Scottish Football League First Division

Countries	Scotland
Founded	1975 1946–1956 (as Division B) 1893–1946 & 1956-1975 (as Division Two)
Number of teams	10
Promotion to	Scottish Premier League
Relegation to	Scottish Second Division
Domestic cup(s)	Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup
Current champions	St. Johnstone (2008-09)
Scottish First Division 2009-10

The Irn-Bru Scottish Football League First Division Championship is the highest division of the Scottish Football League and the second highest in the Scottish football league system.

The division was introduced in 1975–76 in Scottish football to replace the old Scottish Football League Division Two. It contains ten teams and each year the top team is promoted to the Scottish Premier League, subject to meeting the stadium criteria. The bottom club is automatically relegated and the second bottom club goes to an end of season play-off with the second, third and fourth placed clubs from Division Two.

The teams play each other four times with three points for a victory and one point each for a drawn game.

[edit] Sponsorship

On 20 July 2007, it was announced that Scottish Football League would be sponsored by Scottish soft drink Irn-Bru for the next three seasons.^[1]

[edit] Teams for 2009–10 season

Listed below are all the teams competing in the season 2009-10 First Division.

• Airdrie United
• Ayr United
• Dundee
• Dunfermline Athletic
• Greenock Morton
• Inverness Caledonian Thistle
• Partick Thistle
• Queen of the South
• Raith Rovers
• Ross County

[edit] First Division managers

The following is a list of the managers for the 2009–10 season in the Scottish First Division. The list is arranged chronologically by appointment.

Manager	Club	Appointed
Kenny Black	Airdrie United	17 November 2006
John McGlynn	Raith Rovers	20 November 2006
Gordon Chisholm	Queen of the South	7 May 2007
Ian McCall	Partick Thistle	25 May 2007
Derek Adams	Ross County	2 October 2007
Brian Reid	Ayr United	23 October 2007
Jim McIntyre	Dunfermline Athletic	3 January 2008
Jocky Scott	Dundee	30 October 2008
Terry Butcher	Inverness CT	27 January 2009
James Grady	Greenock Morton	31 October 2009

[edit] Stadia

[edit] Winners of the First Division

[edit] The future

Three member clubs (Clyde, Dundee,and Livingston) are proposing a restructuring system, which would see the current First Division teams "break away" to form a second tier to the Scottish Premier League (SPL)^[2] These plans are at a very early stage and are facing strong opposition from lower-league clubs and Scottish Football League bosses^[3]. The SFL claimed that the proposed "SPL2" would break a settlement agreement that was reached when the SPL was first created in 1998.^[4] However, the Scottish FA ruled that adding a second tier to the SPL would not breach the previous agreement, which covered such items as promotion, relegation and parachute payments.^[5]

[edit] See also

• Sports league attendances

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Official Site
• Scottish Football League First Division clubs' locations