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)
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

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

Falkirk

Promoted from First Division to Scottish Premier League

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

First & Second Divisions

Relegated from First Division to Second Division

Ayr United
Airdrie United (via play-offs)

Promoted from Second Division to First Division

Stirling Albion
Cowdenbeath (via play-offs)

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dunfermline Athletic !Dunfermline Athletic (C) (P)	36	20	10	6	66	31	+35	70	Promotion to 2011–12 Scottish Premier League
2	Raith Rovers !Raith Rovers	36	17	9	10	47	35	+12	60
3	Falkirk !Falkirk	36	17	7	12	57	41	+16	58
4	Queen of the South !Queen of the South	36	14	7	15	54	53	+1	49
5	Partick Thistle !Partick Thistle	36	12	11	13	44	39	+5	47
6	Dundee !Dundee	36	19	12	5	54	34	+20	044^*
7	Greenock Morton !Greenock Morton	36	11	10	15	39	43	−4	43
8	Ross County !Ross County	36	9	14	13	30	34	−4	41
9	Cowdenbeath !Cowdenbeath (R)	36	9	8	19	41	72	−31	35	Qualification to Scottish First Division Playoffs
10	Stirling Albion !Stirling Albion (R)	36	4	8	24	32	82	−50	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	Cowdenbeath !COW	Dundee !DND	Dunfermline Athletic !DNF	Falkirk !FAL	Greenock Morton !GMO	Partick Thistle !PAR	Queen of the South !QOS	Raith Rovers !RAI	Ross County !ROS	Stirling Albion !STI
Cowdenbeath !Cowdenbeath		2–1	0–4	0–0	2–2	2–1	1–3	1–2	0–2	5–1
Dundee !Dundee	3–0		2–2	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–0
Dunfermline Athletic !Dunfermline Athletic	2–1	3–1		1–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	3–2	3–0
Falkirk !Falkirk	5–1	3–3	0–1		2–1	2–0	3–1	0–0	0–1	3–0
Greenock Morton !Greenock Morton	1–2	0–1	2–1	0–0		2–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	0–0
Partick Thistle !Partick Thistle	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–0		3–1	0–0	1–1	1–2
Queen of the South !Queen of the South	3–0	1–2	2–0	1–5	2–0	2–1		1–3	3–0	2–2
Raith Rovers !Raith Rovers	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	1–0	4–0	0–1		1–0	0–2
Ross County !Ross County	1–1	0–3	0–0	0–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–0		3–1
Stirling Albion !Stirling Albion	1–3	1–1	1–5	0–5	0–1	4–2	0–0	1–3	0–0

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	Cowdenbeath !COW	Dundee !DND	Dunfermline Athletic !DNF	Falkirk !FAL	Greenock Morton !GMO	Partick Thistle !PAR	Queen of the South !QOS	Raith Rovers !RAI	Ross County !ROS	Stirling Albion !STI
Cowdenbeath !Cowdenbeath		1–3	0–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	0–3	2–1	1–0
Dundee !Dundee	2–2		1–1	1–0	1–1	3–2	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–1
Dunfermline Athletic !Dunfermline Athletic	5–0	0–0		3–0	1–3	0–0	6–1	2–1	1–1	4–1
Falkirk !Falkirk	2–0	2–2	1–2		1–0	2–3	0–3	2–1	0–1	4–2
Greenock Morton !Greenock Morton	3–0	1–3	0–2	2–2		1–0	0–4	0–0	2–1	2–0
Partick Thistle !Partick Thistle	0–1	0–0	2–0	1–2	2–0		0–0	3–0	1–1	6–1
Queen of the South !Queen of the South	2–2	3–0	1–3	0–1	1–4	3–3		0–2	0–1	4–1
Raith Rovers !Raith Rovers	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–2	0–2	0–1		1–1	2–1
Ross County !Ross County	3–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–2	0–1		0–0
Stirling Albion !Stirling Albion	3–4	0–1	1–1	1–2	3–2	0–3	0–2	1–2	0–2

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

Kris Doolan (Partick Thistle)
Mark Stewart (Falkirk)

13 goals

John Baird (Raith Rovers)
Andy Kirk (Dunfermline Athletic)

12 goals

Colin McMenamin (Queen of the South)

11 goals

Gordon Smith (Stirling Albion)

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

Brechin City v Cowdenbeath

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

Forfar Athletic v Ayr United

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

Cowdenbeath v Brechin City

14 May 2011
2:00pm

Cowdenbeath	0 – 2	Brechin City
	BBC Sport	Redman 78' Molloy 84'

Central Park
Attendance: 645
Referee: David Somers

Ayr United v Forfar Athletic

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

Ayr United v Brechin City

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

Brechin City v Ayr United

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

References

↑ "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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2010–11 in Scottish football

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Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League SJFA West Premier SJFA East Superleague SJFA North Superleague Scottish Premier Under-19 League

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

European competitions	Champions League Europa League

Related to national team	Results 2012 Euro qualifying (UEFA Group I)

Events	Scottish football referee strike

Club seasons

Premier League	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers St Johnstone St. Mirren

First Division	Cowdenbeath Dundee Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Greenock Morton Queen of the South Partick Thistle Raith Rovers Ross County Stirling Albion

Second Division	Airdrie United Alloa Athletic Ayr United Brechin City Dumbarton East Fife Forfar Athletic Livingston Peterhead Stenhousemuir

Third Division	Albion Rovers Annan Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Clyde East Stirlingshire Elgin City Montrose Queen's Park Stranraer

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