2008–09 Scottish Second Division

Irn-Bru Scottish Second Division
Season	2008–09
Champions	Raith Rovers
Promoted	Raith Rovers, Ayr United
Relegated	Stranraer, Queen's Park
Top goalscorer	Kevin Smith (18)
Biggest home win	Ayr United 5–0 Stranraer
Biggest away win	Stranraer 2–8 Stirling Albion
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 Scottish Second Division was the fourteenth season of the Second Division in its current format of ten teams.

Promotion and relegation from 2007–08

Location of teams in Scottish Second Division 2008–09

First & Second Divisions

Relegated from First Division to Second Division

Stirling Albion^[1]

Promoted from Second Division to First Division

Ross County^[2]
Airdrie United (losing play-off finalists,^[3] promoted due to Gretna's demotion to Third Division)^[4]

Second & Third Divisions

Relegated from Second Division to Third Division

Berwick Rangers^[5]
Cowdenbeath (via play-offs)^[6]

Promoted from Third Division to Second Division

East Fife^[7]
Arbroath (via play-offs)^[6]
Stranraer (losing play-off finalists,^[8] promoted due to Gretna's demotion to Third Division)^[4]

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Raith Rovers !Raith Rovers (C) (P)	36	22	10	4	60	27	+33	76	First Division
2	Ayr United !Ayr United (P)	36	22	8	6	71	38	+33	74	First Division Play-offs
3	Brechin City !Brechin City	36	18	8	10	51	45	+6	62
4	Peterhead !Peterhead	36	15	11	10	54	39	+15	56
5	Stirling Albion !Stirling Albion	36	14	11	11	59	49	+10	53
6	East Fife !East Fife	36	13	5	18	39	44	−5	44
7	Arbroath !Arbroath	36	11	8	17	44	46	−2	41
8	Alloa Athletic !Alloa Athletic	36	11	8	17	47	59	−12	41
9	Queen's Park !Queen's Park (R)	36	7	12	17	35	54	−19	33	Second Division Play-offs
10	Stranraer !Stranraer (R)	36	3	7	26	31	90	−59	16	Second Third Division

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Second Division Play-offs:The 9th placed team will be entered into a play-off with the Third Division's 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams. The winning team will be awarded a place in the 2009–10 Second Division.
First Division Play-offs:The 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams will be entered into a play-off with the First Division's 9th placed team. The winning team will be awarded a place in the 2009–10 First Division
(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.

First half of season

Home ╲ Away	Alloa Athletic !ALO	Arbroath !ARB	Ayr United !AYR	Brechin City !BRE	East Fife !EFI	Peterhead !PET	Queen's Park !QPA	Raith Rovers !RAI	Stirling Albion !STI	Stranraer !STR
Alloa Athletic !Alloa Athletic		2–1	0–2	2–1	0–3	1–0	1–3	1–1	4–3	5–1
Arbroath !Arbroath	4–1		0–3	1–2	0–1	4–0	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–0
Ayr United !Ayr United	3–0	2–1		1–1	4–2	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	3–2
Brechin City !Brechin City	3–1	3–1	0–1		2–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–0
East Fife !East Fife	1–0	3–2	3–0	0–0		0–2	1–2	0–2	0–1	1–2
Peterhead !Peterhead	1–0	1–1	3–0	5–1	0–1		4–1	1–2	1–1	4–0
Queen's Park !Queen's Park	1–0	1–2	0–3	1–1	0–0	0–1		1–2	1–1	2–2
Raith Rovers !Raith Rovers	4–1	2–1	3–2	2–2	1–1	3–0	2–0		1–1	2–1
Stirling Albion !Stirling Albion	3–2	0–2	2–2	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–3	2–1		3–2
Stranraer !Stranraer	2–2	2–2	1–3	1–2	0–4	0–3	0–0	0–2	1–0

