2009–10 Scottish Second Division

January 2024 July 2013 Scottish Second Division 2009–10 Stirling Albion Stirling AlbionCowdenbeath ArbroathClyde Rory McAllister (21) 2008–09 2010–11 The 2009–10 Scottish Second Division was the sixteenth season of the Second Division in its current format of ten teams. Promotion and relegation from 2008–09 UK Scotland 400 right Location of teams in Scottish Second Division 2009–10 UK Scotland 6 56.109169 -3.34725 UK Scotland 6 56.116539 -3.778789 UK Scotland 6 56.119027 -3.912084 Stirling Albion left UK Scotland 6 56.736391 -2.6584547 Brechin City right UK Scotland 6 55.95266 -4.566593 Dumbarton left UK Scotland 6 56.188326 -2.9994252 East Fife right UK Scotland 6 56.552316 -2.592051 Arbroath right UK Scotland 6 55.944826 -4.038005 Clyde bottom UK Scotland 6 57.511927 -1.796787 Peterhead right UK Scotland 6 56.028224 -3.814448 UK Scotland TransparentPlaceholder.png 56.038224 -3.778789 Alloa Athletic top UK Scotland TransparentPlaceholder.png 56.000000 -3.453456 Cowdenbeath right UK Scotland TransparentPlaceholder.png 55.864191 -3.898637 Stenhousemuir right First & Second Divisions Relegated from First Division to Second Division Clyde Promoted from Second Division to First Division Raith Rovers Ayr United Second & Third Divisions Relegated from Second Division to Third Division Queen's Park Stranraer Promoted from Third Division to Second Division Dumbarton Stenhousemuir CowdenbeathLivingston F.C. were demoted from the First Division to the Third Division in response to the club's insolvency. As a result, the beaten playoff finalists from 2008-09 were both promoted by default: Airdrie United regained their First Division status and Cowdenbeath were promoted to the Second Division.Press Announcement https://web.archive.org/web/20090811003135/http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news.cfm?curpageid=944&newsid=2837 11 August 2009 , Scottish Football League League table main WDL PQR 5 STI Stirling Albion ALO Alloa Athletic COW Cowdenbeath BRE Brechin City PET Peterhead DUM Dumbarton EFI East Fife STE Stenhousemuir ARB Arbroath CLY Clyde 18 11 7 68 48 C,P 19 8 9 49 35 16 11 9 60 41 O,P 15 9 12 47 42 15 6 15 45 49 14 6 16 49 58 10 11 15 46 53 9 13 14 38 42 10 10 16 41 55 R 8 7 21 37 57 R green1 Promotion to the First Division P yellow1 Qualification for the First Division play-offs 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 will be awarded a place in the 2010–11 First Division. PP PP PP red2 Qualification for the Second Division play-offs The 9th place team will be entered into a play-off with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th places of the Third Division. The winner gets a place in the 2010-11 Second Division RP red1 Relegation to the Third Division R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete Scottish Football League Results Each team plays every other team four times during the season, twice at home and twice away, for a total of 36 matches. First half of season main FBR grey ALO ARB BRE CLY COW DUM EFI PET STE STI Alloa Athletic 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–3 0–0 1–0 1–4 1–0 Arbroath 2–2 1–4 0–3 0–1 3–1 0–1 0–1 0–3 3–4 Brechin City 2–1 0–0 2–2 3–1 3–1 3–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 Clyde 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–3 1–3 2–1 0–1 Cowdenbeath 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 5–0 2–1 1–2 Dumbarton 1–3 1–0 0–0 3–3 0–3 0–3 1–0 0–0 2–3 East Fife 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 Peterhead 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 2–2 3–2 Stenhousemuir 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–3 1–1 2–0 1–2 Stirling Albion 0–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 3–0 2–1 0–0 9 February 2010 Scottish Football League Second half of the season main FBR grey ALO ARB BRE CLY COW DUM EFI PET STE STI Alloa Athletic 1–0 2–3 2–2 3–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 Arbroath 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–2 1–4 1–1 2–4 Brechin City 1–1 0–2 3–1 3–3 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 Clyde 0–2 0–2 0–3 1–2 4–2 2–1 3–1 0–2 1–2 Cowdenbeath 1–1 2–1 4–0 3–1 0–0 6–2 1–3 1–0 3–3 Dumbarton 3–1 0–2 0–1 3–3 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–4 East Fife 0–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 2–3 3–0 1–1 0–3 Peterhead 2–0 3–0 0–3 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 Stenhousemuir 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–3 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 Stirling Albion 0–3 2–2 6–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 3–3 2–0 1–1 1 May 2010 Scottish Football League Second Division play-offs Times are BST (UTC+1) Semi-finals The ninth placed team in the Second Division played the fourth placed team in the Third Division and third placed team in the Third Division played the second placed team in the Third Division. The play-offs were played over two legs, the winning team in each semi-final advanced to the final. Queen's Park 2–6 Arbroath 0–4 2–2 East Stirlingshire 2–3 Forfar Athletic 0–1 2–2 First legs 5 May 2010 7:45pm Queen's Park 0–4 BBC Sport Arbroath Ross 24Redman 45 Nimmo 53 Moyes 68 Hampden Park 651 5 May 2010 7:45pm East Stirlingshire 0–1 BBC Sport Forfar Athletic Campbell 68 pen Ochilview Park 487 Second legs 8 May 3:00pm Arbroath 2–2 BBC Sport Queen's Park McCulloch 3 Megginson 15 Daly 57 Rattray 82 o.g Gayfield Park 588 8 May 3:00pm Forfar Athletic 2–2 BBC Sport East Stirlingshire Bishop 4Tulloch 82 Andy Rodgers 49 76 Station Park, Forfar 745 Final The two semi-final winners played each other over two legs. The winning team was awarded a place in the 2010–11 Second Division. Arbroath 0–2 Forfar Athletic 0–0 0–2 First leg 12 May 2010 7:45pm Arbroath 0–0 BBC Sport Forfar Athletic Gayfield Park 1027 Second leg 16 May 2010 3:00pm Forfar Athletic 2–0 BBC Sport Arbroath Fotheringham 5Deasley90+3 Station Park, Forfar 2207 References Category:Scottish Second Division seasons Category:2009–10 Scottish Football League 3 Scot