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2007–08 Scottish Third Division

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The 2007–08 Scottish Football League Third Division was the 14th season in the format of ten teams in the fourth-tier of Scottish football. The season started on 4 August 2007 and ended on 26 April 2008. East Fife F.C. finished top and were promoted alongside Arbroath F.C. as play-off winners. Stranraer F.C. were also promoted due to Gretna being demoted to the Third Division.

Scottish Football League Third Division
Season2007–08
ChampionsEast Fife
PromotedEast Fife
Stranraer
Arbroath
Relegatedn/a
Matches played180
Goals scored526 (2.92 per match)
Biggest home winEast Fife 7–0 Stenhousemuir
(29 September 2007)
Biggest away winElgin City 0–5 Stranraer
(27 February 2008)
Highest scoringEast Stirlingshire 4–5 Albion Rovers
(8 December 2007)
Longest winning run8 games
East Fife
Longest unbeaten run11 games
Arbroath
East Fife
Longest winless run12 games
East Stirlingshire
Longest losing run10 games
East Stirlingshire

Teams for 2007–08

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Location of teams in 2007–08 Scottish Third Division

Berwick Rangers as champions of the 2006–07 season were directly promoted to the 2007–08 Scottish Second Division. They were replaced by Forfar Athletic who finished bottom of the 2006–07 Scottish Second Division.

A second promotion place was available via a play-off tournament between the ninth-placed team of the 2006–07 Scottish Second Division, Stranraer, and the sides ranked second, third and fourth in the 2006–07 Scottish Third Division, Arbroath, Queen's Park and East Fife respectively. The play-off was won by Queen's Park who defeated East Fife in the final. Stranraer were therefore relegated.

Overview

Relegated from Second Division to Third Division

Promoted from Third Division to Second Division

Stadia and attendances

TeamStadiumCapacityHighestLowestAverage
East FifeBayview Stadium2,0001,300540769
ArbroathGayfield Park6,488959421611
MontroseLinks Park3,2921,470321597
DumbartonStrathclyde Homes Stadium2,025907258559
Elgin CityBorough Briggs3,927624301471
StenhousemuirOchilview Park3,776755212414
Forfar AthleticStation Park5,177615270410
East StirlingshireFirs Park1,800791235377
Albion RoversCliftonhill1,249512186307
StranraerStair Park5,600487117255

Source: The League Insider

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointment
Stenhousemuir Campbell MoneyResigned29 September 2007 John Coughlin12 October 2007
Ayr United Neil WattResigned23 October 2007 Brian Reid24 October 2007
Dumbarton Gerry McCabeSacked11 November 2007 Jim Chapman31 December 2007
East Stirlingshire Gordon WyldeResigned28 February 2008 Jim McInally13 March 2008
Forfar Athletic Jim MoffatMutual consent21 April[1] Dick Campbell8 May[2]
Berwick Rangers Michael RenwickSacked28 February[3] Allan McGonigal13 May[4]

Table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or qualification
1East Fife (C, P)3628447724+5388Promotion to the Second Division
2Stranraer[a] (P)3619896543+2265Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs[b]
3Montrose36178115936+2359
4Arbroath (P, O)361410125447+752
5Stenhousemuir36139145059−948
6Elgin City36138155668−1247
7Albion Rovers36910175168−1737
8Dumbarton36910173148−1737
9East Stirlingshire[c]36104224871−2334
10Forfar Athletic3689193562−2733
Source: SPFL archive
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 \ AwayALBARBDUMEFIESTELGFORMONSTESTR
Albion Rovers5–22–01–42–33–42–11–31–13–2
Arbroath1–01–12–32–04–03–40–02–22–2
Dumbarton2–01–11–13–11–00–01–31–20–2
East Fife4–00–22–03–14–03–02–07–03–1
East Stirlingshire4–52–33–20–23–12–10–31–12–3
Elgin City3–21–32–12–36–02–20–22–00–5
Forfar Athletic1–01–33–10–20–24–01–40–11–1
Montrose0–13–30–13–13–10–00–11–02–4
Stenhousemuir0–11–02–12–10–32–34–00–41–4
Stranraer3–11–12–00–22–13–33–01–02–3
Source: BBC Sport
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home \ AwayALBARBDUMEFIESTELGFORMONSTESTR
Albion Rovers0–20–12–22–21–10–00–33–31–1
Arbroath1–40–00–10–12–01–12–11–00–0
Dumbarton2–02–10–31–01–40–00–01–00–1
East Fife0–02–12–11–02–03–00–00–12–1
East Stirlingshire3–00–11–10–30–04–13–13–41–3
Elgin City1–12–12–11–23–03–12–11–52–3
Forfar Athletic1–41–01–12–31–00–11–11–21–0
Montrose2–15–03–10–12–03–22–22–10–2
Stenhousemuir2–20–31–10–13–02–22–00–01–1
Stranraer3–00–32–00–22–10–02–10–23–1
Updated to match(es) played on 27 April. Source: BBC Sport
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

ScorerGoalsTeam
John Baird18Montrose
Paul McManus17East Fife
Michael Mullen13Stranraer
Roddy Hunter12Montrose
Darren ShallickerElgin City
Andrew Brand11East Stirlingshire
John GemmellAlbion Rovers
Brian ScottArbroath
Gregory TadeStranraer
Joseph Savage10East Stirlingshire
Kenny WrightAlbion Rovers
Scott Dalziel9Stenhousemuir
William Martin8Albion Rovers
Barry SellarsArbroath
Douglas CameronEast Fife
Greig McDonald7East Fife

Source: The League Insider

Events

Monthly awards

MonthThird Division managerSFL PlayerSFL Young player
August Gordon Wylde (East Stirlingshire)First Division playerFirst Division player
September John McGlashan (Arbroath)Second Division playerFirst Division player
October David Baikie (East Fife)First Division playerFirst Division player
November David Baikie (East Fife)First Division player Scott Fox (East Fife)
December Gerry Britton (Stranraer)Second Division playerFirst Division player
January David Baikie (East Fife)Second Division playerFirst Division player
February Derek Ferguson (Stranraer)First Division playerFirst Division player
March Robbie Williamson (Elgin City)First Division playerFirst Division player
April Derek Ferguson (Stranraer)First Division playerFirst Division player

Second Division play-offs

References

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