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

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

Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Dundee (C) (P) 36 20 10 6 52 24+28 70 Premier League
2 Falkirk 36 19 8 9 56 41+15 65
3 Raith Rovers 36 17 9 10 51 33+18 60
4 Airdrieonians 36 16 12 8 42 35+7 60
5 Greenock Morton 36 12 10 14 40 477 46
6 St Mirren 36 11 8 17 41 5312 41
7 Ayr United 36 10 10 16 40 5616 40
8 Hamilton Academical 36 9 11 16 43 5613 38
9 Partick Thistle (R) 36 8 12 16 45 5510 36 Second Division
10 Stirling Albion (R) 36 8 10 18 40 5616 34

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

References

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

See also