2005–06 Scottish Football League

Statistics of the Scottish Football League in season 2005–06.

Scottish First Division[]

League standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	St Mirren	36	23	7	6	52	28	+24	76	Promoted to 2006–07 Scottish Premier League
2	St Johnstone	36	18	12	6	59	34	+25	66
3	Hamilton Academical	36	15	14	7	53	39	+14	59
4	Ross County	36	14	14	8	47	40	+7	56
5	Clyde	36	15	10	11	54	42	+12	55
6	Airdrie United	36	11	12	13	57	43	+14	45
7	Dundee	36	9	16	11	43	50	−7	43
8	Queen of the South	36	7	12	17	31	54	−23	33
9	Stranraer	36	5	14	17	33	53	−20	29	Relegated to 2006–07 Second Division
10	Brechin City	36	2	11	23	28	74	−46	17	Relegated to 2006–07 Second Division

Source: "2005-2006 First Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 2021-04-29.

Top scorers[]

Player	Club	Goals
Bryan Prunty	Airdrie United	15
Jason Scotland	St Johnstone	15
John Sutton	St Mirren	14
Alex Williams	Clyde	13
Simon Lynch	Dundee	13
Stewart Kean	St Mirren	12
John Rankin	Ross County	12
Stephen O'Donnell	Clyde	11

Scottish Second Division[]

League standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Gretna	36	28	4	4	97	30	+67	88	Promoted to 2006–07 First Division Qualification for the UEFA Cup Second qualifying round as cup runner up
2	Greenock Morton	36	21	7	8	58	33	+25	70
3	Peterhead	36	17	6	13	53	47	+6	57
4	Partick Thistle	36	16	9	11	57	56	+1	57	Promoted to 2006–07 First Division
5	Stirling Albion	36	15	6	15	54	63	−9	51
6	Ayr United	36	10	12	14	56	61	−5	42
7	Raith Rovers	36	11	9	16	44	54	−10	42
8	Forfar Athletic	36	12	4	20	44	55	−11	40
9	Alloa Athletic	36	8	8	20	26	77	−51	32
10	Dumbarton	36	7	5	24	40	63	−23	26	Relegated to 2006–07 Third Division

Source: "2005-2006 Second Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 2021-04-29.

Top scorers[]

Player	Club	Goals
Kenny Deuchar	Gretna	18
James Grady	Gretna	16
Paul McManus	Raith Rovers	15
Jerome Vareille	Ayr United	13
Ryan McGuffie	Gretna	13
Derek Lilley	Morton	12
Paddy Connolly	Stirling Albion	12
Andrew Rodgers	Dumbarton	12
Chris Aitken	Stirling Albion	12
Steve Tosh	Gretna	12
Bobby Linn	Peterhead	12

Scottish Third Division[]

League standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Cowdenbeath (C, P)	36	24	4	8	81	34	+47	76	Promotion to the Second Division
2	Berwick Rangers	36	23	7	6	54	27	+27	76	Qualification to the Second Division Play-offs
3	Stenhousemuir	36	23	4	9	78	38	+40	73
4	Arbroath	36	16	7	13	57	47	+10	55
5	Elgin City	36	15	7	14	55	58	−3	52
6	Queen's Park	36	13	12	11	47	42	+5	51
7	East Fife	36	13	4	19	48	64	−16	43
8	Albion Rovers	36	7	8	21	39	60	−21	29
9	Montrose	36	6	10	20	31	59	−28	28
10	East Stirlingshire	36	6	5	25	28	89	−61	23

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted

Top scorers[]

Rank	Scorer	Goals	Team
1	Martin Johnston	20	Elgin City
2	Liam Buchanan	17	Cowdenbeath
3	Colin Cramb	16	Stenhousemuir
4	Paul McGrillen	15	Stenhousemuir
5	Kevin Haynes	13	Berwick Rangers
6	Greig Henslee	10	Montrose
7	Gareth Hutchison	9	Berwick Rangers
	Iain Diack		Stenhousemuir/ East Stirlingshire
	Jay Stein		Arbroath
	Mark Booth		Elgin City
	David McKenna		Cowdenbeath

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2005–06 Scottish Football League

Contents

Scottish First Division[]

League standings[]

Top scorers[]

Scottish Second Division[]

League standings[]

Top scorers[]

Scottish Third Division[]

League standings[]

Top scorers[]

See also[]

References[]