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2007–08 Scottish Third Division

Field	Value
competition	Scottish Football League Third Division
season	2007–08
winners	East Fife
promoted	East Fife
Stranraer
Arbroath
relegated	n/a
matches	180
total goals	526
biggest home win	East Fife 7–0 Stenhousemuir
(29 September 2007)
biggest away win	Elgin City 0–5 Stranraer
(27 February 2008)
highest scoring	East Stirlingshire 4–5 Albion Rovers
(8 December 2007)
longest wins	8 games
East Fife
longest unbeaten	11 games
Arbroath
East Fife
longest winless	12 games
East Stirlingshire
longest losses	10 games
East Stirlingshire
prevseason	[2006–07](2006-07-scottish-third-division)
nextseason	[2008–09](2008-09-scottish-third-division)

Stranraer Arbroath (29 September 2007) (27 February 2008) (8 December 2007) East Fife Arbroath East Fife East Stirlingshire East Stirlingshire

The 2007–08 Scottish Football League Third Division was the 14th season in the format of ten teams in the fourth-tier of Scottish football. The season started on 4 August 2007 and ended on 26 April 2008. East Fife F.C. finished top and were promoted alongside Arbroath F.C. as play-off winners. Stranraer F.C. were also promoted due to Gretna being demoted to the Third Division.

Teams for 2007–08

Berwick Rangers as champions of the 2006–07 season were directly promoted to the 2007–08 Scottish Second Division. They were replaced by Forfar Athletic who finished bottom of the 2006–07 Scottish Second Division.

A second promotion place was available via a play-off tournament between the ninth-placed team of the 2006–07 Scottish Second Division, Stranraer, and the sides ranked second, third and fourth in the 2006–07 Scottish Third Division, Arbroath, Queen's Park and East Fife respectively. The play-off was won by Queen's Park who defeated East Fife in the final. Stranraer were therefore relegated.

Overview

Relegated from Second Division to Third Division

Forfar Athletic
Stranraer (via play-offs)

Promoted from Third Division to Second Division

Berwick Rangers
Queens Park (via play-offs)

Stadia and attendances

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Highest	Lowest	Average
East Fife	Bayview Stadium	2,000	1,300	540	769
Arbroath	Gayfield Park	6,488	959	421	611
Montrose	Links Park	3,292	1,470	321	597
Dumbarton	Strathclyde Homes Stadium	2,025	907	258	559
Elgin City	Borough Briggs	3,927	624	301	471
Stenhousemuir	Ochilview Park	3,776	755	212	414
Forfar Athletic	Station Park	5,177	615	270	410
East Stirlingshire	Firs Park	1,800	791	235	377
Albion Rovers	Cliftonhill	1,249	512	186	307
Stranraer	Stair Park	5,600	487	117	255

Source: The League Insider

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Stenhousemuir	SCO Campbell Money	Resigned	29 September 2007	SCO John Coughlin	12 October 2007
Ayr United	SCO Neil Watt	Resigned	23 October 2007	SCO Brian Reid	24 October 2007
Dumbarton	SCO Gerry McCabe	Sacked	11 November 2007	SCO Jim Chapman	31 December 2007
East Stirlingshire	SCO Gordon Wylde	Resigned	28 February 2008	SCO Jim McInally	13 March 2008
Forfar Athletic	SCO Jim Moffat	Mutual consent	url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/f/forfar_athletic/7358815.stm	publisher=BBC Sport website	title= Forfar exit for manager Moffat	date=21 April 2008	access-date= 23 April 2008	archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080427000407/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/f/forfar_athletic/7358815.stm	archive-date= 27 April 2008	url-status= live}}	SCO Dick Campbell	8 May
Berwick Rangers	SCO Michael Renwick	Sacked	url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/berwick_rangers/7359841.stm	publisher=BBC Sport website	title=Berwick part company with Renwick	date=21 April 2008	access-date= 23 April 2008	archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080426174347/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/berwick_rangers/7359841.stm	archive-date= 26 April 2008	url-status= live}}	SCO Allan McGonigal	13 May

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 John Baird	18	Montrose
SCO Paul McManus	17	East Fife
SCO Michael Mullen	13	Stranraer
SCO Roddy Hunter	12	Montrose
SCO Darren Shallicker	Elgin City
SCO Andrew Brand	11	East Stirlingshire
SCO John Gemmell	Albion Rovers
SCO Brian Scott	Arbroath
FRA Gregory Tade	Stranraer
SCO Joseph Savage	10	East Stirlingshire
SCO Kenny Wright	Albion Rovers
SCO Scott Dalziel	9	Stenhousemuir
SCO William Martin	8	Albion Rovers
SCO Barry Sellars	Arbroath
SCO Douglas Cameron	East Fife
SCO Greig McDonald	7	East Fife

Source: The League Insider

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, becoming the first team in Britain to win a league trophy in the 2007–08 season.{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_div_1/7296314.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|title= East Stirlingshire 0–3 East Fife |date=1 June 2007| access-date= 23 May 2008 }}
29 March: Berwick Rangers are relegated from the Second Division after a 2–2 draw with Peterhead.
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.
29 May: Second Division play-off runners-up Stranraer are promoted to the Second Division following Gretna's demotion to the Third Division.

Monthly awards

Main article: Scottish Football League monthly awards

Month	Third Division manager	SFL Player	SFL Young player
August	SCO Gordon Wylde (East Stirlingshire)	First Division player	First Division player
September	SCO John McGlashan (Arbroath)	Second Division player	First Division player
October	ENG David Baikie (East Fife)	First Division player	First Division player
November	ENG David Baikie (East Fife)	First Division player	SCO Scott Fox (East Fife)
December	SCO Gerry Britton (Stranraer)	Second Division player	First Division player
January	ENG David Baikie (East Fife)	Second Division player	First Division player
February	SCO Derek Ferguson (Stranraer)	First Division player	First Division player
March	SCO Robbie Williamson (Elgin City)	First Division player	First Division player
April	SCO Derek Ferguson (Stranraer)	First Division player	First Division player

Second Division play-offs

Main article: Scottish Second Division 2007-08#Second Division play-offs

References

(21 April 2008). "Forfar exit for manager Moffat". BBC Sport website.
(8 May 2008). "Campbell takes the helm at Forfar". BBC Sport.
(21 April 2008). "Berwick part company with Renwick". BBC Sport website.
(8 May 2008). "McGonigal takes over at Berwick". BBC Sport.
(28 March 2008). "Berwick Rangers 2–2 Peterhead". [[BBC Sport]].
(10 May 2008). "Stranraer 1–0 Arbroath (1–2)". [[BBC Sport]].
(29 May 2008). "Gretna demoted to Division Three". [[BBC Sport]].

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