2011–12 Scottish First Division
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The 2011–12 Scottish Football League First Division, also known as the 2011–12 Irn Bru Scottish Football League First Division for sponsorship reasons, will be the 17th season of the Scottish First Division
Scottish Football League First Division
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....

 and the 106th season of a second-tier football league in Scotland
Football in Scotland
Association football is the national sport in Scotland and highly popular throughout the country. There is a long tradition of "football" games in Orkney, Lewis and southern Scotland, especially the Scottish Borders, although many of these include carrying the ball and passing by hand, and despite...

. Dunfermline Athletic
Dunfermline Athletic F.C.
Dunfermline Athletic Football Club are a Scottish football team based in Dunfermline, Fife, commonly known as just Dunfermline. They currently compete in the Scottish Premier League....

 are the current champions. It began on 6 August 2011 and is scheduled to end on 5 May 2012.
The league will comprise the teams ranked second through eighth of the 2010–11 season
2010–11 Scottish First Division
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.-SPL & First Division:...

, the relegated sides from the 2010–11 Premier League
2010–11 Scottish Premier League
The 2010–11 Scottish Premier League was the thirteenth season of the Scottish Premier League, the highest division of Scottish football. It commenced on 14 August 2010 and ended on 15 May 2011...

, the 2010–11 Second Division
2010–11 Scottish Second Division
The 2010–11 Scottish Second Division was the sixteenth season of the Second Division in its current format of ten teams.-First & Second Divisions:Relegated from First Division to Second Division*Ayr United*Airdrie United...

 champions, and the winners of the 2010–11 First Division play-off.

Teams

Dunfermline Athletic
Dunfermline Athletic F.C.
Dunfermline Athletic Football Club are a Scottish football team based in Dunfermline, Fife, commonly known as just Dunfermline. They currently compete in the Scottish Premier League....

, champions of the 2010–11 season
2010–11 Scottish First Division
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.-SPL & First Division:...

, were promoted to the 2011–12 Premier League
2011–12 Scottish Premier League
The 2011–12 Scottish Premier League is the fourteenth season of the Scottish Premier League, the highest division of Scottish football, since its inception in 1998. The season started on 23 July 2011....

. The club thus completed a five-season tenure in the First Division. Dunfermline were replaced by Hamilton Academical
Hamilton Academical F.C.
Hamilton Academical Football Club, often known as Hamilton Academical, or Accies, are a Scottish football club from Hamilton in South Lanarkshire. They were established in 1874 from the school football team at Hamilton Academy. They remain the only professional club in British football to have...

, who were relegated from the 2010–11 Premier League
2010–11 Scottish Premier League
The 2010–11 Scottish Premier League was the thirteenth season of the Scottish Premier League, the highest division of Scottish football. It commenced on 14 August 2010 and ended on 15 May 2011...

 after finishing at the bottom of the table; Hamilton returned to the First Division after three years.

At the bottom end of the table, last-placed Stirling Albion
Stirling Albion F.C.
Stirling Albion F.C. are a Scottish football club currently playing in the Scottish Second Division. The club are nicknamed The Binos . They play at Doubletree Dunblane Stadium in Stirling, on the outskirts of the city near the River Forth...

 were directly relegated to the 2011–12 Second Division
2011–12 Scottish Second Division
The 2011–12 Scottish Football League Second Division is the 17th season in the current format of 10 teams in the third-tier of Scottish football. Livingston F.C...

 after being promoted to the second tier only one season earlier. They were replaced by the 2010–11 Second Division
2010–11 Scottish Second Division
The 2010–11 Scottish Second Division was the sixteenth season of the Second Division in its current format of ten teams.-First & Second Divisions:Relegated from First Division to Second Division*Ayr United*Airdrie United...

 champions Livingston
Livingston F.C.
Livingston Football Club is a Scottish association football club based in Livingston, West Lothian. The club currently plays in the Scottish Football League First Division.The club was founded in 1943 as Ferranti Thistle, a works team...

, who returned to the First Division after two consecutive promotions in two years; the club had previously been demoted for financial irregularities at the end of the 2008–09 season.

An additional place in the league was available via a play-off tournament between the ninth-placed First Division team, Cowdenbeath
Cowdenbeath F.C.
Cowdenbeath Football Club are a professional Scottish football team based in the town of Cowdenbeath, Fife. They currently play in the Second Division of the Scottish Football League. The club plays its home games at Central Park in the centre of the town which has the unusual feature of a motor...

