2002–03 Scottish Third Division

Scottish Third Division 2002–03 Greenock Morton Greenock MortonEast Fife 2001–02 2003–04 The 2002–03 Scottish Third Division was won by Greenock Morton who, along with second placed East Fife, gained promotion to the Second Division. East Stirlingshire finished bottom. This season saw Gretna elected to the league, after the dissolution of Clydebank, who merged with Airdrieonians to form Airdrie United, Gretna finished in sixth place in their debut season. UK Scotland 350 right Location of teams in 2002–03 Scottish Third Division UK Scotland 6 55.860238 -4.011453 UK Scotland 6 56.188726 -2.999103 East Fife right UK Scotland 6 56.000109 -3.780727 East Stirlingshire UK Scotland 6 57.649902 -3.317199 Elgin City bottom UK Scotland 6 55.941486 -4.727004 UK Scotland 6 54.993693 -3.072656 Gretna left UK Scotland 6 56.714258 -2.462361 Montrose right UK Scotland 6 57.511213 -1.795886 Peterhead right UK Scotland 6 55.825925 -4.252059 Queen's Park bottom UK Scotland 6 56.11929 -3.912349 Stirling Albion left UK Scotland TransparentPlaceholder.png 55.839238 -4.011453 Albion Rovers right UK Scotland TransparentPlaceholder.png 55.969956 -4.885025 Greenock Morton left Table main WDL 5 P GMO Greenock Morton EFI East Fife ALB Albion Rovers PET Peterhead STI Stirling Albion GRE Gretna MON Montrose QPA Queen's Park ELG Elgin City EST East Stirlingshire 21 9 6 67 33 C,P 20 11 5 73 37 P 20 10 6 62 36 20 8 8 76 37 15 11 10 50 44 11 12 13 50 50 7 12 17 35 61 7 11 18 39 51 5 13 18 33 63 2 7 27 32 105 green1 Promotion to the Second Division P P 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete 2002-2003 Third Division - SPFL Archive SPFL https://spfl.co.uk/league/league-two/archive/247 pl SPFL 2021-04-29 Events In the course of a 3-1 loss to Albion Rovers, East Stirlingshire used four goalkeepers. Starting keeper Chris Todd was taken off injured after only seven minutes to be replaced by Scott Findlay who was sent off for fouling John Bradford 40 yards from goal eight minutes into the second half. Findlay was replaced by Graham McLaren, who was in turn shown the red card when he fouled Charles McLean inside the box to concede a penalty kick. Kevin McCann took over and tipped McLean's penalty effort over the crossbarForsyth Roddy Sterling effort by East Fife https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2403321/Sterling-effort-by-East-Fife.html www.telegraph.co.uk 16 August 2012. Attendance The average attendance for Scottish Third Division clubs for season 2002/03 are shown below: ClubAverageGreenock Morton 2,333East Fife 759Queen's Park 719Peterhead 712Stirling Albion 658Albion Rovers 491Elgin City 484Gretna 419Montrose 376East Stirlingshire 324 References Category:Scottish Third Division seasons 3 4 Scot