2016–17 Scottish League One

Scottish League One

Season	2016–17
Matches played	68
Goals scored	207 (3.04 per match)
Top goalscorer	Liam Buchanan (11 goals)^[1]
Biggest home win	Livingston 5–1 Stranraer^[2] (6 August 2016)
Biggest away win	Stenhousemuir 0–5 Stranraer^[2] (15 October 2016)
Highest scoring	Stranraer 2–5 Alloa Athletic^[2] (13 August 2016)
Longest winning run	5 matches:^[2] Airdrieonians
Longest unbeaten run	5 matches:^[2] Airdrieonians Brechin City
Longest winless run	7 matches:^[2] East Fife Stenhousemuir
Longest losing run	4 matches:^[2] Queen's Park
Highest attendance	1,199^[2] Albion Rovers 1–2 Airdrieonians (5 November 2016)
Lowest attendance	228^[2] Albion Rovers 0–2 Brechin City (13 August 2016)
Total attendance	39,288^[2]
Average attendance	577^[2]
← 2015–16 2017–18 → All statistics correct as of 19 November 2016.

The 2016–17 Scottish League One (known as Ladbrokes League One for sponsorship reasons) is the 22nd season in the current format of 10 teams in the third-tier of Scottish football. The fixtures were published on 17 June 2016.^[3]

Ten teams will contest the league: Airdrieonians, Albion Rovers, Alloa Athletic, Brechin City, East Fife, Livingston, Peterhead, Queen's Park, Stenhousemuir and Stranraer.

Teams

The following teams have changed division since the 2015–16 season.

To League One

Promoted from Scottish League Two

Relegated from Scottish Championship

From League One

Relegated to Scottish League Two

Promoted to Scottish Championship

Stadia and locations

Airdrieonians	Albion Rovers	Alloa Athletic	Brechin City
Excelsior Stadium	Cliftonhill	Recreation Park	Glebe Park
Capacity: 10,101^[4]	Capacity: 1,238^[5]	Capacity: 3,100^[6]	Capacity: 4,083^[7]

East Fife	Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Brechin City East Fife Livingston Peterhead Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stranraer		Livingston
Bayview Stadium			Almondvale Stadium
Capacity: 1,998^[8]			Capacity: 8,716^[9]

Peterhead	Queen's Park	Stenhousemuir	Stranraer
Balmoor	Hampden Park	Ochilview Park	Stair Park
Capacity: 3,150^[10]	Capacity: 51,866^[11]	Capacity: 4,096^[12]	Capacity: 4,178^[13]

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Airdrieonians	Mark Wilson	Marc Fitzpatrick	Under Armour	M&H Logistics
Albion Rovers	Darren Young	Darren Young	Adidas	Reigart Demolition
Alloa Athletic	Jim Goodwin	Graeme Holmes	Pendle	Marshall Construction
Brechin City	Darren Dods	Paul McLean	Pendle	Delson
East Fife	Gary Naysmith	Kevin Smith	Joma	W Glendinning Haulage Contractors (Home shirt) EF Joinery (Away shirt)
Livingston	David Hopkin	Sean Crighton	Joma	Krafty Brew
Peterhead	Jim McInally	Simon Ferry	Adidas	LFH Engineering Ltd
Queen's Park	Gus MacPherson	Paul Woods	Under Armour	Irn-Bru
Stenhousemuir	Brown Ferguson	Mark Gilhaney	Prostar	Gulnar Tandoori Restaurant
Stranraer	Brian Reid	Steven Bell	Stanno	Stena Line

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Alloa Athletic	name !Jack Ross	Signed by St Mirren	4 October 2016^[14]	3rd	Jim Goodwin	11 October 2016^[15]
Airdrieonians	name !Eddie Wolecki Black Kevin McBride	Stepped down Sacked	30 October 2016^[16]	4th	Mark Wilson	31 October 2016^[16]

