2006–07 Scottish Second Division

The 2006-07 Second Division season is the twelfth season of the Scottish Second Division in its current format of ten teams.

Scottish Second Division
Season2006–07
ChampionsGreenock Morton
PromotedGreenock Morton
Stirling Albion
RelegatedForfar Athletic
Stranraer
Top goalscorerIain Russell (21)

Greenock Morton were promoted to the First Division as League champions. Stirling Albion, Raith Rovers and Brechin City enter the promotion/relegation play offs 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 play offs 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

Promoted from Second Division to First Division

Second & Third Divisions

Relegated from Second Division to Third Division

Promoted from Third Division to Second Division

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Greenock Morton 36 24 5 7 76 32 +44 77 Promoted To First Division 2007–08
2 Stirling Albion 36 21 6 9 67 39 +28 69
3 Raith Rovers 36 18 8 10 50 33 +17 62
4 Brechin City 36 18 6 12 61 45 +16 60
5 Ayr United 36 14 8 14 46 47 −1 50
6 Cowdenbeath 36 13 6 17 59 56 +3 45
7 Alloa Athletic 36 11 9 16 47 70 −23 42
8 Peterhead 36 11 8 17 60 62 −2 41
9 Stranraer 36 10 9 17 45 74 −29 39 Relegated to Third Division 2007–08
10 Forfar Athletic 36 4 7 25 37 90 −53 19
Source:

Top scorers
Scorer Goals Team
Iain Russell21Brechin City
Liam Buchanan20Cowdenbeath
Peter Weatherson15Greenock Morton
Colin Cramb14Stirling Albion
Pat Clarke13Cowdenbeath
Michael MooreStranraer
Bobby Linn12Greenock Morton
Chris TemplemanGreenock Morton
Martin Bavidge11Peterhead
Darren GribbenForfar Athletic
Paul McGowanGreenock Morton

Attendances

The average attendances for Second Division clubs for season 2006/07 are shown below:

Club Average Highest
Greenock Morton 2,651 5,255
Raith Rovers 1,935 4,327
Ayr United 1,202 2,105
Stirling Albion 947 2,608
Cowdenbeath 683 2,249
Peterhead 636 819
Alloa Athletic 634 1,138
Brechin City 569 909
Forfar Athletic 500 765
Stranraer 418 1,003

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.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
East Fife 4 – 2 Stranraer 4–1 0–1
Queen's Park 4 – 1 Arbroath 2–0 2–1

First legs

East Fife4 – 1Stranraer
Graham Gibson  10'
Craig O'Reilly  43'  45'  54'		 Report Michael Moore  55'
Attendance: 742
Referee: Stephen Finnie
Queen's Park2 – 0Arbroath
David Weatherston  77'
Alan Trouten  70' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 974
Referee: Mike Tumilty

Second legs

Stranraer1 – 0East Fife
Paul McGrillen  64' Report
Attendance: 426
Referee: Crawford Allan
Arbroath1 – 2Queens Park
Paul Tosh  50' Report David Weatherston  32'
Alan Trouten  43'
Attendance: 1,114
Referee: Eddie Smith

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.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Queen's Park 7 – 2 East Fife 4–2 3–0

First leg

Queen's Park4 – 2East Fife
Steven Canning  30'  54'
Mick Dunlop  44'
Paul Cairney  70'		 Report Lloyd Young  60'
Greig McDonald  77'
Attendance: 1,207
Referee: John Underhill

Second leg

East Fife0 – 3Queens Park
Report Paul Paton  4'
Alan Trouten  74'
Frankie Carroll  89'
Attendance: 1,625
Referee: William Collum

Queen's Park were promoted to the Second Division

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