Scottish Third Division 1999/2000
| Scottish Third Division 1999/2000 | |
| master | FC Queen's Park |
| Climbers | Queen's Park FC Berwick Rangers Forfar Athletic |
| Teams | 10 |
| Games | 180 |
| Gates | 470 (ø 2.61 per game) |
| Top scorer |
 Steven Milne(Forfar Athletic) |
| ← Third Division 1998/99 | |
| ^ Second Division 1999/2000 | |
The Scottish Football League Third Division was held under this name for the sixth time in 1999/2000 . It was also the sixth edition of the Third Division as only fourth highest Scottish league . In the fourth-highest division of men's football in Scotland , 10 clubs competed against each other in a total of 36 matchdays in the 1999/2000 season. 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 Queen's Park , who secured themselves together with the table runner-up and third, the Berwick Rangers and Forfar Athletic to participate in the 2000/01 Second Division season . The top scorer with 17 goals was Steven Milne of Forfar Athletic.
statistics
Closing table
| Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FC Queen's Park | 36 | 20th | 9 | 7th | 54:37 | +17 | 69 |
| 2. | Berwick Rangers | 36 | 19th | 9 | 8th | 53:30 | +23 | 66 |
| 3. | Forfar Athletic (A) | 36 | 17th | 10 | 9 | 64:40 | +24 | 61 |
| 4th | East Fife FC (A) | 36 | 17th | 8th | 11 | 45:39 | +6 | 59 |
| 5. | Cowdenbeath FC | 36 | 15th | 9 | 12 | 59:43 | +16 | 54 |
| 6th | Dumbarton FC | 36 | 15th | 8th | 13 | 53:51 | +2 | 53 |
| 7th | East Stirlingshire FC | 36 | 11 | 7th | 18th | 28:50 | −22 | 40 |
| 8th. | Brechin City | 36 | 10 | 8th | 18th | 42:51 | −9 | 38 |
| 9. | Montrose FC | 36 | 10 | 7th | 19th | 39:54 | −15 | 37 |
| 10. | Albion Rovers | 36 | 5 | 7th | 24 | 33:75 | −42 | 22nd |
Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored - 4th direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored)
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| 1999/2000 season | |
| Promoted to the second division | |
| At the end of the 1998/99 season | |
| (A) | Relegated from the second division |
Web links
- Scottish Third Division 1999/2000 at Statto.com
- Scottish Third Division 1999/2000 in the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation database
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 January 7, 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.
