2019–20 Scottish League One
{{Infobox football league season
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|competition=Scottish League One
|season =2019–20
|dates =3 August 2019 – 15 April 2020
|winners = Raith Rovers
|promoted = Raith Rovers
|relegated = Stranraer
|matches = 139
|total goals= 387
|league topscorer= David Goodwillie (20 goals){{cite web |title=Top Scorers - Scottish League One |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/scottish-league-one/top-scorers |website=BBC |access-date=10 August 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/stats/_/league/SCO.3/view/performance |title=Scottish League One Performance Stats 2019–20 |website=ESPN |access-date=5 August 2019}}
|biggest home win= Falkirk 6–0 Dumbarton (10 August 2019)
Falkirk 6–0 Forfar Athletic (25 January 2020)
|biggest away win= Stranraer 0–3 Falkirk (21 September 2019)
Forfar Athletic 1–4 Airdrieonians (26 October 2019)
|highest scoring = East Fife 3–5 Raith Rovers (28 December 2019)
|longest wins =6 matches:
Montrose
|longest unbeaten =12 matches:
Falkirk
|longest winless =15 matches:
Stranraer
|longest losses =6 matches:
Forfar Athletic
Montrose
Stranraer
|highest attendance= 4,060
Falkirk 6–0 Dumbarton (10 August 2019)
|lowest attendance = 190
Stranraer 0–1 Montrose (10 March 2020)
|average attendance= 1,148(12px395)
|prevseason =2018–19
|nextseason =2020–21
|updated = 1 May 2020
}}
The 2019–20 Scottish League One (known as Ladbrokes League One for sponsorship reasons) was the 26th season in the current format of 10 teams in the third-tier of Scottish football. The fixtures were published in June 2019 and the season began on 3 August 2019.{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47960952 | title=SPFL sticks with Scottish Premiership winter break for 2019/20 | website=BBC Sport | date=17 April 2019 | access-date=20 April 2019}}
Ten teams contested the league: Airdrieonians, Clyde, Dumbarton, East Fife, Falkirk, Forfar Athletic, Montrose, Peterhead, Raith Rovers and Stranraer.
On 13 March 2020 all SPFL leagues were indefinitely suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web |url=https://spfl.co.uk/news/coronavirus-joint-response-group-update-46618 |title=Coronavirus joint response group update|website=Scottish Professional Football League |access-date=13 March 2020}} On 8 April, with the pandemic continuing, the SPFL board proposed to curtail the 2019–20 League One season and use the points per game earned by each team to date as the final standings.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52214595 |title=SPFL: Clubs to vote on lower leagues; Premiership decision on hold |website=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=8 April 2020 |access-date=8 April 2020}} The plan was approved on 15 April, meaning the league was declared over and Raith Rovers were crowned champions and Stranraer relegated to League 2.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52297066 |title=Dundee Utd, Raith & Cove win titles & reconstruction talks start after Dundee vote |website=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=15 April 2020 |access-date=15 April 2020}}
Teams
The following teams have changed division since the 2018–19 season.
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=To League One=
=From League One=
=Stadia and locations=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Clyde |
| Excelsior Stadium |
| Capacity: 10,101{{cite web |url=http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/airdrieonians/ |title=Airdrieonians Football Club|website=Scottish Professional Football League |access-date=11 November 2013}}
| Capacity: 8,086{{cite web |url=http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/clyde/ |title=Clyde Football Club|website=Scottish Professional Football League |access-date=11 November 2013}} |
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| Falkirk
