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)

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 200506

SPL & First Division

Relegated from Premier League to First Division

Promoted from First Division to Premier League

First & Second Divisions

Relegated from First Division to Second Division

Promoted from Second Division to First Division

Table

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Gretna 36199870403066 Promoted to Scottish Premier League 2007-08
2 St Johnstone 36198965422365
3 Dundee 36165154842653
4 Hamilton Academical 361411114647-153
5 Clyde 3611141046351147
6 Livingston 361112134146-545
7 Partick Thistle 36129154763-1645
8 Queen of the South 361011153454-2041
9 Airdrie United 36117183950-1140
Relegated to Second Division 2007-08
10 Ross County 36910174057-1737

Top scorers

Scorer Team Goals
Scotland Colin McMenamin Gretna 24
Trinidad and Tobago Jason Scotland St Johnstone 18
Scotland Mark Roberts Partick Thistle 15
England Richard Offiong Hamilton Accies 14
Scotland Martin Hardie St Johnstone 12
Scotland Derek Lyle Dundee 12
Scotland Gary Arbuckle Clyde 10
Scotland Gary Twigg Airdrie Utd 10
Scotland Stephen Dobbie Queen of the South 8
Scotland Steven Masterton Clyde 8
Scotland Steven Milne St Johnstone 8
Scotland John O'Neill Queen of the South 8
Scotland Steve Tosh [1]Queen of the South 8
Scotland Don Cowie Ross County 7
Scotland 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 13 03
Raith Rovers 1 3 Stirling Albion 00 13

First legs


May 2, 2007
Brechin City 1 3 Airdrie United
Iain Russell  52' Report Ian Harty  14'  22' (pen.)
Gary Twigg  16'
Glebe Park, Brechin
Attendance: 954
Referee: Scott MacDonald

May 2, 2007
Raith Rovers 0 0 Stirling Albion
Report
Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
Attendance: 3,043
Referee: David Somers

Second legs


May 5, 2007
Airdrie United 3 0 Brechin City
Kevin MacDonald  40'
Stephen McKeown  76'  84'
Report
New Broomfield, Airdrie
Attendance: 1,298
Referee: Mike Ritchie

May 5, 2007
Stirling Albion 3 1 Raith Rovers
Chris Aitken  31' (pen.)  62'
Colin Cramb  79'
Report Brian Fairbairn  30'
Forthbank Stadium, Stirling
Attendance: 2,656
Referee: Alan Freeland

Final

The two semi-final winners played each other over two legs. The winning team was awarded a place in the 200708 First Division.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Stirling Albion 5 4 Airdire United 22 32

First leg


May 9, 2007
Stirling Albion 2 2 Airdrie United
Paul Nugent  87'
Chris Aitken  90'
Report Gary Twigg  35'
Ian Harty  45'
Forthbank Stadium, Stirling
Attendance: 2,118
Referee: Ian Brown

Second leg


May 12, 2007
Airdrie United 2 3 Stirling Albion
Stuart Taylor  40'
Kevin McDonald  72'
Report Robert Snodgrass  5'  17'
Stewart Devine  68'
New Broomfield, Airdrie
Attendance: 3,465
Referee: Craig Thomson

Stirling Albion were promoted to the First Division

Awards

SPFA Team of the Year

Goalkeeper

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

SPFA Player of the Year

Winner

Other nominees:

Notes

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