2010–11 Scottish First Division

Irn-Bru Scottish First Division
Season2010–11
ChampionsDunfermline Athletic
PromotedDunfermline Athletic
RelegatedCowdenbeath, Stirling Albion
Biggest home winDunfermline Athletic 5–0 Cowdenbeath
(29 December 2010)
Partick Thistle 6–1 Stirling Albion
(15 January 2011)
Dunfermline Athletic 6-1 Queen of the South
(16 April 2011)
Biggest away winStirling Albion 0–5 Falkirk
(13 November 2010)
Highest scoringPartick Thistle 6–1 Stirling Albion
(15 January 2011)
Stirling Albion 3–4 Cowdenbeath
(5 March 2011)
Dunfermline Athletic 6-1 Queen of the South
(16 April 2011)
Highest attendance11,052:
Dunfermline Athletic 2–1 Raith Rovers
(23 April 2011)
Lowest attendance266:
Queen of the South 0–1 Ross County
(26 February 2011)

The 2010–11 Scottish First Division was the 17th season of the First Division in its current format of ten teams. Dunfermline Athletic finished champions, with Cowdenbeath and Stirling Albion being relegated.

Promotion and relegation from 2009–10

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

Promoted from Second Division to First Division

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Dunfermline Athletic (C, P) 36 20 10 6 66 31 +35 70 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Raith Rovers 36 17 9 10 47 35 +12 60
3 Falkirk 36 17 7 12 57 41 +16 58
4 Queen of the South 36 14 7 15 54 53 +1 49
5 Partick Thistle 36 12 11 13 44 39 +5 47
6 Dundee 36 19 12 5 54 34 +20 44[a]
7 Greenock Morton 36 11 10 15 39 43 −4 43
8 Ross County 36 9 14 13 30 34 −4 41
9 Cowdenbeath (R) 36 9 8 19 41 72 −31 35 Qualification for the First Division play-offs
10 Stirling Albion (R) 36 4 8 24 32 82 −50 20 Relegation to the Second Division
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Dundee were docked 25 points for entering administration. The deduction was temporarily lifted pending an appeal by the club, however the appeal failed and the deduction was reinstated.[1]

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 do the same in the second half of the season, for a total of 36 games

First half of season

Home \ Away COW DND DNF FAL GMO PAR QOS RAI ROS STI
Cowdenbeath 2–1 0–4 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–3 1–2 0–2 5–1
Dundee 3–0 2–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–0
Dunfermline Athletic 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 3–2 3–0
Falkirk 5–1 3–3 0–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 0–1 3–0
Greenock Morton 1–2 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–0
Partick Thistle 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–2
Queen of the South 3–0 1–2 2–0 1–5 2–0 2–1 1–3 3–0 2–2
Raith Rovers 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 4–0 0–1 1–0 0–2
Ross County 1–1 0–3 0–0 0–1 2–2 0–2 1–1 0–0 3–1
Stirling Albion 1–3 1–1 1–5 0–5 0–1 4–2 0–0 1–3 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on 19 April. Source: BBC Sport
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home \ Away COW DND DNF FAL GMO PAR QOS RAI ROS STI
Cowdenbeath 1–3 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–1 2–2 0–3 2–1 1–0
Dundee 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–1
Dunfermline Athletic 5–0 0–0 3–0 1–3 0–0 6–1 2–1 1–1 4–1
Falkirk 2–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 2–3 0–3 2–1 0–1 4–2
Greenock Morton 3–0 1–3 0–2 2–2 1–0 0–4 0–0 2–1 2–0
Partick Thistle 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 6–1
Queen of the South 2–2 3–0 1–3 0–1 1–4 3–3 0–2 0–1 4–1
Raith Rovers 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–1
Ross County 3–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–0
Stirling Albion 3–4 0–1 1–1 1–2 3–2 0–3 0–2 1–2 0–2
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2011. Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

15 goals
13 goals
12 goals
11 goals
9 goals

First Division play-offs

Times are BST (UTC+1)

Semi-finals

The fourth placed team in the Second Division (Brechin City) will play the ninth placed team in the First Division (Cowdenbeath) and third placed team in the Second Division (Forfar Athletic) will play the second placed team in the Second Division (Ayr United). The play-offs will be played over two legs on Wednesday 11 May 2011 & Saturday 14 May 2011, the winning team in each semi-final will advance to the final on Wednesday 18 May 2011 & Sunday 22 May 2011.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Brechin City 4 – 2 Cowdenbeath 2–2 2–0
Forfar Athletic 4 – 7 Ayr United 1–4 3–3

First legs

Brechin City2 – 2Cowdenbeath
Kirkpatrick 46'
Megginson 51'		 BBC Sport Linton 4'
Coult 26'
Attendance: 596
Referee: Anthony Law
Forfar Athletic1 – 4Ayr United
Templeman 10' BBC Sport Moffat 2'
Bishop o.g.' (35)
McCann 52'
Rodgers 87'
Attendance: 924

Second legs

Cowdenbeath0 – 2Brechin City
BBC Sport Redman 78'
Molloy 84'
Attendance: 645
Referee: David Somers
Ayr United3 – 3Forfar Athletic
Moffat 12'
McLaughlin 48'
Trouten 90' (pen.)		 BBC Sport Hilson 31'
Sellars 56'
Campbell 90' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,198
Referee: Brian Winter

Final

The two semi-final winners will play each other over two legs. The winning team will be awarded a place in the 2011–12 First Division.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ayr United 3 – 2 Brechin City 1–1 2–1

First leg

Ayr United1 – 1Brechin City
Moffat 31' BBC Sport Janczyk 86'
Attendance: 2,020
Referee: Steve Conroy

Second leg

Brechin City1 – 2Ayr United
Tiffoney 44' (o.g.) BBC Sport Roberts 76'
Moffat 88'
Attendance: 2,404
Referee: Crawford Allan

Kits and shirt sponsors

Team Kit manufacturer Kit sponsor Notes
Cowdenbeath Erreà Lints Property New home and away kits.
Dundee Puma Kilmac Energy New home and away kits.
Dunfermline Athletic Puma The Purvis Group New home and away kits.
Falkirk Puma Central Demolition New home and away kits.
Greenock Morton Puma Millions Chews (Home) Buchanan's Toffees (Away) New home and away kits
Partick Thistle Puma Ignis asset management New home kit
Queen of the South Joma Palmerston Furniture Centre New home and away kits.
Raith Rovers Puma O'Connell's Bar and Diner New home and away kits.
Ross County Nike Highnet New home and away kits
Stirling Albion Puma Prudential Insurance New home and away kits.

Stadia

Team Stadium Capacity
Dunfermline Athletic East End Park 12,509
Dundee Dens Park 12,085
Greenock Morton Cappielow 11,612
Partick Thistle Firhill Stadium 10,887
Raith Rovers Stark's Park 10,104
Falkirk Falkirk Stadium 9,120
Queen of the South Palmerston Park 6,412
Ross County Victoria Park 6,310
Cowdenbeath Central Park 4,370
Stirling Albion Forthbank Stadium 3,808

See also

References

  1. ^ "Dundee fail to overturn 25-point penalty". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 17 December 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2010.