2020–21 Scottish League Two#League Two play-offs

The following teams changed division after the 2019–20 season.{{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}}

Relegated from League One

• Stranraer

Promoted to League One

• Cove Rangers

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|class_rules=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).{{cite web |title=The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League |url=https://spfl.co.uk/admin/filemanager/images/shares/pdfs/SPFL%20Rules%20and%20Regulations%2022-Jul-19.pdf |website=SPFL |access-date=20 October 2019 |pages=38–39}}

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Teams play each other two times, making a total of 90 games, with each team playing 18, the league then splits in half for a further 4 matches. This was reduced from the normal 36 due to the coronavirus pandemic.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56417452 |title=Scottish League 1 & 2 clubs vote for 22-game season with split after 18 matches |website=BBC Sport |date=16 March 2021 |accessdate=7 April 2021}}

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{{updated|4 May 2021}}

Source:

{{Main|List of Scottish Professional Football League hat-tricks#Scottish League Two}}

Games were mostly played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Limited attendance was allowed at some grounds with strict conditions under the Scottish Government Tier system, dependent on the club's geographical location.

On 9 April the SPFL announced that a decision on whether the 2020–21 play-offs would proceed would be taken on 19 April. Brechin City chairman Ken Ferguson resigned from the SPFL board on 9 April and was replaced by Clyde representative Gordon Thomson, as Brechin sat bottom of the League Two table and would potentially be affected by the decision on whether the play-offs should proceed. The SPFL said on 9 April it would have to determine whether Brora and Kelty met league membership criteria, and noted that they had been declared champions based on curtailed seasons while it was not yet certain that League Two would complete its season. The SPFL confirmed on 29 April that the play-offs would proceed.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56922670 |title=Brora Rangers to face Kelty Hearts as SPFL confirms pyramid play-offs will go ahead |website=BBC Sport |date=29 April 2021 |accessdate=29 April 2021}}

The Pyramid play-off was contested between the champions of the 2020–21 Highland Football League (Brora Rangers) and the 2020–21 Lowland Football League (Kelty Hearts).{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56696019 |title=Pyramid play-off decision delayed as Brechin's Ken Ferguson resigns from SPFL board |website=BBC Sport |date=9 April 2021 |accessdate=10 April 2021}} Both clubs were also crowned their regional league champions in the 2019–20 season, but the promotion/relegation playoff was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Kelty won 6–1 on aggregate and then faced the bottom club (Brechin City) in the League Two play-off final, being promoted to League Two for the 2021–22 season after a 3–1 aggregate win. As Brechin City lost the play-off, they were relegated to the Highland League since they were north of 56.4513N latitude (middle of the Tay Road Bridge).

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{{reflist}}

• [https://spfl.co.uk/league/league-two Official website]

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