2009–10 Scottish Second Division

Scottish Second Division
Season2009–10
ChampionsStirling Albion
PromotedStirling Albion
Cowdenbeath
RelegatedArbroath
Clyde
Top goalscorerRory McAllister (21)

The 2009–10 Scottish Second Division was the sixteenth season of the Second Division in its current format of ten teams.

Promotion and relegation from 2008–09

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Location of teams in Scottish Second Division 2009–10

First & Second Divisions

Relegated from First Division to Second Division

Promoted from Second Division to First Division

Second & Third Divisions

Relegated from Second Division to Third Division

Promoted from Third Division to Second Division

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Stirling Albion (C, P) 36 18 11 7 68 48 +20 65 Promotion to the First Division
2 Alloa Athletic 36 19 8 9 49 35 +14 65 Qualification for the First Division play-offs[a]
3 Cowdenbeath (O, P) 36 16 11 9 60 41 +19 59
4 Brechin City 36 15 9 12 47 42 +5 54
5 Peterhead 36 15 6 15 45 49 −4 51
6 Dumbarton 36 14 6 16 49 58 −9 48
7 East Fife 36 10 11 15 46 53 −7 41
8 Stenhousemuir 36 9 13 14 38 42 −4 40
9 Arbroath (R) 36 10 10 16 41 55 −14 40 Qualification for the Second Division play-offs[b]
10 Clyde (R) 36 8 7 21 37 57 −20 31 Relegation to the Third Division
Source: Scottish Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ 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 2010–11 First Division.
  2. ^ The 9th place team will be entered into a play-off with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th places of the Third Division. The winner gets a place in the 2010-11 Second Division

Results

Each team plays every other team four times during the season, twice at home and twice away, for a total of 36 matches.

First half of season

Home \ Away ALO ARB BRE CLY COW DUM EFI PET STE STI
Alloa Athletic 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–3 0–0 1–0 1–4 1–0
Arbroath 2–2 1–4 0–3 0–1 3–1 0–1 0–1 0–3 3–4
Brechin City 2–1 0–0 2–2 3–1 3–1 3–2 3–0 1–0 1–0
Clyde 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–3 1–3 2–1 0–1
Cowdenbeath 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 5–0 2–1 1–2
Dumbarton 1–3 1–0 0–0 3–3 0–3 0–3 1–0 0–0 2–3
East Fife 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–2
Peterhead 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 2–2 3–2
Stenhousemuir 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–3 1–1 2–0 1–2
Stirling Albion 0–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 3–0 2–1 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on 9 February 2010. Source: Scottish Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of the season

Home \ Away ALO ARB BRE CLY COW DUM EFI PET STE STI
Alloa Athletic 1–0 2–3 2–2 3–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–1
Arbroath 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–2 1–4 1–1 2–4
Brechin City 1–1 0–2 3–1 3–3 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–1
Clyde 0–2 0–2 0–3 1–2 4–2 2–1 3–1 0–2 1–2
Cowdenbeath 1–1 2–1 4–0 3–1 0–0 6–2 1–3 1–0 3–3
Dumbarton 3–1 0–2 0–1 3–3 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–4
East Fife 0–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 2–3 3–0 1–1 0–3
Peterhead 2–0 3–0 0–3 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–1
Stenhousemuir 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–3 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–3
Stirling Albion 0–3 2–2 6–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 3–3 2–0 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2010. Source: Scottish Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second Division play-offs

Times are BST (UTC+1)

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 Third Division played the second placed team in the Third Division. The play-offs were played over two legs, the winning team in each semi-final advanced to the final.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Queen's Park 2–6 Arbroath 0–4 2–2
East Stirlingshire 2–3 Forfar Athletic 0–1 2–2

First legs

Queen's Park0–4Arbroath
BBC Sport Ross 24'
Redman 45'
Nimmo 53'
Moyes 68'
Attendance: 651
East Stirlingshire0–1Forfar Athletic
BBC Sport Campbell 68' (pen)
Attendance: 487

Second legs

Arbroath2–2Queen's Park
McCulloch 3'
Megginson 15'		 BBC Sport Daly 57'
Rattray 82' (o.g)
Attendance: 588
Forfar Athletic2–2East Stirlingshire
Bishop 4'
Tulloch 82'		 BBC Sport Andy Rodgers 49', 76'
Attendance: 745

Final

The two semi-final winners played each other over two legs. The winning team was awarded a place in the 2010–11 Second Division.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Arbroath 0–2 Forfar Athletic 0–0 0–2

First leg

Arbroath0–0Forfar Athletic
BBC Sport
Attendance: 1027

Second leg

Forfar Athletic2–0Arbroath
Fotheringham 5'
Deasley 90+3'		 BBC Sport
Attendance: 2207

References

  1. ^ Livingston F.C. were demoted from the First Division to the Third Division in response to the club's insolvency. As a result, the beaten playoff finalists from 2008-09 were both promoted by default: Airdrie United regained their First Division status and Cowdenbeath were promoted to the Second Division.Press Announcement Archived 11 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Scottish Football League