2014–15 Scottish League One

Scottish League One
Season 2014–15

The 2014–15 Scottish League One is the 20th season in the current format of 10 teams in the third-tier of Scottish football.

Teams

Peterhead and Stirling Albion were promoted respectively as 2013–14 Scottish League Two champions and 2013–14 Scottish League One play-off winners, whilst Greenock Morton were relegated from the 2013–14 Scottish Championship.

Stadia and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Airdrieonians Airdrie Excelsior Stadium 10,101[1]
Ayr United Ayr Somerset Park 10,185[2]
Brechin City Brechin Glebe Park 4,083[3]
Dunfermline Athletic Dunfermline East End Park 11,904[4]
Forfar Athletic Forfar Station Park 6,777[5]
Greenock Morton Greenock Cappielow Park 11,589[6]
Peterhead Peterhead Balmoor 3,150[7]
Stenhousemuir Stenhousemuir Ochilview Park 4,096[8]
Stirling Albion Stirling Forthbank Stadium 3,808[9]
Stranraer Stranraer Stair Park 4,178[10]

Personnel

Team Manager Manufacturer Sponsors
Airdrieonians Scotland Gary Bollan Puma Annick Structures Ltd
Ayr United Scotland Ian McCall Adidas Bodog
Brechin City Scotland Ray McKinnon Pendle Delson
Dunfermline Athletic Scotland John Potter Joma The Purvis Group
Forfar Athletic Scotland Dick Campbell Pendle Orchard Timber Products
Greenock Morton Scotland Jim Duffy Nike Millions Sweets
Peterhead Scotland Jim McInally Adidas Kerloch Oil Tools
Stenhousemuir Scotland Brown Ferguson (Caretaker) TBA Gulnar Tandoori Restaurant
Stirling Albion Scotland Stuart McLaren Macron Prudential Insurance
Stranraer Scotland Stephen Aitken Stanno Stena Line

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Greenock Morton (C) (P) 36 22 3 11 65 40+25 69 Promotion to the 2015–16 Scottish Championship
2 Stranraer (Q) 36 20 7 9 59 38+21 67 Qualification to the Scottish Championship play-offs
3 Forfar Athletic (Q) 36 20 6 10 59 41+18 66
4 Brechin City (Q) 36 15 14 7 58 46+12 59
5 Airdrieonians 36 16 10 10 53 39+14 58
6 Peterhead 36 14 9 13 51 543 51
7 Dunfermline Athletic 36 13 9 14 46 482 48
8 Ayr United 36 9 7 20 45 6015 34
9 Stenhousemuir (O) 36 8 5 23 42 6321 29 Scottish League One play-offs
10 Stirling Albion (R) 36 4 8 24 35 8449 20 Relegation to the 2015–16 Scottish League Two

Updated to games played on 2 May 2015.
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

First half of season

Home ╲ Away AIR AYR BREDNFFORGMOPETSTESTISTR
Airdrieonians 30 40 31 12 01 02 20 00 33
Ayr United 23 02 01 20 10 33 23 22 02
Brechin City 11 24 11 33 31 11 10 21 12
Dunfermline Athletic 30 42 00 00 12 30 20 40 01
Forfar Athletic 11 20 31 20 32 10 30 21 11
Greenock Morton 21 01 22 21 20 01 31 20 40
Peterhead 11 20 11 11 32 12 10 11 14
Stenhousemuir 10 11 02 10 02 21 12 45 22
Stirling Albion 22 13 05 02 22 34 23 04 11
Stranraer 10 31 22 12 11 20 50 02 20

Updated to games played on 10 March 2015.
Source: BBC Sport
1 ^ The 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 AYR BREDNFFORGMOPETSTESTISTR
Airdrieonians 20 11 32 31 21 13 21 41 11
Ayr United 01 22 02 10 11 24 00 40 02
Brechin City 00 21 30 23 11 22 21 21 13
Dunfermline Athletic 22 21 01 13 04 11 32 11 10
Forfar Athletic 20 13 02 10 12 31 10 40 10
Greenock Morton 01 21 02 20 02 31 32 40 20
Peterhead 01 20 30 11 10 13 20 21 12
Stenhousemuir 02 11 22 01 13 23 21 12 10
Stirling Albion 02 14 01 22 01 02 21 32 01
Stranraer 10 10 02 51 42 02 20 32 10

Updated to games played on 2 May 2015.
Source: BBC Sport
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

The second bottom team in League one enters into a 4 team playoff with the teams from 2nd to 4th from League Two

Semi-Finals

All times British Summer Time (UTC+1)

First Leg

6 May 2015
19:45
Arbroath 2–2 Queen's Park
McWalter Red card 23'
Murray  43', 64'
Report Wharton  18'
Fraser  36'
Gayfield Park, Arbroath
Attendance: 837
Referee: Craig Charleston

6 May 2015
19:45
East Fife 1–1 Stenhousemuir
Brown  3' Report Lithgow  61'
Bayview Stadium, Methil
Attendance: 679
Referee: Euan Anderson

Second Leg

9 May 2015
15:00
Queen's Park 1–0 (a.e.t.) Arbroath
Quinn  118' Report
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 1,026
Referee: Andrew Dallas

Queen's Park win 3-2 on aggregate

9 May 2015
15:00
Stenhousemuir 3–1 (a.e.t.) East Fife
Millar  2'
McCormack  94'
Sutherland  116'
Report Page  87'

Stenhousemuir win 4-2 on aggregate

Final

The two semi-final winners play-off over two legs . the winner is awarded a place in the 2015–16 Scottish League One

First Leg

13 May 2015
19:30
Queen's Park 0–1 Stenhousemuir
Report McCormack  55'
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 811
Referee: Barry Cook

Second Leg

16 May 2015
15:00
Stenhousemuir 1–1 Queen's Park
McMenamin  3' Report Fraser  36'
Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir
Attendance: 1,165
Referee: Don Robertson

Stenhousemuir win 2-1 on aggregate

Top scorers

As of 30 May 2015 (UTC)
Rank Scorer Club Goals[11]
1 Scotland Declan McManus Greenock Morton 20
2 Scotland Colin McMenamin Stenhousemuir 15
Scotland Alan Trouten Brechin City
4 Scotland Bryan Prunty Airdrieonians 14
5 Scotland Andy Jackson Brechin City 11
Scotland Jamie Longworth Stranraer
Scotland Gavin Swankie Forfar Athletic
8 Scotland Dale Hilson Forfar Athletic 10
Scotland Craig Malcolm Stranraer
10 Scotland Alan Forrest Ayr United 9
Scotland Willie Gibson Stranraer
Scotland Jim Lister Airdrieonians

References

  1. "Airdrieonians Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  2. "Ayr United Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  3. "Brechin City Football Club". Scottish Football Ground Guide. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  4. "Dunfermline Athletic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  5. "Forfar Athletic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  6. "Greenock Morton Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  7. "Peterhead Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  8. "Stenhousemuir Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  9. "Stirling Albion Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  10. "Stranraer Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  11. "Scottish League One Top Scorers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
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