2006–07 Scottish Second Division

Scottish Second Division
Season 2006–07
Champions Greenock Morton
Promoted Greenock Morton
Stirling Albion
Relegated Forfar Athletic
Stranraer
Top goalscorer Iain Russell (21)

The 2006-07 Second Division season is the twelfth 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 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

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Greenock Morton 36245776324477
Promoted To First Division 2007-08
2 Stirling Albion 36216967392869
3 Raith Rovers 361881050331762
4 Brechin City 361861261451660
5 Ayr United 36148144647-150
6 Cowdenbeath 36136175956345
7 Alloa Athletic 36119164770-2342
8 Peterhead 36118176062-241
9 Stranraer 36109174574-2939
Relegated to Third Division 2007-08
10 Forfar Athletic 3647253790-5319

Top scorers

Scorer Goals Team
Scotland Iain Russell 21 Brechin City
Scotland Liam Buchanan 20 Cowdenbeath
England Peter Weatherson 15 Greenock Morton
Scotland Colin Cramb 14 Stirling Albion
Scotland Pat Clarke 13 Cowdenbeath
Scotland Michael Moore Stranraer
Scotland Bobby Linn 12 Greenock Morton
Scotland Chris Templeman Greenock Morton
Scotland Martin Bavidge 11 Peterhead
Scotland Darren Gribben Forfar Athletic
Scotland Paul McGowan Greenock 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


May 2, 2007
East Fife 4 – 1 Stranraer
Graham Gibson  10'
Craig O'Reilly  43'  45'  54'
Report Michael Moore  55'
Bayview Stadium, Methil
Attendance: 742
Referee: Stephen Finnie

May 1, 2007
Queen's Park 2 – 0 Arbroath
David Weatherston  77'
Alan Trouten  70' (pen.)
Report
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 974
Referee: Mike Tumilty

Second legs


May 5, 2007
Stranraer 1 – 0 East Fife
Paul McGrillen  64' Report
Stair Park, Stranraer
Attendance: 426
Referee: Crawford Allan

May 5, 2007
Arbroath 1 – 2 Queens Park
Paul Tosh  50' Report David Weatherston  32'
Alan Trouten  43'
Gayfield Park, Arbroath
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


9 May 2007
Queen's Park 4 – 2 East Fife
Steven Canning  30'  54'
Mick Dunlop  44'
Paul Cairney  70'
Report Lloyd Young  60'
Greig McDonald  77'
Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
Attendance: 1,207
Referee: John Underhill

Second leg


12 May 2007
East Fife 0 – 3 Queens Park
Report Paul Paton  4'
Alan Trouten  74'
Frankie Carroll  89'
Bayview Stadium, Methil
Attendance: 1,625
Referee: William Collum

Queen's Park were promoted to the Second Division

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