2006–07 Scottish First Division

Scottish First Division

Season	2006–07
Champions	Gretna
Promoted	Gretna
Relegated	Airdrie United Ross County
Top goalscorer	Colin McMenamin (20)
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

The 2006-07 First Division season was the twelfth season of the Scottish First Division in its current format of ten teams. It began on August 5, 2006 and ended on April 28, 2007.

Gretna gained promotion to the Premier League as champions, by a single point ahead of St. Johnstone, with a 3-2 win at Ross County on the final day of the season, the winning goal coming from James Grady in injury time. The result relegated Gretna's opponents to the Second Division.

Airdrie United entered a playoff with the second, third and fourth placed teams from the Second Division - Stirling Albion, Raith Rovers and Brechin City, respectively.

Promotion and Relegation from 2005–06

SPL & First Division

Relegated from Premier League to First Division

• Livingston

Promoted from First Division to Premier League

• St Mirren

First & Second Divisions

Relegated from First Division to Second Division

• Stranraer
• Brechin City (via play-offs)

Promoted from Second Division to First Division

• Gretna
• Partick Thistle (via play-offs)

Table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Gretna	36	19	9	8	70	40	30	66	Promoted to Scottish Premier League 2007-08
2	St Johnstone	36	19	8	9	65	42	23	65
3	Dundee	36	16	5	15	48	42	6	53
4	Hamilton Academical	36	14	11	11	46	47	-1	53
5	Clyde	36	11	14	10	46	35	11	47
6	Livingston	36	11	12	13	41	46	-5	45
7	Partick Thistle	36	12	9	15	47	63	-16	45
8	Queen of the South	36	10	11	15	34	54	-20	41
9	Airdrie United	36	11	7	18	39	50	-11	40	Relegated to Second Division 2007-08
10	Ross County	36	9	10	17	40	57	-17	37

Top scorers

Scorer	Team	Goals
Colin McMenamin	Gretna	24
Jason Scotland	St Johnstone	18
Mark Roberts	Partick Thistle	15
Richard Offiong	Hamilton Accies	14
Martin Hardie	St Johnstone	12
Derek Lyle	Dundee	12
Gary Arbuckle	Clyde	10
Gary Twigg	Airdrie Utd	10
Stephen Dobbie	Queen of the South	8
Steven Masterton	Clyde	8
Steven Milne	St Johnstone	8
John O'Neill	Queen of the South	8
Steve Tosh [1]	Queen of the South	8
Don Cowie	Ross County	7
Steven Craig	Livingston	7

Attendances

The average attendances for First Division clubs for season 2006/07 are shown below:

Club	Average	Highest
Dundee	3,880	5,538
St Johnstone	2,812	4,168
Partick Thistle	2,592	3,473
Ross County	2,307	6,216
Queen of the South	2,212	5,481
Livingston	1,934	2,669
Hamilton Academical	1,715	4,975
Gretna	1,599	2,193
Airdrie United	1,429	2,321
Clyde	1,359	3,000

First Division play-offs

Semi-Finals

The ninth placed team in the First Division played the fourth placed team in the Second Division and third placed team in the Second Division played the second placed team in the Second Division. The play-offs were played over two legs, the winning team in each semi-final advanced to the final.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Brechin City	1 – 6	Airdrie United	1–3	0–3
Raith Rovers	1 – 3	Stirling Albion	0–0	1–3

First legs

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Second legs

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Final

The two semi-final winners played each other over two legs. The winning team was awarded a place in the 2007–08 First Division.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Stirling Albion	5 – 4	Airdire United	2–2	3–2

First leg

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Second leg

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Stirling Albion were promoted to the First Division

Awards

SPFA Team of the Year

Goalkeeper

• Alan Main (Gretna)

Defenders

• Martin Canning (Gretna)
• Neil McGregor (Clyde)
• Kevin James (St. Johnstone)
• Goran Stanic (St. Johnstone)

Midfielders

• Craig Bryson (Clyde)
• Alex Rae (Dundee)
• Don Cowie (Ross County)

Forwards

• Jason Scotland (St. Johnstone)
• Colin McMenamin (Gretna)
• Mark Roberts (Partick Thistle)

SPFA Player of the Year

Winner

• Colin McMenamin (Gretna)

Other nominees:

• Mark Roberts (Partick Thistle)
• Jason Scotland (St. Johnstone)
• Goran Stanic (St. Johnstone)

Notes

1. ↑ All of Tosh's eight goals were scored whilst with Gretna before he left for Queen of the South in January 2007.

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