2010–11 Scottish First Division

Irn-Bru Scottish First Division
Season 2010–11
Champions Dunfermline Athletic
Promoted Dunfermline Athletic
Relegated Cowdenbeath, Stirling Albion
Biggest home win Dunfermline 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 win Stirling Albion 0–5 Falkirk
(13 November 2010)
Highest scoring Partick 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 attendance 11,052:
Dunfermline Athletic 2–1 Raith Rovers
(23 April 2011)
Lowest attendance 266:
Queen of the South 0–1 Ross County
(26 February 2011)

The 2010–11 Scottish First Division was the sixteenth 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
Qualification or relegation
1 Dunfermline Athletic (C) (P) 36 20 10 6 66 31+35 70 Promotion to 2011–12 Scottish 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+20 044*
7 Greenock Morton 36 11 10 15 39 434 43
8 Ross County 36 9 14 13 30 344 41
9 Cowdenbeath (R) 36 9 8 19 41 7231 35 Qualification to Scottish First Division Playoffs
10 Stirling Albion (R) 36 4 8 24 32 8250 20 Relegation to Scottish Second Division

Updated to games played on 7 May.
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
* 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]
(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.

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 DNFFALGMOPARQOSRAIROSSTI
Cowdenbeath 21 04 00 22 21 13 12 02 51
Dundee 30 22 20 21 21 10 00 00 20
Dunfermline Athletic 21 31 11 20 00 10 22 32 30
Falkirk 51 33 01 21 20 31 00 01 30
Greenock Morton 12 01 21 00 20 20 01 00 00
Partick Thistle 10 10 02 10 00 31 00 11 12
Queen of the South 30 12 20 15 20 21 13 30 22
Raith Rovers 21 12 20 21 10 40 01 10 02
Ross County 11 03 00 01 22 02 11 00 31
Stirling Albion 13 11 15 05 01 42 00 13 00

Updated to games played on 19 April.
Source: BBC Sport
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home ╲ Away COW DND DNFFALGMOPARQOSRAIROSSTI
Cowdenbeath 13 01 12 02 11 22 03 21 10
Dundee 22 11 10 11 32 21 21 20 11
Dunfermline Athletic 50 00 30 13 00 61 21 11 41
Falkirk 20 22 12 10 23 03 21 01 42
Greenock Morton 30 13 02 22 10 04 00 21 20
Partick Thistle 01 00 20 12 20 00 30 11 61
Queen of the South 22 30 13 01 14 33 02 01 41
Raith Rovers 22 21 21 12 22 02 01 11 21
Ross County 30 01 01 21 20 00 12 01 00
Stirling Albion 34 01 11 12 32 03 02 12 02

Updated to games played on 7 May 2011.
Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: 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. 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


11 May 2011
7:45pm
Brechin City 2 – 2 Cowdenbeath
Kirkpatrick  46'
Megginson  51'
BBC Sport Linton  4'
Coult  26'
Glebe Park
Attendance: 596
Referee: Anthony Law

11 May 2011
7:45pm
Forfar Athletic 1 – 4 Ayr United
Templeman  10' BBC Sport Moffat  2'
Bishop  o.g.' (35)
McCann  52'
Rodgers  87'
Station Park
Attendance: 924
Referee: John McKendrick

Second legs


14 May 2011
2:00pm
Cowdenbeath 0 – 2 Brechin City
BBC Sport Redman  78'
Molloy  84'
Central Park
Attendance: 645
Referee: David Somers

14 May 2011
3:00pm
Ayr United 3 – 3 Forfar Athletic
Moffat  12'
McLaughlin  48'
Trouten  90' (pen.)
BBC Sport Hilson  31'
Sellars  56'
Campbell  90' (pen.)
Somerset Park
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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ayr United 3 – 2 Brechin City 1–1 2–1

First leg


18 May 2011
7:45pm
Ayr United 1 – 1 Brechin City
Moffat  31' BBC Sport Janczyk  86'
Somerset Park
Attendance: 2,020
Referee: Steve Conroy

Second leg


22 May 2011
3:00pm
Brechin City 1 – 2 Ayr United
Tiffoney  44' (o.g.) BBC Sport Roberts  76'
Moffat  88'
Glebe Park
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.

External links

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