Scottish Division Two 1974/75

Scottish Division Two 1974/75
master	FC Falkirk
Climbers	FC Falkirk Queen of the South FC Montrose Hamilton Academical FC East Fife FC St. Mirren
Teams	20th
Games	380
Gates	1094  (ø 2.88 per game)
Top scorer	Ian Reid (Queen of the South)
← Division Two 1973/74 First Division 1975/76 →
^ Division One 1974/75

The Scottish Football League Division Two was played for the 69th time in 1974/75 . After the introduction of Division One , it was also the 69th and at the same time the last event as the second highest football division for men in the Scottish Football League under the name Division Two . From the 1975/76 season , Division Two was continued under the name Second Division . Due to the restructuring within the Scottish league system and the establishment of the Premier Division , the Second Division was only the third highest league in Scotland .

In the 1974/75 season, 20 clubs competed against each other in a total of 38 game 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 difference counted . The championship was won by FC Falkirk , who secured promotion to the First Division together with the up to sixth place teams. The teams from seventh to twenty played in the second division the following season. The last top scorer was Ian Reid of Queen of the South with 27 goals .

statistics

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Falkirk (A)	38	26th	2	10	076:290	+47	54:22
2.	Queen of the South	38	23	7th	8th	077:330	+44	53:23
3.	Montrose FC	38	23	7th	8th	070:370	+33	53:23
4th	Hamilton Academical	38	21st	7th	10	069:300	+39	49:27
5.	East Fife FC (A)	38	20th	7th	11	057:420	+15	47:29
6th	FC St. Mirren	38	19th	8th	11	074:520	+22	46:30
7th	Clydebank FC	38	18th	8th	12	050:400	+10	44:32
8th.	Stirling Albion	38	17th	9	12	067:550	+12	43:33
9.	Berwick Rangers	38	17th	6th	15th	053:490	+4	40:36
10.	East Stirlingshire FC	38	16	8th	14th	056:520	+4	40:36
11.	FC Stenhousemuir	38	14th	11	13	052:420	+10	39:37
12.	Albion Rovers	38	16	7th	15th	072:640	+8	39:37
13.	Raith Rovers	38	14th	9	15th	048:440	+4	37:39
14th	FC Stranraer	38	12	11	15th	047:650	−18	35:41
15th	Alloa Athletic	38	11	11	16	049:560	−7	33:43
16.	FC Queen's Park	38	10	10	18th	041:540	−13	30:46
17th	Brechin City	38	9	7th	22nd	044:850	−41	25:51
18th	Meadowbank Thistle (N)	38	9	5	24	026:870	−61	23:53
19th	Cowdenbeath FC	38	5	11	22nd	039:760	−37	21:55
20th	Forfar Athletic	38	1	7th	30th	027: 102	−75	09:67

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

Legend
1974/75 season
	Promoted to the First Division
	Participant in the following second division
At the end of the 1973/74 season
(A)	Relegated from Division One
(N)	Promoted from an amateur league

Web link

• Scottish Division Two 1974/75 at Statto.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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.