2005–06 Scottish First Division

Scottish First Division
Season	2005–06
Champions	St Mirren
Promoted	St Mirren
Relegated	Stranraer Brechin City
Top goalscorer	Bryan Prunty (15) Jason Scotland (15)
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The 2005–06 Scottish First Division was won by St Mirren.

As league champions, St Mirren were promoted to the Scottish Premier League.

Allan Jenkins scored the Stranraer winner on a 2 January South West relegation derby leaving Queen of the South firmly in the play off spot that was ninth place.^[1] However Jenkins was sold to Gretna 10 days later.^[2] Stranraer's league form imploded immediately recording only one other league win from then until the season's end.^[1] Queens over hauled Stranraer who subsequently lost in a relegation playoff Semi-Final to be relegated along with Brechin City to the Scottish Second Division.

Scottish Second Division winners Gretna and playoff winners Partick Thistle were promoted.

Table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	St Mirren	36	23	7	6	52	28	24	76	Promoted to 2006–07 Scottish Premier League
2	St Johnstone	36	18	12	6	59	34	25	66
3	Hamilton Academical	36	15	14	7	53	39	12	59
4	Ross County	36	14	14	8	47	40	7	56
5	Clyde	36	15	10	11	54	42	12	55
6	Airdrie United	36	11	12	13	57	43	14	45
7	Dundee	36	9	16	11	43	50	-7	43
8	Queen of the South	36	7	12	17	31	54	-23	33
9	Stranraer	36	5	14	17	33	53	-20	29	Relegated to 2006–07 Second Division
10	Brechin City	36	2	11	23	28	74	-46	17	Relegated to 2006–07 Second Division

Top scorers

Player	Club	Goals
Bryan Prunty	Airdrie United	15
Jason Scotland	St Johnstone	15
John Sutton	St Mirren	14
Alex Williams	Clyde	13
Simon Lynch	Dundee	13
Stewart Kean	St Mirren	12
John Rankin	Ross County	12
Stephen O'Donnell	Clyde	11

Attendances

The average attendances for First Division clubs for season 2005/06 are shown below:

Club	Average
St Mirren	3,995
Dundee	3,797
St Johnstone	2,667
Ross County	2,302
Queen of the South	1,804
Hamilton Academical	1,761
Airdrie United	1,426
Clyde	1,284
Brechin City	770
Stranraer	654

First Division play-offs

The playoff semi-finals took place on 3 May 2006 and 6 May 2006. The final took place on 10 May 2006 and 14 May 2006.

Semi-finals

Stranraer 1–3 Partick Thistle
Partick Thistle 1–2 Stranraer
Morton 0–0 Peterhead
Peterhead 1–0 Morton

Final

Partick Thistle 1–2 Peterhead
Peterhead 1–2 Partick Thistle

(Partick Thistle win 4–2 on penalties, aet)

References

1 2 "Stranraer results 2005/2006"
↑ Allan Jenkins at Soccerbase

Second division football seasons in Scotland

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2005–06 in Scottish football

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Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Challenge Cup (Final) Junior Cup

European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup

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First Division	Airdrie United Brechin City Clyde Dundee Hamilton Academical Queen of the South Ross County St. Johnstone St. Mirren Stranraer

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