2025–26 Lowland Football League

2025–26 Lowland Football League

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.

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

Teams

2025–26 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

Promoted to Scottish League Two

To Lowland League

Relegated from Scottish League Two

Promoted from West of Scotland Premier Division

Stadia and locations

<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Location</th><th>Stadium</th><th>Surface</th><th>Capacity</th><th>Seats</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Albion Rovers</td><td>Coatbridge</td><td>Cliftonhill</td><td>Grass</td><td>1,572</td><td>489</td></tr><tr><td>Berwick Rangers</td><td>Berwick-upon-Tweed</td><td>Shielfield Park</td><td>Grass</td><td>4,099</td><td>1,366</td></tr><tr><td>Bo'ness United</td><td>Bo'ness</td><td>Newtown Park</td><td>Artificial</td><td>2,000</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Bonnyrigg Rose</td><td>Bonnyrigg</td><td>New Dundas Park</td><td>Grass</td><td>2,020</td><td>72</td></tr><tr><td>Broxburn Athletic</td><td>Broxburn</td><td>Albyn Park</td><td>Artificial</td><td>2,050</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Caledonian Braves</td><td>Motherwell</td><td>Alliance Park</td><td>Artificial</td><td>800</td><td>102</td></tr><tr><td>Celtic B</td><td>Airdrie</td><td>Excelsior Stadium</td><td>Artificial</td><td>10,101</td><td>10,101</td></tr><tr><td>Civil Service Strollers</td><td>Edinburgh</td><td>Christie Gillies Park</td><td>Grass</td><td>1,596</td><td>96</td></tr><tr><td>Clydebank</td><td>Clydebank</td><td>Holm Park</td><td>Artificial</td><td>1,200</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Cowdenbeath</td><td>Cowdenbeath</td><td>Central Park</td><td>Grass</td><td>4,309</td><td>1,622</td></tr><tr><td>Cumbernauld Colts</td><td>Cumbernauld</td><td>Broadwood Stadium</td><td>Artificial</td><td>8,086</td><td>8,086</td></tr><tr><td>East Stirlingshire</td><td>Stenhousemuir</td><td>Ochilview Park</td><td>Artificial</td><td>3,746</td><td>626</td></tr><tr><td>Gala Fairydean Rovers</td><td>Galashiels</td><td>3G Arena, Netherdale</td><td>Artificial</td><td>2,000</td><td>500</td></tr><tr><td>Gretna 2008</td><td>Gretna</td><td>Raydale Park</td><td>Artificial</td><td>1,030</td><td>138</td></tr><tr><td>Heart of Midlothian B</td><td>Edinburgh</td><td>Ainslie Park</td><td>Artificial</td><td>3,700</td><td>854</td></tr><tr><td>Linlithgow Rose</td><td>Linlithgow</td><td>Prestonfield</td><td>Grass</td><td>1,730</td><td>301</td></tr><tr><td>Tranent</td><td>Tranent</td><td>Foresters Park</td><td>Grass</td><td>1,200</td><td>44</td></tr><tr><td>University of Stirling</td><td>Stirling</td><td>Forthbank Stadium</td><td>Grass</td><td>3,808</td><td>2,508</td></tr></tbody></table>

Personnel and kits

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

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

2025–26 Lowland Football League

<table><thead><tr><th>Pos</th><th>Team</th><th>Pld</th><th>W</th><th>D</th><th>L</th><th>GF</th><th>GA</th><th>GD</th><th>Pts</th><th>Qualification</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Clydebank</td><td>31</td><td>21</td><td>4</td><td>6</td><td>87</td><td>35</td><td>+52</td><td>67</td><td>Qualification for the Pyramid play-off</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Bonnyrigg Rose</td><td>31</td><td>20</td><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>73</td><td>36</td><td>+37</td><td>65</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Linlithgow Rose</td><td>30</td><td>20</td><td>3</td><td>7</td><td>79</td><td>36</td><td>+43</td><td>63</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Tranent</td><td>30</td><td>19</td><td>6</td><td>5</td><td>60</td><td>28</td><td>+32</td><td>63</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Caledonian Braves (W)</td><td>30</td><td>16</td><td>5</td><td>9</td><td>66</td><td>43</td><td>+23</td><td>53</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Broxburn Athletic (E)</td><td>31</td><td>15</td><td>6</td><td>10</td><td>66</td><td>52</td><td>+14</td><td>51</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Cumbernauld Colts (W)</td><td>31</td><td>15</td><td>5</td><td>11</td><td>63</td><td>48</td><td>+15</td><td>50</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Bo'ness United (E)</td><td>31</td><td>13</td><td>6</td><td>12</td><td>55</td><td>47</td><td>+8</td><td>45</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Celtic B</td><td>30</td><td>12</td><td>9</td><td>9</td><td>66</td><td>60</td><td>+6</td><td>45</td><td>Ineligible for promotion</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Berwick Rangers (E)</td><td>30</td><td>12</td><td>5</td><td>13</td><td>51</td><td>64</td><td>−13</td><td>41</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>Cowdenbeath (E)</td><td>31</td><td>10</td><td>8</td><td>13</td><td>42</td><td>51</td><td>−9</td><td>38</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>Civil Service Strollers (E)</td><td>31</td><td>10</td><td>5</td><td>16</td><td>38</td><td>71</td><td>−33</td><td>35</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>University of Stirling (E)</td><td>30</td><td>9</td><td>6</td><td>15</td><td>54</td><td>72</td><td>−18</td><td>33</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>Gala Fairydean Rovers (E)</td><td>31</td><td>10</td><td>2</td><td>19</td><td>44</td><td>65</td><td>−21</td><td>32</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>Albion Rovers (W)</td><td>30</td><td>9</td><td>3</td><td>18</td><td>40</td><td>65</td><td>−25</td><td>30</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>Gretna 2008 (W)</td><td>31</td><td>7</td><td>7</td><td>17</td><td>47</td><td>77</td><td>−30</td><td>28</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>Heart of Midlothian B</td><td>31</td><td>6</td><td>8</td><td>17</td><td>37</td><td>71</td><td>−34</td><td>26</td><td>Ineligible for promotion</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>East Stirlingshire (E)</td><td>30</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>24</td><td>41</td><td>88</td><td>−47</td><td>12</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Promotion and relegation

2025–26 Lowland Football League

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.