Scottish Football League First Division

Scottish Football League First Division
Country	Scotland
Founded	1975 1893–1946 (as Division Two) 1946–1956 (as Division B) 1956–1975 (as Division Two)
Folded	2013
Number of teams	10
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Scottish Premier League
Relegation to	Scottish Second Division
Domestic cup(s)	SFA Cup SFL Cup SFL Challenge Cup
Last champions	Partick Thistle (2012–13)
Most championships	Falkirk (7) St Johnstone (7) (since 1893)
Website	Official site

The Scottish Football League First Division was the second tier in the Scottish football league system between 1975 and 2013.

History

The First Division was introduced in 1975–76 to replace the old Scottish Football League Division Two, as the top flight of the Scottish Football League was renamed from Division One to Premier Division.

In 1998, the Premier Division clubs broke away from the Scottish Football League to form the Scottish Premier League. The First Division remained the second tier of the Scottish league system, but was now the top tier of the Scottish Football League. In July 2013, the Scottish Football League and Scottish Premier League merged to form the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL). The SPFL named its second tier as the Scottish Championship, which effectively replaced the First Division.

Competition

From 1994 until 2013, the First Division consisted of ten teams. From 1998, only the winner of the First Division was promoted to the Scottish Premier League (SPL), subject to that club meeting the SPL stadium criteria. From 2007, the bottom club in the First Division was automatically relegated to the Second Division and the second bottom club went into to an end of season play-off with the second, third and fourth placed clubs in the Second Division.

The ten teams in the First Division played each other four times with three points for a victory and one point each for a drawn game.

Winners of the First Division

Main article: List of winners of the Scottish First Division and predecessors

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Season	Winner	Runner-up
1998–99	Hibernian	Falkirk
1999–00	St Mirren	Dunfermline Athletic
2000–01	Livingston	Ayr United
2001–02	Partick Thistle	Airdrieonians
2002–03	Falkirk	Clyde
2003–04	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Clyde
2004–05	Falkirk (2)	St Mirren
2005–06	St Mirren (2)	St Johnstone
2006–07	Gretna	St Johnstone
2007–08	Hamilton Academical	Dundee
2008–09	St Johnstone	Partick Thistle
2009–10	Inverness Caledonian Thistle (2)	Dundee
2010–11	Dunfermline Athletic	Raith Rovers
2011–12	Ross County	Dundee
2012–13	Partick Thistle (2)	Greenock Morton

References

External links

Scottish Football League (1890–2013)

≫ Scottish Professional Football League (2013–present)

Divisions	Premier Division (1975–1998) First Division (1975–2013) Second Division (1975–2013) Third Division (1994–2013)

Cup competitions	League Cup Challenge Cup

Clubs	Aberdeen Abercorn Airdrieonians (1878) Airdrieonians (2002) Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Annan Athletic Arbroath Armadale Arthurlie Ayr Ayr Parkhouse Ayr United Bathgate Beith Berwick Rangers Bo'ness Brechin City Broxburn United Cambuslang Celtic Clackmannan Clyde Clydebank Cowdenbeath Cowlairs Dumbarton Dumbarton Harp Dundee Dundee United Dundee Wanderers Dunfermline Athletic Dykehead East Fife East Stirlingshire Edinburgh City Elgin City Falkirk Forfar Athletic Galston Greenock Morton Gretna Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Helensburgh Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Johnstone Kilmarnock King's Park Leith Athletic Linthouse Livingston Lochgelly United Meadowbank Thistle Mid-Annandale Montrose Motherwell Nithsdale Wanderers Northern Partick Thistle Peebles Rovers Peterhead Port Glasgow Athletic Queen of the South Queen's Park Raith Rovers Rangers Renton Ross County Royal Albert Solway Star St Bernard's St Johnstone St Mirren Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer Third Lanark Thistle Vale of Leven

Seasons	1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 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 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 1999–2000 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

Clubs Stadia Monthly awards Representative team

Defunct football competitions in Scotland

National leagues	Scottish Football Alliance Scottish Football Federation Scottish Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Third Division Scottish Football Union Scottish Junior Football League Scottish Premier League

Regional leagues	Ayrshire and Renfrewshire League Ayrshire Combination Ayrshire League Central Combination Central League Combined Reserve League Dumfries and Galloway leagues Eastern League Edinburgh League Glasgow and West of Scotland League Glasgow League Inter City League Inter City Midweek League Inter County League Lanarkshire League Midland League North Eastern League Northern League Renfrewshire League Scottish County League Southern League

Cup competitions	Anglo-Franco-Scottish Friendship Cup Anglo-Scottish Cup B Division Supplementary Cup British League Cup Coronation Cup Drybrough Cup Empire Exhibition Trophy Evening Telegraph Challenge Cup Festival Cup Football World Championship Glasgow Exhibition Cup Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup Lanarkshire Cup North Eastern Football League Cup Qualifying Cup Rosebery Charity Cup Saint Mungo Cup Southern League Cup Spring Cup Summer Cup Tennent Caledonian Cup Tennents' Sixes Texaco Cup Tommy McGrane Memorial Cup War Emergency Cup Wilson Cup

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Scottish Football League First Division

History

Competition

Winners of the First Division

See also

References

External links