2010–11 Scottish Second Division

Irn-Bru Scottish Second Division
Season 2010–11
Champions Livingston
Promoted Livingston, Ayr United (via Division 1 Play-offs)
Relegated Alloa Athletic, Peterhead
Biggest home win

East Fife 6–0 Dumbarton
(28 August 2010)
East Fife 6–0 Stenhousemuir
(11 December 2010)

Brechin City 6–0 Dumbarton
(26 March 2011)
Biggest away win

Peterhead 0–5 Brechin
(11 December 2010)

Airdrie Utd 0–5 Ayr Utd
(5 March 2011)
Highest scoring

Livingston 4–3 East Fife
(29 January 2011)

Ayr Utd 4–3 Stenhousemuir
(29 January 2011)
Highest attendance 1,863:
Livingston 2–1 Airdrie Utd
(21 August 2010)
Lowest attendance 312:
Peterhead 5–1 Airdrie Utd
(14 December 2010)

The 2010–11 Scottish Second Division was the sixteenth season of the Second Division in its current format of ten teams.

Contents

Promotion and relegation from 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
Qualification or relegation
1 Livingston (C) (P) 36 25 7 4 79 33 +46 82 Promotion to the 2011–12 Scottish First Division
2 Ayr United (P) 36 18 5 13 62 55 +7 59 Qualification to the Scottish First Division Play-offs
3 Forfar Athletic 36 17 8 11 50 48 +2 59
4 Brechin City 36 15 12 9 63 45 +18 57
5 East Fife 36 14 10 12 77 60 +17 52
6 Airdrie United 36 13 9 14 52 60 −8 48
7 Dumbarton 36 11 7 18 52 70 −18 40
8 Stenhousemuir 36 10 8 18 46 59 −13 38
9 Alloa Athletic (R) 36 9 9 18 49 71 −22 36 Qualification to the Scottish Second Division Playoffs
10 Peterhead (R) 36 5 11 20 47 76 −29 26 Relegation to the 2011–12 Scottish Third Division

Updated to games played on 7 May 2011
Source: ESPN soccernet
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(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, for a total of 36 games

First half of season

Home \ Away1 AIR ALO AYR BRE DUM EFI FOR LIV PET STE
Airdrie United 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–0
Alloa Athletic 2–3 4–1 2–2 0–0 3–2 3–2 2–2 2–2 1–0
Ayr United 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–0 0–4 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–0
Brechin City 3–1 3–1 0–3 3–3 2–3 0–0 1–3 4–2 0–0
Dumbarton 1–3 4–1 3–2 1–3 4–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 1–0
East Fife 3–3 4–1 2–3 1–3 6–0 1–3 2–4 2–1 6–0
Forfar Athletic 1–2 1–1 4–1 1–1 4–1 3–2 1–0 1–1 2–0
Livingston 2–1 3–3 3–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 4–1
Peterhead 5–1 1–0 2–4 0–5 1–0 2–2 1–2 0–0 2–2
Stenhousemuir 1–3 0–1 3–1 0–0 4–0 1–1 3–0 1–2 3–1

Updated to games played on 19 April 2011
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 BRE DUM EFI FOR LIV PET STE
Airdrie United 0–2 0–5 2–2 2–1 2–2 3–1 2–4 1–0 2–2
Alloa Athletic 1–0 0–1 2–2 2–3 1–3 0–3 1–3 0–0 1–2
Ayr United 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 0–3 2–2 4–3
Brechin City 1–2 3–2 1–0 6–0 1–3 0–1 1–0 3–1 3–1
Dumbarton 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–2 4–2 0–0 0–3 5–2 0–1
East Fife 0–1 3–1 3–2 0–0 1–3 3–0 1–3 3–1 1–1
Forfar Athletic 1–2 3–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–4 2–1 1–1
Livingston 2–0 4–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 4–3 3–0 5–1 2–1
Peterhead 2–4 4–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–1 3–0 0–3
Stenhousemuir 1–0 2–3 2–1 1–3 2–2 0–2 0–1 0–3 4–2

Updated to games played on 7 May 2011
Source: ESPN soccernet
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top Goalscorers

21 goals
18 goals
13 goals

Second Division Play-offs

Times are BST (UTC+1)

Semi-Finals

The fourth placed team in the Third Division will play the ninth placed team in the Second Division, and third placed team in the Third Division will play the second placed team in the Third Division. The play-offs will be played over two legs on Wednesday 11th May 2011 & Saturday 14th May 2011, the winning team in each semi-final will advance to the final televised live on BBC Alba on Sunday 22nd May 2011.

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Annan Athletic 2 – 1 Alloa Athletic 2–1 0–0
Queen's Park 1 – 3 Albion Rovers 1–1 0–2

First legs


11 May 2011
7:45pm
Annan Athletic 2 – 1 Alloa Athletic Galabank
Attendance: 621
Referee: Craig Charleston
Muirhead  14'
Steele  60'
BBC Sport Scott  65'

11 May 2011
7:45pm
Queen's Park 1 – 1 Albion Rovers Hampden Park
Attendance: 789
Referee: Brian Colvin
Smith  11' BBC Sport Chaplain  80'

Second legs


14 May 2011
3:00pm
Alloa Athletic 0 – 0 Annan Athletic Recreation Park, Alloa
Attendance: 622
Referee: George Salmond
BBC Sport

14 May 2011
3:00pm
Albion Rovers 2 – 0 Queen's Park Cliftonhill
Attendance: 859
Referee: Stephen Finnie
Gemmell  67'89' BBC Sport

Final

The two semi-final winners will play each other over two legs. The winning team will be awarded a place in the 2011–12 Second Division.

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Albion Rovers 4 – 3 Annan Athletic 3–1 1–2

First leg


18 May 2011
7:45pm
Albion Rovers 3 – 1 Annan Athletic Cliftonhill
Attendance: 1,014
Referee: Alan Muir
Love  15'67'76' BBC Sport Harty  42'

Second leg


22 May 2011
3:00pm
Annan Athletic 2 – 1 Albion Rovers Galabank
Attendance: 1,165
Referee: John McKendrick
Gilfillan  51'65' BBC Sport Donnelly  24'

Stadia

Team Stadium Capacity Seated
Ayr United Somerset Park 10,243 1,597
Airdrie United Excelsior Stadium 10,171 All
Livingston Braidwood Motor Company Stadium 10,122 All
Forfar Athletic Station Park 5,177 739
Peterhead Balmoor 4,000 1,000
Brechin City Glebe Park 3,960 1,519
Stenhousemuir Ochilview Park 3,776 626
Alloa Athletic Recreation Park 3,142 919
Dumbarton Strathclyde Homes Stadium 2,025 All
East Fife Bayview Stadium 1,992 All

See also

References

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