The 2015–16 Scottish League One (referred to as the Ladbrokes League One for sponsorship reasons) was the 22nd season in the current format of 10 teams in the third-tier of Scottish football.
Teams Promoted from Scottish League Two Albion Rovers
Relegated from Scottish Championship Cowdenbeath
Stadia and locations Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Ayr United Brechin City Excelsior Stadium Cliftonhill Somerset ParkGlebe Park Capacity: 10,170 Capacity: 1,238 Capacity: 10,185 Capacity: 3,960 Cowdenbeath Dunfermline AthleticCentral Park East End Park Capacity: 4,309 Capacity: 11,480 Forfar Athletic Peterhead Stenhousemuir Stranraer Station Park Balmoor Ochilview Park Stair Park Capacity: 6,777 Capacity: 3,150 Capacity: 3,746 Capacity: 6,250
Personnel Team Manager Captain Manufacturer Sponsors Airdrieonians Danny Lennon (acting head coach) Marc Fitzpatrick Macron M&H Logistics Albion Rovers Darren Young Michael Dunlop Adidas Reigart Demolition Ayr United Ian McCall Nicky Devlin Adidas Bodog Brechin City Darren Dods Craig Molloy Pendle Delson Cowdenbeath Colin Nish Pat Scullion Uhlsport Subsea Pressure Controls Dunfermline Athletic Allan Johnston Callum Fordyce Joma SRJ Windows Forfar Athletic Gary Bollan Gavin Swankie Pendle Orchard Timber Products Peterhead Jim McInally Steven Noble Adidas LFH Engineering Ltd Stenhousemuir Brown Ferguson Stuart Malcolm Prostar Gulnar Tandoori Restaurant Stranraer Brian Reid Steven Bell Stanno Stena Line
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment Dunfermline Athletic Stepped down 30 April 2015Pre-season 8 May 2015 Cowdenbeath Resigned 5 May 2015 2 June 2015 Brechin City Signed by Raith Rovers 23 May 2015 10 June 2015 Stranraer Signed by Dumbarton 27 May 2015 1 June 2015 Forfar Athletic Sacked 12 December 2015 8th Stewart Petrie (interim) 15 December 2015 Airdrieonians Signed by Forfar Athletic 20 December 2015 5th 22 December 2015 Forfar Athletic (interim) End of interim 21 December 2015 8th 21 December 2015 Airdrieonians Illness 5 March 2016 4th (acting head coach) 10 March 2016
League table
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.
First half of season
Second half of season
Season statistics
Scoring
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Faissal El BakhtaouiDunfermline Athletic22 Rory McAllisterPeterhead3 Greig SpenceCowdenbeath174 Robert ThomsonBrechin City155 Joe CardleDunfermline Athletic14 Craig MooreAyr United7 Ally LoveAlbion Rovers13 Shane SutherlandPeterhead
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Ref Dunfermline Athletic Forfar Athletic 4–0 Peterhead Stenhousemuir 3–4 Peterhead Cowdenbeath 7–0 Dunfermline Athletic Stranraer 6–1 Peterhead Brechin City 4–1 Dunfermline Athletic Brechin City 3–1 Brechin City Peterhead 5–1
Discipline
Player
Yellow cards
RankPlayerClubCards1 Kyle TurnbullAlbion Rovers112 Dean BrettCowdenbeath10 Andy GegganDunfermline Athletic Steven BellStranraer5 Darren DodsBrechin City9 Euan MurrayStenhousemuir710 players8
Red cards
RankPlayerClubCards1 Thomas O'BrienForfar Athletic2 Scott RossPeterhead Steven NoblePeterhead438 players1
Club
Yellow cards
RankClubCards1Brechin City832Stenhousemuir803Cowdenbeath76
Red cards
RankClubCards1Stenhousemuir72Cowdenbeath6Peterhead
Awards
Monthly awards MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the MonthRef.ManagerClubPlayerClubAugust Dick CampbellForfar Athletic Faissal El BakhtaouiDunfermline Athletic September Ian McCallAyr United Nicky DevlinAyr UnitedOctober Darren YoungAlbion Rovers Sean MurdochDunfermline AthleticNovember Brown FergusonStenhousemuir Leighton McIntoshPeterheadDecember Allan JohnstonDunfermline Athletic Greig SpenceCowdenbeathJanuary Jim McInallyPeterhead Shane SutherlandPeterheadFebruary Jim McInallyPeterhead Rory McAllisterPeterheadMarch Allan JohnstonDunfermline Athletic Faissal El BakhtaouiDunfermline AthleticApril Darren DodsBrechin City Robert ThomsonBrechin City
League One play-offs Cowdenbeath, the second bottom team, entered into a 4-team playoff with the 2nd-4th placed teams in 2015–16 Scottish League Two; Elgin City, Clyde, and Queen's Park.
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Final The winners of the semi-finals, Clyde and Queen's Park, then competed against one another over two legs, with the winner replacing Cowdenbeath and being promoted to the 2016–17 Scottish League One.
First leg
Second leg
References