2021–22 Scottish League Two

	League stub This article about 2021–22 Scottish League Two is a stub, an article too short to provide more than rudimentary information about a subject. You can help The Football Database Wiki by expanding it.

Scottish League Two 2021–22
Season information
Dates	31 July 2021–30 April 2022
Winners	Kelty Hearts
Promoted	Kelty Hearts
Season statistics
Matches played	180
Goals scored	468
Top goalscorer	Nathan Austin 17 goals
Biggest home win	Kelty Hearts 6–1 Albion Rovers (11 December 2021) Stirling Albion 5–0 Edinburgh City (30 April 2022)
Biggest away win	Albion Rovers 0–5 Stranraer (9 April 2022)
Highest scoring	Kelty Hearts 6–1 Albion Rovers (11 December 2021) Forfar Athletic 3–4 Stenhousemuir (26 December 2021)
← 2020–21	2022–23 →

The 2021–22 Scottish League Two (known as cinch League Two for sponsorship reasons) is the ninth season of Scottish League Two, the fourth tier of Scottish football. The season is set to commence on 31 July.

Ten teams contested the league: Albion Rovers, Annan Athletic, Cowdenbeath, Edinburgh City, Elgin City, Forfar Athletic, Kelty Hearts, Stenhousemuir, Stirling Albion and Stranraer.

Teams

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

To League Two Promoted from Lowland Football League Kelty Hearts Relegated from League One Forfar Athletic

From League Two Relegated to Highland Football League Brechin City Promoted to League One Queen's Park

Stadia and locations

Albion Rovers	Annan Athletic	Cowdenbeath	Edinburgh City
Cliftonhill	Galabank	Central Park	Meadowbank Stadium
Capacity: 1,238	Capacity: 2,504	Capacity: 4,309	Capacity: 500
Elgin City			Forfar Athletic
Borough Briggs			Station Park
Capacity: 4,520			Capacity: 6,777
Kelty Hearts	Stenhousemuir	Stirling Albion	Stranraer
New Central Park	Ochilview Park	Forthbank Stadium	Stair Park
Capacity: 2,181	Capacity: 3,746	Capacity: 3,808	Capacity: 4,178

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Albion Rovers	Reid, BrianBrian Reid	Lynas, AronAron Lynas	Joma	CompliancePath
Annan Athletic	Murphy, PeterPeter Murphy	Swinglehurst, StevenSteven Swinglehurst	Halbro	M & S Engineering
Cowdenbeath	Bollan, GaryGary Bollan	Barr, CraigCraig Barr	Erreà	Collier Haulage, Quarrying and Recycling
Edinburgh City	Naysmith, GaryGary Naysmith	McIntyre, RobbieRobbie McIntyre	Macron	Forth Capital
Elgin City	Price, GavinGavin Price	Spark, EuanEuan Spark	Joma	McDonald & Munro
Forfar Athletic	Irvine, GaryGary Irvine	Meechan, RossRoss Meechan	Pendle	Orchard Timber Products
Kelty Hearts	Thomson, KevinKevin Thomson	Tidser, MichaelMichael Tidser	Joma	The Conservatory Converters
Stenhousemuir	Swift, StephenStephen Swift	Crighton, SeanSean Crighton	Puma	LOC Hire
Stirling Albion	Rutkiewicz, KevinKevin Rutkiewicz	McGeachie, RossRoss McGeachie	Macron	Prudential
Stranraer	Hamill, JamieJamie Hamill	Gallagher, GrantGrant Gallagher	Joma	Stena Line

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Kelty Hearts	Barry Ferguson	Resigned	24 May 2021	Pre-season	Kevin Thomson	28 May 2021
Stranraer	Stephen Farrell	Signed by Dumbarton	29 May 2021		Jamie Hamill	4 June 2021
Cowdenbeath	Gary Bollan	Mutual consent	23 October 2021	10th	Maurice Ross	2 November 2021
Stirling Albion	Kevin Rutkiewicz	Resigned	9 December 2021	4th	Darren Young	20 December 2021
Edinburgh City	Gary Naysmith	Sacked	17 March 2022	4th	Alan Maybury (interim)	24 March 2022

