2016–17 Scottish League One

Scottish League One 2016–17
Season information
Winners	Livingston
Promoted	Livingston
Relegated	Peterhead Stenhousemuir
Season statistics
Goals scored	509
Top goalscorer	Andy Ryan (23 goals)
Biggest home win	Alloa Athletic 6–1 Brechin City (15 April 2017)
Biggest away win	Stenhousemuir 0–5 Stranraer (15 October 2016) Airdrieonians 0–5 Stenhousemuir (10 December 2016)
Highest scoring	Stranraer 2–5 Alloa Athletic (13 August 2016) Albion Rovers 3–4 Airdrieonians (11 March 2017)
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The 2016–17 Scottish League One (known as Ladbrokes League One for sponsorship reasons) is the 22nd season in the current format of 10 teams in the third-tier of Scottish football. The fixtures were published on 17 June 2016.

Ten teams will contest the league: Airdrieonians, Albion Rovers, Alloa Athletic, Brechin City, East Fife, Livingston, Peterhead, Queen's Park, Stenhousemuir and Stranraer.

Teams

The following teams have changed division since the 2015–16 season.

To League One Promoted from Scottish League Two East Fife Queen's Park Relegated from Scottish Championship Alloa Athletic Livingston

From League One Relegated to Scottish League Two Forfar Athletic Cowdenbeath Promoted to Scottish Championship Dunfermline Athletic Ayr United

Stadia and locations

Airdrieonians	Albion Rovers	Alloa Athletic	Brechin City	East Fife
Excelsior Stadium	Cliftonhill	Indodrill Stadium	Glebe Park	Bayview Stadium
Capacity: 10,101	Capacity: 1,238	Capacity: 3,100	Capacity: 4,083	Capacity: 1,980

Livingston	Peterhead	Queen's Park	Stenhousemuir	Stranraer
Tony Macaroni Arena	Balmoor	Hampden Park	Ochilview Park	Stair Park
Capacity: 8,716	Capacity: 3,150	Capacity: 51,866	Capacity: 3,746	Capacity: 4,178

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Airdrieonians	Mark Wilson	Marc Fitzpatrick	Under Armour	M&H Logistics
Albion Rovers	Darren Young	Darren Young	Adidas	Reigart Demolition
Alloa Athletic	Jim Goodwin	Graeme Holmes	Pendle	Marshall Construction
Brechin City	Darren Dods	Paul McLean	Pendle	Delson
East Fife	Barry Smith	Kevin Smith	Joma	W Glendinning Haulage Contractors (Home shirt) EF Joinery (Away shirt)
Livingston	David Hopkin	Sean Crighton	Joma	Tony Macaroni
Peterhead	Jim McInally	Simon Ferry	Adidas	LFH Engineering Ltd
Queen's Park	Gus MacPherson	Paul Woods	Under Armour	Irn-Bru
Stenhousemuir	Brown Ferguson	Mark Gilhaney	Prostar	Gulnar Tandoori Restaurant
Stranraer	Stephen Farrell	Steven Bell	Stanno	Stena Line

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Alloa Athletic	name !Jack Ross	Signed by St Mirren	4 October 2016	3rd	Jim Goodwin	11 October 2016
Airdrieonians	name !Eddie Wolecki Black Kevin McBride	Stepped down Sacked	30 October 2016	4th	Mark Wilson	31 October 2016
East Fife	name !Gary Naysmith	Signed by Queen of the South	5 December 2016	9th	Barry Smith	13 December 2016
Stranraer	name !Brian Reid	Resigned	16 January 2017	10th	name !Stephen Farrell	20 January 2017

League Summary

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Livingston  (C) (P)	36	26	3	7	80	32	+48	81	Promotion to Scottish Championship
2	Alloa Athletic	36	17	11	8	69	44	+25	62	Qualification to League One play-offs
3	Airdrieonians	36	16	4	16	61	66	−5	52
4	Brechin City  (P) (O)	36	15	5	16	43	49	−6	50
5	East Fife	36	12	10	14	41	44	−3	46
6	Queen's Park	36	12	10	14	37	51	−14	46
7	Stranraer	36	12	8	16	46	50	−4	44
8	Albion Rovers	36	11	9	16	41	48	−7	42
9	Peterhead  (R)	36	10	10	16	44	59	−15	40	Qualification to League One play-off finals
10	Stenhousemuir  (R)	36	11	6	19	45	64	−19	39	Relegation to Scottish League Two

