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2016–17 Scottish League Two

The 2016–17 Scottish League Two (known as Ladbrokes League Two for sponsorship reasons) was the 23rd season in the current format of 10 teams in the fourth-tier of Scottish football. The last placed team (Cowdenbeath) entered a play-off with a team nominated by the Scottish Football Association from outside the SPFL (East Kilbride), to determine which team entered League Two in the 2017–18 season.[5] The fixtures were published on 17 June 2016.[6]

Scottish League Two
Season2016–17
ChampionsArbroath
PromotedArbroath
Forfar Athletic
Matches played180
Goals scored531 (2.95 per match)
Top goalscorerShane Sutherland
(18 goals)[1][2]
Biggest home winElgin City 6–0 Berwick Rangers[3]
(10 December 2016)
Biggest away winMontrose 0–5 Elgin City[3]
(15 October 2016)
Highest scoringArbroath 5–3 Stirling Albion[3]
(27 August 2016)
Clyde 5–3 Cowdenbeath[3]
(27 August 2016)
Longest winning run7 matches:[3]
Forfar Athletic
Longest unbeaten run10 matches:[3]
Forfar Athletic
Longest winless run14 matches:[3]
Clyde
Longest losing run7 matches:[3]
Cowdenbeath
Highest attendance1,748[3]
Arbroath 1–1 Stirling Albion[3]
(6 May 2017)
Lowest attendance241[3]
Annan Athletic 2–0 Cowdenbeath[3]
(10 December 2016)
Total attendance96,248[3]
Average attendance537[3] (18[4])
All statistics correct as of 7 May 2017.

Ten teams contested the league: Annan Athletic, Arbroath, Berwick Rangers, Clyde, Cowdenbeath, Edinburgh City, Elgin City, Forfar Athletic, Montrose and Stirling Albion. Arbroath won the league and were promoted, while Forfar were also promoted via the League One play-offs.

Teams edit

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

Stadia and locations edit

Annan Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Clyde
Galabank Gayfield Park Shielfield Park Broadwood Stadium
Capacity: 2,504[7] Capacity: 6,600[8] Capacity: 4,099[9] Capacity: 8,086[10]
       
Cowdenbeath
Edinburgh City
Central Park Meadowbank Stadium
Capacity: 4,309[11] Capacity: 5,000[12]
   
Elgin City Forfar Athletic Montrose Stirling Albion
Borough Briggs Station Park Links Park Forthbank Stadium
Capacity: 4,520[13] Capacity: 6,777[14] Capacity: 4,936[15] Capacity: 3,808[16]
       

Personnel and kits edit

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Annan Athletic   Jim Chapman   Steven Black Stanno M&S Engineering Ltd
Arbroath   Dick Campbell   Mark Whatley Pendle Megatech
Berwick Rangers   John Coughlin   Jordyn Sheerin Zoo Sport Simple Energy Scotland Ltd
Clyde   Jon-Paul McGovern &
  Peter MacDonald (joint interim) 		  Scott Ferguson Hummel Advance Construction Group (H),
Heartfelt Limited (A)
Cowdenbeath   Gary Locke   David McGurn Uhlsport Subsea Pressure Controls
Edinburgh City   Gary Jardine   Dougie Gair Joma Hutchinson Networks
Elgin City   Jim Weir   Archie MacPhee EC 1893 McDonald & Munro
Forfar Athletic   Gary Bollan   David Cox Pendle Orchard Timber Products
Montrose   Stewart Petrie   Paul Watson Nike Intervention Rentals
Stirling Albion   Dave Mackay   Ross McMillan Macron Prudential

Managerial changes edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Cowdenbeath   Colin Nish Sacked 12 May 2016[17] Pre-season   Liam Fox 23 May 2016[17]
Stirling Albion   Stuart McLaren Sacked 24 September 2016[18] 9th   Martyn Corrigan (caretaker) 24 September 2016[18]
Stirling Albion   Martyn Corrigan (caretaker) Stepped down 5 November 2016[19] 7th   Dave Mackay 9 November 2016[20]
Montrose   Paul Hegarty Sacked 16 November 2016[21] 9th   John Holt (caretaker) 16 November 2016[21]
Montrose   John Holt (caretaker) Interim ended 4 December 2016[22] 10th   Stewart Petrie 4 December 2016[22]
Clyde   Barry Ferguson Resigned 26 February 2017[23] 8th   Bob Malcolm (interim) 26 February 2017[24]
Clyde   Bob Malcolm (interim) Interim ended 2 March 2017[25] 9th   Jon-Paul McGovern &
  Peter MacDonald
(joint interim) 		2 March 2017[25]
Cowdenbeath   Liam Fox Resigned 6 March 2017[26] 10th   Gary Locke 10 March 2017[27]

League summary edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Arbroath (C, P) 36 18 12 6 63 36 +27 66 Promotion to League One
2 Forfar Athletic (O, P) 36 18 10 8 69 49 +20 64 Qualification to League One play-offs
3 Annan Athletic 36 18 4 14 61 58 +3 58
4 Montrose 36 14 10 12 44 53 −9 52
5 Elgin City 36 14 9 13 67 47 +20 51
6 Stirling Albion 36 12 11 13 50 59 −9 47
7 Edinburgh City 36 11 10 15 38 45 −7 43
8 Berwick Rangers 36 10 10 16 50 65 −15 40
9 Clyde 36 10 8 18 49 64 −15 38
10 Cowdenbeath (O) 36 9 8 19 40 55 −15 35 Qualification to League Two play-off finals
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Positions by round edit

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

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.

