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The 2017–18 Scottish Championship (known as the Ladbrokes Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 24th season in the current format of 10 teams in the second tier of Scottish football. The fixtures were published on 23 June 2017.[3]
Season | 2017–18 |
---|---|
Champions | St Mirren |
Promoted | St Mirren Livingston |
Relegated | Dumbarton Brechin City |
Matches played | 180 |
Goals scored | 472 (2.62 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Stephen Dobbie (18 goals)[1] |
Biggest home win | Falkirk 6–1 Dundee United[2] (6 January 2018) St Mirren 5–0 Dumbarton[2] (27 March 2018) |
Biggest away win | Brechin City 0–5 Dundee United[2] (17 April 2018) |
Highest scoring | Dunfermline Athletic 2–5 Queen of the South[2] (9 December 2017) Falkirk 6–1 Dundee United[2] (6 January 2018) Dumbarton 2–5 Falkirk[2] (21 April 2018) |
Longest winning run | 5 matches:[2] Inverness CT |
Longest unbeaten run | 11 matches:[2] Inverness CT Livingston |
Longest winless run | 36 matches:[2] Brechin City |
Longest losing run | 16 matches:[2] Brechin City |
Highest attendance | 7,585[2] Dunfermline Athletic 1–3 Dundee United (30 September 2017) |
Lowest attendance | 392[2] Dumbarton 0–1 Inverness CT (18 April 2018) |
Total attendance | 518,654[2] |
Average attendance | 2,881[2] |
← 2016–17 2018–19 →
All statistics correct as of 28 April 2018. |
Ten teams contested the league: Brechin City, Dumbarton, Dundee United, Dunfermline Athletic, Falkirk, Greenock Morton, Inverness CT, Livingston, Queen of the South and St Mirren.
St Mirren won the league title, and promotion to the Premiership, after a 0–0 draw with Livingston on 14 April 2018.[4]
Brechin City became the first team in 126 years to go through a Scottish league season without a win. Their total of 4 points was the lowest ever recorded in the Scottish second tier, the lowest in the three points for a win era and the joint-lowest in any Scottish division.[5]
In April 2018, the SPFL confirmed the prize money to be allocated to the league members at the conclusion of the competitions. The Championship winners would receive £533,000 with a total pot of £24.5 million to be distributed across the four divisions.[6]
The following teams have changed division since the 2016–17 season.
To ChampionshipPromoted from Scottish League One Relegated from Scottish Premiership |
From ChampionshipRelegated to Scottish League One Promoted to Scottish Premiership
|
Brechin City | Dumbarton | Dundee United | Dunfermline Athletic |
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Glebe Park | Dumbarton Football Stadium | Tannadice Park | East End Park |
Capacity: 4,083[7] | Capacity: 2,020[8] | Capacity: 14,223[9] | Capacity: 11,480[10] |
Falkirk | Greenock Morton | ||
Falkirk Stadium | Cappielow Park | ||
Capacity: 7,937[11] | Capacity: 11,589[12] | ||
Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Livingston | Queen of the South | St Mirren |
Caledonian Stadium | Almondvale Stadium | Palmerston Park | Paisley 2021 Stadium |
Capacity: 7,750[13] | Capacity: 8,716[14] | Capacity: 8,690[15] | Capacity: 8,023[16] |
Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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Brechin City | Darren Dods | Paul McLean[17] | Pendle | Delson |
Dumbarton | Stephen Aitken | Andy Dowie[18] | Joma[19] | Turnberry Homes[19] |
Dundee United | Csaba László | Tam Scobbie[20] | Nike[21] | McEwan Fraser Legal[21] |
Dunfermline Athletic | Allan Johnston | Callum Morris[22] | Joma[23] | SRJ Windows[23] |
Falkirk | Paul Hartley | Aaron Muirhead | Puma[24] | Central Demolition[24] |
Greenock Morton | Jim Duffy | Thomas O'Ware[25] | Vision Outsourcing[26] | Millions[26] |
Inverness CT | John Robertson | Gary Warren[27] | Erreà[28] | McEwan Fraser Legal[28] |
Livingston | David Hopkin | Craig Halkett[29] | FBT[30] | Tony Macaroni[30] |
Queen of the South | Gary Naysmith | John Rankin[31] | Macron[32] | J.B. Houston[33] |
St Mirren | Jack Ross | Stephen McGinn[34] | Joma[35] | Skyview Capital[35] |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Inverness CT | Richie Foran | Sacked | 29 May 2017[36] | Pre-season | John Robertson | 14 June 2017[37] |
