# 2017–18 Lowland Football League

The 2017–18 Scottish Lowland Football League (known as the Ferrari Packaging Lowland League for sponsorship reasons) was the fifth season of the Lowland Football League, the fifth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. The season began on 28 July 2017 and ended on 8 May 2018. East Kilbride were the defending champions.
Edusport Academy became the first club to gain promotion from the South of Scotland League, replacing Preston Athletic who were relegated to the East of Scotland League.
The Spartans won the league on 14 April 2018, after a goalless draw with East Stirlingshire at Ainslie Park in their final match. They faced the winners of the 2017–18 Highland Football League (Cove Rangers) in the semi-finals of the League Two Play-offs, losing 5–2 on aggregate.

## Teams

The following teams have changed division since the 2016–17 season.

### To Lowland League

Promoted from South of Scotland League
* Edusport Academy

### From Lowland League

Relegated to East of Scotland League
* Preston Athletic

### Stadia and Locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Seats | Floodlit |
| BSC Glasgow | Alloa | Recreation Park | 3,100 | 919 | Yes |
| Civil Service Strollers | Edinburgh | Christie Gillies Park | 1,569 | 100 | No |
| Cumbernauld Colts | Cumbernauld | Broadwood Stadium | 7,936 | 7,936 | Yes |
| Dalbeattie Star | Dalbeattie | Islecroft Stadium | 4,000 | 250 | Yes |
| East Kilbride | East Kilbride | K Park | 660 | 400 | Yes |
| East Stirlingshire | Stenhousemuir | Ochilview Park | 3,746 | 626 | Yes |
| Edinburgh University | Edinburgh | New Peffermill Stadium | 1,100 | 100 | Yes |
| Edusport Academy | Annan | Galabank | 2,504 | 500 | Yes |
| Gala Fairydean Rovers | Galashiels | 3G Arena, Netherdale | 5,500 | 495 | Yes |
| Gretna 2008 | Gretna | Raydale Park | 3,000 | 1,318 | Yes |
| Hawick Royal Albert | Hawick | Albert Park | 1,000 | 500 | Yes |
| Selkirk | Selkirk | Yarrow Park | 1,000 | 100 | No |
| The Spartans | Edinburgh | Ainslie Park | 3,000 | 504 | Yes |
| Stirling University | Falkirk | Falkirk Stadium | 7,937 | 7,937 | Yes |
| Vale of Leithen | Innerleithen | Victoria Park | 1,500 | 0 | No |
| Whitehill Welfare | Rosewell | Ferguson Park | 4,000 | 150 | No |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | The Spartans (C) | 30 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 64 | 17 | +47 | 73 | Qualification for the League Two play-off semi-finals |
| 2 | East Kilbride | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 76 | 23 | +53 | 71 | |
| 3 | BSC Glasgow | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 71 | 27 | +44 | 65 | |
| 4 | East Stirlingshire | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 67 | 31 | +36 | 64 | |
| 5 | Selkirk | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 63 | 50 | +13 | 48 | |
| 6 | Cumbernauld Colts | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 53 | 54 | −1 | 41 | |
| 7 | Civil Service Strollers | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 40 | |
| 8 | Gretna 2008 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 50 | 56 | −6 | 40 | |
| 9 | Stirling University | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 38 | |
| 10 | Edusport Academy | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 46 | 49 | −3 | 34 | |
| 11 | Edinburgh University | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 40 | 45 | −5 | 34 | |
| 12 | Whitehill Welfare | 30 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 50 | 66 | −16 | 34 | |
| 13 | Gala Fairydean Rovers | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 43 | 63 | −20 | 31 | |
| 14 | Dalbeattie Star | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 46 | 65 | −19 | 29 | |
| 15 | Vale of Leithen | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 44 | 76 | −32 | 29 | |
| 16 | Hawick Royal Albert (R) | 30 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 108 | −90 | 6 | Relegation to the East of Scotland League |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BSC | CSS | CUM | DBS | EKB | EST | EDU | EDA | GFR | G08 | HRA | SEL | SPA | SLU | VOL | WHW |
| BSC Glasgow | | 2–1 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| Civil Service Strollers | 4–2 | | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 0–2 |
| Cumbernauld Colts | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 2–1 |
| Dalbeattie Star | 2–4 | 2–3 | 1–1 | | 0–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–0 |
| East Kilbride | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 0–5 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 4–1 |
| East Stirlingshire | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Edinburgh University | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 5–3 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Edusport Academy | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | | 4–4 | 1–5 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Gala Fairydean Rovers | 0–4 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | | 5–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–5 |
| Gretna 2008 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 |
| Hawick Royal Albert | 0–9 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | | 0–10 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 1–4 |
| Selkirk | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 4–3 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 5–0 | | 0–2 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 5–1 |
| The Spartans | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 |
| Stirling University | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Vale of Leithen | 0–4 | 2–0 | 4–4 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 3–2 | | 3–4 |
| Whitehill Welfare | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–6 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | |

## Lowland League play-off

A play-off took place between the winners of the 2017–18 East of Scotland Football League (Kelty Hearts) and the 2017–18 South of Scotland Football League (Threave Rovers) as both clubs met the required criteria for promotion. Kelty Hearts won 10–0 on aggregate to secure a place in the 2018–19 Lowland Football League.