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(Top) 1 Overview 2 Promotion and relegation from 1995–96 3 League table 4 References 5 See also

1996–97 Scottish First Division

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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	Roddy 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[edit]

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[edit]

Promoted from First DivisiontoPremier Division

Relegated from Premier DivisiontoFirst Division

Promoted from Second DivisiontoFirst Division

Relegated from First DivisiontoSecond Division

League table[edit]

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

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

References[edit]

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

See also[edit]

1996–97 in Scottish football

v t e Second tier football seasons in Scotland
Division Two / B	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 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Winners	List of winners of the Scottish Championship and predecessors

v t e 1996–97 in Scottish football
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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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