The 2007–08 Second Division season was the thirteenth season of the

Second Division In sport, the Second Division, also called Division 2 or Division II is usually the second highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Following the rise of Premier League style compet ...

in a ten team format. The following teams competed:

Airdrie United Airdrieonians Football Club is a Scottish professional football team in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, who are members of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) and play in Scottish League One. They were formed in 2002 as Airdrie Unite ...

, Alloa Athletic, Ayr United,

Berwick Rangers Berwick Rangers Football Club is a football team based in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, England, just south of the border with Scotland. Founded in 1881, they currently play in the , the fifth tier of Scottish football, despite hailing f ...

Brechin City Brechin City Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the townDespite the name of the football club, Brechin is not an official city. Brechin was historically known as a city because it has a cathedral. of Brechin in Angus. The club ...

Cowdenbeath Cowdenbeath (; sco, Coudenbeith) is a town and burgh in west Fife, Scotland. It is north-east of Dunfermline and north of the capital, Edinburgh. The town grew up around the extensive coalfields of the area and became a police burgh in 18 ...

Peterhead Peterhead (; gd, Ceann Phàdraig, sco, Peterheid ) is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is Aberdeenshire's biggest settlement (the city of Aberdeen itself not being a part of the district), with a population of 18,537 at the 2011 Census ...

, Queen's Park,

Raith Rovers Raith Rovers Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the town of Kirkcaldy, Fife. The club was founded in 1883 and currently competes in the Scottish Championship as a member of the Scottish Professional Football Leag ...

and Ross County. The team which finished first were automatically promoted to the First Division, the teams which finished second, third and fourth were entered into the First division play-offs with the team which finished second bottom of the First Division for a place in the 2008–09 First Division. The team which finished bottom were automatically relegated to the Third Division and the team which finished second bottom were entered into the Second division play-offs with the teams which finished second, third and fourth in the Third Division for a place in the 2008–09 Second Division.

Promotion and relegation from 2006–07

First and second divisions

Relegated from First Division to

* Ross County *

(via play-offs) Promoted from

to First Division *

Greenock Morton Greenock Morton Football Club is a Scottish professional football club, which plays in the Scottish Championship. The club was founded as Morton Football Club in 1874, making it one of the oldest senior Scottish clubs. Morton was renamed Green ...

Stirling Albion Stirling Albion Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the city of Stirling. The club was founded in 1945 following the demise of King's Park after World War II. The club currently competes in Scottish League Two as a member of the ...

(via play-offs)

Second and third divisions

Relegated from

to Third Division * Stranraer * Forfar Athletic (via play-offs) Promoted from Third Division to

* Queens Park (via play-offs)

Events

*15 March: East Fife confirm their promotion to the Second Division as Third Division champions with a 3–0 victory over East Stirlingshire. *29 March:

are relegated from the Second Division after a 2–2 draw with

. *5 April: Ross County win promotion to the First Division as Champions after a 4–0 win over already-relegated

and second place

lose 2–1 to

. *8 April:

are relegated from the First Division to the Second Division after a 1–0 defeat to

Partick Thistle Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional football club from Glasgow, Scotland. Despite their name, the club are based at Firhill Stadium in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not played in Partick since 1908. The club have been mem ...

. *10 May:

Arbroath Arbroath () or Aberbrothock ( gd, Obar Bhrothaig ) is a former royal burgh and the largest town in the council area of Angus, Scotland, with a population of 23,902. It lies on the North Sea coast some ENE of Dundee and SSW of Aberdeen. ...

are promoted to the Second Division after a 2–1 aggregate win over Stranraer in the Second Division play-off final. Cowdenbeath, who were beaten by Arbroath in the semi-finals, are relegated to the Third Division. *10 May: Clyde retain their First Division status after defeating

3–0 on aggregate in the First Division play-off final. *29 May: First Division play-off runners-up

are promoted to the First Division and Second Division play-off runners-up Stranraer are promoted to the

following Gretna's demotion to the Third Division.

Table

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

Second half of season

Top scorers

Source: The League Insider

Attendances

{, {, class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align: center" , - ! class=unsortable, Team ! class=unsortable, Stadium ! Capacity ! Highest ! Lowest ! Average , - , align=left, Ross County, , align=left, Victoria Park , , 6,700 , , 3,716 , , 1,511 , , 2,247 , -bgcolor="#EFEFEF" , align=left, Raith Rovers , , align=left,

Stark's Park Stark's Park is a football stadium in Kirkcaldy, Scotland. It is the home ground of Raith Rovers, who have played there since 1891. The ground has an all-seated capacity of 9000 History Raith started using the ground in 1891 and it seats . ...

, , 10,104 , , 2,357 , , 1,349 , , 1,759 , - , align=left, Ayr United , , align=left,

Somerset Park Somerset Park is a football stadium located in Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland. It has been the home of Ayr United since they were founded in 1910. Prior to that, it was the home ground of Ayr, who merged with Ayr Parkhouse to form Ayr United. ...

