# 2019–20 Scottish League Two

The 2019–20 Scottish League Two (known as Ladbrokes League Two for sponsorship reasons) was the 26th season in the current format of 10 teams in the fourth-tier of Scottish football. Ten teams contested the league: Albion Rovers, Annan Athletic, Brechin City, Cove Rangers, Cowdenbeath, Edinburgh City, Elgin City, Queen's Park, Stenhousemuir and Stirling Albion.
The season began on 3 August 2019 and was scheduled to end on 2 May 2020. On 13 March 2020 all SPFL leagues were indefinitely suspended due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. On 8 April, with the pandemic continuing, the SPFL board proposed to curtail the 2019–20 League Two season and use the points per game earned by each team to date as the final standings. The plan was approved on 15 April, meaning the league was declared over and Cove Rangers were crowned champions.

## Teams

The following teams have changed division since the 2018–19 season.

### Stadia and locations

| Albion Rovers | Annan Athletic | Brechin City | Cove Rangers |
| Cliftonhill | Galabank | Glebe Park | Balmoral Stadium |
| Capacity: 1,238 | Capacity: 2,504 | Capacity: 4,123 | Capacity: 2,602 |
| Cowdenbeath | Albion RoversAnnan AthleticBrechin CityCove RangersCowdenbeathEdinburgh CityElgin CityQueen's ParkStenhousemuirStirling Albionclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2019–20 Scottish League Two | Albion RoversAnnan AthleticBrechin CityCove RangersCowdenbeathEdinburgh CityElgin CityQueen's ParkStenhousemuirStirling Albionclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2019–20 Scottish League Two | Edinburgh City |
| Central Park | Albion RoversAnnan AthleticBrechin CityCove RangersCowdenbeathEdinburgh CityElgin CityQueen's ParkStenhousemuirStirling Albionclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2019–20 Scottish League Two | Albion RoversAnnan AthleticBrechin CityCove RangersCowdenbeathEdinburgh CityElgin CityQueen's ParkStenhousemuirStirling Albionclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2019–20 Scottish League Two | Ainslie Park |
| Capacity: 4,309 | Albion RoversAnnan AthleticBrechin CityCove RangersCowdenbeathEdinburgh CityElgin CityQueen's ParkStenhousemuirStirling Albionclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2019–20 Scottish League Two | Albion RoversAnnan AthleticBrechin CityCove RangersCowdenbeathEdinburgh CityElgin CityQueen's ParkStenhousemuirStirling Albionclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2019–20 Scottish League Two | Capacity: 3,534 |
| Elgin City | Queen's Park | Stenhousemuir | Stirling Albion |
| Borough Briggs | Hampden Park | Ochilview Park | Forthbank Stadium |
| Capacity: 4,520 | Capacity: 51,866 | Capacity: 3,746 | Capacity: 3,808 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Albion Rovers | Kevin Harper | Aron Lynas | Joma | K & T Plant Hire Ltd |
| Annan Athletic | Peter Murphy | Steven Swinglehurst | Halbro | M & S Engineering |
| Brechin City | Mark Wilson | Paul McManus | Pendle | Glencadam distillery |
| Cove Rangers | Paul Hartley | Mitch Megginson | Adidas | ACE Group |
| Cowdenbeath | Gary Bollan | Craig Barr | Errea | Delta 70 Mfg Ltd |
| Edinburgh City | James McDonaugh | Craig Thomson | Macron | Forth Capital |
| Elgin City | Gavin Price | Shane Sutherland | EV2 Sportswear | McDonald & Munro |
| Queen's Park | Ray McKinnon | David Galt | Under Armour | Irn-Bru |
| Stenhousemuir | Davie Irons | Andy Munro | Uhlsport | LOC Hire |
| 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 |
| Brechin City | Barry Smith | Sacked | 19 August 2019 | 10th | Mark Wilson | 4 September 2019 |
| Stenhousemuir | Colin McMenamin | Sacked | 17 September 2019 | 8th | Davie Irons | 25 September 2019 |
| Queen's Park | Mark Roberts | Sacked | 31 December 2019 | 7th | Ray McKinnon | 2 January 2020 |

