2003–04 Scottish Second Division: Difference between revisions

Scottish Second Division
Season	2003–04
Champions	Airdrie United
Promoted	Airdrie United; Hamilton Academical
Relegated	East Fife; Stenhousemuir
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

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The 2003–04 Scottish Second Division was won by Airdrie United who, along with Hamilton Academical, were promoted to the First Division. East Fife and Stenhousemuir were relegated to the Third Division.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Airdrie United (C, P)	36	20	10	6	64	36	+28	70	Promotion to the First Division
2	Hamilton Academical (P)	36	18	8	10	70	47	+23	62	Promotion to the First Division
3	Dumbarton	36	18	6	12	56	41	+15	60
4	Greenock Morton	36	16	11	9	66	58	+8	59
5	Berwick Rangers	36	14	6	16	61	67	−6	48
6	Forfar Athletic	36	12	11	13	49	57	−8	47
7	Alloa Athletic	36	12	8	16	55	55	0	44
8	Arbroath	36	11	10	15	41	57	−16	43
9	East Fife (R)	36	11	8	17	38	45	−7	41	Relegation to the Third Division
10	Stenhousemuir (R)	36	7	4	25	28	65	−37	25	Relegation to the Third Division

Source: "2003-2004 Second Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top scorers

Scorer	Team	Goals
Gareth Hutchison	Berwick Rangers	22
Paul Tosh	Forfar Athletic	19
Brian McPhee	Hamilton Academical	18
Brian Carrigan	Hamilton Academical	15
Peter Weatherson	Greenock Morton	15
Alex Williams	Greenock Morton	15
Owen Coyle	Airdrie United	13
Ross Hamilton	Alloa Athletic	13
Gary McCutcheon	Berwick Rangers	12
Alan Gow	Airdrie United	11
Kenny Deuchar	East Fife	11
Ian Little	Alloa Athletic	11

Attendances

The average attendances for Scottish Second Division clubs for season 2003/04 are shown below:

Club	Average
Greenock Morton	2,945
Airdrie United	1,861
Hamilton Academical	1,403
Dumbarton	1,039
Stenhousemuir	737
East Fife	708
Forfar Athletic	663
Arbroath	625
Alloa Athletic	589
Berwick Rangers	521

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+{{Short description|Scottish Football League Second Division}}{{Infobox football league season
-The '''2003-04 [[Scottish Second Division]]''' was won by [[Airdrie United F.C.|Airdrie United]] who, along with [[Hamilton Academical F.C.|Hamilton Academical]], were promoted to the [[Scottish First Division|First Division]]. [[East Fife F.C.|East Fife]] and [[Stenhousemuir F.C.|Stenhousemuir]] were relegated to the [[Scottish Third Division|Third Division]].
+  | competition = [[Scottish Football League Second Division|Scottish Second Division]]
+  | season      = [[2003–04 in Scottish football|2003–04]]
+  | winners     = [[Airdrie United F.C.|Airdrie United]]
+  | promoted    = [[Airdrie United F.C.|Airdrie United]]<br>[[Hamilton Academical F.C.|Hamilton Academical]]
+  | relegated   = [[East Fife F.C.|East Fife]]<br>[[Stenhousemuir F.C.|Stenhousemuir]]
+  | prevseason = [[2002–03 Scottish Second Division|2002–03]]
+  | nextseason = [[2004–05 Scottish Second Division|2004–05]]
+}}
+The '''2003–04 [[Scottish Second Division]]''' was won by [[Airdrie United F.C.|Airdrie United]] who, along with [[Hamilton Academical F.C.|Hamilton Academical]], were promoted to the [[Scottish First Division|First Division]]. [[East Fife F.C.|East Fife]] and [[Stenhousemuir F.C.|Stenhousemuir]] were relegated to the [[Scottish Third Division|Third Division]].
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-|rowspan="2"| <center><small> Promoted To [[Scottish First Division 2004-05|First Division 2004-05]]</small>
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-|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
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-|4
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-||36||16||11||9||66||58||8||'''59'''
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-|5
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-|-
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 ==Top scorers==
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 |{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Brian McPhee]] || [[Hamilton Academical F.C.|Hamilton Academical]] || 18
 |-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
-|{{flagicon|Scotland}} Brian Carrigan || [[Hamilton Academical F.C.|Hamilton Academical]] || 15
+|{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Brian Carrigan]] || [[Hamilton Academical F.C.|Hamilton Academical]] || 15
 |-
 |{{flagicon|England}} [[Peter Weatherson]] || [[Greenock Morton F.C.|Greenock Morton]] || 15
 |-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
-|{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Alex Williams (footballer)|Alex Williams]] || [[Greenock Morton F.C.|Greenock Morton]] || 15
+|{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Alex Williams (footballer, born 1983)|Alex Williams]] || [[Greenock Morton F.C.|Greenock Morton]] || 15
 |-
 |{{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Owen Coyle]] || [[Airdrie United F.C.|Airdrie United]] || 13
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+{{Scottish third division football seasons}}
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-[[Category:Scottish Second Division seasons|2003-04]]
+{{DEFAULTSORT:2003-04 Scottish Second Division}}
-[[Category:2003–04 domestic association football leagues|Scottish Second Division]]
+[[Category:Scottish Second Division seasons]]
-[[Category:2003-04 in Scottish football|Second Division]]
+[[Category:2003–04 Scottish Football League|2]]
+[[Category:2003–04 in Scottish football leagues|3]]
+[[Category:2003–04 in European third tier association football leagues|Scot]]

v t e 2003–04 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Challenge Cup Final
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First Division	Ayr United Brechin City Clyde Falkirk Inverness Caledonian Thistle Queen of the South Raith Rovers Ross County St. Johnstone St. Mirren
Second Division	Airdrie United Alloa Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Dumbarton East Fife Forfar Athletic Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical Stenhousemuir
Third Division	Albion Rovers Cowdenbeath East Stirlingshire Elgin City Gretna Montrose Peterhead Queen's Park Stirling Albion Stranraer

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