2021–22 Scottish League One

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.

Scottish League One
Season2021–22
Dates31 July 2021 – 30 April 2022
ChampionsCove Rangers
PromotedCove Rangers
Queen's Park
RelegatedDumbarton
East Fife
Matches played180
Goals scored507 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorerMitch Megginson
18 goals
Biggest home winQueen's Park 6–0 Falkirk
(4 December 2021)
Biggest away winClyde 0–5 Montrose
(16 October 2021)
Clyde 0–5 Airdrieonians
(23 April 2022)
Highest scoringFalkirk 6–2 Dumbarton
(8 January 2022)
Longest winning runCove Rangers
9 games
Longest unbeaten runCove Rangers
26 games
Longest winless runEast Fife
12 games
Longest losing runEast Fife
7 games
Highest attendance4,104
Falkirk 3–1 East Fife (26 February 2022)
Lowest attendance193
Montrose 2–1 Airdrieonians (7 December 2021)
All statistics correct as of 30 April 2022.

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

Relegated from the Championship

From League One

Relegated to League Two

Promoted to the Championship

Stadia and locations
Airdrieonians Alloa Athletic Clyde Cove Rangers
Excelsior Stadium Recreation Park Broadwood Stadium Balmoral Stadium
Capacity: 10,101[1] Capacity: 3,100[2] Capacity: 8,086[3] Capacity: 2,602[4]
Dumbarton
Location of teams in 2021–22 Scottish League One
 East Fife
Dumbarton Football Stadium Bayview Stadium
Capacity: 2,020[5] Capacity: 1,980[6]
Falkirk Montrose Peterhead Queen's Park
Falkirk Stadium Links Park Balmoor Firhill Stadium[7]
Capacity: 7,937[8] Capacity: 4,936[9] Capacity: 3,150[10] Capacity: 10,102[11]

Personnel and kits
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Airdrieonians Scotland Ian Murray Scotland Callum Fordyce Umbro Holemasters[12]
Alloa Athletic Scotland Brian Rice Scotland Andy Graham[13] Pendle Northern Gas and Power
Clyde Scotland Danny Lennon Scotland Ally Love Puma HomesBook Factoring (Home)
Whitemoss Dental (Away)
Cove Rangers Scotland Paul Hartley Scotland Mitch Megginson Adidas ACE Group
Dumbarton Scotland Stephen Farrell Scotland Stuart Carswell Joma[14] Moreroom Extensions Ltd (Home)
Four Architects (Away)
East Fife Scotland Stevie Crawford Scotland Kevin Smith Joma BW Technology
Falkirk Scotland Kenny Miller (interim) Scotland Paul Watson Puma[15] Clarke ePOS (UK) Ltd
Montrose Scotland Stewart Petrie Scotland Paul Watson Hummel Carnegie Fuels Ltd
Peterhead Scotland Jim McInally Scotland Scott Brown Adidas The Score Group
Queen's Park Netherlands Marijn Beuker (interim) Scotland Michael Doyle Admiral Irn-Bru

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Alloa Athletic Scotland Peter Grant Sacked 1 May 2021 Pre-season Scotland Barry Ferguson 27 May 2021
Falkirk Scotland Gary Holt End of interim spell 6 May 2021 Scotland Paul Sheerin 28 May 2021
Queen's Park Scotland Ray McKinnon Mutual consent 10 May 2021 Scotland Laurie Ellis 22 May 2021
Dumbarton Scotland Jim Duffy End of contract 24 May 2021 Scotland Stephen Farrell 29 May 2021
East Fife Scotland Darren Young Sacked 21 November 2021 10th Scotland Stevie Crawford 30 November 2021
Falkirk Scotland Paul Sheerin 5 December 2021 5th Scotland Martin Rennie 10 December 2021
Queen's Park Scotland Laurie Ellis 31 December 2021 4th Netherlands Marijn Beuker (interim) 31 December 2021
Alloa Athletic Scotland Barry Ferguson Resigned 14 February 2022 8th Scotland Brian Rice 21 February 2022
Falkirk Scotland Martin Rennie Left 14 April 2022 5th Scotland Kenny Miller (interim) 14 April 2022

