2007–08 Scottish Third Division

April 2016 Scottish Football League Third Division 2007–08 East Fife East FifeStranraerArbroath n/a 180 526 East Fife 7–0 Stenhousemuir(29 September 2007) Elgin City 0–5 Stranraer(27 February 2008) East Stirlingshire 4–5 Albion Rovers(8 December 2007) 8 gamesEast Fife 11 gamesArbroathEast Fife 12 gamesEast Stirlingshire 10 gamesEast Stirlingshire 2006–07 2008–09 The 2007–08 Scottish Football League Third Division was the 14th season in the format of ten teams in the fourth-tier of Scottish football. The season started on 4 August 2007 and ended on 26 April 2008. East Fife F.C. finished top and were promoted alongside Arbroath F.C. as play-off winners. Stranraer F.C. were also promoted due to Gretna being demoted to the Third Division. Teams for 2007–08 UK Scotland 350 right Location of teams in 2007–08 Scottish Third Division UK Scotland 6 55.860238 -4.011453 Albion Rovers bottom UK Scotland 6 56.552233 -2.591554 Arbroath right UK Scotland 6 55.938866 -4.56286 Dumbarton left 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 56.651874 -2.885181 Forfar Athletic left UK Scotland 6 56.721440 -2.4661846 Montrose right UK Scotland 6 56.028248 -3.81462 Stenhousemuir left UK Scotland 6 54.902376 -5.012884 Stranraer right UK Scotland TransparentPlaceholder.png 55.964191 -3.798637 East Stirlingshire Berwick Rangers as champions of the 2006–07 season were directly promoted to the 2007–08 Scottish Second Division. They were replaced by Forfar Athletic who finished bottom of the 2006–07 Scottish Second Division. A second promotion place was available via a play-off tournament between the ninth-placed team of the 2006–07 Scottish Second Division, Stranraer, and the sides ranked second, third and fourth in the 2006–07 Scottish Third Division, Arbroath, Queen's Park and East Fife respectively. The play-off was won by Queen's Park who defeated East Fife in the final. Stranraer were therefore relegated. Overview Relegated from Second Division to Third Division Forfar Athletic Stranraer (via play-offs) Promoted from Third Division to Second Division Berwick Rangers Queens Park (via play-offs) Stadia and attendances TeamStadium Capacity Highest Lowest AverageEast Fife Bayview Stadium 2,000 1,300 540 769Arbroath Gayfield Park 6,488 959 421 611Montrose Links Park 3,292 1,470 321 597Dumbarton Strathclyde Homes Stadium 2,025 907 258 559Elgin City Borough Briggs 3,927 624 301 471Stenhousemuir Ochilview Park 3,776 755 212 414Forfar Athletic Station Park 5,177 615 270 410East Stirlingshire Firs Park 1,800 791 235 377Albion Rovers Cliftonhill 1,249 512 186 307Stranraer Stair Park 5,600 487 117 255 Source: The League Insider Managerial changes 2007-08 in Scottish football#Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Stenhousemuir SCO Campbell Money Resigned 29 September 2007 SCO John Coughlin 12 October 2007 Ayr United SCO Neil Watt Resigned 23 October 2007 SCO Brian Reid 24 October 2007 Dumbarton SCO Gerry McCabe Sacked 11 November 2007 SCO Jim Chapman 31 December 2007 East Stirlingshire SCO Gordon Wylde Resigned 28 February 2008 SCO Jim McInally 13 March 2008 Forfar Athletic SCO Jim Moffat Mutual consent 21 Aprilhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/f/forfar_athletic/7358815.stm BBC Sport website Forfar exit for manager Moffat 21 April 2008 23 April 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080427000407/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/f/forfar_athletic/7358815.stm 27 April 2008 live SCO Dick Campbell 8 Mayhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/f/forfar_athletic/7391302.stm Campbell takes the helm at Forfar 8 May 2008 BBC Sport 2008-05-08 Berwick Rangers SCO Michael Renwick Sacked 28 Februaryhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/berwick_rangers/7359841.stm BBC Sport website Berwick part company with Renwick 21 April 2008 23 April 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080426174347/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/berwick_rangers/7359841.stm 26 April 2008 live SCO Allan McGonigal 13 Mayhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/berwick_rangers/7399095.stm McGonigal takes over at Berwick 8 May 2008 BBC Sport 2008-05-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20080517111311/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/berwick_rangers/7399095.stm 17 May 2008 live Table main WDL 5 PQ EFI East Fife STR Stranraer MON Montrose ARB Arbroath STE Stenhousemuir ELG Elgin City ALB Albion Rovers DUM Dumbarton EST East Stirlingshire FOR Forfar Athletic 28 4 4 77 24 C,P 19 8 9 65 43 P 17 8 11 59 36 14 10 12 54 47 P,O 13 9 14 50 59 13 8 15 56 68 9 10 17 51 68 9 10 17 31 48 10 4 22 48 71 8 9 19 35 62 green1 Promotion to the Second Division P yellow1 Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs PP PP PP The 9th placed Second Division team were entered into a play-off with the Third Division's 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams. The winning team were awarded a place in the 2008–09 Second Division, Cowdenbeath were relegated and Arbroath were promoted. With Gretna being relegated to the Third Division, Stranraer were also promoted. Had East Stirlingshire finished bottom of the table for what would have been a sixth consecutive time, they would have lost their Scottish Football League status, they finished second bottom.May 2024 Stranraer won promotion to Second Division after Gretna were relegated to the Third Division. 