2018–19 Lowland Football League
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The 2018–19 Scottish Lowland Football League (known as the Geosonic Lowland League for sponsorship reasons) was the 6th season of the
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 a ...
, the fifth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. The season began on 28 July 2018 and ended on 20 April 2019. The Spartans were the defending champions. East of Scotland League champions Kelty Hearts joined the league after becoming the first club to gain promotion via the Lowland League play-off, thanks to their win against South of Scotland League winners Threave Rovers at the end of the previous season. Selkirk resigned at the end of August after fulfilling three league games, reducing the number of clubs to 15. Their league defeats to
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(10–0), Civil Service Strollers (0–5) and Gretna 2008 (0–8) were expunged.
East Kilbride East Kilbride (; ), sometimes referred to as EK, is the largest town in South Lanarkshire in Scotland, and the country's sixth-largest locality by population. Historically a small village, it was designated Scotland's first "new town" on 6 Ma ...
won their second league title on 26 March 2019 thanks to a 2–1 win over The Spartans at K-Park, with three matches still to play. They faced the winners of the
2018–19 Highland Football League The 2018–19 Highland Football League (known as the Breedon Highland League for sponsorship reasons) was the 116th season of the Highland Football League, and the fifth season as the fifth-tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. The season ...
( Cove Rangers) in the Pyramid play-off, losing 5-1 on aggregate.


Teams

The following teams have changed division since the 2017–18 season.


To Lowland League

Promoted from East of Scotland League * Kelty Hearts


From Lowland League

Relegated to East of Scotland League * Hawick Royal Albert


Stadia and locations


League table


Results


Lowland League play-off

A play-off was due to take place between the winners of the
2018–19 East of Scotland Football League The 2018–19 East of Scotland Football League (known as the Central Taxis East of Scotland League for sponsorship reasons) was the 90th season of the East of Scotland Football League, and the 5th season as the sixth tier of the Scottish football ...
and the 2018–19 South of Scotland Football League. However South of Scotland League champions Stranraer reserves were ineligible for promotion due to being a reserve team. Initially, the winners of the East of Scotland League (
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) did not meet the required licensing criteria for promotion at the end of the season. However they were eventually awarded their SFA licence on 14 June 2019 and were confirmed as promoted to the
2019–20 Lowland Football League The 2019–20 Scottish Lowland Football League was the seventh season of the Lowland Football League, the fifth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. East Kilbride were the reigning champions. The season began on 27 July 2019 and was s ...
on the same day.


References

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