Hamilton Academical	20 Dec	30 Aug	16 Aug	—	4 Oct	22 Nov	2 Aug	8 Nov	25 Oct	27 Sep
Inverness Caledonian Thistle	30 Aug	8 Nov	27 Sep	13 Dec	—	18 Oct	1 Nov	9 Aug	22 Nov	16 Aug
Kelty Hearts	16 Aug	20 Dec	25 Oct	20 Sep	2 Aug	—	6 Dec	4 Oct	15 Nov	13 Sep
Montrose	8 Nov	25 Oct	22 Nov	18 Oct	23 Aug	9 Aug	—	30 Aug	27 Sep	13 Dec
Peterhead	27 Sep	23 Aug	2 Aug	13 Sep	25 Oct	13 Dec	15 Nov	—	18 Oct	22 Nov
Queen of the South	4 Oct	6 Dec	8 Nov	9 Aug	20 Sep	30 Aug	20 Dec	16 Aug	—	1 Nov
Stenhousemuir	2 Aug	9 Aug	30 Aug	6 Dec	20 Dec	8 Nov	4 Oct	20 Sep	23 Aug	—

First match(es) will be played on 2 August 2025. Source: BBC
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season (Matches 19–36)

Home \ Away	ALL	COV	EFI	HAM	ICT	KEL	MON	PET	QOS	STE
Alloa Athletic	—	31 Jan	18 Apr	21 Feb	21 Mar	7 Mar	10 Jan	28 Mar	2 May	27 Dec
Cove Rangers	4 Apr	—	2 May	21 Mar	10 Jan	21 Feb	3 Jan	7 Mar	7 Feb	18 Apr
East Fife	28 Feb	14 Feb	—	7 Mar	25 Apr	27 Dec	31 Jan	11 Apr	24 Jan	28 Mar
Hamilton Academical	11 Apr	24 Jan	3 Jan	—	14 Feb	28 Mar	28 Feb	25 Apr	14 Mar	7 Feb
Inverness Caledonian Thistle	24 Jan	14 Mar	7 Feb	2 May	—	18 Apr	7 Mar	3 Jan	28 Mar	21 Feb
Kelty Hearts	3 Jan	25 Apr	14 Mar	31 Jan	28 Feb	—	11 Apr	14 Feb	4 Apr	24 Jan
Montrose	14 Mar	28 Mar	4 Apr	18 Apr	27 Dec	7 Feb	—	24 Jan	21 Feb	2 May
Peterhead	7 Feb	27 Dec	21 Feb	10 Jan	4 Apr	2 May	21 Mar	—	18 Apr	14 Mar
Queen of the South	14 Feb	11 Apr	21 Mar	27 Dec	31 Jan	10 Jan	25 Apr	28 Feb	—	7 Mar
Stenhousemuir	25 Apr	28 Feb	10 Jan	4 Apr	11 Apr	21 Mar	14 Feb	31 Jan	3 Jan	—

First match(es) will be played on 27 December 2025. Source: BBC
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

External links

• Official website