2019–20 Scottish League Two

The 2019–20 Scottish League Two (known as Ladbrokes League Two for sponsorship reasons) was the 26th season in the current format of 10 teams in the fourth-tier of Scottish football. Ten teams contested the league: Albion Rovers, Annan Athletic, Brechin City, Cove Rangers, Cowdenbeath, Edinburgh City, Elgin City, Queen's Park, Stenhousemuir and Stirling Albion.

Scottish League Two

Season	2019–20
Dates	3 August 2019 – 15 April 2020
Champions	Cove Rangers
Promoted	Cove Rangers
Matches played	137
Goals scored	414 (3.02 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mitch Megginson (24 goals)[1][2]
Biggest home win	Cove Rangers 5–0 Edinburgh City (3 August 2019)[2] Annan Athletic 6–1 Cove Rangers (30 November 2019)[2]
Biggest away win	Stirling Albion 1–7 Cove Rangers (10 March 2020)[2]
Highest scoring	Albion Rovers 4–4 Cove Rangers (10 August 2019)[2] Stirling Albion 1–7 Cove Rangers (10 March 2020)[2]
Longest winning run	6 matches:[2] Cove Rangers Cowdenbeath
Longest unbeaten run	8 matches:[2] Cove Rangers
Longest winless run	11 matches:[2] Brechin City
Longest losing run	6 matches:[2] Annan Athletic
Highest attendance	1,264 Cove Rangers 2–0 Elgin City (28 December 2019)[2]
Lowest attendance	194 Edinburgh City 4–0 Stenhousemuir (29 October 2019)[2]
Total attendance	66,675[2]
Average attendance	486[2](18)
← 2018–19 2020–21 → All statistics correct as of 1 May 2020.

The season began on 3 August 2019 and was scheduled to end on 2 May 2020.^[3] On 13 March 2020 all SPFL leagues were indefinitely suspended due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.^[4] On 8 April, with the pandemic continuing, the SPFL board proposed to curtail the 2019–20 League Two season and use the points per game earned by each team to date as the final standings.^[5] The plan was approved on 15 April, meaning the league was declared over and Cove Rangers were crowned champions.^[6]

Teams

The following teams have changed division since the 2018–19 season.

To League Two Promoted from Highland Football League Cove Rangers Relegated from League One Stenhousemuir Brechin City

From League Two Relegated to Lowland Football League Berwick Rangers Promoted to League One Peterhead Clyde

Stadia and locations

Albion Rovers	Annan Athletic	Brechin City	Cove Rangers
Cliftonhill	Galabank	Glebe Park	Balmoral Stadium
Capacity: 1,238[7]	Capacity: 2,504[8]	Capacity: 4,123[9]	Capacity: 2,602
Cowdenbeath	Albion Rovers Annan Athletic Brechin City Cove Rangers Cowdenbeath Edinburgh City Elgin City Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Location of teams in 2019–20 Scottish League Two		Edinburgh City
Central Park			Ainslie Park[10]
Capacity: 4,309[11]			Capacity: 3,534
Elgin City	Queen's Park	Stenhousemuir	Stirling Albion
Borough Briggs	Hampden Park	Ochilview Park	Forthbank Stadium
Capacity: 4,520[12]	Capacity: 51,866[13]	Capacity: 3,746[14]	Capacity: 3,808[15]

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Albion Rovers	Kevin Harper	Aron Lynas	Joma	K & T Plant Hire Ltd
Annan Athletic	Peter Murphy	Steven Swinglehurst	Halbro	M & S Engineering
Brechin City	Mark Wilson	Paul McManus	Pendle	Glencadam distillery
Cove Rangers	Paul Hartley	Mitch Megginson	Adidas	ACE Group
Cowdenbeath	Gary Bollan	Craig Barr	Errea	Delta 70 Mfg Ltd
Edinburgh City	James McDonaugh	Craig Thomson	Macron	Forth Capital
Elgin City	Gavin Price	Shane Sutherland	EV2 Sportswear	McDonald & Munro
Queen's Park	Ray McKinnon	David Galt	Under Armour	Irn-Bru
Stenhousemuir	Davie Irons	Andy Munro	Uhlsport	LOC Hire
Stirling Albion	Kevin Rutkiewicz	Ross McGeachie	Macron	Prudential

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Brechin City	Barry Smith	Sacked	19 August 2019[16]	10th	Mark Wilson	4 September 2019[17]
Stenhousemuir	Colin McMenamin	Sacked	17 September 2019[18]	8th	Davie Irons	25 September 2019[19]
Queen's Park	Mark Roberts	Sacked	31 December 2019[20]	7th	Ray McKinnon	2 January 2020[21]

