Scottish Second Division 2006-07

The 2006-07 Second Division season is the twelfth season of the Scottish Second Division in its current format of ten teams.

Greenock Morton were promoted to the First Division as League champions. Stirling Albion, Raith Rovers and Brechin City enter the promotion/relegation play offs for a place in the First Division along with Airdrie United who finished second bottom of the First Division.

Forfar Athletic were relegated to the Third Division while Stranraer enter the promotion/relegation play offs with the second, third and fourth placed teams of the Third Division - Arbroath, Queen's Park and East Fife respectively.

Promotion and Relegation from 2005–06

First & Second Divisions

Relegated from First Division to Second Division
* Brechin City
* Stranraer (via play-offs)

Promoted from Second Division to First Division
* Gretna
* Partick Thistle (via play-offs)

econd & Third Divisions

Relegated from Second Division to Third Division
* DumbartonPromoted from Third Division to Second Division
* Cowdenbeath

Table

econd Division play-offs

emi-Finals

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.

First legs----footballbox
date = May 2 2007
team1 = East Fife
score = 4 – 1
report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_div_1/6612435.stm Report]
team2 = Stranraer
goals1 = Graham Gibson goal|10
Craig O'Reilly goal|43 goal|45 goal|54
goals2 = Michael Moore goal|55
stadium = Bayview Stadium, Methil
referee = Stephen Finnie
attendance = 742----footballbox
date = May 1 2007
team1 = Queen's Park
score = 2 – 0
report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_div_1/6608687.stm Report]
team2 = Arbroath
goals1 = David Weatherston goal|77
Alan Trouten goal|70|pen.
goals2 =
stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow
referee = Mike Tumilty
attendance = 974

Second legs----footballbox
date = May 5 2007
team1 = Stranraer
score = 1 – 0
report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_div_1/6621941.stm Report]
team2 = East Fife
goals1 = Paul McGrillen goal|64
goals2 =
stadium = Stair Park, Stranraer
referee = Crawford Allan
attendance = 426 ----footballbox
date = May 5 2007
team1 = Arbroath
score = 1 – 2
report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_div_1/6621931.stm Report]
team2 = Queens Park
goals1 = Paul Tosh goal|50
goals2 = David Weatherston goal|32
Alan Trouten goal|43
stadium = Gayfield Park, Arbroath
referee = Eddie Smith
attendance = 1,114

Final

The two semi-final winners played each other over two legs. The winning team was awarded a place in the 2008–09 Second Division.

First leg----footballbox
date = May 9 2007
team1 = Queen's Park
score = 4 – 2
report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_div_1/6636545.stm Report]
team2 = East Fife
goals1 = Steven Canning goal|30 goal|54
Mick Dunlop goal|44
Paul Cairney goal|70
goals2 = Lloyd Young goal|60
Greig McDonald goal|77
stadium = Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
referee = John Underhill
attendance = 1,207

Second leg----footballbox
date = May 12 2007
team1 = East Fife
score = 0 – 3
report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_div_1/6645269.stm Report]
team2 = Queens Park
goals1 =
goals2 = Paul Paton goal|4
Alan Trouten goal|74
Frankie Carroll goal|89
stadium = Bayview Stadium, Methil
referee = William Collum
attendance = 1,625

Queen's Park were promoted to the Second Division