Season | 2008β09 |
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Champions | Raith Rovers |
Promoted | Raith Rovers, Ayr United |
Relegated | Stranraer, Queen's Park |
Top goalscorer | Kevin Smith (18) |
Biggest home win | Ayr United 5β0 Stranraer |
Biggest away win | Stranraer 2β8 Stirling Albion |
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The 2008β09 Scottish Second Division was the fifteenth season of the Second Division in its current format of ten teams.
Relegated from First Division to Second Division
Promoted from Second Division to First Division
Relegated from Second Division to Third Division
Promoted from Third Division to Second Division
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Raith Rovers (C, P) | 36 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 60 | 27 | +33 | 76 | Promotion to the First Division |
2 | Ayr United (P) | 36 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 71 | 38 | +33 | 74 | Qualification for the First Division Play-offs [a] |
3 | Brechin City | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 51 | 45 | +6 | 62 | |
4 | Peterhead | 36 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 54 | 39 | +15 | 56 | |
5 | Stirling Albion | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 59 | 49 | +10 | 53 | |
6 | East Fife | 36 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 44 | |
7 | Arbroath | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 41 | |
8 | Alloa Athletic | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 47 | 59 | −12 | 41 | |
9 | Queen's Park (R) | 36 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 35 | 54 | −19 | 33 | Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs [b] |
10 | Stranraer (R) | 36 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 31 | 90 | −59 | 16 | Relegation to the Second Third Division |
Teams play each other four times in this league. In the first half of the season each team plays every other team twice (home and away) and then do the same in the second half of the season.
Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Kevin Smith | Raith Rovers | 18 |
2 | Bryan Prunty | Ayr United | 15 |
3 | David McKenna | Stirling Albion | 13 |
4 | Paul McManus | East Fife | 12 |
5 | Martin Grehan | Stirling Albion | 11 |
6 | Ryan Stevenson | Ayr United | 10 |
7 | Graham Weir | Raith Rovers | 9 |
David Gormley | Ayr United | ||
Graeme Sharp | Peterhead | ||
Martin Bavidge | Peterhead |
Source: The League Insider
Team | Stadium | Capacity | Highest | Lowest | Average |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Raith Rovers | Stark's Park | 10,104 | 4,812 | 1,294 | 2,106 |
Ayr United | Somerset Park | 11,998 | 2,363 | 1,057 | 1,477 |
East Fife | Bayview Stadium | 2,000 | 1,980 | 533 | 864 |
Queen's Park | Hampden Park | 52,500 | 1,763 | 466 | 730 |
Stirling Albion | Forthbank Stadium | 3,808 | 1,125 | 404 | 642 |
Arbroath | Gayfield Park | 4,125 | 921 | 411 | 638 |
Alloa Athletic | Recreation Park | 3,100 | 1,057 | 331 | 637 |
Peterhead | Balmoor | 4,000 | 837 | 400 | 615 |
Brechin City | Glebe Park | 3,960 | 780 | 315 | 552 |
Stranraer | Stair Park | 5,600 | 891 | 124 | 303 |
Source: The League Insider
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Table position [9] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brechin City | Michael O'Neill | Resigned | 15 December 2008 [10] | Jim Duffy | 9 January [11] | 3 |
Stranraer | Derek Ferguson | Resigned | 24 January [12] | Keith Knox | 17 February [13] | 10 |
East Fife | Dave Baikie | Resigned | 14 April [14] | Stevie Crawford | 14 April [14] | 6 |
Month | First Division manager | SFL Player | SFL Young player | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Manager | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | |
August [15] | Roberto Landi | Livingston | Stephen Robertson | Airdrie United | Leigh Griffiths | Livingston |
September [16] | Jim McIntyre | Dunfermline Athletic | Paul McManus | East Fife | Calum Elliot | Livingston |
October [17] | Derek McInnes | St Johnstone | Steven Milne | St Johnstone | Dominic Shimmin | Greenock Morton |
November [18] | Jocky Scott | Dundee | Bryan Prunty | Ayr United | Kyle Benedictus | Dundee |
December [19] | John Brown | Clyde | Alan Main | St Johnstone | Chris McMenamin | Berwick Rangers |
January [20] | Ian McCall | Partick Thistle | Willie McLaren | Clyde | Bobby Barr | Albion Rovers |
February [21] | Jocky Scott | Dundee | Gary Harkins | Partick Thistle | Fraser McLaren | Berwick Rangers |
March [22] | Paul Hegarty | Livingston | Kevin Rutkiewicz | St Johnstone | Leigh Griffiths | Livingston |
April [23] | Gordon Chisholm | Queen of the South | Stephen Dobbie | Queen of the South | Kevin Moon | St Johnstone |
The ninth placed team in the Second Division played the fourth placed team in the Third Division and third placed team in the Second Division played the second placed team in the Second 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
East Stirlingshire | 2 β 3 | Cowdenbeath | 1β2 | 1β1 |
Stenhousemuir | 2 β 1 | Queen's Park | 2β1 | 0β0 |
First legs
East Stirlingshire | 1 β 2 | Cowdenbeath |
---|---|---|
Rodgers 62' | Report |
Gemmell 12' Stein 30' |
Stenhousemuir | 2 β 1 | Queen's Park |
---|---|---|
Dalziel 6' (
pen.) Love 32' |
Report | Harkins 33' |
Second legs
Cowdenbeath | 1 β 1 | East Stirlingshire |
---|---|---|
Dempster 84' | Report | Graham 3' |
Queen's Park | 0 β 0 | Stenhousemuir |
---|---|---|
Report |
The two semi-final winners played each other over two legs, the home team in the 1st Leg was determined by a draw conducted on 16 April 2008. [24] The winning team were awarded a place in the 2008β09 Second Division.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Cowdenbeath | 0 β 0 (4 β 5 pen.) |
Stenhousemuir | 0β0 | 0β0 |
First leg
Cowdenbeath | 0 β 0 | Stenhousemuir |
---|---|---|
Report |
Second leg
Stenhousemuir | 0 β 0 (
a.e.t.) (5 β 4 pen.) | Cowdenbeath |
---|---|---|
Report |