The 2010–11 Scottish First Division was the sixteenth season of the
First Division in its current format of ten teams.
Dunfermline Athletic
Dunfermline Athletic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the city of Dunfermline, Fife. Founded in 1885, the club currently play in Scottish League One after being relegated from the 2021–22 Scottish Championship. Dunfermline ...
finished champions, with
Cowdenbeath
Cowdenbeath (; sco, Coudenbeith) is a town and burgh in west Fife, Scotland. It is north-east of Dunfermline and north of the capital, Edinburgh. The town grew up around the extensive coalfields of the area and became a police burgh in 189 ...
and
Stirling Albion
Stirling Albion Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the city of Stirling. The club was founded in 1945 following the demise of King's Park after World War II. The club currently competes in Scottish League Two as a member of the ...
being relegated.
Promotion and relegation from 2009–10
SPL & First Division
Relegated from
Premier League
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to
First Division
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Falkirk
Promoted from
First Division to
Scottish Premier League
*
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
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First & Second Divisions
Relegated from
First Division to
Second Division
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Ayr United
Ayr United Football Club are a football club in Ayr, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Championship, the second tier of the Scottish Professional Football League. Formed in 1910 by the merger of Ayr Parkhouse and Ayr F.C., their nickname is ...
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Airdrie United (via play-offs)
Promoted from
Second Division
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to
First Division
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Stirling Albion
Stirling Albion Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the city of Stirling. The club was founded in 1945 following the demise of King's Park after World War II. The club currently competes in Scottish League Two as a member of the ...
*
Cowdenbeath
Cowdenbeath (; sco, Coudenbeith) is a town and burgh in west Fife, Scotland. It is north-east of Dunfermline and north of the capital, Edinburgh. The town grew up around the extensive coalfields of the area and became a police burgh in 189 ...
(via play-offs)
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 do the same in the second half of the season, for a total of 36 games
First half of season
Second half of season
Top goalscorers
;15 goals
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Kris Doolan ''(
Partick Thistle)''
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Mark Stewart ''(
Falkirk)''
;13 goals
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John Baird ''(
Raith Rovers
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)''
*
Andy Kirk ''(
Dunfermline Athletic
Dunfermline Athletic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the city of Dunfermline, Fife. Founded in 1885, the club currently play in Scottish League One after being relegated from the 2021–22 Scottish Championship. Dunfermline ...
)''
;12 goals
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Colin McMenamin ''(
Queen of the South)''
;11 goals
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''(
Stirling Albion
Stirling Albion Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the city of Stirling. The club was founded in 1945 following the demise of King's Park after World War II. The club currently competes in Scottish League Two as a member of the ...
)''
;9 goals
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Pat Clarke ''(
Dunfermline Athletic
Dunfermline Athletic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the city of Dunfermline, Fife. Founded in 1885, the club currently play in Scottish League One after being relegated from the 2021–22 Scottish Championship. Dunfermline ...
)''
*
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* Martin Hardie (artist)
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''(
Dunfermline Athletic
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)''
*
Sean Higgins ''(
Dundee)''
*
Allan Jenkins ''(
Greenock Morton
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)''
*
Willie McLaren ''(
Queen of the South)''
*
Greg Stewart ''(
Cowdenbeath
Cowdenbeath (; sco, Coudenbeith) is a town and burgh in west Fife, Scotland. It is north-east of Dunfermline and north of the capital, Edinburgh. The town grew up around the extensive coalfields of the area and became a police burgh in 189 ...
)''
First Division Play-offs
Times are
BST (
UTC+1
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)
Semi-Finals
The fourth placed team in the Second Division (
Brechin City
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) will play the ninth placed team in the First Division (
Cowdenbeath
Cowdenbeath (; sco, Coudenbeith) is a town and burgh in west Fife, Scotland. It is north-east of Dunfermline and north of the capital, Edinburgh. The town grew up around the extensive coalfields of the area and became a police burgh in 189 ...
) and third placed team in the Second Division (
Forfar Athletic) will play the second placed team in the Second Division (
Ayr United
Ayr United Football Club are a football club in Ayr, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Championship, the second tier of the Scottish Professional Football League. Formed in 1910 by the merger of Ayr Parkhouse and Ayr F.C., their nickname is ...
). The play-offs will be played over two legs on Wednesday 11 May 2011 & Saturday 14 May 2011, the winning team in each semi-final will advance to the final on Wednesday 18 May 2011 & Sunday 22 May 2011.
First legs
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Second legs
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Final
The two semi-final winners will play each other over two legs. The winning team will be awarded a place in the
2011–12 First Division.
First leg
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Second leg
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Kits and shirt sponsors
Stadia
See also
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Scottish football referee strike
References
External links
2010–11 Scottish First Division at Soccerway
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Scottish First Division seasons
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2010–11 in Scottish football leagues
Scot
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