! colspan=2 rowspan=4| {{Location map+ |UK Scotland|width=350 |float=center|caption=Location of teams in 2019–20 Scottish League One |places= {{Location map~ |UK Scotland|marksize=6 |lat=55.853782 |long=-3.960586 |label=Airdrie |position=bottom}} {{Location map~ |UK Scotland|marksize=6 |lat=55.937769 |long=-4.029516 |label=Clyde |position=right}} {{Location map~ |UK Scotland|marksize=6 |lat=55.938403 |long=-4.561606 |label=Dumbarton |position=left}} {{Location map~ |UK Scotland|marksize=6 |lat=56.238326 |long=-2.999425 |label=East Fife |position=right}} {{Location map~ |UK Scotland|marksize=6 |lat=56.018151 |long=-3.756666 |label=Falkirk|position=top}} {{Location map~ |UK Scotland|marksize=6 |lat=56.651491 |long=-2.884343 |label=Forfar Athletic |position=left}} {{Location map~ |UK Scotland|marksize=6 |lat=56.721440 |long=-2.4661846|label=Montrose |position=right}} {{Location map~ |UK Scotland|marksize=6 |lat=57.506535 |long=-1.7972195|label=Peterhead |position=top}} {{Location map~ |UK Scotland|marksize=6 |lat=56.118300 |long=-3.138820 |label=Raith Rovers |position=right}} {{Location map~ |UK Scotland|marksize=6 |lat=54.903475 |long=-5.014250 |label=Stranraer |position=right}} }} |
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| Falkirk Stadium |
| Capacity: 7,937{{cite web |url=http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/falkirk/ |title=Falkirk Football Club|website=Scottish Professional Football League |access-date=11 November 2013}} |
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| Montrose |
| Links Park
| Balmoor |
| Capacity: 4,936{{cite web |url=http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/montrose/ |title=Montrose Football Club|website=Scottish Professional Football League |access-date=11 November 2013}} |
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=Personnel and kits=
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=Managerial changes=
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| Team
!Outgoing manager !Manner of departure !Date of vacancy !Position in table !Incoming manager !Date of appointment |
|---|
| Forfar Athletic
| {{flagicon|SCO}} Jim Weir | Resigned | 10th | {{flagicon|SCO}} Stuart Malcolm |
| Falkirk
| {{flagicon|SCO}} Ray McKinnon | Sacked | 4th | {{flagicon|SCO}} {{sortname|David|McCracken}} and {{flagicon|SCO}} {{sortname|Lee|Miller|dab=footballer}} (interim) |
| Falkirk
| {{flagicon|SCO}} {{sortname|David|McCracken}} and {{flagicon|SCO}} {{sortname|Lee|Miller|dab=footballer}} (interim) | End of interim | 4th | {{flagicon|SCO}} {{sortname|David|McCracken}} and {{flagicon|SCO}} {{sortname|Lee|Miller|dab=footballer}} |
League summary
=League table=
|update=complete
|source=[https://spfl.co.uk/league/league-one/table SPFL]
|ranking_style=ppgpts
|team1=RAI |team2=FAL |team3=AIR |team4=MON |team5=EFI |team6=DUM |team7=CLY |team8=PET |team9=FOR |team10=STR
|result1=SC |result10=REL
|win_AIR=14|draw_AIR=6 |loss_AIR=8 |gf_AIR=38|ga_AIR=27|rw_AIR=1.71
|win_CLY=9 |draw_CLY=7 |loss_CLY=12|gf_CLY=35|ga_CLY=43|rw_CLY=1.21
|win_DUM=11|draw_DUM=5 |loss_DUM=12|gf_DUM=35|ga_DUM=44|rw_DUM=1.35
|win_EFI=12|draw_EFI=9 |loss_EFI=7 |gf_EFI=44|ga_EFI=36|rw_EFI=1.60
|win_FAL=14|draw_FAL=10|loss_FAL=4 |gf_FAL=54|ga_FAL=18|rw_FAL=1.85
|win_FOR=6 |draw_FOR=6 |loss_FOR=16|gf_FOR=26|ga_FOR=47|rw_FOR=0.85
|win_MON=15|draw_MON=2 |loss_MON=11|gf_MON=48|ga_MON=38|rw_MON=1.67
|win_PET=7 |draw_PET=5 |loss_PET=15|gf_PET=30|ga_PET=44|rw_PET=0.96
|win_RAI=15|draw_RAI=8 |loss_RAI=5 |gf_RAI=49|ga_RAI=33|rw_RAI=1.96
|win_STR=2 |draw_STR=10|loss_STR=15|gf_STR=28|ga_STR=57|rw_STR=0.59
|status_RAI=C
|status_STR=R
|name_AIR=Airdrieonians
|name_CLY=Clyde
|name_DUM=Dumbarton
|name_EFI=East Fife
|name_FAL=Falkirk
|name_FOR=Forfar Athletic
|name_MON=Montrose
|name_PET=Peterhead
|name_RAI=Raith Rovers
|name_STR=Stranraer
|show_limit=5
|class_rules=1) Points per game.
