2005–06 Scottish Third Division

The 2005–06 Scottish Football League Third Division was the 11th season in the format of ten teams in the fourth-tier of Scottish football. The season started on 6 August 2005 and ended on 29 April 2006. Cowdenbeath finished top and were directly promoted to the 2006–07 Scottish Second Division.

Scottish Third Division
Season2005–06
ChampionsCowdenbeath
PromotedCowdenbeath
Relegatedn/a
Matches played180
Goals scored518 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorerMartin Johnston (20)
Biggest home winCowdenbeath 6–0 Queen's Park
(18 February 2006)
Biggest away winEast Stirlingshire 0–7 Stenhousemuir
(21 March 2006)
Highest scoringArbroath 7–2 East Stirlingshire
(26 November 2005)
Longest winning run7 games
Berwick Rangers
Longest unbeaten run14 games
Berwick Rangers
Longest winless run11 games
East Stirlingshire
Longest losing run7 games
East Fife

The 2005–06 season saw the introduction of the play-offs in which the ninth placed team of the Scottish Second Division would enter and knock-out tournament with the teams ranked second, third and fourth in the Scottish Third Division. Berwick Rangers, Stenhousemuir and Arbroath entered the play-offs against Alloa Athletic of the Second Division, who emerged play-off winners and avoided relegation.

Teams for 2005–06
Location of teams in 2005–06 Scottish Third Division

Gretna as champions of the 2004–05 season were directly promoted to the 2005–06 Scottish Second Division alongside Peterhead who finished second. They were replaced by Berwick Rangers, who finished bottom of the 2004–05 Scottish Second Division, and Arbroath respectively.

Overview

Relegated from Second Division to Third Division

Promoted from Third Division to Second Division

Stadia and attendances
Team Stadium Average
ArbroathGayfield Park591
Albion RoversCliftonhill367
Berwick RangersShielfield Park472
CowdenbeathCentral Park471
East FifeBayview Stadium475
East StirlingshireFirs Park255
Elgin CityBorough Briggs429
MontroseLinks Park422
Queen's ParkHampden Park506
StenhousemuirOchilview Park475

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Cowdenbeath (C, P) 36 24 4 8 81 34 +47 76 Promotion to the Second Division
2 Berwick Rangers 36 23 7 6 54 27 +27 76 Qualification to the Second Division Play-offs
3 Stenhousemuir 36 23 4 9 78 38 +40 73
4 Arbroath 36 16 7 13 57 47 +10 55
5 Elgin City 36 15 7 14 55 58 −3 52
6 Queen's Park 36 13 12 11 47 42 +5 51
7 East Fife 36 13 4 19 48 64 −16 43
8 Albion Rovers 36 7 8 21 39 60 −21 29
9 Montrose 36 6 10 20 31 59 −28 28
10 East Stirlingshire 36 6 5 25 28 89 −61 23
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.

Top scorers
Rank Scorer Goals Team
1 Martin Johnston 20 Elgin City
2 Liam Buchanan 17 Cowdenbeath
3 Colin Cramb 16 Stenhousemuir
4 Paul McGrillen 15 Stenhousemuir
5 Kevin Haynes 13 Berwick Rangers
6 Greig Henslee 10 Montrose
7 Gareth Hutchison 9 Berwick Rangers
Iain Diack Stenhousemuir/
East Stirlingshire
Jay Stein Arbroath
Mark Booth Elgin City
David McKenna Cowdenbeath

References
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