The 2009–10 Scottish First Division was the 16th season of the

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in its current format of ten teams.

Club locations

Promotion and relegation from 2008–09

SPL & First Division

Relegated from

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Inverness Caledonian Thistle Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club, commonly known as Caley Thistle, Inverness CT or just Inverness, is a professional football club based in Inverness, Scotland. The team competes in , the third tier of the Scottish Professional Footba ...

Promoted from

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First & Second Divisions

Relegated from

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* Clyde Relegated from

to Third Division * Livingston

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were demoted to the Third Division in response to the club's insolvency. As a result, Airdrie United - beaten play-off finalists from 2008-09 - regained their First Division statu
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League table

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 does the same in the second half of the season.

First half of season

Second half of season

Top scorers

Sources:
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First Division play-offs

Times are BST (

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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. First legs ---- ---- Second legs ---- ----

Final

The two semi-final winners played each other over two legs. The winning team was awarded a place in the 2010–11 First Division. First leg ---- Second leg ----

Kits and shirt sponsors

Stadia

References

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