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List of winners of the Scottish League Two and predecessors

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A national fourth tier of the Scottish football league system was first established in the 1994–95 season, when the Scottish Football League was expanded to 40 clubs and split between four divisions. The fourth tier was known as the Third Division from 1994 until 2013. The Scottish Premier League and Scottish Football League merged in 2013 to form the Scottish Professional Football League, with the fourth tier becoming known as the Scottish League Two.[1]

Scottish Football League Third Division (1994–2013)

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Season Winner Runner-up Top scorer[2]
Player Goals
1994–95 Forfar Athletic Montrose Mark Yardley (Cowdenbeath) 23
1995–96 Livingston Brechin City Iain Stewart (Inverness Caledonian Thistle) 23
1996–97 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Forfar Athletic Iain Stewart (Inverness Caledonian Thistle) 27
1997–98 Alloa Athletic Arbroath Colin McGlashan (Montrose) 20
1998–99 Ross County Stenhousemuir Steven Ferguson (Ross County)
Paddy Flannery (Dumbarton)
Neil Tarrant (Ross County)
17
1999–2000 Queen's Park Berwick Rangers Steven Milne (Forfar Athletic) 17
2000–01 Hamilton Academical Cowdenbeath David McFarlane (Hamilton Academical) 24
2001–02 Brechin City Dumbarton Iain Stewart (Peterhead) 19
2002–03 Greenock Morton East Fife Alex Williams (Greenock Morton) 23
2003–04 Stranraer Stirling Albion Michael Moore (Stranraer) 24
2004–05 Gretna Peterhead Kenny Deuchar (Gretna) 38
2005–06 Cowdenbeath Berwick Rangers Martin Johnston (Elgin City) 20
2006–07 Berwick Rangers Arbroath Scott Chaplain (Albion Rovers)
Martin Johnston (Elgin City)
18
2007–08 East Fife Stranraer John Baird (Montrose) 18
2008–09 Dumbarton Cowdenbeath Brian Graham (East Stirlingshire)
Mike Jack (Annan Athletic)
15
2009–10 Livingston (2) Forfar Athletic Craig Gunn (Elgin City) 18
2010–11 Arbroath Albion Rovers Gavin Swankie (Arbroath) 22
2011–12 Alloa Athletic (2) Queen's Park Martin Boyle (Montrose) 22
2012–13 Rangers Peterhead Andrew Little (Rangers) 22

Scottish League Two (2013–)

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Season Winner Runner-up Top scorer
Player Goals
2013–14 Peterhead Annan Athletic Rory McAllister (Peterhead) 32
2014–15 Albion Rovers Queen's Park Peter Weatherson (Annan Athletic) 22
2015–16 East Fife (2) Elgin City Nathan Austin (East Fife) 22
2016–17 Arbroath (2) Forfar Athletic Shane Sutherland (Elgin City) 18
2017–18 Montrose Peterhead David Goodwillie (Clyde) 25
2018–19 Peterhead (2) Clyde Blair Henderson (Edinburgh City) 30
2019–20[3] Cove Rangers Edinburgh City Mitchel Megginson (Cove Rangers) 24
2020–21 Queen's Park (2) Edinburgh City Kane Hester (Elgin City) 15
2021–22 Kelty Hearts Forfar Athletic Nathan Austin (Kelty Hearts) 17
2022–23 Stirling Albion Dumbarton Tommy Goss (Annan Athletic) 23
2023–24 Stenhousemuir Peterhead Blair Henderson (The Spartans) 18

Total wins

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24 different clubs have won the fourth tier of Scottish football since it was created in the 1994–95 season.

As of 5 May 2024
Club Winners Runners-up
Peterhead 2 4
Arbroath 2 2
Queen's Park 2 2
East Fife 2 1
Alloa Athletic 2
Livingston 2
Forfar Athletic 1 4
Berwick Rangers 1 2
Cowdenbeath 1 2
Dumbarton 1 2
Albion Rovers 1 1
Brechin City 1 1
Montrose 1 1
Stenhousemuir 1 1
Stirling Albion 1 1
Stranraer 1 1
Cove Rangers 1
Greenock Morton 1
Gretna 1
Hamilton Academical 1
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1
Kelty Hearts 1
Rangers 1
Ross County 1
Edinburgh City 2
Annan Athletic 1
Clyde 1
Elgin City 1

References

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  1. ^ "SPFL: New Scottish league brands unveiled". BBC Sport. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Scottish Football League & Scottish Premier League Top goalscorers per division". Scottish Football History. Archived from the original on 23 September 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
  3. ^ "Dundee Utd, Raith & Cove win titles & reconstruction talks start after Dundee vote". BBC Sport. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.