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2006–07 Scottish First Division

Field	Value
competition	Scottish First Division
season	[2006–07](2006-07-in-scottish-football)
winners	Gretna
promoted	Gretna
relegated	Airdrie United
Ross County
league topscorer	Colin McMenamin (20)
prevseason	[2005–06](2005-06-scottish-first-division)
nextseason	[2007–08](2007-08-scottish-first-division)

Ross County

The 2006–07 First Division season was the 13th season of the Scottish First Division in its current format of ten teams. It began on August 5, 2006 and ended on April 28, 2007.

Gretna gained promotion to the Premier League as champions, by a single point ahead of St Johnstone, with a 3-2 win at Ross County on the final day of the season, the winning goal coming from James Grady in injury time. The result relegated Gretna's opponents to the Second Division.

Airdrie United entered a playoff with the second, third and fourth placed teams from the Second Division - Stirling Albion, Raith Rovers and Brechin City, respectively.

Promotion and Relegation from 2005–06

SPL & First Division

Relegated from Premier League to First Division

Livingston

Promoted from First Division to Premier League

St Mirren

First & Second Divisions

Relegated from First Division to Second Division

Stranraer
Brechin City (via play-offs)

Promoted from Second Division to First Division

Gretna
Partick Thistle (via play-offs)

League table

Top scorers

Scorer	Goals
Scotland Colin McMenamin	Gretna	24
Trinidad and Tobago Jason Scotland	St Johnstone	18
Scotland Mark Roberts	Partick Thistle	15
England Richard Offiong	Hamilton Accies	14
Scotland Martin Hardie	St Johnstone	12
Scotland Derek Lyle	Dundee	12
Scotland Gary Arbuckle	Clyde	10
Scotland Gary Twigg	Airdrie Utd	10
Scotland Stephen Dobbie	Queen of the South	8
Scotland Steven Masterton	Clyde	8
Scotland Steven Milne	St Johnstone	8
Scotland John O'Neill	Queen of the South	8
Scotland Steve Tosh	Queen of the South	8
Scotland Don Cowie	Ross County	7
Scotland Steven Craig	Livingston	7

Attendances

The average attendances for First Division clubs for season 2006/07 are shown below:

Club	Average	Highest
Dundee	3,880	5,538
St Johnstone	2,812	4,168
Partick Thistle	2,592	3,473
Ross County	2,307	6,216
Queen of the South	2,212	5,481
Livingston	1,934	2,669
Hamilton Academical	1,715	4,975
Gretna	1,599	2,193
Airdrie United	1,429	2,321
Clyde	1,359	3,000

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

Gary Twigg

Second legs

Stephen McKeown

Colin Cramb

Final

The two semi-final winners played each other over two legs. The winning team was awarded a place in the 2007–08 First Division.

First leg

Chris Aitken Ian Harty

Second leg

Kevin McDonald Stewart Devine

Stirling Albion were promoted to the First Division

Awards

SPFA Team of the Year

Goalkeeper

Alan Main (Gretna)

Defenders

Martin Canning (Gretna)
Neil McGregor (Clyde)
Kevin James (St Johnstone)
Goran Stanic (St Johnstone)

Midfielders

Craig Bryson (Clyde)
Alex Rae (Dundee)
Don Cowie (Ross County)

Forwards

Jason Scotland (St Johnstone)
Colin McMenamin (Gretna)
Mark Roberts (Partick Thistle)

SPFA Player of the Year

Winner

Colin McMenamin (Gretna)

Other nominees:

Mark Roberts (Partick Thistle)
Jason Scotland (St Johnstone)
Goran Stanic (St Johnstone)

Notes

References

All of Tosh's eight goals were scored whilst with Gretna before he left for Queen of the South in January 2007.

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