2019–20 Scottish League One
Season | 2019–20 |
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Dates | 3 August 2019 – 15 April 2020 |
Champions | Raith Rovers |
Promoted | Raith Rovers |
Relegated | Stranraer |
Matches played | 139 |
Goals scored | 387 (2.78 per match) |
Top goalscorer | David Goodwillie (20 goals)[1][2] |
Biggest home win | Falkirk 6–0 Dumbarton (10 August 2019)[2] Falkirk 6–0 Forfar Athletic (25 January 2020)[2] |
Biggest away win | Stranraer 0–3 Falkirk (21 September 2019)[2] Forfar Athletic 1–4 Airdrieonians (26 October 2019)[2] |
Highest scoring | East Fife 3–5 Raith Rovers (28 December 2019)[2] |
Longest winning run | 6 matches:[2] Montrose |
Longest unbeaten run | 12 matches:[2] Falkirk |
Longest winless run | 15 matches:[2] Stranraer |
Longest losing run | 6 matches:[2] Forfar Athletic Montrose Stranraer |
Highest attendance | 4,060 Falkirk 6–0 Dumbarton (10 August 2019)[2] |
Lowest attendance | 190 Stranraer 0–1 Montrose (10 March 2020)[2] |
Total attendance | 159,617[2] |
Average attendance | 1,148[2](![]() |
← 2018–19 2020–21 →
All statistics correct as of 1 May 2020. |
The 2019–20 Scottish League One (known as Ladbrokes League One for sponsorship reasons) was the 25th season in the current format of 10 teams in the third-tier of Scottish football. The fixtures were published in June 2019 and the season began on 3 August 2019.[3]
Ten teams contested the league: Airdrieonians, Clyde, Dumbarton, East Fife, Falkirk, Forfar Athletic, Montrose, Peterhead, Raith Rovers and Stranraer.
On 13 March 2020 all SPFL leagues were indefinitely suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] On 8 April, with the pandemic continuing, the SPFL board proposed to curtail the 2019–20 League One season and use the points per game earned by each team to date as the final standings.[5] The plan was approved on 15 April, meaning the league was declared over and Raith Rovers were crowned champions and Stranraer relegated to League 2.[6]
Teams[]
The following teams have changed division since the 2018–19 season.
To League One[]Promoted from League Two Relegated from the Championship
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From League One[]Relegated to League Two Promoted to the Championship
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Stadia and locations[]
Airdrieonians | Clyde | Dumbarton | East Fife |
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Excelsior Stadium | Broadwood Stadium | Dumbarton Football Stadium | Bayview Stadium |
Capacity: 10,101[8] | Capacity: 8,086[9] | Capacity: 2,020[10] | Capacity: 1,980[11] |
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Falkirk |
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Forfar Athletic | |
Falkirk Stadium | Station Park | ||
Capacity: 7,937[12] | Capacity: 6,777[13] | ||
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Montrose | Peterhead | Raith Rovers | Stranraer |
Links Park | Balmoor | Stark's Park | Stair Park |
Capacity: 4,936[14] | Capacity: 3,150[15] | Capacity: 8,867[16] | Capacity: 4,178[17] |
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Personnel and kits[]
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Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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Airdrieonians | ![]() |
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Joma | Holemasters[18] |
Clyde | ![]() |
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Kappa | North Lanarkshire Leisure (Home) Advance Construction (Away) |
Dumbarton | ![]() |
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Joma[19] | Turnberry Homes[19] |
East Fife | ![]() |
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Joma | East Fife Supporters Club |
Falkirk | ![]() ![]() |
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Puma[20] | Central Demolition[20] |
Forfar Athletic | ![]() |
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Pendle | Orchard Timber Products |
Montrose | ![]() |
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Hummel | Carnegie Fuels Ltd |
Peterhead | ![]() |
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Adidas | Prime Seafoods |
Raith Rovers | ![]() |
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Puma[21] | valmcdermid.com (Home)[21] Tag Games (Away)[21] |
Stranraer | ![]() |
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Joma[22] | Stena Line[23] |
Managerial changes[]
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Forfar Athletic | ![]() |
Resigned | 3 November 2019[24] | 10th | ![]() |
10 November 2019[25] |
Falkirk | ![]() |
Sacked | 16 November 2019[26] | 4th | ![]() ![]() |
19 November 2019[27] |
Falkirk | ![]() ![]() |
End of interim | 13 December 2019[28] | 4th | ![]() ![]() |
13 December 2019[28] |
League summary[]
