1989–90 Scottish First Division

Scottish First Division
Season 1989–90
Champions St Johnstone
Promoted St Johnstone
Relegated Albion Rovers
Alloa Athletic
Matches played 273
Goals scored 763 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorer Ken Eadie (21)[1]
Biggest home win Forfar Athletic 1–5 St Johnstone, 02.01.1990
Biggest away win Falkirk 6–0 Albion Rovers, 30.09.1989

The 1989–90 Scottish First Division season was won by St Johnstone, who were promoted four points ahead of Airdrieonians to the Premier Division. Albion Rovers and Alloa Athletic were relegated to the Second Division.[2]

Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 St Johnstone (C) (P) 39 25 8 6 81 39+42 58 Promotion to Premier Division
2 Airdrieonians 39 23 8 8 77 45+32 54
3 Clydebank 39 17 10 12 74 64+10 44
4 Falkirk 39 14 15 10 59 46+13 43
5 Raith Rovers 39 15 12 12 57 50+7 42
6 Hamilton Academical 39 14 13 12 52 531 41
7 Meadowbank Thistle 39 13 13 13 41 465 39
8 Partick Thistle 39 12 14 13 62 53+9 38
9 Clyde 39 10 15 14 39 467 35
10 Ayr United 39 11 13 15 41 6221 35
11 Morton 39 9 16 14 38 468 34
12 Forfar Athletic 39 8 15 16 51 6514 31
13 Albion Rovers (R) 39 8 11 20 50 7828 27 Relegation to Second Division
14 Alloa Athletic (R) 39 6 13 20 41 7029 25

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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References

  1. "Scottish Football League - Top goalscorers per division". Scottish-football-historical-archive.com. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
  2. "Scottish Division One 1989-1990 Table". statto.com. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
  3. "Scottish Division One 1989-1990 Season Summary". statto.com. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
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