2009–10 Scottish First Division

Irn-Bru Scottish First Division
Season2009–10
ChampionsInverness Caledonian Thistle
PromotedInverness Caledonian Thistle
RelegatedAirdrie United, Ayr United
Top goalscorerAdam Rooney (24)
Biggest home winMorton 5–0 Raith Rovers
Partick Thistle 5–0 Morton
Biggest away winAyr United 0–7 Inverness CT
Highest scoringRoss County 5–3 Airdrie United
Highest attendance6,289: Dunfermline Athletic 0-2 Raith Rovers (29/08/09)
Lowest attendance703: Airdrie United 1-1 Dunfermline Athletic (09/03/10)

The 2009–10 Scottish First Division was the 16th season of the First Division in its current format of ten teams.

Club locations

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Location of teams in 2009–10 Scottish First Division

Promotion and relegation from 2008–09

SPL & First Division

Relegated from Premier League to First Division

Promoted from First Division to Scottish Premier League

First & Second Divisions

Relegated from First Division to Second Division

Relegated from First Division to Third 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 Inverness Caledonian Thistle (C, P) 36 21 10 5 72 32 +40 73 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Dundee 36 16 13 7 48 34 +14 61
3 Dunfermline Athletic 36 17 7 12 54 44 +10 58
4 Queen of the South 36 15 11 10 53 40 +13 56
5 Ross County 36 15 11 10 46 44 +2 56
6 Partick Thistle 36 14 6 16 43 40 +3 48
7 Raith Rovers 36 11 9 16 36 47 −11 42
8 Greenock Morton 36 11 4 21 40 65 −25 37
9 Airdrie United (R) 36 8 9 19 41 56 −15 33 Qualification to the First Division play-offs
10 Ayr United (R) 36 7 10 19 29 60 −31 31 Relegation to the Second Division
Source: Scottish Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
First Division play-offs: The 9th place team will be entered into a play-off with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th places of the Second Division. The winner gets a place in the 2010-11 First Division
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Teams play each other four times in this league. In the first half of the season each team plays every other team twice (home and away) and then does the same in the second half of the season.

First half of season

Home \ Away AIR AYR DND DNF GMO INV PAR QOS RAI ROS
Airdrie United 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–4 1–1 2–5 1–1 1–2 0–1
Ayr United 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–2 1–5 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1
Dundee 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–0
Dunfermline Athletic 2–0 3–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 3–1 1–4 0–2 3–3
Greenock Morton 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 0–3 0–2 1–2 5–0 0–1
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 2–3 1–3 1–0 1–3
Partick Thistle 2–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 5–0 2–1 2–2 1–2 0–0
Queen of the South 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–2 2–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0
Raith Rovers 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–2 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–1
Ross County 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–2 3–2 0–1
Updated to match(es) played on 31 March 2009. Source: Scottish Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home \ Away AIR AYR DND DNF GMO INV PAR QOS RAI ROS
Airdrie United 1–1 3–0 0–1 3–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 1–1
Ayr United 1–4 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–7 1–0 3–0 0–2 0–1
Dundee 0–1 3–0 3–2 3–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–1
Dunfermline Athletic 2–0 0–1 2–1 4–1 0–0 1–2 3–1 2–1 1–2
Greenock Morton 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 0–2 1–0 3–3 1–1 1–1
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4–0 3–3 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 4–3 3–0
Partick Thistle 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–4 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–1
Queen of the South 2–2 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–3 1–0 3–0 1–0
Raith Rovers 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–4 1–0 0–0 4–1
Ross County 5–3 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2010. Source: Scottish Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

As of 15 April 2010
Sources: BBC
Rank Scorer Team Goals
1 Republic of Ireland Adam Rooney Inverness CT 24
2 Scotland Gary Harkins Dundee 15
3 Republic of Ireland Richie Foran Inverness CT 12
Scotland Leigh Griffiths Dundee
5 Scotland John Baird Airdrie United 11
6 Scotland Liam Buchanan Partick Thistle 10
Scotland Derek Holmes Queen of the South
England Peter Weatherson Greenock Morton
9 Scotland Willie Gibson Dunfermline Athletic 10
Republic of Ireland Jonny Hayes Inverness CT

First Division play-offs

Times are BST (UTC+1)

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 3–1 Airdrie United 2–1 1–0
Cowdenbeath 3–1 Alloa Athletic 1–1 2–0

First legs

Brechin City2–1Airdrie United
McAllister 10'
King 44' (pen)		 BBC Sport Gemmill 15'
Attendance: 583
Cowdenbeath1–1Alloa Athletic
Dempster 90+3' BBC Sport Gormley 16'
Attendance: 578

Second legs

Airdrie United0–1Brechin City
BBC Sport McAllister 61'
Attendance: 1156
Alloa Athletic0–2Cowdenbeath
BBC Sport Wardlaw 59'
McQuade 82'
Attendance: 1234

Final

The two semi-final winners played each other over two legs. The winning team was awarded a place in the 2010–11 First Division.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cowdenbeath 3–0 Brechin City 0–0 3–0

First leg

Cowdenbeath0–0Brechin City
BBC Sport
Attendance: 1119

Second leg

Brechin City0–3Cowdenbeath
BBC Sport Mbu 17'
Wardlaw 25', 45+4'
Attendance: 1627

Kits and shirt sponsors

Team Kit manufacturer Kit sponsor Notes
Airdrie United Surridge Sports St Andrew's Hospice New home and away kits.
Ayr United Surridge Sports Paligap New home and away kits.
Dundee Bukta Viga Athletic Clothing (Home), Bukta (Away) New home and away kits.
Dunfermline Athletic Puma The Purvis Group New home and away kits.
Greenock Morton Bukta Millions Chews New home kit.
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Erreà Flybe New away kit.
Partick Thistle Puma Ignis asset management New away kit.
Queen of the South Surridge Sports Peter C Haining Kitchens & Bathrooms New home and away kits.
Raith Rovers Puma O'Connell's Bar and Diner New home and away kits.
Ross County Adidas Highnet New home kit.

Stadia

Team Stadium Capacity
Airdrie United Excelsior Stadium 10,171
Dunfermline Athletic East End Park 11,998
Dundee Dens Park 11,856
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Caledonian Stadium 7,711
Greenock Morton Cappielow Park 11,612
Partick Thistle Firhill Stadium 10,887
Queen of the South Palmerston Park 6,412
Ross County Victoria Park 6,310
Ayr United Somerset Park 10,185
Raith Rovers Stark's Park 10,104

References

  1. ^ Livingston F.C. were demoted to the Third Division in response to the club's insolvency. As a result, Airdrie United - beaten play-off finalists from 2008-09 - regained their First Division status.Press Announcement Archived 2009-08-11 at the Wayback Machine, Scottish Football League