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
ChampionsCove Rangers
PromotedCove Rangers
RelegatedEast 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 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 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 Ian Murray Callum Fordyce Umbro Holemasters[12]
Alloa Athletic Brian Rice Andy Graham[13] Pendle Northern Gas and Power
Clyde Danny Lennon Ally Love 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 Kenny Miller (interim) Paul Watson 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 Marijn Beuker (interim) 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
Queen's Park Laurie Ellis 31 December 2021 4th Marijn Beuker (interim) 31 December 2021
Alloa Athletic Barry Ferguson Resigned 14 February 2022 8th Brian Rice 21 February 2022
Falkirk Martin Rennie Left 14 April 2022 5th 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 (Q) 36 21 9 6 68 37 +31 72 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
3 Montrose (Q) 36 15 14 7 53 36 +17 59
4 Queen's Park (Q) 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 (Q) 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) Champion; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Results

Season statistics

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

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
December Paul Hartley Cove Rangers Blair Yule Cove Rangers
January Ian Murray Airdrieonians Dylan Easton Airdrieonians
February Ian Murray Airdrieonians Rhys McCabe Airdrieonians
March Paul Hartley Cove Rangers Callum Smith Airdrieonians

League One play-offs

The semi-finals will be 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 will advance to the final, with the highest-ranked team hosting the second leg.[19]

First leg
3 May 2022 Edinburgh City v Dumbarton Edinburgh
19:45 Stadium: Meadowbank Stadium
3 May 2022 Annan Athletic v Forfar Athletic Annan
19:45 Stadium: Galabank

Second leg
7 May 2022 Dumbarton v Edinburgh City Dumbarton
15:00 Stadium: Dumbarton Football Stadium
7 May 2022 Forfar Athletic v Annan Athletic Forfar
15:00 Stadium: Station Park

First leg
10 May 2022 v
19:30

Second leg
13 May 2022 v
19:30

References
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  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. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. 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. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  16. "cinch League One Table". Scottish Prefessional Football League. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  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 30 April 2022.
  19. "SPFL confirms play-off schedule | SPFL". spfl.co.uk.
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