1971–72 Scottish Division Two

Scottish Second Division
Season	1971–72
Champions	Dumbarton
Promoted	Dumbarton; Arbroath
	← 1970–71 1972–73 →

The 1971–72 Scottish Second Division was won by Dumbarton who, along with second placed Arbroath, were promoted to the First Division. Hamilton Academical finished bottom.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Dumbarton	36	24	4	8	89	51	+38	52	Promotion to the 1972–73 First Division
2	Arbroath	36	22	8	6	71	41	+30	52	Promotion to the 1972–73 First Division
3	Stirling Albion	36	21	8	7	75	37	+38	50
4	St Mirren	36	24	2	10	84	47	+37	50
5	Cowdenbeath	36	19	10	7	69	28	+41	48
6	Stranraer	36	18	8	10	70	62	+8	44
7	Queen of the South	36	17	9	10	56	38	+18	43
8	East Stirlingshire	36	17	7	12	60	58	+2	41
9	Clydebank	36	14	11	11	60	52	+8	39
10	Montrose	36	15	6	15	73	54	+19	36
11	Raith Rovers	36	13	8	15	56	56	0	34
12	Queen's Park	36	12	9	15	47	61	−14	33
13	Berwick Rangers	36	14	4	18	53	50	+3	32
14	Stenhousemuir	36	10	8	18	41	58	−17	28
15	Brechin City	36	8	7	21	41	79	−38	23
16	Alloa Athletic	36	9	4	23	41	75	−34	22
17	Forfar Athletic	36	6	9	21	32	84	−52	21
18	Albion Rovers	36	7	6	23	36	61	−25	20
19	Hamilton Academical	36	4	8	24	31	93	−62	16

Source: "1971-1972 Second Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 2021-04-29.

References

Scottish Football Archive

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