1978–79 Scottish Second Division

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Scottish Second Division
Season	1978–79
Champions	Berwick Rangers
Promoted	Berwick Rangers Dunfermline Athletic
← 1977–78 1979–80 →

The 1978–79 Scottish Second Division was won by

First Division. Meadowbank Thistle

finished bottom.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Berwick Rangers (C, P)	39	22	10	7	82	44	+38	54	Promotion to the First Division
2	Dunfermline Athletic (P)	39	19	14	6	66	40	+26	52	Promotion to the First Division
3	Falkirk	39	19	12	8	66	37	+29	50
4	East Fife	39	17	9	13	64	53	+11	43
5	Cowdenbeath	39	16	10	13	63	58	+5	42
6	Alloa Athletic	39	16	9	14	57	62	−5	41
7	Albion Rovers	39	15	10	14	57	56	+1	40
8	Forfar Athletic	39	13	12	14	55	52	+3	38
9	Stranraer	39	18	2	19	52	66	−14	38
10	Stenhousemuir	39	12	8	19	54	58	−4	32
11	Brechin City	39	9	14	16	49	65	−16	32
12	East Stirlingshire	39	12	8	19	61	87	−26	32
13	Queen's Park	39	8	12	19	46	57	−11	28
14	Meadowbank Thistle	39	8	8	23	37	74	−37	24

Source: "1978-1979 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

References

v t e 1978–79 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup Anglo-Scottish Cup
Related to national team	Results Euro 1980 qualifying (Group 2) British Home Championship
Club seasons
Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers St. Mirren
First Division	Airdrieonians Arbroath Ayr United Clyde Clydebank Dundee Dumbarton Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Montrose Queen of the South Raith Rovers St. Johnstone Stirling Albion
Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Berwick Rangers Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Athletic East Fife East Stirlingshire Falkirk Forfar Athletic Meadowbank Thistle Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stranraer

Division Three / C		1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 Not held between 1926–27 and 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 Not held between 1955–56 and 1974–75
Second Division	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13
League One	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Winners	List of winners of the Scottish League One and predecessors

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