2007–08 Scottish Second Division

The 2007–08 Second Division season was the thirteenth season of the Second Division in a ten team format.

The following teams competed: Airdrie United, Alloa Athletic, Ayr United, Berwick Rangers, Brechin City, Cowdenbeath, Peterhead, Queen's Park, Raith Rovers and Ross County.

The team which finished first were automatically promoted to the First Division, the teams which finished second, third and fourth were entered into the First division play-offs with the team which finished second bottom of the First Division for a place in the 2008–09 First Division.

The team which finished bottom were automatically relegated to the Third Division and the team which finished second bottom were entered into the Second division play-offs with the teams which finished second, third and fourth in the Third Division for a place in the 2008–09 Second Division.

Contents

Promotion and Relegation from 2006–07

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

Events

Main article: 2007-08 in Scottish football#Notable events

Table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Ross County (C) (P) 36 22 7 7 78 44 +34 73 First Division
2 Airdrie United (P) 36 20 6 10 64 34 +30 66 First Division Play-offs
3 Raith Rovers 36 19 3 14 60 50 +10 60
4 Alloa Athletic 36 16 8 12 57 56 +1 56
5 Peterhead 36 16 7 13 65 54 +11 55
6 Brechin City 36 13 13 10 63 48 +15 52
7 Ayr United 36 13 7 16 51 62 −11 46
8 Queen's Park 36 13 5 18 48 51 −3 44
9 Cowdenbeath (R) 36 10 7 19 47 73 −26 37 Second Division Play-offs
10 Berwick Rangers (R) 36 3 7 26 40 101 −61 16 Third Division

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Second Division Play-offs:The 9th placed team were entered into a play-off with the Third Division's 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams. The winning team were awarded a place in the 2008-09 Second Division, Cowdenbeath were relegated and Arbroath were promoted. Due to Gretna's relegation, Stranraer were also promoted.
First Division Play-offs: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 were awarded a place in the 2008–09 First Division, Clyde won the play-off to stay in the division. However, with Gretna being relegated to the Third Division, Airdrie were promoted to Division One.
Airdrie United: won promotion to the First Division after Gretna were relegated to the Third Division.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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 \ Away1 AIR ALO AYR BER BRE COW PET QPA RAI ROS
Airdrie United 2–0 0–0 4–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–1
Alloa Athletic 0–6 2–1 2–1 0–4 3–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–1
Ayr United 1–1 2–0 4–0 2–1 1–4 1–2 2–3 0–3 1–4
Berwick Rangers 2–0 0–3 1–1 3–3 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–4
Brechin City 4–2 0–0 2–2 2–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–2
Cowdenbeath 1–1 1–4 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–2 2–4 1–0 2–2
Peterhead 0–1 1–4 3–0 4–3 1–2 4–2 1–0 0–1 1–2
Queen's Park 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–1 2–5 3–2
Raith Rovers 2–1 2–1 2–3 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–2 0–2
Ross County 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 1–1 2–3

Source: BBC Sport
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home \ Away1 AIR ALO AYR BER BRE COW PET QPA RAI ROS
Airdrie United 1–1 0–2 3–0 1–2 4–0 2–0 3–2 3–0 2–0
Alloa Athletic 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–2 3–2 2–0 1–2 2–0 2–0
Ayr United 1–2 3–1 4–0 0–3 1–1 0–3 3–1 0–1 0–2
Berwick Rangers 2–4 1–2 0–1 2–2 4–5 2–2 1–4 2–5 0–4
Brechin City 2–1 0–0 5–1 5–0 0–1 3–1 0–1 3–2 3–3
Cowdenbeath 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–2 0–4 1–0 1–4 2–4
Peterhead 1–4 2–2 4–1 9–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1
Queen's Park 0–2 1–1 1–3 3–1 2–3 2–3 2–0 0–1 0–1
Raith Rovers 1–0 3–2 1–2 3–0 1–1 3–2 2–5 0–1 0–1
Ross County 3–2 6–1 2–4 4–0 0–0 3–0 5–1 3–2 2–3

