1994–95 Scottish Third Division

Scottish Third Division
Season 1994–95
Champions Forfar Athletic
Promoted Forfar Athletic
Montrose
Relegated n/a
Matches played 180
Goals scored 526 (2.92 per match)
Biggest home win Ross County 6–0 Alloa Athletic
(11 February 1995)
Biggest away win Five games by 4 goals[A]
Highest scoring Cowdenbeath 6–2 Arbroath
(20 August 1994)
Longest winning run 7 games[1]
Arbroath
Forfar Athletic
Ross County
Longest unbeaten run 11 games[1]
Forfar Athletic
Montrose
Longest winless run 10 games[1]
Albion Rovers
Queen's Park
Longest losing run 9 games[1]
Cowdenbeath

The 1994–95 Scottish Football League Third Division was the 1st season of the league since its demise at the end of the 1954–55 season. The league was created from the bottom 8 clubs of the 1993–94 Second Division plus two new entrants from the Highland Football League, Caledonian Thistle of Inverness and Ross County from Dingwall. The season started on 12 August 1994 and ended on 12 May 1995. Forfar Athletic finished top and were promoted alongside runners-up Montrose. Albion Rovers finished bottom.

Teams for 1994–95

The bottom eight clubs from the 1993–94 Second Division were moved and effectively relegated to create the new Third Division. The teams were Alloa Athletic, Forfar Athletic, East Stirlingshire, Montrose, Queen's Park, Arbroath, Albion Rovers and Cowdenbeath. Two new clubs were admitted to the Scottish Football League from the Highland Football League in the form of Caledonian Thistle and Ross County to complete the 10 teams.

Overview

Relegated from Second Division to create the new Third Division

Newly admitted to the Third Division from the Highland Football League

Stadia and locations

Team Location Stadium
Albion Rovers Coatbridge Cliftonhill
Alloa Athletic Alloa Recreation Park
Arbroath Arbroath Gayfield Park
Caledonian Thistle Inverness Telford Street Park
Cowdenbeath Cowdenbeath Central Park
East Stirlingshire Falkirk Firs Park
Forfar Athletic Forfar Station Park
Montrose Montrose Links Park
Queen's Park Glasgow Hampden Park
Ross County Dingwall Victoria Park

Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Forfar Athletic (C) (P) 36 25 5 6 67 33+34 80 Promotion to the 1995–96 Scottish Second Division
2 Montrose (P) 36 20 7 9 69 32+37 67
3 Ross County 36 18 6 12 59 44+15 60
4 East Stirlingshire 36 18 5 13 61 50+11 59
5 Alloa Athletic 36 15 9 12 50 45+5 54
6 Caledonian Thistle 36 12 9 15 48 6113 45
7 Arbroath 36 13 5 18 51 6211 44
8 Queen's Park 36 12 6 18 46 5711 42
9 Cowdenbeath 36 11 7 18 48 6012 40
10 Albion Rovers 36 5 3 28 27 8255 18

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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