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2006–07 Scottish Third Division

Field	Value
competition	Scottish Football League Third Division
season	2006–07
winners	Berwick Rangers
promoted	Berwick Rangers
Queen's Park
relegated	n/a
matches	180
total goals	497
league topscorer	Scott Chaplain (18)
Martin Johnston (18)
biggest home win	Six games by 5 goals
biggest away win	Montrose 0–5 Dumbarton
(23 December 2006)
highest scoring	Albion Rovers 6–2 Elgin City
(20 January 2007)
Stenhousemuir 3–5 East Fife
(14 April 2007)
longest wins	8 games
Berwick Rangers
Queen's Park
longest unbeaten	13 games
Arbroath
longest winless	17 games
East Stirlingshire
longest losses	11 games
East Stirlingshire
prevseason	[2005–06](2005-06-scottish-third-division)
nextseason	[2007–08](2007-08-scottish-third-division)

Queen's Park Martin Johnston (18) (23 December 2006) (20 January 2007) Stenhousemuir 3–5 East Fife (14 April 2007) Berwick Rangers Queen's Park Arbroath East Stirlingshire East Stirlingshire

The 2006–07 Scottish Football League Third Division was the 13th season in the format of ten teams in the fourth-tier of Scottish football. The season started on 4 August 2006 and ended on 28 April 2007. Berwick Rangers finished top and were promoted alongside Queen's Park as play-off winners.

East Stirlingshire finished bottom of the table for the fifth consecutive season. Despite finishing bottom again, East Stirlingshire won their battle to retain full member status of the Scottish Football League, though were warned that they would lose their status if they finished bottom in the following season.

Teams for 2006–07

Cowdenbeath as champions of the 2005–06 season were directly promoted to the 2006–07 Scottish Second Division. They were replaced by Dumbarton who finished bottom of the 2005–06 Scottish Second Division.

A second promotion place was available via a play-off tournament between the ninth-placed team of the 2005–06 Scottish Second Division, Alloa Athletic, and the sides ranked second, third and fourth in the 2005–06 Scottish Third Division, Berwick Rangers, Stenhousemuir and Arbroath respectively. The play off was won by Alloa Athletic who defeated Berwick Rangers in the final. Alloa Athletic therefore retained their Second Division status.

Overview

Relegated from Second Division to Third Division

Dumbarton

Promoted from Third Division to Second Division

Cowdenbeath

Stadia and attendances

Team	Stadium	Average	Highest
Arbroath	Gayfield Park	730	1,250
Albion Rovers	Cliftonhill	431	619
Berwick Rangers	Shielfield Park	565	2,054
Dumbarton	Strathclyde Homes Stadium	709	1,089
East Fife	Bayview Stadium	546	702
East Stirlingshire	Firs Park	307	396
Elgin City	Borough Briggs	423	537
Montrose	Links Park	463	1,211
Queen's Park	Hampden Park	590	916
Stenhousemuir	Ochilview Park	461	683

Table

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.

First half of season

Second half of season

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Goals	Team
1	Scotland Scott Chaplain	18	Albion Rovers
Scotland Martin Johnston	Elgin City
3	Scotland David Weatherston	16	Queen's Park
4	Scotland Craig O'Reilly	13	East Fife
5	Scotland Mark Ferry	11	Queen's Park
6	Scotland Stephen Dobbie	10	Dumbarton
Scotland Neil Jablonski	East Fife
Scotland Andy Rogers	Montrose
Scotland Pat Walker	Albion Rovers
Scotland Gary Wood	Berwick Rangers

References

Notes

A. Stenhousemuir 5–0 Montrose (12 August 2006); East Stirlingshire 5–0 Stenhousemuir (26 August 2006); East Fife 5–0 East Stirlingshire (1 September 2006); Elgin City 5–0 East Stirlingshire (14 October 2006); Queen's Park 5–0 Montrose (20 January 2007); Queen's Park 5–0 Albion Rovers (3 March 2007).

References

[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/e/east_stirlingshire/6622035.stm Shire given one year to improve] ''BBC Sport''. Retrieved 2007-05-03.

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