2004–05 Scottish Third Division

{{Infobox football league season

| competition = Scottish Third Division

| season = 2004–05

| winners = Gretna

| promoted = Gretna
Peterhead

| relegated =

| matches =

| total goals =

| league topscorer =

| prevseason = 2003–04

| nextseason = 2005–06

}}

The 2004–05 Scottish Third Division was won by Gretna who, along with Peterhead, gained promotion to the Second Division. East Stirlingshire finished bottom.

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{{Location map~ |UK Scotland|marksize=6 |lat=56.108942 |long=-3.34695 |label=Cowdenbeath|position=left}}

{{Location map~ |UK Scotland|marksize=6 |lat=56.188941 |long=-2.999196 |label=East Fife|position=right}}

{{Location map~ |UK Scotland|marksize=6 |lat=56.000109 |long=-3.780727 |label=}}

{{Location map~ |UK Scotland|marksize=6 |lat=57.649902 |long=-3.317199 |label=Elgin City|position=bottom}}

{{Location map~ |UK Scotland|marksize=6 |lat=54.993693 |long=-3.072656 |label=Gretna|position=left}}

{{Location map~ |UK Scotland|marksize=6 |lat=56.714258 |long=-2.462361 |label=Montrose|position=right}}

{{Location map~ |UK Scotland|marksize=6 |lat=57.511213 |long=-1.795886 |label=Peterhead|position=right}}

{{Location map~ |UK Scotland|marksize=6 |lat=55.825925 |long=-4.252059 |label=Queen's Park|position=bottom}}

{{Location map~ |UK Scotland|marksize=6 |lat=56.028344 |long=-3.814924 |label=Stenhousemuir|position=left}}

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{{Location map~ |UK Scotland|mark=TransparentPlaceholder.png |lat=55.964191|long=-3.798637|label=East Stirlingshire|position=right}}

}}

Table

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|show_limit=5

|res_col_header=P

|team1=GRE|name_GRE=Gretna

|team2=PET|name_PET=Peterhead

|team3=COW|name_COW=Cowdenbeath

|team4=QPA|name_QPA=Queen's Park

|team5=MON|name_MON=Montrose

|team6=ELG|name_ELG=Elgin City

|team7=STE|name_STE=Stenhousemuir

|team8=EFI|name_EFI=East Fife

|team9=ALB|name_ALB=Albion Rovers

|team10=EST|name_EST=East Stirlingshire

|win_GRE=32|draw_GRE=2|loss_GRE=2|gf_GRE=130|ga_GRE=29|status_GRE=C,P

|win_PET=23|draw_PET=9|loss_PET=4|gf_PET=81|ga_PET=38|status_PET=P

|win_COW=14|draw_COW=9|loss_COW=13|gf_COW=54|ga_COW=61

|win_QPA=13|draw_QPA=9|loss_QPA=14|gf_QPA=51|ga_QPA=50

|win_MON=13|draw_MON=7|loss_MON=16|gf_MON=47|ga_MON=53

|win_ELG=12|draw_ELG=7|loss_ELG=17|gf_ELG=39|ga_ELG=61

|win_STE=10|draw_STE=12|loss_STE=14|gf_STE=58|ga_STE=58

|win_EFI=10|draw_EFI=8|loss_EFI=18|gf_EFI=40|ga_EFI=56

|win_ALB=8|draw_ALB=10|loss_ALB=18|gf_ALB=40|ga_ALB=78

|win_EST=5|draw_EST=7|loss_EST=24|gf_EST=32|ga_EST=88

|col_P=green1|text_P=Promotion to the Second Division

|result1=P|result2=P

|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

|update=complete|source={{cite web | title=2004-2005 Third Division - SPFL Archive | website=SPFL | url=https://spfl.co.uk/league/league-two/archive/245 | ref={{sfnref | SPFL}} | access-date=2021-04-29}}

}}

Top scorers

class="wikitable"
Rank

!Scorer

!Goals

!Team

style="text-align:center;"|1

|{{flagicon|Scotland}} Kenny Deuchar

|style="text-align:center;"|38

|Gretna

bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

|style="text-align:center;"|2

|{{flagicon|Scotland}} David Bingham

|style="text-align:center;"|27

|Gretna

style="text-align:center;"|3

|{{flagicon|Scotland}} Scott Michie

|style="text-align:center;"|21

|Peterhead

bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

|style="text-align:center;"|4

|{{flagicon|Scotland}} Paul McGrillen

|style="text-align:center;"|18

|Stenhousemuir

rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|5

|{{flagicon|Scotland}} Craig Smart

|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|14

|Montrose

{{flagicon|Scotland}} Frankie Carrol

|Queen's Park

bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

|style="text-align:center;"|7

|{{flagicon|Scotland}} Martin Bavidge

|style="text-align:center;"|13

|Peterhead

rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|8

|{{flagicon|England}} Gavin Skelton

|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|12

|Gretna

{{flagicon|Scotland}} Darren Gribben

|Cowdenbeath

bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|10

|{{flagicon|Scotland}} Joseph Savage

|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|9

|Stenhousemuir

bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

|{{flagicon|Scotland}} Steven Nicholas

|East Fife

bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

|{{flagicon|Scotland}} William Martin

|Elgin City

Attendance

The average attendance for Scottish Third Division clubs for the 2004/05 season are shown below:

class="wikitable"
Team

!Average

Gretna

|895

bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

|East Fife

|663

Peterhead

|640

bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

|Queen's Park

|593

Elgin City

|455

bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

|Stenhousemuir

|432

Montrose

|390

bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

|Albion Rovers

|322

East Stirlingshire

|293

bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

|Cowdenbeath

|262

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