2010–11 Scottish Second Division

Football league season
Irn-Bru Scottish Second Division
Season2010–11
ChampionsLivingston
PromotedLivingston, Ayr United (via Division 1 play-offs)
RelegatedAlloa Athletic, Peterhead
Biggest home winEast Fife 6–0 Dumbarton
(28 August 2010)
East Fife 6–0 Stenhousemuir
(11 December 2010) Brechin City 6–0 Dumbarton
(26 March 2011)
Biggest away winPeterhead 0–5 Brechin
(11 December 2010) Airdrie Utd 0–5 Ayr Utd
(5 March 2011)
Highest scoringLivingston 4–3 East Fife
(29 January 2011) Ayr Utd 4–3 Stenhousemuir
(29 January 2011)
Highest attendance1,863:
Livingston 2–1 Airdrie Utd
(21 August 2010)
Lowest attendance312:
Peterhead 5–1 Airdrie Utd
(14 December 2010)

The 2010–11 Scottish Second Division was the seventeenth season of the Second Division in its current format of ten teams.

Promotion and relegation from 2009–10

First & Second Divisions

Relegated from First Division to Second Division

Promoted from Second Division to First Division

Second & Third Divisions

Relegated from Second Division to Third Division

Promoted from Third Division to Second Division

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Livingston (C, P) 36 25 7 4 79 33 +46 82 Promotion to the First Division
2 Ayr United (O, P) 36 18 5 13 62 55 +7 59 Qualification for the First Division play-offs
3 Forfar Athletic 36 17 8 11 50 48 +2 59
4 Brechin City 36 15 12 9 63 45 +18 57
5 East Fife 36 14 10 12 77 60 +17 52
6 Airdrie United 36 13 9 14 52 60 −8 48
7 Dumbarton 36 11 7 18 52 70 −18 40
8 Stenhousemuir 36 10 8 18 46 59 −13 38
9 Alloa Athletic (R) 36 9 9 18 49 71 −22 36 Qualification for the Second Division play-offs
10 Peterhead (R) 36 5 11 20 47 76 −29 26 Relegation to the Third Division
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

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

Home \ Away AIR ALO AYR BRE DUM EFI FOR LIV PET STE
Airdrie United 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–0
Alloa Athletic 2–3 4–1 2–2 0–0 3–2 3–2 2–2 2–2 1–0
Ayr United 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–0 0–4 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–0
Brechin City 3–1 3–1 0–3 3–3 2–3 0–0 1–3 4–2 0–0
Dumbarton 1–3 4–1 3–2 1–3 4–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 1–0
East Fife 3–3 4–1 2–3 1–3 6–0 1–3 2–4 2–1 6–0
Forfar Athletic 1–2 1–1 4–1 1–1 4–1 3–2 1–0 1–1 2–0
Livingston 2–1 3–3 3–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 4–1
Peterhead 5–1 1–0 2–4 0–5 1–0 2–2 1–2 0–0 2–2
Stenhousemuir 1–3 0–1 3–1 0–0 4–0 1–1 3–0 1–2 3–1
Updated to match(es) played on 19 April 2011. Source: BBC Sport
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home \ Away AIR ALO AYR BRE DUM EFI FOR LIV PET STE
Airdrie United 0–2 0–5 2–2 2–1 2–2 3–1 2–4 1–0 2–2
Alloa Athletic 1–0 0–1 2–2 2–3 1–3 0–3 1–3 0–0 1–2
Ayr United 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 0–3 2–2 4–3
Brechin City 1–2 3–2 1–0 6–0 1–3 0–1 1–0 3–1 3–1
Dumbarton 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–2 4–2 0–0 0–3 5–2 0–1
East Fife 0–1 3–1 3–2 0–0 1–3 3–0 1–3 3–1 1–1
Forfar Athletic 1–2 3–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–4 2–1 1–1
Livingston 2–0 4–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 4–3 3–0 5–1 2–1
Peterhead 2–4 4–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–1 3–0 0–3
Stenhousemuir 1–0 2–3 2–1 1–3 2–2 0–2 0–1 0–3 4–2
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2011. Source: ESPN soccernet
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

21 goals
18 goals
13 goals

Second Division play-offs

Times are BST (UTC+1)

Semi-finals

The fourth placed team in the Third Division will play the ninth placed team in the Second Division, and third placed team in the Third Division will play the second placed team in the Third Division. The play-offs will be played over two legs on Wednesday 11 May 2011 & Saturday 14 May 2011, the winning team in each semi-final will advance to the final televised live on BBC Alba on Sunday 22 May 2011.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Annan Athletic 2 – 1 Alloa Athletic 2–1 0–0
Queen's Park 1 – 3 Albion Rovers 1–1 0–2

First legs

Annan Athletic2 – 1Alloa Athletic
Muirhead 14'
Steele 60'		 BBC Sport Scott 65'
Attendance: 621
Referee: Craig Charleston
Queen's Park1 – 1Albion Rovers
Smith 11' BBC Sport Chaplain 80'
Attendance: 789
Referee: Brian Colvin

Second legs

Alloa Athletic0 – 0Annan Athletic
BBC Sport
Attendance: 622
Albion Rovers2 – 0Queen's Park
Gemmell 67', 89' BBC Sport
Attendance: 859

Final

The two semi-final winners will play each other over two legs. The winning team will be awarded a place in the 2011–12 Second Division.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Albion Rovers 4 – 3 Annan Athletic 3–1 1–2

First leg

Albion Rovers3 – 1Annan Athletic
Love 15', 67', 76' BBC Sport Harty 42'
Attendance: 1,014
Referee: Alan Muir

Second leg

Annan Athletic2 – 1Albion Rovers
Gilfillan 51', 65' BBC Sport Donnelly 24'
Attendance: 1,165

Stadia

Team Stadium Capacity Seated
Ayr United Somerset Park 10,243 1,597
Airdrie United Excelsior Stadium 10,171 All
Livingston Braidwood Motor Company Stadium 10,122 All
Forfar Athletic Station Park 5,177 739
Peterhead Balmoor 4,000 1,000
Brechin City Glebe Park 3,960 1,519
Stenhousemuir Ochilview Park 3,776 626
Alloa Athletic Recreation Park 3,142 919
Dumbarton Strathclyde Homes Stadium 2,025 All
East Fife Bayview Stadium 1,992 All

See also

References

External links

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