# 2009–10 Scottish Second Division

The 2009–10 Scottish Second Division was the sixteenth season of the Second Division in its current format of ten teams.

## Promotion and relegation from 2008–09
### First & Second Divisions

Relegated from First Division to Second Division
* Clyde
Promoted from Second Division to First Division
* Raith Rovers
* Ayr United

### Second & Third Divisions

Relegated from Second Division to Third Division
* Queen's Park
* Stranraer
Promoted from Third Division to Second Division
* Dumbarton
* Stenhousemuir
* Cowdenbeath

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Stirling Albion (C, P) | 36 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 68 | 48 | +20 | 65 | Promotion to the First Division |
| 2 | Alloa Athletic | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 65 | Qualification for the First Division play-offs |
| 3 | Cowdenbeath (O, P) | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 60 | 41 | +19 | 59 | Qualification for the First Division play-offs |
| 4 | Brechin City | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 54 | Qualification for the First Division play-offs |
| 5 | Peterhead | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 51 | |
| 6 | Dumbarton | 36 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 49 | 58 | −9 | 48 | |
| 7 | East Fife | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 46 | 53 | −7 | 41 | |
| 8 | Stenhousemuir | 36 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 40 | |
| 9 | Arbroath (R) | 36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 41 | 55 | −14 | 40 | Qualification for the Second Division play-offs |
| 10 | Clyde (R) | 36 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 37 | 57 | −20 | 31 | Relegation to the Third Division |
* ↑ 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 2010–11 First Division.
* ↑ The 9th place team will be entered into a play-off with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th places of the Third Division. The winner gets a place in the 2010-11 Second Division

## Results

Each team plays every other team four times during the season, twice at home and twice away, for a total of 36 matches.

### First half of season

| Home \ Away | ALO | ARB | BRE | CLY | COW | DUM | EFI | PET | STE | STI |
| Alloa Athletic | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 |
| Arbroath | 2–2 | | 1–4 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–4 |
| Brechin City | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Clyde | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Cowdenbeath | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Dumbarton | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–3 | | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 |
| East Fife | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Peterhead | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 3–2 |
| Stenhousemuir | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 1–2 |
| Stirling Albion | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | |

### Second half of the season

| Home \ Away | ALO | ARB | BRE | CLY | COW | DUM | EFI | PET | STE | STI |
| Alloa Athletic | | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Arbroath | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–4 |
| Brechin City | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 3–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Clyde | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Cowdenbeath | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | | 0–0 | 6–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–3 |
| Dumbarton | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–4 |
| East Fife | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Peterhead | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Stenhousemuir | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–3 |
| Stirling Albion | 0–3 | 2–2 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |

## Second Division play-offs

Times are BST (UTC+1)

### 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 Third Division played the second placed team in the Third 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 |
| Queen's Park | 2–6 | Arbroath | 0–4 | 2–2 |
| East Stirlingshire | 2–3 | Forfar Athletic | 0–1 | 2–2 |
First legs
Second legs

### Final

The two semi-final winners played each other over two legs. The winning team was awarded a place in the 2010–11 Second Division.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Arbroath | 0–2 | Forfar Athletic | 0–0 | 0–2 |
First leg
Second leg