1989–90 Scottish First Division

Scottish First Division
Season	1989–90
Champions	St Johnstone
Promoted	St Johnstone
Relegated	Albion Rovers; Alloa Athletic
Matches played	273
Goals scored	763 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ken Eadie (21)[1]
Biggest home win	Forfar Athletic 1–5 St Johnstone, 02.01.1990
Biggest away win	Falkirk 6–0 Albion Rovers, 30.09.1989
	← 1988–89 1990–91 →

The 1989–90 Scottish First Division season was won by St Johnstone, who were promoted four points ahead of Airdrieonians to the Premier Division. Albion Rovers and Alloa Athletic were relegated to the Second Division.[2]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	St Johnstone (C, P)	39	25	8	6	81	39	+42	58	Promotion to Premier Division
2	Airdrieonians	39	23	8	8	77	45	+32	54
3	Clydebank	39	17	10	12	74	64	+10	44
4	Falkirk	39	14	15	10	59	46	+13	43
5	Raith Rovers	39	15	12	12	57	50	+7	42
6	Hamilton Academical	39	14	13	12	52	53	−1	41
7	Meadowbank Thistle	39	13	13	13	41	46	−5	39
8	Partick Thistle	39	12	14	13	62	53	+9	38
9	Clyde	39	10	15	14	39	46	−7	35
10	Ayr United	39	11	13	15	41	62	−21	35
11	Morton	39	9	16	14	38	46	−8	34
12	Forfar Athletic	39	8	15	16	51	65	−14	29[lower-alpha 1]
13	Albion Rovers (R)	39	8	11	20	50	78	−28	27	Relegation to Second Division
14	Alloa Athletic (R)	39	6	13	20	41	70	−29	25	Relegation to Second Division

Source: RSSSF and statto[3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

2 points deducted

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References

"Scottish Football League - Top goalscorers per division". Scottish-football-historical-archive.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-27. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
"Scottish Division One 1989-1990 Table". statto.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
"Scottish Division One 1989-1990 Season Summary". statto.com. Archived from the original on 2014-12-22. Retrieved 2012-04-10.

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[table_hth_FOR0.36134436510566-3] 2 points deducted

[1] "Scottish Football League - Top goalscorers per division". Scottish-football-historical-archive.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-27. Retrieved 2012-04-23.

[2] "Scottish Division One 1989-1990 Table". statto.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-04-10.

[4] "Scottish Division One 1989-1990 Season Summary". statto.com. Archived from the original on 2014-12-22. Retrieved 2012-04-10.

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
Championship	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21
Winners	List of winners of the Scottish Championship and predecessors

1989–90 in Scottish football
« 1988–89 1990–91 »
Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Junior Cup Tennent's Sixes
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup
Related to national team	Results 1990 World Cup qualifying (Group 5) 1990 World Cup
Club seasons
Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Motherwell Rangers St. Mirren
First Division	Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Ayr United Clyde Clydebank Falkirk Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Meadowbank Thistle Morton Partick Thistle Raith Rovers St. Johnstone
Second Division	Arbroath Brechin City Berwick Rangers Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Kilmarnock Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer