1965–66 Scottish Division Two

Scottish Second Division
Season	1965–66
Champions	Ayr United
Promoted	Ayr United; Airdrieonians
	← 1964–65 1966–67 →

The 1965–66 Scottish Second Division was won by Ayr United who, along with second placed Airdrieonians, were promoted to the First Division. Forfar Athletic finished bottom.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Ayr United	36	22	9	5	78	37	+41	53	Promotion to the 1966–67 First Division
2	Airdrieonians	36	22	6	8	107	56	+51	50	Promotion to the 1966–67 First Division
3	Queen of the South	36	18	11	7	73	46	+27	47
4	East Fife	36	20	4	12	72	55	+17	44
5	Raith Rovers	36	16	11	9	71	43	+28	43
6	Arbroath	36	15	13	8	72	52	+20	43
7	Albion Rovers	36	18	7	11	58	54	+4	43
8	Alloa Athletic	36	14	10	12	65	65	0	38
9	Montrose	36	15	7	14	67	63	+4	37
10	Cowdenbeath	36	15	7	14	69	68	+1	37
11	Berwick Rangers	36	12	11	13	69	58	+11	35
12	Dumbarton	36	14	7	15	63	61	+2	35
13	Queen's Park	36	13	7	16	62	65	−3	33
14	Third Lanark	36	12	8	16	55	65	−10	32
15	Stranraer	36	9	10	17	64	83	−19	28
16	Brechin City	36	10	7	19	52	92	−40	27
17	East Stirlingshire	36	9	5	22	59	91	−32	23
18	Stenhousemuir	36	6	7	23	47	93	−46	19
19	Forfar Athletic	36	7	3	26	61	120	−59	17

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

References

Scottish Football Archive

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Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Related to national team	Results 1966 World Cup qualifying (Group 8) British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Celtic Clyde Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers St. Johnstone St. Mirren Stirling Albion
Division Two	Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Berwick Rangers Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park Raith Rovers Stenhousemuir Stranraer Third Lanark