The 2021–22 Scottish League One (known as cinch League One for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth season of Scottish League One, the third tier of Scottish football. The season began on 31 July.
Ten teams contested the league: Airdrieonians, Alloa Athletic, Clyde, Cove Rangers, Dumbarton, East Fife, Falkirk, Montrose, Peterhead and Queen's Park.
Teams The following teams changed division after the 2020–21 season.
To League One Promoted from League Two Queen's Park
Relegated from the Championship Alloa Athletic
From League One Relegated to League Two Forfar Athletic
Promoted to the Championship Partick Thistle
Stadia and locations AirdrieoniansAlloa AthleticClydeCove RangersExcelsior StadiumRecreation ParkBroadwood StadiumBalmoral StadiumCapacity: 10,101Capacity: 3,100Capacity: 8,086Capacity: 2,602DumbartonEast FifeDumbarton Football StadiumBayview StadiumCapacity: 2,020Capacity: 1,980FalkirkMontrosePeterheadQueen's ParkFalkirk StadiumLinks ParkBalmoorFirhill StadiumCapacity: 7,937Capacity: 4,936Capacity: 3,150Capacity: 10,102
Personnel and kits Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorAirdrieonians UmbroHolemastersAlloa Athletic PendleNorthern Gas and PowerClyde PumaHomesBook Factoring (Home)Whitemoss Dental (Away)Cove Rangers AdidasACE GroupDumbarton JomaMoreroom Extensions Ltd (Home)Four Architects (Away)East Fife JomaBW TechnologyFalkirk (interim) PumaClarke ePOS (UK) LtdMontrose HummelCarnegie Fuels LtdPeterhead AdidasThe Score GroupQueen's Park (interim) AdmiralIrn-Bru
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Alloa Athletic Peter Grant Sacked 1 May 2021Pre-season Barry Ferguson 27 May 2021 Falkirk Gary Holt End of interim spell 6 May 2021 Paul Sheerin 28 May 2021 Queen's Park Ray McKinnon Mutual consent 10 May 2021 Laurie Ellis 22 May 2021 Dumbarton Jim Duffy End of contract 24 May 2021 Stephen Farrell 29 May 2021 East Fife Darren YoungSacked 21 November 2021 10th Stevie Crawford 30 November 2021 Falkirk Paul Sheerin 5 December 2021 5th Martin Rennie 10 December 2021 Queen's Park Laurie Ellis 31 December 2021 4th Marijn Beuker (interim) 31 December 2021 Alloa Athletic Barry Ferguson Resigned 14 February 2022 8th Brian Rice 21 February 2022 Falkirk Martin Rennie Left 14 April 2022 5th Kenny Miller (interim) 14 April 2022
League summary League table
Results
Matches 1–18 Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away.
Matches 19–36 Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away.
Season statistics Scoring
Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals1 Mitch Megginson Cove Rangers182 Rory McAllister Cove Rangers163 Calum Gallagher Airdrieonians15 David Goodwillie Clyde Graham Webster Montrose
Awards MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the MonthManagerClubPlayerClubAugust Laurie Ellis Queen's Park Simon Murray Queen's ParkSeptember Stephen Farrell Dumbarton Callum Wilson DumbartonOctober Stewart Petrie Montrose Rory McAllister Cove RangersNovember Paul Hartley Cove Rangers Mitch Megginson Cove RangersDecember Paul Hartley Cove Rangers Blair Yule Cove RangersJanuary Ian Murray Airdrieonians Dylan Easton AirdrieoniansFebruary Ian Murray Airdrieonians Rhys McCabe AirdrieoniansMarch Paul Hartley Cove Rangers Callum Smith AirdrieoniansApril Paul Hartley Cove Rangers Calum Gallagher Airdrieonians
League One play-offs The semi-finals were contested by the teams placed second to fourth in Scottish League Two, as well as the team placed ninth in Scottish League One. The winners advanced to the final, with the highest-ranked team hosting the second leg.
Bracket
Semi-finals First leg
Second leg
Final First leg
Second leg
References
External links Official website