2023–24 Scottish League One

Football league season

Scottish League One
Season	2023–24
Dates	5 August 2023 – 4 May 2024
Champions	Falkirk
Promoted	Falkirk
Relegated	Edinburgh City
Matches played	170
Goals scored	537 (3.16 per match)
Top goalscorer	Callumn Morrison 23 goals
Biggest home win	Hamilton Academical 5–0 Annan Athletic (29 September 2023) Hamilton Academical 5–0 Stirling Albion (11 November 2023) Hamilton Academical 5–0 Queen of the South (2 December 2023) Cove Rangers 7–2 Edinburgh City (23 December 2023) Falkirk 5–0 Stirling Albion (30 December 2023) Stirling Albion 5–0 Kelty Hearts (27 January 2024)
Biggest away win	Montrose 1–7 Falkirk (30 March 2024)
Highest scoring	Cove Rangers 7–2 Edinburgh City (23 December 2023)
Longest winning run	Cove Rangers Falkirk 7 games
Longest unbeaten run	Falkirk 34 games
Longest winless run	Edinburgh City 17 games
Longest losing run	Edinburgh City 7 games
Highest attendance	5,864 Falkirk 4–1 Edinburgh City (23 March 2024)
Lowest attendance	226 Edinburgh City 1–4 Kelty Hearts (7 October 2023)
Total attendance	199,179
Average attendance	1,171
← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 20 April 2024.

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

Ten teams contest the league: Alloa Athletic, Annan Athletic, Cove Rangers, Edinburgh City, Falkirk, Hamilton Academical, Kelty Hearts, Montrose, Queen of the South and Stirling Albion.

Teams

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

To League One

Promoted from League Two

Relegated from the Championship

From League One

Relegated to League Two

Promoted to the Championship

Stadia and locations

Alloa Athletic	Annan Athletic	Cove Rangers	Edinburgh City
Recreation Park	Galabank	Balmoral Stadium	Meadowbank Stadium
Capacity: 3,100^[4]	Capacity: 2,504^[5]	Capacity: 3,023^[6]	Capacity: 1,280^[7]

Falkirk	Alloa Annan Athletic Cove Rangers Edinburgh City Falkirk Hamilton Kelty Hearts Montrose Queen of the South Stirling Albion class=notpageimage\| Location of teams in 2023–24 Scottish League One		Hamilton Academical
Falkirk Stadium			New Douglas Park
Capacity: 7,937^[8]			Capacity: 6,018^[9]

Kelty Hearts	Montrose	Queen of the South	Stirling Albion
New Central Park	Links Park	Palmerston Park	Forthbank Stadium
Capacity: 2,181^[10]	Capacity: 4,936^[11]	Capacity: 8,690^[12]	Capacity: 3,808^[13]

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Alloa Athletic	Andy Graham	Scott Taggart	Pendle	Northern Gas and Power
Annan Athletic	Peter Murphy	Steven Swinglehurst	EV2 Sportswear	M & S Engineering
Cove Rangers	Paul Hartley	Mitch Megginson	Adidas	ACE Group
Edinburgh City	Michael McIndoe	Alieu Faye	Hummel	AMG Construction Group
Falkirk	John McGlynn	Stephen McGinn	O'Neills	Crunchy Carrots
Hamilton Academical	John Rankin	Scott Martin	LF Sports	Active Access
Kelty Hearts	Michael Tidser	Reece Lyon	Umbro	I-Scaff Access Solutions
Montrose	Stewart Petrie	Paul Watson	Uhlsport	Montrose Port Authority (Home) InterMoor (Away)
Queen of the South	Marvin Bartley	Josh Todd	Macron	Blinds by Mark McGowan
Stirling Albion	Darren Young	Ross McGeachie	Joma	Prudential

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Kelty Hearts	John Potter	Appointed Raith Rovers technical director	12 May 2023^[14]	Pre-season	Michael Tidser	17 May 2023^[15]
Edinburgh City	Alan Maybury	Mutual consent	3 October 2023^[16]	10th	Michael McIndoe	9 October 2023^[17]
Alloa Athletic	Brian Rice	Appointed Livingston coach	9 November 2023	6th	Andy Graham	15 November 2023

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Falkirk (C, P)	34	27	7	0	91	23	+68	88	Promotion to the Championship
2	Hamilton Academical (Q)	34	20	8	6	68	27	+41	68	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
3	Alloa Athletic (Q)	34	16	7	11	58	52	+6	55
4	Montrose	34	13	8	13	53	55	−2	47
5	Cove Rangers	34	13	7	14	55	60	−5	46
6	Kelty Hearts	34	12	8	14	47	57	−10	44
7	Queen of the South	34	10	8	16	42	50	−8	38
8	Annan Athletic	34	9	10	15	51	64	−13	37
9	Stirling Albion	34	9	8	17	35	56	−21	35	Qualification for the League One play-offs
10	Edinburgh City (R)	34	3	5	26	36	92	−56	8^[a]	Relegation to League Two

Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2024. Source: ^[18]
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).^[19]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ On 25 January 2024, Edinburgh City were deducted 6 points, having failed to pay its players’ wages on time and defaulting its tax obligations to HMRC, as well as not engaging fully in the disciplinary process leading to further breaches of SPFL Rules.

