The Scottish Lowland Football League (SLFL, commonly known as the Lowland League) is a senior
football
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league based in central and southern
Scotland
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Scottish Professional Football League
The Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) is the national men's association football league in Scotland. The league was formed in June 2013 following a merger between the Scottish Premier League and the Scottish Football League. As ...
, and is above three regional leagues at level 6.
Founded in 2013, it is currently composed of 19 member clubs in a single division. Geographically, the league covers an area south of
Dundee
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in the Lowlands area of Scotland.
Since 2014-15, it has featured in the senior pyramid system. The winners take part in an end of season promotion play-off with the
Highland Football League
The Scottish Highland Football League (SHFL, commonly known as the Highland League) is a senior football league based in the north of Scotland. The league sits at level 5 on the Scottish football league system, acting as a feeder to the Scotti ...
champions, with the winners then competing against the bottom club in Scottish League Two for a place in the SPFL. Promotion and relegation also exists between the three Lowlands-based regional leagues at level 6 (
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, and
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Format
Teams play each other twice in the league (home and away), receiving three points for a win and one point for a draw. No points are awarded for a loss. At the end of each season, the club with the most points is crowned Lowland League champions. If points are equal,
goal difference
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, and then goals scored determines the champion. If this still does not result in a winner, the tied teams must take part in a championship play-off match at a neutral venue to determine the final placings.
Promotion and relegation
Since 2014–15, promotion to the Scottish Professional Football League is via an annual play-off, beginning with the Lowland League champions facing the champions of the
Highland Football League
The Scottish Highland Football League (SHFL, commonly known as the Highland League) is a senior football league based in the north of Scotland. The league sits at level 5 on the Scottish football league system, acting as a feeder to the Scotti ...
over two legs (home and away). There is no
away goals rule
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so if scores are equal on aggregate after full-time in the second leg, the game will go to
extra time
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, and then
penalties
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if required. The winners will then face a play-off against the bottom club in League Two with the same rules applying. If the League Two clubs loses the play-off final, they are relegated to the Lowland League if they are south of 56.4513N latitude (middle of the
Tay Road Bridge
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).
Promotion to the Lowland League is via a three match round robin play-off between the winners of the
East of Scotland Football League
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, South of Scotland Football League, and West of Scotland Football League, subject to their respective champions meeting league membership criteria. If two clubs meet the criteria they will face each other home and away, if only one club meets the criteria they will be promoted without a play-off, however if no club meets the criteria there will be no promotion to the Lowland League.
Based on the number of clubs remaining after the results of promotion to and from the league are known, the bottom and possibly second-bottom placed clubs will be relegated to the
East of Scotland Football League
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Scottish Football Association
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and qualify automatically for the first round of the
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,bye into the cup's second round.
The furthest a Lowland League team has reached in the
East Kilbride
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Celtic
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The Lowland Football League was intended on helping institute a football pyramid including
promotion and relegation
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from Scottish football's national divisions down to its junior and
amateur
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levels by the
Scottish Football Association
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Formation
The Lowland League was founded by a unanimous vote of members of the
Scottish Football Association
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(SFA) on 11 June 2013, The league would be composed of teams drawn from the East of Scotland, South of Scotland, and junior leagues, who met on 17 June 2013 to elect between them the founder-members of the new league.
While most clubs were invited to submit bids to join, Preston Athletic, The Spartans and Threave Rovers were offered automatic entry as they were already fully licensed by the SFA. While 27 clubs had registered their interest, the Lowland League received 17 applications to join. After the meeting on 17 June, it was announced there would be 12 teams in the league, and that they would be:
Dalbeattie Star
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The club had previously played in the South of Scotland Football League. Home matches are played ...
,
East Kilbride
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Subsequent seasons saw the number of participating clubs increase. Two clubs,
Edinburgh University
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The end of the 2015–16 season was the first time that founding members would leave the league; Edinburgh City became the first club to be promoted to the
SPFL
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Kelty Hearts
Kelty Hearts Football Club is a football club based in the village of Kelty in Fife, Scotland. Formed in 1975 and nicknamed ''the Hearts'', ''the Maroon Machine'' and ''the Jambos'', they play their home games at New Central Park. Their home c ...
winning 10–0 on aggregate over Threave Rovers to gain promotion.
