Season 2008–09 Promoted St Johnstone Dates 2 Aug 2008 – 24 May 2009 Location Scotland, United Kingdom | Champions St Johnstone Top goalscorer Stephen Dobbie (24) Champion St Johnstone F.C. Relegated Clyde F.C. | |
Biggest home win Queen of the South 7–1 Clyde Biggest away win Airdrie United 0–4 St Johnstone People also search for 2007–08 Scottish First Division | ||
The 2008–09 Scottish First Division will be the fourteenth season of the First Division in its current format of ten teams.
Contents
SPL & First Division
Promoted from First Division to Scottish Premier League
First & Second Divisions
Relegated from First Division to Second Division
Promoted from Second Division to First 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 will be entered into a play-off with the Second Division's 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams. The winning team will be awarded a place in the 2009–10 First Division
(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 winning team was awarded a place in the 2009–10 First Division.
First leg
Second leg