2008–09 Scottish Second Division

The 2008–09 Scottish Second Division was the fourteenth season of the Second Division in its current format of ten teams.

Irn-Bru Scottish Second Division
Season2008–09
ChampionsRaith Rovers
PromotedRaith Rovers, Ayr United
RelegatedStranraer, Queen's Park
Top goalscorerKevin Smith (18)
Biggest home winAyr United 5–0 Stranraer
Biggest away winStranraer 2–8 Stirling Albion

Promotion and relegation from 2007–08
Location of teams in Scottish Second Division 2008–09

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 Raith Rovers (C, P) 36 22 10 4 60 27 +33 76 Promotion to the First Division
2 Ayr United (P) 36 22 8 6 71 38 +33 74 Qualification for the First Division Play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
3 Brechin City 36 18 8 10 51 45 +6 62
4 Peterhead 36 15 11 10 54 39 +15 56
5 Stirling Albion 36 14 11 11 59 49 +10 53
6 East Fife 36 13 5 18 39 44 −5 44
7 Arbroath 36 11 8 17 44 46 −2 41
8 Alloa Athletic 36 11 8 17 47 59 −12 41
9 Queen's Park (R) 36 7 12 17 35 54 −19 33 Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs[lower-alpha 2]
10 Stranraer (R) 36 3 7 26 31 90 −59 16 Relegation to the Second Third Division
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. The 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams will be entered into a play-off with the First Division's 9th placed team. The winning team will be awarded a place in the 2009–10 First Division
  2. The 9th placed team will be entered into a play-off with the Third Division's 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams. The winning team will be awarded a place in the 2009–10 Second Division.

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.

First half of season
Home \ Away ALO ARB AYR BRE EFI PET QPA RAI STI STR
Alloa Athletic 2–1 0–2 2–1 0–3 1–0 1–3 1–1 4–3 5–1
Arbroath 4–1 0–3 1–2 0–1 4–0 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–0
Ayr United 3–0 2–1 1–1 4–2 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–2
Brechin City 3–1 3–1 0–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–0
East Fife 1–0 3–2 3–0 0–0 0–2 1–2 0–2 0–1 1–2
Peterhead 1–0 1–1 3–0 5–1 0–1 4–1 1–2 1–1 4–0
Queen's Park 1–0 1–2 0–3 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–2
Raith Rovers 4–1 2–1 3–2 2–2 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 2–1
Stirling Albion 3–2 0–2 2–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–3 2–1 3–2
Stranraer 2–2 2–2 1–3 1–2 0–4 0–3 0–0 0–2 1–0
Source: BBC Sport
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season
Home \ Away ALO ARB AYR BRE EFI PET QPA RAI STI STR
Alloa Athletic 2–0 3–2 3–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–3 2–2
Arbroath 1–0 1–3 0–0 0–2 2–2 3–0 0–2 1–2 2–0
Ayr United 1–1 2–1 4–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 3–1 5–0
Brechin City 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–4 1–2 2–1
East Fife 0–2 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–3 4–2 0–1 0–3 4–0
Peterhead 2–2 1–0 2–3 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0
Queen's Park 1–2 0–1 0–3 0–0 3–1 2–1 0–1 3–1 1–1
Raith Rovers 3–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 3–3 1–0 1–1 2–1
Stirling Albion 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–3 2–0 2–1 4–0 0–1 1–2
Stranraer 1–3 1–5 1–4 0–3 0–1 0–1 2–2 0–3 2–8
Source: BBC Sport
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers
Rank Scorer Team Goals
1 Scotland Kevin Smith Raith Rovers 18
2 Scotland Bryan Prunty Ayr United 15
3 Scotland David McKenna Stirling Albion 13
4 Scotland Paul McManus East Fife 12
5 Scotland Martin Grehan Stirling Albion 11
6 Scotland Ryan Stevenson Ayr United 10
7 Scotland Graham Weir Raith Rovers 9
Scotland David Gormley Ayr United
Scotland Graeme Sharp Peterhead
Scotland Martin Bavidge Peterhead

