2006–07 Scottish First Division

The 2006-07 First Division season was the twelfth season of the Scottish First Division in its current format of ten teams. It began on August 5, 2006 and ended on April 28, 2007.

Scottish First Division
Season2006–07
ChampionsGretna
PromotedGretna
RelegatedAirdrie United
Ross County
Top goalscorerColin McMenamin (20)

Gretna gained promotion to the Premier League as champions, by a single point ahead of St Johnstone, with a 3-2 win at Ross County on the final day of the season, the winning goal coming from James Grady in injury time. The result relegated Gretna's opponents to the Second Division.

Airdrie United entered a playoff with the second, third and fourth placed teams from the Second Division - Stirling Albion, Raith Rovers and Brechin City, respectively.

Promotion and Relegation from 2005–06

SPL & First Division

Relegated from Premier League to First Division

Promoted from First Division to Premier League

First & Second Divisions

Relegated from First Division to Second Division

Promoted from Second Division to First Division

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Gretna 36 19 9 8 70 40 +30 66 Promoted to 2007–08 Scottish Premier League
2 St Johnstone 36 19 8 9 65 42 +23 65
3 Dundee 36 16 5 15 48 42 +6 53
4 Hamilton Academical 36 14 11 11 46 47 1 53
5 Clyde 36 12 14 10 46 35 +11 50
6 Livingston 36 11 12 13 41 46 5 45
7 Partick Thistle 36 12 9 15 47 63 16 45
8 Queen of the South 36 10 11 15 34 54 20 41
9 Airdrie United 36 11 7 18 39 50 11 40 Relegated to Second Division 2007-08
10 Ross County 36 9 10 17 40 57 17 37
Source:

Top scorers

Scorer Team Goals
Colin McMenamin Gretna24
Jason Scotland St Johnstone18
Mark Roberts Partick Thistle15
Richard Offiong Hamilton Accies14
Martin Hardie St Johnstone12
Derek Lyle Dundee12
Gary Arbuckle Clyde10
Gary Twigg Airdrie Utd10
Stephen Dobbie Queen of the South8
Steven Masterton Clyde8
Steven Milne St Johnstone8
John O'Neill Queen of the South8
Steve Tosh [1]Queen of the South8
Don Cowie Ross County7
Steven Craig Livingston7

Attendances

The average attendances for First Division clubs for season 2006/07 are shown below:

Club Average Highest
Dundee 3,880 5,538
St Johnstone 2,812 4,168
Partick Thistle 2,592 3,473
Ross County 2,307 6,216
Queen of the South 2,212 5,481
Livingston 1,934 2,669
Hamilton Academical 1,715 4,975
Gretna 1,599 2,193
Airdrie United 1,429 2,321
Clyde 1,359 3,000

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 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Brechin City 1 – 6 Airdrie United 1–3 0–3
Raith Rovers 1 – 3 Stirling Albion 0–0 1–3

First legs


Brechin City1 – 3Airdrie United
Iain Russell  52' Report Ian Harty  14'  22' (pen.)
Gary Twigg  16'
Attendance: 954
Referee: Scott MacDonald

Raith Rovers0 – 0Stirling Albion
Report
Attendance: 3,043
Referee: David Somers

Second legs


Airdrie United3 – 0Brechin City
Kevin MacDonald  40'
Stephen McKeown  76'  84'
Report
Attendance: 1,298
Referee: Mike Ritchie

Stirling Albion3 – 1Raith Rovers
Chris Aitken  31' (pen.)  62'
Colin Cramb  79'
Report Brian Fairbairn  30'
Attendance: 2,656
Referee: Alan Freeland

Final

The two semi-final winners played each other over two legs. The winning team was awarded a place in the 2007–08 First Division.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Stirling Albion 5 – 4 Airdire United 2–2 3–2

First leg


Stirling Albion2 – 2Airdrie United
Paul Nugent  87'
Chris Aitken  90'
Report Gary Twigg  35'
Ian Harty  45'
Attendance: 2,118
Referee: Ian Brown

Second leg


Airdrie United2 – 3Stirling Albion
Stuart Taylor  40'
Kevin McDonald  72'
Report Robert Snodgrass  5'  17'
Stewart Devine  68'
Attendance: 3,465
Referee: Craig Thomson

Stirling Albion were promoted to the First Division

Awards

SPFA Team of the Year

Goalkeeper

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

SPFA Player of the Year

Winner

Other nominees:

Notes

  1. All of Tosh's eight goals were scored whilst with Gretna before he left for Queen of the South in January 2007.
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