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2008–09 Scottish Second Division

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Season
  
2008–09

Top goalscorer
  
Champions
  
Champion
  
2008–09 Scottish Second Division

Promoted
  
Raith Rovers, Ayr United

Biggest home win
  
Biggest away win
  
Relegated
  
Stranraer F.C., Queen's Park F.C.

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The 2008–09 Scottish Second Division was the fourteenth season of the Second Division in its current format of ten teams.

Contents

First & Second Divisions

Relegated from First Division to Second Division

  • Stirling Albion
  • Promoted from Second Division to First Division

  • Ross County
  • Airdrie United (losing play-off finalists, promoted due to Gretna's demotion to Third Division)
  • Second & Third Divisions

    Relegated from Second Division to Third Division

  • Berwick Rangers
  • Cowdenbeath (via play-offs)
  • Promoted from Third Division to Second Division

  • East Fife
  • Arbroath (via play-offs)
  • Stranraer (losing play-off finalists, promoted due to Gretna's demotion to Third Division)
  • League table

    Source: BBC Sport
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
    Second Division Play-offs:The 9th placed team will be entered into a play-off with the Third Division's 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams. The winning team will be awarded a place in the 2009–10 Second Division.
    First Division Play-offs:The 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams will be entered into a play-off with the First Division's 9th placed team. The winning team will be awarded a place in the 2009–10 First Division
    (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
    Only applicable when the season is not finished:
    (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

    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

    Source: BBC Sport
    ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Second half of season

    Source: BBC Sport
    ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Top scorers

    Source: The League Insider

    Attendances

    Source:The League Insider

    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

    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 16 April 2008. The winning team were awarded a place in the 2008–09 Second Division.

    First leg

    Second leg

    References

    2008–09 Scottish Second Division Wikipedia


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