, and the sides ranked second through to fourth in the Second Division, Ayr United
Ayr United F.C.
Ayr United Football Club are a Scottish association football team based in Ayr, South Ayrshire, that plays in the First Division of the Scottish Football League. Formed in 1910 after the merger of former clubs Ayr Parkhouse F.C. and Ayr F.C...

, Forfar Athletic
Forfar Athletic F.C.
Forfar Athletic Football Club are a Scottish semi-professional football club from the town of Forfar, Angus. They are members of the Scottish Football League and currently play in the Second Division...

 and Brechin City
Brechin City F.C.
Brechin City Football Club is a Scottish football team based in Brechin, Angus. They are members of the Scottish Football League and play in the Second Division in the 2010–11 season...

 respectively. The tournament was won by Ayr United, who therefore were promoted back to the First Division after a one-year absence; Cowdenbeath hence were relegated, returning to the Second Division after just one season as well.

Stadia and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Ayr United
Ayr United F.C.
Ayr United Football Club are a Scottish association football team based in Ayr, South Ayrshire, that plays in the First Division of the Scottish Football League. Formed in 1910 after the merger of former clubs Ayr Parkhouse F.C. and Ayr F.C...

Ayr
Ayr
Ayr is a town and port situated on the Firth of Clyde in south-west Scotland. With a population of around 46,000, Ayr is the largest settlement in Ayrshire, of which it is the county town, and has held royal burgh status since 1205...

Somerset Park
Somerset Park
Somerset Park is a football stadium located in Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland.It has been the home of Ayr United since they were founded in 1910. Prior to that, it was the home ground of Ayr F.C.. It currently has a capacity of 10,185 of which 1,597 is seated, making it one of the largest capacity...

10,243
Dundee
Dundee F.C.
Dundee Football Club, founded in 1893, are a football club based in the city of Dundee, Scotland. They are nicknamed The Dee or The Dark Blues and play their home matches at Dens Park. Their shirt colour is dark blue. Dundee currently play in the Scottish First Division, having been relegated from...

Dundee
Dundee
Dundee is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and the 39th most populous settlement in the United Kingdom. It lies within the eastern central Lowlands on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, which feeds into the North Sea...

Dens Park
Dens Park
Dens Park is a football stadium located on Dens Road in Dundee, Scotland. The stadium is the home of Dundee F.C. and has a capacity of 12,085...

12,085
Falkirk
Falkirk F.C.
Falkirk Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Falkirk. It is one of two professional football teams from the town, the other being East Stirlingshire...

Falkirk
Falkirk
Falkirk is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies in the Forth Valley, almost midway between the two most populous cities of Scotland; north-west of Edinburgh and north-east of Glasgow....

Falkirk Stadium
Falkirk Stadium
The Falkirk Stadium is a football stadium in Falkirk in central Scotland, which plays host to the home matches of Falkirk F.C. although the stadium itself sits partly within the boundaries of the neighbouring town of Grangemouth...

9,120
Greenock Morton
Greenock Morton F.C.
Greenock Morton Football Club are a Scottish professional football club, who currently play in the Scottish Football League First Division. The club was founded as Morton Football Club in 1874, making it one of the oldest senior Scottish clubs....

Greenock
Greenock
Greenock is a town and administrative centre in the Inverclyde council area in United Kingdom, and a former burgh within the historic county of Renfrewshire, located in the west central Lowlands of Scotland...

Cappielow
Cappielow
Cappielow is a district of Greenock in Inverclyde, west central Scotland. It is home to Scottish First Division side Greenock Morton F.C. The name Cappielow, taken alone, usually refers to the Cappielow Park stadium, but it can also refer to a small area of housing or the adjoining industrial...

11,612
Hamilton Academical
Hamilton Academical F.C.
Hamilton Academical Football Club, often known as Hamilton Academical, or Accies, are a Scottish football club from Hamilton in South Lanarkshire. They were established in 1874 from the school football team at Hamilton Academy. They remain the only professional club in British football to have...

Hamilton
Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
Hamilton is a town in South Lanarkshire, in the west-central Lowlands of Scotland. It serves as the main administrative centre of the South Lanarkshire council area. It is the fifth-biggest town in Scotland after Paisley, East Kilbride, Livingston and Cumbernauld...

New Douglas Park
New Douglas Park
New Douglas Park is a football stadium in Hamilton which serves as the home of Hamilton Academical. It takes its name from Douglas Park, the club's former stadium.-Stadium:...

