2013–14 Scottish League One

The 2013–14 Scottish League One was the 19th 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
Season2013–14
ChampionsRangers
PromotedRangers
RelegatedEast Fife
Arbroath
Matches played169
Goals scored557 (3.3 per match)
Top goalscorerMichael Moffat (25 goals)
Biggest home winRangers 8–0 Stenhousemuir
Biggest away winAirdrieonians 0–6 Rangers
Highest scoringStenhousemuir 4–5 Dunfermline Athletic
Ayr United 3–6 Stranraer
Longest winning run15 games
Rangers[1]
Longest unbeaten run36 games
Rangers[1]
Longest winless run11 games
Arbroath[1]
Longest losing run8 games
Airdrieonians[1]
Highest attendance45,462
Rangers 1–1 Stranraer
(26 December 2013)[1]
Lowest attendance326
Stranraer 1–0 Stenhousemuir
(19 October 2013)[1]
Average attendance5,253[1]

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
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) Champion; (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

League One play-offs

First leg
Clyde1–0East Fife
Ferguson  38' Report
Attendance: 1,005
Referee: Euan Anderson
Stirling Albion3–1Annan Athletic
Weir  12'
Weatherston  26', 30'		 Report Hopkirk  70'
Attendance: 972
Referee: Greg Aitken

Second leg
East Fife2–1 (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
Attendance: 1,018
Referee: Brian Colvin

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

Annan Athletic3–5Stirling Albion
McNiff  40'
Love  50'
Davidson  90+2'		 Report McClune  9'
White  23', 79', 83'
Comrie  56'
Attendance: 912

Stirling Albion won 8–4 on aggregate.

First leg
Stirling Albion1–2East Fife
Forsyth  42' Report McBride  70'
Austin  89'
Attendance: 1,501

Second leg
East Fife0–2Stirling Albion
Report White  74'
Cunningham  81'
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

References
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  10. "Brechin City Football Club". Scottish Football Ground Guide. Archived from the original on 2016-04-10. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
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  13. "Forfar Athletic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
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  15. "Stenhousemuir Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  16. "Stranraer Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  17. "Scottish League One Top Scorers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
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