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.Shire given one year to improve BBC Sport. Retrieved 2007-05-03.
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 TeamStadiumAverageHighestArbroath Gayfield Park 730 1,250Albion Rovers Cliftonhill 431 619Berwick Rangers Shielfield Park 565 2,054Dumbarton Strathclyde Homes Stadium 709 1,089East Fife Bayview Stadium 546 702East Stirlingshire Firs Park 307 396Elgin City Borough Briggs 423 537Montrose Links Park 463 1,211Queen's Park Hampden Park 590 916Stenhousemuir Ochilview Park 461 683
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 RankScorerGoalsTeam1 Scott Chaplain18Albion Rovers Martin Johnston Elgin City3 David Weatherston16Queen's Park4 Craig O'Reilly 13East Fife5 Mark Ferry11Queen's Park6 Stephen Dobbie10Dumbarton Neil JablonskiEast Fife Andy RogersMontrose Pat Walker Albion Rovers Gary WoodBerwick Rangers
References
Notes A. Stenhousemuir 5–0 Montrose (12 August 2006); East Stirlingshire 5–0 Stenhousemuir (26 August 2006); East Fife 5–0 East Stirlingshire (1 September 2006); Elgin City 5–0 East Stirlingshire (14 October 2006); Queen's Park 5–0 Montrose (20 January 2007); Queen's Park 5–0 Albion Rovers (3 March 2007).