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Thursday 15th October 2020

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League 2 season preview

The Scottish League 2 campaign gets under way this weekend, with clubs due to each play 27 games between now and May...

Albion Rovers
Manager: Brian Reid
Last season: 9th in League 2
First two games: Stenhousemuir (H), Queen’s Park (A)
Summer signings: Jack Brown (Motherwell), Scott Glover (St Mirren), Lewis Baker (East Fife), Sam Jamieson (East Kilbride), Paul Cairney (unattached), Callum Wilson (Dumbarton), Matthew Aitken (Forfar Athletic), Gregor Fotheringham (Unattached), Finn Ecrepont (Ayr United, loan), Gabe Skeoch (Ayr United, loan), Joshua Burke (Airdrieonians, loan), Joseph Moore (Airdrieonians, loan)

Annan Athletic
Manager: Peter Murphy
Last season: 7th in League 2
First two games: Cowdenbeath (A), Stranraer (H)
Summer signings: Cammy Clark (Queen's Park), Tyler Fulton (Eastfield AFC), Jordan Lowdon (Stirling Albion), Iain Anderson (Dalbeattie Star), Jordan Pettigrew (Dumbarton), Aaron Splaine (Bruno's Magpies), Aidan Smith (Peterhead), Max Wright (Stirling Albion), Kyle Fleming (Dundee, loan), Jack Purdue (Queen's Park)

Brechin City
Manager: Mark Wilson
Last season: 10th in League 2
First two games: Edinburgh City (H), Elgin City (A)
Summer signings: Rory Currie (Heart of Midlothian), Connor Coupe (Forfar Athletic), Luc Bollan (Aberdeen), Scott Cusick (Dunfermline Athletic, loan), Benjamin Luissint (Queen of the South), Leeroy Makovora (Heart of Midlothian, loan), Dave McKay (Celtic), David Barron (Aberdeen, loan)
Matty Todd (Dunfermline Athletic, loan), Gregor Jordan (Dunfermline Athletic), Michael Paton (Queen of the South), Przemek Nawrocki (KS Warta Sieradz)

Cowdenbeath
Manager: Gary Bollan
Last season: 4th in League 2
First two games: Annan Athletic (H), Edinburgh City (A)
Summer signings: Ross Clarke (Albion Rovers), Olly Hamilton (St Johnstone, loan), Cian Kavanagh (Heart of Midlothian), Ross Sinclair (St Johnstone, loan)

Edinburgh City
Manager: James McDonaugh 
Last season: 2nd in League 2
First two games: Brechin City (A), Cowdenbeath (H)
Summer signings: Ouzy See (Albion Rovers), Lee Hamilton (Stranraer), Kelby Mason (Heart of Midlothian), Danny Jardine (Stirling Albion), Zac Butterworth (Rangers, loan), Josh Campbell (Hibernian, loan), Raffaele De Vita (Livingston, loan), Harrison Sharp (Dundee, loan)

Elgin City
Manager: Gavin Price
Last season: 3rd in League 2
First two games: Stranraer (A), Brechin City (H)
Summer signings: Angus Mailer (Stirling University), Joel Macbeath (Ross County), Josh Peters (Stirling Albion), Andy McDonald (St Cadoc's, loan)

Queen’s Park
Manager: Ray McKinnon 
Last season: 5th in League 2
First two games: Stirling Albion (A), Queen’s Park (H)
Summer signings: Bob McHugh (Morton), Lee Kilday (Queen of the South), Michael Doyle (Falkirk), Stuart Morrison (Dunfermline Athletic), Grant Gillespie (Ayr United), Tommy Robson (Partick Thistle), Louis Longridge (Falkirk), Simon Murray (Bidvest Wits), Will Baynham (University College Santa Barbara), Darren Lyon (Queen of the South), Brody Paterson (Celtic, loan)

Stenhousemuir
Manager: Davie Irons
Last season: 8th in League 2
First two games: Albion Rovers (A), Stirling Albion (H)
Summer signings: Tommy Muir (Annan Athletic), Creag Little (Queen's Park), Chris Kane (Edinburgh City), Callum Tapping (Forfar Athletic), Martin Shiels (Gartcairn Juniors), Paul Brown (Dunfermline Athletic), Cameron Graham (Dunfermline Athletic), Callum Yeats (Hibernian, loan), Jayden Fairley (Hibernian, loan), Callum Erskine (Syngenta JFC), Jack Hodge (Hibernian), Josh Grigor (Hamilton Academical), Christopher McQueen (St Johnstone)

Stirling Albion
Manager: Kevin Rutkiewicz
Last season: 6th in League 2
First two games: Queen’s Park (H), Stenhousemuir (A)
Summer signings: Andy Ryan (Dunfermline Athletic), Kieran Moore (Queen's Park), Declan Byrne (Albion Rovers), Kurtis Roberts (Airdrieonians), Scott Roberts (Albion Rovers), Jack Leitch (Peterhead), Aldin El-Zubaidi (Unattached), Lewis Magee (Queen's Park), Callum Law (St Mirren)

Stranraer
Manager: Stevie Farrell
Last season: 10th in League 1
First two games: Elgin City (H), Annan Athletic (A)
Summer signings: Ayrton Sonkur (Annan Athletic), Jamie Walker (Kilmarnock), Thomas Orr (BSC Glasgow), Kieran Millar (Airdrieonians), Ruari Paton (East Kilbride), Darryl Duffy (Stirling Albion), Greg Fleming (Peterhead), Sean Burns (Stenhousemuir), Joao Victoria (Raith Rovers), Tom Devitt (Blyth Spartans)

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