2010–11 Scottish Second Division

The 2010–11 Scottish Second Division was the sixteenth season of the Second Division in its current format of ten teams.

Irn-Bru Scottish Second Division
Season2010–11
ChampionsLivingston
PromotedLivingston, Ayr United (via Division 1 Play-offs)
RelegatedAlloa Athletic, Peterhead
Biggest home winEast Fife 6–0 Dumbarton
(28 August 2010)
East Fife 6–0 Stenhousemuir
(11 December 2010) Brechin City 6–0 Dumbarton
(26 March 2011)
Biggest away winPeterhead 0–5 Brechin
(11 December 2010) Airdrie Utd 0–5 Ayr Utd
(5 March 2011)
Highest scoringLivingston 4–3 East Fife
(29 January 2011) Ayr Utd 4–3 Stenhousemuir
(29 January 2011)
Highest attendance1,863:
Livingston 2–1 Airdrie Utd
(21 August 2010)
Lowest attendance312:
Peterhead 5–1 Airdrie Utd
(14 December 2010)

Promotion and relegation from 2009–10
Location of teams in Scottish Second Division 2011–12

First & Second Divisions

Relegated from First Division to Second Division

Promoted from Second Division to First Division

Second & Third Divisions

Relegated from Second Division to Third Division

Promoted from Third Division to Second Division

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Livingston (C, P) 36 25 7 4 79 33 +46 82 Promotion to the First Division
2 Ayr United (O, P) 36 18 5 13 62 55 +7 59 Qualification for the First Division Play-offs
3 Forfar Athletic 36 17 8 11 50 48 +2 59
4 Brechin City 36 15 12 9 63 45 +18 57
5 East Fife 36 14 10 12 77 60 +17 52
6 Airdrie United 36 13 9 14 52 60 −8 48
7 Dumbarton 36 11 7 18 52 70 −18 40
8 Stenhousemuir 36 10 8 18 46 59 −13 38
9 Alloa Athletic (R) 36 9 9 18 49 71 −22 36 Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs
10 Peterhead (R) 36 5 11 20 47 76 −29 26 Relegation to the Third Division
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Results

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, for a total of 36 games

First half of season
Home \ Away AIR ALO AYR BRE DUM EFI FOR LIV PET STE
Airdrie United 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–0
Alloa Athletic 2–3 4–1 2–2 0–0 3–2 3–2 2–2 2–2 1–0
Ayr United 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–0 0–4 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–0
Brechin City 3–1 3–1 0–3 3–3 2–3 0–0 1–3 4–2 0–0
Dumbarton 1–3 4–1 3–2 1–3 4–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 1–0
East Fife 3–3 4–1 2–3 1–3 6–0 1–3 2–4 2–1 6–0
Forfar Athletic 1–2 1–1 4–1 1–1 4–1 3–2 1–0 1–1 2–0
Livingston 2–1 3–3 3–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 4–1
Peterhead 5–1 1–0 2–4 0–5 1–0 2–2 1–2 0–0 2–2
Stenhousemuir 1–3 0–1 3–1 0–0 4–0 1–1 3–0 1–2 3–1
Updated to match(es) played on 19 April 2011. Source: BBC Sport
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season
Home \ Away AIR ALO AYR BRE DUM EFI FOR LIV PET STE
Airdrie United 0–2 0–5 2–2 2–1 2–2 3–1 2–4 1–0 2–2
Alloa Athletic 1–0 0–1 2–2 2–3 1–3 0–3 1–3 0–0 1–2
Ayr United 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 0–3 2–2 4–3
Brechin City 1–2 3–2 1–0 6–0 1–3 0–1 1–0 3–1 3–1
Dumbarton 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–2 4–2 0–0 0–3 5–2 0–1
East Fife 0–1 3–1 3–2 0–0 1–3 3–0 1–3 3–1 1–1
Forfar Athletic 1–2 3–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–4 2–1 1–1
Livingston 2–0 4–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 4–3 3–0 5–1 2–1
Peterhead 2–4 4–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–1 3–0 0–3
Stenhousemuir 1–0 2–3 2–1 1–3 2–2 0–2 0–1 0–3 4–2
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2011. Source: ESPN soccernet
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers
21 goals
18 goals
13 goals

Second Division Play-offs

Times are BST (UTC+1)

Semi-Finals

The fourth placed team in the Third Division will play the ninth placed team in the Second Division, and third placed team in the Third Division will play the second placed team in the Third Division. The play-offs will be played over two legs on Wednesday 11 May 2011 & Saturday 14 May 2011, the winning team in each semi-final will advance to the final televised live on BBC Alba on Sunday 22 May 2011.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Annan Athletic 2 – 1 Alloa Athletic 2–1 0–0
Queen's Park 1 – 3 Albion Rovers 1–1 0–2

First legs

Annan Athletic2 – 1Alloa Athletic
Muirhead  14'
Steele  60'		 BBC Sport Scott  65'
Attendance: 621
Referee: Craig Charleston
Queen's Park1 – 1Albion Rovers
Smith  11' BBC Sport Chaplain  80'
Attendance: 789
Referee: Brian Colvin

Second legs

Alloa Athletic0 – 0Annan Athletic
BBC Sport
Attendance: 622
Albion Rovers2 – 0Queen's Park
Gemmell  67', 89' BBC Sport
Attendance: 859

Final

The two semi-final winners will play each other over two legs. The winning team will be awarded a place in the 2011–12 Second Division.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Albion Rovers 4 – 3 Annan Athletic 3–1 1–2

First leg

Albion Rovers3 – 1Annan Athletic
Love  15', 67', 76' BBC Sport Harty  42'
Attendance: 1,014
Referee: Alan Muir

Second leg

Annan Athletic2 – 1Albion Rovers
Gilfillan  51', 65' BBC Sport Donnelly  24'
Attendance: 1,165

Stadia
Team Stadium Capacity Seated
Ayr UnitedSomerset Park10,2431,597
Airdrie UnitedExcelsior Stadium10,171All
LivingstonBraidwood Motor Company Stadium10,122All
Forfar AthleticStation Park5,177739
PeterheadBalmoor4,0001,000
Brechin CityGlebe Park3,9601,519
StenhousemuirOchilview Park3,776626
Alloa AthleticRecreation Park3,142919
DumbartonStrathclyde Homes Stadium2,025All
East FifeBayview Stadium1,992All

See also

References
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