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	ALO	ANN	COV	EDI	FAL	HAM	KEL	MON	QOS	STI
Alloa Athletic	—	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–4	0–0	3–1	2–2	1–0	0–1
Annan Athletic	1–1	—	1–3	3–2	0–3	1–2	2–2	1–3	0–1	3–0
Cove Rangers	1–2	3–2	—	7–2	2–2	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–2	3–1
Edinburgh City	3–0	3–2	2–2	—	0–2	0–3	1–4	1–5	1–2	1–3
Falkirk	3–0	3–0	4–0	2–1	—	0–0	2–1	3–2	1–0	3–0
Hamilton Academical	2–1	5–0	1–0	1–1	1–3	—	1–1	1–0	5–0	5–0
Kelty Hearts	2–1	1–1	0–1	3–2	1–5	0–2	—	0–1	3–1	1–0
Montrose	2–1	1–1	0–3	5–2	0–0	0–3	0–2	—	1–4	1–0
Queen of the South	3–4	3–1	0–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–3	2–3	—	0–1
Stirling Albion	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–2	2–2	1–0	0–2	1–1	—

Source: ^[20]
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	ALO	ANN	COV	EDI	FAL	HAM	KEL	MON	QOS	STI
Alloa Athletic	—	1–1	4–1	3–1	0–5		3–0	0–0	0–2	1–0
Annan Athletic	2–3	—	4–2	3–0		1–3	3–2	2–2	2–1	2–1
Cove Rangers	2–3	2–1	—		0–1	1–3	2–2	1–4	0–2	4–2
Edinburgh City	2–5	1–2	0–2	—	2–2	2–5	0–3	1–0	1–1
Falkirk		1–1	5–1	4–1	—	3–2	2–2	3–0	1–0	5–0
Hamilton Academical	1–2	2–3	2–0	1–0	0–2	—		1–1	0–0	3–0
Kelty Hearts	2–1	1–1	0–1	3–1	0–1	0–5	—		0–0	1–0
Montrose	4–3	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–7	1–2	4–2	—		0–1
Queen of the South	1–1	2–1		2–0	1–4	0–2	1–2	2–3	—	2–2
Stirling Albion	1–5		2–2	4–0	1–2	0–0	5–0	1–0	0–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2024. Source: ^[20]
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 20 April 2024

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Callumn Morrison	Falkirk	23
2	Rumarn Burrell	Cove Rangers	21
3	Ross MacIver	Falkirk	14
4	Kevin O'Hara	Hamilton Academical	13
5	Bobby Wales	Alloa Athletic	12
6	Tommy Goss	Annan Athletic	10
	Mitch Megginson	Cove Rangers
	Aidan Nesbitt	Falkirk
	Euan Henderson	Hamilton Academical
	Kane Hester	Montrose

Awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
Month	Manager	Club	Player	Club
August	John Rankin	Hamilton Academical	Jamie Smith	Hamilton Academical
September	John McGlynn	Falkirk	Callumn Morrison	Falkirk
October	John McGlynn	Falkirk	Kyle MacDonald	Hamilton Academical
November	Paul Hartley	Cove Rangers	Rumarn Burrell	Cove Rangers
December	John McGlynn	Falkirk	Rumarn Burrell	Cove Rangers
January	John McGlynn	Falkirk	Calvin Miller	Falkirk
February	Andy Graham	Alloa Athletic	Taylor Steven	Alloa Athletic
March	John McGlynn	Falkirk	Callumn Morrison	Falkirk
April

References

^ "Key dates for Season 2023/24". SPFL. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
^ 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.
^ Lindsay, Clive (17 April 2023). "What now for Dunfermline Athletic after promotion?". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
^ "Alloa Athletic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
^ "Annan Athletic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
^ "Cove Rangers Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
^ "Edinburgh City". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
^ "Falkirk Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
^ "Hamilton Academical Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
^ "Kelty Hearts Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
^ "Montrose Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
^ "Queen of the South Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
^ "Stirling Albion Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
^ "John Potter announced as Technical Director". Raith Rovers FC. 12 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
^ "Kelty Hearts: Michael Tidser officially unveiled as new manager". Dunfermline Press. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
^ "Edinburgh City part ways with manager Alan Maybury after poor start to the season". Edinburgh Evening News. 3 October 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
^ "Michael McIndoe announced as Edinburgh City's new manager". Edinburgh Evening News. 9 October 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
^ "cinch League One Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
^ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. pp. 38–39. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
^ ^a ^b "cinch League One Results". SPFL. Retrieved 20 April 2024.

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