2025–26 Lowland Football League

Lowland League
Season2025–26
Dates25 July 2025 - 18 April 2026
Matches181
Goals686 (3.79 per match)
Biggest home win
Biggest away winGretna 2008 0–6 Linlithgow Rose
(2 August 2025)
Highest scoring
Longest winning run10 matches:
Linlithgow Rose
Longest unbeaten run13 matches:
Clydebank
Longest winless run13 matches:
Gretna 2008
Longest losing run10 matches:
Gretna 2008
2026–27 (East & West) →
All statistics correct as of 20 December 2025.

The 2025–26 Scottish Lowland Football League (known as the Park's Motor Group Scottish Lowland Football League for sponsorship reasons) is the 13th season of the Lowland Football League, part of the fifth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system.

This is the final season in the league's current format before the league splitting into Lowland League East and Lowland League West ahead of season 2026–27, with no relegation taking place this season irrespective of results.[1]

East Kilbride are the reigning champions but are unable to defend their title following their promotion to Scottish League Two.[2]

Teams

Location of teams in 2025–26 Scottish Lowland Football League

Bonnyrigg Rose became the fifth club to join the league from the SPFL and the first of the promoted clubs to rejoin the league via relegation, having lost the previous season's League Two play-off against East Kilbride.

From Lowland League

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Promoted to Scottish League Two

To Lowland League

Relegated from Scottish League Two

Promoted from West of Scotland Premier Division

Stadia and locations

Team Location Stadium Surface Capacity Seats
Albion Rovers Coatbridge Cliftonhill Grass 1,572 489
Berwick Rangers Berwick-upon-Tweed Shielfield Park Grass 4,099 1,366
Bo'ness United Bo'ness Newtown Park Artificial 2,000 0
Bonnyrigg Rose Bonnyrigg New Dundas Park Grass 2,020 72
Broxburn Athletic Broxburn Albyn Park Artificial 2,050 0
Caledonian Braves Motherwell Alliance Park Artificial 800 102
Celtic B Airdrie Excelsior Stadium[a] Artificial 10,101 10,101
Civil Service Strollers Edinburgh Christie Gillies Park Grass 1,596 96
Clydebank Clydebank Holm Park Artificial 1,200 0
Cowdenbeath Cowdenbeath Central Park Grass 4,309 1,622
Cumbernauld Colts Cumbernauld Broadwood Stadium Artificial 8,086 8,086
East Stirlingshire Stenhousemuir Ochilview Park[b] Artificial 3,746 626
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[c] 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[d] Grass 3,808 2,508
Notes
  1. ^ Celtic B are ground-sharing with Airdrieonians.
  2. ^ East Stirlingshire are ground-sharing with Stenhousemuir.
  3. ^ Heart of Midlothian B are ground-sharing with The Spartans.
  4. ^ University of Stirling are ground-sharing with Stirling Albion.

All grounds are equipped with floodlights.

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Albion Rovers Sandy Clark[4] Alan Reid [5] Uhlsport Ribble Enviro[4]
Berwick Rangers Kevin Haynes Jamie Pyper Macron NE Scaffolding [6]
Bo'ness United Stuart Hunter Kyle Johnston Adidas JB Training and Lifting Solutions
Bonnyrigg Rose Jonny Stewart Neil Martyniuk TBC TBC
Broxburn Athletic John Millar Errol Douglas TBC TBC
Caledonian Braves Ricky Waddell Ross McNeil TBC TBC
Celtic B Stephen McManus Samuel Isiguzo Adidas Dafabet
Civil Service Strollers Gary Jardine Mark Laird TBC TBC
Clydebank Gordon Moffat Nicky Little Joma The Co-operative brand (Clydebank)
Cowdenbeath Paul McLean Jack Denham TBC TBC
Cumbernauld Colts John Doyle Cameron Dickson TBC TBC
East Stirlingshire Callum Tapping Morgaro Gomis TBC TBC
Gala Fairydean Rovers Martin Scott Danny Galbraith TBC TBC
Gretna 2008 Vincent Parker Jim Atkinson TBC TBC
Hearts B Angus Beith Kai Smutek Hummel Stellar Omada
Linlithgow Rose Gordon Herd Gary Thom TBC TBC
Tranent Robbie Horn Euan Bauld TBC TBC
University of Stirling Chris Geddes Ben Heal TBC TBC