Source: The League Insider

Attendances
Team Stadium Capacity Highest Lowest Average
Raith Rovers Stark's Park 10,104 4,812 1,294 2,106
Ayr United Somerset Park 11,998 2,363 1,057 1,477
East Fife Bayview Stadium 2,000 1,980 533 864
Queen's Park Hampden Park 52,500 1,763 466 730
Stirling Albion Forthbank Stadium 3,808 1,125 404 642
Arbroath Gayfield Park 4,125 921 411 638
Alloa Athletic Recreation Park 3,100 1,057 331 637
Peterhead Balmoor 4,000 837 400 615
Brechin City Glebe Park 3,960 780 315 552
Stranraer Stair Park 5,600 891 124 303

Source:The League Insider

Managerial changes
See also: 2008–09 in Scottish football § Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Table position[9]
Brechin City Northern Ireland Michael O'Neill Resigned 15 December 2008[10] Scotland Jim Duffy 9 January[11] 3
Stranraer Scotland Derek Ferguson Resigned 24 January[12] Scotland Keith Knox 17 February[13] 10
East Fife Scotland Dave Baikie Resigned 14 April[14] Scotland Stevie Crawford 14 April[14] 6

Monthly awards
Main article: Scottish Football League monthly awards
Month First Division manager SFL Player SFL Young player
Manager Club Player Club Player Club
August[15] Italy Roberto Landi Livingston Scotland Stephen Robertson Airdrie United Scotland Leigh Griffiths Livingston
September[16] Scotland Jim McIntyre Dunfermline Athletic Scotland Paul McManus East Fife Scotland Calum Elliot Livingston
October[17] Scotland Derek McInnes St Johnstone Scotland Steven Milne St Johnstone England Dominic Shimmin Greenock Morton
November[18] Scotland Jocky Scott Dundee Scotland Bryan Prunty Ayr United Scotland Kyle Benedictus Dundee
December[19] Scotland John Brown Clyde Scotland Alan Main St Johnstone Scotland Chris McMenamin Berwick Rangers
January[20] Scotland Ian McCall Partick Thistle Scotland Willie McLaren Clyde Scotland Bobby Barr Albion Rovers
February[21] Scotland Jocky Scott Dundee Scotland Gary Harkins Partick Thistle Scotland Fraser McLaren Berwick Rangers
March[22] Scotland Paul Hegarty Livingston Scotland Kevin Rutkiewicz St Johnstone Scotland Leigh Griffiths Livingston
April[23] Scotland Gordon Chisholm Queen of the South Scotland Stephen Dobbie Queen of the South Scotland Kevin Moon St Johnstone

Second Division play-offs

Semi-finals

The ninth placed team in the Second Division played the fourth placed team in the Third Division and third placed team in the Second Division played the second placed team in the Second Division. The play-offs were played over two legs, the winning team in each semi-final advanced to the final.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
East Stirlingshire 2 – 3 Cowdenbeath 1–2 1–1
Stenhousemuir 2 – 1 Queen's Park 2–1 0–0

First legs

East Stirlingshire1 – 2Cowdenbeath
Rodgers 62' Report Gemmell 12'
Stein 30'
Attendance: 605
Referee: W Collum
Stenhousemuir2 – 1Queen's Park
Dalziel 6' (pen.)
Love 32'		 Report Harkins 33'
Attendance: 617
Referee: S Nicholls

Second legs

Cowdenbeath1 – 1East Stirlingshire
Dempster 84' Report Graham 3'
Attendance: 633
Referee: M Tumilty
Queen's Park0 – 0Stenhousemuir
Report
Attendance: 854
Referee: S Conroy

Final

The two semi-final winners played each other over two legs, the home team in the 1st Leg was determined by a draw conducted on 16 April 2008.[24] The winning team were awarded a place in the 2008–09 Second Division.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cowdenbeath 0 – 0
(4 – 5 pen.)		 Stenhousemuir 0–0 0–0

First leg

Cowdenbeath0 – 0Stenhousemuir
Report
Attendance: 775
Referee: A Muir

Second leg

Stenhousemuir0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(5 – 4 pen.)		Cowdenbeath
Report
Attendance: 1,530
Referee: S O'Reilly

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  9. Shows position in table at time when manager departed.
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