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2008–09 Scottish Third Division

The 2008–09 Scottish Football League Third Division (also known as the 2008–09 Irn-Bru Scottish Football League Third Division for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th season in the format of ten teams in the fourth-tier of Scottish football. The season started on 2 August 2008 and ended on 9 May 2009. Dumbarton F.C. finished top and were promoted alongside Stenhousemuir F.C. as play-off winners.Cowdenbeath F.C. were also promoted due to Livingston being demoted to the Third Division.

Irn-Bru Scottish Third Division
Season2008–09
ChampionsDumbarton
PromotedDumbarton
Stenhousemuir
Cowdenbeath
Relegatedn/a
Matches played180
Goals scored497 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorerScott Dalziel (15)
Mike Jack (15)
Biggest home winAnnan Athletic 6–0 Elgin City
(7 March 2009)
Dumbarton 6–0 Elgin City
(2 May 2009)
Biggest away winElgin City 1–6 Albion Rovers
(20 September 2008)
Highest scoringForfar Athletic 5–4 Berwick Rangers
(28 February 2009)
Longest winning run5 games
Cowdenbeath
Stenhousemuir
Longest unbeaten run10 games
Cowdenbeath
Longest winless run13 games
Albion Rovers
Longest losing run7 games
Elgin City

Teams for 2008–09

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Location of teams in 2008–09 Scottish Third Division

East Fife as champions of the 2007–08 season were directly promoted to the 2008–09 Scottish Second Division. They were replaced by Berwick Rangers who finished bottom of the 2007–08 Scottish Second Division.

A second promotion place was available via a play-off tournament between the ninth-placed team of the 2007–08 Scottish Second Division, Cowdenbeath, and the sides ranked second, third and fourth in the 2007–08 Scottish Third Division, Stranraer, Montrose and Arbroath respectively. The play off was won by Arbroath who defeated Stranraer in the final. Cowdenbeath were therefore relegated. However, due to Gretna's expulsion from the Football League, an extra promotion place was awarded, thus Stranraer as losing play-off finalists were also promoted.

Annan Athletic, formerly of the East of Scotland League, were admitted to the SFL to replace Gretna, who resigned their league status on 3 June.[1]) The SFL voted on the matter on 3 July,[2] with 5 clubs having put forward applications. Annan, who like Gretna are from the Dumfries and Galloway region, were chosen above other applicants Cove Rangers, Edinburgh City, Preston Athletic and Spartans.[3]

Overview

Relegated from Second Division to Third Division

Promoted from Third Division to Second Division

Newly admitted into SFL

Stadia and attendances

TeamStadiumCapacityHighestLowestAverage
Annan AthleticGalabank Stadium3,5001,343422734
DumbartonStrathclyde Homes Stadium2,0251,398462716
StenhousemuirOchilview Park2,624805311496
Forfar AthleticStation Park5,177621362460
East StirlingshireOchilview Park[A]2,624812343450
CowdenbeathCentral Park2,0001,181193415
Berwick RangersShielfield Park4,131570288414
Elgin CityBorough Briggs3,927537276392
MontroseLinks Park3,292570294379
Albion RoversCliftonhill1,249452237312

Source: The League Insider
A.^ East Stirlingshire ground shared with Stenhousemuir.[9]

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointmentTable position[10]
Albion Rovers John McCormackResigned28 June[11] Paul Martin9 July[12]pre-season
Montrose Jim WeirSacked19 October[13][14] Steven Tweed15 January 2009[15]4
Berwick Rangers Alan McGonigalResigned13 November[16] Jimmy Crease26 December[17]9
Elgin City Robbie WilliamsonResigned20 December 2008[18] Ross Jack23 January[19]10

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or qualification
1Dumbarton (C, P)36191076536+2967Promotion to the Second Division
2Cowdenbeath (P)3618994834+1463[a]Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs[b]
3East Stirlingshire36194135750+761
4Stenhousemuir (O, P)36168125546+956
5Montrose36166144748−154
6Forfar Athletic36149135351+251
7Annan Athletic36148145645+1150
8Albion Rovers36116193947−839
9Berwick Rangers36107194661−1537
10Elgin City3675243179−4826
Source: BBC Sport
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 \ AwayALBANNBERCOWDUMESTELGFORMONSTE
Albion Rovers0–12–03–11–30–22–11–30–11–2
Annan Athletic2–41–20–12–12–15–01–31–21–1
Berwick Rangers0–33–02–31–22–11–12–23–23–2
Cowdenbeath2–11–42–12–00–04–10–02–11–2
Dumbarton1–14–15–22–11–12–03–01–11–2
East Stirlingshire1–02–11–01–45–25–20–35–00–2
Elgin City1–61–20–20–21–10–40–11–24–2
Forfar Athletic0–02–12–10–12–22–30–10–11–0
Montrose1–21–11–10–11–23–01–01–00–3
Stenhousemuir1–00–02–01–01–11–13–01–12–2
Source: BBC Sport
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home \ AwayALBANNBERCOWDUMESTELGFORMONSTE
Albion Rovers2–12–10–01–10–20–32–00–11–2
Annan Athletic1–11–13–11–34–06–01–02–11–1
Berwick Rangers1–11–11–01–22–22–10–20–10–3
Cowdenbeath2–11–02–00–02–01–12–22–11–0
Dumbarton1–00–22–01–12–06–04–01–11–0
East Stirlingshire0–11–10–40–23–11–04–22–10–3
Elgin City1–00–12–01–10–20–21–41–02–0
Forfar Athletic4–02–15–41–10–20–21–10–34–4
Montrose1–00–31–12–11–00–23–11–35–3
Stenhousemuir2–11–01–21–00–21–44–20–11–3
Source: BBC Sport
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

RankScorerTeamGoals
1 Mike JackAnnan Athletic15
Scott DalzielStenhousemuir
3 Darren GribbenBerwick Rangers14
Ross ClarkDumbarton
Andy RodgersEast Stirlingshire
Brian GrahamEast Stirlingshire
7 Ross CampbellForfar Athletic13
8 John GemmellCowdenbeath12
Kevin MotionStenhousemuir
10 Bobby BarrAlbion Rovers11
Derek CarcaryDumbarton

Source: The League Insider

Events

Monthly awards

MonthFirst Division managerSFL PlayerSFL Young player
ManagerClubPlayerClubPlayerClub
August[21] Roberto LandiLivingston Stephen RobertsonAirdrie United Leigh GriffithsLivingston
September[22] Jim McIntyreDunfermline Athletic Paul McManusEast Fife Calum ElliotLivingston
October[23] Derek McInnesSt Johnstone Steven MilneSt Johnstone Dominic ShimminGreenock Morton
November[24] Jocky ScottDundee Bryan PruntyAyr United Kyle BenedictusDundee
December[25] John BrownClyde Alan MainSt Johnstone Chris McMenaminBerwick Rangers
January[26] Ian McCallPartick Thistle Willie McLarenClyde Bobby BarrAlbion Rovers
February[27] Jocky ScottDundee Gary HarkinsPartick Thistle Fraser McLarenBerwick Rangers
March[28] Paul HegartyLivingston Kevin RutkiewiczSt Johnstone Leigh GriffithsLivingston
April[29] Gordon ChisholmQueen of the South Stephen DobbieQueen of the South Kevin MoonSt Johnstone

References

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