Decline of Selkirk
During the 2018–19 season Selkirk resigned their membership in the league owing to insurmountable difficulties. It was agreed by the Lowland League board that all fixtures played by and to be played by Selkirk in 2018–19 would be expunged from the record along with any other data involving Selkirk for that season. The Lowland League moved forward with 15 clubs, however Whitehill Welfare, who finished bottom in the season's competition, were still relegated to the East of Scotland League. East of Scotland champions Bonnyrigg Rose were promoted to the league after gaining their SFA membership. Berwick Rangers became the second club to be relegated into the league from the
SPFL
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Cove Rangers
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.
Impact of Covid
At the start of the 2019–20 season Edusport Academy rebranded the club as the Caledonian Braves following a vote online by members of the Our Football Club.com project. The 2019–20 league season was suspended on 13 March 2020 due to the
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. A month later, the competition was ended with immediate effect with
Kelty Hearts
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being declared champions on a points per game average based on the current standings.Vale of Leithen who were bottom of the league were also spared relegation.
WOSFL
On 14 April 2020, the Lowland League announced it had approved 67 applications to join the new West of Scotland Football League, which included all 63 clubs from the
Scottish Junior Football Association
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's West Region, and four others. Bonnyton Thistle already a member of the South of Scotland League decided to move due to being based in Kilmarnock. The West of Scotland League will act as a feeder league on the same tier as the
East of Scotland Football League
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2020–21
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season with East of Scotland champions Bo'ness United being promoted after gaining their SFA membership in June 2020. The start of the league season was delayed until October 2020 because of the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, and games were played behind closed doors due to Scottish Government restrictions. On 11 January 2021 the league was suspended by the
Scottish Football Association
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due to the escalating pandemic situation. On 30 March the league announced that a majority of clubs had voted to curtail the season, with a points per game basis used to finalise standings and
Kelty Hearts
Kelty Hearts Football Club is a football club based in the village of Kelty in Fife, Scotland. Formed in 1975 and nicknamed ''the Hearts'', ''the Maroon Machine'' and ''the Jambos'', they play their home games at New Central Park. Their home c ...
were declared as the champions. Kelty became the second Lowland League club to gain promotion to the
SPFL
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after beating
Brechin City
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3–1 on aggregate in the Pyramid play-off final.
Colt teams
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and Rangers were approached by the Lowland League for a proposal to admit "B" teams (also known as "colt" teams) into the league for the 2021–22 season. The proposal was given provisional approval by the majority of member clubs with the vote being confirmed at the leagues AGM on 27 May 2021. This arrangement was renewed for the 2022–23 season, with Hearts also providing a B team.
Kelty Hearts
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:* Team promoted to Scottish League Two
:E Team relegated to or promoted from the
East of Scotland Football League
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COVID-19 pandemic
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- Kelty were announced as champions for the 2019-20 and 2020-21 season. A points per game basis was used to finalise standings.
Top Scorers
Records
;Biggest home win: Kelty Hearts 11–0 Vale of Leithen, 14 December 2019, and Berwick Rangers 11–0 Vale of Leithen, 9 October 2021
;Biggest away win: Vale of Leithen 0–13 Bonnyrigg Rose, 6 October 2021
;Most goals in a game: The Spartans 11–2 Selkirk, 7 December 2013
;Most points in a season: 87; Bonnyrigg Rose, 2021-22
;Fewest points in a season: 5; Selkirk, 2013-14 and Vale of Leithen, 2021-22 (0; Vale of Leithen,
2020-21
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;Longest unbeaten run in a season: 21; Kelty Hearts, 2019–20
;Most wins in a season: 28; Bonnyrigg Rose, 2021-22
;Fewest wins in a season: 1; Hawick Royal Albert, 2017-18 and Vale of Leithen, 2021-22 (0; Vale of Leithen,
2020-21
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;Most draws in a season: 11; East Stirlingshire, 2021-22
;Most defeats in a season: 31; Vale of Leithen, 2021-22
;Fewest defeats in a season:1; Edinburgh City, 2014-15 and Kelty Hearts, 2019-20
;Most goals scored in a season: 107; East Stirlingshire, 2016-17
;Fewest goals scored in a season: 10; Vale of Leithen, 2021-22 (5; Vale of Leithen,
2020-21
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;Most goals conceded in a season: 166; Vale of Leithen, 2021-22
;Fewest goals conceded in a season: 12; East Kilbride, 2018-19 (4;
Kelty Hearts
Kelty Hearts Football Club is a football club based in the village of Kelty in Fife, Scotland. Formed in 1975 and nicknamed ''the Hearts'', ''the Maroon Machine'' and ''the Jambos'', they play their home games at New Central Park. Their home c ...
