The Maltese Third Division 2007–08 (known as BOV 3rd Division due to sponsorship reasons) was the 8th season and started on 21 September 2007 and finished on 18 May.For the first time the Division was divided into two sections:A and B.Section A consisted of 10 teams and Section B of 9.The winners of Section A were Zebbug Rangers and those of Section B were Gozo FC.Both were promoted to the 2nd Division.The overall champions were Gozo FC who beat Zebbug 3-1.The match was abandoned on 57 minutes. The teams who finished 2nd and 3rd in each Section were to play in a promotion/relegation playoff with the 10th finishing place team of Second Division.These were Attard, Xghajra from Section A and Gzira and Gharghur from Section B.The 10th finishing team from Second Division were Mgarr.Mgarr won the play-off Final and therefore each team stayed in its respective Division.
Participating teams Section A
Attard Fgura Ghaxaq Mdina Mtarfa Qrendi Siggiewi Xghajra Zebbug Zejtun
Section B
Gharghur Gozo FC Gudja Gzira Kalkara Kirkop Luqa Pembroke Santa Lucia
Changes from previous season Mgarr United, Sirens and Zurrieq were promoted to the Second Division. They were replaced with Gozo FC, Gudja United and Zebbug Rangers, all relegated from 2006–07 Maltese Second Division.
Standings
Section A
Section B
Champions playoff Champions Play off
Match abandoned on 57 minutes. Zebbug Rangers started a fight and the referee had to abandon the match. Gozo FC were winning 3-1 and that was taken as the final score. As a punishment, Zebbug started the 2008–09 Maltese Second Division with a five point deduction.
Promotion-relegation playoffs Quarter final
Gharghur remain in Maltese Third Division
Semi-finals
Xghajra Tornadoes and Gzira United remain in Maltese Third Division
Final
Mgarr United remain in Maltese Second Division Attard remain in Maltese Third Division
Results Section A
Section B
Top scorers
+ Section AGoalsPlayerTeam 13 Eman CiapparaSiggiewi 11 Matthew FrancalanzaMdina 10 Firas AboulezzAttard
+ Section BGoalsPlayerTeam 14 Liam CamilleriPembroke 9 Chris CamilleriGozo 8 Anthony PortelliGozo
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