2010–11 Scottish First Division

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Irn-Bru Scottish First Division
Season	2010–11
Champions	Dunfermline Athletic
Promoted	Dunfermline Athletic
Relegated	Cowdenbeath, Stirling Albion
Biggest home win	Dunfermline Athletic 5–0 Cowdenbeath (29 December 2010) Partick Thistle 6–1 Stirling Albion (15 January 2011) Dunfermline Athletic 6-1 Queen of the South (16 April 2011)
Biggest away win	Stirling Albion 0–5 Falkirk (13 November 2010)
Highest scoring	Partick Thistle 6–1 Stirling Albion (15 January 2011) Stirling Albion 3–4 Cowdenbeath (5 March 2011) Dunfermline Athletic 6-1 Queen of the South (16 April 2011)
Highest attendance	11,052: Dunfermline Athletic 2–1 Raith Rovers (23 April 2011)
Lowest attendance	266: Queen of the South 0–1 Ross County (26 February 2011)
← 2009-10 2011-12 →

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

1 Promotion and relegation from 2009–10
- 1.1 SPL & First Division
- 1.2 First & Second Divisions
2 League table
3 Results
4 First Division Play-offs
- 4.1 Semi-Finals
- 4.2 Final
5 Kits and shirt sponsors
6 Stadia
7 See also
8 References
9 External links

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	Qualification or relegation
1	Dunfermline Athletic (C) (P)	36	20	10	6	66	31	+35	70	Promotion to the 2011–12 Scottish 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	044^*
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 to the Scottish First Division Playoffs
10	Stirling Albion (R)	36	4	8	24	32	82	−50	20	Relegation to the Scottish Second Division

Updated to games played on 7 May
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
^* Dundee were deducted 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.^[1]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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 \ Away¹	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

Updated to games played on 19 April
Source: BBC Sport
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home \ Away¹	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

Updated to games played on 7 May 2011
Source:^{[citation needed]}
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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

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 11th May 2011 & Saturday 14th May 2011, the winning team in each semi-final will advance to the final on Wednesday 18th May 2011 & Sunday 22nd 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

11 May 2011 7:45pm	Brechin City	2 – 2	Cowdenbeath	Glebe Park Attendance: 596 Referee: Anthony Law
	Kirkpatrick 46' Megginson 51'	BBC Sport	Linton 4' Coult 26'	Glebe Park Attendance: 596 Referee: Anthony Law

11 May 2011 7:45pm	Forfar Athletic	1 – 4	Ayr United	Station Park Attendance: 924 Referee: John McKendrick
	Templeman 10'	BBC Sport	Moffat 2' Bishop o.g.' (35) McCann 52' Rodgers 87'	Station Park Attendance: 924 Referee: John McKendrick

Second legs

14 May 2011 2:00pm	Cowdenbeath	0 – 2	Brechin City	Central Park Attendance: 645 Referee: David Somers
		BBC Sport	Redman 78' Molloy 84'	Central Park Attendance: 645 Referee: David Somers

14 May 2011 3:00pm	Ayr United	3 – 3	Forfar Athletic	Somerset Park Attendance: 1,198 Referee: Brian Winter
	Moffat 12' McLaughlin 48' Trouten 90' (pen.)	BBC Sport	Hilson 31' Sellars 56' Campbell 90' (pen.)	Somerset Park Attendance: 1,198 Referee: Brian Winter

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

18 May 2011 7:45pm	Ayr United	1 – 1	Brechin City	Somerset Park Attendance: 2,020 Referee: Steve Conroy
	Moffat 31'	BBC Sport	Janczyk 86'	Somerset Park Attendance: 2,020 Referee: Steve Conroy

Second leg

22 May 2011 3:00pm	Brechin City	1 – 2	Ayr United	Glebe Park Attendance: 2,404 Referee: Crawford Allan
	Tiffoney 44' (o.g.)	BBC Sport	Roberts 76' Moffat 88'	Glebe Park Attendance: 2,404 Referee: Crawford Allan

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

References

^ "Dundee fail to overturn 25-point penalty". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 17 December 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dundee/9300503.stm. Retrieved 17 December 2010.

External links

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