1996–97 Scottish Third Division

The 1996–97 Scottish Football League Third Division was the 3rd season in the format of ten teams in the fourth-tier of Scottish football. The season started on 17 August 1996 and ended on 10 May 1997. Inverness Caledonian Thistle finished top and were promoted alongside runners-up Forfar Athletic. Arbroath finished bottom.

Scottish Third Division
Season1996–97
ChampionsInverness Caledonian Thistle
PromotedInverness Caledonian Thistle
Forfar Athletic
Relegatedn/a
Matches played180
Goals scored499 (2.77 per match)
Highest scoring(8 goals)
Ross County 4–4 Montrose
(7 December 1996)
Forfar Athletic 5–3 Montrose
(15 March 1997)
Longest winning run11 games[1]
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Longest unbeaten run22 games[1]
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Longest winless run15 games[1]
Cowdenbeath
Montrose
Longest losing run6 games[1]
Cowdenbeath
Montrose

Teams for 1996–97
Location of teams in 1996–97 Scottish Third Division

Livingston as champions of the previous season were directly promoted to the 1996–97 Scottish Second Division alongside runners-up Brechin City, both spending only one season in the bottom tier of the Scottish Football League. They were replaced by Forfar Athletic and Montrose who finished second bottom and bottom of the 1994–95 Scottish Second Division respectively and relegated straight back down to the Third Division after only a year in the Second Division. During the change of season Caledonian Thistle changed their name to Inverness Caledonian Thistle for the 1996–97 season.

Overview

Relegated from Second Division to the Third Division

Promoted from Third Division to the Second Division

Stadia and locations
Team Location Stadium
Albion RoversCoatbridgeCliftonhill
Alloa AthleticAlloaRecreation Park
ArbroathArbroathGayfield Park
CowdenbeathCowdenbeathCentral Park
East StirlingshireFalkirkFirs Park
Forfar AthleticForfarStation Park
Inverness Caledonian ThistleInvernessCaledonian Stadium
MontroseMontroseLinks Park
Queen's ParkGlasgowHampden Park
Ross CountyDingwallVictoria Park

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle (C, P) 36 23 7 6 70 37 +33 76 Promotion to the 1997–98 Second Division
2 Forfar Athletic (P) 36 19 10 7 74 45 +29 67
3 Ross County 36 20 7 9 58 41 +17 67
4 Alloa Athletic 36 16 7 13 50 47 +3 55
5 Albion Rovers 36 13 10 13 50 47 +3 49
6 Montrose 36 12 7 17 46 62 −16 43
7 Cowdenbeath 36 10 9 17 38 51 −13 39
8 Queen's Park 36 9 9 18 46 59 −13 36
9 East Stirlingshire 36 8 9 19 36 58 −22 33
10 Arbroath 36 6 13 17 31 52 −21 31
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.

References
  1. Scottish Division Three 1996-1997 : Full Longest Sequences Archived 2015-01-06 at the Wayback Machine, statto.com. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
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