# 2024–25 Scottish League Two

The 2024–25 Scottish League Two (known as William Hill League Two for sponsorship reasons) is the twelfth season of Scottish League Two, the fourth tier of Scottish football. The season began on 3 August 2024.
Ten teams contest the league: Bonnyrigg Rose, Clyde, East Fife, Edinburgh City, Elgin City, Forfar Athletic, Peterhead, Stirling Albion, Stranraer and The Spartans.

## Teams

The following teams changed division after the 2023–24 season.

### Stadia and locations

| Bonnyrigg Rose | Clyde | East Fife | Edinburgh City |
| New Dundas Park | New Douglas Park | Bayview Stadium | Meadowbank Stadium |
| Capacity: 3,000 | Capacity: 6,018 | Capacity: 1,980 | Capacity: 1,280 |
| Elgin City | EdinburghBonnyrigg RoseClydeEast FifeElgin CityForfar AthleticPeterheadStirling AlbionStranraerEdinburgh teams: Edinburgh City The Spartansclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2024–25 Scottish League Two | EdinburghBonnyrigg RoseClydeEast FifeElgin CityForfar AthleticPeterheadStirling AlbionStranraerEdinburgh teams: Edinburgh City The Spartansclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2024–25 Scottish League Two | Forfar Athletic |
| Borough Briggs | EdinburghBonnyrigg RoseClydeEast FifeElgin CityForfar AthleticPeterheadStirling AlbionStranraerEdinburgh teams: Edinburgh City The Spartansclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2024–25 Scottish League Two | EdinburghBonnyrigg RoseClydeEast FifeElgin CityForfar AthleticPeterheadStirling AlbionStranraerEdinburgh teams: Edinburgh City The Spartansclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2024–25 Scottish League Two | Station Park |
| Capacity: 4,520 | EdinburghBonnyrigg RoseClydeEast FifeElgin CityForfar AthleticPeterheadStirling AlbionStranraerEdinburgh teams: Edinburgh City The Spartansclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2024–25 Scottish League Two | EdinburghBonnyrigg RoseClydeEast FifeElgin CityForfar AthleticPeterheadStirling AlbionStranraerEdinburgh teams: Edinburgh City The Spartansclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2024–25 Scottish League Two | Capacity: 6,777 |
| Peterhead | Stirling Albion | Stranraer | The Spartans |
| Balmoor | Forthbank Stadium | Stair Park | Ainslie Park |
| Capacity: 3,150 | Capacity: 3,808 | Capacity: 4,178 | Capacity: 3,612 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Bonnyrigg Rose | Jonny Stewart | Kerr Young | Puma | G. Fitzsimmons and Son (Home) Shepherd Chartered Surveyors (Away) |
| Clyde | Darren Young | Lee Hamilton | Puma | HomesBook Factoring (Home) McGoldrick's Pool & Sports Bar (Away) |
| East Fife | Dick Campbell | Stewart Murdoch | Erreà | MPH Group (Home) Back Onside (Away) Harley Taxis (Third) |
| Edinburgh City | Michael McIndoe | Jon Robertson | Puma | Box Energy Renewable Solutions |
| Elgin City | Allan Hale | Matthew Cooper | Joma | McDonald & Munro |
| Forfar Athletic | Jim Weir | Stuart Morrison | Pendle | Orchard Timber Products |
| Peterhead | Jordon Brown Ryan Strachan | Jason Brown | Puma | The Score Group |
| Stirling Albion | Alan Maybury | Ross McGeachie | Joma | M&G |
| Stranraer | Chris Aitken | Grant Gallagher | Mizuno | Stena Line |
| The Spartans | Douglas Samuel | Kevin Waugh | Macron | J-TEQ EMS Solutions Ltd |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Stirling Albion | Darren Young | Sacked | 13 May 2024 | Pre-season | Alan Maybury | 2 June 2024 |
| Stranraer | Scott Agnew | Resigned | 1 September 2024 | 9th | Chris Aitken | 30 September 2024 |
| Clyde | Ian McCall | Mutual consent | 10 October 2024 | 9th | Darren Young | 23 October 2024 |
| Forfar Athletic | Ray McKinnon | Sacked | 9 November 2024 | 10th | Jim Weir | 20 November 2024 |
| Bonnyrigg Rose | Calum Elliot | Sacked | 10 March 2025 | 10th | Jonny Stewart | 13 March 2025 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | East Fife | 29 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 53 | 28 | +25 | 53 | Promotion to League One |
| 2 | Peterhead | 29 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 42 | 29 | +13 | 53 | Qualification for the League One play-offs |
| 3 | Edinburgh City | 29 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 46 | Qualification for the League One play-offs |
| 4 | Elgin City | 29 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 43 | Qualification for the League One play-offs |
| 5 | The Spartans | 29 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 37 | 36 | +1 | 43 | |
| 6 | Stirling Albion | 29 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 38 | |
| 7 | Stranraer | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 30 | −1 | 37 | |
| 8 | Clyde | 29 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 30 | |
| 9 | Bonnyrigg Rose | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 34 | 50 | −16 | 27 | |
| 10 | Forfar Athletic | 29 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 39 | −13 | 26 | Qualification for the League Two play-off final |
* ↑ Bonnyrigg Rose were deducted 6 points for failing to maintain a Bronze level licence.