League table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Promotion, qualification or relegation[a] |
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1 | Raith Rovers (C) | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 49 | 33 | +16 | 53 | 1.89 | Promotion to the Championship |
2 | Falkirk | 28 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 54 | 18 | +36 | 52 | 1.86 | |
3 | Airdrieonians | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 38 | 27 | +11 | 48 | 1.71 | |
4 | Montrose | 28 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 47 | 1.68 | |
5 | East Fife | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 45 | 1.61 | |
6 | Dumbarton | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 35 | 44 | −9 | 38 | 1.36 | |
7 | Clyde | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 34 | 1.21 | |
8 | Peterhead | 27 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 30 | 44 | −14 | 26 | 0.96 | |
9 | Forfar Athletic | 28 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 47 | −21 | 24 | 0.86 | |
10 | Stranraer (R) | 27 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 28 | 57 | −29 | 16 | 0.59 | Relegation to League Two |
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[]
Second half of season[]
Season statistics[]
Scoring[]
Top scorers[]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Clyde | 20 |
2 | ![]() |
Falkirk | 19 |
3 | ![]() |
Airdrieonians | 12 |
4 | ![]() |
Airdrieonians | 11 |
5 | ![]() |
Montrose | 10 |
6 | ![]() |
East Fife | 9 |
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Montrose | ||
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Raith Rovers | ||
9 | ![]() |
Dumbarton | 8 |
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Peterhead |
Source:[30]
Hat-tricks[]
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
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Falkirk | Dumbarton | 6–0 (H) | 10 August 2019 | [31] |
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Clyde | Stranraer | 6–1 (H) | 14 September 2019 | [32] |
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Clyde | Stranraer | 3–3 (H) | 4 January 2020 | [33] |
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Falkirk | Peterhead | 3–1 (A) | 11 January 2020 | [34] |
Note
5 Player scored five goals
Attendances[]
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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1 | Airdrieonians | 15,567 | 2,530 | 600 | 1,037 | +35.9% |
2 | Clyde[a] | 13,369 | 2,048 | 507 | 954 | +49.5% |
3 | Dumbarton | 9,268 | 982 | 364 | 662 | +7.3% |
4 | East Fife | 11,533 | 1,998 | 425 | 823 | +18.1% |
5 | Falkirk[b] | 51,987 | 4,060 | 3,289 | 3,713 | −21.7% |
6 | Forfar Athletic | 9,029 | 998 | 370 | 644 | −3.2% |
7 | Montrose | 9,293 | 1,095 | 423 | 663 | −16.0% |
8 | Peterhead[a] | 9,611 | 1,513 | 443 | 640 | −5.5% |
9 | Raith Rovers | 25,746 | 3,235 | 975 | 1,839 | +18.3% |
10 | Stranraer | 4,204 | 549 | 190 | 350 | +3.2% |
League total | 159,617 | 4,060 | 190 | 1,148 | +52.5% |
Source: [35]
- ^ a b Club was playing in League Two during the previous season.
- ^ Club was playing in Championship during the previous season.
Awards[]
Monthly awards[]
Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Ref. | ||
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Manager | Club | Player | Club | ||
August | ![]() |
East Fife | ![]() |
Forfar Athletic | |
September | ![]() |
Raith Rovers | ![]() |
Raith Rovers | |
October | ![]() |
Montrose | ![]() |
Montrose | |
November | ![]() |
Airdrieonians | ![]() |
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December | ![]() |
Montrose | ![]() |
Montrose | |
January | ![]() ![]() |
Falkirk | ![]() |
Falkirk | |
February | ![]() |
East Fife | ![]() |
East Fife |
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- ^ "Dumbarton Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "East Fife Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Falkirk Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
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- ^ "Montrose Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Peterhead Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Raith Rovers Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Stranraer Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Holemasters announced as new club sponsor". Airdrieonians FC. 11 August 2017. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ a b Findlay, Alan (28 June 2017). "The 'Big Reveal' - New home kit 2017/2018". Dumbarton FC. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- ^ a b "New strips on sale now!". Falkirk F.C. 12 May 2017. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- ^ a b c "2017/18 Strips Launched". Raith Rovers FC. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
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