2006–07 Scottish Second Division

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Scottish Second Division
Season2006–07
ChampionsGreenock Morton
PromotedGreenock Morton
Stirling Albion
RelegatedForfar Athletic
Stranraer
Top goalscorerIain Russell (21)

The 2006–07 Second Division season is the thirteenth season of the Scottish Second Division in its current format of ten teams.

Greenock Morton were promoted to the First Division as League champions. Stirling Albion, Raith Rovers and Brechin City enter the promotion/relegation playoffs for a place in the First Division along with Airdrie United who finished second bottom of the First Division.

Forfar Athletic were relegated to the Third Division while Stranraer enter the promotion/relegation playoffs with the second, third and fourth placed teams of the Third Division - Arbroath, Queen's Park and East Fife respectively.

Promotion and Relegation from 2005–06

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First & Second Divisions

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Relegated from First Division to Second Division

Promoted from Second Division to First Division

Second & Third Divisions

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Relegated from Second Division to Third Division

Promoted from Third Division to Second Division

Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Greenock Morton (C, P) 36 24 5 7 76 32 +44 77 Promotion to the First Division
2 Stirling Albion (P) 36 21 6 9 67 39 +28 69 Qualification for the First Division Play-offs[a]
3 Raith Rovers 36 18 8 10 50 33 +17 62
4 Brechin City 36 18 6 12 61 45 +16 60
5 Ayr United 36 14 8 14 46 47 −1 50
6 Cowdenbeath 36 13 6 17 59 56 +3 45
7 Alloa Athletic 36 11 9 16 47 70 −23 42
8 Peterhead 36 11 8 17 60 62 −2 41
9 Stranraer (R) 36 10 9 17 45 74 −29 39 Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs[b]
10 Forfar Athletic (R) 36 4 7 25 37 90 −53 19 Relegation to the Third Division
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Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ The 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams will be entered into a play-off with the First Division's 9th placed team. The winning team were awarded a place in the 2007–08 First Division, Airdrie United were relegated and Stirling Albion were promoted.
  2. ^ The 9th placed team were entered into a play-off with the Third Division's 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams. The winning team were awarded a place in the 2007–08 Second Division, Stranraer were relegated and Queen's Park were promoted.

Top scorers

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Scorer Goals Team
Scotland Iain Russell 21 Brechin City
Scotland Liam Buchanan 20 Cowdenbeath
England Peter Weatherson 15 Greenock Morton
Scotland Colin Cramb 14 Stirling Albion
Scotland Pat Clarke 13 Cowdenbeath
Scotland Michael Moore Stranraer
Scotland Bobby Linn 12 Greenock Morton
Scotland Chris Templeman Greenock Morton
Scotland Martin Bavidge 11 Peterhead
Scotland Darren Gribben Forfar Athletic
Scotland Paul McGowan Greenock Morton

Attendances

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The average attendances for Second Division clubs for season 2006/07 are shown below:

Club Average Highest
Greenock Morton 2,651 5,255
Raith Rovers 1,935 4,327
Ayr United 1,202 2,105
Stirling Albion 947 2,608
Cowdenbeath 683 2,249
Peterhead 636 819
Alloa Athletic 634 1,138
Brechin City 569 909
Forfar Athletic 500 765
Stranraer 418 1,003

Second Division play-offs

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Semi-finals

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The ninth placed team in the Second Division played the fourth placed team in the Third Division and third placed team in the Second Division played the second placed team in the Second Division. The play-offs were played over two legs, the winning team in each semi-final advanced to the final.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
East Fife 4 – 2 Stranraer 4–1 0–1
Queen's Park 4 – 1 Arbroath 2–0 2–1

First legs

East Fife4 – 1Stranraer
Graham Gibson File:Soccerball shade.svg 10'
Craig O'Reilly File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' File:Soccerball shade.svg 54'		 Report Michael Moore File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'
Attendance: 742
Referee: Stephen Finnie
Queen's Park2 – 0Arbroath
David Weatherston File:Soccerball shade.svg 77'
Alan Trouten File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 974
Referee: Mike Tumilty

Second legs

Stranraer1 – 0East Fife
Paul McGrillen File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' Report
Attendance: 426
Referee: Crawford Allan
Arbroath1 – 2Queens Park
Paul Tosh File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' Report David Weatherston File:Soccerball shade.svg 32'
Alan Trouten File:Soccerball shade.svg 43'
Attendance: 1,114
Referee: Eddie Smith

Final

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The two semi-final winners played each other over two legs. The winning team was awarded a place in the 2008–09 Second Division.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Queen's Park 7 – 2 East Fife 4–2 3–0

First leg

Queen's Park4 – 2East Fife
Steven Canning File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' File:Soccerball shade.svg 54'
Mick Dunlop File:Soccerball shade.svg 44'
Paul Cairney File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'		 Report Lloyd Young File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'
Greig McDonald File:Soccerball shade.svg 77'
Attendance: 1,207
Referee: John Underhill

Second leg

East Fife0 – 3Queens Park
Report Paul Paton File:Soccerball shade.svg 4'
Alan Trouten File:Soccerball shade.svg 74'
Frankie Carroll File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'
Attendance: 1,625
Referee: William Collum

Queen's Park were promoted to the Second Division

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