# 2022–23 Lowland Football League

The 2022–23 Scottish Lowland Football League was the 10th season of the Lowland Football League, part of the fifth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic were the reigning champions, but were unable to defend their title following their promotion to Scottish League Two.
Cowdenbeath became the third club to join the league via relegation from the SPFL, having lost the previous season's League Two play-off against Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic. East of Scotland League champions Tranent Juniors were promoted to the league, replacing founding league member Vale of Leithen who were relegated.
The Spartans won their third league title on 8 April 2023 thanks to a 2–0 win over Tranent Juniors at Foresters Park, with two matches still to play. They beat 2022–23 Highland Football League champions Brechin City on penalties after drawing 3–3 in the pyramid play-off and then beat Albion Rovers 2–1 in the final, being promoted to Scottish League Two for the 2023–24 season.

## Teams

For the 2022–23 season, Broomhill were known as Open Goal Broomhill in a partnership with football media and podcast group Open Goal.

### From Lowland League

Promoted to League Two
* Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic
Relegated to East of Scotland League
* Vale of Leithen

### To Lowland League

* Heart of Midlothian B
Relegated from League Two
* Cowdenbeath
Promoted from East of Scotland League
* Tranent Juniors

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Seats |
| Berwick Rangers | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Shielfield Park | 4,099 | 1,366 |
| Bo'ness United | Bo'ness | Newtown Park | 2,500 | 0 |
| Broomhill | Cumbernauld | Broadwood Stadium | 8,086 | 8,086 |
| Caledonian Braves | Motherwell | Alliance Park | 500 | 100 |
| Celtic B | Airdrie | Excelsior Stadium | 10,101 | 10,101 |
| Civil Service Strollers | Edinburgh | Christie Gillies Park | 1,569 | 100 |
| Cowdenbeath | Cowdenbeath | Central Park | 4,309 | 1,622 |
| Cumbernauld Colts | Cumbernauld | Broadwood Stadium | 8,086 | 8,086 |
| Dalbeattie Star | Dalbeattie | Islecroft Stadium | 1,320 | 100 |
| East Kilbride | East Kilbride | K-Park | 660 | 400 |
| East Stirlingshire | Falkirk | Falkirk Stadium | 7,937 | 7,937 |
| Edinburgh University | Edinburgh | New Peffermill Stadium | 1,100 | 100 |
| Gala Fairydean Rovers | Galashiels | 3G Arena, Netherdale | 2,000 | 500 |
| Gretna 2008 | Gretna | Raydale Park | 1,030 | 138 |
| Heart of Midlothian B | Rosewell | Ferguson Park | 2,614 | 192 |
| Rangers B | Dumbarton | Dumbarton Football Stadium | 2,020 | 2,020 |
| The Spartans | Edinburgh | Ainslie Park | 3,612 | 534 |
| Tranent Juniors | Tranent | Foresters Park | 2,300 | 44 |
| University of Stirling | Stirling | Forthbank Stadium | 3,808 | 2,508 |

#### Notes

* ↑ Broomhill are ground-sharing with Cumbernauld Colts.
* ↑ Celtic B are ground-sharing with Airdrieonians.
* ↑ East Stirlingshire are ground-sharing with Falkirk.
* ↑ Heart of Midlothian B are ground-sharing with Whitehill Welfare.
* ↑ Rangers B are ground-sharing with Dumbarton.
* ↑ University of Stirling are ground-sharing with Stirling Albion.
All grounds are equipped with floodlights.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | The Spartans (C, O, P) | 36 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 78 | 31 | +47 | 79 | Qualification for the Pyramid play-off |
| 2 | Rangers B | 36 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 98 | 57 | +41 | 77 | Ineligible for promotion or relegation |
| 3 | Celtic B | 36 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 96 | 45 | +51 | 76 | Ineligible for promotion or relegation |
| 4 | University of Stirling | 36 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 82 | 45 | +37 | 71 | |
| 5 | Tranent Juniors | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 74 | 44 | +30 | 65 | |
| 6 | East Kilbride | 36 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 81 | 53 | +28 | 64 | |
| 7 | Berwick Rangers | 36 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 61 | 51 | +10 | 61 | |
| 8 | Civil Service Strollers | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 63 | 45 | +18 | 58 | |
| 9 | Bo'ness United | 36 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 71 | 51 | +20 | 54 | |
| 10 | Caledonian Braves | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 79 | 67 | +12 | 51 | |
| 11 | Broomhill | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 73 | 73 | 0 | 51 | |
| 12 | Gala Fairydean Rovers | 36 | 15 | 4 | 17 | 63 | 74 | −11 | 49 | |
| 13 | Heart of Midlothian B | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 75 | 59 | +16 | 48 | Ineligible for promotion or relegation |
| 14 | Cumbernauld Colts | 36 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 62 | 59 | +3 | 46 | |
| 15 | Cowdenbeath | 36 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 46 | 50 | −4 | 36 | |
| 16 | East Stirlingshire | 36 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 41 | 74 | −33 | 33 | |
| 17 | Gretna 2008 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 39 | 91 | −52 | 26 | |
| 18 | Edinburgh University | 36 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 31 | 127 | −96 | 16 | |
| 19 | Dalbeattie Star (R) | 36 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 27 | 144 | −117 | 8 | Relegation to the South of Scotland League |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BER | BNS | BRO | CAL | CEL | CSS | COW | CUM | DAL | EKB | EAS | EDU | GFR | GRE | HEA | RAN | SPA | TRA | STI |
| Berwick Rangers | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Bo'ness United | 1–0 | | 2–3 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 0–3 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| Broomhill | 3–2 | 3–4 | | 3–1 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Caledonian Braves | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 10–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 1–0 |
| Celtic B | 1–3 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 4–4 | | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 |
| Civil Service Strollers | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Cowdenbeath | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Cumbernauld Colts | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–6 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| Dalbeattie Star | 3–1 | 1–7 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–6 | 0–6 | 2–5 | | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–5 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–6 |
| East Kilbride | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | | 1–1 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| East Stirlingshire | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| Edinburgh University | 0–1 | 0–5 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 0–6 | 4–0 | 1–6 | 1–1 | | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–9 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 0–4 |
| Gala Fairydean Rovers | 0–2 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–5 | 0–2 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–3 |
| Gretna 2008 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–6 | 2–0 | 7–2 | 3–1 | | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 |
| Heart of Midlothian B | 6–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–4 |
| Rangers B | 3–0 | 4–1 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| The Spartans | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Tranent Juniors | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 8–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | | 2–1 |
| University of Stirling | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 5–2 | |
* ↑ Match played at Celtic Park.
* ↑ Match played at Galabank, Annan.
* ↑ Match played at Ibrox Stadium.

## Lowland League play-off

A three match round robin play-off was scheduled take place between the winners of the 2022–23 East of Scotland Football League, the 2022–23 South of Scotland Football League, and the 2022–23 West of Scotland Football League, subject to all three clubs meeting the required licensing criteria for promotion.
Linlithgow Rose qualified for the play-off as the winners of the East of Scotland Football League. As it transpired, both the winners of the South of Scotland Football League (Abbey Vale), and the West of Scotland Football League (Beith Juniors) were ineligible for the play-off as neither held an SFA club licence. Linlithgow Rose were therefore automatically promoted.