Scottish Second Division 2005/06

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Scottish Second Division 2005/06
master FC Gretna
Climbers FC Gretna
Partick Thistle
Relegation ↑ Greenock Morton
FC Peterhead
Partick Thistle
Relegation ↓ Alloa Athletic
Relegated Dumbarton FC
Teams 10
Games 180 + 6 relegation games
Gates 550  (ø 3.06 per game)
Top scorer ScotlandScotland Kenneth Deuchar
(FC Gretna)
Second Division 2004/05
^ First Division 2005/06

The Scottish Football League Second Division was held in 2005/06 for the 31st time after the introduction of the Premier League as the third highest Scottish league . In addition, it was the thirty-first event as the third highest division of men's football in Scotland under the name Second Division . In the 2005/06 season 10 clubs competed against each other in a total of 36 match days. Each team played four times against each other team. In the event of a tie, the goal difference counted .

The championship was won by FC Gretna , which also secured participation in the 2006/07 First Division season . On the ascent play-offs took Greenock Morton , the FC Peterhead and Partick Thistle in part, the fourth place which was able to prevail and next to the FC Clyde rise. Alloa Athletic successfully fought in the relegation for the remaining in the Second Division . FC Dumbarton had to relegate to the Third Division . The top scorer with 18 goals was Kenneth Deuchar from FC Gretna.

statistics

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. FC Gretna (N)  36  28  4th  4th 097:300 +67 88
 2. Greenock Morton  36  21st  7th  8th 058:330 +25 70
 3. Peterhead FC (N)  36  17th  6th  13 053:470  +6 57
 4th Partick Thistle (A)  36  16  9  11 057:560  +1 57
 5. Stirling Albion  37  16  6th  15th 054:630  −9 54
 6th Ayr United  36  10  12  14th 056:610  −5 42
 7th Raith Rovers (A)  36  11  9  16 044:540 −10 42
 8th. Forfar Athletic  36  12  4th  20th 044:550 −11 40
 9. Alloa Athletic  36  8th  8th  20th 036:770 −41 32
10. Dumbarton FC  36  7th  5  24 040:630 −23 26th

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored - 4th direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored)

Legend
2005/06 season
Promoted to the First Division
Participation in the promotion relegation
Participation in the relegation relegation
Relegated to the third division
At the end of the 2004/05 season
(A) Relegated from the First Division
(N) Newcomer from the third division

Relegation

Participants in the relegation games were Alloa Athletic from this year's Second Division, as well as the three teams from the Third Division , Berwick Rangers , FC Stenhousemuir and FC Arbroath . The first round winners played in the final round for a place for the following 2006/07 Scottish Second Division season .

First round

The games were played on May 3 and 6, 2006.

total First leg Return leg
FC Arbroath 1: 2 Alloa Athletic 1: 1 0: 1
FC Stenhousemuir 0: 1 Berwick Rangers 0: 1 0-0
Second round

The games were played on May 10 and 14, 2006.

total First leg Return leg
Alloa Athletic 5: 2 Berwick Rangers 4-0 1: 2

Web links

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 February 5, 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / scottish-football-historical-archive.com