2021–22 Scottish League One

The 2021–22 Scottish League One (known as cinch League One for sponsorship reasons) is 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
Matches played84
Goals scored253 (3.01 per match)
Top goalscorerDavid Goodwillie
14 goals
Biggest home winQueen's Park 6–0 Falkirk
(4 December 2021)
Biggest away winClyde 0–5 Montrose
(16 October 2021)
Highest scoringCove Rangers 5–2 East Fife
(14 August 2021)
Queen's Park 3–4 Alloa Athletic
(24 October 2021)
Longest winning runCove Rangers
4 games
Longest unbeaten runMontrose
Queen's Park
10 games
Longest winless runDumbarton
7 games
Longest losing runClyde
Dumbarton
East Fife
Peterhead
4 games
Highest attendance4,043
Falkirk 0–1 Queen's Park (28 August 2021)
Lowest attendance193
Montrose 2–1 Airdrieonians (7 December 2021)
Total attendance76,003[Note 1]
Average attendance916[Note 1]
2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 11 December 2021.

Ten teams contest 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 2020–21 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 Ian Murray Callum Fordyce Umbro Holemasters[12]
Alloa Athletic Barry Ferguson Andy Graham[13] Pendle Northern Gas and Power
Clyde Danny Lennon David Goodwillie Puma HomesBook Factoring (Home)
Whitemoss Dental (Away)
Cove Rangers Paul Hartley Mitch Megginson Adidas ACE Group
Dumbarton Stephen Farrell Stuart Carswell Joma[14] Moreroom Extensions Ltd (Home)
Four Architects (Away)
East Fife Stevie Crawford Kevin Smith Joma BW Technology
Falkirk Martin Rennie Steven Hetherington Puma[15] Clarke ePOS (UK) Ltd
Montrose Stewart Petrie Paul Watson Hummel Carnegie Fuels Ltd
Peterhead Jim McInally Scott Brown Adidas The Score Group
Queen's Park Laurie Ellis 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 Peter Grant Sacked 1 May 2021 Pre-season Barry Ferguson 27 May 2021
Falkirk Gary Holt End of interim spell 6 May 2021 Paul Sheerin 28 May 2021
Queen's Park Ray McKinnon Mutual consent 10 May 2021 Laurie Ellis 22 May 2021
Dumbarton Jim Duffy End of contract 24 May 2021 Stephen Farrell 29 May 2021
East Fife Darren Young Sacked 21 November 2021 10th Stevie Crawford 30 November 2021
Falkirk Paul Sheerin 5 December 2021 5th Martin Rennie 10 December 2021

League summary

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Cove Rangers 17 10 4 3 34 17 +17 34 Promotion to the Championship
2 Montrose 17 8 7 2 30 15 +15 31 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
3 Queen's Park 16 6 8 2 31 17 +14 26
4 Airdrieonians 16 8 2 6 25 21 +4 26
5 Falkirk 17 6 4 7 20 26 −6 22
6 Alloa Athletic 17 5 5 7 25 27 −2 20
7 Clyde 17 5 5 7 21 32 −11 20
8 Peterhead 17 5 4 8 25 27 −2 19
9 Dumbarton 17 5 3 9 23 34 −11 18 Qualification for the League One play-offs
10 East Fife 17 3 4 10 19 37 −18 13 Relegation to League Two
Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2021. 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]

Results

Awards
Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
Manager Club Player Club
August Laurie Ellis Queen's Park Simon Murray Queen's Park
September Stephen Farrell Dumbarton Callum Wilson Dumbarton
October Stewart Petrie Montrose Rory McAllister Cove Rangers
November Paul Hartley Cove Rangers Mitch Megginson Cove Rangers

Notes
Notes
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    Note 1: Does not include attendance for Peterhead v East Fife (11 December) which has not yet been announced.

References
  1. "Airdrieonians Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  2. "Alloa Athletic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  3. "Clyde Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  4. "Cove Rangers Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  5. "Dumbarton Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  6. "East Fife Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  7. "Queen's Park To Play Home Games At Firhill". Queen's Park FC. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  8. "Falkirk Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  9. "Montrose Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  10. "Peterhead Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  11. "Queen's Park Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  12. "Holemasters announced as new club sponsor". Airdrieonians FC. 11 August 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  13. Hall, Jamie (27 June 2017). "Goodwin's delight in landing midfielder Thomas Grant". Alloa Advertiser. Newsquest. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  14. Findlay, Alan (28 June 2017). "The 'Big Reveal' - New home kit 2017/2018". Dumbarton FC. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  15. "New strips on sale now!". Falkirk F.C. 12 May 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  16. "cinch League One Table". Scottish Prefessional Football League. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  17. "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. pp. 38–39. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  18. "cinch League One Results". SPFL. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
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