Falkirk | Peter Houston | Sacked | 24 September 2017[38] | 9th | Alex Smith (interim) | 24 September 2017[38] |
Falkirk | Alex Smith (interim) | End of interim | 4 October 2017[39] | 8th | Paul Hartley | 4 October 2017[39] |
Dundee United | Ray McKinnon | Sacked | 24 October 2017[40] | 4th | Laurie Ellis (interim) | 25 October 2017[41] |
Dundee United | Laurie Ellis (interim) | End of interim | 8 November 2017[42] | 2nd | Csaba László | 8 November 2017[42] |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | St Mirren (C, P) | 36 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 63 | 36 | +27 | 74 | Promotion to the Premiership |
2 | Livingston (O, P) | 36 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 56 | 37 | +19 | 62 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final |
3 | Dundee United | 36 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 52 | 42 | +10 | 61 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
4 | Dunfermline Athletic | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 60 | 35 | +25 | 59 | |
5 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 53 | 37 | +16 | 57 | |
6 | Queen of the South | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 52 | |
7 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 50 | |
8 | Falkirk | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 47 | |
9 | Dumbarton (R) | 36 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 27 | 63 | −36 | 30 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
10 | Brechin City (R) | 36 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 20 | 90 | −70 | 4 | Relegation to League One |
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.
Leader - Promotion to 2018–19 Scottish Premiership | |
Qualification to Premiership play-off semi-finals | |
Qualification to Premiership play-off quarter-finals | |
Qualification to Championship play-offs | |
Relegation to 2018–19 Scottish League One |
Team \ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
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St Mirren | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Livingston | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Dundee United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Dunfermline Athletic | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 8 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Queen of the South | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
Greenock Morton | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
Falkirk | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Dumbarton | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Brechin City | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Source:[citation needed]
Updated: 28 April 2018
Teams play each other four times, twice in the first half of the season (home and away) and twice in the second half of the season (home and away), making a total of 180 games, with each team playing 36.
Home \ Away | BRE | DUM | DUN | DNF | FAL | GMO | INV | LIV | QOS | STM |
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Brechin City | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
Dumbarton | 2–1 | — | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 0–2 |
Dundee United | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
Dunfermline Athletic | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–5 | 3–0 |
Falkirk | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–0 |
Greenock Morton | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 |
Inverness CT | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
Livingston | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–2 | 1–3 |
Queen of the South | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | — | 2–3 |
St Mirren | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | — |
Home \ Away | BRE | DUM | DUN | DNF | FAL | GMO | INV | LIV | QOS | STM |
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Brechin City | — | 1–3 | 0–5 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 0–1 |
Dumbarton | 1–0 | — | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
Dundee United | 4–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 |
Dunfermline Athletic | 4–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 |
