Scottish League Two
Season2023–24
Dates5 August 2023 – 4 May 2024
Matches played96
Goals scored271 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorerMatthew Aitken
13 goals
Biggest home winPeterhead 6–0 Elgin City (30 September 2023)
Biggest away winClyde 0–4 Dumbarton (7 October 2023)
Clyde 0–4 East Fife (18 November 2023)
Elgin City 0–4 The Spartans (16 December 2023)
Highest scoringDumbarton 4–4 Clyde (23 December 2023)
Longest winning runStenhousemuir
11 games
Longest unbeaten runStenhousemuir
16 games
Longest winless runClyde
10 games
Longest losing runStranraer
5 games
Highest attendance910
Bonnyrigg Rose 5–1 Elgin City (2 September 2023)
Lowest attendance283
Stranraer 3–1 Elgin City (4 November 2023)
Total attendance52,505
Average attendance546
2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 13 January 2024.

The 2023–24 Scottish League Two (known as cinch League Two for sponsorship reasons) is the eleventh season of Scottish League Two, the fourth tier of Scottish football. The season began on 5 August 2023.[1]

Ten teams contest the league: Bonnyrigg Rose, Clyde, Dumbarton, East Fife, Elgin City, Forfar Athletic, Peterhead, Stenhousemuir, Stranraer and The Spartans.

Teams

The following teams changed division after the 2022–23 season.

Stadia and locations

Bonnyrigg Rose Clyde Dumbarton East Fife
New Dundas Park New Douglas Park[3] Dumbarton Football Stadium Bayview Stadium
Capacity: 3,000[4] Capacity: 6,018[5] Capacity: 2,020[6] Capacity: 1,980[7]
Elgin City Forfar Athletic
Borough Briggs Station Park
Capacity: 4,520[8] Capacity: 6,777[9]
Peterhead Stenhousemuir Stranraer The Spartans
Balmoor Ochilview Park Stair Park Ainslie Park
Capacity: 3,150[10] Capacity: 3,746[11] Capacity: 4,178[12] Capacity: 3,612

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Bonnyrigg Rose Scotland Robbie Horn Scotland Jonathan Stewart Puma G. Fitzsimmons and Son (Home)
Shepherd Chartered Surveyors (Away)
Clyde Scotland Ian McCall Scotland Barry Cuddihy Puma HomesBook Factoring (Home)
Whitemoss Dental (Away)
Dumbarton Scotland Stephen Farrell Scotland Mark Durnan Macron No Sponsor
East Fife Scotland Greig McDonald Scotland Stewart Murdoch Erreà BW Technology (Home)
The Taxi Centre Fife (Away)
Elgin City Scotland Allan Hale Scotland Matthew Cooper Joma McDonald & Munro
Forfar Athletic Scotland Ray McKinnon Scotland Stuart Morrison Pendle Orchard Timber Products
Peterhead Scotland Jordon Brown
Scotland Ryan Strachan		 Scotland Jason Brown Puma The Score Group
Stenhousemuir Scotland Gary Naysmith Scotland Gregor Buchanan Uhlsport LOC Hire
Stranraer Scotland Scott Agnew Scotland Grant Gallagher Joma Stena Line
The Spartans Scotland Douglas Samuel Scotland 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
Clyde Scotland Jim Duffy Appointed director of football 24 May 2023 Pre-season Northern Ireland Brian McLean 2 June 2023
Elgin City Charlie Charlesworth, Ross Draper and Stevie Dunn End of interim spell 25 May 2023 England Ross Draper 25 May 2023
England Ross Draper Resigned 5 September 2023 9th Scotland Barry Smith 5 September 2023
Clyde Northern Ireland Brian McLean Sacked 22 October 2023 Scotland Ian McCall 15 November 2023
Elgin City Scotland Barry Smith Mutual consent 13 November 2023 Scotland Allan Hale 5 December 2023

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Stenhousemuir 20 15 4 1 37 13 +24 49 Promotion to League One
2 Peterhead 20 11 2 7 33 21 +12 35 Qualification for the League One play-offs
3 The Spartans 18 9 5 4 31 21 +10 32
4 Dumbarton 19 9 4 6 34 24 +10 31
5 Bonnyrigg Rose 19 6 5 8 29 30 −1 23
6 Stranraer 19 6 4 9 24 37 −13 22
7 East Fife 19 5 6 8 25 25 0 21
8 Forfar Athletic 20 4 8 8 20 26 −6 20
9 Elgin City 19 5 3 11 16 36 −20 18
10 Clyde 19 2 7 10 22 38 −16 13 Qualification for the League Two play-off final
Updated to match(es) played on 13 January 2024. Source: [13]
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).[14]

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 (Matches 1–18)

Home \ Away BON CLY DUM EFI ELG FOR PET STE STR SPA
Bonnyrigg Rose — 3–2 1–1 4–2 5–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–1
Clyde 0–2 — 0–4 0–3 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–2 2–2 1–2
Dumbarton 4–0 4–4 — 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–1
East Fife 0–3 2–0 0–1 — 4–0 1–1 0–3 0–2 4–0
Elgin City 2–0 2–0 1–1 — 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–4
Forfar Athletic 1–2 1–1 2–4 0–0 0–0 — 1–3 1–3 1–1 2–2
Peterhead 2–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 6–0 1–2 — 0–0 3–2 0–1
Stenhousemuir 1–0 2–2 2–4 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 — 5–0 3–2
Stranraer 3–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–2 2–1 0–3 — 3–4
The Spartans 2–2 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 3–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 13 January 2024. Source: [15]
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 DUM EFI ELG FOR PET STE STR SPA
Bonnyrigg Rose — 1–1
Clyde 3–2 —
Dumbarton — 1–2
East Fife 1–1 —
Elgin City — 2–1
Forfar Athletic 2–1 —
Peterhead — 0–1
Stenhousemuir 2–1 —
Stranraer 2–0 —
The Spartans 0–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 13 January 2024. Source: [15]
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 13 January 2024
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Scotland Matthew Aitken Stenhousemuir 13
2 Scotland Neil Martyniuk Bonnyrigg Rose 9
Scotland Blair Henderson The Spartans
4 Scotland Tony Wallace Dumbarton 7
England Nathan Austin East Fife
6 Scotland Martin Rennie Clyde 6
Scotland Conor O'Keefe Peterhead
Scotland Kieran Shanks Peterhead

Awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
Manager Club Player Club
August Scotland Douglas Samuel The Spartans Scotland Jamie Dishington The Spartans
September Scotland Gary Naysmith Stenhousemuir Scotland Gregor Buchanan Stenhousemuir
October Scotland Douglas Samuel The Spartans Scotland Bradley Whyte The Spartans
November Scotland Gary Naysmith Stenhousemuir Scotland Matthew Aitken Stenhousemuir
December
January
February
March
April

References

  1. ↑ "Key dates for Season 2023/24". SPFL. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  2. ↑ Lindsay, Clive (22 April 2023). "Scottish League 2: Stirling Albion aim to avoid Yo-Yo return after title win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "Club Statement". Clyde FC. 21 April 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  4. ↑ "Bonnyrigg Rose Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "Clyde Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "Dumbarton Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  7. ↑ "East Fife Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  8. ↑ "Elgin City Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  9. ↑ "Forfar Athletic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  10. ↑ "Peterhead Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  11. ↑ "Stenhousemuir Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  12. ↑ "Stranraer Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  13. ↑ "cinch Championship Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  14. ↑ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. pp. 38–39. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  15. 1 2 "cinch League Two Results". SPFL. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
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