6,096
Livingston
Livingston F.C.
Livingston Football Club is a Scottish association football club based in Livingston, West Lothian. The club currently plays in the Scottish Football League First Division.The club was founded in 1943 as Ferranti Thistle, a works team...

Livingston
Livingston, Scotland
Livingston is a town in West Lothian, Scotland. It is the fourth post-WWII new town to be built in Scotland, designated in 1962. It is about 15 miles west of Edinburgh and 30 miles east of Glasgow, and is bordered by the towns of Broxburn to the northeast and Bathgate to the northwest.Livingston...

Braidwood Motor Company Stadium 10,122
Partick Thistle
Partick Thistle F.C.
Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional association football club from Glasgow. Despite their name, the club are based in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not played in Partick since 1908...

Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

Firhill Stadium
Firhill Stadium
Firhill Stadium or Firhill Arena is a football, rugby union and rugby league stadium located in the Maryhill area of Glasgow, Scotland. As of 2010 it is the home ground of football club Partick Thistle F.C...

13,079
Queen of the South
Queen of the South F.C.
Queen of the South Football Club is a Scottish professional football club founded in 1919 and located in Dumfries. The club currently plays in the Scottish First Division, the second tier of Scottish football. They are officially nicknamed The Doonhamers, but usually referred to as Queens or QoS...

Dumfries
Dumfries
Dumfries is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth. Dumfries was the county town of the former county of Dumfriesshire. Dumfries is nicknamed Queen of the South...

Palmerston Park
Palmerston Park
Palmerston Park is a multi-purpose stadium on Terregles Street in Dumfries, south west Scotland. The site of the ground was formerly a farm called Palmers Toun. This is on the Maxwelltown side of the River Nith in Dumfries. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of...

6,412
Raith Rovers
Raith Rovers F.C.
Raith Rovers Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Kirkcaldy, Fife. They are members of the Scottish Football League, currently playing in the First Division, having secured promotion from the Second Division as champions in 2009. Rovers have won one national trophy, the...

Kirkcaldy
Kirkcaldy
Kirkcaldy is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. The town lies on a shallow bay on the northern shore of the Firth of Forth; SSE of Glenrothes, ENE of Dunfermline, WSW of Dundee and NNE of Edinburgh...

Stark's Park
Stark's Park
Stark's Park is a football stadium in Kirkcaldy, Scotland. It is the home ground of Raith Rovers F.C..-History:The ground was opened in 1891 and seats 10,104. It is located in Kirkcaldy, Fife...

10,104
Ross County
Ross County F.C.
Ross County Football Club are a Scottish professional football team from the town of Dingwall, Ross and Cromarty. Founded in 1929 they currently compete in the Scottish Football League First Division and play their home matches at Victoria Park. Prior to the 1994–95 season they played in the...

Dingwall
Dingwall
Dingwall is a town and former royal burgh in the Highland council area of Scotland. It has a population of 5,026. It was formerly an east-coast harbor but now lies inland. Dingwall Castle was once the biggest castle north of Stirling. On the town's present-day outskirts lies Tulloch Castle, parts...

Victoria Park
Victoria Park, Dingwall
Victoria Park is a football stadium situated in the town of Dingwall, Ross-shire, Scotland. It is the home stadium of Ross County F.C. who currently play in the Scottish Football League First Division. It is the most northerly ground in the Scottish Football League.There are two stands; the West ...

6,310

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Ayr United   Brian Reid
Brian Reid (footballer)
Brian Reid is a Scottish former footballer and is currently manager of Ayr United.Reid, a central defender, started his career at Morton...

Nike
Nike, Inc.
Nike, Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area...

Bodog
Bodog
Bodog is an online entertainment brand launched in 1994 by Calvin Ayre.Originally the company traded at but the brand was later divested and intellectual property rights were assigned to and consolidated in BodogBrand.com...

Dundee   Barry Smith Puma
PUMA AG
Puma SE, officially branded as PUMA, is a major German multinational company that produces high-end athletic shoes, lifestyle footwear and other sportswear. Formed in 1924 as Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik by Adolf and Rudolf Dassler, relationships between the two brothers deteriorated until the two...

Kilmac Energy
Falkirk   Steven Pressley
Steven Pressley
Steven John "Elvis" Pressley is a retired Scottish footballer, who is now the manager of Scottish First Division club Falkirk. Pressley had a long playing career, playing for both halves of the Old Firm and making over 100 league appearances for both Dundee United and Hearts...

