2025–26 Scottish League Two

Scottish League Two
Season2025–26
Dates2 August 2025 – 2 May 2026
ChampionsEast Kilbride
PromotedEast Kilbride
Matches180
Goals528 (2.93 per match)
Top goalscorerMark Stowe
(21 goals)
Biggest home winEast Kilbride 5–0 Forfar Athletic (30 August 2025)
Clyde 5–0 Edinburgh City (21 February 2026)
East Kilbride 5–0 Clyde (2 May 2026)
Edinburgh City 5–0 Dumbarton (2 May 2026)
Biggest away winAnnan Athletic 0–6 Clyde (13 September 2025)
East Kilbride 0–6 The Spartans (27 January 2026)
Highest scoringAnnan Athletic 3–4 Dumbarton (23 August 2025)
Edinburgh City 4–3 Dumbarton (6 December 2025)
Elgin City 1–6 East Kilbride (17 February 2026)
Longest winning runEast Kilbride
(7 games)
Longest unbeaten runClyde
(13 games)
Longest winless runDumbarton
(10 games)
Longest losing runEdinburgh City
(7 games)
Highest attendance1,321
The Spartans v East Kilbride
(28 March 2026)
Lowest attendance164
Edinburgh City v Elgin City
(8 November 2025)
Total attendance93,025
Average attendance516
All statistics correct as of 2 May 2026.

The 2025–26 Scottish League Two (known as William Hill League Two for sponsorship reasons) was the 13th season of Scottish League Two, the fourth tier of Scottish football. The season began on 2 August 2025.[1]

Ten teams contested the league: Annan Athletic, Clyde, Dumbarton, East Kilbride, Edinburgh City, Elgin City, Forfar Athletic, Stirling Albion, Stranraer and The Spartans.

Teams

The following teams changed division after the 2024–25 season.

Stadia and locations

Annan Athletic Clyde Dumbarton East Kilbride
Galabank New Douglas Park[2] Dumbarton Football Stadium K-Park Training Academy
Capacity: 2,504[3] Capacity: 6,018[4] Capacity: 2,020[5] Capacity: 700
Edinburgh City Elgin City
Meadowbank Stadium Borough Briggs
Capacity: 1,280[6] Capacity: 4,520[7]
Forfar Athletic Stirling Albion Stranraer The Spartans
Station Park Forthbank Stadium Stair Park Ainslie Park
Capacity: 6,777[8] Capacity: 3,808[9] Capacity: 4,178[10] Capacity: 3,612[11]
League Two football clubs in Edinburgh

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Annan Athletic Scotland Willie Gibson Scotland Tommy Muir Matchwinner M & S Engineering
Clyde Scotland Darren Young Scotland Andy Murdoch Puma Cameron Event Logistics
Dumbarton Scotland Frank McKeown Scotland Mark Durnan Macron JJR Print (Home)
C&G Systems (Away)
East Kilbride Scotland Mick Kennedy Scotland Jack Leitch Adidas Jackton Moor (Home)
SR Digital Consultancy (Away)
Edinburgh City Scotland Michael McIndoe Scotland Mark Weir Puma Net Zero Fund Management
Elgin City Scotland Allan Hale Scotland Russell Dingwall Joma McDonald & Munro
Forfar Athletic Scotland Jim Weir Scotland Stuart Morrison Pendle Orchard Timber Products
Stirling Albion Republic of Ireland Alan Maybury Scotland Ross McGeachie Joma M&G
Stranraer Scotland Chris Aitken Scotland BJ Coll Adidas Stena Line
The Spartans Scotland Douglas Samuel Scotland Kevin Waugh Macron City Cabs

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Dumbarton Scotland Stephen Farrell Sacked 30 November 2025 7th Scotland Frank McKeown 5 December 2025

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 East Kilbride (C, P) 36 21 6 9 77 46 +31 69 Promotion to League One
2 The Spartans 36 18 10 8 60 39 +21 64 Qualification for the League One play-offs
3 Clyde 36 14 14 8 58 41 +17 56
4 Forfar Athletic 36 13 11 12 51 47 +4 50
5 Stranraer 36 12 11 13 46 46 0 47
6 Elgin City 36 11 11 14 51 55 −4 44
7 Annan Athletic 36 10 11 15 47 58 −11 41
8 Stirling Albion 36 9 11 16 46 63 −17 38
9 Dumbarton 36 10 10 16 47 61 −14 35[a]
10 Edinburgh City (O) 36 10 9 17 45 72 −27 24[b] Qualification for the League Two play-off final
Source: [13]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[14]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ↑ Dumbarton were deducted five points for entering administration during the previous season.
  2. ↑ Edinburgh City were deducted 15 points due to an insolvency event.[12]

