1996–97 Scottish First Division

Scottish First Division
Season	1996–97
Champions	St Johnstone
Promoted	St Johnstone
Relegated	East Fife, Clydebank
Goals scored	471
Average goals/game	2.62
Top goalscorer	Roderick Grant (19)^[1]
Biggest home win	Dundee 6–0 East Fife Partick Thistle 6–0 East Fife
Biggest away win	East Fife 1–7 Dundee
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The 1996–97 Scottish First Division season began on 12 August 1996.

Overview

The 1996–97 Scottish First Division season ended in success for St Johnstone who won the title by twenty points from nearest rivals Airdrieonians.

Promotion and relegation from 1995–96

Promoted from First Division to Premier Division

Relegated from Premier Division to First Division

Promoted from Second Division to First Division

Relegated from First Division to Second Division

Table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	St Johnstone !St Johnstone (C) (P)	36	24	8	4	74	23	+51	80	Premier Division
2	Airdrieonians !Airdrieonians	36	15	15	6	56	34	+22	60	Scottish Premier Division Playoff
3	Dundee !Dundee	36	15	13	8	47	33	+14	58
4	St Mirren !St Mirren	36	17	7	12	48	41	+7	58
5	Falkirk !Falkirk	36	15	9	12	42	39	+3	54
6	Partick Thistle !Partick Thistle	36	12	12	12	49	48	+1	48
7	Stirling Albion !Stirling Albion	36	12	10	14	54	61	−7	46
8	Morton !Morton	36	12	9	15	42	41	+1	45
9	Clydebank !Clydebank (R)	36	7	7	22	31	59	−28	28	Second Division
10	East Fife !East Fife (R)	36	2	8	26	28	92	−64	14	Second Division

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.

References

↑ "Scottish Football League - Top goalscorers per division". Scottish-football-historical-archive.com. Retrieved 2012-04-23.

Second division football seasons in Scotland

Division Two	1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75

First Division	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13

Scottish Championship	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

1996–97 in Scottish football

« 1995–96 1997–98 »

Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Challenge Cup (Final) Junior Cup

European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup

Related to national team	Results 1998 World Cup qualifying (Group 4)

Club seasons

Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Raith Rovers Rangers

First Division	Airdrieonians Clydebank Dundee East Fife Falkirk Greenock Morton Partick Thistle St. Johnstone St. Mirren Stirling Albion

Second Division	Ayr United Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clyde Dumbarton Hamilton Academical Livingston Queen of the South Stenhousemuir Stranraer

Third Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Cowdenbeath East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Inverness Caledonian Thistle Montrose Queen's Park Ross County

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1996–97 Scottish First Division

Overview

Promotion and relegation from 1995–96

Table

References

See also