2004–05 Scottish Second Division

Scottish Second Division
Season	2004–05
Champions	Brechin City
Promoted	Brechin City; Stranraer
Relegated	Arbroath; Berwick Rangers
Top goalscorer	Chris Templeman (21)
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2004–05 Scottish Second Division was won by Brechin City who, along with second placed Stranraer, gained promotion to the First Division. Arbroath and Berwick Rangers, meanwhile, were relegated to the Third Division.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Brechin City (C, P)	36	22	6	8	81	43	+38	72	Promotion to the First Division
2	Stranraer (P)	36	18	9	9	48	41	+7	63	Promotion to the First Division
3	Greenock Morton	36	18	8	10	60	37	+23	62
4	Stirling Albion	36	14	9	13	56	55	+1	51
5	Forfar Athletic	36	13	8	15	51	45	+6	47
6	Alloa Athletic	36	12	10	14	66	68	−2	46
7	Dumbarton	36	11	9	16	43	53	−10	42
8	Ayr United	36	11	9	16	39	54	−15	42
9	Arbroath (R)	36	10	8	18	49	73	−24	38	Relegation to the Third Division
10	Berwick Rangers (R)	36	8	10	18	40	64	−24	34	Relegation to the Third Division

Source: "2004-2005 Second Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL (in Malay). 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
Chris Templeman	Brechin City / Greenock Morton	21
Paul Shields	Forfar Athletic	20
Steven Hampshire	Brechin City	15
Paul Ritchie	Brechin City	14
David Graham	Stranraer	14
Paul Tosh	Forfar Athletic	13
Greg Henslee	Arbroath	11
Graeme Gibson	Brechin City	11
Iain Russell	Dumbarton	11
Peter Weatherson	Greenock Morton	10
Robert Dunn	Stirling Albion	10
Chris Millar	Greenock Morton	10
Stewart Kean	Ayr United	10

Attendances

The average attendances for Division Two clubs for season 2004–05 are shown below:

Club	Average
Greenock Morton	2,683
Ayr United	1,357
Dumbarton	900
Stirling Albion	835
Stranraer	759
Brechin City	680
Alloa Athletic	601
Forfar Athletic	596
Arbroath	576
Berwick Rangers	421

2004–05 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Third Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Challenge Cup Final Junior Cup
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup
Related to national team	Results 2006 World Cup Qualifying (UEFA Group 5)
Club seasons
Premier League	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Livingston Motherwell Rangers
First Division	Airdrie United Clyde Falkirk Hamilton Academical Partick Thistle Queen of the South Raith Rovers Ross County St. Johnstone St. Mirren
Second Division	Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Berwick Rangers Brechin City Dumbarton Forfar Athletic Greenock Morton Stirling Albion Stranraer
Third Division	Albion Rovers Cowdenbeath East Fife East Stirlingshire Elgin City Gretna Montrose Peterhead Queen's Park Stenhousemuir
Major transfer deals 2004–05

Third division football seasons in Scotland
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