|note_header_res=All play-off matches were cancelled, as clubs voted to curtail the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52297066 |title=Dundee Utd, Raith & Cove win titles and reconstruction talks start after Dundee vote |website=BBC Sport |date=15 April 2020 |access-date=15 April 2020}}
|res_col_header=PQR
|col_SC=green1 |text_SC=Promotion to the Championship
|col_REL=red1 |text_REL=Relegation to League Two
}}
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=
{{#invoke:sports results|main
|source=[https://spfl.co.uk/league-one/results/ Scottish League One]
|update=complete
|matches_style=FBR
|team1=AIR |team2=CLY |team3=DUM |team4=EFI |team5=FAL |team6=FOR |team7=MON |team8=PET |team9=RAI |team10=STR
|name_AIR=Airdrieonians
|name_CLY=Clyde
|name_DUM=Dumbarton
|name_EFI=East Fife
|name_FAL=Falkirk
|name_FOR=Forfar Athletic
|name_MON=Montrose
|name_PET=Peterhead
|name_RAI=Raith Rovers
|name_STR=Stranraer
|match_AIR_CLY= 3–1
|match_AIR_DUM= 3–1
|match_AIR_EFI= 4–0
|match_AIR_FAL= 0–0
|match_AIR_FOR= 0–2
|match_AIR_MON= 1–3
|match_AIR_PET= 2–1
|match_AIR_RAI= 0–1
|match_AIR_STR= 2–2
|match_CLY_AIR= 3–1
|match_CLY_DUM= 1–2
|match_CLY_EFI= 1–1
|match_CLY_FAL= 1–0
|match_CLY_FOR= 0–0
|match_CLY_MON= 0–2
|match_CLY_PET= 1–2
|match_CLY_RAI= 2–2
|match_CLY_STR= 6–1
|match_DUM_AIR= 0–1
|match_DUM_CLY= 1–2
|match_DUM_EFI= 2–4
|match_DUM_FAL= 1–1
|match_DUM_FOR= 3–1
|match_DUM_MON= 0–2
|match_DUM_PET= 1–0
|match_DUM_RAI= 0–1
|match_DUM_STR= 3–1
|match_EFI_AIR= 4–1
|match_EFI_CLY= 0–0
|match_EFI_DUM= 2–2
|match_EFI_FAL= 0–0
|match_EFI_FOR= 1–0
|match_EFI_MON= 0–1
|match_EFI_PET= 1–1
|match_EFI_RAI= 4–2
|match_EFI_STR= 1–1
|match_FAL_AIR= 1–2
|match_FAL_CLY= 0–1
|match_FAL_DUM= 6–0
|match_FAL_EFI= 0–0
|match_FAL_FOR= 3–0
|match_FAL_MON= 2–1
|match_FAL_PET= 4–0
|match_FAL_RAI= 1–1
|match_FAL_STR= 3–0
|match_FOR_AIR= 1–4
|match_FOR_CLY= 0–0
|match_FOR_DUM= 3–4
|match_FOR_EFI= 1–2
|match_FOR_FAL= 0–2
|match_FOR_MON= 2–0
|match_FOR_PET= 2–1
|match_FOR_RAI= 1–2
|match_FOR_STR= 1–0
|match_MON_AIR= 0–1
|match_MON_CLY= 4–0
|match_MON_DUM= 1–2
|match_MON_EFI= 1–3
|match_MON_FAL= 2–3
|match_MON_FOR= 3–0
|match_MON_PET= 4–3
|match_MON_RAI= 0–1
|match_MON_STR= 2–1
|match_PET_AIR= 1–2
|match_PET_CLY= 1–1
|match_PET_DUM= 2–3
|match_PET_EFI= 1–2
|match_PET_FAL= 0–0
|match_PET_FOR= 1–0
|match_PET_MON= 0–0
|match_PET_RAI= 2–0
|match_PET_STR= 3–0
|match_RAI_AIR= 1–0
|match_RAI_CLY= 5–2
|match_RAI_DUM= 0–2
|match_RAI_EFI= 1–1
|match_RAI_FAL= 2–2
|match_RAI_FOR= 0–0
|match_RAI_MON= 3–0
|match_RAI_PET= 4–0
|match_RAI_STR= 3–1
|match_STR_AIR= 0–2
|match_STR_CLY= 3–0
|match_STR_DUM= 0–0
|match_STR_EFI= 0–2
|match_STR_FAL= 0–3
|match_STR_FOR= 2–4
|match_STR_MON= 2–2
|match_STR_PET= 1–2
|match_STR_RAI= 3–2
}}
=Second half of season=
{{#invoke:sports results|main
|source=[https://spfl.co.uk/league-one/results/ Scottish League One]
|update=complete
|matches_style=FBR
