Pixels: | 250 |
Competition: | Scottish League Two |
Season: | 2021–22 |
Winners: | Kelty Hearts |
Promoted: | Kelty Hearts (as champions) Edinburgh City (via play-offs) |
Relegated: | Cowdenbeath |
Matches: | 180 |
Total Goals: | 468 |
League Topscorer: | Nathan Austin 17 goals |
Biggest Home Win: | (11 December 2021) (30 April 2022) |
Biggest Away Win: | (9 April 2022) |
Highest Scoring: | (11 December 2021) (26 December 2021) |
Longest Wins: | Kelty Hearts 5 games |
Longest Unbeaten: | Kelty Hearts 16 games |
Longest Winless: | Cowdenbeath 12 games |
Longest Losses: | Stirling Albion 7 games |
Highest Attendance: | 1,202 Kelty Hearts 2–0 Cowdenbeath (31 July 2021) |
Lowest Attendance: | 151 Albion Rovers 1–4 Annan Athletic (2 March 2022) |
Prevseason: | 2020–21 |
Nextseason: | 2022–23 |
Updated: | 30 April 2022 |
The 2021–22 Scottish League Two (known as cinch League Two for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth season of Scottish League Two, the fourth tier of Scottish football. The season began on 31 July.
Ten teams contested the league: Albion Rovers, Annan Athletic, Cowdenbeath, Edinburgh City, Elgin City, Forfar Athletic, Kelty Hearts, Stenhousemuir, Stirling Albion and Stranraer.
The following teams changed division after the 2020–21 season.
Promoted from Lowland Football League
Relegated from League One
Relegated to Highland Football League
Promoted to League One
Albion Rovers | Annan Athletic | Cowdenbeath | Edinburgh City | |
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Cliftonhill | Galabank | Central Park | Ainslie Park[1] [2] | |
Capacity: 1,238[3] | Capacity: 2,504[4] | Capacity: 4,309[5] | Capacity: 3,534 | |
Elgin City | Forfar Athletic | |||
Borough Briggs | Station Park | |||
Capacity: 4,520[6] | Capacity: 6,777[7] | |||
Kelty Hearts | Stenhousemuir | Stirling Albion | Stranraer | |
New Central Park | Ochilview Park | Forthbank Stadium | Stair Park | |
Capacity: 2,181 | Capacity: 3,746[8] | Capacity: 3,808[9] | Capacity: 4,178[10] | |
Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | |
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Albion Rovers | Joma | CompliancePath | |||
Annan Athletic | EV2 Sportswear | M & S Engineering | |||
Cowdenbeath | Erreà | Collier Haulage, Quarrying and Recycling | |||
Edinburgh City | (interim) | Macron | Forth Capital | ||
Elgin City | Joma | McDonald & Munro | |||
Forfar Athletic | Pendle | Orchard Timber Products | |||
Kelty Hearts | Joma | The Conservatory Converters | |||
Stenhousemuir | Puma | LOC Hire | |||
Stirling Albion | Macron | Prudential | |||
Stranraer | Joma[11] | Stena Line[12] |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | |
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Kelty Hearts | Barry Ferguson | Resigned | 24 May 2021 | align=center rowspan=2 | Pre-season | Kevin Thomson | 28 May 2021 |
Stranraer | Stephen Farrell | Signed by Dumbarton | 29 May 2021 | Jamie Hamill | 4 June 2021 | ||
Cowdenbeath | Gary Bollan | Mutual consent | 23 October 2021 | 10th | Maurice Ross | 2 November 2021 | |
Stirling Albion | Kevin Rutkiewicz | Resigned | 9 December 2021 | 4th | Darren Young | 20 December 2021 | |
Edinburgh City | Gary Naysmith | Sacked | 17 March 2022 | 4th | Alan Maybury (interim) | 24 March 2022 | |
Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away.
Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away.
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Nathan Austin | Kelty Hearts | 17 |
2 | Tony Wallace | Annan Athletic | 13 |
Kane Hester | Elgin City | ||
Thomas Orr | Stenhousemuir | ||
5 | Tommy Goss | Annan Athletic | 12 |
Joe Cardle | Kelty Hearts |
Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | |||
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Manager | Club | Player | Club | ||
August | Kevin Thomson | Kelty Hearts | Joe Cardle | Kelty Hearts | |
September | Kevin Rutkiewicz | Stirling Albion | Nathan Austin | Kelty Hearts | |
October | Gary Irvine | Forfar Athletic | Craig Thomson | Forfar Athletic | |
November | Kevin Thomson | Kelty Hearts | John Robertson | Edinburgh City | |
December | Peter Murphy | Annan Athletic | Dominic Docherty | Annan Athletic | |
January | Gavin Price | Elgin City | Tam Orr | Stenhousemuir | |
February | Stephen Swift | Stenhousemuir | Nicky Jamieson | Stenhousemuir | |
March | Kevin Thomson | Kelty Hearts | Tommy Goss | Annan Athletic | |
April | Gary Irvine | Forfar Athletic | Kallum Higginbotham | Kelty Hearts |
The Pyramid play-off was contested between the champions of the 2021–22 Highland Football League (Fraserburgh) and the 2021–22 Lowland Football League (Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic). The winners (Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic) then faced the bottom club in League Two (Cowdenbeath) in the play-off final. As Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic won the final, they were promoted to League Two for the 2022–23 season and Cowdenbeath were relegated to the Lowland League.