2010–11 Scottish Third Division

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]

Irn-Bru Scottish Third Division
Season2010–11
ChampionsArbroath
PromotedArbroath, Albion Rovers (via Division 2 Play-offs)
Relegatedn/a
Matches played180
Goals scored555 (3.08 per match)
Top goalscorerGavin Swankie (21)
Biggest home winMontrose 8–1 Clyde
(25 September 2010)
Biggest away winMontrose 0–5 Arbroath
(2 January 2011)
Berwick Rangers 1–6 Albion Rovers
(15 March 2011)
Highest scoringMontrose 8–1 Clyde
(25 September 2010)
Longest winning run6 games
Queen's Park
Longest unbeaten run12 games
Queen's Park
Longest winless run14 games
Clyde
Longest losing run7 games
Clyde
Highest attendance1243: Arbroath 4–1 Montrose
(23 April 2011)
Lowest attendance178: East Stirlingshire 1–5 Annan Athletic
(15 March 2011)

Teams

Promotion and relegation from 2009–10
Location of teams in 2010–11 Scottish Third Division

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 RoversCoatbridgeCliftonhill2,496
Annan AthleticAnnanGalabank3,000
ArbroathArbroathGayfield Park4,153
Berwick RangersBerwick-upon-TweedShielfield Park4,065
ClydeCumbernauldBroadwood8,006
East StirlingshireStenhousemuirOchilview Park[A]3,746
Elgin CityElginBorough Briggs3,716
MontroseMontroseLinks Park3,292
Queen's ParkGlasgowHampden Park52,025
StranraerStranraerStair Park6,250

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

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Arbroath (C, P) 36 20 6 10 80 61 +19 66 Promotion to the Second Division
2 Albion Rovers (O, P) 36 17 10 9 56 40 +16 61 Qualification for the Second Division 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 63 −10 45
8 Montrose 36 10 7 19 47 61 −14 37
9 East Stirlingshire 36 10 4 22 33 62 −29 34
10 Clyde 36 8 8 20 37 67 −30 32
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.

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 ARB BER CLY EST ELG MON QPA STR
Albion Rovers 0–0 0–2 2–2 3–1 1–0 3–1 3–1 2–1 1–2
Annan Athletic 4–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 3–1 0–1 2–2 2–1 2–2
Arbroath 1–1 0–2 3–2 3–2 2–0 2–0 4–0 1–0 0–0
Berwick Rangers 1–6 2–2 4–1 2–1 3–0 6–2 1–0 1–1 2–2
Clyde 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–4 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–3 2–2
East Stirlingshire 0–0 1–5 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–1 0–1 0–1
Elgin City 2–2 2–0 3–5 1–2 0–1 0–2 3–2 4–2 1–2
Montrose 0–2 1–1 3–0 1–1 8–1 0–2 0–1 1–2 3–3
Queen's Park 0–1 3–0 5–2 0–2 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–3
Stranraer 3–2 2–2 4–1 1–1 3–1 4–1 2–1 1–2 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2011. Source: BBC Sport
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season
Home \ Away ALB ANN ARB BER CLY EST ELG MON QPA STR
Albion Rovers 0–0 3–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–2 1–0
Annan Athletic 2–2 3–0 2–3 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 1–2 2–1
Arbroath 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–5 3–5 4–1 2–2 2–2
Berwick Rangers 2–2 2–3 0–4 1–1 1–1 4–0 0–1 3–1 3–3
Clyde 0–1 0–2 0–3 2–0 2–0 3–3 2–0 0–2 4–2
East Stirlingshire 1–2 2–0 2–5 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 3–2 0–2
Elgin City 1–1 2–3 3–2 3–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–1
Montrose 0–2 0–1 0–5 1–1 3–1 3–0 1–0 0–2 3–2
Queen's Park 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 4–0 2–0 1–0 4–1 3–3
Stranraer 1–3 1–1 3–4 3–1 3–0 2–0 1–2 2–2 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2011. Source: ESPN soccernet
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top goalscorers
21 goals
17 goals
16 goals
14 goals
13 goals

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Darren GribbenBerwick RangersElgin City6–214 August 2010
Darren GribbenBerwick RangersArbroath4–111 September 2010
Paul ToshMontroseClyde8–125 September 2010
Steven DorisArbroathMontrose4–013 November 2010
Gavin SwankieArbroathStranraer4–329 January 2011
Armand OneStranraerEast Stirlingshire4–123 February 2011
Damon GrayBerwick RangersElgin City4–05 March 2011
Scott ChaplainAlbion RoversBerwick Rangers6–115 March 2011
Gavin SwankieArbroathEast Stirlingshire5–219 March 2011
Jamie LongworthQueen's ParkMontrose4–17 May 2011
David GormleyElgin CityArbroath5–37 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 Archived 2011-10-06 at the Wayback Machine, www.eaststirlingshirefc.com Retrieved 2011-05-25.
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