# 2015–16 Scottish League Two

The 2015–16 Scottish League Two (referred to as the Ladbrokes League Two for sponsorship reasons) was the 22nd season in the current format of 10 teams in the fourth-tier of Scottish football. The last placed team entered a play-off with a team nominated by the Scottish Football Association from outside the SPFL to determine which team enters League Two in the 2016–17 season.

## Teams
### Stadia and locations

| Annan Athletic | Arbroath | Berwick Rangers | Clyde |
| Galabank | Gayfield Park | Shielfield Park | Broadwood Stadium |
| Capacity: 2,514 | Capacity: 6,600 | Capacity: 4,500 | Capacity: 7,936 |
| East Fife | Annan AthleticArbroathClydeBerwick RangersEast FifeEast StirlingshireElgin CityMontroseQueen's ParkStirling2015–16 Scottish League Two (Scotland) | Annan AthleticArbroathClydeBerwick RangersEast FifeEast StirlingshireElgin CityMontroseQueen's ParkStirling2015–16 Scottish League Two (Scotland) | East Stirlingshire |
| Bayview Stadium | Annan AthleticArbroathClydeBerwick RangersEast FifeEast StirlingshireElgin CityMontroseQueen's ParkStirling2015–16 Scottish League Two (Scotland) | Annan AthleticArbroathClydeBerwick RangersEast FifeEast StirlingshireElgin CityMontroseQueen's ParkStirling2015–16 Scottish League Two (Scotland) | Ochilview Park |
| Capacity: 1,980 | Annan AthleticArbroathClydeBerwick RangersEast FifeEast StirlingshireElgin CityMontroseQueen's ParkStirling2015–16 Scottish League Two (Scotland) | Annan AthleticArbroathClydeBerwick RangersEast FifeEast StirlingshireElgin CityMontroseQueen's ParkStirling2015–16 Scottish League Two (Scotland) | Capacity: 3,746 |
| Elgin City | Montrose | Queen's Park | Stirling Albion |
| Borough Briggs | Links Park | Hampden Park | Forthbank Stadium |
| Capacity: 4,520 | Capacity: 3,292 | Capacity: 51,866 | Capacity: 3,808 |

### Personnel

| Team | Manager | Captain | Manufacturer | Sponsors |
| Annan Athletic | Jim Chapman | Steven Black | Stanno | M&S Engineering Ltd |
| Arbroath | Dick Campbell | Mark Whatley | Pendle | Megatech |
| Berwick Rangers | John Coughlin | Jonny Fairbairn | Zoo Sport | Automatic Retailing Vending Ltd |
| Clyde | Barry Ferguson | Mark McLaughlin | Hummel | Cash for Kids |
| East Fife | Gary Naysmith | Steven Campbell | Joma | OLS Laundry Service |
| East Stirlingshire | Craig Tully | Richard Barnard | Jako | Shire Trust |
| Elgin City | Jim Weir | Jamie Duff | EC 1893 | McDonald & Munro |
| Montrose | Paul Hegarty | Paul Watson | Nike | Intervention Rentals |
| Queen's Park | Gus MacPherson | Tony Quinn | Under Armour | Irn-Bru |
| Stirling Albion | Stuart McLaren | Ross McMillan | Macron | Prudential |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Berwick Rangers | Colin Cameron | Sacked | 31 October 2015 | 7th | John Coughlin | 6 November 2015 |
| Arbroath | Todd Lumsden | Sacked | 6 March 2016 | 8th | Dick Campbell | 8 March 2016 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | East Fife (C, P) | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 62 | 41 | +21 | 62 | Promotion to Scottish League One |
| 2 | Elgin City | 36 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 59 | 46 | +13 | 59 | Qualification to League One play-offs |
| 3 | Clyde | 36 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 56 | 45 | +11 | 57 | Qualification to League One play-offs |
| 4 | Queen's Park (O, P) | 36 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 46 | 32 | +14 | 56 | Qualification to League One play-offs |
| 5 | Annan Athletic | 36 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 69 | 57 | +12 | 56 | |
| 6 | Berwick Rangers | 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 49 | |
| 7 | Stirling Albion | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 47 | 46 | +1 | 48 | |
| 8 | Montrose | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 50 | 70 | −20 | 43 | |
| 9 | Arbroath | 36 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 42 | 51 | −9 | 39 | |
| 10 | East Stirlingshire (R) | 36 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 41 | 79 | −38 | 32 | Qualification to League Two play-off finals |

## 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 36 games.

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

    As of matches played on 30 April 2016
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Nathan Austin | East Fife | 22 |
| 2 | Craig Gunn | Elgin City | 21 |
| 3 | Gary Fraser | Montrose | 19 |
| 4 | Blair Henderson | Berwick Rangers | 17 |
| 5 | Peter Weatherson | Annan Athletic | 15 |
| 6 | Josh Todd | Annan Athletic | 13 |

#### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Nathan Austin | East Fife | Montrose | 4–1 | 26 September 2015 |
| David Gormley$^4$ | Clyde | Berwick Rangers | 5–0 | 21 November 2015 |
| Darren Smith | Stirling Albion | Montrose | 3–1 | 12 December 2015 |
| Nathan Austin | East Fife | Stirling Albion | 3–1 | 26 December 2015 |
| Darren Smith | Stirling Albion | Montrose | 7–0 | 9 February 2016 |

##### Note

$^4$ Player scored 4 goals

### Discipline
#### Club
## 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 | Gary Naysmith | East Fife | Smart Osadolor | Annan Athletic | |
| September | Gus MacPherson | Queen's Park | Bobby Linn | Arbroath | |
| October | Paul Hegarty | Montrose | Matty Flynn | Annan Athletic | |
| November | Barry Ferguson | Clyde | David Gormley | Clyde | |
| December | Stuart McLaren | Stirling Albion | Darren Smith | Stirling Albion | |
| January | Jim Weir | Elgin City | Nathan Austin | East Fife | |
| February | Barry Ferguson | Clyde | Steven Doris | Stirling Albion | |
| March | Gary Naysmith | East Fife | Kyle Wilkie | East Fife | |
| April | John Coughlin | Berwick Rangers | Brian Cameron | Elgin City | |

## League Two play-offs

The first round was contested between Cove Rangers and Edinburgh City, the winners of the Highland League and Lowland League respectively. City, the winners, then played off against the bottom club in League Two, East Stirlingshire, swapping with them and being promoted to the 2016–17 Scottish League Two with a victory.