2014–15 Scottish League One

The 2014–15 Scottish League One was the 21st season in the current format of 10 teams in the third-tier of Scottish football.

Scottish League One

Season	2014–15
Champions	Greenock Morton
Promoted	Greenock Morton
Relegated	Stirling Albion
Matches played	180
Biggest home win	Stranraer 5–0 Peterhead (28 October 2014)
Biggest away win	Stirling Albion 0–5 Brechin City (13 September 2014)
Highest scoring	Stenhousemuir 4–5 Stirling Albion (23 August 2014)
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

Teams

Peterhead and Stirling Albion were promoted respectively as 2013–14 Scottish League Two champions and 2013–14 Scottish League One play-off winners, whilst Greenock Morton were relegated from the 2013–14 Scottish Championship.

Stadia and locations

Airdrieonians

Ayr United

Brechin City

Dunfermline Athletic

Forfar Athletic

Morton

Peterhead

Stenhousemuir

Stirling

Stranraer

Location of teams in 2014–15 Scottish League One

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Airdrieonians	Airdrie	Excelsior Stadium	10,101[1]
Ayr United	Ayr	Somerset Park	10,185[2]
Brechin City	Brechin	Glebe Park	4,083[3]
Dunfermline Athletic	Dunfermline	East End Park	11,480[4]
Forfar Athletic	Forfar	Station Park	6,777[5]
Greenock Morton	Greenock	Cappielow Park	11,589[6]
Peterhead	Peterhead	Balmoor	3,150[7]
Stenhousemuir	Stenhousemuir	Ochilview Park	3,746[8]
Stirling Albion	Stirling	Forthbank Stadium	3,808[9]
Stranraer	Stranraer	Stair Park	4,178[10]

Personnel

Team	Manager	Manufacturer	Sponsors
Airdrieonians	Gary Bollan	Puma	Annick Structures Ltd
Ayr United	Ian McCall	Adidas	Bodog
Brechin City	Ray McKinnon	Pendle	Delson
Dunfermline Athletic	John Potter	Joma	The Purvis Group
Forfar Athletic	Dick Campbell	Pendle	Orchard Timber Products
Greenock Morton	Jim Duffy	Nike	Millions Sweets
Peterhead	Jim McInally	Adidas	Kerloch Oil Tools
Stenhousemuir	Brown Ferguson (Caretaker)	CiC	Gulnar Tandoori Restaurant
Stirling Albion	Stuart McLaren	Macron	Prudential Insurance
Stranraer	Stephen Aitken	Stanno	Stena Line

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Greenock Morton (C, P)	36	22	3	11	65	40	+25	69	Promotion to the Championship
2	Stranraer	36	20	7	9	59	38	+21	67	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
3	Forfar Athletic	36	20	6	10	59	43	+16	66
4	Brechin City	36	15	14	7	58	46	+12	59
5	Airdrieonians	36	16	10	10	53	39	+14	58
6	Peterhead	36	14	9	13	51	54	−3	51
7	Dunfermline Athletic	36	13	9	14	46	48	−2	48
8	Ayr United	36	9	7	20	45	60	−15	34
9	Stenhousemuir (O)	36	8	5	23	42	63	−21	29	Qualification for the League One play-offs
10	Stirling Albion (R)	36	4	8	24	35	84	−49	20	Relegation to League Two

Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

First half of season Home \ Away AIR AYR BRE DNF FOR GMO PET STE STI STR Airdrieonians 3–0 4–0 3–1 1–2 0–1 0–2 2–0 0–0 3–3 Ayr United 2–3 0–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 3–3 2–3 2–2 0–2 Brechin City 1–1 2–4 1–1 3–3 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 Dunfermline Athletic 3–0 4–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 3–0 2–0 4–0 0–1 Forfar Athletic 1–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 3–2 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 Greenock Morton 2–1 0–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 3–1 2–0 4–0 Peterhead 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–4 Stenhousemuir 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–2 4–5 2–2 Stirling Albion 2–2 1–3 0–5 0–2 2–2 3–4 2–3 0–4 1–1 Stranraer 1–0 3–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 2–0 5–0 0–2 2–0 Updated to match(es) played on 10 March 2015. Source: BBC Sport Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season Home \ Away AIR AYR BRE DNF FOR GMO PET STE STI STR Airdrieonians 2–0 1–1 3–2 3–1 2–1 1–3 2–1 4–1 1–1 Ayr United 0–1 2–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–4 0–0 4–0 0–2 Brechin City 0–0 2–1 3–0 2–3 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–3 Dunfermline Athletic 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–3 0–4 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 Forfar Athletic 2–0 1–3 0–2 1–0 1–2 3–1 1–0 4–0 1–0 Greenock Morton 0–1 2–1 0–2 2–0 0–2 3–1 3–2 4–0 2–0 Peterhead 0–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–3 2–0 2–1 1–2 Stenhousemuir 0–2 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–3 2–3 2–1 1–2 1–0 Stirling Albion 0–2 1–4 0–1 2–2 0–1 0–2 2–1 3–2 0–1 Stranraer 1–0 1–0 0–2 5–1 4–2 0–2 2–0 3–2 1–0 Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2015. Source: BBC Sport Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

League One play-offs

The second bottom team in League one enters into a 4 team playoff with the teams from 2nd to 4th from League Two

Semi-finals

All times British Summer Time (UTC+1)

First leg

Arbroath	2–2	Queen's Park
McWalter  23' Murray 43', 64'	Report	Wharton 18' Fraser 36'

6 May 2015

19:45

Gayfield Park, Arbroath

Attendance: 837

Referee: Craig Charleston

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East Fife	1–1	Stenhousemuir
Brown 3'	Report	Lithgow 61'

6 May 2015

19:45

Bayview Stadium, Methil

Attendance: 679

Referee: Euan Anderson

Second leg

Queen's Park	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Arbroath
Quinn 118'	Report

9 May 2015

15:00

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 1,026

Referee: Andrew Dallas

Queen's Park win 3-2 on aggregate

Stenhousemuir	3–1 (a.e.t.)	East Fife
Millar 2' McCormack 94' Sutherland 116'	Report	Page 87'

9 May 2015

15:00

Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir

Attendance: 799

Referee: John McKendrick

Stenhousemuir win 4-2 on aggregate

Final

The two semi-final winners play-off over two legs . the winner is awarded a place in the 2015–16 Scottish League One

First leg

Queen's Park	0–1	Stenhousemuir
	Report	McCormack 55'

13 May 2015

19:30

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 811

Referee: Barry Cook

Second leg

Stenhousemuir	1–1	Queen's Park
McMenamin 3'	Report	Fraser 36'

16 May 2015

15:00

Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir

Attendance: 1,165

Referee: Don Robertson

Stenhousemuir win 2-1 on aggregate

Top scorers

As of 30 May 2015 (UTC)

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals[11]
1	Declan McManus	Greenock Morton	20
2	Colin McMenamin	Stenhousemuir	15
	Alan Trouten	Brechin City
4	Bryan Prunty	Airdrieonians	14
5	Andy Jackson	Brechin City	11
	Jamie Longworth	Stranraer
	Gavin Swankie	Forfar Athletic
8	Dale Hilson	Forfar Athletic	10
	Craig Malcolm	Stranraer
10	Alan Forrest	Ayr United	9
	Willie Gibson	Stranraer
	Jim Lister	Airdrieonians