The 2007–08 First Division season was the 14th season of the First Division in its current format of ten teams. The team which finished first were automatically promoted to the

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. The team which finished bottom were automatically relegated to the Second Division and the team which finished second bottom were entered into the First division play-offs with the teams which finished second, third and fourth in the Third Division for a place in the 2008–09 First Division.

Promotion and Relegation from 2006–07

SPL and First Division

Relegated from

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to First Division * Dunfermline Athletic Promoted from First Division to

* Gretna

First and Second Divisions

Relegated from First Division to Second Division * Ross County *

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(via play-offs) Promoted from Second Division to First Division * Greenock Morton * Stirling Albion (via play-offs)

Events

*29 March: Gretna are relegated from the SPL to the First Division after losing 2–0 to St Mirren. *5 April: Ross County win promotion to the First Division as Second Division champions after defeating Berwick Rangers 4–0 and second place

losing 2–1 to Brechin City. *8 April: Stirling Albion are relegated from the First Division after a 1–0 defeat to Partick Thistle. *19 April: Hamilton Academical win promotion to the

as First Division champions following a 2–0 over Clyde. *10 May: Clyde retain their First Division status after defeating

3–0 on aggregate in the First Division play-off final. *29 May: Play-off runners-up

are promoted to the First Division following Gretna's demotion to the Third Division.

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.

First half of season

Second half of season

Top scorers

Source: The League Insider

Attendances

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McDiarmid Park McDiarmid Park is a stadium in Perth, Scotland, Perth, Scotland, used mainly for association football. It has been the home ground of Scottish Premiership side St Johnstone F.C., St Johnstone since its opening in 1989. The stadium has an All-seat ...

, , 10,673 , , 6,279 , , 1,686 , , 2,969 , -bgcolor="#EFEFEF" , align=left, Greenock Morton , , align=left,

Cappielow Cappielow, also known as Cappielow Park supported by Dalrada Technology UK for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland. It is the home ground of Scottish Professional Football League club Greenock Morton, w ...

, , 5,741 , , 3,818 , , 2,228 , , 2,727 , - , align=left, Partick Thistle , , align=left, Firhill Stadium , , 10,887 , , 4,914 , , 1,149 , , 2,591 , -bgcolor="#EFEFEF" , align=left, Hamilton Academical , , align=left, New Douglas Park , , 5,396 , , 5,078 , , 1,410 , , 2,468 , - , align=left, Queen of the South , , align=left,

Palmerston Park Palmerston Park is a association football, football stadium on Terregles Street in Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is the home ground of Scottish League One club Queen of the South F.C., Queen of the South, who have played there ...

, , 6,412 , , 3,005 , , 1,484 , , 1,965 , -bgcolor="#EFEFEF" , align=left, Livingston , , align=left,

Almondvale Stadium Almondvale Stadium, also known as The Home of the Set Fare Arena for sponsorship purposes, is a association football, football stadium, located in the Almondvale area of Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland. It has been the home ground of Scottish ...

, , 10,016 , , 2,865 , , 1,125 , , 1,726 , - , align=left, Clyde , , align=left, Broadwood Stadium , , 8,006 , , 1,979 , , 910 , , 1,298 , -bgcolor="#EFEFEF" , align=left, Stirling Albion , , align=left, Forthbank Stadium , , 3,808 , , 2,215 , , 431 , , 1,166 Source: The League Insider

Managerial changes

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Owen Coyle Owen Columba Coyle (born 14 July 1966) is a professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Indian Super League club Chennaiyin. He played as a striker for several clubs in England and Scotland, and made one appearanc ...

, Mutual consent , 22 November , Derek McInnes , 27 November , - , Dunfermline Athletic , Stephen Kenny , Sacked , 4 December , Jim McIntyre , 3 January , -bgcolor="#EFEFEF" , Clyde , Colin Hendry , Resigned , 18 January , John Brown , 26 January , - , Greenock Morton ,

Jim McInally James Edward McInally (born 19 February 1964) is a Scottish football manager and former player, who was most recently the manager of Scottish League Two club Peterhead. He played for Dundee United for 10 seasons in which he won the 1993–94 ...

, Resigned , 12 February , David Irons , 19 February , -bgcolor="#EFEFEF" , Livingston , Mark Proctor , Sacked , 3 June , Roberto Landi , 11 June

Monthly awards

{, class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%" !Month !First Division manager !SFL Player !SFL Young player , - , August, , Billy Reid ( Hamilton Academical), , Richard Offiong ( Hamilton Academical), , Kevin McDonald (

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) , -bgcolor="#EFEFEF" , September, ,

( St Johnstone) , , Second Division player, , James McArthur ( Hamilton Academical) , - , October, , Billy Reid ( Hamilton Academical), , Bryn Halliwell ( Hamilton Academical), , James McCarthy ( Hamilton Academical) , -bgcolor="#EFEFEF" , November, , Alex Rae (

), , Kenny Deuchar ( St Johnstone), , Third Division player , - , December, , Jim McIntyre ( Dunfermline Athletic), , Second Division player, , Kevin McDonald (

) , -bgcolor="#EFEFEF" , January, , Gordon Chisholm ( Queen of the South), , Second Division player, , Andy Jackson ( St Johnstone) , - , February, , Gordon Chisholm ( Queen of the South), , Mickaël Antoine-Curier (

), , Graham Dorrans ( Livingston) , -bgcolor="#EFEFEF" , March, , Ian McCall ( Partick Thistle), , Jonathan Tuffey ( Partick Thistle), ,

Leigh Griffiths Leigh Griffiths (born 20 August 1990) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Australian club Mandurah City, as well as being part of the coaching staff. Griffiths started his career at Livingston where he made his d ...

( Livingston) , - , April , , Gordon Chisholm ( Queen of the South) , , Mark McLaughlin ( Hamilton Academical) , , Brian Easton ( Hamilton Academical)

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

Final

The two semi-final winners played each other over two legs, the home team in the 1st Leg was determined by a draw conducted on 1 April 2008. The winning team was awarded a place in the 2008–09 First Division. First leg ---- Second leg ---- Clyde remained in First Division.

Transfer deals

:''See: List of Scottish football transfers 2007–08''

References

External links

* Scottish First Division 2007–08 on

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