sentences:  Cowdenbeath as champions of the 2005–06 season were directly promoted to the 2006–07 Scottish Second Division.They were replaced by Dumbarton who finished bottom of the 2005–06 Scottish Second Division.A second promotion place was available via a play-off tournament between the ninth-placed team of the 2005–06 Scottish Second Division, Alloa Athletic, and the sides ranked second, third and fourth in the 2005–06 Scottish Third Division, Berwick Rangers, Stenhousemuir and Arbroath respectively.