The First Division was introduced in 1975–76 to replace the old Scottish Football League Division Two, as the top flight of the Scottish Football League was renamed from Division One to Premier Division.
In 1998, the Premier Division clubs broke away from the Scottish Football League to form the Scottish Premier League. The First Division remained the second tier of the Scottish league system, but was now the top tier of the Scottish Football League. In July 2013, the Scottish Football League and Scottish Premier League merged to form the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL). The SPFL named its second tier as the Scottish Championship, which effectively replaced the First Division.
Competitionedit
From 1994 until 2013, the First Division consisted of ten teams. From 1998, only the winner of the First Division was promoted to the Scottish Premier League (SPL), subject to that club meeting the SPL stadium criteria. From 2007, the bottom club in the First Division was automatically relegated to the Second Division and the second bottom club went into an end of season play-off with the second, third and fourth placed clubs in the Second Division.
The ten teams in the First Division played each other four times with three points for a victory and one point each for a drawn game.
scottish, football, league, first, division, second, tier, scottish, football, league, system, between, 1975, 2013, replaced, scottish, championship, founded19751893, 1946, division, 1946, 1956, division, 1956, 1975, division, folded2013country, scotlandnumber. The Scottish Football League First Division was the second tier in the Scottish football league system between 1975 and 2013 It was replaced by the Scottish Championship Scottish Football League First DivisionFounded19751893 1946 as Division Two 1946 1956 as Division B 1956 1975 as Division Two Folded2013Country ScotlandNumber of teams10Level on pyramid2Promotion toScottish Premier LeagueRelegation toScottish Second DivisionDomestic cup s SFA CupSFL CupSFL Challenge CupLast championsPartick Thistle 2012 13 Most championshipsFalkirk 7 St Johnstone 7 since 1893 WebsiteOfficial site Contents 1 History 2 Competition 3 Winners of the First Division 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory editThe First Division was introduced in 1975 76 to replace the old Scottish Football League Division Two as the top flight of the Scottish Football League was renamed from Division One to Premier Division In 1998 the Premier Division clubs broke away from the Scottish Football League to form the Scottish Premier League The First Division remained the second tier of the Scottish league system but was now the top tier of the Scottish Football League In July 2013 the Scottish Football League and Scottish Premier League merged to form the Scottish Professional Football League SPFL The SPFL named its second tier as the Scottish Championship which effectively replaced the First Division Competition editFrom 1994 until 2013 the First Division consisted of ten teams From 1998 only the winner of the First Division was promoted to the Scottish Premier League SPL subject to that club meeting the SPL stadium criteria From 2007 the bottom club in the First Division was automatically relegated to the Second Division and the second bottom club went into an end of season play off with the second third and fourth placed clubs in the Second Division The ten teams in the First Division played each other four times with three points for a victory and one point each for a drawn game Winners of the First Division editMain article List of winners of the Scottish First Division and predecessors This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items February 2014 Season Winner Runner up 1998 99 Hibernian Falkirk 1999 00 St Mirren Dunfermline Athletic 2000 01 Livingston Ayr United 2001 02 Partick Thistle Airdrieonians 2002 03 Falkirk Clyde 2003 04 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Clyde 2004 05 Falkirk 2 St Mirren 2005 06 St Mirren 2 St Johnstone 2006 07 Gretna St Johnstone 2007 08 Hamilton Academical Dundee 2008 09 St Johnstone Partick Thistle 2009 10 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2 Dundee 2010 11 Dunfermline Athletic Raith Rovers 2011 12 Ross County Dundee 2012 13 Partick Thistle 2 Greenock MortonSee also editSports league attendances Scottish ChampionshipReferences editExternal links editSFL First Division Official Site Scottish Football League First Division clubs locations Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Scottish Football League First Division amp oldid 1222001689, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
