Scottish Football League Second Division

Scottish Football League Second Division
	Scottish Second Division 2007-08
	Founded
	1893
	Nation
	Scotland;
	Promotion to
	S.F.L. First Division
	Relegation to
	S.F.L Third Division
	Number of teams
	10
	Domestic Cups
	Scottish Cup; Scottish League Cup; Scottish League Challenge Cup
	Champions (Scottish Second Division 2007-08)
	Ross County

The Scottish Football League Second Division is the second highest division of the Scottish Football League and the third highest overall in the Scottish football league system.

History

Before 1975 the Second Division (sometimes also called Division B) was the second highest level in the Scottish system. The division was founded in 1893 but its champions were not automatically promoted, as promotion depended on a system of ballots (election) by all League clubs. The first champions, Hibernian, were bypassed in favour of third-place finishers Clyde. Sometimes poor-performing First Division teams would not be voted out (relegated) at all; the most notorious was Queen's Park, in whose favour the rules may have been most likely devised. Automatic promotion was finally introduced when the Second Division was restarted in 1922 after a hiatus provoked by World War I, and ironically, its first victims were Queen's Park.

In 1975, to minimize the number of clubs per division, the old First and Second divisions were recombined into the new Premier, First, and new Second divisions. Accordingly, the last second-tier Second Division champions, Falkirk, were not promoted to the top flight but made up the new second tier along with bottom clubs from the old First Division and other top clubs from the old Second.

Current Status

Today's Second Division contains ten teams, as does the First Division and the Third Division. The teams play each other four times with three points for a victory and one point each for a drawn game. In the event of two teams finishing with the same number of points, the respctive teams' position is decided on goal difference. If goal difference is equal too, the team who has scored the most goals is placed higher.

Introduction of Play-Offs

Prior to season 2005-06, the top two teams were promoted to Division One and the bottom two were relegated to Division Three. From 2005-06, there is automatic promotion only for the top team and automatic relegation for the bottom placed team. The teams which are placed 2nd, 3rd and 4th enter into a play-off with the team which is 9th in the First Division, and the team which is placed 9th enters into a similar play-off with the teams which are placed 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the Third Division.

Sponsorship

On July 20, 2007, it was announced that Scottish Football League would be sponsored by Scottish soft drink company Irn-Bru for the next three seasons^[1].

Teams for 2007/08 season

Winners of the Second Division

Season	Winner	Runner Up
1923-24	Arthurlie	East Stirlingshire
1924-25	Nithsdale Wanderers	Queen of the South
1925-26	Helensburgh	Leith Athletic
1946-47	Stirling Albion	Dundee II
1947-48	East Stirlingshire	East Fife II
1948-49	Forfar Athletic	Leith Athletic
1949-75	No Second Division
1975-76	Clydebank	Raith Rovers
1976-77	Stirling Albion	Alloa Athletic
1977-78	Clyde	Raith Rovers
1978-79	Berwick Rangers	Dunfermline Athletic
1979-80	Falkirk	East Stirling
1980-81	Queen's Park	Queen of the South
1981-82	Clyde	Alloa Athletic
1982-83	Brechin City	Meadowbank Thistle
1983-84	Forfar Athletic	East Fife
1984-85	Montrose	Alloa Athletic
1985-86	Dunfermline Athletic	Queen of the South
1986-87	Meadowbank Thistle	Raith Rovers
1987-88	Ayr United	St. Johnstone
1988-89	Albion Rovers	Alloa Athletic
1989-90	Brechin City	Kilmarnock
1990-91	Stirling Albion	Montrose
1991-92	Dumbarton	Cowdenbeath
1992-93	Clyde	Brechin City
1993-94	Stranraer	Berwick Rangers
1994-95	Greenock Morton	Dumbarton
1995-96	Stirling Albion	East Fife
1996-97	Ayr United	Hamilton Academical
1997-98	Stranraer	Clydebank
1998-99	Livingston	Inverness Caledonian Thistle
1999-00	Clyde	Alloa Athletic
2000-01	Partick Thistle	Arbroath
2001-02	Queen of the South	Alloa Athletic
2002-03	Raith Rovers	Brechin City
2003-04	Airdrie United	Hamilton Academical
2004-05	Brechin City	Stranraer
2005-06	Gretna	Greenock Morton
2006-07	Greenock Morton	Stirling Albion
2007-08	Ross County	TBC

Notes

^ "SFL ends search for new sponsor" article from BBC Sport

External links

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[1] "SFL ends search for new sponsor" article from BBC Sport

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