1987–88 Scottish Second Division

Scottish Second Division
Season	1987–88
Champions	Ayr United
Promoted	Ayr United; St Johnstone
	← 1986–87 1988–89 →

The 1987–88 Scottish Second Division was won by Ayr United who, along with second placed St Johnstone, were promoted to the First Division. Stranraer finished bottom.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Ayr United (C, P)	39	27	7	5	95	31	+64	61	Promotion to the First Division
2	St Johnstone (P)	39	26	9	4	75	23	+52	61	Promotion to the First Division
3	Queen's Park	39	21	9	9	64	44	+20	51
4	Brechin City	39	20	8	11	56	40	+16	48
5	Stirling Albion	39	18	10	11	60	51	+9	46
6	East Stirlingshire	39	15	13	11	52	48	+4	43
7	Alloa Athletic	39	16	8	15	50	46	+4	40
8	Montrose	39	12	11	16	45	51	−6	35
9	Arbroath	39	10	14	15	54	66	−12	34
10	Stenhousemuir	39	12	9	18	49	58	−9	33
11	Cowdenbeath	39	9	13	17	50	67	−17	31
12	Albion Rovers	39	10	11	18	45	75	−30	31
13	Berwick Rangers	39	6	4	29	33	78	−45	16
14	Stranraer	39	4	8	27	34	84	−50	16

Source: "1987-1988 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

v t e 1987–88 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 Tennent's Sixes
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Related to national team	Results Euro 1988 qualifying (Group 7) Rous Cup
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Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Morton Motherwell Rangers St. Mirren
First Division	Airdrieonians Clyde Clydebank Dumbarton East Fife Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Meadowbank Thistle Partick Thistle Queen of the South Raith Rovers
Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Brechin City Berwick Rangers Cowdenbeath East Stirlingshire Montrose Queen's Park St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

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1987–88 Scottish Second Division

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