# 2022–23 Scottish League One

The 2022–23 Scottish League One (known as cinch League One for sponsorship reasons) was the tenth season of Scottish League One, the third tier of Scottish football.
Ten teams contested the league: Airdrieonians, Alloa Athletic, Clyde, Dunfermline Athletic, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Kelty Hearts, Montrose, Peterhead and Queen of the South.

## Teams

The following teams changed division after the 2021–22 season.

### Stadia and locations

| Airdrieonians | Alloa Athletic | Clyde | Dunfermline Athletic |
| Excelsior Stadium | Recreation Park | New Douglas Park | East End Park |
| Capacity: 10,101 | Capacity: 3,100 | Capacity: 6,018 | Capacity: 11,480 |
| Falkirk | AirdrieAlloaClydeDunfermlineFalkirkEdinburghKelty HeartsMontrosePeterheadQueen of the Southclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2022–23 Scottish League One | AirdrieAlloaClydeDunfermlineFalkirkEdinburghKelty HeartsMontrosePeterheadQueen of the Southclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2022–23 Scottish League One | Edinburgh |
| Falkirk Stadium | AirdrieAlloaClydeDunfermlineFalkirkEdinburghKelty HeartsMontrosePeterheadQueen of the Southclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2022–23 Scottish League One | AirdrieAlloaClydeDunfermlineFalkirkEdinburghKelty HeartsMontrosePeterheadQueen of the Southclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2022–23 Scottish League One | Meadowbank Stadium |
| Capacity: 7,937 | AirdrieAlloaClydeDunfermlineFalkirkEdinburghKelty HeartsMontrosePeterheadQueen of the Southclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2022–23 Scottish League One | AirdrieAlloaClydeDunfermlineFalkirkEdinburghKelty HeartsMontrosePeterheadQueen of the Southclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2022–23 Scottish League One | Capacity: 1,280 |
| Kelty Hearts | Montrose | Peterhead | Queen of the South |
| New Central Park | Links Park | Balmoor | Palmerston Park |
| Capacity: 2,181 | Capacity: 4,936 | Capacity: 3,150 | Capacity: 8,690 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Airdrieonians | Rhys McCabe | Callum Fordyce | Umbro | Holemasters |
| Alloa Athletic | Brian Rice | Andy Graham | Pendle | Northern Gas and Power |
| Clyde | Jim Duffy | Brian McLean | Puma | HomesBook Factoring (Home) Whitemoss Dental (Away) |
| Dunfermline Athletic | James McPake | Kyle Benedictus | Joma | SRJ Windows |
| Falkirk | John McGlynn | Stephen McGinn | Puma | Crunchy Carrots |
| Edinburgh | Alan Maybury | Robbie McIntyre | Joma | Forth Capital |
| Kelty Hearts | John Potter | Michael Tidser | Joma | The Conservatory Converters |
| Montrose | Stewart Petrie | Paul Watson | Hummel | Carnegie Fuels Ltd |
| Peterhead | Jordon Brown and Ryan Strachan | Paul Dixon | Adidas | The Score Group |
| Queen of the South | Marvin Bartley | Josh Todd | Macron | Rosefield Salvage |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Falkirk | Kenny Miller | End of interim spell | 30 April 2022 | Pre-season | John McGlynn | 4 May 2022 |
| Edinburgh | Alan Maybury | End of interim spell | 13 May 2022 | Pre-season | Alan Maybury | 19 May 2022 |
| Dunfermline Athletic | John Hughes | Mutual consent | 19 May 2022 | Pre-season | James McPake | 24 May 2022 |
| Airdrieonians | Ian Murray | Signed by Raith Rovers | 24 May 2022 | Pre-season | Rhys McCabe | 26 May 2022 |
| Kelty Hearts | Kevin Thomson | Resigned | 31 May 2022 | Pre-season | John Potter | 8 June 2022 |
| Clyde | Danny Lennon | Mutual consent | 25 October 2022 | 9th | Jim Duffy | 7 November 2022 |
| Peterhead | Jim McInally | Resigned | 14 November 2022 | 10th | David Robertson | 29 November 2022 |
| Queen of the South | Willie Gibson | Mutual consent | 21 December 2022 | 7th | Marvin Bartley | 7 January 2023 |
| Peterhead | David Robertson | Sacked | 21 March 2023 | 10th | Jordon Brown and Ryan Strachan | 21 March 2023 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dunfermline Athletic (C, P) | 36 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 63 | 21 | +42 | 81 | Promotion to the Championship |
| 2 | Falkirk | 36 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 70 | 39 | +31 | 67 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 3 | Airdrieonians (O, P) | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 82 | 51 | +31 | 60 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 4 | Alloa Athletic | 36 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 56 | 47 | +9 | 57 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 5 | Queen of the South | 36 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 54 | |
| 6 | Edinburgh | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 60 | 55 | +5 | 51 | |
| 7 | Montrose | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 50 | 55 | −5 | 48 | |
| 8 | Kelty Hearts | 36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 39 | 54 | −15 | 40 | |
| 9 | Clyde (R) | 36 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 35 | 68 | −33 | 24 | Qualification for the League One play-offs |
| 10 | Peterhead (R) | 36 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 19 | 84 | −65 | 16 | Relegation to League Two |