, , 11,998 , , 1,345 , , 971 , , 1,137 , -bgcolor="#EFEFEF" , align=left, Airdrie United , , align=left,

New Broomfield The Excelsior Stadium, is a football stadium in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is the home ground of Airdrieonians of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL). Since the 2021–22 season it has also been used by Celtic for th ...

, , 10,171 , , 1,645 , , 611 , , 981 , - , align=left, Queen's Park , , align=left,

Hampden Park Hampden Park (Scottish Gaelic: ''Pàirc Hampden''), often referred to as Hampden, is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The -capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland. It is the no ...

, , 52,500 , , 1,211 , , 431 , , 712 , -bgcolor="#EFEFEF" , align=left, Peterhead , , align=left, Balmoor , , 4,000 , , 926 , , 462 , , 694 , - , align=left, Alloa Athletic , , align=left, Recreation Park , , 3,100 , , 1,053 , , 441 , , 602 , -bgcolor="#EFEFEF" , align=left, Cowdenbeath , , align=left,

Central Park Central Park is an urban park in New York City located between the Upper West Side, Upper West and Upper East Sides of Manhattan. It is the List of New York City parks, fifth-largest park in the city, covering . It is the most visited urban par ...

, , 4,370 , , 1,953 , , 244 , , 519 , - , align=left, Brechin City , , align=left, Glebe Park , , 3,960 , , 669 , , 345 , , 489 , -bgcolor="#EFEFEF" , align=left, Berwick Rangers, , align=left,

Shielfield Park Shielfield Park is a football stadium that is home to Berwick Rangers and Berwick Bandits speedway team. Although Berwick Rangers is a Scottish Lowland Football League club, Shielfield Park is situated in the English county of Northumberland. H ...

, , 4,131 , , 778 , , 259 , , 479 Source: The League Insider

Managerial changes

{, class="wikitable" , - ! Team ! Outgoing manager ! Manner of departure ! Date of vacancy ! Replaced by ! Date of appointment , - , Ross County , Dick Campbell , Mutual consent , 2 October ,

Derek Adams Derek Watt Adams (born 25 June 1975) is a Scottish football manager and former player who is currently manager of Morecambe. Adams played professionally for six clubs, including Aberdeen and Motherwell, where he made over 300 league appearances ...

, 21 November , -bgcolor="#EFEFEF" ,

, John Coughlin , Resigned , 7 October , Michael Renwick , 24 October , - , Queen's Park ,

Billy Stark William Stark (born 1 December 1956) is a Scottish former football player and current coach. He made 500 league appearances in total, including successful spells at Aberdeen and Celtic. He then turned to management, which has seen him take ca ...

, Resigned , 9 January ,

Gardner Speirs Walter Gardner Speirs (born 14 April 1963) is a Scottish football manager and former player. Career Playing During his playing career, Speirs played for St Mirren, Kilmarnock (on loan), Dunfermline Athletic (on loan), Hartlepool United, Ai ...

, 25 January , -bgcolor="#EFEFEF" ,

Jim McInally James Edward McInally (born 19 February 1964) is a Scottish football manager and former player. He played for Dundee United for 10 seasons in which he won the 1993–94 Scottish Cup and played in the 1987 UEFA Cup Final. At United he was also ...

, Resigned , 12 February , David Irons , 19 February

Monthly awards

{, class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%" !Month !Second Division manager !SFL Player !SFL Young player , - , August, ,

( Queen's Park), , First Division player, , First Division player , -bgcolor="#EFEFEF" , September, , Steve Paterson (

), ,

Ryan Stevenson Ryan Stevenson may refer to: * Ryan Stevenson (cricketer) (born 1992), English cricketer * Ryan Stevenson (drummer) (born 1987), Canadian drummer and singer * Ryan Stevenson (footballer) (born 1984), Scottish footballer * Ryan Stevenson (singer) ...

( Ayr United), , First Division player , - , October, ,

Alan Maitland Alan Maitland (1921 – February 11, 1999) was a Canadian radio broadcaster. He was a longtime host for CBC Radio, starting as an announcer in 1947 and was later cohost of ''As It Happens'' from 1974 to 1993. He was also part of the administrati ...

( Alloa Athletic), , First Division player, , First Division player , -bgcolor="#EFEFEF" , November, ,

( Ross County), , First Division player, , Third Division player , - , December, , Michael O'Neill (

), , Allan Russell (

), , First Division player , -bgcolor="#EFEFEF" , January, ,

( Ross County), , Andrew Barrowman ( Ross County), , First Division player , - , February, ,

Neale Cooper Neale James Cooper (24 November 1963 – 28 May 2018) was a Scottish football player and coach. He played as a midfielder during the 1980s and 1990s, most prominently for the Aberdeen team managed by Alex Ferguson, and later played for Aston V ...

(

), , First Division player, , First Division player , -bgcolor="#EFEFEF" , March, , Brian Reid ( Ayr United), , First Division player, , First Division player , - , April , ,

( Alloa Athletic) , , First Division player, , First Division player

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. First legs ---- ---- Second legs ---- ----

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 1 April 2008. the winning team was awarded a place in the 2008–09 Second Division. First leg ---- Second leg ----

References

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