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2007–08 Scottish Second Division

Field	Value
competition	Scottish Second Division
season	[2007–08](2007-08-in-scottish-football)
winners	Ross County
promoted	Ross County
Airdrie United
relegated	Cowdenbeath
Berwick Rangers
league topscorer	Andrew Barrowman (24)
prevseason	[2006–07](2006-07-scottish-second-division)
nextseason	[2008–09](2008-09-scottish-second-division)

Airdrie United Berwick Rangers The 2007–08 Second Division season was the fourteenth season of the Second Division in a ten team format.

The following teams competed: Airdrie United, Alloa Athletic, Ayr United, Berwick Rangers, Brechin City, Cowdenbeath, Peterhead, Queen's Park, Raith Rovers and Ross County.

The team which finished first were automatically promoted to the First Division, the teams which finished second, third and fourth were entered into the First division play-offs with the team which finished second bottom of the First Division for a place in the 2008–09 First Division.

The team which finished bottom were automatically relegated to the Third Division and the team which finished second bottom were entered into the Second division play-offs with the teams which finished second, third and fourth in the Third Division for a place in the 2008–09 Second Division.

Promotion and relegation from 2006–07

First and second divisions

Relegated from First Division to Second Division

Ross County
Airdrie United (via play-offs)

Promoted from Second Division to First Division

Greenock Morton
Stirling Albion (via play-offs)

Second and third divisions

Relegated from Second Division to Third Division

Stranraer
Forfar Athletic (via play-offs) Promoted from Third Division to Second Division
Berwick Rangers
Queens Park (via play-offs)

Events

Main article: 2007–08 in Scottish football#Notable events

15 March: East Fife confirm their promotion to the Second Division as Third Division champions with a 3–0 victory over East Stirlingshire.
29 March: Berwick Rangers are relegated from the Second Division after a 2–2 draw with Peterhead.
5 April: Ross County win promotion to the First Division as Champions after a 4–0 win over already-relegated Berwick Rangers and second place Airdrie United lose 2–1 to Brechin City.
8 April: Stirling Albion are relegated from the First Division to the Second Division after a 1–0 defeat to Partick Thistle.
10 May: Arbroath are promoted to the Second Division after a 2–1 aggregate win over Stranraer in the Second Division play-off final. Cowdenbeath, who were beaten by Arbroath in the semi-finals, are relegated to the Third Division.
10 May: Clyde retain their First Division status after defeating Airdrie United 3–0 on aggregate in the First Division play-off final.
29 May: First Division play-off runners-up Airdrie United are promoted to the First Division and Second Division play-off runners-up Stranraer are promoted to the Second Division following Gretna's demotion to the Third Division.

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

Scorer	Goals	Team
SCO Andrew Barrowman	24	Ross County
SCO Allan Russell	19	Airdrie United
SCO Alex Williams	16	Ayr United
SCO Martin Bavidge	15	Peterhead
SCO Ryan Stevenson	Ayr United
SCO Stuart Noble	14	Airdrie United
SCO Iain Diack	13	Brechin City
SCO Alan Trouten	12	Queen's Park
SCO Robert Mann	Peterhead
SCO Graham Weir	10	Raith Rovers
SCO Charlie King	Brechin City
RSA Graeme Brown	Alloa Athletic
SCO Sean Higgins	Ross County
SCO Mark Ferry	9	Queen's Park
SCO Brown Ferguson	Alloa Athletic
SCO David Goodwillie	Raith Rovers

Source: The League Insider

Attendances

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Highest	Lowest	Average
Ross County	Victoria Park	6,700	3,716	1,511	2,247
Raith Rovers	Stark's Park	10,104	2,357	1,349	1,759
Ayr United	Somerset Park	11,998	1,345	971	1,137
Airdrie United	New Broomfield	10,171	1,645	611	981
Queen's Park	Hampden Park	52,500	1,211	431	712
Peterhead	Balmoor	4,000	926	462	694
Alloa Athletic	Recreation Park	3,100	1,053	441	602
Cowdenbeath	Central Park	4,370	1,953	244	519
Brechin City	Glebe Park	3,960	669	345	489
Berwick Rangers	Shielfield Park	4,131	778	259	479

Source: The League Insider

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Ross County	SCO Dick Campbell	Mutual consent	2 October	SCO Derek Adams	21 November
Berwick Rangers	SCO John Coughlin	Resigned	7 October	SCO Michael Renwick	24 October
Queen's Park	SCO Billy Stark	Resigned	9 January	SCO Gardner Speirs	25 January
Greenock Morton	SCO Jim McInally	Resigned	12 February	SCO David Irons	19 February

Monthly awards

Main article: Scottish Football League monthly awards

Month	Second Division manager	SFL Player	SFL Young player
August	SCO Billy Stark (Queen's Park)	First Division player	First Division player
September	SCO Steve Paterson (Peterhead)	SCO Ryan Stevenson (Ayr United)	First Division player
October	SCO Alan Maitland (Alloa Athletic)	First Division player	First Division player
November	SCO Derek Adams (Ross County)	First Division player	Third Division player
December	SCO Michael O'Neill (Brechin City)	SCO Allan Russell (Airdrie United)	First Division player
January	SCO Derek Adams (Ross County)	SCO Andrew Barrowman (Ross County)	First Division player
February	SCO Neale Cooper (Peterhead)	First Division player	First Division player
March	SCO Brian Reid (Ayr United)	First Division player	First Division player
April	SCO Alan Maitland (Alloa Athletic)	First Division player	First Division player

Second Division play-offs

Semi-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

Second legs

Raeside

Mullen Gibson

Final

The two semi-final winners played each other over two legs, the home team in the 1st Leg was determined by a draw conducted on 1 April 2008. the winning team was awarded a place in the 2008–09 Second Division.

First leg

Sellars

Second leg

References

(1 June 2007). "East Stirlingshire 0–3 East Fife". BBC Sport.
(5 April 2008). "Ross County 4–0 Berwick Rangers". [[BBC Sport]].
(8 April 2008). "Partick Thistle 1–0 Stirling Alb". [[BBC Sport]].
(10 May 2008). "Stranraer 1–0 Arbroath (1–2)". [[BBC Sport]].
(10 May 2008). "Clyde 2–0 Airdrie United (3–0)". [[BBC Sport]].
(29 May 2008). "Gretna demoted to Division Three". [[BBC Sport]].

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