|team1=AIR |team2=CLY |team3=DUM |team4=EFI |team5=FAL |team6=FOR |team7=MON |team8=PET |team9=RAI |team10=STR
|name_AIR=Airdrieonians
|name_CLY=Clyde
|name_DUM=Dumbarton
|name_EFI=East Fife
|name_FAL=Falkirk
|name_FOR=Forfar Athletic
|name_MON=Montrose
|name_PET=Peterhead
|name_RAI=Raith Rovers
|name_STR=Stranraer
|match_AIR_CLY= 2–0
|match_AIR_DUM= N/A
|match_AIR_EFI= 1–0
|match_AIR_FAL= 1–1
|match_AIR_FOR= 1–0
|match_AIR_MON= N/A
|match_AIR_PET= N/A
|match_AIR_RAI= 0–1
|match_AIR_STR= 0–0
|match_CLY_AIR= N/A
|match_CLY_DUM= 2–0
|match_CLY_EFI= 2–1
|match_CLY_FAL= 3–2
|match_CLY_FOR= N/A
|match_CLY_MON= 2–1
|match_CLY_PET= N/A
|match_CLY_RAI= N/A
|match_CLY_STR= 3–3
|match_DUM_AIR= 0–0
|match_DUM_CLY= 1–0
|match_DUM_EFI= N/A
|match_DUM_FAL= N/A
|match_DUM_FOR= 2–0
|match_DUM_MON= N/A
|match_DUM_PET= N/A
|match_DUM_RAI= 1–0
|match_DUM_STR= 1–1
|match_EFI_AIR= 2–2
|match_EFI_CLY= N/A
|match_EFI_DUM= 4–2
|match_EFI_FAL= N/A
|match_EFI_FOR= N/A
|match_EFI_MON= N/A
|match_EFI_PET= 1–0
|match_EFI_RAI= 3–5
|match_EFI_STR= 4–2
|match_FAL_AIR= N/A
|match_FAL_CLY= N/A
|match_FAL_DUM= 3–0
|match_FAL_EFI= 2–0
|match_FAL_FOR= 6–0
|match_FAL_MON= 1–0
|match_FAL_PET= 3–0
|match_FAL_RAI= N/A
|match_FAL_STR= N/A
|match_FOR_AIR= N/A
|match_FOR_CLY= 2–1
|match_FOR_DUM= N/A
|match_FOR_EFI= 0–1
|match_FOR_FAL= N/A
|match_FOR_MON= 2–3
|match_FOR_PET= N/A
|match_FOR_RAI= 1–1
|match_FOR_STR= 1–1
|match_MON_AIR= 1–0
|match_MON_CLY= N/A
|match_MON_DUM= 2–1
|match_MON_EFI= 1–0
|match_MON_FAL= N/A
|match_MON_FOR= N/A
|match_MON_PET= 4–3
|match_MON_RAI= N/A
|match_MON_STR= 4–1
|match_PET_AIR= 0–2
|match_PET_CLY= 2–0
|match_PET_DUM= 1–0
|match_PET_EFI= N/A
|match_PET_FAL= 1–3
|match_PET_FOR= 1–1
|match_PET_MON= N/A
|match_PET_RAI= N/A
|match_PET_STR= N/A
|match_RAI_AIR= N/A
|match_RAI_CLY= 1–0
|match_RAI_DUM= N/A
|match_RAI_EFI= N/A
|match_RAI_FAL= 1–1
|match_RAI_FOR= 2–1
|match_RAI_MON= 4–3
|match_RAI_PET= 2–1
|match_RAI_STR= N/A
|match_STR_AIR= N/A
|match_STR_CLY= N/A
|match_STR_DUM= N/A
|match_STR_EFI= N/A
|match_STR_FAL= 1–1
|match_STR_FOR= N/A
|match_STR_MON= 0–1
|match_STR_PET= N/A
|match_STR_RAI= 1–1
}}
Season statistics
=Scoring=
==Top scorers==
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| Rank
!Player !Club !Goals |
|---|
| 1
|align="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} David Goodwillie |align="left"|Clyde |20 |
| 2
|align="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Declan McManus |align="left"|Falkirk |19 |
| 3
|align=left|{{flagicon|SCO}} Dale Carrick |align=left|Airdrieonians |12 |
| 4
|align=left|{{flagicon|SCO}} Calum Gallagher |align=left|Airdrieonians |11 |
| 5
|align=left|{{flagicon|SCO}} Blair Lyons |align=left|Montrose |10 |
| rowspan="3"|6
|align=left|{{flagicon|SCO}} Scott Agnew |align=left|East Fife |rowspan="3"|9 |
| align="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Graham Webster
|align="left"|Montrose |
| align=left|{{flagicon|SCO}} Jamie Gullan
