Scottish First Division 1985/86

Scottish First Division 1985/86
master	Hamilton Academical
Climbers	Hamilton Academical FC Falkirk
Relegated	Ayr United Alloa Athletic
Teams	14th
Games	273
Gates	761  (ø 2.79 per game)
Top scorer	Kenneth Eadie ( Brechin City )
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The Scottish Football League First Division was held for the eleventh time in 1985/86 as only the second highest Scottish league . It was also the eleventh event as the second highest division of men's football in Scotland under the name First Division . In the 1985/86 season, 14 clubs competed against each other in a total of 39 matchdays. Each team played three times against each other team. In the event of a tie, the goal difference counted .

The championship was won by the team from Hamilton Academical , which at the same time secured participation in the Premier Division season 1986/87 . In addition to the Accies , the runner-up FC Falkirk also rose. Ayr United and Alloa Athletic had to relegate to the Second Division . The top scorer with 22 goals was Kenneth Eadie of Brechin City .

statistics

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Hamilton Academical	39	24	8th	7th	077:440	+33	56:22
2.	FC Falkirk	39	17th	11	11	057:390	+18	45:33
3.	FC Kilmarnock	39	18th	8th	13	062:490	+13	44:34
4th	Forfar Athletic	39	17th	10	12	051:430	+8	44:34
5.	East Fife FC	39	14th	15th	10	054:460	+8	43:35
6th	FC Dumbarton (A)	39	16	11	12	059:520	+7	43:35
7th	Greenock Morton (A)	39	14th	11	14th	057:630	−6	39:39
8th.	Partick Thistle	39	10	16	13	053:640	−11	36:42
9.	Airdrieonians FC	39	12	11	16	051:500	+1	35:43
10.	Brechin City	39	13	9	17th	058:640	−6	35:43
11.	Clyde FC	39	9	17th	13	049:590	−10	35:43
12.	FC Montrose (N)	39	10	14th	15th	043:540	−11	34:44
13.	Ayr United	39	10	11	18th	041:600	−19	31:47
14th	Alloa Athletic (N)	39	6th	14th	19th	049:740	−25	26:52

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored - 4th direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored)

Legend
1984/85 season
	Promoted to the Premier Division
	Relegated to the second division
At the end of the 1983/84 season
(A)	Relegated from the Premier Division
(N)	Newcomers from the second division

Web links

• Scottish First Division 1985/86 at Statto.com
• The Scottish Football League Championship Tables at spfl.co.uk

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Scottish Football League & Scottish Premier League Top goalscorers per division. (No longer available online.) Scottish-football-historical-archive.com, archived from the original on September 27, 2012 ; accessed on December 20, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.