Scottish First Division

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Scottish First Division
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General Information

The Scottish Football League First Division, or the S.F.L first Division, it the second tier of Scottish Football. Irn Bru sponsor this league so it is reffered to as the Irn-Bru Division 1. There has been a proposal that this division should break away and form a new premiership, but this is at an early stage, and is unlikely to happen. The teams play each other 4 times, with 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss. This League has been Exsistent since 1893, where it was then the highest tier of Scottish Football. The first ever winners were Hibernian, when it was the highest tier, nobody ever won it more than twice in a row.

League Structure

The Irn-Bru Division 1 plays host to ten teams. At the end of each season, the champions win promotion to the Scottish Premier League The bottom club is relegated into the Scottish Second Division. The second to bottom club enters a play-off with 2nd-4th placed clubs from division two for the right to stay up.

Teams (08/09)

Airdrie United

Clyde

Dundee

Dunfermline Athletic

Greenock morton

Livingston

Partick Thistle

Queen of the South

Ross County

St. Johnstone

Past Winners

1893–94 Hibernian

1894–95 Hibernian

1895–96 Abercorn

1896–97 Partick Thistle

1897–98 Kilmarnock

1898–99 Kilmarnock

1899–00 Partick Thistle

1900–01 St. Bernard's

1901–02 Port Glasgow Athletic

1902–03 Airdrieonians

1903–04 Hamilton Academical

1904–05 Clyde

1905–06 Leith Athletic

1906–07 St. Bernard's

1907–08 Raith Rovers

1908–09 Abercorn

1909–10 Leith Athletic

1910–11 Dumbarton

1911–12 Ayr United

1912–13 Ayr United

1913–14 Cowdenbeath

1914–15 Cowdenbeath

1915–21 League suspended due to World War I

1921–22 Alloa Athletic

1922–23 Queen's Park

1923–24 St. Johnstone

1924–25 Dundee United

1925–26 Dunfermline Athletic

1926–27 Bo'ness

1927–28 Ayr United

1928–29 Dundee United

1929–30 Leith Athletic

1930–31 Third Lanark

1931–32 East Stirlingshire

1932–33 Hibernian

1933–34 Albion Rovers

1934–35 Third Lanark

1935–36 Falkirk

1936–37 Ayr United

1937–38 Raith Rovers

1938–39 Cowdenbeath

1939–46 League suspended due to World War II

1946–47 Dundee

1947–48 East Fife

1948–49 Raith Rovers

1949–50 Greenock morton

1950–51 Queen of the South

1951–52 Clyde

1952–53 Stirling Albion

1953–54 Motherwell

1954–55 Airdrieonians

1955–56 Queen's Park

1956–57 Clyde

1957–58 Stirling Albion

1958–59 Ayr United

1959–60 Dundee United

1960–61 Stirling Albion

1961–62 Clyde

1962–63 St. Johnstone

1963–64 Greenock morton

1964–65 Stirling Albion

1965–65 Ayr United

1966–67 Greenock morton

1967–68 St. Mirren

1968–69 Motherwell

1969–70 Falkirk

1970–71 Partick Thistle

1971–72 Dumbarton

1972–73 Clyde Dunfermline

1973–74 Airdrieonians

1974–75 Falkirk Thistle

1976–77 St. Mirren

1977–78 Greenock morton

1978–79 Dundee

1979–80 Hearts

1980–81 Hibernian

1981–82 Motherwell

1982–83 St. Johnstone

1983–84 Greenock morton

1984–85 Motherwell

1985–86 Hamilton Academical

1986–87 Greenock morton

1987–88 Hamilton Academical

1988–89 Dunfermline

1989–90 St. Johnstone

1990–91 Falkirk

1991–92 Dundee

1992–93 Raith Rovers

1993–94 Falkirk

1994–95 Raith Rovers

1995–96 Dunfermline Athletic

1996–97 St. Johnstone

1997–98 Dundee

1998–99 Hibernian

1999–00 St. Mirren

2000–01 Livingston

2001–02 Partick Thistle

2002–03 Falkirk

2003–04 Inverness CT

2004–05 Falkirk

2005–06 St. Mirren

2006–07 Gretna

2007–08 Hamilton Academical

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