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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.
![]() St Johnstone player Gary Irvine holding the First Division trophy in May 2009 | |
Season | 2008–09 |
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Champions | St Johnstone |
Promoted | St Johnstone |
Relegated | Clyde |
Top goalscorer | Stephen Dobbie (24) |
Biggest home win | Queen of the South 7–1 Clyde |
Biggest away win | Airdrie United 0–4 St Johnstone |
← 2007–08 2009–10 → |
Promoted from First Division to Scottish Premier League
Relegated from First Division to Second Division
Promoted from Second Division to First Division
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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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 | 35 | +4 | 55 | |
3 | Dunfermline Athletic | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 51 | 43 | +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[lower-alpha 1] | |
8 | Ross County | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 47 | |
9 | Airdrie United | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 42[lower-alpha 2] | Qualification for the First Division Play-offs[lower-alpha 3] |
10 | Clyde (R) | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 41 | 58 | −17 | 39 | Relegation to the Second Division |
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.
Home \ Away | AIR | CLY | DND | DNF | GMO | LIV | PAR | QOS | ROS | STJ |
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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 |
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 |
Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Queen of the South | 24 |
2 | ![]() |
Livingston | 18 |
3 | ![]() |
Dunfermline Athletic | 15 |
4 | ![]() |
St Johnstone | 14 |
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Dundee | ||
6 | ![]() |
Clyde | 11 |
7 | ![]() |
Airdrie United | 10 |
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Ross County | ||
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Ross County | ||
10 | ![]() |
Greenock Morton | 9 |
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Greenock Morton | ||
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Partick Thistle | ||
13 | ![]() |
Dunfermline Athletic | 8 |
14 | ![]() |
Dundee | 7 |
15 | ![]() |
Clyde | 6 |
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Clyde |
Source: The League Insider
Team | Stadium | Capacity | Highest | Lowest | Average |
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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 |
Source: The League Insider
Team | Kit supplier | Shirt sponsor(s) | Notes |
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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] |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Table position[14] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dundee | ![]() |
Sacked | 20 October[15] | ![]() |
30 October[16] | 8 |
Livingston | ![]() |
Sacked | 1 December[17] | ![]() |
5 December[18] | 5 |
Livingston | ![]() |
Suspended | 25 April[19] | ![]() |
30 June[20] | 6 |
Month | First Division manager | SFL Player | SFL Young player | |||
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Manager | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | |
August[21] | ![]() |
Livingston | ![]() |
Airdrie United | ![]() |
Livingston |
September[22] | ![]() |
Dunfermline Athletic | ![]() |
East Fife | ![]() |
Livingston |
October[23] | ![]() |
St Johnstone | ![]() |
St Johnstone | ![]() |
Greenock Morton |
November[24] | ![]() |
Dundee | ![]() |
Ayr United | ![]() |
Dundee |
December[25] | ![]() |
Clyde | ![]() |
St Johnstone | ![]() |
Berwick Rangers |
January[26] | ![]() |
Partick Thistle | ![]() |
Clyde | ![]() |
Albion Rovers |
February[27] | ![]() |
Dundee | ![]() |
Partick Thistle | ![]() |
Berwick Rangers |
March[28] | ![]() |
Livingston | ![]() |
St Johnstone | ![]() |
Livingston |
April[29] | ![]() |
Queen of the South | ![]() |
Queen of the South | ![]() |
St Johnstone |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Airdrie United | 4 – 1 | Peterhead | 2–0 | 2–1 |
Brechin City | 2 – 5 | Ayr United | 0–2 | 2–3 |
First legs
Brechin City | 0 – 2 | Ayr United |
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Report | Aitken ![]() ![]() |
Peterhead | 0 – 2 | Airdrie United |
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Report | Baird ![]() McLaughlin ![]() |
Second legs
Ayr United | 3 – 2 | Brechin City |
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Prunty ![]() Connolly ![]() Aitken ![]() |
Report | McAllister ![]() ![]() |
Airdrie United | 2 – 1 | Peterhead |
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Smyth ![]() Baird ![]() |
Report | McKay ![]() |
The two semi-final winners played each other over two legs. The winning team was awarded a place in the 2009–10 First Division.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Airdrie United | 2 – 3 | Ayr United | 2–2 | 0–1 |
First leg
Ayr United | 2 – 2 | Airdrie United |
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Roberts ![]() ![]() |
Report | di Giacomo ![]() Baird ![]() |
Second leg
Airdrie United | 0 – 1 | Ayr United |
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Report | Stevenson ![]() |
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