The 2017–18 Scottish League One (known as Ladbrokes League One for sponsorship reasons) was the 24th season in the format of 10 teams in the third-tier of Scottish football. The fixtures were published on 23 June 2017.
Ten teams contested the league: Airdrieonians, Albion Rovers, Alloa Athletic, Arbroath, Ayr United, East Fife, Forfar Athletic, Queen's Park, Raith Rovers and Stranraer.
Prize money In April 2018, the SPFL confirmed the prize money to be allocated to the league members at the conclusion of the competitions. The League One winners would receive £119,000 with a total pot of £24.5 million to be distributed across the four divisions.
Teams The following teams changed division prior to the 2016–17 season.
To League One
Promoted from Scottish League Two Arbroath Forfar Athletic
Relegated from Scottish Championship Ayr United Raith Rovers
From League One
Relegated to Scottish League Two Peterhead Stenhousemuir
Promoted to Scottish Championship Brechin City Livingston
Stadia and locations Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Excelsior Stadium Cliftonhill Recreation Park Gayfield Park Capacity: 10,101 Capacity: 1,238 Capacity: 3,100 Capacity: 6,600 Ayr United East Fife Somerset Park Bayview Stadium Capacity: 10,185 Capacity: 1,980 Forfar Athletic Queen's Park Raith Rovers Stranraer Station Park Hampden Park Stark's Park Stair Park Capacity: 6,777 Capacity: 51,866 Capacity: 8,867 Capacity: 4,178
Personnel and kits Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Airdrieonians Under Armour Holemasters Albion Rovers Adidas Reigart Demolition Alloa Athletic Pendle The Energy Check Arbroath Pendle Megatech Ayr United Adidas Bodog East Fife Joma W Glendinning Haulage Contractors (Home)EF Joinery (Away) Forfar Athletic Pendle Orchard Timber Products Queen's Park Under Armour Irn-Bru Raith Rovers Puma valmcdermid.com (Home)Tag Games (Away) Stranraer Stanno Stena Line
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment Albion Rovers Contract expired Pre-season Raith Rovers Resigned East Fife Signed by Raith Rovers Airdrieonians Resigned 4 August 2017 Airdrieonians Sacked 19 August 2017 5th 29 September 2017 Forfar Athletic Sacked 18 September 2017 10th (joint-interims) 18 September 2017 Forfar Athletic (joint-interims) Interim ended 1 October 2017 10th 1 October 2017
League Summary League table
Positions by Round The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.
Leader - Promotion to 2018–19 Scottish Championship Qualification to Championship play-offs Qualification to League One play-offs Relegation to 2018–19 Scottish League Two
Team \ Round1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Ayr United 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 Raith Rovers 6 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2Alloa Athletic 5 9 6 7 6 7 7 8 8 7 6 3 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 5 5 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3Arbroath 2 3 4 3 6 3 2 4 5 3 4 5 4 3 3 4 5 5 5 4 4 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 4Stranraer 4 7 8 8 5 4 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 3 4 4 5 5 4 3 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5East Fife 8 4 3 6 7 6 5 5 4 5 3 4 5 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6Airdrieonians 7 8 5 4 4 8 8 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7Forfar Athletic 3 6 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 10 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8Queen's Park 9 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9Albion Rovers 10 5 7 5 3 5 4 3 3 4 5 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 Source: Updated: 28 April 2018
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 36 games.
First half of season
Second half of season
Season statistics Scoring Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Lawrence ShanklandAyr United262 Alan TroutenAlbion Rovers203 Craig MooreAyr United194 Ryan WallaceStranraer/Arbroath165 Lewis VaughanRaith Rovers156 Chris DugganEast Fife147 Michael MoffatAyr United11 Greig SpenceRaith Rovers9 Danny DenholmArbroath10 Liam BuchananRaith Rovers Scott AgnewStranraer
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Ref Craig Moore Ayr United Albion Rovers 5–1 Ryan McCord Arbroath Stranraer 6–2 Michael Moffat Ayr United Forfar Athletic 5–0 Ross C. Stewart Alloa Athletic Arbroath 5–3 Lawrence Shankland Ayr United Queen's Park 4–0
Discipline Player
Yellow cards
RankPlayerClubCards1 Iain DavidsonRaith Rovers122 Sean BurnsQueen's Park113 Ross DavidsonAlbion Rovers10 Mark MillarForfar Athletic Gregor FotheringhamQueen's Park6 Aaron DunsmoreEast Fife9
Red cards
RankPlayerClubCards1 Luke WattAirdrieonians 2 Jason MarrAlbion Rovers Eddie MaloneForfar Athletic Andy MunroForfar Athletic Scott RobertsonStranraer624 players1
Club
Yellow cards
RankClubCards1Queen's Park722Forfar Athletic713Albion Rovers61
Red cards
RankClubCards1Forfar Athletic72Airdrieonians6Albion Rovers
Attendances
Awards
Monthly awards MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the MonthRef.ManagerClubPlayerClubAugust Barry Smith Raith Rovers Lewis Vaughan Raith Rovers September Brian KerrAlbion Rovers Ryan McCordArbroathOctober Ian McCall Ayr United Michael Moffat Ayr UnitedNovember Ian McCall Ayr United Lawrence Shankland Ayr UnitedDecember Barry Smith Raith Rovers Alan Trouten Albion RoversJanuary Dick Campbell Arbroath Angus Beith StranraerFebruary Dick Campbell Arbroath Willis Furtado Raith RoversMarch Ian McCall Ayr United Lawrence Shankland Ayr United
League One play-offs The second bottom team entered into a 4-team playoff with the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th placed teams in League Two.
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Final First leg
Second leg
References