2006–07 Scottish Second Division

March 2014 Scottish Second Division 2006–07 Greenock Morton Greenock MortonStirling Albion Forfar AthleticStranraer Iain Russell (21) 2005–06 2007–08 The 2006–07 Second Division season is the thirteenth season of the Scottish Second Division in its current format of ten teams. Greenock Morton were promoted to the First Division as League champions. Stirling Albion, Raith Rovers and Brechin City enter the promotion/relegation playoffs for a place in the First Division along with Airdrie United who finished second bottom of the First Division. Forfar Athletic were relegated to the Third Division while Stranraer enter the promotion/relegation playoffs with the second, third and fourth placed teams of the Third Division - Arbroath, Queen's Park and East Fife respectively. Promotion and Relegation from 2005–06 First & Second Divisions Relegated from First Division to Second Division Brechin City Stranraer (via play-offs) Promoted from Second Division to First Division Gretna Partick Thistle (via play-offs) Second & Third Divisions Relegated from Second Division to Third Division Dumbarton Promoted from Third Division to Second Division Cowdenbeath Table main WDL PQR 5 GMO Greenock Morton STI Stirling Albion RAI Raith Rovers BRE Brechin City AYR Ayr United COW Cowdenbeath ALL Alloa Athletic PET Peterhead STR Stranraer FOR Forfar Athletic 24 5 7 76 32 C,P 21 6 9 67 39 P 18 8 10 50 33 18 6 12 61 45 14 8 14 46 47 13 6 17 59 56 11 9 16 47 70 11 8 17 60 62 10 9 17 45 74 R 4 7 25 37 90 R green1 Promotion to the First Division P yellow1 Qualification for the First Division Play-offs PP PP PP red2 Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs RP red1 Relegation to the Third Division R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. The 9th placed 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 2007–08 Second Division, Stranraer were relegated and Queen's Park were promoted. 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 were awarded a place in the 2007–08 First Division, Airdrie United were relegated and Stirling Albion were promoted. complete 2006–2007 Second Division - SPFL Archive SPFL https://spfl.co.uk/league/league-one/archive/209 ms SPFL 2021-04-29 Top scorers ScorerGoalsTeamScotland Iain Russell 21 Brechin CityScotland Liam Buchanan 20 Cowdenbeath England Peter Weatherson 15 Greenock MortonScotland Colin Cramb 14 Stirling AlbionScotland Pat Clarke 13 CowdenbeathScotland Michael Moore StranraerScotland Bobby Linn 12 Greenock MortonScotland Chris Templeman Greenock MortonScotland Martin Bavidge 11 PeterheadScotland Darren Gribben Forfar AthleticScotland Paul McGowan Greenock Morton Attendances The average attendances for Second Division clubs for season 2006/07 are shown below: ClubAverageHighestGreenock Morton2,6515,255Raith Rovers1,9354,327Ayr United1,2022,105Stirling Albion9472,608Cowdenbeath6832,249Peterhead636819Alloa Athletic6341,138Brechin City569909Forfar Athletic500765Stranraer4181,003 Second Division play-offs 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 Second Division played the second placed team in the Second Division. The play-offs were played over two legs, the winning team in each semi-final advanced to the final. East Fife 4 – 2 Stranraer 4–1 0–1 Queen's Park 4 – 1 Arbroath 2–0 2–1 |} First legs May 2, 2007 East Fife 4 – 1 Report Stranraer Graham Gibson 10 Craig O'Reilly 43 45 54 Michael Moore 55 Bayview Stadium, Methil Stephen Finnie 742 May 1, 2007 Queen's Park 2 – 0 Report Arbroath David Weatherston 77 Alan Trouten 90 pen. Hampden Park, Glasgow Mike Tumilty 974 Second legs May 5, 2007 Stranraer 1 – 0 Report East Fife Paul McGrillen 64 Stair Park, Stranraer Crawford Allan 426 May 5, 2007 Arbroath 1 – 2 Report Queens Park Paul Tosh 50 David Weatherston 32 Alan Trouten 43 Gayfield Park, Arbroath Eddie Smith 1,114 Final The two semi-final winners played each other over two legs. The winning team was awarded a place in the 2008–09 Second Division. Queen's Park 7 – 2 East Fife 4–2 3–0 |} First leg 9 May 2007 Queen's Park 4 – 2 Report East Fife Steven Canning 30 54Mick Dunlop 44Paul Cairney 70 Lloyd Young 60Greig McDonald 77 Firhill Stadium, Glasgow John Underhill 1,207 Second leg 12 May 2007 East Fife 0 – 3 Report Queens Park Paul Paton 4 Alan Trouten 74 Frankie Carroll 89 Bayview Stadium, Methil William Collum 1,625 Queen's Park were promoted to the Second Division Category:Scottish Second Division seasons Category:2006–07 Scottish Football League 3 Scot