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.

Contents

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 the 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 43 −4 43
8 Ross County 36 9 14 13 30 34 −4 41
9 Cowdenbeath (R) 36 9 8 19 41 72 −31 35 Qualification to the Scottish First Division Playoffs
10 Stirling Albion (R) 36 4 8 24 32 82 −50 20 Relegation to the 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 deducted 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; (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; (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 \ Away1 COW DND DNF FAL GMO PAR QOS RAI ROS STI
Cowdenbeath 2–1 0–4 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–3 1–2 0–2 5–1
Dundee 3–0 2–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–0
Dunfermline Athletic 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 3–2 3–0
Falkirk 5–1 3–3 0–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 0–1 3–0
Greenock Morton 1–2 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–0
Partick Thistle 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–2
Queen of the South 3–0 1–2 2–0 1–5 2–0 2–1 1–3 3–0 2–2
Raith Rovers 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 4–0 0–1 1–0 0–2
Ross County 1–1 0–3 0–0 0–1 2–2 0–2 1–1 0–0 3–1
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
1The 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 \ Away1 COW DND DNF FAL GMO PAR QOS RAI ROS STI
Cowdenbeath 1–3 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–1 2–2 0–3 2–1 1–0
Dundee 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–1
Dunfermline Athletic 5–0 0–0 3–0 1–3 0–0 6–1 2–1 1–1 4–1
Falkirk 2–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 2–3 0–3 2–1 0–1 4–2
Greenock Morton 3–0 1–3 0–2 2–2 1–0 0–4 0–0 2–1 2–0
Partick Thistle 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 6–1
Queen of the South 2–2 3–0 1–3 0–1 1–4 3–3 0–2 0–1 4–1
Raith Rovers 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–1
Ross County 3–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–0
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:
1The 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 11th May 2011 & Saturday 14th May 2011, the winning team in each semi-final will advance to the final on Wednesday 18th May 2011 & Sunday 22nd 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 Glebe Park
Attendance: 596
Referee: Anthony Law
Kirkpatrick  46'
Megginson  51'		 BBC Sport Linton  4'
Coult  26'
11 May 2011
7:45pm
 Forfar Athletic 1 – 4 Ayr United Station Park
Attendance: 924
Referee: John McKendrick
Templeman  10' BBC Sport Moffat  2'
Bishop  o.g.' (35)
McCann  52'
Rodgers  87'

Second legs

14 May 2011
2:00pm
 Cowdenbeath 0 – 2 Brechin City Central Park
Attendance: 645
Referee: David Somers
BBC Sport Redman  78'
Molloy  84'
14 May 2011
3:00pm
 Ayr United 3 – 3 Forfar Athletic Somerset Park
Attendance: 1,198
Referee: Brian Winter
Moffat  12'
McLaughlin  48'
Trouten  90' (pen.)		 BBC Sport Hilson  31'
Sellars  56'
Campbell  90' (pen.)

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 Somerset Park
Attendance: 2,020
Referee: Steve Conroy
Moffat  31' BBC Sport Janczyk  86'

Second leg

22 May 2011
3:00pm
 Brechin City 1 – 2 Ayr United Glebe Park
Attendance: 2,404
Referee: Crawford Allan
Tiffoney  44' (o.g.) BBC Sport Roberts  76'
Moffat  88'

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. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dundee/9300503.stm. Retrieved 17 December 2010. 

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