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2009–10 Scottish Third Division

Scottish Football League Third Division

Field	Value
competition	Irn-Bru Scottish Third Division
season	[2009–10](2010-11-in-scottish-football)
winners	Livingston
promoted	Livingston
Forfar Athletic
relegated	n/a
matches	180
total goals	460
league topscorer	Craig Gunn (18)
biggest home win	Forfar Athletic 5–1 East Stirlingshire
(29 August 2009)
East Stirlingshire 4–0 Forfar Athletic
(6 March 2010)
Montrose 4–0 Forfar Athletic
(16 March 2010)
biggest away win	Elgin City 1–6 Livingston
(7 November 2009)
Montrose 0–5 Livingston
(24 April 2010)
highest scoring	Montrose 4–5 Stranraer
(16 February 2010)
longest wins	8 games
East Stirlingshire
longest unbeaten	12 games
Livingston
longest winless	19 games
Montrose
longest losses	4 games
Albion Rovers
Annan Athletic
East Stirlingshire
Livingston
prevseason	[2008–09](2008-09-scottish-third-division)
nextseason	[2010–11](2010-11-scottish-third-division)

Forfar Athletic (29 August 2009) East Stirlingshire 4–0 Forfar Athletic (6 March 2010) Montrose 4–0 Forfar Athletic (16 March 2010) (7 November 2009) Montrose 0–5 Livingston (24 April 2010) (16 February 2010) East Stirlingshire Livingston Montrose Albion Rovers Annan Athletic East Stirlingshire Livingston The 2009–10 Scottish Football League Third Division (also known as the 2009–10 Irn-Bru Scottish Football League Third Division for sponsorship reasons) was the 16th season in the format of ten teams in the fourth-tier of Scottish football. The season started on 8 August 2009 and ended on 1 May 2010. Livingston F.C. finished top and were promoted alongside Forfar Athletic as play-off winners.

Teams

Promotion and relegation from 2008–09

Dumbarton as champions of the 2008–09 season were directly promoted to the 2009–10 Scottish Second Division. They were replaced by Stranraer who finished bottom of the 2008–09 Scottish Second Division.

A second promotion place was available via a play-off tournament between the ninth-placed team of the 2008–09 Scottish Second Division, Queen's Park, and the sides ranked second, third and fourth in the 2008–09 Scottish Third Division, Cowdenbeath, East Stirlingshire and Stenhousemuir respectively. The play off was won by Stenhousemuir who defeated Cowdenbeath in the final. Queen's Park were therefore relegated. However, Livingston F.C. were demoted to the Third Division, leading to an extra promotion being awarded. Cowdenbeath as runners-up of the play-off final were therefore promoted.

Relegated from First Division to Third Division

Livingston

Relegated from Second Division to Third Division

Stranraer
Queen's Park (via playoffs)

Promoted from Third Division to Second Division

Dumbarton
Stenhousemuir (via playoffs)
Cowdenbeath (losing play-off finalists, promoted due to Livingston's demotion to the Third Division)

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	url=http://sport.scotsman.com/CustomPages/CustomPage.aspx?PageID=76883
Albion Rovers	Coatbridge	Cliftonhill	2,496
Annan Athletic	Annan	Galabank	3,000
Livingston	Livingston	Almondvale Stadium	10,005
Berwick Rangers	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Shielfield Park	4,065
Forfar Athletic	Forfar	Station Park	5,177
East Stirlingshire	Stenhousemuir	Ochilview Park	3,746
Elgin City	Elgin	Borough Briggs	3,716
Montrose	Montrose	Links Park	3,292
Queen's Park	Glasgow	Hampden Park	52,025
Stranraer	Stranraer	Stair Park	6,250

A.East Stirlingshire ground shared with Stenhousemuir.

League 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

References

[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/livingston/8241342.stm Livi lose appeal against the drop], BBC Sport. 2009-09-07.
"Scottish Football League: News From Your Club". www.scotsman.com.
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