2013–14 Scottish League One

The 2013–14 Scottish League One was the 20th season in the current format of 10 teams in the third-tier of Scottish football. This was the first season of the competition being part of the newly formed Scottish Professional Football League after the merger of the Scottish Premier League and the Scottish Football League.^[2] Queen of the South were the defending champions.

Scottish League One

Season	2013–14
Champions	Rangers
Promoted	Rangers
Relegated	East Fife Arbroath
Matches played	169
Goals scored	557 (3.3 per match)
Top goalscorer	Michael Moffat (25 goals)
Biggest home win	Rangers 8–0 Stenhousemuir
Biggest away win	Airdrieonians 0–6 Rangers
Highest scoring	Stenhousemuir 4–5 Dunfermline Athletic Ayr United 3–6 Stranraer
Longest winning run	15 games Rangers[1]
Longest unbeaten run	36 games Rangers[1]
Longest winless run	11 games Arbroath[1]
Longest losing run	8 games Airdrieonians[1]
Highest attendance	45,462 Rangers 1–1 Stranraer (26 December 2013)[1]
Lowest attendance	326 Stranraer 1–0 Stenhousemuir (19 October 2013)[1]
Average attendance	5,253[1]
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

Rangers were confirmed as champions after a 3–0 home win over Airdrieonians on 12 March 2014. This secured the club's second successive divisional title and promotion to the second tier.^[3] This was the earliest anyone had secured a championship title since Partick Thistle won the old First Division in 1975–76.^[4] Rangers were presented with the trophy on 26 April after a 3–0 win against Stranraer at Ibrox.^[5][6]

Teams

Dunfermline Athletic

Airdrieonians

Arbroath

Ayr United

Brechin City

East Fife

Forfar Athletic

Rangers

Stenhousemuir

Stranraer

Location of teams in 2013–14 Scottish League One

Rangers were promoted into the league as 2012–13 Scottish Third Division champions. Airdrieonians were automatically relegated into the league after finishing bottom of the First Division, while Dunfermline were relegated into the league by losing the First Division play-off final to Alloa Athletic, who took their place in the 2013–14 Scottish Championship. Queen of the South were also promoted to the Championship as last season's Second Division champions. East Fife maintained their status in this division by defeating Peterhead in the Second Division play-off final. Peterhead remained in the fourth tier. Albion Rovers were automatically relegated to the fourth tier by finishing bottom of last season's Second Division.

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Airdrieonians	Airdrie	Excelsior Stadium	10,170[7]
Arbroath	Arbroath	Gayfield Park	6,600[8]
Ayr United	Ayr	Somerset Park	10,185[9]
Brechin City	Brechin	Glebe Park	3,960[10]
Dunfermline Athletic	Dunfermline	East End Park	11,480[11]
East Fife	Methil	Bayview Stadium	1,980[12]
Forfar Athletic	Forfar	Station Park	6,777[13]
Rangers	Glasgow	Ibrox Stadium	50,987[14]
Stenhousemuir	Stenhousemuir	Ochilview Park	3,746[15]
Stranraer	Stranraer	Stair Park	2,988[16]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rangers (C, P)	36	33	3	0	106	18	+88	102	Promotion to the Championship
2	Dunfermline Athletic	36	19	6	11	68	54	+14	63	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
3	Stranraer	36	14	9	13	57	57	0	51
4	Ayr United	36	14	7	15	65	66	−1	49
5	Stenhousemuir	36	12	12	12	57	66	−9	48
6	Airdrieonians	36	12	9	15	47	57	−10	45
7	Forfar Athletic	36	12	7	17	55	62	−7	43
8	Brechin City	36	12	6	18	57	71	−14	42
9	East Fife (R)	36	9	5	22	31	69	−38	32	Qualification for the League One play-offs
10	Arbroath (R)	36	9	4	23	52	75	−23	31	Relegation to League Two

Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Teams play each other four times in this league. In the first half of the season each team plays every other team twice (home and away) and then do the same in the second half of the season, for a total of 36 games