|align=left|Raith Rovers |
| rowspan="2"|9
|align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Isaac Layne |align=left|Dumbarton |rowspan="2"|8 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|SCO}} Scott Brown
|align=left|Peterhead |
==Hat-tricks==
{{Main|List of Scottish Professional Football League hat-tricks#Scottish League One}}
| class="wikitable" |
| Player
!For !Against !Result !Date !Ref |
|---|
| {{Flagicon|SCO}} Declan McManus
|6–0 (H) |10 August 2019 |
| {{Flagicon|SCO}} David Goodwillie5
|6–1 (H) |14 September 2019 |
| {{Flagicon|SCO}} David Goodwillie
|3–3 (H) |4 January 2020 |
| {{Flagicon|SCO}} Declan McManus
|3–1 (A) |11 January 2020 |
Note
5 Player scored five goals
=Attendances=
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{{fb a2 team|p=1 |t=Airdrieonians|s=15567|h=2530|l=600|a=1037|pr=763}}
{{fb a2 team|p=2 |t=Clyde{{efn|name=leaguetwo|Club was playing in League Two during the previous season.}}|s=13369|h=2048|l=507|a=954|pr=638}}
{{fb a2 team|p=3 |t=Dumbarton|s=9268|h=982|l=364|a=662|pr=617}}
{{fb a2 team|p=4 |t=East Fife|s=11533|h=1998|l=425|a=823|pr=697}}
{{fb a2 team|p=5 |t=Falkirk{{efn|name=championship|Club was playing in Championship during the previous season.}}|s=51987|h=4060|l=3289|a=3713|pr=4742}}
{{fb a2 team|p=6 |t=Forfar Athletic|s=9029|h=998|l=370|a=644|pr=665}}
{{fb a2 team|p=7 |t=Montrose|s=9293|h=1095|l=423|a=663|pr=789}}
{{fb a2 team|p=8 |t=Peterhead{{efn|name=leaguetwo}}|s=9611 |h=1513|l=443|a=640|pr=677}}
{{fb a2 team|p=9 |t=Raith Rovers|s=25746|h=3235|l=975|a=1839|pr=1555}}
{{fb a2 team|p=10|t=Stranraer|s=4204|h=549|l=190|a=350|pr=339}}
{{fb a footer|s=159617|h=4060|l=190|a=1148|pr=753|u=|source={{cite web |title=Ladbrokes League One Results |url=https://spfl.co.uk/league/league-one/results |website=SPFL|access-date=5 August 2019}}|date=March 2020}}
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Awards
=Monthly awards=
| class="wikitable" |
| rowspan="2"|Month
!colspan="2"|Manager of the Month !colspan="2"|Player of the Month !rowspan="2"|Ref. |
|---|
| Manager
!Club !Player !Club |
| August
| {{flagicon|SCO}} Darren Young | {{flagicon|SCO}} Marc McCallum |rowspan=9| |
| September
| {{flagicon|SCO}} John McGlynn | {{flagicon|SCO}} Steven Anderson |
| October
| {{flagicon|SCO}} Stewart Petrie | Montrose | {{flagicon|SCO}} Graham Webster | Montrose |
| November
| {{flagicon|SCO}} Ian Murray | {{flagicon|SCO}} Dale Carrick |
| December
| {{flagicon|SCO}} Stewart Petrie | Montrose | {{flagicon|SCO}} Andrew Steeves | Montrose |
| January
| {{flagicon|SCO}} David McCracken | Falkirk | {{flagicon|SCO}} Declan McManus | Falkirk |
| February
| {{flagicon|SCO}} Darren Young | {{flagicon|SCO}} Scott Agnew |
References
{{reflist|30em}}
{{Scottish League One}}
{{2019–20 in Scottish football}}
{{Scottish third division football seasons}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:2019-20 Scottish League One}}