League Summary

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Livingston	14	10	0	4	33	17	+16	30	Promotion to Scottish Championship
2	Airdrieonians	15	9	2	4	28	22	+6	29	Qualification to Championship play-offs
3	Brechin City	14	8	1	5	19	16	+3	25
4	Alloa Athletic	14	7	3	4	30	19	+11	24
5	Queen's Park	15	6	2	7	13	20	−7	20
6	Albion Rovers	14	5	3	6	20	20	0	18
7	Peterhead	15	5	3	7	19	25	−6	18
8	Stranraer	14	5	1	8	20	25	−5	16
9	East Fife	14	3	4	7	18	19	−1	13	Qualification to League One play-offs
10	Stenhousemuir	13	2	3	8	16	33	−17	9	Relegation to Scottish League Two

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2016. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Positions by Round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

	Leader - Promotion to 2017–18 Scottish Championship
	Qualification to Championship play-offs
	Qualification to League One play-offs
	Relegation to 2017–18 Scottish League Two

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Team \ Round
Airdrieonians !Airdrieonians	3	5	4	4	5	5	7	6	7	5	4	4	4	2
Albion Rovers !Albion Rovers	5	7	7	8	7	8	6	5	4	4	5	5	5	5
Alloa Athletic !Alloa Athletic	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	3	1	3	3	3	3	4
Brechin City !Brechin City	4	3	3	2	1	3	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	3
East Fife !East Fife	6	4	5	6	4	4	4	4	6	7	8	9	9	9
Livingston !Livingston	1	2	1	3	3	2	3	2	3	2	1	1	1	1
Peterhead !Peterhead	10	10	8	10	8	9	9	10	9	8	6	6	6	6
Queen's Park !Queen's Park	8	6	6	5	6	6	8	8	8	9	9	8	7	7
Stenhousemuir !Stenhousemuir	7	8	9	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Stranraer !Stranraer	9	9	10	7	9	7	5	7	5	6	7	7	8	8

Source: Statto.com

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

Home ╲ Away	Airdrieonians !AIR	Albion Rovers !ALB	Alloa Athletic !ALO	Brechin City !BRE	East Fife !EFI	Livingston !LIV	Peterhead !PET	Queen's Park !QPA	Stenhousemuir !STE	Stranraer !STR
Airdrieonians !Airdrieonians		0–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–4	1–3	4–1		1–0
Albion Rovers !Albion Rovers	1–2		0–4	0–2			0–1	2–0	4–0	3–2
Alloa Athletic !Alloa Athletic	1–2	0–0			2–1	1–3	4–0		4–1
Brechin City !Brechin City	3–2		0–1			0–3	2–1	0–0	2–1
East Fife !East Fife	0–1	2–2	2–2	1–2		3–1		1–2	0–1	2–0
Livingston !Livingston		1–2	3–1	2–1	3–1		1–2		4–1	5–1
Peterhead !Peterhead		2–2		1–3	0–3	1–2		2–0		2–0
Queen's Park !Queen's Park	1–3		1–2		1–0	1–0	0–0		0–3	0–2
Stenhousemuir !Stenhousemuir	2–2		2–2	1–3			2–2	1–2		0–5
Stranraer !Stranraer		3–2	2–5	0–1	1–1		1–0	0–2	3–1

Updated to games played on 19 November 2016.
Source: Scottish League 1
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home ╲ Away	Airdrieonians !AIR	Albion Rovers !ALB	Alloa Athletic !ALO	Brechin City !BRE	East Fife !EFI	Livingston !LIV	Peterhead !PET	Queen's Park !QPA	Stenhousemuir !STE	Stranraer !STR
Airdrieonians !Airdrieonians
Albion Rovers !Albion Rovers
Alloa Athletic !Alloa Athletic
Brechin City !Brechin City
East Fife !East Fife
Livingston !Livingston
Peterhead !Peterhead
Queen's Park !Queen's Park
Stenhousemuir !Stenhousemuir
Stranraer !Stranraer

