| Season | 2010–11 |
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| Champions | Arbroath |
| Promoted | Arbroath, Albion Rovers (via Division 2 Play-offs) |
| Relegated | n/a |
| Matches played | 180 |
| Goals scored | 555 (3.08 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Gavin Swankie (21) |
| Biggest home win | Montrose 8–1 Clyde (25 September 2010) |
| Biggest away win |
Montrose 0–5 Arbroath (15 March 2011) |
| Highest scoring | Montrose 8–1 Clyde (25 September 2010) |
| Longest winning run | 6 games Queen's Park |
| Longest unbeaten run | 12 games Queen's Park |
| Longest winless run | 14 games Clyde |
| Longest losing run | 7 games Clyde |
| Highest attendance |
1243: Arbroath 4–1 Montrose(23 April 2011) |
| Lowest attendance |
178: East Stirlingshire 1–5 Annan Athletic(15 March 2011) |
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The 2010–11 Scottish Football League Third Division (also known as the 2010–11 Irn Bru Scottish Football League Third Division for sponsorship reasons) was the 16th season in the format of ten teams in the fourth-tier of Scottish football. The season started on 7 August 2011 and ended on 7 May 2011. Arbroath F.C. sealed the title, their first honour in their 133-year history, after a 4-1 win over local rivals Montrose on 23 April 2011.[1][2]
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Livingston as champions of the 2009–10 season were directly promoted to the 2010–11 Scottish Second Division. Thus completing only a one year stay in the bottom tier of the Scottish Football League. They were replaced by Clyde who finished bottom of the 2009–10 Scottish Second Division.
A second promotion place was available via a play-off tournament between the ninth-placed team of the 2009–10 Scottish Second Division, Arbroath, and the sides ranked second, third and fourth in the 2009–10 Scottish Third Division, Forfar Athletic, East Stirlingshire and Queen's Park respectively. The play off was won by Forfar Athletic who defeated Arbroath in the final. Arbroath were therefore relegated.
Relegated from Second Division to Third Division
Promoted from Third Division to Second Division
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity [3] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albion Rovers | Coatbridge | Cliftonhill | 2,496 |
| Annan Athletic | Annan | Galabank | 3,000 |
| Arbroath | Arbroath | Gayfield Park | 4,153 |
| Berwick Rangers | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Shielfield Park | 4,065 |
| Clyde | Cumbernauld | Broadwood | 8,006 |
| East Stirlingshire | Stenhousemuir | Ochilview Park[A] | 3,746 |
| Elgin City | Elgin | Borough Briggs | 3,716 |
| Montrose | Montrose | Links Park | 3,292 |
| Queen's Park | Glasgow | Hampden Park | 52,025 |
| Stranraer | Stranraer | Stair Park | 6,250 |
A. East Stirlingshire ground shared with Stenhousemuir.[4]
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arbroath (C) (P) | 36 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 80 | 61 | +19 | 66 | Promotion to the 2011–12 Scottish Second Division |
| 2 | Albion Rovers (O) | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 56 | 40 | +16 | 61 | Qualification to the promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Queen's Park | 36 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 57 | 43 | +14 | 59 | |
| 4 | Annan Athletic | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 58 | 45 | +13 | 59 | |
| 5 | Stranraer | 36 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 72 | 57 | +15 | 57 | |
| 6 | Berwick Rangers | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 62 | 56 | +6 | 49 | |
| 7 | Elgin City | 36 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 53 | 63 | −10 | 45 | |
| 8 | Montrose | 36 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 47 | 61 | −14 | 37 | |
| 9 | East Stirlingshire | 36 | 10 | 4 | 22 | 33 | 62 | −29 | 34 | |
| 10 | Clyde | 36 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 37 | 67 | −30 | 32 |
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.
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
| Home \ Away1 | ALB | ANN | ARB | BER | CLY | EST | ELG | MON | QPA | STR |
| Albion Rovers | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | |
| Annan Athletic | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | |
| Arbroath | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| Berwick Rangers | 1–6 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | |
| Clyde | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | |
| East Stirlingshire | 0–0 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |
| Elgin City | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–5 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 | |
| Montrose | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 8–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | |
| Queen's Park | 0–1 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | |
| Stranraer | 3–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
Updated to games played on 26 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.
| Home \ Away1 | ALB | ANN | ARB | BER | CLY | EST | ELG | MON | QPA | STR |
| Albion Rovers | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | |
| Annan Athletic | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | |
| Arbroath | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | |
| Berwick Rangers | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | |
| Clyde | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–2 | |
| East Stirlingshire | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | |
| Elgin City | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
| Montrose | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | |
| Queen's Park | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–3 | |
| Stranraer | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
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.
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