Scottish Football League First Division

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Scottish Football League First Division
Scottish First Division 2007-08

Founded
1890
Nation
Scotland
Promotion to
Scottish Premier League
Relegation to
S.F.L. Second Division
Number of teams
10
Domestic Cups
Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup
Champions (2007–08)
Hamilton

The Irn-Bru Scottish Football League First Division Championship is the highest division of the Scottish Football League and the second highest in the Scottish football league system.

The division contains ten teams and each year the top team is promoted to the Scottish Premier League, subject to meeting the stadium criteria. The bottom club is automatically relegated and the second bottom club goes to an end of season play-off with the second, third and fourth placed clubs from Division Two.

The teams play each other four times with three points for a victory and one point each for a drawn game.

1 Sponsorship
2 Teams for 2008–09 season
3 First Division managers
4 Stadium
5 Winners of the First Division
6 The future
7 See also
8 Notes
9 External links

[edit] Sponsorship

On July 20, 2007, it was announced that Scottish Football League would be sponsored by Scottish soft drink company Irn-Bru for the next three seasons^[1].

[edit] Teams for 2008–09 season

[edit] First Division managers

Main article: List of managers in the Scottish football league system by date of appointment

The following is a list of the current managers in the Scottish First Division. The list is arranged chronologically by appointment.

Manager	Club	Appointed
Alex Rae	Dundee	24 May 2006
Kenny Black	Airdrie United	17 November 2006
Gordon Chisholm	Queen of the South	7 May 2007
Ian McCall	Partick Thistle	25 May 2007
Derek Adams	Ross County	2 October 2007
Derek McInnes	St. Johnstone	27 November 2007
Jim McIntyre	Dunfermline Athletic	3 January 2008
John Brown	Clyde	26 January 2008
David Irons	Morton	19 February 2008
Roberto Landi	Livingston	11 June 2008

[edit] Stadium

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Dunfermline Athletic	East End Park	12,998
Dundee	Dens Park	12,085
Greenock Morton	Cappielow	12,011
Partick Thistle	Firhill Stadium	10,887
St. Johnstone	McDiarmid Park	10,673
Airdrie United	Excelsior Stadium	10,171
Livingston	Almondvale Stadium	10,016
Clyde	Broadwood Stadium	8,006
Queen of the South	Palmerston Park	6,412
Ross County	Victoria Park	6,310

