2010–11 Scottish Second Division

Irn-Bru Scottish Second Division
Season 2010–11
Champions Livingston
Promoted Livingston, Ayr United (via Division 1 Play-offs)
Relegated Alloa Athletic, Peterhead
Biggest home win

East Fife 6–0 Dumbarton
(28 August 2010)
East Fife 6–0 Stenhousemuir
(11 December 2010)

Brechin City 6–0 Dumbarton
(26 March 2011)
Biggest away win

Peterhead 0–5 Brechin
(11 December 2010)

Airdrie Utd 0–5 Ayr Utd
(5 March 2011)
Highest scoring

Livingston 4–3 East Fife
(29 January 2011)

Ayr Utd 4–3 Stenhousemuir
(29 January 2011)
Highest attendance 1,863:
Livingston 2–1 Airdrie Utd
(21 August 2010)
Lowest attendance 312:
Peterhead 5–1 Airdrie Utd
(14 December 2010)

The 2010–11 Scottish Second Division was the sixteenth season of the Second Division in its current format of ten teams.

Promotion and relegation from 2009–10

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

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Livingston (C) (P) 36 25 7 4 79 33+46 82 Promotion to 2011–12 Scottish First Division
2 Ayr United (P) 36 18 5 13 62 55+7 59 Qualification to Scottish First Division Play-offs
3 Forfar Athletic 36 17 8 11 50 48+2 59
4 Brechin City 36 15 12 9 63 45+18 57
5 East Fife 36 14 10 12 77 60+17 52
6 Airdrie United 36 13 9 14 52 608 48
7 Dumbarton 36 11 7 18 52 7018 40
8 Stenhousemuir 36 10 8 18 46 5913 38
9 Alloa Athletic (R) 36 9 9 18 49 7122 36 Qualification to Scottish Second Division Playoffs
10 Peterhead (R) 36 5 11 20 47 7629 26 Relegation to 2011–12 Scottish Third Division

Updated to games played on 7 May 2011.
Source: ESPN soccernet
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Teams play each other four times in this league. In the first half of the season each team plays every other team twice (home and away) and then do the same in the second half of the season, for a total of 36 games

First half of season

Home ╲ Away AIR ALO AYRBREDUMEFIFORLIVPETSTE
Airdrie United 01 22 11 12 11 20 01 22 10
Alloa Athletic 23 41 22 00 32 32 22 22 10
Ayr United 10 21 02 10 04 01 31 11 20
Brechin City 31 31 03 33 23 00 13 42 00
Dumbarton 13 41 32 13 41 12 12 30 10
East Fife 33 41 23 13 60 13 24 21 60
Forfar Athletic 12 11 41 11 41 32 10 11 20
Livingston 21 33 32 20 20 11 20 10 41
Peterhead 51 10 24 05 10 22 12 00 22
Stenhousemuir 13 01 31 00 40 11 30 12 31

Updated to games played on 19 April 2011.
Source: BBC Sport
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home ╲ Away AIR ALO AYRBREDUMEFIFORLIVPETSTE
Airdrie United 02 05 22 21 22 31 24 10 22
Alloa Athletic 10 01 22 23 13 03 13 00 12
Ayr United 31 10 20 20 11 31 03 22 43
Brechin City 12 32 10 60 13 01 10 31 31
Dumbarton 11 22 12 12 42 00 03 52 01
East Fife 01 31 32 00 13 30 13 31 11
Forfar Athletic 12 31 32 21 21 00 04 21 11
Livingston 20 40 00 00 11 43 30 51 21
Peterhead 24 41 12 11 12 02 11 30 03
Stenhousemuir 10 23 21 13 22 02 01 03 42

Updated to games played on 7 May 2011.
Source: ESPN soccernet
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top Goalscorers

21 goals
18 goals
13 goals

Second Division Play-offs

Times are BST (UTC+1)

Semi-Finals

The fourth placed team in the Third Division will play the ninth placed team in the Second Division, and third placed team in the Third Division will play the second placed team in the Third Division. The play-offs will be played over two legs on Wednesday 11 May 2011 & Saturday 14 May 2011, the winning team in each semi-final will advance to the final televised live on BBC Alba on Sunday 22 May 2011.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Annan Athletic 2 – 1 Alloa Athletic 2–1 0–0
Queen's Park 1 – 3 Albion Rovers 1–1 0–2

First legs


11 May 2011
7:45pm
Annan Athletic 2 – 1 Alloa Athletic
Muirhead  14'
Steele  60'
BBC Sport Scott  65'
Galabank
Attendance: 621
Referee: Craig Charleston

11 May 2011
7:45pm
Queen's Park 1 – 1 Albion Rovers
Smith  11' BBC Sport Chaplain  80'
Hampden Park
Attendance: 789
Referee: Brian Colvin

Second legs



14 May 2011
3:00pm
Albion Rovers 2 – 0 Queen's Park
Gemmell  67', 89' BBC Sport
Cliftonhill
Attendance: 859
Referee: Stephen Finnie

Final

The two semi-final winners will play each other over two legs. The winning team will be awarded a place in the 2011–12 Second Division.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Albion Rovers 4 – 3 Annan Athletic 3–1 1–2

First leg


18 May 2011
7:45pm
Albion Rovers 3 – 1 Annan Athletic
Love  15', 67', 76' BBC Sport Harty  42'
Cliftonhill
Attendance: 1,014
Referee: Alan Muir

Second leg


22 May 2011
3:00pm
Annan Athletic 2 – 1 Albion Rovers
Gilfillan  51', 65' BBC Sport Donnelly  24'
Galabank
Attendance: 1,165
Referee: John McKendrick

Stadia

Team Stadium Capacity Seated
Ayr United Somerset Park 10,243 1,597
Airdrie United Excelsior Stadium 10,171 All
Livingston Braidwood Motor Company Stadium 10,122 All
Forfar Athletic Station Park 5,177 739
Peterhead Balmoor 4,000 1,000
Brechin City Glebe Park 3,960 1,519
Stenhousemuir Ochilview Park 3,776 626
Alloa Athletic Recreation Park 3,142 919
Dumbarton Strathclyde Homes Stadium 2,025 All
East Fife Bayview Stadium 1,992 All

See also

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