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Cowdenbeath Dougie Hill Resigned 19 April 2025 Pre-season Paul McLean 28 April 2025
Tranent Darren Smith End of interim spell 1 June 2025 Robbie Horn 1 June 2025
Broxburn Athletic Steve Pittman Resigned 27 August 2025 8th Derek McWilliams (interim) 27 August 2025
East Stirlingshire Pat Scullion Mutual consent 18th Matty Flynn (interim)
Broxburn Athletic Derek McWilliams (interim) End of interim spell 31 August 2025 5th John Millar 31 August 2025
East Stirlingshire Matty Flynn (interim) End of interim spell 1 September 2025 17th Callum Tapping 1 September 2025

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Clydebank 21 14 4 3 53 25 +28 46 Qualification for the Pyramid play-off
2 Bonnyrigg Rose 20 13 3 4 46 21 +25 42
3 Broxburn Athletic 20 13 1 6 48 29 +19 40
4 Linlithgow Rose 19 12 2 5 50 24 +26 38
5 Tranent 19 11 4 4 38 20 +18 37
6 Caledonian Braves 20 11 3 6 44 25 +19 36
7 Bo'ness United 20 9 3 8 40 35 +5 30
8 Cumbernauld Colts 20 9 3 8 35 32 +3 30
9 Celtic B 20 8 5 7 40 44 −4 29 Ineligible for promotion
10 Gala Fairydean Rovers 21 9 2 10 33 39 −6 29
11 Cowdenbeath 20 7 5 8 28 35 −7 26
12 University of Stirling 21 7 4 10 46 52 −6 25
13 Berwick Rangers 20 7 4 9 35 49 −14 25
14 Albion Rovers 19 6 3 10 28 45 −17 21
15 Civil Service Strollers 19 6 3 10 24 43 −19 21
16 Heart of Midlothian B 21 3 7 11 29 47 −18 16 Ineligible for promotion
17 Gretna 2008 21 3 4 14 36 61 −25 13
18 East Stirlingshire 21 2 2 17 33 60 −27 8
Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2025. Source: SLFL BBC Sport Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results

Home \ Away ALB BER BNS BON BRX CAL CEL CSS CLY COW CUM EAS GFR GRE HEA LIN TRA STI
Albion Rovers 4–1 1–1 0–3 2–3 1–0 3–3 2–1 2–0 2–6
Berwick Rangers 0–5 1–4 1–3 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–3 3–2 2–0 3–1
Bo'ness United 5–2 1–3 1–1 1–2 3–0 2–5 4–0 4–3 3–1 1–0
Bonnyrigg Rose 1–1[a] 3–4[b] 4–0 2–0 5–1[c] 2–0 3–2 3–2 1–0[d] 1–2[e] 1–1[f]
Broxburn Athletic 3–0 5–0 0–2 2–1 3–0 4–2 1–0 4–2 3–3 5–1
Caledonian Braves 3–0 1–5[g] 1–3 1–4 4–1 3–0[h] 4–1 2–0 3–0 5–1 3–0[i]
Celtic B 2–0 1–3 3–2 1–1 4–2 1–2 5–3 0–1 3–2 2–2
Civil Service Strollers 1–3 3–3 0–5 1–4 2–2 0–2 1–0 2–5
Clydebank 4–2 3–3 2–0 4–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–1
Cowdenbeath 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–4 2–2 4–2 1–1
Cumbernauld Colts 3–2 3–1 1–0 3–3 4–0 1–2 0–2 3–2 3–2 0–2
East Stirlingshire 1–2 1–3 1–5 0–3 0–2 0–4 2–3 0–1 2–4 2–3
Gala Fairydean Rovers 0–3 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–3 3–6 3–1 1–3 2–0
Gretna 2008 1–2 1–1 4–5 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–4 4–4 0–6 0–2 2–2
Heart of Midlothian B 1–3 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 3–3 0–2 3–0 1–5
Linlithgow Rose 2–1 3–1 1–2 5–0 3–0 5–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 4–5
Tranent 4–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 4–0 0–5 2–0 1–0 1–1[j] 5–2
University of Stirling 4–1 5–2 1–1 2–3 2–3 0–1 5–3 3–2 1–2 1–4
Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2025. Source: [16]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Match played at Ferguson Park, Rosewell,[7] due to pitch renovation works at New Dundas Park.
  2. ^ Match played at Ferguson Park, Rosewell,[8] due to pitch renovation works at New Dundas Park.
  3. ^ Match played at Ferguson Park, Rosewell,[9] due to pitch renovation works at New Dundas Park.
  4. ^ Match played at Ferguson Park, Rosewell,[10] due to pitch renovation works at New Dundas Park.
  5. ^ Match played at Ferguson Park, Rosewell,[11] due to pitch renovation works at New Dundas Park.
  6. ^ Match played at Ferguson Park, Rosewell,[12] due to pitch renovation works at New Dundas Park.
  7. ^ Match played at K-Park Training Academy, East Kilbride, due to ground issues at Alliance Park.[13]
  8. ^ Match played at New Douglas Park, Hamilton, due to ground issues at Alliance Park.[14]
  9. ^ Match played at New Douglas Park, Hamilton, due to pitch replacement work at Alliance Park.[15]
  10. ^ Match played at Ainslie Park, Edinburgh, due to drainage issues at Foresters Park.

