2005–06 Scottish Third Division

Scottish Third Division 2005–06 Cowdenbeath Cowdenbeath n/a 180 518 Martin Johnston (20) Cowdenbeath 6–0 Queen's Park(18 February 2006) East Stirlingshire 0–7 Stenhousemuir(21 March 2006) Arbroath 7–2 East Stirlingshire(26 November 2005) 7 gamesBerwick Rangers 14 gamesBerwick Rangers 11 gamesEast Stirlingshire 7 gamesEast Fife 2004–05 2006–07May 2026 The 2005–06 Scottish Football League Third Division was the 12th season in the format of ten teams in the fourth-tier of Scottish football. The season started on 6 August 2005 and ended on 29 April 2006. Cowdenbeath finished top and were directly promoted to the 2006–07 Scottish Second Division. The 2005–06 season saw the introduction of the play-offs in which the ninth placed team of the Scottish Second Division would enter and knock-out tournament with the teams ranked second, third and fourth in the Scottish Third Division. Berwick Rangers, Stenhousemuir and Arbroath entered the play-offs against Alloa Athletic of the Second Division, who emerged play-off winners and avoided relegation. Teams for 2005–06 UK Scotland 350 right Location of teams in 2005–06 Scottish Third Division UK Scotland 6 55.860238 -4.011453 UK Scotland 6 56.552233 -2.591554 Arbroath right UK Scotland 6 55.76006 -2.015759 Berwick Rangers bottom UK Scotland 6 56.108714 -3.347919 UK Scotland 6 56.188463 -2.999797 East Fife right UK Scotland 6 56.000109 -3.780727 UK Scotland 6 57.651538 -3.3200732 Elgin City bottom UK Scotland 6 56.721440 -2.4661846 Montrose right UK Scotland 6 56.02732 -3.814759 Stenhousemuir left UK Scotland 6 55.825973 -4.252768 Queen's Park bottom UK Scotland TransparentPlaceholder.png 55.819238 -4.011453 Albion Rovers right UK Scotland TransparentPlaceholder.png 56.128714 -3.347919 Cowdenbeath left UK Scotland TransparentPlaceholder.png 55.964191 -3.798637 East Stirlingshire Gretna as champions of the 2004–05 season were directly promoted to the 2005–06 Scottish Second Division alongside Peterhead who finished second. They were replaced by Berwick Rangers, who finished bottom of the 2004–05 Scottish Second Division, and Arbroath respectively. Overview Relegated from Second Division to Third Division Berwick Rangers Arbroath Promoted from Third Division to Second Division Gretna Peterhead Stadia and attendances TeamStadiumAverageArbroath Gayfield Park 591Albion Rovers Cliftonhill 367Berwick Rangers Shielfield Park 472Cowdenbeath Central Park 471 East Fife Bayview Stadium 475East Stirlingshire Firs Park 255Elgin City Borough Briggs 429Montrose Links Park 422Queen's Park Hampden Park 506Stenhousemuir Ochilview Park 475 Table main WDL 5 PQ COW Cowdenbeath BER Berwick Rangers STE Stenhousemuir ARB Arbroath ELG Elgin City QPA Queen's Park EFI East Fife ALB Albion Rovers MON Montrose EST East Stirlingshire 24 4 8 81 34 C,P 23 7 6 54 27 23 4 9 78 38 16 7 13 57 47 15 7 14 55 58 13 12 11 47 42 13 4 19 48 64 7 8 21 39 60 6 10 20 31 59 6 5 25 28 89 green1 Promotion to the Second Division P yellow1 Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs PP PP PP 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. The 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams will be entered into a play-off with the Second Division's 9th placed team. The winning team will be awarded a place in the 2006–07 Second Division, Alloa Athletic won the play-off to stay in the division. complete Soccerway Top scorers RankScorerGoalsTeam1Scotland Martin Johnston20Elgin City2Scotland Liam Buchanan17Cowdenbeath3Scotland Colin Cramb16Stenhousemuir4Scotland Paul McGrillen15Stenhousemuir5Scotland Kevin Haynes13Berwick Rangers6Scotland Greig Henslee10Montrose7Scotland Gareth Hutchison9Berwick RangersScotland Iain DiackStenhousemuir/East StirlingshireScotland Jay SteinArbroathScotland Mark BoothElgin CityScotland David McKennaCowdenbeath References Category:Scottish Third Division seasons 3 4 Scot