2008–09 Scottish Second Division


The 2008–09 Scottish Second Division was the fourteenth season of the Second Division in its current format of ten teams.

Promotion and relegation from 2007–08

First & Second Divisions

Relegated from First Division to Second Division
Promoted from Second Division to First Division
Relegated from Second Division to Third Division
Promoted from Third Division to Second Division

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

Top scorers

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Attendances

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Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointmentTable position
Brechin City Michael O'NeillResigned15 December 2008 Jim Duffy9 January3
Stranraer Derek FergusonResigned24 January Keith Knox17 February10
East Fife Dave BaikieResigned14 April Stevie Crawford14 April6

Monthly awards

Second Division play-offs

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 Second Division played the second placed team in the Second Division. The play-offs were played over two legs, the winning team in each semi-final advanced to the final.
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Second legs
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Final

The two semi-final winners played each other over two legs, the home team in the 1st Leg was determined by a draw conducted on 16 April 2008. The winning team were awarded a place in the 2008–09 Second Division.
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Second leg
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