SCOTTISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE FIRST DIVISION

Scottish Football League First Division
''Scottish First Division 2007-08''
Scottish Football League
'Founded'
1890
'Nation'
Flag of Scotland Scotland
'Promotion to'
Scottish Premier League
'Relegation to'
S.F.L. Second Division
'Number of teams'
10
'Domestic Cups'
Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Scottish League Challenge Cup
'Champions (2006-07)'
Gretna

The ' Irn-Bru Scottish Football League First Division Championship' is the highest division of the Scottish Football League and the second highest in the Scottish football league system.
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.

Contents

Sponsorship

Teams for 2007/08 season

First Division managers

Stadia

Winners of the First Division

The future

See also

Notes

External links

Sponsorship

On July 20, 2007, it was announced that Scottish Football League would be sponsored by Scottish soft drink company Irn-Bru for the next three seasons^[1].

Teams for 2007/08 season

★ Clyde F.C.

★ Dundee F.C.

★ Dunfermline Athletic F.C.

★ Greenock Morton F.C.

★ Hamilton Academical F.C.

★ Livingston F.C.

★ Partick Thistle F.C.

★ Queen of the South F.C.

★ Stirling Albion F.C.

★ St Johnstone F.C.

First Division managers

Main articles: List of managers in the Scottish football league system by date of appointment

The following is a list of the current managers in the Scottish First Division. The list is arranged chronologically by appointment.

Manager	Club	Appointed
Allan Moore	Stirling Albion	18 June, 2002
Jim McInally	Morton	22 October 2004
Owen Coyle	St. Johnstone	15 April 2005
Billy Reid	Hamilton Academical	2 June 2005
Alex Rae	Dundee	24 May 2006
Stephen Kenny	Dunfermline Athletic	10 November 2006
Gordon Chisholm	Queen of the South	7 May 2007
Mark Proctor	Livingston	23 May 2007
Ian McCall	Partick Thistle	25 May 2007
Colin Hendry	Clyde	11 June 2007

Stadia

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Partick Thistle	Firhill Stadium	13,079
Dunfermline Athletic	East End Park	12,998
Dundee	Dens Park	12,085
Greenock Morton	Cappielow	12,011
St. Johnstone	McDiarmid Park	10,673
Livingston	Almondvale Stadium	10,016
Clyde	Broadwood Stadium	8,000
Queen of the South	Palmerston Park	6,412
Hamilton Academical	New Douglas Park	5,396
Stirling Albion	Forthbank Stadium	3,808

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.

★ 2006/2007 - Gretna F.C.

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.

See also

★ Sports league attendances

Notes

1. "SFL ends search for new sponsor" article from BBC Sport

External links

★ Official Site

★ Scottish Football League First Division clubs' locations