2010–11 Scottish First Division
# 2010–11 Scottish First Division

The 2010–11 Scottish First Division was the 16th season of the First Division in its current format of ten teams. Dunfermline Athletic finished champions, with Cowdenbeath and Stirling Albion being relegated.

## Promotion and relegation from 2009–10

### SPL & First Division

Relegated from Premier League to First Division

* Falkirk

Promoted from First Division to Scottish Premier League

* Inverness Caledonian Thistle

### First & Second Divisions

Relegated from First Division to Second Division

* Ayr United
* Airdrie United (via play-offs)

Promoted from Second Division to First Division

* Stirling Albion
* Cowdenbeath (via play-offs)

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Dunfermline Athletic (C, P) | 36 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 66 | 31 | +35 | 70 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 2 | Raith Rovers | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 47 | 35 | +12 | 60 | |
| 3 | Falkirk | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 57 | 41 | +16 | 58 | |
| 4 | Queen of the South | 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 54 | 53 | +1 | 49 | |
| 5 | Partick Thistle | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 44 | 39 | +5 | 47 | |
| 6 | Dundee | 36 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 54 | 34 | +20 | 44 | |
| 7 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 43 | |
| 8 | Ross County | 36 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 30 | 34 | −4 | 41 | |
| 9 | Cowdenbeath (R) | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 41 | 72 | −31 | 35 | Qualification for the First Division play-offs |
| 10 | Stirling Albion (R) | 36 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 82 | −50 | 20 | Relegation to the Second Division |

* ↑ Dundee were docked 25 points for entering administration. The deduction was temporarily lifted pending an appeal by the club, however the appeal failed and the deduction was reinstated.

## 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 do the same in the second half of the season, for a total of 36 games

### First half of season

| Home \ Away | COW | DND | DNF | FAL | GMO | PAR | QOS | RAI | ROS | STI |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cowdenbeath | | 2–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 5–1 |
| Dundee | 3–0 | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Dunfermline Athletic | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 |
| Falkirk | 5–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| Greenock Morton | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Partick Thistle | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Queen of the South | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 |
| Raith Rovers | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Ross County | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 3–1 |
| Stirling Albion | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | |

### Second half of season

| Home \ Away | COW | DND | DNF | FAL | GMO | PAR | QOS | RAI | ROS | STI |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cowdenbeath | | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Dundee | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Dunfermline Athletic | 5–0 | 0–0 | | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Falkirk | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 |
| Greenock Morton | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Partick Thistle | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 |
| Queen of the South | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 3–3 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 |
| Raith Rovers | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Ross County | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 0–0 |
| Stirling Albion | 3–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | |

### Top goalscorers

**15 goals**

* Kris Doolan (Partick Thistle)
* Mark Stewart (Falkirk)

**13 goals**

* John Baird (Raith Rovers)
* Andy Kirk (Dunfermline Athletic)

**12 goals**

* Colin McMenamin (Queen of the South)

**11 goals**

* Gordon Smith (Stirling Albion)

**9 goals**

* Pat Clarke (Dunfermline Athletic)
* Martin Hardie (Dunfermline Athletic)
* Sean Higgins (Dundee)
* Allan Jenkins (Greenock Morton)
* Willie McLaren (Queen of the South)
* Greg Stewart (Cowdenbeath)

## First Division play-offs

Times are BST (UTC+1)

### Semi-finals

The fourth placed team in the Second Division (Brechin City) will play the ninth placed team in the First Division (Cowdenbeath) and third placed team in the Second Division (Forfar Athletic) will play the second placed team in the Second Division (Ayr United). The play-offs will be played over two legs on Wednesday 11 May 2011 & Saturday 14 May 2011, the winning team in each semi-final will advance to the final on Wednesday 18 May 2011 & Sunday 22 May 2011.

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Brechin City | 4 – 2 | Cowdenbeath | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Forfar Athletic | 4 – 7 | Ayr United | 1–4 | 3–3 |

First legs

Second legs

### Final

The two semi-final winners will play each other over two legs. The winning team will be awarded a place in the 2011–12 First Division.

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Ayr United | 3 – 2 | Brechin City | 1–1 | 2–1 |

First leg

Second leg

## Kits and shirt sponsors

| Team | Kit manufacturer | Kit sponsor | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| Cowdenbeath | Erreà | Lints Property | New home and away kits. |
| Dundee | Puma | Kilmac Energy | New home and away kits. |
| Dunfermline Athletic | Puma | The Purvis Group | New home and away kits. |
| Falkirk | Puma | Central Demolition | New home and away kits. |
| Greenock Morton | Puma | Millions Chews (Home) Buchanan's Toffees (Away) | New home and away kits |
| Partick Thistle | Puma | Ignis asset management | New home kit |
| Queen of the South | Joma | Palmerston Furniture Centre | New home and away kits. |
| Raith Rovers | Puma | O'Connell's Bar and Diner | New home and away kits. |
| Ross County | Nike | Highnet | New home and away kits |
| Stirling Albion | Puma | Prudential Insurance | New home and away kits. |

## Stadia

| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
| - | - | - |
| Dunfermline Athletic | East End Park | 12,509 |
| Dundee | Dens Park | 12,085 |
| Greenock Morton | Cappielow | 11,612 |
| Partick Thistle | Firhill Stadium | 10,887 |
| Raith Rovers | Stark's Park | 10,104 |
| Falkirk | Falkirk Stadium | 9,120 |
| Queen of the South | Palmerston Park | 6,412 |
| Ross County | Victoria Park | 6,310 |
| Cowdenbeath | Central Park | 4,370 |
| Stirling Albion | Forthbank Stadium | 3,808 |
