2008–09 Scottish First Division

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The 2008–09 Scottish First Division was the 15th season of the First Division in its current format of ten teams.

Season2008–09
ChampionsSt Johnstone
PromotedSt Johnstone
RelegatedClyde
Quick facts Season, Champions ...
Irn-Bru Scottish First Division
St Johnstone player Gary Irvine holding the First Division trophy in May 2009
Season2008–09
ChampionsSt Johnstone
PromotedSt Johnstone
RelegatedClyde
Top goalscorerStephen Dobbie (24)
Biggest home winQueen of the South 7–1 Clyde
Biggest away winAirdrie United 0–4 St Johnstone
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Promotion and relegation from 2007–08

SPL & First Division

Promoted from First Division to Scottish Premier League

First & Second Divisions

Relegated from First Division to Second Division

Promoted from Second Division to First Division

League table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 St Johnstone (C, P) 36 17 14 5 55 35 +20 65 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Partick Thistle 36 16 7 13 39 38 +1 55
3 Dunfermline Athletic 36 14 9 13 52 44 +8 51
4 Dundee 36 13 11 12 33 32 +1 50
5 Queen of the South 36 12 11 13 57 50 +7 47
6 Greenock Morton 36 12 11 13 40 40 0 47
7 Livingston (R) 36 13 8 15 56 58 −2 47[a] Relegation to the Third Division
8 Ross County 36 13 8 15 42 46 −4 47
9 Airdrie United 36 10 12 14 29 43 −14 42[b] Qualification for the First Division Play-offs[c]
10 Clyde (R) 36 10 9 17 41 58 −17 39 Relegation to the Second Division
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Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Demoted to 3rd Division for Financial Irregularities
  2. [b]
    Spared Relegation as Losing Finalist in the playoff due to Livingston
  3. [c]
    The 9th placed team will be entered into a play-off with the Second Division's 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams. The winning team will be awarded a place in the 2009–10 First Division.

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.

First half of season

More information Home \ Away, AIR ...
Home \ Away AIR CLY DND DNF GMO LIV PAR QOS ROS STJ
Airdrie United 0–2 0–0 1–3 5–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–2 1–1
Clyde 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 2–2 2–2
Dundee 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–3 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–1
Dunfermline Athletic 0–0 4–4 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–2
Greenock Morton 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–2
Livingston 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–3 1–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 0–1
Partick Thistle 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 4–0
Queen of the South 0–0 0–2 3–1 1–2 1–4 6–1 2–0 1–0 2–2
Ross County 2–0 3–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 1–4 1–0 0–2 1–2
St Johnstone 3–1 2–3 2–0 0–3 1–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 2–1
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Source: BBC Sport
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

More information Home \ Away, AIR ...
Home \ Away AIR CLY DND DNF GMO LIV PAR QOS ROS STJ
Airdrie United 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 4–4 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–4
Clyde 3–0 2–0 1–4 2–4 0–1 2–4 1–1 2–0 1–3
Dundee 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 4–1 4–0 2–3 2–0 0–1
Dunfermline Athletic 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–3
Greenock Morton 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 0–1 2–2 0–2 0–0
Livingston 1–1 1–1 0–1 4–2 0–2 2–4 2–2 4–2 1–0
Partick Thistle 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–3 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–2 0–0
Queen of the South 4–0 7–1 0–1 0–3 1–1 3–3 2–2 1–2 3–3
Ross County 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–2 0–2 1–0 2–2
St Johnstone 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–3 0–0
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Source: BBC Sport
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

More information Rank, Scorer ...
Rank Scorer Team Goals
1 Scotland Stephen Dobbie Queen of the South 24
2 Scotland Leigh Griffiths Livingston 18
3 Northern Ireland Andy Kirk Dunfermline Athletic 15
4 Scotland Steven Milne St Johnstone 14
France Mickaël Antoine-Curier Dundee
6 Scotland Pat Clarke Clyde 11
7 Scotland Simon Lynch Airdrie United 10
Scotland Steven Craig Ross County
Scotland Sean Higgins Ross County
10 England Peter Weatherson Greenock Morton 9
England Brian Wake Greenock Morton
Scotland Gary Harkins Partick Thistle
13 Scotland Nick Phinn Dunfermline Athletic 8
14 Scotland Colin McMenamin Dundee 7
15 Scotland William McLaren Clyde 6
Scotland Ruari MacLennan Clyde
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Source: The League Insider

Attendance

More information Team, Stadium ...
Team Stadium Capacity Highest Lowest Average
Dundee Dens Park 11,856 6,537 2,831 3,995
St Johnstone McDiarmid Park 10,673 7,238 2,259 3,502
Dunfermline Athletic East End Park 11,998 4,998 1,371 3,255
Partick Thistle Firhill Stadium 10,887 3,378 2,296 2,956
Queen of the South Palmerston Park 6,412 3,339 2,029 2,720
Greenock Morton Cappielow 11,612 3,323 1,685 2,279
Ross County Victoria Park 6,310 3,444 1,625 2,279
Livingston Almondvale Stadium 10,016 2,169 1,068 1,728
Airdrie United New Broomfield 10,171 2,165 633 1,356
Clyde Broadwood Stadium 8,006 2,114 776 1,236
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Source: The League Insider

