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2007–08 Scottish First Division

The 2007–08 First Division season was the 14th season of the First Division in its current format of ten teams.

Irn-Bru Scottish First Division
Season2007–08
ChampionsHamilton Academical
PromotedHamilton Academical
RelegatedStirling Albion
UEFA CupQueen of the South
Top goalscorerRichard Offiong (19)
Biggest home winLivingston 6–1 Greenock Morton
Biggest away winStirling Albion 1–6 Dundee

The team which finished first were automatically promoted to the Scottish Premier League. The team which finished bottom were automatically relegated to the Second Division and the team which finished second bottom were entered into the First division play-offs with the teams which finished second, third and fourth in the Third Division for a place in the 2008–09 First Division.

Promotion and Relegation from 2006–07

SPL and First Division

Relegated from Premier League to First Division

Promoted from First Division to Premier League

First and Second Divisions

Relegated from First Division to Second Division

Promoted from Second Division to First Division

Events

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion, qualification or relegation
1Hamilton Academical (C, P)3623766227+3576Promotion to the Premier League
2Dundee3620975830+2869
3St Johnstone36151386045+1558
4Queen of the South361410124743+452Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round[a]
5Dunfermline Athletic361312113641−551
6Partick Thistle361112134039+145
7Livingston36109175566−1139
8Greenock Morton36910174058−1837
9Clyde36910174059−1937Qualification for the First Division Play-offs[b]
10Stirling Albion (R)36412204171−3024Relegation to the Second Division
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

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

Home \ AwayCLYDNDDNFGMOHAMLIVPARQOSSTJSTI
Clyde1–22–10–10–22–11–20–01–01–3
Dundee0–11–12–11–04–13–02–12–13–1
Dunfermline Athletic1–10–10–10–50–41–02–00–02–1
Greenock Morton3–20–20–10–22–24–20–12–21–1
Hamilton Academical0–02–02–11–01–12–01–01–04–0
Livingston4–20–21–14–02–00–42–20–24–3
Partick Thistle4–01–11–11–10–33–02–02–21–1
Queen of the South1–12–10–11–32–11–01–23–32–2
St Johnstone1–11–10–02–24–15–22–12–02–2
Stirling Albion0–22–23–00–02–43–31–11–30–0
Source: BBC Sport
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home \ AwayCLYDNDDNFGMOHAMLIVPARQOSSTJSTI
Clyde1–11–21–12–33–21–41–41–31–3
Dundee2–00–02–01–12–01–02–33–23–0
Dunfermline Athletic2–10–12–01–11–11–14–00–12–1
Greenock Morton1–21–23–01–31–10–00–31–22–1
Hamilton Academical2–01–03–03–03–10–01–02–00–0
Livingston0–01–10–26–11–31–01–00–22–1
Partick Thistle1–11–00–10–33–02–10–00–01–0
Queen of the South3–11–01–10–02–21–02–03–13–1
St Johnstone1–21–11–13–22–15–22–02–12–1
Stirling Albion1–11–62–31–20–11–41–00–03–1
Source: BBC Sport
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

ScorerGoalsTeam
Richard Offiong19Hamilton Academical
Stephen Dobbie16Queen of the South
Andy Jackson11St Johnstone
Chris Aitken13Stirling Albion
Graham Dorrans11Livingston
Liam BuchananPartick Thistle
Mark BurchillDunfermline Athletic
Kevin McDonald9Dundee
Robert SnodgrassLivingston
Paul SheerinSt Johnstone
Mickaël Antoine-CurierDundee
Peter WeathersonGreenock Morton
Sean O'Connor8Queen of the South
Colin McMenaminDundee
Iain RussellGreenock Morton
Robert DavidsonDundee

Source: The League Insider

Attendances

TeamStadiumCapacityHighestLowestAverage
DundeeDens Park11,8566,1923,1464,264
Dunfermline AthleticEast End Park11,9984,9462,4443,754
St JohnstoneMcDiarmid Park10,6736,2791,6862,969
Greenock MortonCappielow5,7413,8182,2282,727
Partick ThistleFirhill Stadium10,8874,9141,1492,591
Hamilton AcademicalNew Douglas Park5,3965,0781,4102,468
Queen of the SouthPalmerston Park6,4123,0051,4841,965
LivingstonAlmondvale Stadium10,0162,8651,1251,726
ClydeBroadwood Stadium8,0061,9799101,298
Stirling AlbionForthbank Stadium3,8082,2154311,166

Source: The League Insider

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointment
Clyde Joe MillerMutual consent25 May Colin Hendry11 June
St Johnstone Owen CoyleMutual consent[7]22 November Derek McInnes27 November
Dunfermline Athletic Stephen KennySacked4 December Jim McIntyre3 January
Clyde Colin HendryResigned18 January John Brown26 January
Greenock Morton Jim McInallyResigned12 February David Irons19 February
Livingston Mark ProctorSacked3 June[8] Roberto Landi11 June[9]

Monthly awards

MonthFirst Division managerSFL PlayerSFL Young player
August Billy Reid (Hamilton Academical) Richard Offiong (Hamilton Academical) Kevin McDonald (Dundee)
September Owen Coyle (St Johnstone)Second Division player James McArthur (Hamilton Academical)
October Billy Reid (Hamilton Academical) Bryn Halliwell (Hamilton Academical) James McCarthy (Hamilton Academical)
November Alex Rae (Dundee) Kenny Deuchar (St Johnstone)Third Division player
December Jim McIntyre (Dunfermline Athletic)Second Division player Kevin McDonald (Dundee)
January Gordon Chisholm (Queen of the South)Second Division player Andy Jackson (St Johnstone)
February Gordon Chisholm (Queen of the South) Mickaël Antoine-Curier (Dundee) Graham Dorrans (Livingston)
March Ian McCall (Partick Thistle) Jonathan Tuffey (Partick Thistle) Leigh Griffiths (Livingston)
April Gordon Chisholm (Queen of the South) Mark McLaughlin (Hamilton Academical) Brian Easton (Hamilton Academical)

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.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Alloa Athletic5–6Clyde2–13–5
Raith Rovers2–4Airdrie United0–22–2

First legs

Alloa Athletic2–1Clyde
Scott 31'
Coakley 83'		ReportMasterton 62'
Attendance: 1,026
Referee: D Somers
Raith Rovers0–2Airdrie United
ReportRussell 31' 39'
Attendance: 2,841
Referee: D McDonald

Second legs

Clyde5 – 3 (a.e.t.)Alloa Athletic
J. Gibson 30'
Arbuckle 64'
B. Gibson 68'
McSwegan 84'
Clarke 111'		ReportB. Ferguson 40'
Forrest 42'
Bestvina 46' (o.g.)
Attendance: 1,548
Referee: M Tumilty
Airdrie United2–2Raith Rovers
Prunty 10'
Donnelly 77'		ReportWeir 18' 81' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,077
Referee: C Thomson

Final

The two semi-final winners played each other over two legs, the home team in the 1st Leg was determined by a draw conducted on 1 April 2008. The winning team was awarded a place in the 2008–09 First Division.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Airdrie United0–3Clyde0–10–2

First leg

Airdrie United0–1Clyde
ReportClarke 77'
Attendance: 1,878
Referee: I Brines

Second leg

Clyde2–0Airdrie United
McSwegan 47'
Clarke 65'		Report
Attendance: 2,548
Referee: J Underhill

Clyde remained in First Division.

Transfer deals

See: List of Scottish football transfers 2007–08

References

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