Current Status
Today's Second Division contains ten teams, as does the First Division and the Third Division. Most players are part-time professionals. The teams play each other four times with three points for a victory and one point each for a drawn game. In the event of two teams finishing with the same number of points, the respective teams' position is decided on goal difference. If goal difference is equal too, the team who has scored the most goals is placed higher. No other league in Scotland or the UK is as `dynamic' - with one automatic promotion and relegation place to contend for plus 3 promotion playoff places and one relegation playoff place, it means that 6 of the 10 teams are always drawn into contention. In theory, 4 of the 10 teams can change each season.
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