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete SPFL archive 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 DUM EFI EST ELG FOR MON STE STR Albion Rovers 5–2 2–0 1–4 2–3 3–4 2–1 1–3 1–1 3–2 Arbroath 1–0 1–1 2–3 2–0 4–0 3–4 0–0 2–2 2–2 Dumbarton 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–3 1–2 0–2 East Fife 4–0 0–2 2–0 3–1 4–0 3–0 2–0 7–0 3–1 East Stirlingshire 4–5 2–3 3–2 0–2 3–1 2–1 0–3 1–1 2–3 Elgin City 3–2 1–3 2–1 2–3 6–0 2–2 0–2 2–0 0–5 Forfar Athletic 1–0 1–3 3–1 0–2 0–2 4–0 1–4 0–1 1–1 Montrose 0–1 3–3 0–1 3–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–4 Stenhousemuir 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–3 2–3 4–0 0–4 1–4 Stranraer 3–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–1 3–3 3–0 1–0 2–3 complete BBC Sport Second half of season main FBR grey ALB ARB DUM EFI EST ELG FOR MON STE STR Albion Rovers 0–2 0–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–3 3–3 1–1 Arbroath 1–4 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 Dumbarton 2–0 2–1 0–3 1–0 1–4 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 East Fife 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 East Stirlingshire 3–0 0–1 1–1 0–3 0–0 4–1 3–1 3–4 1–3 Elgin City 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 3–0 3–1 2–1 1–5 2–3 Forfar Athletic 1–4 1–0 1–1 2–3 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 Montrose 2–1 5–0 3–1 0–1 2–0 3–2 2–2 2–1 0–2 Stenhousemuir 2–2 0–3 1–1 0–1 3–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 Stranraer 3–0 0–3 2–0 0–2 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–2 3–1 27 April BBC Sport Top scorers Scorer Goals TeamSCO John Baird18MontroseSCO Paul McManus17East FifeSCO Michael Mullen13StranraerSCO Roddy Hunter12MontroseSCO Darren ShallickerElgin CitySCO Andrew Brand11East StirlingshireSCO John GemmellAlbion RoversSCO Brian ScottArbroathFRA Gregory TadeStranraerSCO Joseph Savage10East StirlingshireSCO Kenny WrightAlbion RoversSCO Scott Dalziel9StenhousemuirSCO William Martin8Albion RoversSCO Barry SellarsArbroathSCO Douglas CameronEast FifeSCO Greig McDonald7East Fife Source: The League Insider Events 2007-08 in Scottish football#Notable events 15 March: East Fife confirm their promotion to the Second Division as Third Division champions with a 3–0 victory over East Stirlingshire, becoming the first team in Britain to win a league trophy in the 2007–08 season.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_div_1/7296314.stm BBC Sport East Stirlingshire 0–3 East Fife 1 June 2007 23 May 2008 29 March: Berwick Rangers are relegated from the Second Division after a 2–2 draw with Peterhead.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_div_1/7317734.stm BBC Sport Berwick Rangers 2–2 Peterhead 28 March 2008 29 April 2008 10 May: Arbroath are promoted to the Second Division after a 2–1 aggregate win over Stranraer in the Second Division play-off final.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_div_1/7390697.stm BBC Sport Stranraer 1–0 Arbroath (1–2) 10 May 2008 2008-05-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20080513143602/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_div_1/7390697.stm 13 May 2008 live Cowdenbeath, who were beaten by Arbroath in the semi-finals, are relegated to the Third Division. 29 May: Second Division play-off runners-up Stranraer are promoted to the Second Division following Gretna's demotion to the Third Division.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/g/gretna/7426281.stm BBC Sport Gretna demoted to Division Three 29 May 2008 2008-05-29 Monthly awards Scottish Football League monthly awards 2007–08 in Scottish football#Monthly awards MonthThird Division managerSFL PlayerSFL Young playerAugustSCO Gordon Wylde (East Stirlingshire)First Division playerFirst Division playerSeptemberSCO John McGlashan (Arbroath)Second Division playerFirst Division player OctoberENG David Baikie (East Fife)First Division playerFirst Division playerNovemberENG David Baikie (East Fife)First Division playerSCO Scott Fox (East Fife)DecemberSCO Gerry Britton (Stranraer)Second Division playerFirst Division playerJanuaryENG David Baikie (East Fife)Second Division playerFirst Division playerFebruarySCO Derek Ferguson (Stranraer)First Division playerFirst Division playerMarchSCO Robbie Williamson (Elgin City)First Division playerFirst Division playerApril SCO Derek Ferguson (Stranraer) First Division playerFirst Division player Second Division play-offs Scottish Second Division 2007-08#Second Division play-offs References Category:Scottish Third Division seasons 3 4 Scot