1997–98 Scottish First Division

Scottish First Division
Season	1997–98
Champions	Dundee
Promoted	Dundee
Relegated	Partick Thistle Stirling Albion
Top goalscorer	James Grady (15)^[1]
Biggest home win	Ayr United 6-0 Airdrieonians, 22.11.1997
Biggest away win	Stirling Albion 0-6 Falkirk, 03.01.1998
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 Scottish First Division was won by Dundee who were promoted 5 points ahead of runner up Falkirk.

Promotion and relegation from 1996–97

Promoted from First Division to Premier Division

Relegated from Premier Division to First Division

Raith Rovers

Table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Dundee !Dundee (C) (P)	36	20	10	6	52	24	+28	70	Premier League
2	Falkirk !Falkirk	36	19	8	9	56	41	+15	65
3	Raith Rovers !Raith Rovers	36	17	9	10	51	33	+18	60
4	Airdrieonians !Airdrieonians	36	16	12	8	42	35	+7	60
5	Greenock Morton !Greenock Morton	36	12	10	14	40	47	−7	46
6	St Mirren !St Mirren	36	11	8	17	41	53	−12	41
7	Ayr United !Ayr United	36	10	10	16	40	56	−16	40
8	Hamilton Academical !Hamilton Academical	36	9	11	16	43	56	−13	38
9	Partick Thistle !Partick Thistle (R)	36	8	12	16	45	55	−10	36	Second Division
10	Stirling Albion !Stirling Albion (R)	36	8	10	18	40	56	−16	34	Second Division

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.

Top scorers

P	Name	Goals
1	James Grady (Dundee)	15
2	Alex Bone (Stirling Albion)	13
3	Eddie Annand (Dundee)	12
=	Brian McPhee (Airdrieonians)	12
=	David Moss (Falkirk)	12
6	Stephen Cooper (Airdrieonians)	11
7	Laurent D'Jaffo (Ayr United)	10
=	Paul Hartley (Raith Rovers)	10
=	Warren Hawke (Morton)	10
=	Marino Keith (Falkirk)	10

References

↑ "Scottish Football League - Top goalscorers per division". Scottish-football-historical-archive.com. Retrieved 2012-04-23.

Second division football seasons in Scotland

Division Two	1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75

First Division	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13

Scottish Championship	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

1997–98 in Scottish football

« 1996–97 1998–99 »

Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division 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 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Related to national team	Results 1998 World Cup qualifying (Group 4) 1998 World Cup

Club seasons

Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers St. Johnstone

First Division	Airdrieonians Ayr United Dundee Falkirk Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical Partick Thistle Raith Rovers St. Mirren Stirling Albion

Second Division	Brechin City Clyde Clydebank East Fife Forfar Athletic Inverness Caledonian Thistle Livingston Queen of the South Stenhousemuir Stranraer

Third Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Stirlingshire Montrose Queen's Park Ross County

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1997–98 Scottish First Division

Promotion and relegation from 1996–97

Table

Top scorers

References

See also