2021–22 Scottish League Two

Scottish League Two
Season	2021–22
Dates	31 July 2021 – 30 April 2022
Champions	Kelty Hearts
Promoted	Kelty Hearts
Matches played	175
Goals scored	457 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nathan Austin; 17 goals
Biggest home win	Kelty Hearts 6–1 Albion Rovers; (11 December 2021)
Biggest away win	Albion Rovers 0–5 Stranraer; (9 April 2022);
Highest scoring	Kelty Hearts 6–1 Albion Rovers; (11 December 2021); Forfar Athletic 3–4 Stenhousemuir; (26 December 2021)
Longest winning run	Kelty Hearts; 5 games
Longest unbeaten run	Kelty Hearts; 16 games
Longest winless run	Cowdenbeath; 12 games
Longest losing run	Stirling Albion; 7 games
Highest attendance	1,202; Kelty Hearts 2–0 Cowdenbeath (31 July 2021)
Lowest attendance	151; Albion Rovers 1–4 Annan Athletic (2 March 2022)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 → All statistics correct as of 23 April 2022.

The 2021–22 Scottish League Two (known as cinch League Two for sponsorship reasons) is the ninth season of Scottish League Two, the fourth tier of Scottish football. The season began on 31 July.

Ten teams contest the league: Albion Rovers, Annan Athletic, Cowdenbeath, Edinburgh City, Elgin City, Forfar Athletic, Kelty Hearts, Stenhousemuir, Stirling Albion and Stranraer.

Teams

The following teams changed division after the 2020–21 season.

To League Two

Promoted from Lowland Football League

Kelty Hearts

Relegated from League One

Forfar Athletic

From League Two

Relegated to Highland Football League

Brechin City

Promoted to League One

Queen's Park

Stadia and locations

Albion Rovers	Annan Athletic	Cowdenbeath	Edinburgh City
Cliftonhill	Galabank	Central Park	Meadowbank Stadium^[1]
Capacity: 1,238^[2]	Capacity: 2,504^[3]	Capacity: 4,309^[4]	Capacity: 500

Elgin City	Albion Rovers Annan Athletic Cowdenbeath Edinburgh City Elgin City Forfar Athletic Kelty Hearts Stenhousemuir Stirling Stranraer class=notpageimage\| Location of teams in 2021–22 Scottish League Two		Forfar Athletic
Borough Briggs			Station Park
Capacity: 4,520^[5]			Capacity: 6,777^[6]

Kelty Hearts	Stenhousemuir	Stirling Albion	Stranraer
New Central Park	Ochilview Park	Forthbank Stadium	Stair Park
Capacity: 2,181	Capacity: 3,746^[7]	Capacity: 3,808^[8]	Capacity: 4,178^[9]

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Albion Rovers	Brian Reid	Aron Lynas	Joma	CompliancePath
Annan Athletic	Peter Murphy	Steven Swinglehurst	EV2 Sportswear	M & S Engineering
Cowdenbeath	Maurice Ross	Craig Barr	Erreà	Collier Haulage, Quarrying and Recycling
Edinburgh City	Alan Maybury (interim)	Robbie McIntyre	Macron	Forth Capital
Elgin City	Gavin Price	Euan Spark	Joma	McDonald & Munro
Forfar Athletic	Gary Irvine	Ross Meechan	Pendle	Orchard Timber Products
Kelty Hearts	Kevin Thomson	Michael Tidser	Joma	The Conservatory Converters
Stenhousemuir	Stephen Swift	Sean Crighton	Puma	LOC Hire
Stirling Albion	Darren Young	Ross McGeachie	Macron	Prudential
Stranraer	Jamie Hamill	Grant Gallagher	Joma^[10]	Stena Line^[11]

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Kelty Hearts	Barry Ferguson	Resigned	24 May 2021	Pre-season	Kevin Thomson	28 May 2021
Stranraer	Stephen Farrell	Signed by Dumbarton	29 May 2021	Pre-season	Jamie Hamill	4 June 2021
Cowdenbeath	Gary Bollan	Mutual consent	23 October 2021	10th	Maurice Ross	2 November 2021
Stirling Albion	Kevin Rutkiewicz	Resigned	9 December 2021	4th	Darren Young	20 December 2021
Edinburgh City	Gary Naysmith	Sacked	17 March 2022	4th	Alan Maybury (interim)	24 March 2022

League summary

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Kelty Hearts (C, P)	35	23	9	3	66	27	+39	78	Promotion to League One
2	Forfar Athletic (Q)	35	16	11	8	57	36	+21	59	Qualification for the League One play-offs
3	Annan Athletic (Q)	35	18	5	12	63	49	+14	59
4	Edinburgh City (Q)	35	14	10	11	43	44	−1	52
5	Stenhousemuir	35	13	9	13	47	46	+1	48
6	Stranraer	35	12	8	15	48	54	−6	44
7	Stirling Albion	35	10	9	16	36	46	−10	39
8	Elgin City	35	9	10	16	33	49	−16	37
9	Albion Rovers	35	9	9	17	36	58	−22	36
10	Cowdenbeath (Q)	35	7	8	20	28	48	−20	29	Qualification for the League Two play-off final

Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2022. Source: ^[12]
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).^[13]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results

Matches 1–18

Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away.