Source: Scottish League 1
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

As of matches played on 19 November 2016^[1]^[17]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Liam Buchanan	Livingston	11
2	Iain Russell	Airdrieonians	9
3	Andy Ryan	Airdrieonians	8
3	Greig Spence	Alloa Athletic	8
5	Danny Mullen	Livingston	7
6	Ryan Wallace	Albion Rovers	6
6	Craig Malcolm	Stranraer	6

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Russell, IainIain Russell	Airdrieonians	Queen's Park	4–1	000000002016-10-22-000022 October 2016	^[18]
Caldwell, RossRoss Caldwell	Brechin City	Peterhead	3–1	000000002016-11-05-00005 November 2016	^[19]

Discipline

Player

Yellow cards

As of matches played on 19 November 2016^[20]

Rank	Player	Club	Cards
1	Rory McAllister	Peterhead	6
1	Jamie McCormack	Stenhousemuir	6
3	Ryan Wallace	Albion Rovers	5
	Ryan McGeever	Queen's Park
	Scott Robertson	Stranraer
6	8 players		4

Red cards

As of matches played on 19 November 2016^[20]

Rank	Player	Club	Cards
1	Jim Goodwin	Alloa Athletic	2
2	15 players		1

Club

Yellow cards

As of matches played on 19 November 2016^[21]

Rank	Club	Cards
1	Airdrieonians	33
	Stenhousemuir
	Stranraer

Red cards

As of matches played on 19 November 2016^[21]

Rank	Club	Cards
1	Airdrieonians	3
1	East Fife	3
3	Alloa Athletic	2
	Livingston
	Queen's Park
	Stenhousemuir

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Airdrieonians !Airdrieonians	6,359	1,048	482	794	-0.92218350754936−7.7%^†
2	Albion Rovers !Albion Rovers	3,264	1,199	228	466	-0.84115523465704−15.8%^†
3	Alloa Athletic !Alloa Athletic	3,423	712	453	570	-0.50847457627119−49.1%^†
4	Brechin City !Brechin City	2,676	517	402	446	-0.82592592592593−17.4%^†
5	East Fife !East Fife	4,868	784	412	608	-0.9728−2.7%^†
6	Livingston !Livingston	5,621	977	693	803	-0.46550724637681−53.4%^†
7	Peterhead !Peterhead	3,148	621	444	524	-0.82389937106918−17.6%^†
8	Queen's Park !Queen's Park	4,486	957	524	640	0.23552123552124+23.5%^†
9	Stenhousemuir !Stenhousemuir	2,621	597	331	436	-0.77031802120141−22.9%^†
10	Stranraer !Stranraer	2,825	448	323	403	-0.79644268774704−20.3%^†
	League total	39,288	1,199	228	577	-0.58877551020408−41.1%^†

Updated to games played on 19 November 2016
Source: ^[2]^[22]

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Ref.
Month	Manager	Club	Player	Club	Ref.
August	Jack Ross	Alloa Athletic	Jordan Kirkpatrick	Alloa Athletic	^[23]
September	Gary Naysmith	East Fife	Jamie Insall	East Fife
October	David Hopkin	Livingston	Liam Buchanan	Livingston
November
December
January
February
March
April

League One play-offs

The second bottom team will enter into a 4-team playoff with the 2nd-4th placed teams in 2016–17 Scottish League Two.

References

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "2016–17 Scottish League One performance". ESPN. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
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↑ "Albion Rovers Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
↑ "Alloa Athletic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
↑ "Brechin City Football Club". Scottish Football Ground Guide. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
↑ "East Fife Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
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↑ "Peterhead Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
↑ "Queens Park Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
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↑ "Stranraer Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
↑ "Jack Ross: St Mirren appoint Alloa Athletic boss as manager". BBC Sport. BBC. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
↑ "Alloa Athletic appoint Jim Goodwin as manager". BBC Sport. BBC. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
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