2009–10 Scottish Second Division

Scottish Second Division
Season	2009–10
Champions	Stirling Albion
Promoted	Stirling Albion Cowdenbeath
Relegated	Arbroath Clyde
Top goalscorer	Rory McAllister (21)
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

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

Promotion and relegation from 2008–09

Location of teams in Scottish Second Division 2009–10

First & Second Divisions

Relegated from First Division to Second Division

Clyde

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 !Stirling Albion (C) (P)	36	18	11	7	68	48	+20	65	First Division
2	Alloa Athletic !Alloa Athletic	36	19	8	9	49	35	+14	65	First Division Play-offs
3	Cowdenbeath !Cowdenbeath (O) (P)	36	16	11	9	60	41	+19	59
4	Brechin City !Brechin City	36	15	9	12	47	42	+5	54
5	Peterhead !Peterhead	36	15	6	15	45	49	−4	51
6	Dumbarton !Dumbarton	36	14	6	16	49	58	−9	48
7	East Fife !East Fife	36	10	11	15	46	53	−7	41
8	Stenhousemuir !Stenhousemuir	36	9	13	14	38	42	−4	40
9	Arbroath !Arbroath (R)	36	10	10	16	41	55	−14	40	Second Division Play-offs
10	Clyde !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; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament 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 ╲ Away	Alloa Athletic !ALO	Arbroath !ARB	Brechin City !BRE	Clyde !CLY	Cowdenbeath !COW	Dumbarton !DUM	East Fife !EFI	Peterhead !PET	Stenhousemuir !STE	Stirling Albion !STI
Alloa Athletic !Alloa Athletic		0–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–3	0–0	1–0	1–4	1–0
Arbroath !Arbroath	2–2		1–4	0–3	0–1	3–1	0–1	0–1	0–3	3–4
Brechin City !Brechin City	2–1	0–0		2–2	3–1	3–1	3–2	3–0	1–0	1–0
Clyde !Clyde	0–1	1–0	1–0		0–1	0–2	1–3	1–3	2–1	0–1
Cowdenbeath !Cowdenbeath	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–0		2–1	2–1	5–0	2–1	1–2
Dumbarton !Dumbarton	1–3	1–0	0–0	3–3	0–3		0–3	1–0	0–0	2–3
East Fife !East Fife	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–1		1–2	2–1	1–2
Peterhead !Peterhead	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	0–2	1–2	1–1		2–2	3–2
Stenhousemuir !Stenhousemuir	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	0–3	1–1	2–0		1–2
Stirling Albion !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 9 February 2010.
Source: Scottish Football League
1 ^{^} The 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 ╲ Away	Alloa Athletic !ALO	Arbroath !ARB	Brechin City !BRE	Clyde !CLY	Cowdenbeath !COW	Dumbarton !DUM	East Fife !EFI	Peterhead !PET	Stenhousemuir !STE	Stirling Albion !STI
Alloa Athletic !Alloa Athletic		1–0	2–3	2–2	3–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–1
Arbroath !Arbroath	0–0		1–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–4	1–1	2–4
Brechin City !Brechin City	1–1	0–2		3–1	3–3	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–2	1–1
Clyde !Clyde	0–2	0–2	0–3		1–2	4–2	2–1	3–1	0–2	1–2
Cowdenbeath !Cowdenbeath	1–1	2–1	4–0	3–1		0–0	6–2	1–3	1–0	3–3
Dumbarton !Dumbarton	3–1	0–2	0–1	3–3	2–1		0–1	1–2	2–1	2–4
East Fife !East Fife	0–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–3		3–0	1–1	0–3
Peterhead !Peterhead	2–0	3–0	0–3	0–0	1–0	2–1	3–1		0–1	1–1
Stenhousemuir !Stenhousemuir	0–2	1–1	1–2	0–3	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1		1–3
Stirling Albion !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
1 ^{^} The 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

Queen's Park v Arbroath

5 May 2010
7:45pm

Queen's Park	0–4	Arbroath
	BBC Sport	Ross 24' Redman 45' Nimmo 53' Moyes 68'

Hampden Park
Attendance: 651

East Stirlingshire v Forfar Athletic

5 May 2010
7:45pm

East Stirlingshire	0–1	Forfar Athletic
	BBC Sport	Campbell 68' (pen)

Ochilview Park
Attendance: 487

Second legs

Arbroath v Queen's Park

8 May
3:00pm

Arbroath	2–2	Queen's Park
McCulloch 3' Megginson 15'	BBC Sport	Daly 57' Rattray 82' (o.g)

Gayfield Park
Attendance: 588

Forfar Athletic v East Stirlingshire

8 May
3:00pm

Forfar Athletic	2–2	East Stirlingshire
Bishop 4' Tulloch 82'	BBC Sport	Andy Rodgers 49', 76'

Station Park, Forfar
Attendance: 745

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

Arbroath v Forfar Athletic

12 May 2010
7:45pm

Arbroath	0–0	Forfar Athletic
	BBC Sport

Gayfield Park
Attendance: 1027

Second leg

Forfar Athletic v Arbroath

16 May 2010
3:00pm

Forfar Athletic	2–0	Arbroath
Fotheringham 5' Deasley 90+3'	BBC Sport

Station Park, Forfar
Attendance: 2207

References

↑ 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

2009–10 in Scottish football

« 2008–09 2010–11 »

Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League East of Scotland League South of Scotland League Scottish Premier Under-19 League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Challenge Cup (Final) Junior Cup Youth Cup

European competitions	Champions League Europa League

Related to national team	Results 2010 World Cup qualifying (UEFA Group 9)

Club seasons

Premier League	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers St Johnstone St. Mirren

First Division	Airdrie United Ayr United Dundee Dunfermline Athletic Greenock Morton Inverness Caledonian Thistle Queen of the South Partick Thistle Raith Rovers Ross County

Second Division	Alloa Athletic Arbroath Brechin City Clyde Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife Peterhead Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion

Third Division	Albion Rovers Annan Athletic Berwick Rangers East Stirlingshire Elgin City Forfar Athletic Livingston Montrose Queen's Park Stranraer

List of Scottish football transfers 2009–10 2009–10 in Scottish reserve and youth football

Third division football seasons in Scotland

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