2006–07 Scottish First Division

Scottish First Division 2006–07 Gretna Gretna Airdrie UnitedRoss County Colin McMenamin (20) 2005–06 2007–08 The 2006–07 First Division season was the 13th 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) League table main WDL 5 PQR GRE Gretna STJ St Johnstone DND Dundee HAM Hamilton Academical CLY Clyde LIV Livingston PAR Partick Thistle QOS Queen of the South AIR Airdrie United ROS Ross County 19 9 8 70 40 C,P 19 8 9 65 42 16 5 15 48 42 14 11 11 46 47 11 14 11 46 35 11 12 13 41 46 12 9 15 47 63 10 11 15 34 54 11 7 18 39 50 R 9 10 17 40 57 R green1 Promotion to the Premier League SPL red2 Qualification for the First Division Play-offs RP red1 Relegation to the Second Division R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete 2006-2007 First Division - SPFL Archive SPFL https://spfl.co.uk/league/championship/archive/105 SPFL 2021-04-29 Top scorers ScorerTeamGoalsScotland Colin McMenaminGretna 24Trinidad and Tobago Jason ScotlandSt Johnstone 18Scotland Mark RobertsPartick Thistle 15England Richard OffiongHamilton Accies 14Scotland Martin HardieSt Johnstone 12Scotland Derek LyleDundee 12Scotland Gary ArbuckleClyde 10Scotland Gary TwiggAirdrie Utd 10Scotland Stephen DobbieQueen of the South 8Scotland Steven MastertonClyde 8Scotland Steven MilneSt Johnstone 8Scotland John O'NeillQueen of the South 8Scotland Steve ToshAll of Tosh's eight goals were scored whilst with Gretna before he left for Queen of the South in January 2007.Queen of the South 8Scotland Don CowieRoss County 7Scotland Steven CraigLivingston 7 Attendances The average attendances for First Division clubs for season 2006/07 are shown below: ClubAverageHighestDundee3,8805,538St Johnstone2,8124,168Partick Thistle2,5923,473Ross County2,3076,216Queen of the South2,2125,481Livingston1,9342,669Hamilton Academical1,7154,975Gretna1,5992,193Airdrie United1,4292,321Clyde1,3593,000 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. Brechin City 1 – 6 Airdrie United 1–3 0–3 Raith Rovers 1 – 3 Stirling Albion 0–0 1–3 First legs May 2, 2007 Brechin City 1 – 3 Report Airdrie United Iain Russell 52 Ian Harty 14 22 pen. Gary Twigg 16 Glebe Park, Brechin Scott MacDonald 954 May 2, 2007 Raith Rovers 0 – 0 Report Stirling Albion Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy David Somers 3,043 Second legs May 5, 2007 Airdrie United 3 – 0 Report Brechin City Kevin MacDonald 40 Stephen McKeown 76 84 New Broomfield, Airdrie Mike Ritchie 1,298 May 5, 2007 Stirling Albion 3 – 1 Report Raith Rovers Chris Aitken 31 pen. 62 Colin Cramb 79 Brian Fairbairn 30 Forthbank Stadium, Stirling Alan Freeland 2,656 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. Stirling Albion 5 – 4 Airdrie United 2–2 3–2 First leg May 9, 2007 Stirling Albion 2 – 2 Report Airdrie United Paul Nugent 87Chris Aitken 90 Gary Twigg 35Ian Harty 45 Forthbank Stadium, Stirling Ian Brown 2,118 Second leg May 12, 2007 Airdrie United 2 – 3 Report Stirling Albion Stuart Taylor 40 Kevin McDonald 72 Robert Snodgrass 5 17 Stewart Devine 68 New Broomfield, Airdrie Craig Thomson 3,465 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 Category:Scottish First Division seasons 1 2 Scot