Season 2009–10 Relegated n/a Champion Livingston F.C. Matches played 180 | Champions Livingston Top goalscorer Craig Gunn (18) Goals scored 460 | |
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Promoted Livingston
Forfar Athletic 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
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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 15th 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.
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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
Relegated from Second Division to Third Division
Promoted from Third Division to Second Division
Stadia and locations
A. East Stirlingshire ground shared with Stenhousemuir.
League table
Updated to games played on 1 May 2010.
Source: Scottish Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Second Division Play-offs: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 2010–11 Second 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
Updated to games played on 12 April 2010.
Source: Scottish Football League
1 ^ 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
Updated to games played on 1 May 2010.
Source: Scottish Football League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.