1996–97 Scottish Second Division

Scottish Second Division 1996–97 Ayr United Ayr UnitedHamilton Academical DumbartonBerwick Rangers 1995–96 1997–98 The 1996–97 Scottish Second Division was won by Ayr United who, along with second placed Hamilton Academical, were promoted to the First Division. Stenhousemuir and Berwick Rangers were relegated to the Third Division. Table main WDL 5 PR AYR Ayr United HAM Hamilton Academical LIV Livingston CLY Clyde QOS Queen of the South STE Stenhousemuir BRE Brechin City STR Stranraer DUM Dumbarton BER Berwick Rangers 23 8 5 61 33 C,P 22 8 6 75 28 P 18 10 8 56 38 14 10 12 42 39 13 8 15 55 57 11 11 14 49 43 10 11 15 36 49 9 9 18 29 51 9 8 19 44 66 R 4 11 21 32 75 R green1 Promotion to the First Division P P red1 Relegation to the Third Division R R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete 1996-1997 Second Division - SPFL Archive SPFL https://spfl.co.uk/league/league-one/archive/219 SPFL 2021-04-29 Top scorers PNameGoals1 SCO Iain Stewart (Inverness CT)162 SCO G Harvey (Livingston)15 = SCO Ian Little (Stenhousemuir)15 4 SCO Martin McLauchan (Forfar Athletic)145 SCO Colin McDonald (Clydebank)13= SCO B Thomson (Inverness CT)137 Australia Ben Honeyman (Forfar Athletic)128 SCO Tommy Bryce (Queen of the South)11= SCO Matthew Dyer (East Fife)11 = SCO Gordon Young (Stranraer)11 References 2 Category:Scottish Second Division seasons Scot 3