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1997–98 Scottish Third Division

Field	Value
competition	Scottish Third Division
season	[1997–98](1997-98-in-scottish-football)
winners	Alloa Athletic
promoted	Alloa Athletic
Arbroath
relegated	n/a
matches	180
total goals	543
biggest home win	Ross County 8–1 Montrose
(22 November 1997)
biggest away win	Cowdenbeath 0–4 Arbroath
(18 October 1997)
Queen's Park 0–4 Cowdenbeath
(31 January 1998)
Queen's Park 0–4 Ross County
(2 May 1998)
highest scoring	(9 goals)
Ross County 8–1 Montrose
(22 November 1997)
longest wins	6 games
Cowdenbeath
longest unbeaten	9 games
Alloa Athletic
longest winless	13 games
Berwick Rangers
longest losses	6 games
Albion Rovers
Cowdenbeath
prevseason	[1996–97](1996-97-scottish-third-division)
nextseason	[1998–99](1998-99-scottish-third-division)

Arbroath (22 November 1997) (18 October 1997) Queen's Park 0–4 Cowdenbeath (31 January 1998) Queen's Park 0–4 Ross County (2 May 1998) Ross County 8–1 Montrose (22 November 1997) Cowdenbeath Alloa Athletic Berwick Rangers Albion Rovers Cowdenbeath The 1997–98 Scottish Football League Third Division was the 4th season in the format of ten teams in the fourth-tier of Scottish football since it was re-established in 1994–95. The season started on 5 August 1997 and ended on 9 May 1998. Alloa Athletic finished top and were promoted alongside runners-up Arbroath. Dumbarton finished bottom.

Teams for 1997–98

Inverness Caledonian Thistle as champions of the previous season were directly promoted to the 1997–98 Scottish Second Division alongside runners-up Forfar Athletic. They were replaced by Dumbarton and Berwick Rangers who finished second bottom and bottom of the 1996–97 Scottish Second Division respectively.

Overview

Relegated from Second Division to the Third Division

Dumbarton
Berwick Rangers

Promoted from Third Division to the Second Division

Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Forfar Athletic

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium
Albion Rovers	Coatbridge	Cliftonhill
Alloa Athletic	Alloa	Recreation Park
Arbroath	Arbroath	Gayfield Park
Berwick Rangers	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Shielfield Park
Cowdenbeath	Cowdenbeath	Central Park
Dumbarton	Dumbarton	Boghead Park
East Stirlingshire	Falkirk	Firs Park
Montrose	Montrose	Links Park
Queen's Park	Glasgow	Hampden Park
Ross County	Dingwall	Victoria Park

Table

Statistics

Top scorers

Pos	Player	Club	Goals
1	SCO Colin McGlashan	Montrose	20
2	SCO Willie Irvine	Alloa Athletic	18
3	SCO Billy Spence	Arbroath	16
4	SCO Derek Adams	Ross County	15
5	SCO Willie Watters	Albion Rovers	13
SCO Davie Watt	East Stirlingshire
7	SCO Paul Forrester	Berwick Rangers	10
SCO Lee Gardner	Albion Rovers
SCO Brian Grant	Arbroath
SCO Colin McKinnon	Dumbarton

References

[http://www.statto.com/football/stats/scotland/division-three/1997-1998/longest-sequences/full Scottish Division Three 1997-1998 : Full Longest Sequences], ''statto.com''. Retrieved 30 April 2012.

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