2006–07 Scottish Third Division

Scottish Football League Third Division 2006–07 Berwick Rangers Berwick RangersQueen's Park n/a 180 497 Scott Chaplain (18)Martin Johnston (18) Six games by 5 goalsHome win A Montrose 0–5 Dumbarton(23 December 2006) Albion Rovers 6–2 Elgin City(20 January 2007)Stenhousemuir 3–5 East Fife(14 April 2007) 8 gamesBerwick RangersQueen's Park 13 gamesArbroath 17 gamesEast Stirlingshire 11 gamesEast Stirlingshire 2005–06 2007–08 The 2006–07 Scottish Football League Third Division was the 13th season in the format of ten teams in the fourth-tier of Scottish football. The season started on 4 August 2006 and ended on 28 April 2007. Berwick Rangers finished top and were promoted alongside Queen's Park as play-off winners. East Stirlingshire finished bottom of the table for the fifth consecutive season. Despite finishing bottom again, East Stirlingshire won their battle to retain full member status of the Scottish Football League, though were warned that they would lose their status if they finished bottom in the following season.Shire given one year to improve BBC Sport. Retrieved 2007-05-03. Teams for 2006–07 UK Scotland 350 right Location of teams in 2006–07 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 55.938866 -4.56286 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 56.028248 -3.81462 UK Scotland 6 55.825973 -4.252768 Queen's Park bottom UK Scotland TransparentPlaceholder.png 55.839238 -4.011453 Albion Rovers right UK Scotland TransparentPlaceholder.png 55.908866 -4.56286 Dumbarton left UK Scotland TransparentPlaceholder.png 55.964191 -3.798637 East Stirlingshire UK Scotland TransparentPlaceholder.png 56.078248 -3.81462 Stenhousemuir left Cowdenbeath as champions of the 2005–06 season were directly promoted to the 2006–07 Scottish Second Division. They were replaced by Dumbarton who finished bottom of the 2005–06 Scottish Second Division. A second promotion place was available via a play-off tournament between the ninth-placed team of the 2005–06 Scottish Second Division, Alloa Athletic, and the sides ranked second, third and fourth in the 2005–06 Scottish Third Division, Berwick Rangers, Stenhousemuir and Arbroath respectively. The play off was won by Alloa Athletic who defeated Berwick Rangers in the final. Alloa Athletic therefore retained their Second Division status. Overview Relegated from Second Division to Third Division Dumbarton Promoted from Third Division to Second Division Cowdenbeath Stadia and attendances TeamStadiumAverageHighestArbroath Gayfield Park 730 1,250Albion Rovers Cliftonhill 431 619Berwick Rangers Shielfield Park 565 2,054Dumbarton Strathclyde Homes Stadium 709 1,089East Fife Bayview Stadium 546 702East Stirlingshire Firs Park 307 396Elgin City Borough Briggs 423 537Montrose Links Park 463 1,211Queen's Park Hampden Park 590 916Stenhousemuir Ochilview Park 461 683 Table main WDL 5 PQ BER Berwick Rangers ARB Arbroath QPA Queen's Park EFI East Fife DUM Dumbarton ALB Albion Rovers STE Stenhousemuir MON Montrose ELG Elgin City EST East Stirlingshire 24 3 9 51 29 C,P 22 4 10 61 33 21 5 10 57 28 O,P 20 7 9 59 37 18 5 13 52 37 14 6 16 56 61 13 5 18 53 63 11 4 21 42 62 9 2 25 39 69 6 3 27 27 78 green1 Promotion to the Second Division P yellow1 Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs PP PP PP complete 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 2007–08 Second Division, Stranraer were relegated and Queen's Park were promoted. Soccerway Results Teams play each other four times in this league. In the first half of the season each team plays every other team twice (home and away) and then do the same in the second half of the season. First half of season main FBR grey ALB ARB BER DUM EFI EST ELG MON QPA STE Albion Rovers 1–3 0–1 2–1 0–1 4–0 3–1 3–1 1–1 2–5 Arbroath 2–3 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 3–1 1–2 2–0 Berwick Rangers 1–1 3–2 3–0 2–1 2–2 3–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 Dumbarton 3–1 0–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 4–0 East Fife 2–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 5–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 East Stirlingshire 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–4 2–1 0–3 2–1 5–0 Elgin City 0–3 0–4 1–2 0–2 1–2 5–0 3–2 1–2 2–0 Montrose 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–3 0–1 Queen's Park 2–1 0–3 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–3 3–0 1–1 1–1 Stenhousemuir 3–2 1–2 2–3 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 5–0 2–1 complete Soccerway Second half of season main FBR grey ALB ARB BER DUM EFI EST ELG MON QPA STE Albion Rovers 0–3 0–1 0–1 0–3 2–1 6–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 Arbroath 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–3 3–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 Berwick Rangers 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 Dumbarton 3–1 1–0 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 East Fife 1–3 1–2 0–2 1–0 0–2 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 East Stirlingshire 0–0 1–5 0–3 1–5 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–1 Elgin City 3–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 2–3 2–1 0–2 0–3 2–1 Montrose 2–3 0–1 1–2 0–5 3–3 4–0 0–1 0–2 3–2 Queen's Park 5–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 5–0 1–0 Stenhousemuir 0–4 1–2 2–0 5–1 3–5 1–1 3–2 2–5 1–2 complete Soccerway Top scorers RankScorerGoalsTeam1Scotland Scott Chaplain18Albion RoversScotland Martin Johnston Elgin City3Scotland David Weatherston16Queen's Park4Scotland Craig O'Reilly 13East Fife5Scotland Mark Ferry11Queen's Park6Scotland Stephen Dobbie10DumbartonScotland Neil JablonskiEast FifeScotland Andy RogersMontroseScotland Pat Walker Albion RoversScotland Gary WoodBerwick Rangers References Notes A. Home winStenhousemuir 5–0 Montrose (12 August 2006); East Stirlingshire 5–0 Stenhousemuir (26 August 2006); East Fife 5–0 East Stirlingshire (1 September 2006); Elgin City 5–0 East Stirlingshire (14 October 2006); Queen's Park 5–0 Montrose (20 January 2007); Queen's Park 5–0 Albion Rovers (3 March 2007). Category:Scottish Third Division seasons 3 4 Scot