1996–97 Scottish Second Division

Scottish Second Division
Season	1996–97
Champions	Ayr United
Promoted	Ayr United Hamilton Academical
Relegated	Dumbarton Berwick Rangers
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The 1996–97 Scottish Second Division was won by Ayr United who, along with second placed Hamilton Academical, were promoted to the First Division. Stenhousemuir and Berwick Rangers were relegated to the Third Division.

Table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Ayr United	36	23	8	5	61	33	28	77	Promotion to the 1997–98 First Division
2	Hamilton Academical	36	22	8	6	75	28	47	74	Promotion to the 1997–98 First Division
3	Livingston	36	18	10	8	56	38	18	64
4	Clyde	36	14	10	12	42	39	3	52
5	Queen of the South	36	13	8	15	55	57	−2	47
6	Stenhousemuir	36	11	11	14	49	43	6	44
7	Brechin City	36	10	11	15	36	49	−13	41
8	Stranraer	36	9	9	18	29	51	−22	36
9	Dumbarton	36	9	8	19	44	66	−22	35	Relegation to the 1997–98 Third Division
10	Berwick Rangers	36	4	11	21	32	75	−43	23	Relegation to the 1997–98 Third Division

Promoted: Ayr United, Hamilton Academical
Relegated: Dumbarton, Berwick Rangers

P	Name	Goals
1	Iain Stewart (Inverness CT)	16
2	G Harvey (Livingston)	15
=	Ian Little (Stenhousemuir)	15
4	Martin McLauchan (Forfar Athletic)	14
5	Colin McDonald (Clydebank)	13
=	B Thomson (Inverness CT)	13
7	Ben Honeyman (Forfar Athletic)	12
8	Tommy Bryce (Queen of the South)	11
=	Matthew Dyer (East Fife)	11
=	Gordon Young (Stranraer)	11

1996–97 in Scottish football

« 1995–96 1997–98 »

Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Challenge Cup (Final) Junior Cup

European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup

Related to national team	Results 1998 World Cup qualifying (Group 4)

Club seasons

Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Raith Rovers Rangers

First Division	Airdrieonians Clydebank Dundee East Fife Falkirk Greenock Morton Partick Thistle St. Johnstone St. Mirren Stirling Albion

Second Division	Ayr United Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clyde Dumbarton Hamilton Academical Livingston Queen of the South Stenhousemuir Stranraer

Third Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Cowdenbeath East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Inverness Caledonian Thistle Montrose Queen's Park Ross County

Third division football seasons in Scotland

Division Three	1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75

Second Division	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13

Scottish League One	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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