1997–98 Scottish Second Division

Scottish Second Division
Season	1997–98
Champions	Stranraer
Promoted	Stranraer Clydebank
Relegated	Stenhousemuir Brechin City
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 Scottish Second Division was won by Stranraer who, along with second placed Clydebank, were promoted to the First Division. Stenhousemuir and Brechin City were relegated to the Third Division.

Table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Stranraer	36	18	7	11	62	44	18	61	Promotion to the 1998–99 First Division
2	Clydebank	36	16	12	8	48	31	17	60	Promotion to the 1998–99 First Division
3	Livingston	36	16	11	9	56	40	16	59
4	Queen of the South	36	15	9	12	57	51	6	54
5	Inverness CT	36	13	10	13	65	51	14	49
6	East Fife	36	14	6	16	51	59	−8	48
7	Forfar Athletic	36	12	10	14	51	61	−10	46
8	Clyde	36	10	12	14	40	53	−13	42
9	Stenhousemuir	36	10	10	16	44	53	−9	40	Relegation to the 1998–99 Third Division
10	Brechin City	36	7	11	18	42	73	−31	32	Relegation to the 1998–99 Third Division

Top scorers

P	Name	Goals
1	Colin McGlashan (Montrose)	20
2	William Irvine (Alloa)	18
3	Billy Spence (Arbroath)	16
4	Derek Adams (Ross County)	15
5	Willie Watters (Albion Rovers)	13
=	Davie Watt (East Stirlingshire)	13
7	Paul Forrester (Berwick Rangers)	10
=	Brian Grant (Arbroath)	10
=	Lee Gardner (Albion Rovers)	10
=	Colin McKinnon (Dumbarton)	10

References

Scottish Football Archive

1997–98 in Scottish football

« 1996–97 1998–99 »

Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Challenge Cup (Final) Junior Cup

European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Related to national team	Results 1998 World Cup qualifying (Group 4) 1998 World Cup

Club seasons

Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers St. Johnstone

First Division	Airdrieonians Ayr United Dundee Falkirk Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical Partick Thistle Raith Rovers St. Mirren Stirling Albion

Second Division	Brechin City Clyde Clydebank East Fife Forfar Athletic Inverness Caledonian Thistle Livingston Queen of the South Stenhousemuir Stranraer

Third Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Stirlingshire Montrose Queen's Park Ross County

Third division football seasons in Scotland

Division Three	1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75

Second Division	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13

Scottish League One	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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