2022–23 Scottish League One

The 2022–23 Scottish League One (known as cinch League One for sponsorship reasons) is the tenth season of Scottish League One, the third tier of Scottish football.

Scottish League One
Season2022–23
Dates30 July 2022 – 6 May 2023
Matches played153
Goals scored447 (2.92 per match)
Top goalscorerCalum Gallagher
18 goals
Biggest home winAirdrieonians 7–0 Peterhead (18 March 2023)
Biggest away winAirdrieonians 0–6 Edinburgh (3 September 2022)
Highest scoringAirdrieonians 3–5 Edinburgh (2 January 2023)
Longest winning runFalkirk
5 games
Longest unbeaten runDunfermline Athletic
18 games
Longest winless runClyde
21 games
Longest losing runClyde
11 games
Highest attendance9,530
Dunfermline Athletic 2–0 Falkirk (7 March 2023)
Lowest attendance229
Edinburgh 2–0 Peterhead (5 October 2022)
Total attendance235,587
Average attendance1,539
2023–24 →
All statistics correct as of 1 April 2023.

Ten teams contest the league: Airdrieonians, Alloa Athletic, Clyde, Dunfermline Athletic, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Kelty Hearts, Montrose, Peterhead and Queen of the South.

Teams

The following teams changed division after the 2021–22 season.

Stadia and locations
Airdrieonians Alloa Athletic Clyde Dunfermline Athletic
Excelsior Stadium Recreation Park New Douglas Park[1] East End Park
Capacity: 10,101[2] Capacity: 3,100[3] Capacity: 6,018[4] Capacity: 11,480[5]
Falkirk
Location of teams in 2022–23 Scottish League One
 Edinburgh
Falkirk Stadium Meadowbank Stadium[6][7]
Capacity: 7,937[8] Capacity: 1,280[9]
Kelty Hearts Montrose Peterhead Queen of the South
New Central Park Links Park Balmoor Palmerston Park
Capacity: 2,181[10] Capacity: 4,936[11] Capacity: 3,150[12] Capacity: 8,690[13]

Personnel and kits
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Airdrieonians Scotland Rhys McCabe Scotland Callum Fordyce Umbro Holemasters
Alloa Athletic Scotland Brian Rice Scotland Andy Graham Pendle Northern Gas and Power
Clyde Scotland Jim Duffy Northern Ireland Brian McLean Puma HomesBook Factoring (Home)
Whitemoss Dental (Away)
Dunfermline Athletic Northern Ireland James McPake Scotland Kyle Benedictus Joma SRJ Windows
Falkirk Scotland John McGlynn Scotland Stephen McGinn Puma Crunchy Carrots
Edinburgh Republic of Ireland Alan Maybury Scotland Robbie McIntyre Joma Forth Capital
Kelty Hearts Scotland John Potter Scotland Michael Tidser Joma The Conservatory Converters
Montrose Scotland Stewart Petrie Scotland Paul Watson Hummel Carnegie Fuels Ltd
Peterhead Scotland Jordon Brown and Scotland Ryan Strachan (interim) Scotland Paul Dixon Adidas The Score Group
Queen of the South England Marvin Bartley England Josh Todd Macron Rosefield Salvage

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Falkirk Scotland Kenny Miller End of interim spell 30 April 2022[14] Pre-season Scotland John McGlynn 4 May 2022[15]
Edinburgh Republic of Ireland Alan Maybury 13 May 2022[16] Republic of Ireland Alan Maybury 19 May 2022[17]
Dunfermline Athletic Scotland John Hughes Mutual consent 19 May 2022[18] Northern Ireland James McPake 24 May 2022[19]
Airdrieonians Scotland Ian Murray Signed by Raith Rovers 24 May 2022[20] Scotland Rhys McCabe 26 May 2022[21]
Kelty Hearts Scotland Kevin Thomson Resigned 31 May 2022[22] Scotland John Potter 8 June 2022[23]
Clyde Northern Ireland Danny Lennon Mutual consent 25 October 2022[24] 9th Scotland Jim Duffy 7 November 2022[25]
Peterhead Scotland Jim McInally Resigned 14 November 2022[26] 10th Scotland David Robertson 29 November 2022[27]
Queen of the South Scotland Willie Gibson Mutual consent 21 December 2022[28] 7th England Marvin Bartley 7 January 2023[29]
Peterhead Scotland David Robertson Sacked 21 March 2023[30] 10th Scotland Jordon Brown and Scotland Ryan Strachan (interim) 21 March 2023

