Scottish Division Two 1969/70
Scottish Division Two 1969/70 | |
master | FC Falkirk |
Climbers | Falkirk FC Cowdenbeath FC |
Teams | 19th |
Games | 342 |
Gates | 1136 (ø 3.32 per game) |
Top scorer |
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← Division Two 1968/69 | |
^ Division One 1969/70 |
The Scottish Football League Division Two was played for the 64th time in 1969/70 . After the introduction of Division One , it was also the 64th edition of the men's second-highest football division in the Scottish Football League under the name Division Two . In the 1969/70 season, 19 clubs competed against each other in a total of 36 match days. Each team played once at home and away against every other team. The 2-point rule applied . In the event of a tie, the goal quotient counted . The championship was won by FC Falkirk , who secured promotion to Division One together with second-placed FC Cowdenbeath . The top scorer with 31 goals was John Dickson from Cowdenbeath FC.
statistics
Closing table
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Quota | Points |
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1. | FC Falkirk (A) | 36 | 25th | 6th | 5 | 94:34 | 2.76 | 56:16 |
2. | Cowdenbeath FC | 36 | 24 | 7th | 5 | 81:35 | 2.31 | 55:17 |
3. | Queen of the South | 36 | 22nd | 6th | 8th | 72:49 | 1.47 | 50:22 |
4th | Stirling Albion | 36 | 18th | 10 | 8th | 70:40 | 1.75 | 46:26 |
5. | FC Arbroath (A) | 36 | 20th | 4th | 12 | 76:39 | 1.95 | 44:28 |
6th | Alloa Athletic | 36 | 19th | 5 | 12 | 62:41 | 1.51 | 43:29 |
7th | Dumbarton FC | 36 | 17th | 6th | 13 | 55:46 | 1.20 | 40:32 |
8th. | Montrose FC | 36 | 15th | 7th | 14th | 57:55 | 1.04 | 37:35 |
9. | Berwick Rangers | 36 | 15th | 5 | 16 | 67:55 | 1.22 | 35:37 |
10. | East Fife FC | 36 | 15th | 4th | 17th | 59:63 | 0.94 | 34:38 |
11. | Albion Rovers | 36 | 14th | 5 | 17th | 53:64 | 0.83 | 33:39 |
12. | East Stirlingshire FC | 36 | 14th | 5 | 17th | 58:75 | 0.77 | 33:39 |
13. | Clydebank FC | 36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 47:65 | 0.72 | 30:42 |
14th | Brechin City | 36 | 11 | 6th | 19th | 47:74 | 0.64 | 28:44 |
15th | FC Queen's Park | 36 | 10 | 6th | 20th | 38:62 | 0.61 | 26:46 |
16. | FC Stenhousemuir | 36 | 10 | 6th | 20th | 47:89 | 0.53 | 26:46 |
17th | FC Stranraer | 36 | 9 | 7th | 20th | 56:75 | 0.75 | 25:47 |
18th | Forfar Athletic | 36 | 11 | 1 | 24 | 55:83 | 0.66 | 23:49 |
19th | Hamilton Academical | 36 | 8th | 4th | 24 | 42:92 | 0.46 | 20:52 |
Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal quotient
Legend | |
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1969/70 season | |
Promoted to Division One | |
At the end of the 1968/69 season | |
(A) | Relegated from Division One |
Web link
- Scottish Division Two 1969/70 at Statto.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Scottish Football League & Scottish Premier League Top goalscorers per division. (No longer available online.) Scottish-football-historical-archive.com, archived from the original on September 27, 2012 ; accessed on April 3, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.