Source: BBC Sport
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Scorer Goals Team
Andrew Barrowman 24 Ross County
Allan Russell 19 Airdrie United
Alex Williams 16 Ayr United
Martin Bavidge 15 Peterhead
Ryan Stevenson Ayr United
Stuart Noble 14 Airdrie United
Iain Diack 13 Brechin City
Alan Trouten 12 Queen's Park
Robert Mann Peterhead
Graham Weir 10 Raith Rovers
Charlie King Brechin City
Graeme Brown Alloa Athletic
Sean Higgins Ross County
Mark Ferry 9 Queen's Park
Brown Ferguson Alloa Athletic
David Goodwillie Raith Rovers

Source: The League Insider

Attendances

Team Stadium Capacity Highest Lowest Average
Ross County Victoria Park 6,700 3,716 1,511 2,247
Raith Rovers Stark's Park 10,104 2,357 1,349 1,759
Ayr United Somerset Park 11,998 1,345 971 1,137
Airdrie United New Broomfield 10,171 1,645 611 981
Queen's Park Hampden Park 52,500 1,211 431 712
Peterhead Balmoor 4,000 926 462 694
Alloa Athletic Recreation Park 3,100 1,053 441 602
Cowdenbeath Central Park 4,370 1,953 244 519
Brechin City Glebe Park 3,960 669 345 489
Berwick Rangers Shielfield Park 4,131 778 259 479

Source: The League Insider

Managerial changes

See also: 2007-08 in Scottish football#Mangerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment
Ross County Dick Campbell Mutual consent 2 October Derek Adams 21 November
Berwick Rangers John Coughlin Resigned 7 October Michael Renwick 24 October
Queen's Park Billy Stark Resigned 9 January Gardner Speirs 25 January
Greenock Morton Jim McInally Resigned 12 February David Irons 19 February

Monthly awards

Main article: Scottish Football League monthly awards
See also: 2007-08 in Scottish football#Monthly awards
Month Second Division manager SFL Player SFL Young player
August Billy Stark (Queen's Park) First Division player First Division player
September Steve Paterson (Peterhead) Ryan Stevenson (Ayr United) First Division player
October Alan Maitland (Alloa Athletic) First Division player First Division player
November Derek Adams (Ross County) First Division player Third Division player
December Michael O'Neill (Brechin City) Allan Russell (Airdrie United) First Division player
January Derek Adams (Ross County) Andrew Barrowman (Ross County) First Division player
February Neale Cooper (Peterhead) First Division player First Division player
March Brian Reid (Ayr United) First Division player First Division player
April Alan Maitland (Alloa Athletic) First Division player First Division player

Second Division play-offs

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

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Arbroath 3 – 2 Cowdenbeath 1–1 2–1
Montrose 1 – 4 Stranraer 1–1 0–3

First legs

April 30, 2008
19:45
 Arbroath 1 – 1 Cowdenbeath Gayfield Park, Arbroath
Attendance: 638
Referee: C Murray
Watson  58' Report Scullion  75' (pen.)
April 30, 2008
19:45
 Montrose 1 – 1 Stranraer Links Park, Montrose
Attendance: 706
Referee: A Freeland
Wood  27' Report McConalogue  54'

Second legs

May 3, 2008
15:00
 Cowdenbeath 1 – 2 (a.e.t.) Arbroath Central Park, Cowdenbeath
Attendance: 778
Referee: W Collum
McQuade  71' Report Black  83'
Raeside  115'
May 3, 2008
15:00
 Stranraer 3 – 0 Montrose Stair Park, Stranraer
Attendance: 451
Referee: C Richmond
Tadé  68'
Mullen  79'
Gibson  88' (pen.)		 Report

Final

The two semi-final winners played each other over two legs, the home team in the 1st Leg was determined by a draw conducted on 1 April 2008. the winning team was awarded a place in the 2008–09 Second Division.

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Arbroath 2 – 1 Stranraer 2–0 0–1

First leg

May 7, 2008
19:45
 Arbroath 2 – 0 Stranraer Gayfield Park, Arbroath
Attendance: 1,016
Referee: E Smith
Raeside  43'
Sellars  60'		 Report

Second leg

May 10, 2008
15:00
 Stranraer 1 – 0 Arbroath Stair Park, Stranraer
Attendance: 836
Referee: S Conroy
Tade  63' Report

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