# 2006–07 Scottish Third Division

The 2006–07 Scottish Football League Third Division was the 13th season in the format of ten teams in the fourth-tier of Scottish football. The season started on 4 August 2006 and ended on 28 April 2007. Berwick Rangers finished top and were promoted alongside Queen's Park as play-off winners.
East Stirlingshire finished bottom of the table for the fifth consecutive season. Despite finishing bottom again, East Stirlingshire won their battle to retain full member status of the Scottish Football League, though were warned that they would lose their status if they finished bottom in the following season.

## Teams for 2006–07

Cowdenbeath as champions of the 2005–06 season were directly promoted to the 2006–07 Scottish Second Division. They were replaced by Dumbarton who finished bottom of the 2005–06 Scottish Second Division.
A second promotion place was available via a play-off tournament between the ninth-placed team of the 2005–06 Scottish Second Division, Alloa Athletic, and the sides ranked second, third and fourth in the 2005–06 Scottish Third Division, Berwick Rangers, Stenhousemuir and Arbroath respectively. The play off was won by Alloa Athletic who defeated Berwick Rangers in the final. Alloa Athletic therefore retained their Second Division status.

### Overview

Relegated from Second Division to Third Division
* Dumbarton
Promoted from Third Division to Second Division
* Cowdenbeath

## Stadia and attendances

| Team | Stadium | Average | Highest |
| Arbroath | Gayfield Park | 730 | 1,250 |
| Albion Rovers | Cliftonhill | 431 | 619 |
| Berwick Rangers | Shielfield Park | 565 | 2,054 |
| Dumbarton | Strathclyde Homes Stadium | 709 | 1,089 |
| East Fife | Bayview Stadium | 546 | 702 |
| East Stirlingshire | Firs Park | 307 | 396 |
| Elgin City | Borough Briggs | 423 | 537 |
| Montrose | Links Park | 463 | 1,211 |
| Queen's Park | Hampden Park | 590 | 916 |
| Stenhousemuir | Ochilview Park | 461 | 683 |

## Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | Berwick Rangers (C, P) | 36 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 51 | 29 | +22 | 75 | Promotion to the Second Division |
| 2 | Arbroath | 36 | 22 | 4 | 10 | 61 | 33 | +28 | 70 | Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs |
| 3 | Queen's Park (O, P) | 36 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 57 | 28 | +29 | 68 | Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs |
| 4 | East Fife | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 59 | 37 | +22 | 67 | Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs |
| 5 | Dumbarton | 36 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 52 | 37 | +15 | 59 | |
| 6 | Albion Rovers | 36 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 56 | 61 | −5 | 48 | |
| 7 | Stenhousemuir | 36 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 53 | 63 | −10 | 44 | |
| 8 | Montrose | 36 | 11 | 4 | 21 | 42 | 62 | −20 | 37 | |
| 9 | Elgin City | 36 | 9 | 2 | 25 | 39 | 69 | −30 | 29 | |
| 10 | East Stirlingshire | 36 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 27 | 78 | −51 | 21 | |
* ↑ The 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams will be entered into a play-off with the Second Division's 9th placed team. The winning team will be awarded a place in the 2007–08 Second Division, Stranraer were relegated and Queen's Park were 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.

### First half of season

| Home \ Away | ALB | ARB | BER | DUM | EFI | EST | ELG | MON | QPA | STE |
| Albion Rovers | | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–5 |
| Arbroath | 2–3 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Berwick Rangers | 1–1 | 3–2 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Dumbarton | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| East Fife | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| East Stirlingshire | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 5–0 |
| Elgin City | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 5–0 | | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Montrose | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 0–3 | 0–1 |
| Queen's Park | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 |
| Stenhousemuir | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | |

### Second half of season

| Home \ Away | ALB | ARB | BER | DUM | EFI | EST | ELG | MON | QPA | STE |
| Albion Rovers | | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Arbroath | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Berwick Rangers | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Dumbarton | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| East Fife | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| East Stirlingshire | 0–0 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 1–5 | 0–2 | | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Elgin City | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 |
| Montrose | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 3–2 |
| Queen's Park | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | | 1–0 |
| Stenhousemuir | 0–4 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–5 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–5 | 1–2 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Goals | Team |
| 1 | Scott Chaplain | 18 | Albion Rovers |
| 1 | Martin Johnston | 18 | Elgin City |
| 3 | David Weatherston | 16 | Queen's Park |
| 4 | Craig O'Reilly | 13 | East Fife |
| 5 | Mark Ferry | 11 | Queen's Park |
| 6 | Stephen Dobbie | 10 | Dumbarton |
| 6 | Neil Jablonski | 10 | East Fife |
| 6 | Andy Rogers | 10 | Montrose |
| 6 | Pat Walker | 10 | Albion Rovers |
| 6 | Gary Wood | 10 | Berwick Rangers |