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2016–17 Scottish League One

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The 2016–17 Scottish League One (known as Ladbrokes League One for sponsorship reasons) was the 23rd season in the current format of 10 teams in the third-tier of Scottish football. The fixtures were published on 17 June 2016.[5]

Scottish League One
Season2016–17
ChampionsLivingston
PromotedLivingston
Brechin City
RelegatedPeterhead
Stenhousemuir
Matches played180
Goals scored509 (2.83 per match)
Top goalscorerAndy Ryan
(23 goals)[1][2]
Biggest home winAlloa Athletic 6–1 Brechin City[3]
(15 April 2017)
Biggest away winStenhousemuir 0–5 Stranraer[3]
(15 October 2016)
Airdrieonians 0–5 Stenhousemuir[3]
(10 December 2016)
Highest scoringStranraer 2–5 Alloa Athletic[3]
(13 August 2016)
Albion Rovers 3–4 Airdrieonians[3]
(11 March 2017)
Longest winning run9 matches:[3]
Livingston
Longest unbeaten run10 matches:[3]
East Fife
Longest winless run10 matches:[3]
Peterhead
Longest losing run5 matches:[3]
Stenhousemuir
Highest attendance1,633[3]
Airdrieonians 1–2 Albion Rovers
(2 January 2017)
Lowest attendance228[3]
Albion Rovers 0–2 Brechin City
(13 August 2016)
Total attendance101,700[3]
Average attendance565[3] (410[4])
All statistics correct as of 7 May 2017.

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

Teams edit

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

Stadia and locations edit

Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Brechin City
Excelsior Stadium Cliftonhill Recreation Park Glebe Park
Capacity: 10,101[6] Capacity: 1,238[7] Capacity: 3,100[8] Capacity: 4,083[9]
       
East Fife
Livingston
Bayview Stadium Almondvale Stadium
Capacity: 1,998[10] Capacity: 8,716[11]
 
  
Peterhead Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stranraer
Balmoor Hampden Park Ochilview Park Stair Park
Capacity: 3,150[12] Capacity: 51,866[13] Capacity: 4,096[14] Capacity: 4,178[15]
       

Personnel and kits edit

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Airdrieonians   Mark Wilson   Marc Fitzpatrick Under Armour M&H Logistics
Albion Rovers   Darren Young   Michael Dunlop Adidas Reigart Demolition
Alloa Athletic   Jim Goodwin   Graeme Holmes Pendle Chrystal & Hill Ltd
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 edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Alloa Athletic   Jack Ross Signed by St Mirren 4 October 2016[16] 3rd   Jim Goodwin 11 October 2016[17]
Airdrieonians   Eddie Wolecki Black
  Kevin McBride 		Stepped down
Sacked 		30 October 2016[18] 4th   Mark Wilson 31 October 2016[18]
East Fife   Gary Naysmith Signed by Queen of the South 5 December 2016[19] 9th   Barry Smith 13 December 2016[20]
Stranraer   Brian Reid Resigned 16 January 2017[21] 10th   Stephen Farrell 20 January 2017[22]

League summary edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification 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 Championship play-offs
3 Airdrieonians 36 16 4 16 61 66 −5 52
4 Brechin City (O, P) 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-offs
10 Stenhousemuir (R) 36 11 6 19 45 64 −19 39 Relegation to Scottish League Two
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2017. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Positions by round edit

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

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
Livingston121332323211111111111111111111111111
Alloa Athletic212121131333344344422223222222222222
Airdrieonians354455767544422222233332334444434533
Brechin City433213212122233433344445667565545444
East Fife645644446789999876666556443333356355
Queen's Park866566888998775555555664555656663666
Stranraer99107975756778889910991010109996778788887
Albion Rovers577878654455556667777777789997877778
Peterhead10108108991098666677888888888788899999109
Stenhousemuir78991010109101010101010101010910109991010101010101010101010910
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   Andy Ryan Airdrieonians 23
2   Liam Buchanan Livingston 22
3   Iain Russell Airdrieonians 18
4   Greig Spence Alloa Athletic 16
  Rory McAllister Peterhead
6   Jordan Kirkpatrick Alloa Athletic 14
  Danny Mullen Livingston
8   Andy Jackson Brechin City 13
  Craig Malcolm Stranraer

Source:[1][2][23]

Hat-tricks edit

Player For Against Result Date Ref
  Iain Russell Airdrieonians Queen's Park 4–1 22 October 2016 [24]
  Ross Caldwell Brechin City Peterhead 3–1 5 November 2016 [25]
  Andy Ryan Airdrieonians East Fife 4–0 29 April 2017 [26]

Discipline edit

Player edit

Club edit

Attendances edit

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Airdrieonians 14,945 1,633 482 830 −3.6%†
2 Albion Rovers 8,092 1,199 228 449 −19.0%†
3 Alloa Athletic 9,561 712 307 531 −52.6%†
4 Brechin City 7,715 553 283 428 −20.7%†
5 East Fife 11,273 918 412 626 +0.2%†
6 Livingston 14,344 1,099 531 796 −53.9%†
7 Peterhead 9,081 681 365 504 −20.8%†
8 Queen's Park 11,605 957 481 644 +24.3%†
9 Stenhousemuir 7,715 604 331 428 −24.4%†
10 Stranraer 7,369 523 317 409 −19.2%†
League total 101,700 1,633 228 565 −42.1%†

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   Jack Ross Alloa Athletic   Jordan Kirkpatrick Alloa Athletic [29]
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   David Hopkin Livingston   Liam Buchanan Livingston

League One play-offs edit

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 edit

First leg edit

10 May 2017[30] Montrose 1 – 1 Peterhead Montrose
19:45 Templeman   14' BBC Sport report Strachan   10' Stadium: Links Park
Attendance: 1,251
Referee: Mat Northcroft
10 May 2017[30] Annan Athletic 2 – 2 Forfar Athletic Annan
19:45 Weatherson   4'
Smith   16'		 BBC Sport report Travis   81'
Fotheringham   82'		 Stadium: Galabank
Attendance: 629
Referee: Crawford Allan

Second leg edit

13 May 2017[30] Peterhead 3 – 0
(4 – 1 agg.)		 Montrose Peterhead
15:00 McAllister   34', 51' (pen.)
Brown   90+2'		 BBC Sport report Smith   69' Stadium: Balmoor Stadium
Attendance: 1,096
Referee: Steven Kirkland
13 May 2017[30] Forfar Athletic 4 – 2
(6 – 4 agg.)		 Annan Athletic Forfar
15:00 Swankie   12', 37'
Denholnm   32'
Bain   73'		 BBC Sport report Smith   50' (pen.)
Ramsay   67'		 Stadium: Station Park
Referee: John McKendrick

Final edit

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 edit

17 May 2017[30] Forfar Athletic 2 – 1 Peterhead Forfar
19:45 Fotheringham   54'
Travis   74'		 BBC Sport report McAllister   3'
McMullin   51'  		 Stadium: Station Park
Attendance: 958
Referee: Stephen Finnie

Second leg edit

20 May 2017[30] Peterhead 1 – 5
(2 – 7 agg.)		 Forfar Athletic Peterhead
15:00 Brown   78' BBC Sport report Milne   5'
Cox   17'
Denholm   51'
Malone   68'
Peters   83'		 Stadium: Balmoor Stadium
Attendance: 1,084
Referee: Gavin Duncan

References edit

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