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Football league
The
Scottish Football League Third Division
was the fourth tier of the
Scottish football league system
between 1994 and 2013.
History
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The
Scottish football league system
had operated with three divisions in the
Scottish Football League
(SFL) from 1975. In 1994, as part of reconstruction to allow the admission of
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
and
Ross County
to the league, the SFL was recalibrated to give four divisions of 10 teams. The fourth tier was named the Third Division.
In 1998, the
Premier Division
(top flight) clubs broke away to form the
Scottish Premier League
(SPL). The Third Division continued as the fourth tier of the league system, but was now the third tier of the SFL. In 2013, the SFL and SPL merged to form the
Scottish Professional Football League
(SPFL). The SPFL named its fourth tier as
Scottish League Two
, which effectively replaced the Third Division.
Competition
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The Third Division consisted of ten teams throughout its existence. From 1994 until 2005, each season the top two teams were promoted to the
Second Division
. From 2005 until 2013, only the champion was automatically promoted to the
Second Division
at the end of each season. The clubs that finished 2nd, 3rd and 4th entered a
play-off
with the 9th placed team of the Second Division.
There was no relegation from the Third Division.
The teams played each other four times with three points for a victory, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.
Winners of the Third Division
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b.
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Team failed to gain promotion via play-offs
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References
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