2010–11 Scottish Third Division
# 2010–11 Scottish Third Division

The 2010–11 Scottish Football League Third Division (also known as the 2010–11 Irn-Bru Scottish Football League Third Division for sponsorship reasons) was the 16th season in the format of ten teams in the fourth-tier of Scottish football. The season started on 7 August 2011 and ended on 7 May 2011. Arbroath F.C. sealed the title, their first honour in their 133-year history, after a 4-1 win over local rivals Montrose on 23 April 2011.

## Teams

### Promotion and relegation from 2009–10

Livingston as champions of the 2009–10 season were directly promoted to the 2010–11 Scottish Second Division. Thus completing only a one-year stay in the bottom tier of the Scottish Football League. They were replaced by Clyde who finished bottom of the 2009–10 Scottish Second Division.

A second promotion place was available via a play-off tournament between the ninth-placed team of the 2009–10 Scottish Second Division, Arbroath, and the sides ranked second, third and fourth in the 2009–10 Scottish Third Division, Forfar Athletic, East Stirlingshire and Queen's Park respectively. The play off was won by Forfar Athletic who defeated Arbroath in the final. Arbroath were therefore relegated.

Relegated from Second Division to Third Division

* Clyde
* Arbroath (via play-offs)

Promoted from Third Division to Second Division

* Livingston
* Forfar Athletic (via play-offs)

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - |
| Albion Rovers | Coatbridge | Cliftonhill | 2,496 |
| Annan Athletic | Annan | Galabank | 3,000 |
| Arbroath | Arbroath | Gayfield Park | 4,153 |
| Berwick Rangers | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Shielfield Park | 4,065 |
| Clyde | Cumbernauld | Broadwood | 8,006 |
| East Stirlingshire | Stenhousemuir | Ochilview Park | 3,746 |
| Elgin City | Elgin | Borough Briggs | 3,716 |
| Montrose | Montrose | Links Park | 3,292 |
| Queen's Park | Glasgow | Hampden Park | 52,025 |
| Stranraer | Stranraer | Stair Park | 6,250 |

A.^ East Stirlingshire ground shared with Stenhousemuir.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Arbroath (C, P) | 36 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 80 | 61 | +19 | 66 | Promotion to the Second Division |
| 2 | Albion Rovers (O, P) | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 56 | 40 | +16 | 61 | Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs |
| 3 | Queen's Park | 36 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 57 | 43 | +14 | 59 | Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs |
| 4 | Annan Athletic | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 58 | 45 | +13 | 59 | Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs |
| 5 | Stranraer | 36 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 72 | 57 | +15 | 57 | |
| 6 | Berwick Rangers | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 62 | 56 | +6 | 49 | |
| 7 | Elgin City | 36 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 53 | 63 | −10 | 45 | |
| 8 | Montrose | 36 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 47 | 61 | −14 | 37 | |
| 9 | East Stirlingshire | 36 | 10 | 4 | 22 | 33 | 62 | −29 | 34 | |
| 10 | Clyde | 36 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 37 | 67 | −30 | 32 | |

## 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, for a total of 36 games

### First half of season

| Home \ Away | ALB | ANN | ARB | BER | CLY | EST | ELG | MON | QPA | STR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Albion Rovers | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Annan Athletic | 4–1 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Arbroath | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Berwick Rangers | 1–6 | 2–2 | 4–1 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Clyde | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 |
| East Stirlingshire | 0–0 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Elgin City | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–5 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 3–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 |
| Montrose | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 8–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 3–3 |
| Queen's Park | 0–1 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–3 |
| Stranraer | 3–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | |

### Second half of season

| Home \ Away | ALB | ANN | ARB | BER | CLY | EST | ELG | MON | QPA | STR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Albion Rovers | | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Annan Athletic | 2–2 | | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Arbroath | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Berwick Rangers | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–4 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 |
| Clyde | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–2 |
| East Stirlingshire | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 |
| Elgin City | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Montrose | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 3–2 |
| Queen's Park | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | | 3–3 |
| Stranraer | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | |

## Top goalscorers

### 21 goals

* Gavin Swankie (Arbroath)

### 17 goals

* Darren Gribben (Berwick Rangers)
* Armand One (Stranraer)

### 16 goals

* Steven Doris (Arbroath)

### 14 goals

* Craig Malcolm (Stranraer)
* Ian Harty (Annan Athletic)

### 13 goals

* Scott Agnew (Stranraer)

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Darren Gribben | Berwick Rangers | Elgin City | 6–2 | 14 August 2010 |
| Darren Gribben | Berwick Rangers | Arbroath | 4–1 | 11 September 2010 |
| Paul Tosh | Montrose | Clyde | 8–1 | 25 September 2010 |
| Steven Doris | Arbroath | Montrose | 4–0 | 13 November 2010 |
| Gavin Swankie | Arbroath | Stranraer | 4–3 | 29 January 2011 |
| Armand One | Stranraer | East Stirlingshire | 4–1 | 23 February 2011 |
| Damon Gray | Berwick Rangers | Elgin City | 4–0 | 5 March 2011 |
| Scott Chaplain | Albion Rovers | Berwick Rangers | 6–1 | 15 March 2011 |
| Gavin Swankie | Arbroath | East Stirlingshire | 5–2 | 19 March 2011 |
| Jamie Longworth | Queen's Park | Montrose | 4–1 | 7 May 2011 |
| David Gormley | Elgin City | Arbroath | 5–3 | 7 May 2011 |