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	Alloa Athletic !ALO	Arbroath !ARB	Ayr United !AYR	Brechin City !BRE	East Fife !EFI	Peterhead !PET	Queen's Park !QPA	Raith Rovers !RAI	Stirling Albion !STI	Stranraer !STR
Alloa Athletic !Alloa Athletic		2–0	3–2	3–2	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–3	2–2
Arbroath !Arbroath	1–0		1–3	0–0	0–2	2–2	3–0	0–2	1–2	2–0
Ayr United !Ayr United	1–1	2–1		4–2	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	5–0
Brechin City !Brechin City	1–0	0–1	1–0		2–1	1–1	2–0	0–4	1–2	2–1
East Fife !East Fife	0–2	0–0	0–1	2–1		0–3	4–2	0–1	0–3	4–0
Peterhead !Peterhead	2–2	1–0	2–3	0–1	2–0		1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0
Queen's Park !Queen's Park	1–2	0–1	0–3	0–0	3–1	2–1		0–1	3–1	1–1
Raith Rovers !Raith Rovers	3–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	3–3	1–0		1–1	2–1
Stirling Albion !Stirling Albion	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–3	2–0	2–1	4–0	0–1		1–2
Stranraer !Stranraer	1–3	1–5	1–4	0–3	0–1	0–1	2–2	0–3	2–8

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.

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Team	Goals
1	Kevin Smith	Raith Rovers	18
2	Bryan Prunty	Ayr United	15
3	David McKenna	Stirling Albion	13
4	Paul McManus	East Fife	12
5	Martin Grehan	Stirling Albion	11
6	Ryan Stevenson	Ayr United	10
7	Graham Weir	Raith Rovers	9
	David Gormley	Ayr United
	Graeme Sharp	Peterhead
	Martin Bavidge	Peterhead

Source: The League Insider

Attendances

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Highest	Lowest	Average
Raith Rovers	Stark's Park	10,104	4,812	1,294	2,106
Ayr United	Somerset Park	11,998	2,363	1,057	1,477
East Fife	Bayview Stadium	2,000	1,980	533	864
Queen's Park	Hampden Park	52,500	1,763	466	730
Stirling Albion	Forthbank Stadium	3,808	1,125	404	642
Arbroath	Gayfield Park	4,125	921	411	638
Alloa Athletic	Recreation Park	3,100	1,057	331	637
Peterhead	Balmoor	4,000	837	400	615
Brechin City	Glebe Park	3,960	780	315	552
Stranraer	Stair Park	5,600	891	124	303

Source:The League Insider

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Table position^[9]
Brechin City	Michael O'Neill	Resigned	15 December 2008^[10]	Jim Duffy	9 January^[11]	3
Stranraer	Derek Ferguson	Resigned	24 January^[12]	Keith Knox	17 February^[13]	10
East Fife	Dave Baikie	Resigned	14 April^[14]	Stevie Crawford	14 April^[14]	6

Monthly awards

Main article: Scottish Football League monthly awards

Month	First Division manager		SFL Player		SFL Young player
Month	Manager	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club
August^[15]	Roberto Landi	Livingston	Stephen Robertson	Airdrie United	Leigh Griffiths	Livingston
September^[16]	Jim McIntyre	Dunfermline Athletic	Paul McManus	East Fife	Calum Elliot	Livingston
October^[17]	Derek McInnes	St Johnstone	Steven Milne	St Johnstone	Dominic Shimmin	Greenock Morton
November^[18]	Jocky Scott	Dundee	Bryan Prunty	Ayr United	Kyle Benedictus	Dundee
December^[19]	John Brown	Clyde	Alan Main	St Johnstone	Chris McMenamin	Berwick Rangers
January^[20]	Ian McCall	Partick Thistle	Willie McLaren	Clyde	Bobby Barr	Albion Rovers
February^[21]	Jocky Scott	Dundee	Gary Harkins	Partick Thistle	Fraser McLaren	Berwick Rangers
March^[22]	Paul Hegarty	Livingston	Kevin Rutkiewicz	St Johnstone	Leigh Griffiths	Livingston
April^[23]	Gordon Chisholm	Queen of the South	Stephen Dobbie	Queen of the South	Kevin Moon	St Johnstone

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 Stirlingshire	2 – 3	Cowdenbeath	1–2	1–1
Stenhousemuir	2 – 1	Queen's Park	2–1	0–0

First legs

East Stirlingshire v Cowdenbeath

13 May 2009
19:45

East Stirlingshire	1 – 2	Cowdenbeath
Rodgers 62'	Report	Gemmell 12' Stein 30'

Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir
Attendance: 605
Referee: W Collum

Stenhousemuir v Queen's Park

14 May 2009
19:45

Stenhousemuir	2 – 1	Queen's Park
Dalziel 6' (pen.) Love 32'	Report	Harkins 33'

Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir
Attendance: 617
Referee: S Nicholls

Second legs

Cowdenbeath v East Stirlingshire

16 May 2008

Cowdenbeath	1 – 1	East Stirlingshire
Dempster 84'	Report	Graham 3'

