2010–11 Scottish First Division

The 2010–11 Scottish First Division was the 17th season of the First Division in its current format of ten teams. Dunfermline Athletic finished champions, with Cowdenbeath and Stirling Albion being relegated.

SPL & First Division
Relegated from Premier League to First Division
 * Falkirk

Promoted from First Division to Scottish Premier League
 * Inverness Caledonian Thistle

First & Second Divisions
Relegated from First Division to Second Division
 * Ayr United
 * Airdrie United (via play-offs)

Promoted from Second Division to First Division
 * Stirling Albion
 * Cowdenbeath (via play-offs)

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

Top goalscorers

 * 15 goals
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Kris Doolan (Partick Thistle)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Mark Stewart (Falkirk)


 * 13 goals
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 John Baird (Raith Rovers)
 * Andy Kirk (Dunfermline Athletic)


 * 12 goals
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Colin McMenamin (Queen of the South)


 * 11 goals
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Gordon Smith (Stirling Albion)


 * 9 goals
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Pat Clarke (Dunfermline Athletic)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Martin Hardie (Dunfermline Athletic)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Sean Higgins (Dundee)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Allan Jenkins (Greenock Morton)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Willie McLaren (Queen of the South)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Greg Stewart (Cowdenbeath)

First Division play-offs
Times are BST (UTC+1)

Semi-finals
The fourth placed team in the Second Division (Brechin City) will play the ninth placed team in the First Division (Cowdenbeath) and third placed team in the Second Division (Forfar Athletic) will play the second placed team in the Second Division (Ayr United). The play-offs will be played over two legs on Wednesday 11 May 2011 & Saturday 14 May 2011, the winning team in each semi-final will advance to the final on Wednesday 18 May 2011 & Sunday 22 May 2011.

First legs

Second legs

Final
The two semi-final winners will play each other over two legs. The winning team will be awarded a place in the 2011–12 First Division.

First leg

Second leg