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)
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

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

Location of teams in Scottish Second Division 2011–12

First & Second Divisions

Relegated from First Division to Second Division

Ayr United
Airdrie United (via play-offs)

Promoted from Second Division to First Division

Stirling Albion
Cowdenbeath(via play-offs)

Second & Third Divisions

Relegated from Second Division to Third Division

Clyde
Arbroath (via Play-offs)

Promoted from Third Division to Second Division

Livingston
Forfar Athletic (via Play-offs)

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Livingston !Livingston (C) (P)	36	25	7	4	79	33	+46	82	Promotion to 2011–12 Scottish First Division
2	Ayr United !Ayr United (P)	36	18	5	13	62	55	+7	59	Qualification to Scottish First Division Play-offs
3	Forfar Athletic !Forfar Athletic	36	17	8	11	50	48	+2	59
4	Brechin City !Brechin City	36	15	12	9	63	45	+18	57
5	East Fife !East Fife	36	14	10	12	77	60	+17	52
6	Airdrie United !Airdrie United	36	13	9	14	52	60	−8	48
7	Dumbarton !Dumbarton	36	11	7	18	52	70	−18	40
8	Stenhousemuir !Stenhousemuir	36	10	8	18	46	59	−13	38
9	Alloa Athletic !Alloa Athletic (R)	36	9	9	18	49	71	−22	36	Qualification to Scottish Second Division Playoffs
10	Peterhead !Peterhead (R)	36	5	11	20	47	76	−29	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	Airdrie United !AIR	Alloa Athletic !ALO	Ayr United !AYR	Brechin City !BRE	Dumbarton !DUM	East Fife !EFI	Forfar Athletic !FOR	Livingston !LIV	Peterhead !PET	Stenhousemuir !STE
Airdrie United !Airdrie United		0–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–2	1–0
Alloa Athletic !Alloa Athletic	2–3		4–1	2–2	0–0	3–2	3–2	2–2	2–2	1–0
Ayr United !Ayr United	1–0	2–1		0–2	1–0	0–4	0–1	3–1	1–1	2–0
Brechin City !Brechin City	3–1	3–1	0–3		3–3	2–3	0–0	1–3	4–2	0–0
Dumbarton !Dumbarton	1–3	4–1	3–2	1–3		4–1	1–2	1–2	3–0	1–0
East Fife !East Fife	3–3	4–1	2–3	1–3	6–0		1–3	2–4	2–1	6–0
Forfar Athletic !Forfar Athletic	1–2	1–1	4–1	1–1	4–1	3–2		1–0	1–1	2–0
Livingston !Livingston	2–1	3–3	3–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0		1–0	4–1
Peterhead !Peterhead	5–1	1–0	2–4	0–5	1–0	2–2	1–2	0–0		2–2
Stenhousemuir !Stenhousemuir	1–3	0–1	3–1	0–0	4–0	1–1	3–0	1–2	3–1

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	Airdrie United !AIR	Alloa Athletic !ALO	Ayr United !AYR	Brechin City !BRE	Dumbarton !DUM	East Fife !EFI	Forfar Athletic !FOR	Livingston !LIV	Peterhead !PET	Stenhousemuir !STE
Airdrie United !Airdrie United		0–2	0–5	2–2	2–1	2–2	3–1	2–4	1–0	2–2
Alloa Athletic !Alloa Athletic	1–0		0–1	2–2	2–3	1–3	0–3	1–3	0–0	1–2
Ayr United !Ayr United	3–1	1–0		2–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	0–3	2–2	4–3
Brechin City !Brechin City	1–2	3–2	1–0		6–0	1–3	0–1	1–0	3–1	3–1
Dumbarton !Dumbarton	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–2		4–2	0–0	0–3	5–2	0–1
East Fife !East Fife	0–1	3–1	3–2	0–0	1–3		3–0	1–3	3–1	1–1
Forfar Athletic !Forfar Athletic	1–2	3–1	3–2	2–1	2–1	0–0		0–4	2–1	1–1
Livingston !Livingston	2–0	4–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	4–3	3–0		5–1	2–1
Peterhead !Peterhead	2–4	4–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	3–0		0–3
Stenhousemuir !Stenhousemuir	1–0	2–3	2–1	1–3	2–2	0–2	0–1	0–3	4–2

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

Mark Roberts (Ayr United)
Iain Russell (Livingston)

18 goals

Rory McAllister (Brechin City)

13 goals

Bobby Linn (East Fife)
Jon McShane (Dumbarton)

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

Annan Athletic v Alloa Athletic

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

Queen's Park v Albion Rovers

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

Alloa Athletic v Annan Athletic

14 May 2011
3:00pm

Alloa Athletic	0 – 0	Annan Athletic
	BBC Sport

Recreation Park, Alloa
Attendance: 622
Referee: George Salmond

Albion Rovers v Queen's Park

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

Albion Rovers v Annan Athletic

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

Annan Athletic v Albion Rovers

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

References

External links

2010–11 Scottish Second Division at Soccerway

2010–11 in Scottish football

« 2009–10 2011–12 »

Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League SJFA West Premier SJFA East Superleague SJFA North Superleague Scottish Premier Under-19 League

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

European competitions	Champions League Europa League

Related to national team	Results 2012 Euro qualifying (UEFA Group I)

Events	Scottish football referee strike

Club seasons

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

First Division	Cowdenbeath Dundee Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Greenock Morton Queen of the South Partick Thistle Raith Rovers Ross County Stirling Albion

Second Division	Airdrie United Alloa Athletic Ayr United Brechin City Dumbarton East Fife Forfar Athletic Livingston Peterhead Stenhousemuir

Third Division	Albion Rovers Annan Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Clyde East Stirlingshire Elgin City Montrose Queen's Park Stranraer

List of Scottish football transfers 2010–11

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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