The 2009–10 season was the 113th season of competitive football in Scotland.

Overview

St Johnstone St Johnstone Football Club is a professional association football club in Perth, Scotland which is a member of the Scottish Premiership for the 2022–23 season. The club's name is derived from St John's Toun ''aka'' Saint Johnstoun – an ol ...

are competing in the

Scottish Premier League The Scottish Premier League (SPL) was the top level league competition for professional football clubs in Scotland. The league was founded in 1998, when it broke away from the Scottish Football League (SFL). It was abolished in 2013, when t ...

for the fifth time, after being promoted as First Division champions last season. St Johnstone's last season in the top-flight was the 2001–02 season,. * Raith Rovers are competing in the First Division after being promoted as Second Division champions.

Notable events

* 5 August – Livingston are demoted from the First Division to the Third Division in response to the club being deemed in breach of league rules after going into

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and, briefly,

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. As a result, Airdrie United are reassigned to the First Division and Cowdenbeath to the Second Division.

Transfer deals

Managerial changes

League Competitions

Scottish Premier League

Scottish First Division

Scottish Second Division

Scottish Third Division

Scottish Premier Under-19 League

Honours

Cup honours

Non-league honours

Senior

Junior

West Region East Region North Region

Individual honours

PFA Scotland awards

SFWA awards

Scottish clubs in Europe

Summary

* All teams are eliminated. * Current UEFA coefficients
Teams
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Rangers

Celtic

Heart of Midlothian

Aberdeen

Falkirk

Motherwell

National teams

Scotland national team

Deaths

* 26 July – Graham Potter, 30, Hamilton goalkeeper. * 29 July –

Paul McGrillen Paul McGrillen (19 August 1971 – 29 July 2009) was a Scottish Association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker for clubs including Motherwell, Falkirk, Airdrieonians and East Fife in the Scottish leagues ...

, 37, Motherwell, Falkirk, Partick Thistle and Airdrieonians striker. * 13 August –

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, 54, Celtic, Ayr United, Motherwell, Hamilton Academical and Falkirk winger. * 1 September – John Buchanan, 74, Hibs and Raith Rovers forward. * 19 September – Stevie Gray, 42, Aberdeen and Airdrie winger. * 25 September –

David Will David Houston Will (20 November 1936 – 25 September 2009) was a Scottish association football administrator who held a number of prominent positions. A solicitor by profession, Will was chairman of Brechin City for two decades, before becoming ...

, 72, Brechin City chairman, Scottish Football Association president and FIFA vice-president. * 8 October – Alex McCrae, 89, Hearts and Falkirk forward; Stirling Albion and Falkirk manager. * 3 November –

Archie Baird Archibald MacKechnie Baird (8 May 1919 – 3 November 2009) was a Scottish footballer, who played for Aberdeen and St Johnstone. He was also capped once by the Scotland national football team. Playing career Baird was born in Rutherglen. Having ...

, 90, Aberdeen, St Johnstone and Scotland forward. * 19 November – Frank Beattie, 76, Kilmarnock player; Albion Rovers and Stirling Albion manager. * 1 December – Neil Dougall, 88, Birmingham City, Plymouth Argyle and Scotland player. * 3 January –

Gus Alexander Angus Charles Alexander (10 January 1934 – 3 January 2010) was a Scottish footballer who played as a wing half. He joined Burnley in 1950 as an amateur, signing as a professional a year later. He made no first team appearances for Burnley af ...

, 75, Southport, Workington and York City wing half. * 7 January – Alex Parker, 74, Falkirk and Scotland defender. * 13 January – Tommy Sloan, 84, Hearts and Motherwell winger * 1 February – Bobby Kirk, 82, Dunfermline, Raith Rovers and Hearts defender. * 7 February – Bobby Dougan, 83, Hearts, Kilmarnock and Scotland defender. * 12 February –

Willie Polland William Polland (28 July 1934 – 12 February 2010) was a Scottish association football, footballer who played for Raith Rovers F.C., Raith Rovers and Heart of Midlothian F.C., Heart of Midlothian. Polland, a defender, began his career with Raith ...

, 75, Raith Rovers and Hearts defender. * 18 February – Alan Gordon, 65, Hearts, Dundee United, Hibs and Dundee striker. * 20 February –

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, 76, Dundee defender. * 22 February – Bobby Smith, 56, Hibs and Dunfermline player. * 23 February –

Gerry Neef Gerhard "Gerry" Neef (30 October 1946 – 23 February 2010), often known as Gerhardt Neef, was a German professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career Although Neef was taken to Scotland initially by Eddie Turnbull, manager of Aberde ...

, 63, Rangers goalkeeper. * 28 February –

Adam Blacklaw Adam Smith Blacklaw (2 September 1937 – 28 February 2010) was a Scottish professional football player who played as a goalkeeper. Blacklaw joined the Burnley ground staff as a schoolboy apprentice in 1954, directly from Frederick Street Scho ...

, 72, Burnley, Blackburn Rovers and Scotland goalkeeper. * 11 March – Willie MacFarlane, 79, Hibs, Raith Rovers and Morton defender; Stirling Albion, Hibs and Meadowbank manager. * 12 March – Hugh Robertson, 70, Dundee, Dunfermline, Arbroath and Scotland winger. * 11 April – Billy Fulton, 72, Ayr United, Falkirk and St Mirren wing half. * 21 April – Sammy Baird, 79, Clyde, Rangers, Hibs, Third Lanark, Stirling Albion and Scotland player; Stirling Albion manager. * 1 June – John Hagart, 72, Berwick Rangers wing half; Hearts and Falkirk manager.

Notes and references

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