## Results

Matches 1–18
Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away.
Home \ Away
AIR
ALO
CLY
DNF
EDI
FAL
KEL
MON
PET
QOS
Airdrieonians
2–0
5–0
3–4
0–6
4–0
1–0
4–0
1–1
3–3
Alloa Athletic
2–0
2–1
0–3
2–4
1–1
3–1
2–1
5–0
5–1
Clyde
0–1
2–4
0–2
0–2
3–3
3–0
1–3
2–2
1–2
Dunfermline Athletic
1–1
1–0
2–2
1–0
1–1
2–1
1–0
2–2
1–1
Edinburgh
3–1
4–3
2–0
0–3
0–3
2–0
2–2
2–0
0–3
Falkirk
1–1
3–1
2–0
0–1
2–0
2–3
0–0
3–1
3–1
Kelty Hearts
1–0
1–1
2–1
0–0
0–2
2–0
1–3
3–0
1–0
Montrose
4–2
0–0
2–1
2–0
1–2
1–1
3–0
3–0
0–0
Peterhead
0–2
0–2
1–0
0–2
1–1
0–4
2–1
0–2
1–4
Queen of the South
1–1
1–1
1–4
0–2
4–1
1–3
1–2
4–0
2–0
Source: 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
AIR
ALO
CLY
DNF
EDI
FAL
KEL
MON
PET
QOS
Airdrieonians
4–0
1–0
1–1
3–5
1–3
6–1
3–0
7–0
1–3
Alloa Athletic
0–1
3–1
0–2
2–1
1–4
0–0
1–0
1–0
1–2
Clyde
1–5
2–2
1–1
2–1
0–0
1–2
2–1
1–0
1–1
Dunfermline Athletic
1–1
2–0
2–1
0–0
2–0
0–0
2–0
4–0
5–0
Edinburgh
1–4
0–2
3–0
0–1
1–2
2–2
1–1
4–0
1–3
Falkirk
2–2
1–0
4–0
2–2
1–2
0–0
2–1
5–0
5–2
Kelty Hearts
1–1
0–1
0–0
1–2
1–2
1–2
1–2
2–1
3–0
Montrose
2–4
0–4
2–0
1–3
3–3
1–2
3–3
2–1
1–0
Peterhead
0–3
0–2
1–1
0–2
1–0
1–3
1–1
0–0
1–3
Queen of the South
3–2
1–2
1–0
0–2
1–0
1–0
4–1
2–3
2–1
Source: 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. :

## Season statistics
### Scoring
#### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Calum Gallagher | Airdrieonians | 22 |
| 1 | Ruari Paton | Queen of the South | 22 |
| 3 | Craig Wighton | Dunfermline Athletic | 16 |
| 4 | Gabby McGill | Airdrieonians | 15 |
| 5 | Conor Sammon | Alloa Athletic | 13 |
| 5 | Danny Handling | Edinburgh | 13 |
| 5 | John Robertson | Edinburgh | 13 |

## Awards

| Month | Manager of the Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Player of the Month |
| Month | Manager | Club | Player | Club |
| August | Rhys McCabe | Airdrieonians | Calum Gallagher | Airdrieonians |
| September/October | James McPake | Dunfermline Athletic | Danny Handling | Edinburgh |
| November | James McPake | Dunfermline Athletic | Jordan Allan | Clyde |
| December | Alan Maybury | Edinburgh | John Robertson | Edinburgh |
| January | John McGlynn | Falkirk | Callumn Morrison | Falkirk |
| February | John McGlynn | Falkirk | Kyle Benedictus | Dunfermline Athletic |
| March | Marvin Bartley | Queen of the South | Gabby McGill | Airdrieonians |
| April | James McPake | Dunfermline Athletic | Craig Wighton | Dunfermline Athletic |
The SPFL League One manager of the year was James McPake of Dunfermline Athletic.
The SPFL League One player of the year was Kyle Benedictus of Dunfermline Athletic.

## League One play-offs

The semi-finals were contested by the teams placed second to fourth in League Two, as well as the team placed ninth in League One. The winners advanced to the final, with the highest-ranked team hosting the second leg.

### Qualified teams

| Team | Rank |
| Clyde | 1 |
| Dumbarton | 2 |
| Annan Athletic | 3 |
| East Fife | 4 |