The 2005–06 Scottish Football League Third Division was the 12th season in the format of ten teams in the fourth-tier of Scottish football. The season started on 6 August 2005 and ended on 29 April 2006. Cowdenbeath finished top and were directly promoted to the 2006–07 Scottish Second Division.

The 2005–06 season saw the introduction of the play-offs in which the ninth placed team of the Scottish Second Division would enter and knock-out tournament with the teams ranked second, third and fourth in the Scottish Third Division. Berwick Rangers, Stenhousemuir and Arbroath entered the play-offs against Alloa Athletic of the Second Division, who emerged play-off winners and avoided relegation.

Teams for 2005–06

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Location of teams in 2005–06 Scottish Third Division

Gretna as champions of the 2004–05 season were directly promoted to the 2005–06 Scottish Second Division alongside Peterhead who finished second. They were replaced by Berwick Rangers, who finished bottom of the 2004–05 Scottish Second Division, and Arbroath respectively.

Overview

Relegated from Second Division to Third Division

Promoted from Third Division to Second Division

Stadia and attendances

Team Stadium Average
Arbroath Gayfield Park 591
Albion Rovers Cliftonhill 367
Berwick Rangers Shielfield Park 472
Cowdenbeath Central Park 471
East Fife Bayview Stadium 475
East Stirlingshire Firs Park 255
Elgin City Borough Briggs 429
Montrose Links Park 422
Queen's Park Hampden Park 506
Stenhousemuir Ochilview Park 475

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Cowdenbeath (C, P) 36 24 4 8 81 34 +47 76 Promotion to the Second Division
2 Berwick Rangers 36 23 7 6 54 27 +27 76 Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs[a]
3 Stenhousemuir 36 23 4 9 78 38 +40 73
4 Arbroath 36 16 7 13 57 47 +10 55
5 Elgin City 36 15 7 14 55 58 −3 52
6 Queen's Park 36 13 12 11 47 42 +5 51
7 East Fife 36 13 4 19 48 64 −16 43
8 Albion Rovers 36 7 8 21 39 60 −21 29
9 Montrose 36 6 10 20 31 59 −28 28
10 East Stirlingshire 36 6 5 25 28 89 −61 23
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ The 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams will be entered into a play-off with the Second Division's 9th placed team. The winning team will be awarded a place in the 2006–07 Second Division, Alloa Athletic won the play-off to stay in the division.

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Goals Team
1 Scotland Martin Johnston 20 Elgin City
2 Scotland Liam Buchanan 17 Cowdenbeath
3 Scotland Colin Cramb 16 Stenhousemuir
4 Scotland Paul McGrillen 15 Stenhousemuir
5 Scotland Kevin Haynes 13 Berwick Rangers
6 Scotland Greig Henslee 10 Montrose
7 Scotland Gareth Hutchison 9 Berwick Rangers
Scotland Iain Diack Stenhousemuir/
East Stirlingshire
Scotland Jay Stein Arbroath
Scotland Mark Booth Elgin City
Scotland David McKenna Cowdenbeath

References

Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_Scottish_Third_Division
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