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2011–12 Scottish First Division

Field	Value
competition	Irn-Bru Scottish First Division
season	[2011–12](2011-12-in-scottish-football)
winners	Ross County
promoted	Ross County
Dundee
relegated	Ayr United
Queen of the South
matches	180
total goals	507
league topscorer	Colin McMenamin (19)
biggest home win	Partick Thistle 5–0 Greenock Morton
(30 September 2011)
Raith Rovers 5–0 Greenock Morton
(3 March 2012)
biggest away win	Hamilton Academical 1–6 Dundee
(3 December 2011)
Queen of the South 0–5 Partick Thistle
(17 March 2012)
highest scoring	(8 goals)
Queen of the South 3–5 Ross County
(5 May 2012)
longest wins	9 games
Ross County
longest unbeaten	34 games
Ross County
longest winless	9 games
Ayr United
longest losses	4 games
Queen of the South
Raith Rovers
Falkirk
Ayr United
highest attendance	5,862
Dundee v Greenock Morton
(26 December 2011)
lowest attendance	859
Livingston v Ayr United
(6 March 2011)
average attendance	2,297
prevseason	[2010–11](2010-11-scottish-first-division)
nextseason	[2012–13](2012-13-scottish-first-division)

Dundee Queen of the South (30 September 2011) Raith Rovers 5–0 Greenock Morton (3 March 2012) (3 December 2011) Queen of the South 0–5 Partick Thistle (17 March 2012) Queen of the South 3–5 Ross County (5 May 2012) Ross County Ross County Ayr United Queen of the South Raith Rovers Falkirk Ayr United Dundee v Greenock Morton (26 December 2011) Livingston v Ayr United (6 March 2011)

The 2011–12 Scottish Football League First Division, also known as the 2011–12 Irn Bru Scottish Football League First Division for sponsorship reasons, is the 18th season of the Scottish First Division and the 106th season of a second-tier football league in Scotland. Dunfermline Athletic are the current champions. It began on 6 August 2011 and is scheduled to end on 5 May 2012. The league comprises the teams ranked second through eighth of the 2010–11 season, the relegated side from the 2010–11 Premier League (Hamilton Academical), the 2010–11 Second Division champions, and the winners of the 2010–11 First Division play-off (Livingston and Ayr United respectively).

Teams

Dunfermline Athletic, champions of the 2010–11 season, were promoted to the 2011–12 Premier League. The club thus completed a five-season tenure in the First Division. Dunfermline were replaced by Hamilton Academical, who were relegated from the 2010–11 Premier League after finishing at the bottom of the table; Hamilton returned to the First Division after three years.

At the bottom end of the table, last-placed Stirling Albion were directly relegated to the 2011–12 Second Division after being promoted to the second tier only one season earlier. They were replaced by the 2010–11 Second Division champions Livingston, who returned to the First Division after two consecutive promotions in two years; the club had previously been demoted for financial irregularities at the end of the 2008–09 season.

An additional place in the league was available via a play-off tournament between the ninth-placed First Division team, Cowdenbeath, and the sides ranked second through to fourth in the Second Division, Ayr United, Forfar Athletic and Brechin City respectively. The tournament was won by Ayr United, who therefore were promoted back to the First Division after a one-year absence; Cowdenbeath hence were relegated, returning to the Second Division after just one season.

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Ayr United	Ayr	Somerset Park	10,243
Dundee	Dundee	Dens Park	12,085
Falkirk	Falkirk	Falkirk Stadium	9,120
Greenock Morton	Greenock	Cappielow	11,612
Hamilton Academical	Hamilton	New Douglas Park	6,096
Livingston	Livingston	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium	10,122
Partick Thistle	Glasgow	Firhill Stadium	13,079
Queen of the South	Dumfries	Palmerston Park	6,412
Raith Rovers	Kirkcaldy	Stark's Park	10,104
Ross County	Dingwall	Victoria Park	6,310