## League summary
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Promotion |
| 1 | Cove Rangers (C) | 28 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 76 | 34 | +42 | 68 | 2.43 | Promotion to League One |
| 2 | Edinburgh City | 27 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 49 | 28 | +21 | 55 | 2.04 | |
| 3 | Elgin City | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 48 | 34 | +14 | 43 | 1.54 | |
| 4 | Cowdenbeath | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 41 | 1.52 | |
| 5 | Queen's Park | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 40 | 1.43 | |
| 6 | Stirling Albion | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 36 | 1.29 | |
| 7 | Annan Athletic | 27 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 33 | 54 | −21 | 31 | 1.15 | |
| 8 | Stenhousemuir | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 48 | −16 | 29 | 1.04 | |
| 9 | Albion Rovers | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 37 | 51 | −14 | 24 | 0.92 | |
| 10 | Brechin City | 27 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 31 | 60 | −29 | 17 | 0.63 | |
* ↑ All play-off matches were cancelled, as clubs voted to curtail the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## 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 | BRE | COV | COW | EDC | ELG | QPA | STE | STI |
| Albion Rovers | — | 4–2 | 0–1 | 4–4 | N/A | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Annan Athletic | 3–2 | — | 5–2 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Brechin City | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 2–4 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Cove Rangers | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | — | 3–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Cowdenbeath | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Edinburgh City | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Elgin City | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–3 | — | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Queen's Park | 1–1 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Stenhousemuir | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–3 | — | 0–2 |
| Stirling Albion | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |

### Second half of season

| Home \ Away | ALB | ANN | BRE | COV | COW | EDC | ELG | QPA | STE | STI |
| Albion Rovers | — | N/A | 4–1 | 2–2 | N/A | N/A | 1–2 | N/A | N/A | 0–3 |
| Annan Athletic | 2–1 | — | N/A | 0–0 | N/A | N/A | 0–4 | N/A | 0–3 | 2–3 |
| Brechin City | N/A | N/A | — | 1–5 | N/A | N/A | 1–2 | 0–0 | N/A | 0–2 |
| Cove Rangers | N/A | 2–0 | 3–2 | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | N/A | 2–0 | N/A | N/A |
| Cowdenbeath | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | N/A | — | 1–1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1–4 |
| Edinburgh City | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | N/A | N/A | — | N/A | 1–2 | N/A | 0–1 |
| Elgin City | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | — | N/A | 2–3 | 3–1 |
| Queen's Park | 2–2 | 2–0 | N/A | N/A | 1–0 | 2–0 | N/A | — | 2–1 | N/A |
| Stenhousemuir | 1–0 | N/A | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | N/A | 0–0 | — | N/A |
| Stirling Albion | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1–7 | N/A | N/A | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | — |

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

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Mitch Megginson | Cove Rangers | 24 |
| 2 | Shane Sutherland | Elgin City | 16 |
| 3 | Jamie Masson | Cove Rangers | 15 |
| 4 | Salim Kouider-Aïssa | Queen's Park | 13 |
| 5 | Declan Byrne | Albion Rovers | 11 |
Source:

#### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Score | Date | Ref |
| Tommy Muir | Annan Athletic | Cove Rangers | 6–1 (H) | 30 November 2019 | |
| Darryl Duffy | Stirling Albion | Albion Rovers | 3–0 (A) | 4 January 2020 | |

### Attendances

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | Cove Rangers | 10,709 | 1,264 | 391 | 764 | n/a$^†$ |
| 2 | Elgin City | 8,902 | 1,002 | 453 | 635 | +2.1%$^†$ |
| 3 | Queen's Park | 8,159 | 837 | 449 | 582 | −4.7%$^†$ |
| 4 | Stirling Albion | 7,324 | 741 | 423 | 563 | −4.1%$^†$ |
| 5 | Stenhousemuir | 8,134 | 824 | 336 | 542 | −5.1%$^†$ |
| 6 | Brechin City | 5,535 | 705 | 338 | 425 | −26.7%$^†$ |
| 7 | Cowdenbeath | 4,904 | 448 | 221 | 350 | −1.1%$^†$ |
| 8 | Annan Athletic | 4,858 | 459 | 211 | 347 | −12.8%$^†$ |
| 9 | Edinburgh City | 4,541 | 494 | 194 | 324 | −19.2%$^†$ |
| 10 | Albion Rovers | 3,609 | 484 | 209 | 300 | +4.9%$^†$ |
| | League total | 66,675 | 1,264 | 194 | 486 | −3.6%$^†$ |
Source:
* ↑ Club was playing in the Highland League during the previous season.
* 1 2 Club was playing in League One during the previous season.

## 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 | Paul Hartley | Cove Rangers | Declan Glass | Cove Rangers | |
| September | Gary Bollan | Cowdenbeath | Craig Barr | Cowdenbeath | |
| October | Gavin Price | Elgin City | Shane Sutherland | Elgin City | |
| November | Mark Roberts | Queen's Park | Salim Kouider Aïssa | Queen's Park | |
| December | James McDonaugh | Edinburgh City | Liam Henderson | Edinburgh City | |
| January | Paul Hartley | Cove Rangers | Mitch Megginson | Cove Rangers | |
| February | Ray McKinnon | Queen's Park | Dylan Bikey | Stirling Albion | |