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2016–17 Lowland Football League
The 2016–17 Scottish Lowland Football League (known as the Ferrari Packaging Lowland League for sponsorship reasons) was the fourth season of the Lowland Football League, the fifth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. Edinburgh City were the defending champions but could not defend their title after being promoted to Scottish League Two. East Stirlingshire became the first club to join the league via relegation from the SPFL, having lost the League Two play-off against Edinburgh City. Threave Rovers declined the opportunity to re-apply for membership following their bottom place finish the previous season and instead rejoined the South of Scotland Football League. Hawick Royal Albert and Civil Service Strollers joined the league from the East of Scotland Football League to bring the number of clubs to 16 for the first time. The league was won with two matches still to play by East Kilbride on 1 April 2017 after they defeated Gala Fairydean Rovers 6–1. East Ki ...
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Lowland Football League
The Scottish Lowland Football League (SLFL, commonly known as the Lowland League) and the Park’s Motor Group Scottish Lowland League for sponsorship reasons is a senior football league based in central and southern Scotland. The league sits at level 5 on the Scottish football league system, acting as a feeder to the Scottish Professional Football League, and is above three regional leagues at level 6. Founded in 2013, it is currently composed of 18 member clubs in a single division. Geographically, the league covers an area south of Dundee 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 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 (East, South, and West). Season 20 ...
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2015–16 Scottish League Two
The 2015–16 Scottish League Two (referred to as the Ladbrokes League Two for sponsorship reasons) was the 22nd season in the current format of 10 teams in the fourth-tier of Scottish football. The last placed team entered a play-off with a team nominated by the Scottish Football Association from outside the SPFL to determine which team enters League Two in the 2016–17 season. Teams To League Two Relegated from 2014–15 Scottish League One, Scottish League One * Stirling Albion F.C., Stirling Albion From League Two Promoted to 2015–16 Scottish League One, Scottish League One * Albion Rovers F.C., Albion Rovers Stadia and locations Personnel Managerial changes League table 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 Hat-tr ...
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Stirling University F
Stirling (; ; ) is a city in central Scotland, northeast of Glasgow and north-west of Edinburgh. The market town, surrounded by rich farmland, grew up connecting the royal citadel, the medieval old town with its merchants and tradesmen, the Old Bridge and the port. Located on the River Forth, Stirling is the administrative centre for the Stirling council area, and is traditionally the county town and historic county of Stirlingshire. Stirling's key position as the lowest bridging point of the River Forth before it broadens towards the Firth of Forth made it a focal point for travel north or south. It has been said that "Stirling, like a huge brooch clasps Highlands and Lowlands together". The city's status as "Gateway to the Highlands" also historically lent it great strategic importance—the credo "he who holds Stirling, holds Scotland" is sometimes attributed to Robert the Bruce. When Stirling was temporarily under Anglo-Saxon sway, according to a 9th-century legend, ...
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Gretna F
Gretna may refer to: Places Australia *Gretna, Tasmania Canada * Gretna, Manitoba Scotland * Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway *Gretna Green, Dumfries and Galloway United States * Gretna, Florida * Gretna, Kansas *Gretna, Louisiana * Gretna, Nebraska * Gretna, Ohio * Mount Gretna, Pennsylvania **Mount Gretna Narrow Gauge Railway The Mount Gretna Narrow Gauge Railway was a narrow-gauge line of the Cornwall and Lebanon Railroad in the U.S. state, state of Pennsylvania that operated between 1889 and 1915 under the parent Cornwall and Lebanon Railroad, Cornwall and Lebanon ... * Mount Gretna Heights, Pennsylvania * Gretna, Virginia Transportation * Gretna Green railway station, a railway station in Gretna Green, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland * Gretna railway station (Border Union Railway), a former station * Gretna railway station (Caledonian Railway), a former station Other uses * Gretna F.C., a now defunct Scottish football club * Gretna F.C. 2008, a Scottish footbal ...
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Edinburgh University F
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh had a population of in , making it the List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, second-most populous city in Scotland and the List of cities in the United Kingdom, seventh-most populous in the United Kingdom. The Functional urban area, wider metropolitan area had a population of 912,490 in the same year. Recognised as the capital of Scotland since at least the 15th century, Edinburgh is the seat of the Scottish Government, the Scottish Parliament, the Courts of Scotland, highest courts in Scotland, and the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the official residence of the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, British monarch in Scotland. It is also the annual venue of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. The city has long been a cent ...
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East Stirlingshire F
East Stirlingshire Football Club is a Scotland, Scottish association football club based in the town of Falkirk. The club was founded in 1881 and competes in the , the fifth tier of the Scottish football league system. The club's origins can be traced to 1880 when a local cricket club formed a football team under the name ''Bainsford Britannia''.The story of East Stirlingshire FC – founded in 1880.
East Stirlingshire F.C. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
Shire's fans show mettle
, ''Falkirk Herald''. 9 July 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
The club was elected to the Scottish Football League in 1900†...
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