Home \ Away	ALB	ANN	COW	EDI	ELG	FOR	KEL	STE	STI	STR
Albion Rovers	—	0–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–3	0–3	2–2	1–0	3–2
Annan Athletic	1–1	—	1–0	1–3	4–1	0–2	5–1	1–2	3–1	2–2
Cowdenbeath	0–0	1–3	—	1–2	3–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–2
Edinburgh City	0–4	0–1	1–1	—	2–0	0–4	2–3	1–0	2–2	3–1
Elgin City	3–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	—	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–1
Forfar Athletic	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	—	2–2	3–4	2–0	1–1
Kelty Hearts	6–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	—	2–0	1–1	1–0
Stenhousemuir	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–4	—	0–1	1–4
Stirling Albion	2–1	2–3	4–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–3	1–3	—	1–1
Stranraer	1–0	0–3	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–3	0–4	2–0	0–3	—

Source: ^[14]
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.

Matches 19–36

Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away.

Home \ Away	ALB	ANN	COW	EDI	ELG	FOR	KEL	STE	STI	STR
Albion Rovers	—	1–4	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–5
Annan Athletic	2–4	—	2–3	2–1	2–1	2–2		0–2	0–0	4–1
Cowdenbeath		1–3	—	0–0	2–0	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–1
Edinburgh City	1–2	2–1	1–0	—	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–2
Elgin City	1–1	0–2	1–4	2–0	—	1–0	0–0	0–2	3–1	1–2
Forfar Athletic	2–0	5–1	1–1	2–3	0–0	—	1–0		0–1	3–2
Kelty Hearts	3–1	3–1	1–0	2–2	4–0	1–1	—	1–0	1–1	3–2
Stenhousemuir	4–1	0–1	0–2	0–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	—	1–2	1–3
Stirling Albion	0–1	0–3	2–1		0–2	1–1	0–3	0–1	—	1–0
Stranraer	0–0	1–1	3–0	0–2		0–2	0–3	1–1	3–3	—

Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2022. Source: ^[14]
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

As of 23 April 2022

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nathan Austin	Kelty Hearts	17
2	Tony Wallace	Annan Athletic	13
2	Thomas Orr	Stenhousemuir	13
4	Tommy Goss	Annan Athletic	12
	Kane Hester	Elgin City
	Joe Cardle	Kelty Hearts

Awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
Month	Manager	Club	Player	Club
August	Kevin Thomson	Kelty Hearts	Joe Cardle	Kelty Hearts
September	Kevin Rutkiewicz	Stirling Albion	Nathan Austin	Kelty Hearts
October	Gary Irvine	Forfar Athletic	Craig Thomson	Forfar Athletic
November	Kevin Thomson	Kelty Hearts	John Robertson	Edinburgh City
December	Peter Murphy	Annan Athletic	Dominic Docherty	Annan Athletic
January	Gavin Price	Elgin City	Tam Orr	Stenhousemuir
February	Stephen Swift	Stenhousemuir	Nicky Jamieson	Stenhousemuir
March	Kevin Thomson	Kelty Hearts	Tommy Goss	Annan Athletic

League Two play-offs

The Pyramid play-off will be contested between the champions of the 2021–22 Highland Football League (Fraserburgh) and the 2021–22 Lowland Football League (Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic). The winners will then face the bottom club in the League Two play-off final, being promoted to League Two for the 2021–22 season if they win. If the League Two club loses the play-off, they will be relegated to the Highland or Lowland League for the following season.

Pyramid play-off

First leg

23 April 2022	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	3–1	Fraserburgh	Bonnyrigg
15:00	McGachie 38' Connolly 54' Currie 82'	^[15]	Young 70'	Stadium: New Dundas Park Attendance: 1,571 Referee: Alan Newlands

Second leg

30 April 2022	Fraserburgh	v	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	Fraserburgh
15:00				Stadium: Bellslea Park

Final

First leg

7 May 2022	Pyramid play-off winner	v	Cowdenbeath
15:00

Second leg

14 May 2022	Cowdenbeath	v	Pyramid play-off winner	Cowdenbeath
15:00				Stadium: Central Park

References

^ "Stadium Announcement". Edinburgh City FC. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
^ "Albion Rovers Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
^ "Annan Athletic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
^ "Cowdenbeath Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
^ "Elgin City Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
^ "Forfar Athletic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
^ "Stenhousemuir Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
^ "Stirling Albion Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
^ "Stranraer Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
^ "New kit deal". Stranraer FC. 15 May 2018. Archived from the original on 21 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
^ "30 years of Stena". Stranraer FC. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "cinch League Two Table". Scottish Prefessional Football League. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
^ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. pp. 38–39. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
^ ^a ^b "cinch League Two Results". SPFL. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
^ Law, Callum (23 April 2022). "Fraserburgh defeated 3-1 by Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic in play-off semi-final first leg". The Press and Journal. Aberdeen Journals. Retrieved 23 April 2022.

External links

Official website

[1] "Stadium Announcement". Edinburgh City FC. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.

[2] "Albion Rovers Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.

[3] "Annan Athletic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.

[4] "Cowdenbeath Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.

[5] "Elgin City Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.

[6] "Forfar Athletic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.

[7] "Stenhousemuir Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.

[8] "Stirling Albion Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.

[9] "Stranraer Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.

[10] "New kit deal". Stranraer FC. 15 May 2018. Archived from the original on 21 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.

[11] "30 years of Stena". Stranraer FC. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}

[12] "cinch League Two Table". Scottish Prefessional Football League. Retrieved 23 April 2022.

[13] "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. pp. 38–39. Retrieved 20 October 2019.

[results-14] "cinch League Two Results". SPFL. Retrieved 23 April 2022.

[15] Law, Callum (23 April 2022). "Fraserburgh defeated 3-1 by Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic in play-off semi-final first leg". The Press and Journal. Aberdeen Journals. Retrieved 23 April 2022.

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