The Scottish Football League First Division was the second tier in the
Scottish football league system between 1975 and 2013.
History
The First Division was introduced in
1975–76 to replace the old Scottish Football League Division Two, as the top flight of the
Scottish Football League
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was renamed from Division One to
Premier Division
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.
In 1998, the Premier Division clubs broke away from the Scottish Football League to form the
Scottish Premier League
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. The First Division remained the second tier of the Scottish league system, but was now the top tier of the Scottish Football League. In July 2013, the Scottish Football League and Scottish Premier League merged to form the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL). The SPFL named its second tier as the
Scottish Championship, which effectively replaced the First Division.
Competition
From 1994 until 2013, the First Division consisted of ten teams. From 1998, only the winner of the First Division was promoted to the
Scottish Premier League
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(SPL), subject to that club meeting the SPL stadium criteria. From 2007, the bottom club in the First Division was automatically relegated to the
Second Division and the second bottom club went into an end of season
play-off with the second, third and fourth placed clubs in the Second Division.
The ten teams in the First Division played each other four times with three points for a victory and one point each for a drawn game.
Winners of the First Division
See also
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Sports league attendances
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Scottish Championship
References
External links
SFL First Division Official SiteScottish Football League First Division clubs' locations
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Scotland
1975 establishments in Scotland
2013 disestablishments in Scotland