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Ayr United	SCO Brian Reid	Nike	Bodog
Dundee	SCO Barry Smith	Puma	Kilmac Energy
Falkirk	SCO Steven Pressley	Puma	Central Demolition
Greenock Morton	SCO Allan Moore	Puma	Ferguson's Chocolates (H), Buchanan's Toffees (A), Millions Chews (T)
Hamilton Academical	SCO Billy Reid	Nike	M&H Logistics (H), Life Skills Centres (A,T)
Livingston	SCO John Hughes	Umbro	Fasteq
Partick Thistle	SCO Jackie McNamara	Puma	macb (Until March) Just Employment Law (March onwards)
Queen of the South	SCO Gus MacPherson	Joma	Border Utilities Ltd
Raith Rovers	SCO John McGlynn	Puma	Kittys & Styx (H), ACA Sports (A)
Ross County	SCO Derek Adams	Nike	Highnet

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, for a total of 36 games

First half of season

Second half of season

First Division play-offs

Times are BST (UTC+1)

Semi-finals

The fourth placed team in the Second Division (Airdrie United) will play the ninth placed team in the First Division (Ayr United) and third placed team in the Second Division (Dumbarton) will play the second placed team in the Second Division (Arbroath). The play-offs will be played over two legs, the winning team in each semi-final will advance to the final.

First legs

Prunty

Second legs

Longridge Tiffoney McLaren

Final

The two semi-final winners will play each other over two legs. Originally, the winning team only was to be awarded a place in the 2012–13 First Division. Following the Rangers F.C. administration situation, both teams were awarded places.

First leg

Wallace

Second leg

Bain Gilhaney Wallace

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Scorer	Team	Goals
1	SCO Colin McMenamin	Ross County	19
2	MAR Farid El Alagui	Falkirk	18
3	SCO Kris Doolan	Partick Thistle	13
SCO Michael Gardyne	Ross County
4	ENG Rory Boulding	Livingston	11
SCO Paul Cairney	Partick Thistle
SCO Ryan Conroy	Dundee
SCO Brian Graham	Raith Rovers
SCO Marc McNulty	Livingston
SCO Steven Milne	Dundee

Disciplinary by team

Rank	Team	[[File:Yellow card.svg	10px]] Yellow	[[File:Yellow card.svg
1	Ross County	16	1	3
2	Falkirk	15	1	2
3	Ayr United	20	1	0
4	Raith Rovers	11	0	2
Hamilton Academical	11	1	1
Greenock Morton	11	1	1
7	Dundee	13	1	0
8	Queen of the South	8	0	2
Livingston	11	1	0
10	Partick Thistle	12	0	0

Hat-tricks

Player		For	Against	Result	Date
SCO {{sortname	Kevin	Smith	Kevin Smith (footballer, born 1987)	Smith, Kevin}}	Queen of the South	Greenock Morton
SCO {{sortname	Steven	Milne	Steven Milne (footballer)	Milne, Steven}}	Dundee	Hamilton Academical
SCO {{sortname	Marc	McNulty	McNulty, Marc}}	Livingston	Raith Rovers
SCO {{sortname	Richard	Brittain	Brittain, Richard}}	Ross County	Ayr United
ENG {{sortname	Rory	Boulding	Boulding, Rory}}	Livingston	Raith Rovers
SCO {{sortname	Brian	Graham	Brian Graham (footballer)	Graham, Brian}}	Raith Rovers	Falkirk
SCO {{sortname	Paul	Cairney	Cairney, Paul}}	Partick Thistle	Dundee

Disciplinary by player

Rank	Player	Team	[[File:Yellow card.svg	10px]] Yellow
1	SCO Mark McLaughlin	Hamilton Academical	5	2
GER Simon Mensing	Hamilton Academical	8	1
3	SCO Stephen O'Donnell	Dundee	4	2
SCO Darren Dods	Falkirk	7	1
5	SCO Craig Reid	Queen of the South	3	2
6	SCO Stuart Kettlewell	Ross County	5	1
SCO Mark Fotheringham	Livingston	5	1
SCO Paul Watson	Livingston	5	1
9	MAR Farid El Alagui	Falkirk	8	0
SCO Stephen McKenna	Queen of the South	8	0