Source: BBC Sport
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

Positions by Round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

	Leader - Promotion to 2017–18 Scottish Premiership
	Qualification to Championship play-offs
	Qualification to League One play-offs
	Relegation to 2017–18 Scottish League Two

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Livingston	1	2	1	3	3	2	3	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Alloa Athletic	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	3	1	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Queen's Park	8	6	6	5	6	6	8	8	8	9	9	8	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	4	5	5	5	6	5	6	6	6	3
Airdrieonians	3	5	4	4	5	5	7	6	7	5	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Brechin City	4	3	3	2	1	3	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	7	5	6	5	5	4	5
East Fife	6	4	5	6	4	4	4	4	6	7	8	9	9	9	9	8	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	5	6
Albion Rovers	5	7	7	8	7	8	6	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	7	8	7	7
Stranraer	9	9	10	7	9	7	5	7	5	6	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	6	7	7	8	7	8	8
Peterhead	10	10	8	10	8	9	9	10	9	8	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9
Stenhousemuir	7	8	9	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Source: Statto.com
Updated: 17 April 2017

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 36 games.

First half of season Home \ Away AIR ALB ALO BRE EFI LIV PET QPA STE STR Airdrieonians 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–4 1–3 4–1 0–5 1–0 Albion Rovers 1–2 0–4 0–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 4–0 3–2 Alloa Athletic 1–2 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–3 4–0 1–1 4–1 2–2 Brechin City 3–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–3 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 East Fife 0–1 2–2 2–2 1–2 3–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 2–0 Livingston 2–0 1–2 3–1 2–1 3–1 1–2 1–2 4–1 5–1 Peterhead 2–4 2–2 1–1 1–3 0–3 1–2 2–0 0–2 2–0 Queen's Park 1–3 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–3 0–2 Stenhousemuir 2–2 1–0 2–2 1–3 0–1 0–4 2–2 1–2 0–5 Stranraer 1–2 3–2 2–5 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–2 3–1 Updated to games played on 28 March 2017 Source: Scottish League 1 1The home team is listed in the left-hand column. Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season Home \ Away AIR ALB ALO BRE EFI LIV PET QPA STE STR Airdrieonians 1–2 0–1 3–1 2–2 0–4 4–1 3–2 1–0 1–2 Albion Rovers 3–4 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 Alloa Athletic 2–1 1–1 6–1 3–0 2–2 0–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 Brechin City 3–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–2 0–1 3–1 2–2 0–0 East Fife 0–4 2–0 0–0 3–2 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 Livingston 4–2 3–0 2–1 3–0 0–1 4–1 4–0 1–0 0–0 Peterhead 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–1 1–1 2–3 4–0 0–1 2–2 Queen's Park 2–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–1 Stenhousemuir 4–2 0–3 2–4 1–1 3–1 0–1 3–1 0–2 1–0 Stranraer 2–1 3–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 0–1 3–3 1–1 3–0 Updated to games played on 6 May 2017 Source: Scottish League 1 1The home team is listed in the left-hand column. Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

As of matches played on 15 April 2017

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Liam Buchanan	Livingston	21
2	Andy Ryan	Airdrieonians	18
3	Iain Russell	Airdrieonians	16
	Greig Spence	Alloa Athletic
5	Rory McAllister	Peterhead	15
6	Jordan Kirkpatrick	Alloa Athletic	13
	Andy Jackson	Brechin City
8	Ross Stewart	Albion Rovers	12
	Danny Mullen	Livingston
	Craig Malcolm	Stranraer

Source:

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Iain Russell	Airdrieonians	Queen's Park	4–1	02016-10-22-22 October 2016
Ross Caldwell	Brechin City	Peterhead	3–1	02016-11-05-5 November 2016

Discipline

Player

Yellow cards As of matches played on 15 April 2017 Rank Player Club Cards 1 Dougie Hill Brechin City 13 2 Jamie McCormack Stenhousemuir 12 3 Ryan McGeever Queen's Park 11 4 Ryan Wallace Albion Rovers 10 Rory McAllister Peterhead 6 Scott Ross Peterhead 9 David Marsh Stenhousemuir 8 Iain Russell Airdrieonians 8 Adam Cummins Queen's Park Steven Bell Stranraer Source:

Red cards As of matches played on 15 April 2017 Rank Player Club Cards 1 Jim Goodwin Alloa Athletic 2 David Marsh Stenhousemuir Jamie McCormack Stenhousemuir 2 31 players 1 Source:

Club

Yellow cards As of matches played on 15 April 2017 Rank Club Cards 1 Queen's Park 72 2 Airdrieonians 70 3 Brechin City 65 Peterhead Stenhousemuir Source:

Red cards As of matches played on 15 April 2017 Rank Club Cards 1 Airdrieonians 7 2 East Fife 5 Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Source:

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Airdrieonians	13,177	1,633	482	823	-0.95586527293844−4.4%†
2	Albion Rovers	7,150	1,199	228	446	-0.80505415162455−19.4%†
3	Alloa Athletic	9,054	712	307	532	-0.47457627118644−52.5%†
4	Brechin City	6,890	553	283	430	-0.7962962962963−20.3%†
5	East Fife	10,355	784	412	609	-0.9744−2.5%†
6	Livingston	12,632	1,099	531	789	-0.45739130434783−54.2%†
7	Peterhead	7,813	621	365	488	-0.76729559748428−23.2%†
8	Queen's Park	10,841	957	481	637	0.22972972972973+22.9%†
9	Stenhousemuir	7,158	604	331	421	-0.74381625441696−25.6%†
10	Stranraer	6,907	523	317	406	-0.80237154150198−19.7%†
	League total	91,977	1,633	228	557	-0.56836734693878−43.1%†

Updated to games played on 15 April 2017
Source: .

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
August	Jack Ross	Alloa Athletic	Jordan Kirkpatrick	Alloa Athletic
September	Gary Naysmith	East Fife	Jamie Insall	East Fife
October	David Hopkin	Livingston	Liam Buchanan	Livingston
November	Mark Wilson	Airdrieonians	Rohan Ferguson	Airdrieonians
December	Bary Smith	East Fife	Jonathan Page	East Fife
January	Jim McInally	Peterhead	Michael Dunlop	Albion Rovers
February	Jim Goodwin	Alloa Athletic	Willie Gibson	Stranraer
March	David Hopkin	Livingston	Andy Jackson	Brechin City
April

League One play-offs

Peterhead the second bottom team, entered into a 4-team playoff with the 2nd-4th placed teams in 2016–17 Scottish League Two; Annan Athletic, Forfar Athletic and Montrose.

Semi-finals

First leg

10 May 2017	Montrose	1 – 1	Peterhead	Links Park, Montrose
19:45	Templeman  14'	Report	Strachan  10'	Attendance: 1,251 Referee: Mat Northcroft

10 May 2017	Annan Athletic	2 – 2	Forfar Athletic	Galabank, Annan
19:45	Weatherson  4' Smith  16'	Report	Travis  81' Fotheringham  82'	Attendance: 629 Referee: Crawford Allan

Second leg

13 May 2017	Peterhead	3 – 0 (4 – 1 agg.)	Montrose	Balmoor Stadium, Peterhead
15:00	McAllister  34', 51' (pen.) Brown  90+2'	Report	Smith  69'	Attendance: 1,096 Referee: Steven Kirkland

13 May 2017	Forfar Athletic	4 – 2 (6 – 4 agg.)	Annan Athletic	Station Park, Forfar
15:00	Swankie  12', 37' Denholnm  32' Bain  73'	Report	Smith  50' (pen.) Ramsay  67'	Referee: John McKendrick

Final

The winners of the semi-finals will compete against one another over two legs, with the winner competing in the 2017–18 Scottish League One.

First leg

17 May 2016	Forfar Athletic	2 – 1	Peterhead	Station Park, Forfar
19:45	Fotheringham  54' Travis  74'	Report	McAllister  3' McMullin  51'	Attendance: 958 Referee: Stephen Finnie

Second leg

20 May 2016	Peterhead	1 – 5 (2 – 7 agg.)	Forfar Athletic	Balmoor Stadium, Peterhead
15:00	Brown  78'	Report	Milne  5' Cox  17' Denholm  51' Malone  68' Peters  83'	Attendance: 1,084 Referee: Gavin Duncan