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2010–11 Scottish Third Division

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Season
  
2010–11

Relegated
  
n/a

Champion
  
Arbroath F.C.

Matches played
  
180

Champions
  
Arbroath

Top goalscorer
  
Gavin Swankie (21)

Goals scored
  
555

2010–11 Scottish Third Division

Promoted
  
Arbroath, Albion Rovers (via Division 2 Play-offs)

Biggest home win
  
Montrose 8–1 Clyde (25 September 2010)

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The 2010–11 Scottish Football League Third Division (also known as the 2010–11 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 7 August 2011 and ended on 7 May 2011. Arbroath F.C. sealed the title, their first honour in their 133-year history, after a 4-1 win over local rivals Montrose on 23 April 2011.

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Promotion and relegation from 2009–10

Livingston as champions of the 2009–10 season were directly promoted to the 2010–11 Scottish Second Division. Thus completing only a one-year stay in the bottom tier of the Scottish Football League. They were replaced by Clyde who finished bottom of the 2009–10 Scottish Second Division.

A second promotion place was available via a play-off tournament between the ninth-placed team of the 2009–10 Scottish Second Division, Arbroath, and the sides ranked second, third and fourth in the 2009–10 Scottish Third Division, Forfar Athletic, East Stirlingshire and Queen's Park respectively. The play off was won by Forfar Athletic who defeated Arbroath in the final. Arbroath were therefore relegated.

Relegated from Second Division to Third Division

  • Clyde
  • Arbroath (via play-offs)
  • Promoted from Third Division to Second Division

  • Livingston
  • Forfar Athletic (via play-offs)
  • Stadia and locations

    A.^ East Stirlingshire ground shared with Stenhousemuir.

    League table

    Updated to games played on 7 May 2011.
    Source: ESPN soccernet
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
    (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, for a total of 36 games

    First half of season

    Updated to games played on 26 April 2011.
    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

    Updated to games played on 7 May 2011.
    Source: ESPN soccernet
    ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Top Goalscorers

    21 goals
  • Gavin Swankie (Arbroath)
  • 17 goals
  • Darren Gribben (Berwick Rangers)
  • Armand One (Stranraer)
  • 16 goals
  • Steven Doris (Arbroath)
  • 14 goals
  • Craig Malcolm (Stranraer)
  • Ian Harty (Annan Athletic)
  • 13 goals
  • Scott Agnew (Stranraer)
  • References

    2010–11 Scottish Third Division Wikipedia