2009–10 Scottish Second Division

The 2009–10 Scottish Second Division will be the fifteenth season of the Second Division in its current format of ten teams.

Contents

Promotion and relegation from 2008–09

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
Qualification or relegation
1 Stirling Albion (C) (P) 36 18 11 7 68 48 +20 65 First Division
2 Alloa Athletic 36 19 8 9 49 35 +14 65 First Division Play-offs
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 Second Division Play-offs
10 Clyde (R) 36 8 7 21 37 57 −20 31 Third Division

Updated to games played on 1 May 2010
Source: Scottish Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
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 will be awarded a place in the 2010–11 First Division.
Second Division Play-offs:The 9th place team will be entered into a play-off with the 2nd,3rd and 4th places of the Third Division. The winner gete a place in the 2010-11 Second 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

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 \ Away1 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 games played on 09 February 2010
Source: Scottish Football League
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of the season

Home \ Away1 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 games played on 1 May 2010
Source: Scottish Football League
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: 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.   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

5 May 2010
7:45pm
 Queen's Park 0–4 Arbroath Hampden Park
Attendance: 651
BBC Sport Ross  24'
Redman  45'
Nimmo  53'
Moyes  68'
5 May 2010
7:45pm
 East Stirlingshire 0–1 Forfar Athletic Ochilview Park
Attendance: 487
BBC Sport Campbell  68' (pen)

Second legs

8 May
3:00pm
 Arbroath 2–2 Queen's Park Gayfield Park
Attendance: 588
McCulloch  3'
Megginson  15'		 BBC Sport Daly  57'
Rattray  82' (o.g)
8 May
3:00pm
 Forfar Athletic 2–2 East Stirlingshire Station Park, Forfar
Attendance: 745
Bishop  4'
Tulloch  82'		 BBC Sport Andy Rodgers  49', 76'

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.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Arbroath 0–2 Forfar Athletic 0–0 0–2

First leg

12 May 2010
7:45pm
 Arbroath 0–0 Forfar Athletic Gayfield Park
Attendance: 1027
BBC Sport

Second leg

16 May 2010
3:00pm
 Forfar Athletic 2–0 Arbroath Station Park, Forfar
Attendance: 2207
Fotheringham  5'
Deasley 90+3'		 BBC Sport

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, Scottish Football League
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