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2007–08 Scottish First Division

Field	Value
competition	Irn-Bru Scottish First Division
season	[2007–08](2007-08-in-scottish-football)
winners	Hamilton Academical
promoted	Hamilton Academical
relegated	Stirling Albion
continentalcup1	UEFA Cup
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Queen of the South
league topscorer	Richard Offiong (19)
biggest home win	Livingston 6–1 Greenock Morton
biggest away win	Stirling Albion 1–6 Dundee
prevseason	[2006–07](2006-07-scottish-first-division)
nextseason	[2008–09](2008-09-scottish-first-division)

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 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.

Promotion and Relegation from 2006–07

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

Main article: 2007–08 in Scottish football#Notable 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

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

Scorer	Goals	Team
ENG Richard Offiong	19	Hamilton Academical
SCO Stephen Dobbie	16	Queen of the South
IRL Andy Jackson	14	St Johnstone
SCO Chris Aitken	13	Stirling Albion
SCO Graham Dorrans	11	Livingston
SCO Liam Buchanan	Partick Thistle
SCO Mark Burchill	Dunfermline Athletic
SCO Kevin McDonald	9	Dundee
SCO Robert Snodgrass	Livingston
SCO Paul Sheerin	St Johnstone
FRA Mickaël Antoine-Curier	Dundee
ENG Peter Weatherson	Greenock Morton
ENG Sean O'Connor	8	Queen of the South
SCO Colin McMenamin	Dundee
SCO Iain Russell	Greenock Morton
SCO Robert Davidson	Dundee

Source: The League Insider

Attendances

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Highest	Lowest	Average
Dundee	Dens Park	11,856	6,192	3,146	4,264
Dunfermline Athletic	East End Park	11,998	4,946	2,444	3,754
St Johnstone	McDiarmid Park	10,673	6,279	1,686	2,969
Greenock Morton	Cappielow	5,741	3,818	2,228	2,727
Partick Thistle	Firhill Stadium	10,887	4,914	1,149	2,591
Hamilton Academical	New Douglas Park	5,396	5,078	1,410	2,468
Queen of the South	Palmerston Park	6,412	3,005	1,484	1,965
Livingston	Almondvale Stadium	10,016	2,865	1,125	1,726
Clyde	Broadwood Stadium	8,006	1,979	910	1,298
Stirling Albion	Forthbank Stadium	3,808	2,215	431	1,166

Source: The League Insider

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Clyde	SCO Joe Miller	Mutual consent	25 May	SCO Colin Hendry	11 June
St Johnstone	SCO Owen Coyle	Mutual consent	22 November	SCO Derek McInnes	27 November
Dunfermline Athletic	IRL Stephen Kenny	Sacked	4 December	SCO Jim McIntyre	3 January
Clyde	SCO Colin Hendry	Resigned	18 January	SCO John Brown	26 January
Greenock Morton	SCO Jim McInally	Resigned	12 February	SCO David Irons	19 February
Livingston	ENG Mark Proctor	Sacked	3 June	ITA Roberto Landi	11 June

Monthly awards

Main article: Scottish Football League monthly awards

Month	First Division manager	SFL Player	SFL Young player
August	SCO Billy Reid (Hamilton Academical)	ENG Richard Offiong (Hamilton Academical)	SCO Kevin McDonald (Dundee)
September	SCO Owen Coyle (St Johnstone)	Second Division player	SCO James McArthur (Hamilton Academical)
October	SCO Billy Reid (Hamilton Academical)	ENG Bryn Halliwell (Hamilton Academical)	IRL James McCarthy (Hamilton Academical)
November	SCO Alex Rae (Dundee)	SCO Kenny Deuchar (St Johnstone)	Third Division player
December	SCO Jim McIntyre (Dunfermline Athletic)	Second Division player	SCO Kevin McDonald (Dundee)
January	SCO Gordon Chisholm (Queen of the South)	Second Division player	IRL Andy Jackson (St Johnstone)
February	SCO Gordon Chisholm (Queen of the South)	FRA Mickaël Antoine-Curier (Dundee)	SCO Graham Dorrans (Livingston)
March	SCO Ian McCall (Partick Thistle)	NIR Jonathan Tuffey (Partick Thistle)	SCO Leigh Griffiths (Livingston)
April	SCO Gordon Chisholm (Queen of the South)	SCO Mark McLaughlin (Hamilton Academical)	SCO 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

Coakley

Second legs

Arbuckle B. Gibson McSwegan Clarke Forrest Bestvina

Donnelly

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

Clarke

Clyde remained in First Division.

Transfer deals

:See: List of Scottish football transfers 2007–08

References

(29 March 2008). "St Mirren 2–0 Gretna". [[BBC Sport]].
(5 April 2008). "Ross County 4–0 Berwick Rangers". BBC Sport.
(8 April 2008). "Partick Thistle 1–0 Stirling Alb". BBC Sport.
(19 April 2008). "Hamilton Accies 2–0 Clyde". BBC Sport.
(10 May 2008). "Clyde 2–0 Airdrie United (3–0)". BBC Sport.
(29 May 2008). "Gretna demoted to Division Three". BBC Sport.
Coyle left St Johnstone to become manager of [[Burnley F.C.. Burnley]].
(3 June 2008). "Livingston sack manager Proctor". BBC Sport.
(11 June 2008). "Landi teams up with Hay at Livi". BBC Sport.

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