Central Park, Cowdenbeath
Attendance: 633
Referee: M Tumilty

Queen's Park v Stenhousemuir

17 May 2009

Queen's Park	0 – 0	Stenhousemuir
	Report

Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 854
Referee: S Conroy

Final

The two semi-final winners played each other over two legs, the home team in the 1st Leg was determined by a draw conducted on 16 April 2008.^[24] The winning team were awarded a place in the 2008–09 Second Division.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cowdenbeath	0 – 0 (4 – 5 pen.)	Stenhousemuir	0–0	0–0

First leg

Cowdenbeath v Stenhousemuir

20 May 2009
19:45

Cowdenbeath	0 – 0	Stenhousemuir
	Report

Central Park, Cowdenbeath
Attendance: 775
Referee: A Muir

Second leg

Stenhousemuir v Cowdenbeath

23 May 2009
15:00

Stenhousemuir	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (5 – 4 pen.)	Cowdenbeath
	Report

Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir
Attendance: 1,530
Referee: S O'Reilly

References

↑ "Partick Thistle 1-0 Stirling Alb". BBC Sport. 2008-04-08. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
↑ "Ross County 4-0 Berwick Rangers". BBC Sport. 2008-04-05. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
↑ "Clyde 2-0 Airdrie United (3-0)". BBC Sport. 2008-05-10. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
1 2 "Gretna demoted to Division Three". BBC Sport. 2008-05-29. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
↑ "Berwick Rangers 2-2 Peterhead". BBC Sport. 2008-03-28. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
1 2 "Cowdenbeath 1-2 Arbroath (2-3)". BBC Sport. 2008-05-03. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
↑ "East Stirlingshire 0-3 East Fife". BBC Sport. 2007-06-01. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
↑ "Stranraer 1-0 Arbroath (1-2)". BBC Sport. 2008-05-10. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
↑ Shows position in table at time when manager departed.
↑ "O'Neill exits Brechin for Hoops". BBC Sport. 17 December 2008. Retrieved 20 December 2008.
↑ "Duffy confirmed as Brechin boss". BBC Sport. 9 January 2008. Retrieved 11 January 2008.
↑ "Ferguson quits as Stranraer boss". BBC Sport. 24 January 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2009.
↑ "Knox appointed Stranraer manager boss". BBC Sport. 24 January 2008. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
1 2 "Baikie resigns as East Fife boss". BBC Sport. 14 April 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
↑ "The IRN-BRU SFL Manager and Player of the Month Awards August, 2008". Scottish Football League. 9 September 2008. Retrieved 9 September 2008.
↑ "The IRN-BRU SFL Manager and Player of the Month Awards September, 2008". Scottish Football League. 15 October 2008. Retrieved 17 October 2008.
↑ "THE IRN-BRU SFL Manager and Player of the Month Awards October, 2008". Scottish Football League. 11 November 2008. Retrieved 4 December 2008.
↑ "The IRN-BRU SFL Manager and Player of the Month Awards November, 2008". Scottish Football League. 11 December 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
↑ "The IRN-BRU SFL Manager and Player of the Month Awards December, 2008". Scottish Football League. 12 January 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
↑ "The IRN-BRU SFL Manager and Player of the Month Awards January, 2009". Scottish Football League. 9 February 2009. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
↑ "The IRN-BRU SFL Manager and Player of the Month Awards February, 2009". Scottish Football League. 19 March 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2009.
↑ "The IRN-BRU SFL Manager and Player of the Month Awards March, 2009". Scottish Football League. 14 April 2009. Retrieved 17 April 2009.
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↑ "IRN BRU SCOTTISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAY OFF FINALS 2008/09.". Scottish Football League. 18 May 2009. Retrieved 13 June 2009.

2008–09 in Scottish football

« 2007–08 2009–10 »

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 Youth Cup

European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup

Related to national team	Results 2010 World Cup qualifying (UEFA Group 9)

Club seasons

Premier League	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers St. Mirren

First Division	Airdrie United Clyde Dundee Dunfermline Athletic Greenock Morton Livingston Queen of the South Partick Thistle Ross County St. Johnstone

Second Division	Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Brechin City East Fife Peterhead Queen's Park Raith Rovers Stirling Albion Stranraer

Third Division	Albion Rovers Annan Athletic Berwick Rangers Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Stirlingshire Elgin City Forfar Athletic Montrose Stenhousemuir

List of Scottish football transfers 2008–09 2008–09 in Scottish reserve and youth football

Third division football seasons in Scotland

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