League summary

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kelty Hearts  (C) (P)	36	24	9	3	68	28	+40	81	Promotion to Scottish League One
2	Forfar Athletic	36	16	12	8	57	36	+21	60	Qualification to League One play-offs
3	Annan Athletic	36	18	5	13	64	51	+13	59
4	Edinburgh City  (P) (O)	36	14	10	12	43	49	−6	52
5	Stenhousemuir	36	13	10	13	47	46	+1	49
6	Stranraer	36	13	8	15	50	54	−4	47
7	Stirling Albion	36	11	9	16	41	46	−5	42
8	Albion Rovers	36	10	9	17	37	58	−21	39
9	Elgin City	36	9	10	17	33	51	−18	37
10	Cowdenbeath  (R)	36	7	8	21	28	49	−21	29	Qualification to League Two play-off finals

Source: SPFL
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 ALB ANN COW EDI ELG FOR KEL STE STI STR Albion Rovers — 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–3 0–3 2–2 1–0 3–2 Annan Athletic 1–1 — 1–0 1–3 4–1 0–2 5–1 1–2 3–1 2–2 Cowdenbeath 0–0 1–3 — 1–2 3–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–2 Edinburgh City 0–4 0–1 1–1 — 2–0 0–4 2–3 1–0 2–2 3–1 Elgin City 3–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 — 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–2 1–1 Forfar Athletic 3–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 — 2–2 3–4 2–0 1–1 Kelty Hearts 6–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 — 2–0 1–1 1–0 Stenhousemuir 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–4 — 0–1 1–4 Stirling Albion 2–1 2–3 4–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–3 1–3 — 1–1 Stranraer 1–0 0–3 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–3 0–4 2–0 0–3 — 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 ALB ANN COW EDI ELG FOR KEL STE STI STR Albion Rovers — 1–4 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–5 Annan Athletic 2–4 — 2–3 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 0–2 0–0 4–1 Cowdenbeath 0–1 1–3 — 0–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 Edinburgh City 1–2 2–1 1–0 — 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 Elgin City 1–1 0–2 1–4 2–0 — 1–0 0–0 0–2 3–1 1–2 Forfar Athletic 2–0 5–1 1–1 2–3 0–0 — 1–0 0–0 0–1 3–2 Kelty Hearts 3–1 3–1 1–0 2–2 4–0 1–1 — 1–0 1–1 3–2 Stenhousemuir 4–1 0–1 0–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 — 1–2 1–3 Stirling Albion 0–1 0–3 2–1 5–0 0–2 1–1 0–3 0–1 — 1–0 Stranraer 0–0 1–1 3–0 0–2 2–0 0–2 0–3 1–1 3–3 — 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 Two play-offs

The Pyramid play-off was contested between the champions of the 2021–22 Highland Football League (Fraserburgh) and the 2021–22 Lowland Football League (Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic). The winners will then face the bottom club in the League Two play-off final, being promoted to League Two for the 2022–23 season if they win. If Cowdenbeath lose the play-off, they will be relegated to the Lowland League for the following season.

Pyramid play-off

First leg

23 April 2022	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	3–1	Fraserburgh	Bonnyrigg
15:00	McGachie  38' Connolly  54' Currie  82'		Young  70'	Stadium: New Dundas Park Attendance: 1,571 Referee: Alan Newlands

Second leg

30 April 2022	Fraserburgh	1–0 (2–3 agg.)	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	Fraserburgh
15:00	Simpson  65'	Report		Stadium: Bellslea Park Referee: Mike Roncone

Final

First leg

7 May 2022	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	3–0	Cowdenbeath	Bonnyrigg
15:00	S. Brown  40' Martyniuk  44' (pen.) Brett  74'	Report		Stadium: New Dundas Park Attendance: 2,202 Referee: Grant Irvine

Second leg

14 May 2022	Cowdenbeath	v	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	Cowdenbeath
15:00				Stadium: Central Park

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

As of 30 April 2022

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nathan Austin	Kelty Hearts	17
2	Tony Wallace	Annan Athletic	13
	Kane Hester	Elgin City
	Thomas Orr	Stenhousemuir
5	Tommy Goss	Annan Athletic	12
	Joe Cardle	Kelty Hearts

Awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
August	Kevin Thomson	Kelty Hearts	Joe Cardle	Kelty Hearts
September	Kevin Rutkiewicz	Stirling Albion	Nathan Austin	Kelty Hearts
October	Gary Irvine	Forfar Athletic	Craig Thomson	Forfar Athletic
November	Kevin Thomson	Kelty Hearts	John Robertson	Edinburgh City
December	Peter Murphy	Annan Athletic	Dominic Docherty	Annan Athletic
January	Gavin Price	Elgin City	Tam Orr	Stenhousemuir
February	Stephen Swift	Stenhousemuir	Nicky Jamieson	Stenhousemuir
March	Kevin Thomson	Kelty Hearts	Tommy Goss	Annan Athletic

External links

• Official website