By 27 April Forfar had fallen to nine points behind ninth-placed Clyde following a 1–0 loss to Dumbarton. With only nine points available from the remaining three games the club were described as "all but relegated" by BBC Sport, and they entered the season's final fixtures having achieved just two victories in nineteen league matches. Despite back-to-back wins against Clyde and Peterhead in the next two games, Clyde's own victory over Dumbarton in the penultimate match of the season confirmed Forfar's relegation to Scottish League Two, ending the club's four-season stint in Scotland's third tier. The two victories nevertheless prompted the club to promote Irvine from caretaker manager to manager three days later on 4 May. Forfar's final game of the season was a home loss to East Fife, an encounter noted by the website Fife Today as "competitive, spirited and not short on quality", with Sean Brown securing a 3–2 victory for the away side in the last minute of the match.
