2009–10 Scottish First Division

Irn-Bru Scottish First Division
Season	2009–10
Champions	Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Promoted	Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Relegated	Airdrie United, Ayr United
Top goalscorer	Adam Rooney (24)
Biggest home win	Morton 5–0 Raith Rovers; Partick Thistle 5–0 Morton
Biggest away win	Ayr United 0–7 Inverness CT
Highest scoring	Ross County 5–3 Airdrie United
Highest attendance	6,289: Dunfermline Athletic 0-2 Raith Rovers (29/08/09)
Lowest attendance	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

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

Location of teams in 2009–10 Scottish First Division

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

Livingston^[1]

Promoted from Second Division to First Division

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle (C, P)	36	21	10	5	72	32	+40	73	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Dundee	36	16	13	7	48	34	+14	61
3	Dunfermline Athletic	36	17	7	12	54	44	+10	58
4	Queen of the South	36	15	11	10	53	40	+13	56
5	Ross County	36	15	11	10	46	44	+2	56
6	Partick Thistle	36	14	6	16	43	40	+3	48
7	Raith Rovers	36	11	9	16	36	47	−11	42
8	Greenock Morton	36	11	4	21	40	65	−25	37
9	Airdrie United (R)	36	8	9	19	41	56	−15	33	Qualification to the First Division play-offs
10	Ayr United (R)	36	7	10	19	29	60	−31	31	Relegation to the Second Division

Source: Scottish Football League
Rules for classification: 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
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

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

Home \ Away	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

Updated to match(es) played on 31 March 2009. Source: Scottish Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home \ Away	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

Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2010. Source: Scottish Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

As of 15 April 2010
Sources: BBC

Rank	Scorer	Team	Goals
1	Adam Rooney	Inverness CT	24
2	Gary Harkins	Dundee	15
3	Richie Foran	Inverness CT	12
3	Leigh Griffiths	Dundee	12
5	John Baird	Airdrie United	11
6	Liam Buchanan	Partick Thistle	10
	Derek Holmes	Queen of the South
	Peter Weatherson	Greenock Morton
9	Willie Gibson	Dunfermline Athletic	10
9	Jonny Hayes	Inverness CT	10

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.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
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	Airdrie United
McAllister 10' King 44' (pen)	BBC Sport	Gemmill 15'

Glebe Park, Brechin

Attendance: 583

5 May 2010

7:45pm

Cowdenbeath	1–1	Alloa Athletic
Dempster 90+3'	BBC Sport	Gormley 16'

Central Park, Cowdenbeath

Attendance: 578

Second legs

8 May 2010

3:00pm

Airdrie United	0–1	Brechin City
	BBC Sport	McAllister 61'

Excelsior Stadium

Attendance: 1156

8 May 2010

3:00pm

Alloa Athletic	0–2	Cowdenbeath
	BBC Sport	Wardlaw 59' McQuade 82'

Recreation Park, Alloa

Attendance: 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.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cowdenbeath	3–0	Brechin City	0–0	3–0

First leg

12 May 2010

7:45pm

Cowdenbeath	0–0	Brechin City
	BBC Sport

Central Park, Cowdenbeath

Attendance: 1119

Second leg

16 May 2010

3:00pm

Brechin City	0–3	Cowdenbeath
	BBC Sport	Mbu 17' Wardlaw 25', 45+4'

Glebe Park, Brechin

Attendance: 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	Capacity
Airdrie United	Excelsior Stadium	10,171
Dunfermline Athletic	East End Park	11,998
Dundee	Dens Park	11,856
Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Caledonian Stadium	7,711
Greenock Morton	Cappielow Park	11,612
Partick Thistle	Firhill Stadium	10,887
Queen of the South	Palmerston Park	6,412
Ross County	Victoria Park	6,310
Ayr United	Somerset Park	10,185
Raith Rovers	Stark's Park	10,104

References

^ Livingston 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 Archived 2009-08-11 at the Wayback Machine, Scottish Football League

[1] Livingston 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 Archived 2009-08-11 at the Wayback Machine, Scottish Football League

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