2009–10 Scottish Third Division


The 2009–10 Scottish Football League Third Division was the 15th season in the format of ten teams in the fourth-tier of Scottish football. The season started on 8 August 2009 and ended on 1 May 2010. Livingston F.C. finished top and were promoted alongside Forfar Athletic as play-off winners.

Teams

Promotion and relegation from 2008–09

as champions of the 2008–09 season were directly promoted to the 2009–10 Scottish Second Division. They were replaced by Stranraer who finished bottom of the 2008–09 Scottish Second Division.
A second promotion place was available via a play-off tournament between the ninth-placed team of the 2008–09 Scottish Second Division, Queen's Park, and the sides ranked second, third and fourth in the 2008–09 Scottish Third Division, Cowdenbeath, East Stirlingshire and Stenhousemuir respectively. The play off was won by Stenhousemuir who defeated Cowdenbeath in the final. Queen's Park were therefore relegated. However, Livingston F.C. were demoted to the Third Division, leading to an extra promotion being awarded. Cowdenbeath as runners-up of the play-off final were therefore promoted.
Relegated from First Division to Third Division
Relegated from Second Division to Third Division
Promoted from Third Division to Second Division
TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Albion RoversCoatbridgeCliftonhill2,496
Annan AthleticAnnanGalabank3,000
LivingstonLivingstonAlmondvale Stadium10,005
Berwick RangersBerwick-upon-TweedShielfield Park4,065
Forfar AthleticForfarStation Park5,177
East StirlingshireStenhousemuirOchilview Park3,746
Elgin CityElginBorough Briggs3,716
MontroseMontroseLinks Park3,292
Queen's ParkGlasgowHampden Park52,025
StranraerStranraerStair Park6,250

A.East Stirlingshire ground shared with Stenhousemuir.

League 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 and then do the same in the second half of the season.

First half of season

Second half of season