2014–15 Lowland Football League

Lowland League
Season 2014–15
Champions Edinburgh City
2015–16 →

The 2014–15 Lowland League, is the second season of the Lowland Football League. Edinburgh City won their inaugural Lowland Football League title on 20 March after nearest rivals Whitehill Welfare lost at East Kilbride and will thus compete in a play-off for a place in the fourth tier of the 2015-16 Scottish Professional Football League.

For its second year, the league announced its expansion to fourteen teams, with Edinburgh University and BSC Glasgow joining up.[1] Furthermore, the league announced that promotion to Scottish League Two would be introduced,[1] with the format of promotion is that the league champions will playoff with the Highland Football League champions (or other eligible team from outside the SPFL to be nominated by the Scottish FA), with the winner then playing the team finishing 10th and bottom in Scottish League Two in a promotion and relegation playoff to determine the entrants for the 2015–16 League Two season.[2][3] Additionally, the bottom placed club will face relegation to the 2015-16 East of Scotland Football League or South of Scotland Football League depending on their geographical location.

Teams

Team Location Home ground Capacity Ref.
BSC Glasgow Glasgow Saracen Park 3,500
Dalbeattie Star Dalbeattie Islecroft Stadium 3,500 [4]
East Kilbride East Kilbride K Park Training Academy 400 [5]
Edinburgh City Edinburgh Meadowbank Stadium 16,500 [6]
Edinburgh University Edinburgh New East Peffermill TBC
Gala Fairydean Rovers Galashiels Netherdale 4,000 [7]
Gretna 2008 Gretna Raydale Park 2,200 [8]
Preston Athletic Prestonpans Pennypit Park 4,000 [9]
Selkirk Selkirk Yarrow Park 1,162 [10]
Spartans Edinburgh Ainslie Park 3,000 [11]
Stirling University Stirling Forthbank Stadium 3,808 [12]
Threave Rovers Castle Douglas Meadow Park 1,500 [13]
Vale of Leithen Innerleithen Victoria Park 1,500 [14]
Whitehill Welfare Rosewell Ferguson Park 2,614 [15]

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Edinburgh City (C) 26 22 3 1 65 14+51 69 Scottish League Two play-offs
2 East Kilbride 26 15 5 6 63 25+38 50
3 Gretna 2008 26 13 6 7 62 32+30 45
4 Dalbeattie Star 26 11 9 6 51 39+12 42
5 Spartans 26 11 9 6 45 34+11 42
6 Stirling University 26 12 6 8 46 38+8 42
7 Whitehill Welfare 26 11 7 8 57 38+19 40
8 Gala Fairydean Rovers 26 9 7 10 48 54−6 34
9 BSC Glasgow 25 7 9 9 39 51−12 30
10 Vale of Leithen 25 8 6 11 38 53−15 30
11 Edinburgh University 26 8 4 14 40 52−12 28
12 Selkirk 26 6 5 15 53 74−21 23
13 Preston Athletic 26 3 5 18 31 75−44 14
14 Threave Rovers 26 2 5 19 21 80−59 11 Relegation to level 6

Updated to games played on 29 April 2015.
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away[1] BSC DBS EKBEDCEDUGFRG08PRASELSPASLUTHRVOLWHW
BSC Glasgow 4–4 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 3–2 1–4 2–3 5–0 1–1
Dalbeattie Star 5–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 2–2 6–0 4–4 0–2 3–1 0–0 2–2 2–2
East Kilbride 4–0 1–3 0–1 3–1 3–0 2–3 7–0 6–0 1–1 4–0 5–1 3–0
Edinburgh City 3–0 2–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 7–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 4–0 3–1 0–0
Edinburgh University 0–2 2–4 0–3 0–1 2–3 2–0 3–1 2–2 1–1 3–1 3–1 3–1
Gala Fairydean Rovers 2–2 5–1 1–1 3–6 4–0 0–4 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–2 5–1 2–2 3–3
Gretna 2008 6–0 2–0 0–1 0–2 2–0 3–1 6–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 2–3 4–1 0–4
Preston Athletic 0–0 1–2 2–4 1–5 0–1 0–2 2–4 1–2 0–2 6–0 1–3 2–4
Selkirk 2–3 0–2 1–2 1–5 4–5 7–0 1–9 2–2 1–1 2–1 3–0 3–5 2–3
Spartans 0–3 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 3–0 2–1 0–2 5–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–3
Stirling University 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 3–1 0–3 2–2 7–0 2–1
Threave Rovers 1–1 1–3 0–4 0–3 2–3 2–3 1–2 2–2 3–0 0–4 0–2 1–1 1–3
Vale of Leithen 3–1 2–0 0–3 3–2 1–4 0–2 1–4 1–1 0–3 0–0 0–3
Whitehill Welfare 4–1 1–2 3–1 0–2 3–0 2–3 1–1 2–2 2–2 1–2 6–0 2–4

Updated to games played on 24 April 2015.
Source: BBC Sport
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Lowland Football League Play-off

It is proposed that the respective winners of the East of Scotland and South of Scotland leagues will play one another with the winner taking a place in next season's Lowland League. However, this is subject to strict licensing and entry criteria which will determine possible acceptance. As Threave Rovers finished bottom, they would drop out of the division to make way for the newly promoted side.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Lowland League announces new members for next season". BBC Sport. BBC. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "The Rules of the SPFL" (PDF). Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "The pyramid system and how it affects the SHFL". Scottish Highland Football League. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  4. ↑ Dalbeattie Star, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  5. ↑ East Kilbride, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  6. ↑ Edinburgh City, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  7. ↑ Gala Fairydean Rovers, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  8. ↑ Gretna 2008, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  9. ↑ Preston Athletic, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  10. ↑ Selkirk, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  11. ↑ Spartans, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  12. ↑ Stirling University, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  13. ↑ Threave Rovers, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  14. ↑ Vale of Leithen, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  15. ↑ Whitehill Welfare, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 10 August 2013.