2024–25 Scottish League Two

The 2024–25 Scottish League Two (known as William Hill League Two for sponsorship reasons) was the twelfth season of Scottish League Two, the fourth tier of Scottish football. The season began on 3 August 2024 and concluded on 3 May 2025.^[1]

Scottish League Two

Season	2024–25
Dates	3 August 2024 – 3 May 2025
Champions	Peterhead
Promoted	Peterhead East Fife
Relegated	Bonnyrigg Rose
Matches played	180
Goals scored	469 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alan Trouten 22 goals
Biggest home win	East Fife 5–0 Bonnyrigg Rose (5 October 2024) Edinburgh City 5–0 The Spartans (15 February 2025) Peterhead 5–0 Bonnyrigg Rose (5 April 2025) Clyde 6–1 Peterhead (3 May 2025)
Biggest away win	Stirling Albion 0–4 East Fife (24 August 2024) Edinburgh City 0–4 Peterhead (31 August 2024)
Highest scoring	Edinburgh City 4–3 Stirling Albion (1 February 2025) Bonnyrigg Rose 3–4 Peterhead (8 February 2025) Edinburgh City 5–2 East Fife (22 March 2025) Clyde 6–1 Peterhead (3 May 2025)
Longest winning run	East Fife (6 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Elgin City Peterhead (11 games)
Longest winless run	Bonnyrigg Rose (11 games)
Longest losing run	Elgin City (6 games)
Highest attendance	1,979 Peterhead 1–0 East Fife (26 April 2025)
Lowest attendance	226 Edinburgh City 0–1 Peterhead (11 January 2025)
Total attendance	108,333
Average attendance	601
← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 3 May 2025.

Ten teams contested the league: Bonnyrigg Rose, Clyde, East Fife, Edinburgh City, Elgin City, Forfar Athletic, Peterhead, Stirling Albion, Stranraer and The Spartans.

Teams

The following teams changed division after the 2023–24 season.

To League Two Relegated from League One Edinburgh City Stirling Albion

From League Two Promoted to League One Stenhousemuir Dumbarton

Stadia and locations

Bonnyrigg Rose	Clyde	East Fife	Edinburgh City
New Dundas Park	New Douglas Park[2]	Bayview Stadium	Meadowbank Stadium
Capacity: 3,000[3]	Capacity: 6,018[4]	Capacity: 1,980[5]	Capacity: 1,280[6]
Elgin City	Edinburgh Bonnyrigg Rose Clyde East Fife Elgin City Forfar Athletic Peterhead Stirling Albion Stranraer Edinburgh teams: Edinburgh City The Spartans Location of teams in 2024–25 Scottish League Two		Forfar Athletic
Borough Briggs			Station Park
Capacity: 4,520[7]			Capacity: 6,777[8]
Peterhead	Stirling Albion	Stranraer	The Spartans
Balmoor	Forthbank Stadium	Stair Park	Ainslie Park
Capacity: 3,150[9]	Capacity: 3,808[10]	Capacity: 4,178[11]	Capacity: 3,612[12]

Edinburgh City

Spartans

League Two football clubs in Edinburgh

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Bonnyrigg Rose	Jonny Stewart	Kerr Young	Puma	G. Fitzsimmons and Son (Home) Shepherd Chartered Surveyors (Away)
Clyde	Darren Young	Lee Hamilton	Puma	HomesBook Factoring (Home) McGoldrick's Pool & Sports Bar (Away)
East Fife	Dick Campbell	Stewart Murdoch	Erreà	MPH Group (Home) Back Onside (Away) Harley Taxis (Third)
Edinburgh City	Michael McIndoe	Jon Robertson	Puma	Box Energy Renewable Solutions
Elgin City	Allan Hale	Matthew Cooper	Joma	McDonald & Munro
Forfar Athletic	Jim Weir	Stuart Morrison	Pendle	Orchard Timber Products
Peterhead	Jordon Brown Ryan Strachan	Jason Brown	Puma	The Score Group
Stirling Albion	Alan Maybury	Ross McGeachie	Joma	M&G
Stranraer	Chris Aitken	Grant Gallagher	Mizuno	Stena Line
The Spartans	Douglas Samuel	Kevin Waugh	Macron	J-TEQ EMS Solutions Ltd

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Stirling Albion	Darren Young	Sacked	13 May 2024[13]	Pre-season	Alan Maybury	2 June 2024
Stranraer	Scott Agnew	Resigned	1 September 2024	9th	Chris Aitken	30 September 2024
Clyde	Ian McCall	Mutual consent	10 October 2024	9th	Darren Young	23 October 2024
Forfar Athletic	Ray McKinnon	Sacked	9 November 2024	10th	Jim Weir	20 November 2024
Bonnyrigg Rose	Calum Elliot	Sacked	10 March 2025	10th	Jonny Stewart	13 March 2025