[edit] Winners of the First Division

Season	Winner	Runner Up
1893–94	Hibernian	Cowlairs
1894–95	Hibernian	Motherwell
1895–96	Abercorn	Leith Athletic
1896–97	Partick Thistle	Leith Athletic
1897–98	Kilmarnock	Port Glasgow Athletic
1898–99	Kilmarnock	Leith Athletic
1899–00	Partick Thistle	Greenock Morton
1900–01	St. Bernard's	Airdrieonians
1901–02	Port Glasgow Athletic	Partick Thistle
1902–03	Airdrieonians	Motherwell
1903–04	Hamilton Academical	Clyde
1904–05	Clyde	Falkirk
1905–06	Leith Athletic	Clyde
1906–07	St. Bernard's	Vale of Leven
1907–08	Raith Rovers	Dumbarton
1908–09	Abercorn	Raith Rovers
1909–10	Leith Athletic	Raith Rovers
1910–11	Dumbarton	Ayr United
1911–12	Ayr United	Abercorn
1912–13	Ayr United	Dunfermline Athletic
1913–14	Cowdenbeath	Albion Rovers
1914–15	Cowdenbeath	Leith Athletic
1915–21	League suspended due to World War I
1921–22	Alloa Athletic	Cowdenbeath
1922–23	Queen's Park	Clydebank
1923–24	St. Johnstone	Cowdenbeath
1924–25	Dundee United	Clydebank
1925–26	Dunfermline Athletic	Clyde
1926–27	Bo'ness	Raith Rovers
1927–28	Ayr United	Third Lanark
1928–29	Dundee United	Greenock Morton
1929–30	Leith Athletic	East Fife
1930–31	Third Lanark	Dundee United
1931–32	East Stirlingshire	St. Johnstone
1932–33	Hibernian	Queen of the South
1933–34	Albion Rovers	Dunfermline Athletic
1934–35	Third Lanark	Arbroath
1935–36	Falkirk	St. Mirren
1936–37	Ayr United	Greenock Morton
1937–38	Raith Rovers	Albion Rovers
1938–39	Cowdenbeath	Alloa Athletic
1939–46	League suspended due to World War II
1946–47	Dundee	Airdrieonians
1947–48	East Fife	Albion Rovers
1948–49	Raith Rovers	Stirling Albion
1949–50	Greenock Morton	Airdrieonians
1950–51	Queen of the South	Stirling Albion
1951–52	Clyde	Falkirk
1952–53	Stirling Albion	Hamilton Academical
1953–54	Motherwell	Kilmarnock
1954–55	Airdrieonians	Dunfermline Athletic
1955–56	Queen's Park	Ayr United
1956–57	Clyde	Third Lanark
1957–58	Stirling Albion	Dunfermline Athletic
1958–59	Ayr United	Arbroath
1959–60	Dundee United	Dunfermline Athletic
1960–61	Stirling Albion	Falkirk
1961–62	Clyde	Queen of the South
1962–63	St. Johnstone	East Stirlingshire
1963–64	Greenock Morton	Clyde
1964–65	Stirling Albion	Hamilton Academical
1965–66	Ayr United	Airdrieonians
1966–67	Greenock Morton	Raith Rovers
1967–68	St. Mirren	Arbroath
1968–69	Motherwell	Ayr United
1969–70	Falkirk	Cowdenbeath
1970–71	Partick Thistle	East Fife
1971–72	Dumbarton	Arbroath
1972–73	Clyde	Dunfermline Athletic
1973–74	Airdrieonians	Kilmarnock
1974–75	Falkirk	Queen of the South
1975–76	Partick Thistle	Kilmarnock
1976–77	St. Mirren	Clydebank
1977–78	Greenock Morton	Hearts
1978–79	Dundee	Kilmarnock
1979–80	Hearts	Airdrieonians
1980–81	Hibernian	Dundee
1981–82	Motherwell	Kilmarnock
1982–83	St. Johnstone	Hearts
1983–84	Greenock Morton	Dumbarton
1984–85	Motherwell	Clydebank
1985–86	Hamilton Academical	Falkirk
1986–87	Greenock Morton	Dunfermline Athletic
1987–88	Hamilton Academical	Meadowbank
1988–89	Dunfermline Athletic	Falkirk
1989–90	St. Johnstone	Airdrieonians
1990–91	Falkirk	Airdrieonians
1991–92	Dundee	Partick
1992–93	Raith Rovers	Kilmarnock
1993–94	Falkirk	Dunfermline Athletic
1994–95	Raith Rovers	Dunfermline Athletic
1995–96	Dunfermline Athletic	Dundee United
1996–97	St. Johnstone	Airdrieonians
1997–98	Dundee	Falkirk
1998–99	Hibernian	Falkirk
1999–00	St. Mirren	Dunfermline Athletic
2000–01	Livingston	Ayr United
2001–02	Partick Thistle	Airdrieonians
2002–03	Falkirk	Clyde
2003–04	Inverness CT	Clyde
2004–05	Falkirk	St. Mirren
2005–06	St. Mirren	St. Johnstone
2006–07	Gretna	St. Johnstone
2007–08	Hamilton Academical	Dundee

[edit] The future

Four member clubs (Clyde, Dundee, Hamilton Academical, and Livingston) are proposing a restructuring system, which would see the current First Division teams "break away" to form a second tier to the Scottish Premier League (SPL)^[2] These plans are at a very early stage and are facing strong opposition from lower-league clubs and Scottish Football League bosses^[3].