## Results

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 180 games, with each team playing 36.

### First half of season (Matches 1–18)

| Home \ Away | BON | CLY | EFI | EDI | ELG | FOR | PET | STI | STR | SPA |
| Bonnyrigg Rose | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Clyde | 2–2 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| East Fife | 5–0 | 5–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 5–1 |
| Edinburgh City | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–4 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Elgin City | 2–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–3 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Forfar Athletic | 5–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 |
| Peterhead | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Stirling Albion | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Stranraer | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | — | 2–2 |
| The Spartans | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | — |

### Second half of season (Matches 19–36)

| Home \ Away | BON | CLY | EFI | EDI | ELG | FOR | PET | STI | STR | SPA |
| Bonnyrigg Rose | — | 2–1 | 12 Apr | 0–1 | 29 Mar | 0–2 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 26 Apr |
| Clyde | 22 Mar | — | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 12 Apr | 3 May | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| East Fife | 1–1 | 3–0 | — | 4–1 | 3 May | 1–0 | 0–0 | 19 Apr | 0–3 | 29 Mar |
| Edinburgh City | 2–0 | 5 Apr | 22 Mar | — | 12 Apr | 26 Apr | 0–1 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 5–0 |
| Elgin City | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | — | 0–1 | 19 Apr | 5 Apr | 26 Apr | 0–2 |
| Forfar Athletic | 19 Apr | 0–1 | 5 Apr | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 29 Mar | 3 May | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Peterhead | 5 Apr | 2–2 | 26 Apr | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | — | 3–2 | 1–0 | 12 Apr |
| Stirling Albion | 3–0 | 26 Apr | 1–0 | 29 Mar | 3–1 | 3–1 | 22 Mar | — | 12 Apr | 1–3 |
| Stranraer | 3 May | 29 Mar | 0–2 | 19 Apr | 1–0 | 22 Mar | 0–0 | 3–0 | — | 2–0 |
| The Spartans | 3–1 | 19 Apr | 0–1 | 3 May | 22 Mar | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5 Apr | — |

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

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Alan Trouten | East Fife | 20 |
| 2 | Connor Young | Edinburgh City | 18 |
| 3 | Blair Henderson | The Spartans | 11 |
| 4 | Cameron Ross | Bonnyrigg Rose | 10 |
| 4 | Kieran Shanks | Peterhead | 10 |
| 6 | Adam Brown | Stirling Albion | 9 |
| 7 | Jordan Allan | Clyde | 8 |
| 7 | Nathan Austin | East Fife | 8 |
| 7 | Mark Russell | Stranraer | 8 |

## Awards

| Month | Manager of the Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Player of the Month |
| Month | Manager | Club | Player | Club |
| August | Jordon Brown and Ryan Strachan | Peterhead | Nathan Austin | East Fife |
| September | Dick Campbell | East Fife | Alan Trouten | East Fife |
| October | Allan Hale | Elgin City | Jack Murray | Elgin City |
| November | Michael McIndoe | Edinburgh City | Connor Young | Edinburgh City |
| December | Michael McIndoe | Edinburgh City | Liam Scullion | Clyde |
| January | Dick Campbell | East Fife | Alan Trouten | East Fife |
| January | Michael McIndoe | Edinburgh City | Ouzy See | Edinburgh City |