2005–06 Scottish Second Division

Scottish Second Division
Season	2005–06
Champions	Gretna
Promoted	Gretna Partick Thistle
Relegated	Dumbarton
Top goalscorer	Kenny Deuchar (18)
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The 2005-06 Scottish Second Division was won by Gretna who were promoted to the First Division in what was their second successive promotion. Partick Thistle were also promoted via the playoffs. Dumbarton were relegated while Alloa Athletic retained their Second Division status by beating Arbroath and Berwick Rangers in the playoff matches.

Table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Gretna	36	28	4	4	97	30	57	88	Promoted to First Division 2006-07
2	Greenock Morton	36	21	7	8	58	33	25	70
3	Peterhead	36	17	16	13	53	47	6	57
4	Partick Thistle	36	16	9	11	57	56	1	57	Promoted to First Division 2006-07
5	Stirling Albion	36	15	6	15	54	63	-9	51
6	Ayr United	36	10	12	14	56	61	-5	42
7	Raith Rovers	36	11	9	16	44	54	-10	42
8	Forfar Athletic	36	12	4	20	44	55	-11	40
9	Alloa Athletic	36	8	8	20	26	77	-31	32
10	Dumbarton	36	7	5	24	40	63	-23	26	Relegated to Third Division 2006-07

Top scorers

Player	Club	Goals
Kenny Deuchar	Gretna	18
James Grady	Gretna	16
Paul McManus	Raith Rovers	15
Jerome Vareille	Ayr United	13
Ryan McGuffie	Gretna	13
Derek Lilley	Morton	12
Paddy Connolly	Stirling Albion	12
Andrew Rodgers	Dumbarton	12
Chris Aitken	Stirling Albion	12
Steve Tosh	Gretna	12
Bobby Linn	Peterhead	12

Attendances

The average attendances for Division Two clubs for season 2005/06 are shown below:

Club	Average
Morton	2,759
Partick Thistle	2,609
Raith Rovers	1,624
Gretna	1,341
Ayr United	1,271
Dumbarton	946
Stirling Albion	902
Alloa Athletic	742
Peterhead	691
Forfar Athletic	544

Second Division play-offs

The Playoff semi-finals took on 3 May 2006 and 6 May 2006. The final took place on 10 May 2006 and 14 May 2006.

Semi-finals

Arbroath 1–1 Alloa Athletic
Alloa Athletic 1–0 Arbroath
Stenhousemuir 0–1 Berwick Rangers
Berwick Rangers 0–0 Stenhousemuir

Final

Alloa Athletic 4–0 Berwick Rangers
Berwick Rangers 2–1 Alloa Athletic

2005–06 in Scottish football

« 2004–05 2006–07 »

Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League 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 (Final) Intertoto Cup

Related to national team	Results 2006 World Cup Qualifying (UEFA Group 5) Kirin Cup

Club seasons

Premier League	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Livingston Motherwell Rangers

First Division	Airdrie United Brechin City Clyde Dundee Hamilton Academical Queen of the South Ross County St. Johnstone St. Mirren Stranraer

Second Division	Alloa Athletic Ayr United Dumbarton Forfar Athletic Greenock Morton Gretna Partick Thistle Peterhead Raith Rovers Stirling Albion

Third Division	Albion Rovers Arbroath Berwick Rangers Cowdenbeath East Fife East Stirlingshire Elgin City Montrose Queen's Park Stenhousemuir

Major transfer deals 2005–06

Third division football seasons in Scotland

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