Puma Central Demolition
Greenock Morton   Allan Moore
Allan Moore
Allan Moore is a Scottish former association football player and current manager. He is the manager of Scottish First Division club Greenock Morton, a position he has held since May 2010....

Puma Ferguson's Chocolates (H), Buchanan's Toffees (A), Millions Chews (T)
Hamilton Academical   Billy Reid Nike M&H Logistics (H), Life Skills Centres (A,T)
Livingston   Gary Bollan
Gary Bollan
Gary Bollan is a retired Scottish professional footballer, and now the current manager of Livingston in the Scottish Football League. He played for seven senior Scottish clubs in his career, and is a former Under-21 internationalist.-Career:Bollan came up through the youth system and into the...

Umbro
Umbro
Umbro is an English sportswear and football equipment supplier based in Cheadle, Greater Manchester, England. The company is now part of Nike. Umbro designs, sources, and markets sport-related apparel, footwear, and equipment...

Fasteq
Partick Thistle   Jackie McNamara
Jackie McNamara
Jackie McNamara is a Scottish football player and manager who currently manages Partick Thistle. He is a former Scottish international and has filled a variety of defensive roles in his career and captained Celtic under the management of Martin O'Neill.-Dunfermline Athletic:The son of former...

Puma macb
Queen of the South   Gus MacPherson
Gus MacPherson
Angus Ian MacPherson is a Scottish former football player and manager. MacPherson played for Kilmarnock for over a decade, making over 350 league appearances. After retiring as a player in 2003, he became manager of St. Mirren, a position he held until May 2010. MacPherson took St...

Joma
Joma
Joma is a Spanish sports apparel manufacturer, which currently produces footwear and apparel for football, running and tennis. Its headquarters are located in the city of Toledo, Spain....

Border Utilities Ltd
Raith Rovers   John McGlynn Puma Kittys & Styx (H), ACA Sports (A)
Ross County   Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Derek Adams is a former Scottish footballer who is currently manager at Ross County. He is the son of George Adams, who is the director of football at Ross County. Adams played for six different clubs, making over 100 league appearances for Ross County and Motherwell. Adams managed Ross County...

Nike Highnet

League table

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

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Top goalscorers

Rank Scorer Team Goals
1   Peter MacDonald
Peter MacDonald (footballer)
Peter Ian Ronald MacDonald is a Scottish professional footballer who is currently playing with Scottish Football League First Division team Greenock Morton.-Career:...

7
  Farid El Alagui
Farid El Allagui
Farid El Alagui is a Moroccan professional footballer currently playing for Falkirk in the Scottish First Division.-Career:El Alagui began his career at Bergerac before playing for Wydad and Romorantin....

2   Iain Russell
Iain Russell
Iain Thomas Russell is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing as a forward for Livingston in the Scottish Football League First Division....

5
  Kevin Smith
Kevin Smith (footballer)
Kevin Smith is a Scottish professional association footballer who plays as a forward for Queen of the South.-Career:Smith began his career with Leeds United, but was allowed to leave and signed for Sunderland in January 2006...

  Mark McLaughlin
Mark McLaughlin
Mark McLaughlin is a Scottish footballer currently playing for Hamilton Academical.-Career:McLaughlin, a defender, began his career at junior club Arthurlie before moving to Clyde in 1999. After five years at Clyde, he joined Hamilton Academical in 2004...

3   John Baird
John Baird (footballer)
John David Baird is a Scottish Association football striker currently playing for Raith Rovers.-Career:Baird began his career with Clyde, and made his debut in May 2003, coming on as a substitute against Ayr United...

4
  Kris Doolan
Kris Doolan
Kris Doolan is a Scottish footballer who plays for Partick Thistle in the Scottish Football League First Division.-Club career:...

  Christie Elliot
Christie Elliot (footballer)
Christie Elliot is an English football striker who currently plays for Partick Thistle in the Scottish First Division.-Career:Elliot started his career at Jarrow F.C. before moving to Whitley Bay.-Partick Thistle:...

  Chris Erskine
Chris Erskine
Chris Erskine is a Scottish footballer contracted to Partick Thistle.Having played several seasons of Junior Football with Kilbirnie Ladeside, Erskine signed a one year contract with Partick Thistle at the start of season 2009–10. He made his professional debut against Airdrie United, and in his...

4   Tom Brighton
Tom Brighton
Tom Brighton is a Scottish professional association footballer who plays at centre forward. He is currently contracted to Queen of the South.-Career:...

