2010–11 Scottish Third Division

Irn-Bru Scottish Third Division
Season 2010–11
Champions Arbroath
Promoted Arbroath, Albion Rovers (via Division 2 Play-offs)
Relegated n/a
Matches played 180
Goals scored 555 (3.08 per match)
Top goalscorer Gavin Swankie (21)
Biggest home win Montrose 8–1 Clyde
(25 September 2010)
Biggest away win

Montrose 0–5 Arbroath
(2 January 2011)

Berwick Rangers 1–6 Albion Rovers
(15 March 2011)
Highest scoring Montrose 8–1 Clyde
(25 September 2010)
Longest winning run 6 games
Queen's Park
Longest unbeaten run 12 games
Queen's Park
Longest winless run 14 games
Clyde
Longest losing run 7 games
Clyde
Highest attendance

1243:

Arbroath 4–1 Montrose
(23 April 2011)
Lowest attendance

178:

East Stirlingshire 1–5 Annan Athletic
(15 March 2011)

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.[1][2]

Teams

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

Promoted from Third Division to Second Division

Stadia and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity [3]
Albion Rovers Coatbridge Cliftonhill 2,496
Annan Athletic Annan Galabank 3,000
Arbroath Arbroath Gayfield Park 4,153
Berwick Rangers Berwick-upon-Tweed Shielfield Park 4,065
Clyde Cumbernauld Broadwood 8,006
East Stirlingshire Stenhousemuir Ochilview Park[A] 3,746
Elgin City Elgin Borough Briggs 3,716
Montrose Montrose Links Park 3,292
Queen's Park Glasgow Hampden Park 52,025
Stranraer Stranraer Stair Park 6,250

A.^ East Stirlingshire ground shared with Stenhousemuir.[4]

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Arbroath (C) (P) 36 20 6 10 80 61+19 66 Promotion to 2011–12 Scottish Second Division
2 Albion Rovers (O) 36 17 10 9 56 40+16 61 Qualification for promotion play-offs
3 Queen's Park 36 18 5 13 57 43+14 59
4 Annan Athletic 36 16 11 9 58 45+13 59
5 Stranraer 36 15 12 9 72 57+15 57
6 Berwick Rangers 36 12 13 11 62 56+6 49
7 Elgin City 36 13 6 17 53 6310 45
8 Montrose 36 10 7 19 47 6114 37
9 East Stirlingshire 36 10 4 22 33 6229 34
10 Clyde 36 8 8 20 37 6730 32

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

Home ╲ Away ALB ANN ARBBERCLYESTELGMONQPASTR
Albion Rovers 00 02 22 31 10 31 31 21 12
Annan Athletic 41 12 11 02 31 01 22 21 22
Arbroath 11 02 32 32 20 20 40 10 00
Berwick Rangers 16 22 41 21 30 62 10 11 22
Clyde 12 02 11 14 12 11 11 23 22
East Stirlingshire 00 15 13 00 00 02 21 01 01
Elgin City 22 20 35 12 01 02 32 42 12
Montrose 02 11 30 11 81 02 01 12 33
Queen's Park 01 30 52 02 01 20 11 10 13
Stranraer 32 22 41 11 31 41 21 12 10

Updated to games played on 26 April 2011.
Source: BBC Sport
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

Home ╲ Away ALB ANN ARBBERCLYESTELGMONQPASTR
Albion Rovers 00 30 01 11 20 20 02 12 10
Annan Athletic 22 30 23 10 21 22 21 12 21
Arbroath 30 21 21 20 35 35 41 22 22
Berwick Rangers 22 23 04 11 11 40 01 31 33
Clyde 01 02 03 20 20 33 20 02 42
East Stirlingshire 12 20 25 10 20 21 12 32 02
Elgin City 11 23 32 32 01 20 10 01 21
Montrose 02 01 05 11 31 30 10 02 32
Queen's Park 21 01 11 10 40 20 10 41 33
Stranraer 13 11 34 31 30 20 12 22 21

Updated to games played on 7 May 2011.
Source: ESPN soccernet
1 ^ 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
17 goals
16 goals
14 goals
13 goals

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Scotland Gribben, DarrenDarren Gribben Berwick Rangers Elgin City 6–2 14 August 2010
Scotland Gribben, DarrenDarren Gribben Berwick Rangers Arbroath 4–1 11 September 2010
Scotland Tosh, PaulPaul Tosh Montrose Clyde 8–1 25 September 2010
Scotland Doris, StevenSteven Doris Arbroath Montrose 4–0 13 November 2010
Scotland Swankie, GavinGavin Swankie Arbroath Stranraer 4–3 29 January 2011
France Oné, ArmandArmand One Stranraer East Stirlingshire 4–1 23 February 2011
England Gray, DamonDamon Gray Berwick Rangers Elgin City 4–0 5 March 2011
Scotland Chaplain, ScottScott Chaplain Albion Rovers Berwick Rangers 6–1 15 March 2011
Scotland Swankie, GavinGavin Swankie Arbroath East Stirlingshire 5–2 19 March 2011
Scotland Longworth, JamieJamie Longworth Queen's Park Montrose 4–1 7 May 2011
Scotland Gormley, DavidDavid Gormley Elgin City Arbroath 5–3 7 May 2011

See also

References

  1. "Rovers seal title glory". ESPN Soccernet. 23 April 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
  2. "Arbroath 4-1 Montrose". BBC Sport. 23 April 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
  3. "Scottish Football League: News From Your Club". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
  4. East Stirlingshire FC, www.eaststirlingshirefc.com Retrieved 2011-05-25.

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