Scottish First Division 1989/90

Scottish First Division 1989/90
master	St. Johnstone FC
Climbers	St. Johnstone FC
Relegated	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic
Teams	14th
Games	273
Gates	763  (ø 2.79 per game)
Top scorer	Kenneth Eadie ( Clydebank FC )
← First Division 1988/89 First Division 1990/91 →
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The Scottish Football League First Division was played for the 15th time in 1989/90 as only the second highest Scottish league . It was also the fifteenth edition of the men's second division football in Scotland under the name First Division . In the 1989/90 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 FC St. Johnstone , which at the same time secured participation in the 1990/91 Premier Division season . The Albion Rovers and Alloa Athletic had to relegate to the Second Division . The top scorer with 21 goals was Kenneth Eadie of FC Clydebank .

statistics

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	St. Johnstone FC	39	25th	8th	6th	081:390	+42	58:20
2.	Airdrieonians FC	39	23	8th	8th	077:450	+32	54:24
3.	Clydebank FC	39	17th	10	12	074:640	+10	44:34
4th	FC Falkirk	39	14th	15th	10	059:460	+13	43:35
5.	Raith Rovers	39	15th	12	12	057:500	+7	42:36
6th	Hamilton Academical (A)	39	14th	13	12	052:530	−1	41:37
7th	Meadowbank Thistle	39	13	13	13	041:460	−5	39:39
8th.	Partick Thistle	39	12	14th	13	062:530	+9	38:40
9.	Clyde FC	39	10	15th	14th	039:460	−7	35:43
10.	Ayr United	39	11	13	15th	041:620	−21	35:43
11.	Greenock Morton	39	9	16	14th	038:460	−8	34:44
12.	Forfar Athletic 1	39	8th	15th	16	051:650	−14	29:49
13.	Albion Rovers (N)	39	8th	11	20th	050:780	−28	27:51
14th	Alloa Athletic (N)	39	6th	13	20th	041:700	−29	25:53

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

¹ Forfar Athletic was deducted 2 points because the club used an ineligible player.

Legend
1989/90 season
	Promoted to the Premier Division
	Relegated to the second division
At the end of the 1988/89 season
(A)	Relegated from the Premier Division
(N)	Newcomers from the second division

Web links

• Scottish First Division 1989/90 at Statto.com
• Scottish First Division 1989/90 in the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation database
• 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 22, 2014 (English). 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.