Scottish Football league season
Football league season
Lowland League Season 2023–24 Dates 21 July 2023 – 27 April 2024 Champions East Kilbride Relegated Edinburgh University Matches played 306 Goals scored 1,055 (3.45 per match) Biggest home win Heart of Midlothian B 12–0 Edinburgh University (5 January 2024)Biggest away win Edinburgh University 0–9 East Kilbride (2 September 2023)Highest scoring Heart of Midlothian B 12–0 Edinburgh University (5 January 2024)Longest winning run 8 matches: Heart of Midlothian B Longest unbeaten run 15 matches: East Kilbride Longest winless run 17 matches:Gretna 2008 Longest losing run 11 matches: Edinburgh University
All statistics correct as of 27 April 2024.
The 2023–24 Scottish Lowland Football League was the 11th season of the Lowland Football League , part of the fifth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system . The Spartans were the reigning champions but were unable to defend their title following their promotion to Scottish League Two .
East Kilbride won a record-equalling third Lowland League title, following a 4–2 victory by Heart of Midlothian B – who cannot win the Lowland League as a guest club[ 1] – over Bo'ness United on 12 April 2024, which left Bo'ness United nine points behind East Kilbride with two games remaining.
With their scheduled matchup with 2023–24 Highland Football League champion Buckie Thistle being cancelled due to the latter not holding the relevant licence, East Kilbride faced League Two bottom-placed team Stranraer in the final. They lost 3–5 on aggregate after conceding two goals in the last five minutes of extra time in the second leg at Stair Park .[ 2]
Teams
Location of teams in
2023–24 Scottish Lowland Football League
Albion Rovers became the fourth club to join the league via relegation from the SPFL , having lost the previous season's League Two play-off against The Spartans . East of Scotland League champions Linlithgow Rose were promoted to the league, replacing founding league member Dalbeattie Star who were relegated to the South of Scotland League .
Rangers B withdrew prior to the start of the season.[ 3]
From Lowland League
Promoted to League Two
Relegated to South of Scotland League
Withdrew
To Lowland League
Relegated from League Two
Promoted from East of Scotland League
Stadia and locations
Team
Location
Stadium
Surface
Capacity
Seats
Albion Rovers
Coatbridge
Cliftonhill
Grass
1,238
489
Berwick Rangers
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Shielfield Park
Grass
4,099
1,366
Bo'ness United
Bo'ness
Newtown Park
Artificial
2,000
0
Broomhill
Dumbarton
Dumbarton Football Stadium [ a]
Grass
2,020
2,020
Caledonian Braves
Motherwell
Alliance Park
Artificial
800
102
Celtic B
Airdrie
Excelsior Stadium [ b]
Artificial
10,101
10,101
Civil Service Strollers
Edinburgh
Christie Gillies Park
Grass
1,596
96
Cowdenbeath
Cowdenbeath
Central Park
Grass
4,309
1,622
Cumbernauld Colts
Cumbernauld
Broadwood Stadium
Artificial
8,086
8,086
East Kilbride
East Kilbride
K-Park
Artificial
700
400
East Stirlingshire
Falkirk
Falkirk Stadium [ c]
Artificial
7,937
7,937
Edinburgh University
Edinburgh
New Peffermill Stadium
Grass
1,100
100
Gala Fairydean Rovers
Galashiels
3G Arena, Netherdale
Artificial
2,000
500
Gretna 2008
Gretna
Raydale Park
Artificial
1,030
138
Heart of Midlothian B
Edinburgh
Ainslie Park [ d]
Artificial
3,700
854
Linlithgow Rose
Linlithgow
Prestonfield
Grass
1,730
301
Tranent
Tranent
Foresters Park
Grass
1,200
44
University of Stirling
Stirling
Forthbank Stadium [ e]
Grass
3,808
2,508
Notes
All grounds are equipped with floodlights.
League table
Source:
SLFL BBC Sport Soccerway Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions;
(R) Relegated
Results
Source:
[ 5] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
^ The match was abandoned after 77 minutes due to a medical emergency, with the score at the time standing as the final result.[ 4]
Lowland League play-off
A three match round robin play-off was scheduled to take place between the winners of the 2023–24 East of Scotland Football League , the 2023–24 South of Scotland Football League , and the 2023–24 West of Scotland Football League , subject to all three clubs meeting the required licensing criteria for promotion.[ 6] However, as West of Scotland Football League winners Beith Juniors did not hold a licence, the play-off was then contested by the remaining two league winners – Broxburn Athletic (East of Scotland Football League) and Dalbeattie Star (South of Scotland Football League) – over a home-and-away basis.
First leg
Second leg
Broxburn Athletic v Dalbeattie Star
References
External links
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