The 2017–18 Scottish League Two (known as Ladbrokes League Two for sponsorship reasons) was the 24th 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 determining which team enters League Two in the 2018–19 season.^[3] The fixtures were published on 23 June 2017.^[4]

Ten teams contested the league: Annan Athletic, Berwick Rangers, Clyde, Cowdenbeath, Edinburgh City, Elgin City, Montrose, Peterhead, Stenhousemuir and Stirling Albion.

In April 2018, the SPFL confirmed the prize money to be allocated to the league members at the conclusion of the competitions. The League Two winners would receive £64,000 with a total pot of £24.5 million to be distributed across the four divisions.^[5]

The following teams changed division since the 2016–17 season.

Stadia and locations

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Annan Athletic	Berwick Rangers	Clyde	Cowdenbeath
Galabank	Shielfield Park	Broadwood Stadium	Central Park
Capacity: 2,504[6]	Capacity: 4,099[7]	Capacity: 8,086[8]	Capacity: 4,309[9]
Edinburgh City	Annan Athletic Berwick Rangers Clyde Cowdenbeath Edinburgh City Elgin City Montrose Peterhead Stirling Albion Stenhousemuir 2017–18 Scottish League Two (Scotland)		Elgin City
Ainslie Park[10]			Borough Briggs
Capacity: 3,000			Capacity: 4,520[11]
Montrose	Peterhead	Stenhousemuir	Stirling Albion
Links Park	Balmoor	Ochilview Park	Forthbank Stadium
Capacity: 4,936[12]	Capacity: 3,150[13]	Capacity: 3,746[14]	Capacity: 3,808[15]

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Personnel and kits

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Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Annan Athletic	Peter Murphy	Peter Watson[16]	Stanno	M&S Engineering Ltd[17]
Berwick Rangers	Robbie Horn	Steven Notman	Mitre[18]	JMS Harkin (H)[19] P J Brown (A)[19]
Clyde	Danny Lennon	Kevin Nicoll[20]	Hummel[20]	Advance Construction Group (H)[21] Rock Regen (A)[20]
Cowdenbeath	Gary Bollan	Scott Rumsby[22]	Uhlsport[23]	Subsea Pressure Controls[23]
Edinburgh City	James McDonaugh	Josh Walker[24]	Joma[25]	CMC Property[26]
Elgin City	Gavin Price	Jon Paul McGovern[27]	EC 1893[28]	McDonald & Munro[28]
Montrose	Stewart Petrie	Paul Watson[29]	Nike[30]	Carnegie Fuels Ltd[30]
Peterhead	Jim McInally	David McCracken[31]	Adidas	Independent Oilfield Services
Stenhousemuir	Brown Ferguson	Michael Dunlop[32]	Mitre[33]	Warriors in the Community
Stirling Albion	Dave Mackay	Willie Robertson[34]	Macron	Prudential

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Managerial changes

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Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Clyde	Jon-Paul McGovern & Peter MacDonald (joint interim)	End of interim	6 May 2017	Pre-season	Jim Chapman	20 May 2017[35]
Annan Athletic	Jim Chapman	Signed by Clyde	20 May 2017[35]		Peter Murphy	2 June 2017
Cowdenbeath	Gary Locke	Signed by Heart of Midlothian	1 July 2017[36]		Billy Brown	1 July 2017[37]
Berwick Rangers	John Coughlin	Sacked	22 August 2017[38]	9th	Robbie Horn	29 August 2017[39]
Edinburgh City	Gary Jardine	Resigned	30 September 2017[40]	9th	James McDonaugh	10 October 2017[41]
Elgin City	Jim Weir	Signed by Forfar Athletic	1 October 2017[42]	6th	Gavin Price	12 October 2017[43][44]
Cowdenbeath	Billy Brown	Resigned	31 October 2017[45]	10th	Gary Bollan	14 November 2017[46]
Clyde	Jim Chapman	Sacked	31 October 2017[47]	8th	Danny Lennon	13 November 2017[48]

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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 180 games, with each team playing 36.

The first round was contested between the winners of the 2017–18 Highland Football League (Cove Rangers) and the 2017–18 Lowland Football League (Spartans). The winners then played against the bottom club in League Two, and would have been promoted to League Two for the 2018–19 season if they had won.

Due to fixture congestion in the Highland League preventing a champion being crowned in time, the dates for the first round were pushed back a week.^[58]

First round

First leg

Cove Rangers v Spartans

28 April 2018	Cove Rangers	4–0	Spartans	Inverurie
15:00	Megginson 42' McManus 49' (pen.), 67' Watson 52'	The Scotsman		Stadium: Harlaw Park Referee: David Munro

Second leg

Spartans v Cove Rangers

1 May 2018	Spartans	2–1 (2–5 agg.)	Cove Rangers	Edinburgh
19:45	Dishington 78' Atkinson 87'	Edinburgh Evening News	McManus 67'	Stadium: Ainslie Park Attendance: 655 Referee: Steven Reid

Second round

First leg

Cove Rangers v Cowdenbeath

5 May 2018	Cove Rangers	0–0	Cowdenbeath	Inverurie
15:00		Report		Stadium: Harlaw Park Attendance: 650 Referee: John McKendrick

Second leg

Cowdenbeath v Cove Rangers

12 May 2018	Cowdenbeath	3–2 (3–2 agg.)	Cove Rangers	Cowdenbeath
14:00	Swann 7' (pen.), 50' Smith 70'	Report	Megginson 9, 22'	Stadium: Central Park Attendance: 1762 Referee: Steven Kirkland