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
Arbroath564244564443344322222222222222222211
Forfar Athletic221111111111111111111111111111111122
Annan Athletic153566656666555555444444444343343333
Montrose98999887889991010967985555555666565444
Elgin City412635332222422233333333333434434555
Stirling Albion7757899877777991089767989876555656666
Edinburgh City710101010101010101010101088776678898999998987777
Berwick Rangers6364534455556776910899777667777779998
Clyde347322223334233444556666788889898889
Cowdenbeath10988777999888668108101010101010101010101010101010101010
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2017. Source: [citation needed]

Results edit

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.

Season statistics edit

Scoring edit

Top scorers edit

As of matches played on 6 May 2017
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Shane Sutherland Elgin City 18
2   Peter MacDonald Clyde 17
3   Ryan McCord Arbroath 13
  Steven Thomson Berwick Rangers
  Brian Cameron Elgin City
6   Steven Doris Arbroath 12
  Danny Denholm Forfar Athletic
8   David McKenna Annan Athletic 11
  Gary Fraser Montrose
  David Cox Forfar Athletic
  Josh Peters Forfar Athletic
  Darren Smith Stirling Albion

Source:[1][2][28]

Hat-tricks edit

Player For Against Result Date Ref
  Bobby Linn Arbroath Stirling Albion 5–3 27 August 2016 [29]
  Shane Sutherland Elgin City Berwick Rangers 6–0 10 December 2016 [30]
  Shane Sutherland Elgin City Edinburgh City 3–1 28 January 2017 [31]
  Steven Thomson Berwick Rangers Annan Athletic 4–1 4 February 2017 [32]
  David Goodwillie Clyde Elgin City 3–2 15 April 2017 [33]
  Ryan McCord Arbroath Elgin City 3–2 29 April 2017 [34]

Discipline edit

Player edit

Club edit

Attendances edit

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Annan Athletic 6,955 461 241 386 −13.6%†
2 Arbroath 13,078 1,731 482 726 +11.5%†
3 Berwick Rangers 7,679 695 302 426 −7.6%†
4 Clyde 9,472 738 365 526 −14.1%†
5 Cowdenbeath 6,216 571 258 345 −42.0%†
6 Edinburgh City 7,212 590 256 400 n/a†
7 Elgin City 12,366 1,091 519 687 −6.7%†
8 Forfar Athletic 10,861 1,564 337 638 −8.6%†
9 Montrose 10,901 1,324 283 605 +7.1%†
10 Stirling Albion 11,508 1,748 412 639 +3.7%†
League total 96,248 1,748 241 537 −3.2%†

Updated to games played on 6 May 2017
Source: [3][4]

Awards edit

Monthly awards edit

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Ref.
Manager Club Player Club
August   Gary Bollan Forfar Athletic   Josh Peters Forfar Athletic [37]
September   Gary Bollan Forfar Athletic   Thomas O'Brien Forfar Athletic
October   Jim Weir Elgin City   Shane Sutherland Elgin City
November   Gary Jardine Edinburgh City   Marc Laird Edinburgh City
December   Gary Jardine Edinburgh City   Andrew Stobie Edinburgh City
January   Gary Bollan Forfar Athletic   Shane Sutherland Elgin City
February   Jim Chapman Annan Athletic   Gavin Skelton Annan Athletic
March   Dave Mackay Stirling Albion   Greg Rutherford Berwick Rangers
April   Dick Campbell Arbroath   Ryan McCord Arbroath

Annual awards edit

League Two Manager of the Season edit

League Two Player of the Season edit

PFA Scotland Scottish League Two Team of the Year edit

The PFA Scotland Scottish Championship Team of the Year was:[38][39]

League Two play-offs edit

The semi-final was contested between the winners of the 2016–17 Highland Football League (Buckie Thistle)[41] and the 2016–17 Lowland Football League (East Kilbride).[42] The winners then played off against the bottom club in League Two (Cowdenbeath).[43]

Semi-finals edit

First leg edit

29 April 2017 Buckie Thistle 2 – 2 East Kilbride Buckie
15:00 Angus   9'
Urquhart   31' (pen.)		 BBC Sport report Victoria   44'
McLean   85'		 Stadium: Victoria Park
Referee: David Munro

Second leg edit

6 May 2017 East Kilbride 2 – 1
(4–3 agg.)		 Buckie Thistle East Kilbride
15:00 Winter   5'
Strachan   21'		 BBC Sport report Proctor   31' (o.g.)
Copeland   44'  
Angus   80'		 Stadium: K-Park Training Academy

Final edit

First leg edit

13 May 2017[44] East Kilbride 0–0 Cowdenbeath East Kilbride
15:00 BBC Sport report Stadium: K-Park Training Academy
Attendance: 548
Referee: Gavin Duncan

Second leg edit

20 May 2017[44] Cowdenbeath 1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(1–1 agg.)
(5 – 3 p)		 East Kilbride Cowdenbeath
14:00 Mullen   3' BBC Sport report Gibbons   64' Stadium: Central Park
Attendance: 1,676
Referee: Craig Charleston
Penalties
Mullen  
Renton  
Syme  
Johnston  
Henderson  		 Strachan  
McLean  
Woods  
Victoria  

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