Falkirk | 3–0 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 1–2 | — | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
Greenock Morton | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
Inverness CT | 4–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
Livingston | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | — | 0–1 | 4–1 |
Queen of the South | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | — | 1–3 |
St Mirren | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — |
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Stephen Dobbie | Queen of the South | 18 |
2 | Scott McDonald | Dundee United | 15 |
3 | Nicky Clark | Dunfermline Athletic | 14 |
Lewis Morgan | St Mirren | ||
5 | Gavin Reilly | St Mirren | 11 |
6 | Kallum Higginbotham | Dunfermline Athletic | 10 |
Cammy Smith | St Mirren |
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
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Stephen Dobbie | Queen of the South | Falkirk | 4–1 | 26 August 2017 | [45] |
Dunfermline Athletic | 5–2 | 10 December 2017 | [46] | ||
Brechin City | 3–1 | 27 January 2018 | [47] | ||
Brechin City | 5–1 | 28 April 2018 | [48] | ||
Nicky Clark | Dunfermline Athletic | Brechin City | 3–0 | 20 March 2018 | [49] |
Queen of the South | 3–1 | 31 March 2018 | [50] | ||
Nathan Austin | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Dumbarton | 5–1 | 14 April 2018 | [51] |
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Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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1 | Dundee United | 99,097 | 6,936 | 3,620 | 5,505 | −16.4% |
2 | Dunfermline Athletic | 94,382 | 7,585 | 2,249 | 5,243 | +18.1% |
3 | Falkirk | 84,175 | 6,094 | 3,864 | 4,676 | −7.1% |
4 | St Mirren | 80,061 | 6,422 | 3,023 | 4,447 | +23.6% |
5 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 41,296 | 3,415 | 1,801 | 2,294 | −41.9% |
6 | Greenock Morton | 35,739 | 4,661 | 1,134 | 1,985 | −15.9% |
7 | Queen of the South | 26,232 | 2,019 | 1,062 | 1,457 | −21.5% |
8 | Livingston | 24,268 | 2,708 | 732 | 1,348 | +69.3% |
9 | Brechin City | 16,619 | 2,627 | 445 | 923 | +115.7% |
10 | Dumbarton | 15,085 | 1,652 | 392 | 838 | −25.8% |
League total | 518,654 | 7,585 | 392 | 2,881 | −35.8% |
Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Ref. | ||
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Manager | Club | Player | Club | ||
August | Allan Johnston | Dunfermline Athletic | Joe Cardle | Dunfermline Athletic | [55] |
September | David Hopkin | Livingston | Lewis Morgan | St Mirren | |
October | John Robertson | Inverness CT | Carl Tremarco | Inverness CT | |
November | Stephen Aitken | Dumbarton | Scott Fraser | Dundee United | |
December | Jack Ross | St Mirren | Stephen Dobbie | Queen of the South | |
January | Jack Ross | St Mirren | Stephen McGinn | St Mirren | |
February | David Hopkin | Livingston | Ryan Hardie | Livingston | |
March | Jack Ross | St Mirren | Nicky Clark | Dunfermline Athletic |
The second bottom team will enter into a 4-team playoff with the 2nd-4th placed teams in League One.
2 May 2018 | Arbroath | 1–2 | Dumbarton | Arbroath |
19:45 | Linn 64' | BBC Report | Gallagher 55' Barr 90' |
Stadium: Gayfield Park Attendance: 892 Referee: Nick Walsh |
2 May 2018 | Alloa Athletic | 2–0 | Raith Rovers | Alloa |
19:45 | Stewart 22' Flannigan 58' |
BBC Report | Stadium: Recreation Park Attendance: 1123 Referee: Don Robertson |
5 May 2018 | Dumbarton | 1–1 (3–2 agg.) | Arbroath | Dumbarton |
15:00 | Hill 9' | BBC Report | Swankie 27' | Stadium: Dumbarton Football Stadium Attendance: 872 Referee: Craig Charleston |
5 May 2018 | Raith Rovers | 1–2 (1–4 agg.) | Alloa Athletic | Kirkcaldy |
15:00 | Murray 53' | BBC Report | Kirkpatrick 40' Stewart 81' |
Stadium: Stark's Park Attendance: 1,831 Referee: Stephen Finnie |
9 May 2018 | Alloa Athletic | 0–1 | Dumbarton | Alloa |
19:45 | BBC Report | Carswell 6' | Stadium: Recreation Park Attendance: 811 Referee: John McKendrick |
13 May 2018 | Dumbarton | 0–2 (a.e.t.) (1–2 agg.) | Alloa Athletic | Dumbarton |
16:10 | BBC Report | Stewart 90+3' Kirkpatrick 95' |
Stadium: Dumbarton Football Stadium Attendance: 1,115 Referee: John Beaton |
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