# 2018–19 Scottish League Two

The 2018–19 Scottish League Two (known as Ladbrokes League Two for sponsorship reasons) was the 25th season in the current format of 10 teams in the fourth-tier of Scottish football. The fixtures were published on 15 June 2018 and the season began on 4 August 2018.
The bottom team entered a two-legged play-off against the winners of the Pyramid play-off between the Highland League and Lowland League champions, to determine which team competes in League Two in the 2019–20 season.
Ten teams contested the league: Albion Rovers, Annan Athletic, Berwick Rangers, Clyde, Cowdenbeath, Edinburgh City, Elgin City, Peterhead, Queen's Park and Stirling Albion.
Peterhead lifted the title after a 2–0 win at Queen's Park on the final day.

## Teams

The following teams changed division after the 2017–18 season.

### Stadia and locations

| Albion Rovers | Annan Athletic | Berwick Rangers | Clyde |
| Cliftonhill | Galabank | Shielfield Park | Broadwood Stadium |
| Capacity: 1,238 | Capacity: 2,504 | Capacity: 4,099 | Capacity: 8,086 |
| Cowdenbeath | Albion RoversAnnan AthleticBerwick RangersClydeCowdenbeathEdinburgh CityElgin CityPeterheadQueen's ParkStirling Albionclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2018–19 Scottish League Two | Albion RoversAnnan AthleticBerwick RangersClydeCowdenbeathEdinburgh CityElgin CityPeterheadQueen's ParkStirling Albionclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2018–19 Scottish League Two | Edinburgh City |
| Central Park | Albion RoversAnnan AthleticBerwick RangersClydeCowdenbeathEdinburgh CityElgin CityPeterheadQueen's ParkStirling Albionclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2018–19 Scottish League Two | Albion RoversAnnan AthleticBerwick RangersClydeCowdenbeathEdinburgh CityElgin CityPeterheadQueen's ParkStirling Albionclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2018–19 Scottish League Two | Ainslie Park |
| Capacity: 4,309 | Albion RoversAnnan AthleticBerwick RangersClydeCowdenbeathEdinburgh CityElgin CityPeterheadQueen's ParkStirling Albionclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2018–19 Scottish League Two | Albion RoversAnnan AthleticBerwick RangersClydeCowdenbeathEdinburgh CityElgin CityPeterheadQueen's ParkStirling Albionclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2018–19 Scottish League Two | Capacity: 3,000 |
| Elgin City | Peterhead | Queen's Park | Stirling Albion |
| Borough Briggs | Balmoor | Hampden Park | Forthbank Stadium |
| Capacity: 4,520 | Capacity: 3,150 | Capacity: 51,866 | Capacity: 3,798 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Albion Rovers | Kevin Harper | Bryan Wharton | Joma | Reigart Demolition |
| Annan Athletic | Peter Murphy | Scott Hooper | Halbro | M&S Engineering Ltd |
| Berwick Rangers | John Brownlie | Robert Wilson | Mitre | Northern Soul Kitchen |
| Clyde | Danny Lennon | Kevin Nicoll | Kappa | Advance Construction Group (H) Rock Regen (A) |
| Cowdenbeath | Gary Bollan | Kyle Miller | Errea | Subsea Pressure Controls |
| Edinburgh City | James McDonaugh | Josh Walker | Joma | CMC Property |
| Elgin City | Gavin Price | Darryl McHardy | EV2 | McDonald & Munro |
| Peterhead | Jim McInally | Rory McAllister | Adidas | Independent Oilfield Services |
| Queen's Park | Mark Roberts | Scott Gibson | Under Armour | Irn-Bru |
| Stirling Albion | Kevin Rutkiewicz | Ross McGeachie | Macron | Prudential |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Albion Rovers | Brian Kerr | Resigned | 7 May 2018 | Pre-season | John Brogan | 22 May 2018 |
| Queen's Park | Gus MacPherson | Left for St Mirren | 18 September 2018 | 6th | Mark Roberts (interim) | 20 September 2018 |
| Queen's Park | Mark Roberts (interim) | End of interim | 12 October 2018 | 6th | Mark Roberts | 12 October 2018 |
| Stirling Albion | Dave Mackay | Sacked | 29 September 2018 | 7th | Kevin Rutkiewicz | 22 October 2018 |
| Berwick Rangers | Robbie Horn | Resigned | 6 October 2018 | 9th | Johnny Harvey | 16 October 2018 |
| Albion Rovers | John Brogan | Resigned | 21 October 2018 | 10th | Kevin Harper | 6 November 2018 |
| Berwick Rangers | Johnny Harvey | Sacked | 2 May 2019 | 10th | John Brownlie | 2 May 2019 |

## League summary
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Peterhead (C, P) | 36 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 65 | 29 | +36 | 79 | Promotion to League One |
| 2 | Clyde (O, P) | 36 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 63 | 35 | +28 | 74 | Qualification for the League One play-offs |
| 3 | Edinburgh City | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 58 | 31 | +27 | 67 | Qualification for the League One play-offs |
| 4 | Annan Athletic | 36 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 70 | 39 | +31 | 66 | Qualification for the League One play-offs |
| 5 | Stirling Albion | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 44 | 45 | −1 | 47 | |
| 6 | Cowdenbeath | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 43 | |
| 7 | Queen's Park | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 44 | 47 | −3 | 43 | |
| 8 | Elgin City | 36 | 13 | 4 | 19 | 52 | 67 | −15 | 43 | |
| 9 | Albion Rovers | 36 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 32 | 71 | −39 | 27 | |
| 10 | Berwick Rangers (R) | 36 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 27 | 91 | −64 | 19 | Qualification for the League Two play-off final |
* 1 2 3 Albion Rovers and Queen's Park were awarded 3–0 technical victories against Clyde in February 2019 after Clyde fielded an ineligible player. The original matches had finished 1–0 to Clyde and 1–1 respectively.

