Scottish Football League First Division
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Scottish Division One is the highest division of the Scottish Football League and the second highest in the Scottish football league system. From 1890 until 1975, it was the highest division.
The division contains ten teams and each year the top team is promoted to the Scottish Premier League, subject to meeting the stadium criteria. The bottom club is automatically relegated and the second bottom club goes to an end of season play-off with the second, third and fourth placed clubs from Division Two.
The teams play each other four times with three points for a victory and one point each for a drawn game.
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[edit] Teams for 2006/07 season
- Airdrie United F.C.
- Clyde F.C.
- Dundee F.C.
- Gretna F.C.
- Hamilton Academical F.C.
- Livingston F.C.
- Partick Thistle F.C.
- Queen of the South F.C.
- Ross County F.C.
- St Johnstone F.C.
[edit] Winners of the First Division
These are the winners when the First Division became the second flight. For winners when the First Division was the top flight, see Scottish football champions.
- 1975/1976 - Partick Thistle F.C.
- 1976/1977 - St Mirren F.C.
- 1977/1978 - Morton F.C.
- 1978/1979 - Dundee F.C.
- 1979/1980 - Heart of Midlothian F.C.
- 1980/1981 - Hibernian F.C.
- 1981/1982 - Motherwell F.C.
- 1982/1983 - St Johnstone F.C.
- 1983/1984 - Morton F.C.
- 1984/1985 - Motherwell F.C.
- 1985/1986 - Hamilton Academical F.C.
- 1986/1987 - Morton F.C.
- 1987/1988 - Hamilton Academical F.C.
- 1988/1989 - Dunfermline Athletic F.C.
- 1989/1990 - St Johnstone F.C.
- 1990/1991 - Falkirk F.C.
- 1991/1992 - Dundee F.C.
- 1992/1993 - Raith Rovers F.C.
- 1993/1994 - Falkirk F.C.
- 1994/1995 - Raith Rovers F.C.
- 1995/1996 - Dunfermline Athletic F.C.
- 1996/1997 - St Johnstone F.C.
- 1997/1998 - Dundee F.C.
- 1998/1999 - Hibernian F.C.
- 1999/2000 - St Mirren F.C.
- 2000/2001 - Livingston F.C.
- 2001/2002 - Partick Thistle F.C.
- 2002/2003 - Falkirk F.C.
- 2003/2004 - Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C.
- 2004/2005 - Falkirk F.C.
- 2005/2006 - St Mirren F.C.
[edit] The future
Three member clubs (Clyde F.C., Hamilton Academical F.C. and Livingston F.C.) are proposing a restructuring system, which would see the current First Division teams "break away" to form a second tier to the Scottish Premier League (SPL). These plans are at a very early stage and are facing strong opposition from lower-league clubs and Scottish Football League bosses.[citation needed]