3
  Richard Brittain
Richard Brittain
Richard Brittain is a Scottish professional footballer, who currently plays for Ross County in the Scottish First Division.-Career:...

  Steven Craig
Steven Craig
Steven Craig is a Scottish footballer who currently plays as a striker for Ross County in the Scottish First Division....

  Kenny Deuchar
Kenny Deuchar
Kenneth Robert John "Kenny" Deuchar is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing as a striker for Livingston.In 2005, Deuchar equaled Jimmy Greaves's British record of six league hat-tricks in a single season. He is also a practicing medical doctor...


Disciplinary by team

Rank Team Yellow Second Yellow Straight Red
1 Ross County 16 1 3
2 Falkirk 15 1 2
3 Ayr United 20 1 0
4 Raith Rovers 11 0 2
Hamilton Academical 11 1 1
Greenock Morton 11 1 1
7 Dundee 13 1 0
8 Queen of the South 8 0 2
Livingston 11 1 0
10 Partick Thistle 12 0 0

Disciplinary by player

Rank Player Team Yellow Second Yellow Straight Red
1 Martyn Campbell
Martyn Campbell (footballer born 1981)
Martyn Campbell is a Scottish footballer who currently plays as a centre back for Ayr United,- Career :...

Ayr United 4 1 0
2 Darren Dods
Darren Dods
Darren Dods is a professional footballer currently playing as a defender for Scottish First Division side Falkirk.-Career:...

Falkirk 3 1 0
3 Gary Miller
Gary Miller (footballer)
Gary Miller is a Scottish footballer, currently playing for Ross County in the Scottish Football League First Division. He can play as a central defender or as a right defender.-External links:...

Ross County 2 0 1
4 Stuart McCaffrey
Stuart McCaffrey
Stuart McCaffrey is a Scottish professional football defender, playing for Scottish club Greenock Morton.-Playing career:...

Greenock Morton 1 1 0
Simon Mensing
Simon Mensing
Simon Ross Mensing is an English professional footballer playing for Scottish club Hamilton Academical.-Clyde:...

Hamilton Academical 1 1 0
Stephen O'Donnell
Stephen O'Donnell (Scottish footballer)
Stephen James O'Donnell is a Scottish football midfielder. He plays for Dundee having been released by Scottish Premier League club St. Mirren.-Club career:...

Dundee 1 1 0
Paul Watson Livingston 1 1 0
Stuart Kettlewell
Stuart Kettlewell
Stuart Kettlewell , is a Scottish footballer currently playing for Ross County. He is a midfielder.-Career:Kettlewell began his career with Queen's Park...

Ross County 1 1 0
9 Mark McLaughlin
Mark McLaughlin
Mark McLaughlin is a Scottish footballer currently playing for Hamilton Academical.-Career:McLaughlin, a defender, began his career at junior club Arthurlie before moving to Clyde in 1999. After five years at Clyde, he joined Hamilton Academical in 2004...

Hamilton Academical 1 0 1
10 Steven Craig
Steven Craig
Steven Craig is a Scottish footballer who currently plays as a striker for Ross County in the Scottish First Division....

Ross County 0 0 1
Kevin Smith
Kevin Smith (footballer)
Kevin Smith is a Scottish professional association footballer who plays as a forward for Queen of the South.-Career:Smith began his career with Leeds United, but was allowed to leave and signed for Sunderland in January 2006...

Queen of the South 0 0 1
Ross Callachan
Ross Callachan
Ross Callachan is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Raith Rovers in the Scottish First Division.- Club career :...

Raith Rovers 0 0 1
Craig Reid Queen of the South 0 0 1
Johnny Flynn
Johnny Flynn (footballer)
Jonathan Joseph "Johnny" Flynn is a footballer playing as a defender for Ross County having left English Premier League side Blackburn Rovers on a free transfer in August 2010....

Ross County 0 0 1
Stewart Murdoch
Stewart Murdoch
Stewart Murdoch is professional Football player currently playing as a Midfielder for Falkirk F.C. in the Scottish First Division. He has also spent time on loan in the Scottish Second Division playing for Berwick Rangers F.C. in season 2007-08 and for East Fife F.C...

Falkirk 0 0 1
Kallum Higginbotham
Kallum Higginbotham
Kallum Higginbotham is an English footballer who currently plays as striker for Falkirk.Kallum started his football career at Salford City before joining Oldham Athletic at 18 years of age. Despite a half-decent scoring record in the reserves at Oldham he never made it into the first team at...

Falkirk 0 0 1

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