League summary

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Dunfermline Athletic 30 19 10 1 49 17 +32 67 Promotion to the Championship
2 Falkirk 30 16 8 6 56 30 +26 56 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
3 Airdrieonians 31 15 7 9 71 44 +27 52
4 Alloa Athletic 31 15 6 10 49 39 +10 51
5 Edinburgh 31 14 5 12 54 45 +9 47
6 Queen of the South 31 13 6 12 48 48 0 45
7 Montrose 30 11 9 10 43 41 +2 42
8 Kelty Hearts 31 9 8 14 34 46 −12 35
9 Clyde 31 3 7 21 29 63 −34 16 Qualification for the League One play-offs
10 Peterhead 30 2 6 22 14 74 −60 12 Relegation to League Two
Updated to match(es) played on 1 April 2023. Source: [31]
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).[32]

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers
As of 1 April 2023
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Scotland Calum Gallagher Airdrieonians 18
2 Republic of Ireland Ruari Paton Queen of the South 17
3 Scotland John Robertson Edinburgh 13
4 England Gabby McGill Airdrieonians 12
Scotland Callumn Morrison Falkirk
6 Scotland Jordan Allan Clyde/Falkirk 11
Scotland Danny Handling Edinburgh

Awards
Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
Manager Club Player Club
August Scotland Rhys McCabe Airdrieonians Scotland Calum Gallagher Airdrieonians
September/October Northern Ireland James McPake Dunfermline Athletic Scotland Danny Handling Edinburgh
November Scotland Jordan Allan Clyde
December Republic of Ireland Alan Maybury Edinburgh Scotland John Robertson Edinburgh
January Scotland John McGlynn Falkirk Scotland Callumn Morrison Falkirk
February Scotland Kyle Benedictus Dunfermline Athletic
March England Marvin Bartley Queen of the South England Gabby McGill Airdrieonians

References
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  2. "Airdrieonians Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  3. "Alloa Athletic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  4. "Clyde Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  5. "Dunfermline Athletic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
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  11. "Montrose Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  12. "Peterhead Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  13. "Queen of the South Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
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  15. "John McGlynn is new Falkirk manager after Raith Rovers exit". BBC Sport. 4 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  16. "Annan Athletic 2–1 Edinburgh City (agg 2–3): Visitors promoted to Scottish League 1 for first time". BBC Sport. 13 May 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  17. McGlade, Neil (19 May 2022). "Edinburgh City appoint Alan Maybury as permanent manager on two-year deal". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  18. "Dunfermline Athletic part with manager John Hughes after relegation". BBC Sport. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  19. "James McPake: Dunfermline Athletic appoint former Dundee manager". BBC Sport. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  20. "Raith Rovers: Ian Murray leaves Airdrie to become manager at Stark's Park". BBC Sport. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  21. "Rhys McCabe: Airdrieonians appoint 29-year-old midfielder as player-manager". BBC Sport. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  22. "Kevin Thomson: Kelty Hearts accept manager resignation after historic title win". BBC Sport. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  23. "John Potter: Kelty Hearts appoint former Dunfermline Athletic boss as manager". BBC Sport. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  24. "Club Statement: Danny Lennon". Clyde FC. 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  25. "Club Statement: Managerial Appointment". Clyde FC. 7 November 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  26. "Club Statement". Peterhead FC. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  27. "Welcome To Peterhead". Peterhead FC. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  28. "Wullie Gibson". Queen of the South FC. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  29. "Manager Appointed". Queen of the South FC. 7 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  30. "Club Statement". Peterhead FC. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  31. "cinch League One Table". Scottish Prefessional Football League. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  32. "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. pp. 38–39. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  33. "cinch League One Results". SPFL. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
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