,
2020-21
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;Highest attendance: 1,510;
Kelty Hearts
Kelty Hearts Football Club is a football club based in the village of Kelty in Fife, Scotland. Formed in 1975 and nicknamed ''the Hearts'', ''the Maroon Machine'' and ''the Jambos'', they play their home games at New Central Park. Their home c ...
The longest-serving manager at a Lowland League club is Douglas Samuel, who has managed The Spartans since 2012. Spartans won the inaugural league title during the 2013-14 season and clinched their second title in 2018.
Civil Service Strollers boss
Gary Jardine
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SPFL
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East Kilbride
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The Lowlands Development League operates for the Under 20s youth teams of clubs in the Lowland, East of Scotland, South of Scotland and West of Scotland leagues, along with other invited SPFL clubs. Originally named the Lowland and East of Scotland Under 20 Development League when it began in 2014, this replaced an earlier Under 19 league run by the East of Scotland League. Matches are normally played on Friday nights.
The Under 20s league expanded to 31 teams for the 2019–20 season, split into two conferences, having already increased in size from 13 to 23 teams thanks to the addition of new clubs to the East of Scotland League in 2018–19. A year later, the aborted 2020–21 season saw numbers increase to 68 along with the addition of three West Conferences due to the introduction of the West of Scotland League within the Scottish football pyramid.
For the 2021–22 season, a record number of 88 clubs are taking part, split across six Conferences. Petershill, Kilwinning Rangers, and Darvel later withdrew their team from the Development League.
;Conference A
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Alloa Athletic
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East Kilbride
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Kelty Hearts
Kelty Hearts Football Club is a football club based in the village of Kelty in Fife, Scotland. Formed in 1975 and nicknamed ''the Hearts'', ''the Maroon Machine'' and ''the Jambos'', they play their home games at New Central Park. Their home c ...
Edinburgh University
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Glenrothes
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Heriot-Watt University
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Clydebank
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Maryhill
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The far north west of the area is served by Maryhill railway station.
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Vale of Leven
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Yoker Athletic
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Arthurlie
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Port Glasgow
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Troon
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Wishaw
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These clubs also take part in two cup competitions for both the Eastern (A, B, C) and Western (D, E, F,G) conferences, as well as a combined challenge cup. Prior to it becoming a competition for Under 18 teams in 2018 many also competed in the annual SFAScottish Youth Cup.
Seasons
The Spartans won the first Lowlands Development League title in 2015. The title was then won by Preston Athletic in 2016,
East Kilbride
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in 2017, and
Heriot-Watt University
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in 2018.
From the 2018–19 season, the league was split into two conferences. Conference B winners Spartans won their second title after beating Conference A winners
Kelty Hearts
Kelty Hearts Football Club is a football club based in the village of Kelty in Fife, Scotland. Formed in 1975 and nicknamed ''the Hearts'', ''the Maroon Machine'' and ''the Jambos'', they play their home games at New Central Park. Their home c ...
in a play-off match which determined the overall league champions.
Edinburgh City were declared champions of Conference A and University of Stirling champions of Conference B after the 2019-20 season was cut short due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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There was no league champion for 2020–21 as the season did not start due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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Lowland League Cup
This 16 team straight knock-out tournament takes place over four weekends at the end of the league season. The league champion has the right to withdraw from the competition to concentrate on the Scottish League Two play-offs.
Sponsorship
On 24 September 2013, the ''
Scottish Sun
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'' newspaper announced it was sponsoring the league. The league was then sponsored by Ferrari Packaging on a two-year agreement, which was extended to cover the 2017–18 season. In August 2018, GeoSonic, the Alloa-based sonic drilling contractor, concluded a one-year deal to become the new title sponsor of the Scottish Lowland Football League for the 2018-19 season. On 4 March 2022, Clarke ePOS was announced as the league's title sponsor until the end of the 2022-23 season.
Media coverage
The league has its own podcast known as ''The Lowland League Catchup.'' As well as weekly previews to games, and reviews known as the Roundup.
On 19 September 2018, the SLFL agreed a comprehensive media partnership with RockSport Radio but this has since ended.