League summary

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Promotion[a]
1	Cove Rangers (C)	28	22	2	4	76	34	+42	68	2.43	Promotion to League One
2	Edinburgh City	27	17	4	6	49	28	+21	55	2.04
3	Elgin City	28	12	7	9	48	34	+14	43	1.54
4	Cowdenbeath	27	12	5	10	37	35	+2	41	1.52
5	Queen's Park	28	11	7	10	37	35	+2	40	1.43
6	Stirling Albion	28	10	6	12	34	35	−1	36	1.29
7	Annan Athletic	27	9	4	14	33	54	−21	31	1.15
8	Stenhousemuir	28	7	8	13	32	48	−16	29	1.04
9	Albion Rovers	26	6	6	14	37	51	−14	24	0.92
10	Brechin City	27	4	5	18	31	60	−29	17	0.63

Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. All play-off matches were cancelled, as clubs voted to curtail the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[22]

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

Home \ Away	ALB	ANN	BRE	COV	COW	EDC	ELG	QPA	STE	STI
Albion Rovers	—	4–2	0–1	4–4	N/A	1–3	1–3	2–0	2–1	2–1
Annan Athletic	3–2	—	5–2	6–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	0–0
Brechin City	0–0	0–1	—	2–4	2–1	2–3	2–1	0–3	1–2	1–1
Cove Rangers	3–0	3–0	3–0	—	3–2	5–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–0
Cowdenbeath	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–3	—	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–0
Edinburgh City	3–2	4–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	—	1–1	2–1	4–0	1–0
Elgin City	2–2	4–0	3–1	0–2	3–0	3–3	—	3–1	0–1	1–2
Queen's Park	1–1	1–2	5–2	1–3	0–3	2–1	0–0	—	1–1	1–1
Stenhousemuir	2–3	1–2	1–0	3–2	0–3	1–3	2–2	0–3	—	0–2
Stirling Albion	3–0	2–0	2–4	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	—

Source: Scottish League Two
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home \ Away	ALB	ANN	BRE	COV	COW	EDC	ELG	QPA	STE	STI
Albion Rovers	—	N/A	4–1	2–2	N/A	N/A	1–2	N/A	N/A	0–3
Annan Athletic	2–1	—	N/A	0–0	N/A	N/A	0–4	N/A	0–3	2–3
Brechin City	N/A	N/A	—	1–5	N/A	N/A	1–2	0–0	N/A	0–2
Cove Rangers	N/A	2–0	3–2	—	3–1	2–1	N/A	2–0	N/A	N/A
Cowdenbeath	2–1	3–1	3–2	N/A	—	1–1	N/A	N/A	N/A	1–4
Edinburgh City	3–0	3–0	0–0	N/A	N/A	—	N/A	1–2	N/A	0–1
Elgin City	N/A	N/A	N/A	3–0	3–2	0–1	—	N/A	2–3	3–1
Queen's Park	2–2	2–0	N/A	N/A	1–0	2–0	N/A	—	2–1	N/A
Stenhousemuir	1–0	N/A	2–2	0–3	2–2	1–2	N/A	0–0	—	N/A
Stirling Albion	N/A	N/A	N/A	1–7	N/A	N/A	1–2	1–3	0–0	—

Source: Scottish League Two
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mitch Megginson	Cove Rangers	24
2	Shane Sutherland	Elgin City	16
3	Jamie Masson	Cove Rangers	15
4	Salim Kouider-Aïssa	Queen's Park	13
5	Declan Byrne	Albion Rovers	11

Source:^[23]

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Scottish Professional Football League hat-tricks § Scottish League Two

Player	For	Against	Score	Date	Ref
Tommy Muir	Annan Athletic	Cove Rangers	6–1 (H)	30 November 2019	[24]
Darryl Duffy	Stirling Albion	Albion Rovers	3–0 (A)	4 January 2020	[25]

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Cove Rangers[a]	10,709	1,264	391	764	n/a†
2	Elgin City	8,902	1,002	453	635	+2.1%†
3	Queen's Park	8,159	837	449	582	−4.7%†
4	Stirling Albion	7,324	741	423	563	−4.1%†
5	Stenhousemuir[b]	8,134	824	336	542	−5.1%†
6	Brechin City[b]	5,535	705	338	425	−26.7%†
7	Cowdenbeath	4,904	448	221	350	−1.1%†
8	Annan Athletic	4,858	459	211	347	−12.8%†
9	Edinburgh City	4,541	494	194	324	−19.2%†
10	Albion Rovers	3,609	484	209	300	+4.9%†
	League total	66,675	1,264	194	486	−3.6%†

Source: ^[26]

1. Club was playing in the Highland League during the previous season.
2. Club was playing in League One during the previous season.

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Ref.
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
August	Paul Hartley	Cove Rangers	Declan Glass	Cove Rangers
September	Gary Bollan	Cowdenbeath	Craig Barr	Cowdenbeath
October	Gavin Price	Elgin City	Shane Sutherland	Elgin City
November	Mark Roberts	Queen's Park	Salim Kouider Aïssa	Queen's Park
December	James McDonaugh	Edinburgh City	Liam Henderson	Edinburgh City
January	Paul Hartley	Cove Rangers	Mitch Megginson	Cove Rangers
February	Ray McKinnon	Queen's Park	Dylan Bikey	Stirling Albion