First half of season Home \ Away AIR ARB AYR BRE DNF EFI FOR RAN STE STR Airdrieonians 2–1 0–1 3–1 0–3 1–3 0–2 0–6 0–1 3–2 Arbroath 3–2 0–3 2–1 0–3 2–2 3–0 0–3 3–4 1–2 Ayr United 2–2 2–0 2–2 2–4 2–0 2–0 0–2 4–3 3–6 Brechin City 4–3 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–4 0–1 1–1 Dunfermline Athletic 2–1 2–3 5–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 0–4 3–2 3–1 East Fife 1–0 2–1 1–4 1–3 0–1 1–3 0–4 1–0 1–2 Forfar Athletic 3–3 1–1 0–1 2–0 4–0 2–0 0–1 1–2 1–2 Rangers 2–0 5–1 3–0 4–1 3–1 5–0 6–1 8–0 1–1 Stenhousemuir 1–1 3–2 1–1 3–2 4–5 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 Stranraer 3–1 3–2 1–1 3–0 1–2 2–0 0–4 0–3 1–0 Source: BBC Sport Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season Home \ Away AIR ARB AYR BRE DNF EFI FOR RAN STE STR Airdrieonians 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 5–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 Arbroath 0–1 2–3 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–3 1–2 2–1 4–2 Ayr United 3–0 2–1 1–3 1–1 4–1 2–3 0–2 2–3 5–0 Brechin City 1–1 2–4 2–1 3–2 3–0 1–5 1–2 1–3 1–3 Dunfermline Athletic 0–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–2 East Fife 0–0 1–0 0–5 1–2 1–3 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 Forfar Athletic 1–1 0–2 4–2 1–1 2–4 1–2 0–2 3–0 1–0 Rangers 3–0 3–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 3–3 3–0 Stenhousemuir 1–2 2–2 1–1 4–2 1–2 1–1 4–1 0–4 1–1 Stranraer 1–1 1–1 4–0 1–2 3–1 2–0 3–1 0–2 1–1 Source: BBC Sport Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

League One play-offs

Semi-finals

First leg

Clyde	1–0	East Fife
Ferguson 38'	Report

7 May 2014

19:45

Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld

Attendance: 1,005

Referee: Euan Anderson

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Stirling Albion	3–1	Annan Athletic
Weir 12' Weatherston 26', 30'	Report	Hopkirk 70'

7 May 2014

19:45

Forthbank Stadium, Stirling

Attendance: 972

Referee: Greg Aitken

Second leg

East Fife	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Clyde
McBride 12' Smith 85'	Report	Ferguson 45'
Penalties
Buchanan Campbell Brown Mbu McBride Cowan Austin Johnstone Smith Hughes	7–6	Sweeney Watt MacDonald Ferguson McCluskey Capuano Marsh McQueen Daly McGhee

10 May 2014

14:00

Bayview Stadium, Methil

Attendance: 1,018

Referee: Brian Colvin

2–2 on aggregate. East Fife won 7–6 on penalties.

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Annan Athletic	3–5	Stirling Albion
McNiff 40' Love 50' Davidson 90+2'	Report	McClune 9' White 23', 79', 83' Comrie 56'

10 May 2014

15:00

Galabank, Annan

Attendance: 912

Referee: George Salmond

Stirling Albion won 8–4 on aggregate.

Final

First leg

Stirling Albion	1–2	East Fife
Forsyth 42'	Report	McBride 70' Austin 89'

14 May 2014

19:45

Forthbank Stadium, Stirling

Attendance: 1,501

Referee: Craig Charleston

Second leg

East Fife	0–2	Stirling Albion
	Report	White 74' Cunningham 81'

18 May 2014

15:00

Bayview Stadium, Methil

Attendance: 1,516

Referee: Calum Murray

Stirling Albion won 3–2 on aggregate.

Top scorers

As of 19 April 2014.

Scorer	Rank	Club	Goals[17]
1	Michael Moffat	Ayr United	25
2	Jon Daly	Rangers	20
3	Lee McCulloch	Rangers	17
4	Jamie Longworth	Stranraer	14
5	Martin Grehan	Stranraer	13
6	Alan Cook	Arbroath	12
7	Andrew Jackson	Brechin City	11
8	Liam Buchanan	East Fife	10
	Dale Hilson	Forfar Athletic	10
	Paul McManus	Arbroath	10
	Gavin Swankie	Forfar Athletic	10
	Alan Trouten	Brechin City	10
	Ryan Wallace	Dunfermline Athletic	10