Promotion and relegation

Due to the restructure into Lowland League East and Lowland League West, there will be automatic promotion of champions of the 2025–26 East of Scotland Football League, the 2025–26 South of Scotland Football League, 2025–26 West of Scotland Football League and the 2025–26 Midlands Football League, subject to these clubs meeting the required licensing criteria for promotion. No teams will be relegated in 2025–26.

Further clubs may be promoted either automatically or via play-offs, depending on the number of licensed clubs in each league, with details as yet unannounced.

Should Brechin City fail to be promoted from the 2025–26 Highland League, they will enter the 2026–27 Lowland League East.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Kearney, Ben (31 May 2025). "Lowland League reconstruction: West and East split confirmed as details revealed". Falkirk Herald.
  2. ^ "SPFL Pyramid Play-off: East Kilbride reach SPFL for first time and relegate Bonnyrigg". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 May 2025. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  3. ^ @BroomhillFC (30 May 2025). "A fond farewell, from Broomhill FC" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ a b https://youtube.com/WG_hzgia9ak?si=Kq7_41NQqWoiBWQ9
  5. ^ "Alan Reid signs on for 25/26 - Albion Rovers". albionroversfc.com. 12 June 2025.
  6. ^ @OfficialBRFC (29 May 2025). "📢 | NE Scaffolding are our home shirt sponsors! Berwick Rangers are delighted to welcome NE Scaffolding Ltd as our home front of shirt sponsor for the next 2 seasons! We are proud to partner with such a dynamic and professional local company. 🖤💛" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ^ Reid, Stephen (1 September 2025). "Digital Matchday Magazine Available Now!". Bonnyrigg Rose F.C. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  8. ^ Reid, Stephen (19 September 2025). "Digital Matchday Magazine Available Now!". Bonnyrigg Rose F.C. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  9. ^ Reid, Stephen (29 August 2025). "Digital Matchday Magazine Available Now!". Bonnyrigg Rose F.C. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  10. ^ Reid, Stephen (17 August 2025). "Match Preview". Bonnyrigg Rose F.C. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  11. ^ Reid, Stephen (26 July 2025). "Matchday Magazine Now Available". Bonnyrigg Rose F.C. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  12. ^ Reid, Stephen (6 August 2025). "Match Preview". Bonnyrigg Rose F.C. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  13. ^ "Fixture Update - Venue Relocation". Caledonian Braves F.C. 1 October 2025. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  14. ^ "Fixture Update (Cowdenbeath FC) - Venue Relocation". Caledonian Braves F.C. 8 October 2025. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
  15. ^ "Braves to begin season away from Alliance Park". Caledonian Braves F.C. 15 July 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  16. ^ "Lowland League Results". Lowland Football League. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
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