2018/19 Ladbrokes Scottish League Two - Second Half Results
We'd enter the second half of the season on a four game winning streak and extend it to six games until a scoreless draw away to Stirling.
The loss of right winger
Brian Donaldson to Dundee United was a tough pill to swallow and forced us back into the 4-4-2 diamond formation for a number of games. Our only loss in January or February was a heavy defeat in Scottish Cup play, as our unbeaten streak in the league would run 12 games before an early March defeat against Annan.
Key players during this run were striker
Josh Peters, attacking midfielder
Kurtis Roberts, left winger
Adam Martin and newcomer
Gary Fraser.
We'd regain our swagger the next week in a huge 3-2 away win in Edinburgh City, our main rival at this point and we'd take the lead in the division as a result. We'd have a disappointing scoreless draw against Elgin City but rack up five wins on the bounce, with a 2-1 win over Annan in our third last game enough to clinch the Scottish League Two title!
We'd play youngsters in our final two games, losing 3-2 away at Clyde and battling to another scoreless draw at home to Peterhead but we'd finish the second half of the season with a scintillating 10-6-2 record (only two losses) to ultimately edge Edinburgh City by a single point.
QUEEN'S PARK WINS THE 2018/19 LADBROKES SCOTTISH LEAGUE TWO CHAMPIONSHIP!
We'd finish with a record of 20-8-8 (68 points) to edge Edinburgh City by a single point. Edinburgh would prevail in a four team playoff to get promoted to League One alongside us and deservedly so. Our +26 goal differential was second to Edinburgh City and we were also second to them in goals scored, with us scoring 80 and Edinburgh City scoring 86.
Ladbrokes Scottish League Two 2018-19 League Awards
- Top Goalscorer: David Goodwillie, Clyde - 20
- Most Assists:
Kurtis Roberts, Queen's Park - 13
- Highest Average Rating:
Kurtis Roberts, Queen's Park - 7.39 (30 apps)
- Most Man of Match Awards: Graham Taylor, Edinburgh City - 6
- Scottish League Two Player of the Year:
Kurtis Roberts, Queen's Park - 30 apps 10 gls 13 asts 7.39 avg
So yeah,
Kurtis Roberts was pretty good for us this year!
Roberts led the league in assists and average rating and that helped propel him to League Two Player of the Year honours, a pretty awesome achievement.
There is no Manager of the Year award in League Two but I was named Manager of the Month on two occasions.
Scottish League 2 Team of the Year
GK -
Jordan Hart, Queen's Park
DL -
Sam Lidington, Queen's Park
DC - Conrad Baltoni, Edinburgh City
DC - Liam Henderson, Edinburgh City
DR -
James Grant, Queen's Park
ML - Graham Taylor, Edinburgh City
MC - David Turnbull, Edinburgh City
MC - Owen Bell, Edinburgh City
MR - Craig Thomson, Edinburgh City
ST -
Josh Peters, Queen's Park
ST - Blair Henderson, Edinburgh City
Perhaps a little more variety may have been nice here but Queen's Park and especially Edinburgh City dominate the team of the year, with us having four players make it and Edinburgh City has the rest. We'll take it!