2006–07 Scottish First Division

Scottish First Division
Season2006–07
ChampionsGretna
PromotedGretna
RelegatedAirdrie United
Ross County
Top goalscorerColin McMenamin (20)

The 2006–07 First Division season was the 13th season of the Scottish First Division in its current format of ten teams. It began on August 5, 2006 and ended on April 28, 2007.

Gretna gained promotion to the Premier League as champions, by a single point ahead of St Johnstone, with a 3-2 win at Ross County on the final day of the season, the winning goal coming from James Grady in injury time. The result relegated Gretna's opponents to the Second Division.

Airdrie United entered a playoff with the second, third and fourth placed teams from the Second Division - Stirling Albion, Raith Rovers and Brechin City, respectively.

Promotion and Relegation from 2005–06

SPL & First Division

Relegated from Premier League to First Division

Promoted from First Division to Premier League

First & Second Divisions

Relegated from First Division to Second Division

Promoted from Second Division to First Division

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Gretna (C, P) 36 19 9 8 70 40 +30 66 Promotion to the Premier League
2 St Johnstone 36 19 8 9 65 42 +23 65
3 Dundee 36 16 5 15 48 42 +6 53
4 Hamilton Academical 36 14 11 11 46 47 −1 53
5 Clyde 36 11 14 11 46 35 +11 47
6 Livingston 36 11 12 13 41 46 −5 45
7 Partick Thistle 36 12 9 15 47 63 −16 45
8 Queen of the South 36 10 11 15 34 54 −20 41
9 Airdrie United (R) 36 11 7 18 39 50 −11 40 Qualification for the First Division Play-offs
10 Ross County (R) 36 9 10 17 40 57 −17 37 Relegation to the Second Division
Source: "2006-2007 First Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top scorers

Scorer Team Goals
Scotland Colin McMenamin Gretna 24
Trinidad and Tobago Jason Scotland St Johnstone 18
Scotland Mark Roberts Partick Thistle 15
England Richard Offiong Hamilton Accies 14
Scotland Martin Hardie St Johnstone 12
Scotland Derek Lyle Dundee 12
Scotland Gary Arbuckle Clyde 10
Scotland Gary Twigg Airdrie Utd 10
Scotland Stephen Dobbie Queen of the South 8
Scotland Steven Masterton Clyde 8
Scotland Steven Milne St Johnstone 8
Scotland John O'Neill Queen of the South 8
Scotland Steve Tosh[1] Queen of the South 8
Scotland Don Cowie Ross County 7
Scotland Steven Craig Livingston 7

Attendances

The average attendances for First Division clubs for season 2006/07 are shown below:

Club Average Highest
Dundee 3,880 5,538
St Johnstone 2,812 4,168
Partick Thistle 2,592 3,473
Ross County 2,307 6,216
Queen of the South 2,212 5,481
Livingston 1,934 2,669
Hamilton Academical 1,715 4,975
Gretna 1,599 2,193
Airdrie United 1,429 2,321
Clyde 1,359 3,000

First Division play-offs

Semi-finals

The ninth placed team in the First Division played the fourth placed team in the Second Division and third placed team in the Second Division played the second placed team in the Second Division. The play-offs were played over two legs, the winning team in each semi-final advanced to the final.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Brechin City 1 – 6 Airdrie United 1–3 0–3
Raith Rovers 1 – 3 Stirling Albion 0–0 1–3

First legs

Brechin City1 – 3Airdrie United
Iain Russell 52' Report Ian Harty 14' 22' (pen.)
Gary Twigg 16'
Attendance: 954
Referee: Scott MacDonald
Raith Rovers0 – 0Stirling Albion
Report
Attendance: 3,043
Referee: David Somers

Second legs

Airdrie United3 – 0Brechin City
Kevin MacDonald 40'
Stephen McKeown 76' 84'		 Report
Attendance: 1,298
Referee: Mike Ritchie
Stirling Albion3 – 1Raith Rovers
Chris Aitken 31' (pen.) 62'
Colin Cramb 79'		 Report Brian Fairbairn 30'
Attendance: 2,656
Referee: Alan Freeland

Final

The two semi-final winners played each other over two legs. The winning team was awarded a place in the 2007–08 First Division.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Stirling Albion 5 – 4 Airdrie United 2–2 3–2

First leg

Stirling Albion2 – 2Airdrie United
Paul Nugent 87'
Chris Aitken 90'		 Report Gary Twigg 35'
Ian Harty 45'
Attendance: 2,118
Referee: Ian Brown

Second leg

Airdrie United2 – 3Stirling Albion
Stuart Taylor 40'
Kevin McDonald 72'		 Report Robert Snodgrass 5' 17'
Stewart Devine 68'
Attendance: 3,465
Referee: Craig Thomson

Stirling Albion were promoted to the First Division

Awards

SPFA Team of the Year

Goalkeeper

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

SPFA Player of the Year

Winner

Other nominees:

Notes

  1. ^ All of Tosh's eight goals were scored whilst with Gretna before he left for Queen of the South in January 2007.