1996–97 Scottish Third Division

Scottish Third Division 1996–97 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Inverness Caledonian ThistleForfar Athletic n/a 180 499 (8 goals)Ross County 4–4 Montrose(7 December 1996) Forfar Athletic 5–3 Montrose(15 March 1997) 11 gamesScottish Division Three 1996-1997 : Full Longest Sequences https://web.archive.org/web/20150106214802/http://www.statto.com/football/stats/scotland/division-three/1996-1997/longest-sequences/full 2015-01-06 , statto.com. Retrieved 29 April 2012.Inverness Caledonian Thistle 22 gamesInverness Caledonian Thistle 15 gamesCowdenbeathMontrose 6 gamesCowdenbeathMontrose 1995–96 1997–98 The 1996–97 Scottish Football League Third Division was the 3rd season in the format of ten teams in the fourth-tier of Scottish football. The season started on 17 August 1996 and ended on 10 May 1997. Inverness Caledonian Thistle finished top and were promoted alongside runners-up Forfar Athletic. Arbroath finished bottom. Teams for 1996–97 UK Scotland 350 right Location of teams in 1996–97 Scottish Third Division UK Scotland 6 55.860238 -4.011453 UK Scotland 6 56.116320 -3.7951950 Alloa Athletic left UK Scotland 6 56.552328 -2.591554 Arbroath right UK Scotland 6 57.494722 -4.2175 Inverness Caledonian Thistle UK Scotland 6 56.108236 -3.346896 Cowdenbeath right UK Scotland 6 56.000109 -3.780727 UK Scotland 6 56.651874 -2.885181 Forfar Athletic left UK Scotland 6 56.721440 -2.4661846 Montrose right UK Scotland 6 55.824419 -4.2514220 Queen's Park bottom UK Scotland 6 57.595115 -4.419794 Ross County left UK Scotland TransparentPlaceholder.png 55.839238 -4.011453 Albion Rovers right UK Scotland TransparentPlaceholder.png 55.964191 -3.798637 East Stirlingshire right Livingston as champions of the previous season were directly promoted to the 1996–97 Scottish Second Division alongside runners-up Brechin City, both spending only one season in the bottom tier of the Scottish Football League. They were replaced by Forfar Athletic and Montrose who finished second bottom and bottom of the 1994–95 Scottish Second Division respectively and relegated straight back down to the Third Division after only a year in the Second Division. During the change of season Caledonian Thistle changed their name to Inverness Caledonian Thistle for the 1996–97 season. Overview Relegated from Second Division to the Third Division Forfar Athletic Montrose Promoted from Third Division to the Second Division Livingston Brechin City Stadia and locations TeamLocationStadiumAlbion Rovers Coatbridge Cliftonhill Alloa Athletic Alloa Recreation ParkArbroath Arbroath Gayfield ParkCowdenbeath Cowdenbeath Central ParkEast Stirlingshire Falkirk Firs ParkForfar Athletic Forfar Station ParkInverness Caledonian Thistle Inverness Caledonian StadiumMontrose Montrose Links ParkQueen's Park Glasgow Hampden ParkRoss County Dingwall Victoria Park Table main WDL 5 P INV Inverness Caledonian Thistle FOR Forfar Athletic ROS Ross County ALO Alloa Athletic ALB Albion Rovers MON Montrose COW Cowdenbeath QPA Queen's Park EST East Stirlingshire ARB Arbroath 23 7 6 70 37 C,P 19 10 7 74 45 P 20 7 9 58 41 16 7 13 50 47 13 10 13 50 47 12 7 17 46 62 10 9 17 38 51 9 9 18 46 59 8 9 19 36 58 6 13 17 31 52 green1 Promotion to the Second Division P P 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete Soccerway References External links Official site 1996/1997 Scottish Third Division at Soccerway https://archive.today/20130421045437/http://scottishfootballarchive.co.uk/league-tables/1996-97-third-division Scottish Football Archive el Category:Scottish Third Division seasons Scot 4