### Positions by round

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.
* Leader - Promotion to 2019–20 League One
* Qualification for League One play-offs
* Qualification for League Two play-off final
| Team \ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| Peterhead | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Clyde | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Edinburgh City | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Annan Athletic | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Stirling Albion | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Cowdenbeath | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| Queen's Park | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Elgin City | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Albion Rovers | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Berwick Rangers | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Source: Scottish League Two - Table
Updated: 4 May 2019

## 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

| Home \ Away | ALB | ANN | BER | CLY | COW | EDC | ELG | PET | QUE | STI |
| Albion Rovers | — | 1–1 | 3–5 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 3–1 |
| Annan Athletic | 3–1 | — | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Berwick Rangers | 2–0 | 0–3 | — | 2–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Clyde | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | — | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Cowdenbeath | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Edinburgh City | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Elgin City | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 |
| Peterhead | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | — | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Queen's Park | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 |
| Stirling Albion | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — |

### Second half of season

| Home \ Away | ALB | ANN | BER | CLY | COW | EDC | ELG | PET | QUE | STI |
| Albion Rovers | — | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–5 |
| Annan Athletic | 4–0 | — | 6–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Berwick Rangers | 0–3 | 1–2 | — | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 |
| Clyde | 0–3 | 2–1 | 5–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Cowdenbeath | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | — | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Edinburgh City | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Elgin City | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 3–3 | — | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 |
| Peterhead | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Queen's Park | 2–2 | 0–3 | 7–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 4–1 | 0–2 | — | 0–0 |
| Stirling Albion | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |

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

    As of 4 May 2019
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Blair Henderson | Edinburgh City | 30 |
| 2 | David Goodwillie | Clyde | 17 |
| 3 | Rory McAllister | Peterhead | 15 |
| 4 | Shane Sutherland | Elgin City & Peterhead | 13 |
| 5 | Tommy Muir | Annan Athletic | 12 |
| 5 | Tony Wallace | Annan Athletic | 12 |
Source:

#### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Blair Henderson | Edinburgh City | Albion Rovers | 4–0 (H) | 4 August 2018 |
| Blair Henderson | Edinburgh City | Elgin City | 4–1 (H) | 15 December 2018 |
| Peter MacDonald | Stirling Albion | Albion Rovers | 0–5 (A) | 26 January 2019 |
| Darryl McHardy | Elgin City | Albion Rovers | 0–3 (A) | 9 February 2019 |
| David Galt | Queen's Park | Elgin City | 4–1 (H) | 16 March 2019 |
| Jordan Allan | Cowdenbeath | Edinburgh City | 4–1 (H) | 6 April 2019 |
Note
(H) = Home, (A) = Away;

### Attendances

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | Peterhead | 12,021 | 1,371 | 522 | 667 | +9.2%$^†$ |
| 2 | Clyde | 11,485 | 1,012 | 408 | 638 | +29.7%$^†$ |
| 3 | Elgin City | 11,211 | 929 | 485 | 622 | +2.5%$^†$ |
| 4 | Queen's Park | 11,001 | 1,076 | 404 | 611 | −11.1%$^†$ |
| 5 | Stirling Albion | 10,583 | 802 | 413 | 587 | −10.7%$^†$ |
| 6 | Berwick Rangers | 8,599 | 975 | 293 | 477 | +10.2%$^†$ |
| 7 | Edinburgh City | 7,223 | 1,057 | 247 | 401 | +24.9%$^†$ |
| 8 | Annan Athletic | 7,168 | 569 | 317 | 398 | +15.0%$^†$ |
| 9 | Cowdenbeath | 6,384 | 1,007 | 250 | 354 | +11.0%$^†$ |
| 10 | Albion Rovers | 5,151 | 560 | 145 | 286 | −37.3%$^†$ |
| | League total | 90,826 | 1,371 | 145 | 504 | +2.4%$^†$ |
Updated to games played on 4 May 2019 Source:

## Awards
### Monthly awards

| Month | Manager of the Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Player of the Month | Ref. |
| Month | Manager | Club | Player | Club | Ref. |
| August | Peter Murphy | Annan Athletic | Rory McAllister | Peterhead | |
| September | James McDonaugh | Edinburgh City | Conrad Balatoni | Edinburgh City | |
| October | Mark Roberts | Queen's Park | Blair Henderson | Edinburgh City | |
| November | Danny Lennon | Clyde | Dylan Cogill | Clyde | |
| December | Jim McInally | Peterhead | Blair Henderson | Edinburgh City | |
| January | Danny Lennon | Clyde | Peter MacDonald | Stirling Albion | |
| February | Peter Murphy | Annan Athletic | Chris Johnston | Annan Athletic | |
| March | Kevin Harper | Albion Rovers | Peter Morrison | Albion Rovers | |
| April | Danny Lennon | Clyde | Smart Osadolor | Albion Rovers | |

## League Two play-offs

The Pyramid play-off was contested between the champions of the 2018–19 Highland Football League (Cove Rangers) and the 2018–19 Lowland Football League (East Kilbride). Cove were victorious 5–1 on aggregate and faced the bottom club (Berwick Rangers) in the League Two play-off final, being promoted to League Two for the 2019–20 season after a 7–0 aggregate win. As Berwick Rangers lost the play-off, they were relegated to the Lowland League since they were south of 56.4513N latitude (middle of the Tay Road Bridge).