League summary

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Cove Rangers (C, P) 36 23 10 3 73 32 +41 79 Promotion to the Championship
2 Airdrieonians 36 21 9 6 68 37 +31 72 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
3 Montrose 36 15 14 7 53 36 +17 59
4 Queen's Park (O, P) 36 11 18 7 51 36 +15 51
5 Alloa Athletic 36 12 9 15 49 57 −8 45
6 Falkirk 36 12 8 16 49 55 −6 44
7 Peterhead 36 11 9 16 46 51 −5 42
8 Clyde 36 9 12 15 39 62 −23 39
9 Dumbarton (R) 36 9 7 20 48 71 −23 34 Qualification for the League One play-offs
10 East Fife (R) 36 5 8 23 31 70 −39 23 Relegation to League Two
Source: [16]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[17]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers
As of 30 April 2022
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Scotland Mitch Megginson Cove Rangers 18
2 Scotland Rory McAllister Cove Rangers 16
3 Scotland Calum Gallagher Airdrieonians 15
Scotland David Goodwillie Clyde
Scotland Graham Webster Montrose

Awards
Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
Manager Club Player Club
August Scotland Laurie Ellis Queen's Park Scotland Simon Murray Queen's Park
September Scotland Stephen Farrell Dumbarton Scotland Callum Wilson Dumbarton
October Scotland Stewart Petrie Montrose Scotland Rory McAllister Cove Rangers
November Scotland Paul Hartley Cove Rangers Scotland Mitch Megginson Cove Rangers
December Scotland Paul Hartley Cove Rangers Scotland Blair Yule Cove Rangers
January Scotland Ian Murray Airdrieonians Scotland Dylan Easton Airdrieonians
February Scotland Ian Murray Airdrieonians Scotland Rhys McCabe Airdrieonians
March Scotland Paul Hartley Cove Rangers Scotland Callum Smith Airdrieonians
April Scotland Paul Hartley Cove Rangers Scotland 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.[19]

Bracket
Semifinals Final
          
1 Dumbarton 1 1 2
4 Edinburgh City 4 1 5
Annan Athletic 0 2 2
Edinburgh City 2 1 3
3 Forfar Athletic 0 1 1
2 Annan Athletic 1 1 2

First leg
3 May 2022 Edinburgh City 4–1 Dumbarton Edinburgh
19:45 See 11', 71'
Buchanan 27' (o.g.)
Robertson 90'		 [20] MacLean 61' Stadium: Ainslie Park[21]
Attendance: 630
Referee: Chris Graham
3 May 2022 Annan Athletic 1–0 Forfar Athletic Annan
19:45 Garrity 31' [22] Stadium: Galabank
Attendance: 608
Referee: Lloyd Wilson

Second leg
7 May 2022 Dumbarton1–1
(2–5 agg.)		 Edinburgh City Dumbarton
15:00 Syvertsen 59' [23] Shanley 64' Stadium: Dumbarton Football Stadium
Attendance: 637
Referee: Gavin Duncan
7 May 2022 Forfar Athletic1–1
(1–2 agg.)		 Annan Athletic Forfar
15:00 McCluskey 32' [24] Wallace 88' (pen.) Stadium: Station Park
Attendance: 886
Referee: Steven Kirkland

First leg
10 May 2022 Edinburgh City 2–0 Annan Athletic Edinburgh
19:30 Murray 50'
Shanley 62'		 [25] Stadium: Ainslie Park[26]
Attendance: 1,008
Referee: Colin Steven

Second leg
13 May 2022 Annan Athletic 2–1
(2–3 agg.)		 Edinburgh City Annan
19:30 Wallace 6' (pen.)
Goss 20'		 [27] Murray 53' Stadium: Galabank
Attendance: 1,152
Referee: Euan Anderson

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