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2007–08 Scottish First Division

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Season
  
2007–08

Promoted
  
Hamilton Academical

Top goalscorer
  
Richard Offiong (19)

Champion
  
Hamilton Academical F.C.

Relegated
  
Stirling Albion F.C.

Champions
  
Hamilton Academical

UEFA Cup
  
Queen of the South

Start date
  
2007

Location
  
Scotland, United Kingdom

Biggest home win
  
Livingston 6–1 Greenock Morton

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2006–07 Scottish First Division

The 2007–08 First Division season was the 13th season of the First Division in its current format of ten teams.

Contents

The team which finished first were automatically promoted to the Scottish Premier League. 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.

SPL and First Division

Relegated from Premier League to First Division

  • Dunfermline Athletic

    • Promoted from First Division to Premier League

  • Gretna

    • First and Second Divisions

    Relegated from First Division to Second Division

  • Ross County
  • Airdrie United (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 Airdrie United 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 Scottish Premier League as First Division champions following a 2–0 over Clyde.
  • 10 May: Clyde retain their First Division status after defeating Airdrie United 3–0 on aggregate in the First Division play-off final.
  • 29 May: Play-off runners-up Airdrie United are promoted to the First Division following Gretna's demotion to the Third Division.

    • League table

    Source: BBC Sport
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
    First Division Play-offs:The 9th placed team were entered into a play-off with the Second Division's 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams. The winning team were awarded a place in the 2008–09 First Division, Clyde won the play-off to stay in the division.
    UEFA Cup: Queen of the South qualified for the UEFA Cup Second Qualifying Round as Scottish Cup runners-up
    (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
    Only applicable when the season is not finished:
    (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

    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

    Source: BBC Sport
    1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Second half of season

    Source: BBC Sport
    1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Top scorers

    Source: The League Insider

    Attendances

    Source: The League Insider

    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

    2007–08 Scottish First Division Wikipedia
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