2006–07 Scottish Second Division

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

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

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
Source: "2006–2007 Second Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL (in Malay). Retrieved 2021-04-29.
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
  Iain Russell 21 Brechin City
  Liam Buchanan 20 Cowdenbeath
  Peter Weatherson 15 Greenock Morton
  Colin Cramb 14 Stirling Albion
  Pat Clarke 13 Cowdenbeath
  Michael Moore Stranraer
  Bobby Linn 12 Greenock Morton
  Chris Templeman Greenock Morton
  Martin Bavidge 11 Peterhead
  Darren Gribben Forfar Athletic
  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   10'
Craig O'Reilly   43'   45'   54'
Report Michael Moore   55'
Attendance: 742
Referee: Stephen Finnie

Queen's Park2 – 0Arbroath
David Weatherston   77'
Alan Trouten   90' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 974
Referee: Mike Tumilty

Second legs


Stranraer1 – 0East Fife
Paul McGrillen   64' Report
Attendance: 426
Referee: Crawford Allan

Arbroath1 – 2Queens Park
Paul Tosh   50' Report David Weatherston   32'
Alan Trouten   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   30'   54'
Mick Dunlop   44'
Paul Cairney   70'
Report Lloyd Young   60'
Greig McDonald   77'
Attendance: 1,207
Referee: John Underhill

Second leg


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

Queen's Park were promoted to the Second Division