Kits and shirt sponsors

More information Team, Kit supplier ...
Team Kit supplier Shirt sponsor(s) Notes
Airdrie United Surridge St. Andrew's Hospice New home strip.[6]
Clyde Surridge Optical Express/Reface Scotland New kit supplier and new away kit sponsor. Reface Scotland are away kit sponsor.[7]
Dundee Bukta Bukta New home kit, Bukta replace Signitures4U as sponsor.[8]
Dunfermline Athletic Puma The Purvis Group New kit supplier, return to traditional black and white striped home kit.[9]
Greenock Morton Bukta Millions New home kit[10]
Livingston Macron RDF Consulting New kit supplier Macron replacing Nike with a new yellow home kit, while IT solutions provider RDF Consulting sponsor the Lions for the next two seasons.[11]
Partick Thistle Puma Ignis Asset Management Puma replace Diadora as kit supplier.[12]
Queen of the South Surridge JB Houston Butchers/Maxwelltown Builders New home and away kits. Home kit is traditional blue and Away kit is red. JB Houston Butchers displayed on front of shirt, Maxwelltown Builders at the back.[13]
Ross County Adidas HIGHnet
St Johnstone Surridge George Wimpey New home kit[citation needed]
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Managerial changes

See also: 2008–09 in Scottish football § Managerial changes
More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Table position[14]
Dundee Scotland Alex Rae Sacked 20 October[15] Scotland Jocky Scott 30 October[16] 8
Livingston Italy Roberto Landi Sacked 1 December[17] Scotland Paul Hegarty 5 December[18] 5
Livingston Scotland Paul Hegarty Suspended 25 April[19] Scotland John Murphy 30 June[20] 6
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Monthly awards

Main article: Scottish Football League monthly awards
More information Month, First Division manager ...
Month First Division manager SFL Player SFL Young player
Manager Club Player Club Player Club
August[21] Italy Roberto Landi Livingston Scotland Stephen Robertson Airdrie United Scotland Leigh Griffiths Livingston
September[22] Scotland Jim McIntyre Dunfermline Athletic Scotland Paul McManus East Fife Scotland Calum Elliot Livingston
October[23] Scotland Derek McInnes St Johnstone Scotland Steven Milne St Johnstone England Dominic Shimmin Greenock Morton
November[24] Scotland Jocky Scott Dundee Scotland Bryan Prunty Ayr United Scotland Kyle Benedictus Dundee
December[25] Scotland John Brown Clyde Scotland Alan Main St Johnstone Scotland Chris McMenamin Berwick Rangers
January[26] Scotland Ian McCall Partick Thistle Scotland Willie McLaren Clyde Scotland Bobby Barr Albion Rovers
February[27] Scotland Jocky Scott Dundee Scotland Gary Harkins Partick Thistle Scotland Fraser McLaren Berwick Rangers
March[28] Scotland Paul Hegarty Livingston Scotland Kevin Rutkiewicz St Johnstone Scotland Leigh Griffiths Livingston
April[29] Scotland Gordon Chisholm Queen of the South Scotland Stephen Dobbie Queen of the South Scotland Kevin Moon St Johnstone
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First Division play-offs

Semi-finals

The ninth placed team in the First Division played the fourth placed team in the Second Division and third placed team in the Second Division played the second placed team in the Second Division. The play-offs were played over two legs, the winning team in each semi-final advanced to the final.

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Airdrie United 4 – 1 Peterhead 2–0 2–1
Brechin City 2 – 5 Ayr United 0–2 2–3
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First legs

More information Brechin City, 0 – 2 ...
Brechin City0 – 2Ayr United
Report Aitken 8' 36' (pen.)
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Attendance: 902
Referee: B Winter
More information Peterhead, 0 – 2 ...
Peterhead0 – 2Airdrie United
Report Baird 9'
McLaughlin 47'
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Attendance: 1,364
Referee: C MacKay

Second legs

More information Ayr United, 3 – 2 ...
Ayr United3 – 2Brechin City
Prunty 15'
Connolly 70'
Aitken 72'		 Report McAllister 38' 53' (pen.)
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Attendance: 1,974
Referee: C Allan
More information Airdrie United, 2 – 1 ...
Airdrie United2 – 1Peterhead
Smyth 61'
Baird 85'		 Report McKay 45'
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Attendance: 1,008
Referee: S Finnie

Final

The two semi-final winners played each other over two legs. The winning team was awarded a place in the 2009–10 First Division.

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Airdrie United 2 – 3 Ayr United 2–2 0–1
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First leg

More information Ayr United, 2 – 2 ...
Ayr United2 – 2Airdrie United
Roberts 48' 67' Report di Giacomo 30'
Baird 43'
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Attendance: 3,378
Referee: E Smith

Second leg

More information Airdrie United, 0 – 1 ...
Airdrie United0 – 1Ayr United
Report Stevenson 29'
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Attendance: 3,303
Referee: I Brines

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