The 2026–27 Scottish League One (known as William Hill League One for sponsorship reasons) will be the 14th season of Scottish League One, the third tier of Scottish football. The season began on 1 August 2026.
Ten teams are contesting the league: Airdrieonians, Alloa Athletic, Cove Rangers, East Kilbride, East Fife, Hamilton Academical, Montrose, Peterhead, Queen of the South and Ross County.
Teams The following teams changed division after the 2025–26 season.
To League One Promoted from League Two East Kilbride
Relegated from the Championship Airdrieonians Ross County
From League One Relegated to League Two Kelty Hearts
Promoted to the Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle Stenhousemuir
Stadia and locations AirdrieoniansAlloa AthleticCove RangersEast KilbrideExcelsior StadiumRecreation ParkBalmoral StadiumK-Park Training AcademyCapacity: 10,101Capacity: 3,100Capacity: 2,602Capacity: 700East FifeHamilton AcademicalBayview StadiumNew Douglas ParkCapacity: 1,980Capacity: 6,018MontrosePeterheadQueen of the SouthRoss CountyLinks ParkBalmoorPalmerston ParkVictoria ParkCapacity: 4,936Capacity: 3,150Capacity: 8,690Capacity: 6,541
Notes
All grounds are equipped with floodlights.
Personnel and kits Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorAirdrieonians PumaHolemastersAlloa Athletic PendleMcEwan Fraser LegalCove Rangers AdidasKR GroupEast Kilbride AdidasEuroplas (Home)SR Digital Consultancy (Away)East Fife ErreàStuart's Bakers and Butchers (Home)JADA (Away)Ramzans.com (Third)Hamilton Academical TorNoneMontrose UhlsportMontrose Port AuthorityPeterhead PumaThe Score GroupQueen of the South MacronGavin Edgar JoineryRoss County MacronRoss-shire Engineering
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Queen of the South Peter MurphySacked 11 May 2026Pre-season Nicky Clark 26 May 2026 Airdrieonians Aaron Taylor-Sinclair 20 May 2026 John Rankin 23 May 2026
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 180 games, with each team playing 36.
First half of season (Matches 1–18)
Second half of season (Matches 19–36)
Season statistics
Scoring
Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Cameron ElliottEast Kilbride82 Brian GrahamRoss County73 Andy RyanHamilton Academical64 Gary OliverMontrose55 Liam McLeishAirdrieonians3 Kyle GlasgowAlloa Athletic Cameron RossEast Fife Craig McGuffieEast Kilbride Kyle MacDonaldHamilton Academical Connor YoungQueen of the South Chris HamiltonRoss County Jamie LindsayRoss County Kieran PhillipsRoss County Source:
Awards MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the MonthManagerClubPlayerClub August Stuart Kettlewell Ross County Brian Graham Ross County September Stewart Petrie Montrose Jamie Barjonas Montrose October November December January February March April
References
External links Official website