2006–07 Scottish Third Division

Scottish Football League Third Division
Season	2006–07
Champions	Berwick Rangers
Promoted	Berwick Rangers; Queen's Park
Relegated	n/a
Matches played	180
Goals scored	497 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorer	Scott Chaplain (18); Martin Johnston (18)
Biggest home win	Six games by 5 goals[A]
Biggest away win	Montrose 0–5 Dumbarton; (23 December 2006)
Highest scoring	Albion Rovers 6–2 Elgin City; (20 January 2007); Stenhousemuir 3–5 East Fife; (14 April 2007)
Longest winning run	8 games; Berwick Rangers; Queen's Park
Longest unbeaten run	13 games; Arbroath
Longest winless run	17 games; East Stirlingshire
Longest losing run	11 games; East Stirlingshire
	← 2005–06 2007–08 →

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.

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

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

Dumbarton

Promoted from Third Division to Second Division

Cowdenbeath

Stadia and attendances

Team	Stadium	Average	Highest
Arbroath	Gayfield Park	730	1,250
Albion Rovers	Cliftonhill	431	619
Berwick Rangers	Shielfield Park	565	2,054
Dumbarton	Strathclyde Homes Stadium	709	1,089
East Fife	Bayview Stadium	546	702
East Stirlingshire	Firs Park	307	396
Elgin City	Borough Briggs	423	537
Montrose	Links Park	463	1,211
Queen's Park	Hampden Park	590	916
Stenhousemuir	Ochilview Park	461	683

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Berwick Rangers (C, P)	36	24	3	9	51	29	+22	75	Promotion to the Second Division
2	Arbroath	36	22	4	10	61	33	+28	70	Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs^[a]
3	Queen's Park (O, P)	36	21	5	10	57	28	+29	68
4	East Fife	36	20	7	9	59	37	+22	67
5	Dumbarton	36	18	5	13	52	37	+15	59
6	Albion Rovers	36	14	6	16	56	61	−5	48
7	Stenhousemuir	36	13	5	18	53	63	−10	44
8	Montrose	36	11	4	21	42	62	−20	37
9	Elgin City	36	9	2	25	39	69	−30	29
10	East Stirlingshire	36	6	3	27	27	78	−51	21

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ The 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams will be entered into a play-off with the Second Division's 9th placed team. The winning team will be awarded a place in the 2007–08 Second Division, Stranraer were relegated and Queen's Park were promoted.

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 \ Away	ALB	ARB	BER	DUM	EFI	EST	ELG	MON	QPA	STE
Albion Rovers		1–3	0–1	2–1	0–1	4–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–5
Arbroath	2–3		0–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	3–1	1–2	2–0
Berwick Rangers	1–1	3–2		3–0	2–1	2–2	3–1	1–2	1–0	0–1
Dumbarton	3–1	0–2	2–0		2–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	0–0	4–0
East Fife	2–2	2–1	2–0	1–0		5–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–0
East Stirlingshire	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–2	0–4		2–1	0–3	2–1	5–0
Elgin City	0–3	0–4	1–2	0–2	1–2	5–0		3–2	1–2	2–0
Montrose	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0		0–3	0–1
Queen's Park	2–1	0–3	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–3	3–0	1–1		1–1
Stenhousemuir	3–2	1–2	2–3	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	5–0	2–1

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home \ Away	ALB	ARB	BER	DUM	EFI	EST	ELG	MON	QPA	STE
Albion Rovers		0–3	0–1	0–1	0–3	2–1	6–2	2–2	2–1	2–1
Arbroath	0–0		1–0	2–2	1–3	3–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	4–1
Berwick Rangers	3–0	1–0		2–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–2	2–1
Dumbarton	3–1	1–0	1–2		0–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–1
East Fife	1–3	1–2	0–2	1–0		0–2	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–1
East Stirlingshire	0–0	1–5	0–3	1–5	0–2		0–2	0–2	0–2	0–1
Elgin City	3–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	2–3	2–1		0–2	0–3	2–1
Montrose	2–3	0–1	1–2	0–5	3–3	4–0	0–1		0–2	3–2
Queen's Park	5–0	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	5–0		1–0
Stenhousemuir	0–4	1–2	2–0	5–1	3–5	1–1	3–2	2–5	1–2

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Goals	Team
1	Scott Chaplain	18	Albion Rovers
1	Martin Johnston	18	Elgin City
3	David Weatherston	16	Queen's Park
4	Craig O'Reilly	13	East Fife
5	Mark Ferry	11	Queen's Park
6	Stephen Dobbie	10	Dumbarton
	Neil Jablonski		East Fife
	Andy Rogers		Montrose
	Pat Walker		Albion Rovers
	Gary Wood		Berwick Rangers