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2006–07 Scottish Third Division

The 2006–07 Scottish Football League Third Division was the 13th season in the format of ten teams in the fourth-tier of Scottish football. The season started on 4 August 2006 and ended on 28 April 2007. Berwick Rangers finished top and were promoted alongside Queen's Park as play-off winners.

Scottish Football League Third Division
Season2006–07
ChampionsBerwick Rangers
PromotedBerwick Rangers
Queen's Park
Relegatedn/a
Matches played180
Goals scored497 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorerScott Chaplain (18)
Martin Johnston (18)
Biggest home winSix games by 5 goals[A]
Biggest away winMontrose 0–5 Dumbarton
(23 December 2006)
Highest scoringAlbion Rovers 6–2 Elgin City
(20 January 2007)
Stenhousemuir 3–5 East Fife
(14 April 2007)
Longest winning run8 games
Berwick Rangers
Queen's Park
Longest unbeaten run13 games
Arbroath
Longest winless run17 games
East Stirlingshire
Longest losing run11 games
East Stirlingshire

East Stirlingshire finished bottom of the table for the fifth consecutive season. Despite finishing bottom again, East Stirlingshire won their battle to retain full member status of the Scottish Football League, though were warned that they would lose their status if they finished bottom in the following season.[1]

Teams for 2006–07

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Location of teams in 2006–07 Scottish Third Division

Cowdenbeath as champions of the 2005–06 season were directly promoted to the 2006–07 Scottish Second Division. They were replaced by Dumbarton who finished bottom of the 2005–06 Scottish Second Division.

A second promotion place was available via a play-off tournament between the ninth-placed team of the 2005–06 Scottish Second Division, Alloa Athletic, and the sides ranked second, third and fourth in the 2005–06 Scottish Third Division, Berwick Rangers, Stenhousemuir and Arbroath respectively. The play off was won by Alloa Athletic who defeated Berwick Rangers in the final. Alloa Athletic therefore retained their Second Division status.

Overview

Relegated from Second Division to Third Division

Promoted from Third Division to Second Division

Stadia and attendances

TeamStadiumAverageHighest
ArbroathGayfield Park7301,250
Albion RoversCliftonhill431619
Berwick RangersShielfield Park5652,054
DumbartonStrathclyde Homes Stadium7091,089
East FifeBayview Stadium546702
East StirlingshireFirs Park307396
Elgin CityBorough Briggs423537
MontroseLinks Park4631,211
Queen's ParkHampden Park590916
StenhousemuirOchilview Park461683

Table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or qualification
1Berwick Rangers (C, P)3624395129+2275Promotion to the Second Division
2Arbroath36224106133+2870Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs[a]
3Queen's Park (O, P)36215105728+2968
4East Fife3620795937+2267
5Dumbarton36185135237+1559
6Albion Rovers36146165661−548
7Stenhousemuir36135185363−1044
8Montrose36114214262−2037
9Elgin City3692253969−3029
10East Stirlingshire3663272778−5121
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

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 \ AwayALBARBBERDUMEFIESTELGMONQPASTE
Albion Rovers1–30–12–10–14–03–13–11–12–5
Arbroath2–30–10–01–11–22–13–11–22–0
Berwick Rangers1–13–23–02–12–23–11–21–00–1
Dumbarton3–10–22–02–12–03–12–00–04–0
East Fife2–22–12–01–05–01–12–01–00–0
East Stirlingshire0–10–20–10–20–42–10–32–15–0
Elgin City0–30–41–20–21–25–03–21–22–0
Montrose2–10–10–11–11–01–02–00–30–1
Queen's Park2–10–31–01–03–01–33–01–11–1
Stenhousemuir3–21–22–31–00–12–02–05–02–1
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home \ AwayALBARBBERDUMEFIESTELGMONQPASTE
Albion Rovers0–30–10–10–32–16–22–22–12–1
Arbroath0–01–02–21–33–22–11–01–04–1
Berwick Rangers3–01–02–12–02–00–01–00–22–1
Dumbarton3–11–01–20–22–11–02–11–21–1
East Fife1–31–20–21–00–23–12–01–01–1
East Stirlingshire0–01–50–31–50–20–20–20–20–1
Elgin City3–00–12–10–12–32–10–20–32–1
Montrose2–30–11–20–53–34–00–10–23–2
Queen's Park5–01–00–22–01–12–13–05–01–0
Stenhousemuir0–41–22–05–13–51–13–22–51–2
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

RankScorerGoalsTeam
1 Scott Chaplain18Albion Rovers
Martin JohnstonElgin City
3 David Weatherston16Queen's Park
4 Craig O'Reilly13East Fife
5 Mark Ferry11Queen's Park
6 Stephen Dobbie10Dumbarton
Neil JablonskiEast Fife
Andy RogersMontrose
Pat WalkerAlbion Rovers
Gary WoodBerwick Rangers

References

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