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Peterhead (C, P)	36	19	9	8	52	40	+12	66	Promotion to League One
2	East Fife (O, P)	36	20	5	11	65	37	+28	65	Qualification for the League One play-offs
3	Edinburgh City	36	17	5	14	54	47	+7	56
4	Elgin City	36	16	7	13	48	41	+7	55
5	The Spartans	36	15	7	14	48	47	+1	52
6	Stirling Albion	36	14	6	16	50	57	−7	48
7	Clyde	36	11	10	15	49	54	−5	43
8	Stranraer	36	11	7	18	34	42	−8	40
9	Forfar Athletic	36	8	12	16	29	42	−13	36
10	Bonnyrigg Rose (R)	36	12	6	18	40	62	−22	36[a]	Qualification for the League Two play-off final

Source: ^[15]
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).^[16]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Bonnyrigg Rose were deducted 6 points for failing to maintain a Bronze level licence.^[14]

Results

Teams played 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 (Matches 1–18)

Home \ Away	BON	CLY	EFI	EDI	ELG	FOR	PET	STI	STR	SPA
Bonnyrigg Rose	—	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	2–2
Clyde	2–2	—	3–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	3–2	0–2	1–0	1–1
East Fife	5–0	5–1	—	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	5–1
Edinburgh City	2–2	1–0	2–4	—	1–0	2–0	0–4	1–2	1–2	2–0
Elgin City	2–1	4–2	4–2	3–3	—	2–1	2–0	2–4	1–0	1–1
Forfar Athletic	5–1	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–1	—	1–1	2–2	2–1	0–3
Peterhead	2–0	2–2	1–0	2–3	0–1	2–1	—	2–1	1–0	2–1
Stirling Albion	0–2	3–1	0–4	0–3	0–1	2–1	2–3	—	1–1	1–0
Stranraer	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–2	—	2–2
The Spartans	2–0	3–2	0–1	1–0	1–3	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–3	—

Source: ^[17]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Second half of season (Matches 19–36)

Home \ Away	BON	CLY	EFI	EDI	ELG	FOR	PET	STI	STR	SPA
Bonnyrigg Rose	—	2–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–2	3–4	1–1	3–1	2–1
Clyde	3–1	—	1–2	0–2	0–0	1–1	6–1	2–0	2–0	0–2
East Fife	1–1	3–0	—	4–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–3	4–2
Edinburgh City	2–0	2–1	5–2	—	2–0	0–0	0–1	4–3	0–1	5–0
Elgin City	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	—	0–1	4–0	0–2	3–0	0–2
Forfar Athletic	0–2	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	—	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–2
Peterhead	5–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	—	3–2	1–0	1–0
Stirling Albion	3–0	1–4	1–0	2–1	3–1	3–1	1–2	—	3–1	1–3
Stranraer	0–1	1–2	0–2	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	3–0	—	2–0
The Spartans	3–1	2–0	0–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	—

Source: ^[17]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Alan Trouten	East Fife	22
2	Connor Young	Edinburgh City	18
3	Nathan Austin	East Fife	13
	Blair Henderson	The Spartans
5	Cameron Ross	Bonnyrigg Rose	11
6	Kieran Shanks	Peterhead	10
	Cammy Russell	The Spartans

Awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
August	Jordon Brown Ryan Strachan	Peterhead	Nathan Austin	East Fife
September	Dick Campbell	East Fife	Alan Trouten	East Fife
October	Allan Hale	Elgin City	Jack Murray	Elgin City
November	Michael McIndoe	Edinburgh City	Connor Young	Edinburgh City
December			Liam Scullion	Clyde
January	Dick Campbell	East Fife	Alan Trouten	East Fife
February	Michael McIndoe	Edinburgh City	Ouzy See	Edinburgh City
March	Jordon Brown Ryan Strachan	Peterhead	Martin Rennie	Clyde
April			Cammy Smith	Peterhead

League Two play-offs

The Pyramid play-off was contested between the champions of the 2024–25 Highland Football League (Brora Rangers) and the 2024–25 Lowland Football League (East Kilbride). The winners, East Kilbride, faced the bottom-placed League Two club (Bonnyrigg Rose) in the League Two play-off final, being promoted to League Two for the 2025–26 season after winning 3–1 on aggregate. Bonnyrigg Rose were relegated to the Lowland League for the following season.

Pyramid play-off

Bracket

First leg

East Kilbride v Brora Rangers

26 April 2025	East Kilbride	4–1	Brora Rangers	East Kilbride
15:00	Flanagan 20' Fagan 42' Leitch 82' Mimnaugh 90+4'	[18]	Ewan 63'	Stadium: K-Park Referee: Alastair Grieve

Second leg

Brora Rangers v East Kilbride

3 May 2025	Brora Rangers	3–3 (4–7 agg.)	East Kilbride	Brora
15:00	Dingwall 13' Cooper 26' Sutherland 57'	[19]	Robertson 24' Baldé 59' S. Ferguson 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Dudgeon Park Referee: Daniel Graves

Final

First leg

East Kilbride v Bonnyrigg Rose

10 May 2025	East Kilbride	3–1	Bonnyrigg Rose	East Kilbride
15:00	Elliott 2', 52' McGregor 72'	[20]	Arnott 16'	Stadium: K-Park Attendance: 685 Referee: Dan McFarlane

Second leg

Bonnyrigg Rose v East Kilbride

17 May 2025	Bonnyrigg Rose	0–0 (1–3 agg.)	East Kilbride	Bonnyrigg
15:00		[21]		Stadium: New Dundas Park Attendance: 2,170 Referee: Euan Anderson