2002–03 Scottish Third Division
Season | 2002–03 |
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Champions | Greenock Morton |
Promoted | Greenock Morton East Fife |
← 2001–02 2003–04 → |
The 2002–03 Scottish Third Division was won by Greenock Morton who, along with second placed East Fife, gained promotion to the Second Division. East Stirlingshire finished bottom.
Table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 67 | 33 | +34 | 72 | Promoted to Second Division 2003–04 |
2 | East Fife | 36 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 73 | 37 | +36 | 71 | |
3 | Albion Rovers | 36 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 62 | 36 | +26 | 70 | |
4 | Peterhead | 36 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 76 | 37 | +39 | 68 | |
5 | Stirling Albion | 36 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 56 | |
6 | Gretna | 36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 45 | |
7 | Montrose | 36 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 35 | 61 | −26 | 33 | |
8 | Queen's Park | 36 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 32 | |
9 | Elgin City | 36 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 33 | 63 | −30 | 28 | |
10 | East Stirlingshire | 36 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 32 | 105 | −73 | 13 |
Source: "2002-2003 Third Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL (in Polish). Retrieved 2021-04-29.
Events[]
In the course of a 3-1 loss to Albion Rovers, East Stirlingshire used four goalkeepers. Starting keeper Chris Todd was taken off injured after only seven minutes to be replaced by who was sent off for fouling from goal eight minutes into the second half. Findlay was replaced by , who was in turn shown the red card when he fouled inside the box to concede a penalty kick. Kevin McCann took over and tipped McLean's penalty effort over the crossbar[1]
Attendance[]
The average attendance for Scottish Third Division clubs for season 2002/03 are shown below:
Club | Average |
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Greenock Morton | 2,333 |
East Fife | 759 |
Queen's Park | 719 |
Peterhead | 712 |
Stirling Albion | 658 |
Albion Rovers | 491 |
Elgin City | 484 |
Gretna | 419 |
Montrose | 376 |
East Stirlingshire | 324 |
References[]
- ^ Forsyth, Roddy. "Sterling effort by East Fife". www.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 16 August 2012..
Categories:
- Scottish Third Division seasons
- 2002–03 Scottish Football League
- 2002–03 in Scottish football leagues
- 2002–03 in European fourth tier association football leagues