Awards

Month	First Division Manager of the Month	SFL Player of the Month	SFL Young player of the Month	Ginger Boot	Manager	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club
url=http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/irn-bru-phenomenal-awards-for-august-2011/	title=IRN-BRU Phenomenal Awards for August 2011	publisher=Scottish Football League	date=2011-09-09	access-date=2011-12-19	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111024005526/http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/irn-bru-phenomenal-awards-for-august-2011/	archive-date=24 October 2011 }}	SCO Allan Moore	Greenock Morton	SCO Dougie Imrie	Hamilton Academical	SCO Craig Sibbald	Falkirk	Third division player
url=http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/irn-bru-phenomenal-awards---september-2011/	title=IRN-BRU Phenomenal Awards - September 2011	publisher=Scottish Football League	date=2011-10-07	access-date=2011-12-19	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111211102414/http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/irn-bru-phenomenal-awards---september-2011	archive-date=11 December 2011	url-status=dead}}	SCO Steven Pressley	Falkirk	MAR Farid El Alagui	Falkirk	Second division player	SCO Peter MacDonald	Greenock Morton
url=http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/irn-bru-phenomenal-awards---october-october2011/	title=IRN-BRU SFL Phenomenal Awards - October 2011	publisher=Scottish Football League	date=2011-11-18	access-date=2011-12-19	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505125324/http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/irn-bru-phenomenal-awards---october-october2011/	archive-date=5 May 2012 }}	SCO Derek Adams
SCO Steven Pressley	Ross County
Falkirk	SCO Darren Dods
SCO Grant Munro	Falkirk
Ross County	SCO Aaron Sinclair	Partick Thistle	Second division player
url=http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/irn-bru-sfl-november-manager-and-player-of-the-month-awards/	title=IRN-BRU SFL November Manager and Player of the Month Awards	publisher=Scottish Football League	date=2011-12-18	access-date=2012-01-12	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505123749/http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/irn-bru-sfl-november-manager-and-player-of-the-month-awards/	archive-date=5 May 2012 }}	SCO Barry Smith	Dundee	SCO Nicky Riley	Dundee	Second division player	Third division player
url=http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/irn-bru-sfl-phenomenal-awards---december-2011/	title=IRN-BRU SFL Phenomenal Awards - December 2011	publisher=Scottish Football League	date=2011-01-23	access-date=2012-01-23	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126022256/http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/irn-bru-sfl-phenomenal-awards---december-2011/	archive-date=26 January 2013 }}	SCO Jackie McNamara	Partick Thistle	MAR Farid El Alagui	Falkirk	Third division player	Third division player
url=http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/irn-bru-sfl-phenomenal-awards---january-2012/	title=IRN-BRU SFL Phenomenal Awards - January 2012	publisher=Scottish Football League	date=2012-02-17	access-date=2012-02-21	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505123042/http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/irn-bru-sfl-phenomenal-awards---january-2012/	archive-date=5 May 2012	url-status=dead}}	SCO Steven Pressley	Falkirk	Third division player	Third division player	Third division player
url=http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/irn-bru-sfl-phenomenal-awards---february-2012/	title=IRN-BRU SFL Phenomenal Awards - February 2012	publisher=Scottish Football League	date=2012-03-16	access-date=2012-04-12	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505140047/http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/irn-bru-sfl-phenomenal-awards---february-2012/	archive-date=5 May 2012 }}	SCO Steven Pressley	Falkirk	Second division player	SCO Andy Ryan	Hamilton	Second division player
March
April

References

[http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/football/first/results/3408463/ Dundee 0 - 1 Greenock Morton : Monday, 26 December 2011] {{Webarchive. link. (5 June 2012 , Retrieved 2012-03-07.)
[http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/football/first/results/3490848/ Livingston 1 - 2 Ayr United : Tuesday, 6 March 2012] {{Webarchive. link. (24 May 2012 , Retrieved 2012-03-07.)
[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/9448435.stm BBC Sport - Football - Ups and downs], news.bbc.co.uk Retrieved 2011-05-25.
[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/livingston/8179998.stm Livi relegated to Division Three], 2009-08-05 news.bbc.co.uk Retrieved 2011-05-29.
[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/18850864 Rangers: Dundee invited to take place in SPL] – BBC Sport, 16 July 2012
[https://int.soccerway.com/national/scotland/first-division/2011-2012/regular-season/ First Division - Disciplinary], Retrieved 2012-03-07.
(2011-09-09). "IRN-BRU Phenomenal Awards for August 2011". Scottish Football League.
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(2011-11-18). "IRN-BRU SFL Phenomenal Awards - October 2011". Scottish Football League.
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(2012-02-17). "IRN-BRU SFL Phenomenal Awards - January 2012". Scottish Football League.
(2012-03-16). "IRN-BRU SFL Phenomenal Awards - February 2012". Scottish Football League.

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