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 ANN CLY DUM EKB EDI ELG FOR STI STR SPA
Annan Athletic — 0–6 3–4 3–1 1–1 3–2 3–1 1–1 2–2 1–1
Clyde 1–0 — 3–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–3
Dumbarton 2–1 2–1 — 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–4 1–2 1–2 1–2
East Kilbride 1–3 1–1 1–1 — 1–1 3–0 5–0 2–0 3–1 1–3
Edinburgh City 2–2 1–4 4–3 2–2 — 1–3 1–1 1–2 1–3 1–3
Elgin City 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–4 — 2–1 3–0 1–2 2–3
Forfar Athletic 1–0 0–0 2–3 0–3 2–3 4–2 — 4–2 1–0 1–1
Stirling Albion 0–0 2–4 2–2 2–3 0–1 1–1 0–4 — 1–0 1–1
Stranraer 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–2 1–1 3–1 3–2 — 0–2
The Spartans 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–3 0–4 —
Source: [15]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season (Matches 19–36)

Home \ Away ANN CLY DUM EKB EDI ELG FOR STI STR SPA
Annan Athletic — 1–1 1–0 2–4 3–0 2–1 1–1 3–3 1–0 0–2
Clyde 3–1 — 2–0 1–3 5–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–1
Dumbarton 2–1 0–0 — 0–1 1–2 2–2 2–2 2–1 2–0 3–0
East Kilbride 2–1 5–0 3–1 — 4–0 3–0 3–1 3–2 0–2 0–6
Edinburgh City 2–2 0–2 5–0 0–2 — 0–3 0–0 1–4 4–1 0–3
Elgin City 0–3 2–0 1–1 1–6 3–0 — 2–0 1–0 0–1 3–3
Forfar Athletic 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 4–0 2–1 — 0–1 1–2 1–1
Stirling Albion 2–0 0–3 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 0–3 — 1–1 2–2
Stranraer 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 — 2–1
The Spartans 4–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 —
Source: [15]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

As of 2 May 2026

Scoring

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Scotland Mark Stowe The Spartans 21
2 Scotland John Robertson East Kilbride 20
3 Scotland Leighton McIntosh Dumbarton 16
4 Scotland Connor Young East Kilbride 14
Scotland Russell McLean Stirling Albion
6 Scotland Marc McNulty The Spartans 13

Awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
Manager Club Player Club
August Scotland Mick Kennedy East Kilbride Republic of Ireland Robbie Mahon Edinburgh City
September Scotland Darren Young Clyde Scotland Marley Redfern Clyde
October Scotland Willie Gibson Annan Athletic Scotland Keith Watson Annan Athletic
November Scotland Allan Hale Elgin City Scotland Martin Rennie Forfar Athletic
December Scotland Chris Aitken Stranraer Scotland Deryn Lang Stranraer
January Scotland Douglas Samuel The Spartans Scotland Mark Stowe The Spartans
February Scotland Mick Kennedy East Kilbride Scotland Bobby McLuckie East Kilbride
March Scotland Frank McKeown Dumbarton Scotland Leighton McIntosh Dumbarton
April Scotland Jim Weir Forfar Athletic Scotland Scott Williamson Clyde

League Two play-offs

The Pyramid play-off was contested between the champions of the 2025–26 Highland Football League (Brora Rangers) and the bottom-placed club (Edinburgh City) in the League Two play-off final. The 2025–26 Lowland Football League champions (Linlithgow Rose) were ineligible to compete due to not having an SFA bronze licence.[16] As Edinburgh City won the play-off, they remained in League Two, and Brora Rangers remained in the Highland Football League.

Final

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Brora Rangers1–3Edinburgh City1–10–2

First leg

9 May 2026 Brora Rangers 1–1 Edinburgh City Brora
15:00 Anderson 11' [17] Iserhienrhien 44' Stadium: Dudgeon Park
Attendance: 918
Referee: Iain Snedden

Second leg

16 May 2026 Edinburgh City 2–0
(3–1 agg.)		 Brora Rangers Edinburgh
15:00 Iserhienrhien 1', 14' [18] Stadium: Meadowbank Stadium
Attendance: 740
Referee: Peter Stuart

References

  1. ↑ "Key dates for 2025/26". SPFL. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  2. ↑ "Clyde To Remain At New Douglas Park". Clyde FC. 30 April 2025. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  3. ↑ "Annan Athletic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  4. ↑ "Clyde Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  5. ↑ "Dumbarton Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "Edinburgh City". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "Elgin City Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  8. ↑ "Forfar Athletic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  9. ↑ "Stirling Albion Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  10. ↑ "Stranraer Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  11. ↑ "The Spartans Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  12. ↑ "SPFL statement - Edinburgh City". spfl.co.uk. Scottish Professional Football League. 5 August 2025. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  13. ↑ "League Two Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  14. ↑ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. pp. 38–39. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  15. 1 2 "William Hill League Two Results". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  16. ↑ "Linlithgow Rose pull out of League Two play-offs as Brora expected to be automatically in final". Northern Times. 19 April 2026. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  17. ↑ "Brora Rangers v Edinburgh City". BBC Sport. BBC. 9 May 2026. Retrieved 9 May 2026.
  18. ↑ "Edinburgh City 2-0 Brora Rangers (3-1): Divine Iserhienrhien double retains SPFL status". BBC Sport. BBC. 16 May 2026. Retrieved 16 May 2026.
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