2009–10 Scottish First Division

Irn-Bru Scottish First Division 2009–10 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Inverness Caledonian Thistle Airdrie United, Ayr United Adam Rooney (24) Morton 5–0 Raith Rovers Partick Thistle 5–0 Morton Ayr United 0–7 Inverness CT Ross County 5–3 Airdrie United 6,289: Dunfermline Athletic 0-2 Raith Rovers (29/08/09) 703: Airdrie United 1-1 Dunfermline Athletic (09/03/10) 2008–09 2010–11 The 2009–10 Scottish First Division was the 16th season of the First Division in its current format of ten teams. Club locations Scotland right 400 Location of teams in 2009–10 Scottish First Division Scotland 55.86 -3.98 Airdrie United right Scotland 55.45855 -4.629822 Ayr United left Scotland 56.464167 -2.970278 Dundee left UK Scotland 56.07192 -3.4393 Dunfermline left UK Scotland 55.94957 -4.76415 Greenock Morton left UK Scotland 57.4717 -4.2254 Inverness Caledonian Thistle left UK Scotland 55.858 -4.259 Partick Thistle left UK Scotland 55.07 -3.603 Queen of the South left UK Scotland 56.11073 -3.16737 Raith Rovers right UK Scotland 57.595435 -4.426125 Ross County top Promotion and relegation from 2008–09 SPL & First Division Relegated from Premier League to First Division Inverness Caledonian Thistle Promoted from First Division to Scottish Premier League St Johnstone First & Second Divisions Relegated from First Division to Second Division Clyde Relegated from First Division to Third Division LivingstonLivingston F.C. were demoted to the Third Division in response to the club's insolvency. As a result, Airdrie United - beaten play-off finalists from 2008-09 - regained their First Division status.Press Announcement https://web.archive.org/web/20090811003135/http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news.cfm?curpageid=944&newsid=2837 2009-08-11 , Scottish Football League Promoted from Second Division to First Division Raith Rovers Ayr United League table main WDL PQR 5 INV Inverness Caledonian Thistle DND Dundee DNF Dunfermline Athletic QOS Queen of the South ROS Ross County PAR Partick Thistle RAI Raith Rovers GMO Greenock Morton AIR Airdrie United AYR Ayr United 21 10 5 72 32 C,P 16 13 7 48 34 17 7 12 54 44 15 11 10 53 40 15 11 10 46 44 14 6 16 43 40 11 9 16 36 47 11 4 21 40 65 8 9 19 41 56 R 7 10 19 29 60 R green1 Promotion to the Premier League SPL red2 Qualification to the First Division play-offs RP red1 Relegation to the Second Division R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.First Division play-offs: The 9th place team will be entered into a play-off with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th places of the Second Division. The winner gets a place in the 2010-11 First Division complete Scottish Football League Results Teams play each other four times in this league. In the first half of the season each team plays every other team twice (home and away) and then does the same in the second half of the season. First half of season main FBR grey AIR AYR DND DNF GMO INV PAR QOS RAI ROS Airdrie United 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–4 1–1 2–5 1–1 1–2 0–1 Ayr United 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–2 1–5 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 Dundee 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 Dunfermline Athletic 2–0 3–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 3–1 1–4 0–2 3–3 Greenock Morton 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 0–3 0–2 1–2 5–0 0–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 2–3 1–3 1–0 1–3 Partick Thistle 2–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 5–0 2–1 2–2 1–2 0–0 Queen of the South 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–2 2–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 Raith Rovers 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–2 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 Ross County 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–2 3–2 0–1 31 March 2009 Scottish Football League Second half of season main FBR grey AIR AYR DND DNF GMO INV PAR QOS RAI ROS Airdrie United 1–1 3–0 0–1 3–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 Ayr United 1–4 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–7 1–0 3–0 0–2 0–1 Dundee 0–1 3–0 3–2 3–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 Dunfermline Athletic 2–0 0–1 2–1 4–1 0–0 1–2 3–1 2–1 1–2 Greenock Morton 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 0–2 1–0 3–3 1–1 1–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4–0 3–3 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 4–3 3–0 Partick Thistle 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–4 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 Queen of the South 2–2 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–3 1–0 3–0 1–0 Raith Rovers 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–4 1–0 0–0 4–1 Ross County 5–3 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 1 May 2010 Scottish Football League Top scorers 15 April 2010Sources: BBC RankScorerTeamGoals1IRE Adam RooneyInverness CT242SCO Gary HarkinsDundee153IRL Richie ForanInverness CT12SCO Leigh GriffithsDundee5SCO John BairdAirdrie United116SCO Liam BuchananPartick Thistle10SCO Derek HolmesQueen of the SouthENG Peter WeathersonGreenock Morton9SCO Willie GibsonDunfermline Athletic10IRL Jonny HayesInverness CT First Division play-offs Times are BST (UTC+1) 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 3–1 Airdrie United 2–1 1–0 Cowdenbeath 3–1 Alloa Athletic 1–1 2–0 First legs 5 May 2010 7:45pm Brechin City 2–1 BBC Sport Airdrie United McAllister 10King 44 pen Gemmill 15 Glebe Park, Brechin 583 5 May 2010 7:45pm Cowdenbeath 1–1 BBC Sport Alloa Athletic Dempster 90+3 Gormley 16 Central Park, Cowdenbeath 578 Second legs 8 May 2010 3:00pm Airdrie United 0–1 BBC Sport Brechin City McAllister 61 Excelsior Stadium 1156 8 May 2010 3:00pm Alloa Athletic 0–2 BBC Sport Cowdenbeath Wardlaw 59McQuade 82 Recreation Park, Alloa 1234 Final The two semi-final winners played each other over two legs. The winning team was awarded a place in the 2010–11 First Division. Cowdenbeath 3–0 Brechin City 0–0 3–0 First leg 12 May 2010 7:45pm Cowdenbeath 0–0 BBC Sport Brechin City Central Park, Cowdenbeath 1119 Second leg 16 May 2010 3:00pm Brechin City 0–3 BBC Sport Cowdenbeath Mbu 17Wardlaw 25 45+4 Glebe Park, Brechin 1627 Kits and shirt sponsors Team Kit manufacturer Kit sponsor Notes Airdrie United Surridge Sports St Andrew's Hospice New home and away kits. Ayr United Surridge Sports Paligap New home and away kits. Dundee Bukta Viga Athletic Clothing (Home), Bukta (Away) New home and away kits. Dunfermline Athletic Puma The Purvis Group New home and away kits. Greenock Morton Bukta Millions Chews New home kit. Inverness Caledonian Thistle Erreà Flybe New away kit. Partick Thistle Puma Ignis asset management New away kit. Queen of the South Surridge Sports Peter C Haining Kitchens & Bathrooms New home and away kits. Raith Rovers Puma O'Connell's Bar and Diner New home and away kits. Ross County Adidas Highnet New home kit. Stadia Team Stadium CapacityAirdrie United Excelsior Stadium 10,171Dunfermline Athletic East End Park 11,998Dundee Dens Park 11,856Inverness Caledonian Thistle Caledonian Stadium 7,711Greenock Morton Cappielow Park 11,612Partick Thistle Firhill Stadium 10,887Queen of the South Palmerston Park 6,412Ross County Victoria Park 6,310Ayr United Somerset Park 10,185Raith Rovers Stark's Park 10,104 References Category:Scottish First Division seasons 1 Category:2009–10 in Scottish football leagues Scot