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Ladbrokes Championship
Season2017–18
ChampionsSt Mirren
PromotedSt Mirren
Livingston
RelegatedDumbarton
Brechin City
Matches played180
Goals scored472 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorerStephen Dobbie
(18 goals)[1]
Biggest home winFalkirk 6–1 Dundee United[2]
(6 January 2018)
St Mirren 5–0 Dumbarton[2]
(27 March 2018)
Biggest away winBrechin City 0–5 Dundee United[2]
(17 April 2018)
Highest scoringDunfermline Athletic 2–5 Queen of the South[2]
(9 December 2017)
Falkirk 6–1 Dundee United[2]
(6 January 2018)
Dumbarton 2–5 Falkirk[2]
(21 April 2018)
Longest winning run5 matches:[2]
Inverness CT
Longest unbeaten run11 matches:[2]
Inverness CT
Livingston
Longest winless run36 matches:[2]
Brechin City
Longest losing run16 matches:[2]
Brechin City
Highest attendance7,585[2]
Dunfermline Athletic 1–3 Dundee United
(30 September 2017)
Lowest attendance392[2]
Dumbarton 0–1 Inverness CT
(18 April 2018)
Total attendance518,654[2]
Average attendance2,881[2]
All statistics correct as of 28 April 2018.

The 2017–18 Scottish Championship (known as the Ladbrokes Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 23rd season in the current format of 10 teams in the second tier of Scottish football. The fixtures were published on 23 June 2017.[3]

Ten teams contested the league: Brechin City, Dumbarton, Dundee United, Dunfermline Athletic, Falkirk, Greenock Morton, Inverness CT, Livingston, Queen of the South and St Mirren.

St Mirren won the league title, and promotion to the Premiership, after a 0–0 draw with Livingston on 14 April 2018.[4]

Brechin City became the first team in 126 years to go through a Scottish league season without a win. Their total of 4 points was the lowest ever recorded in the Scottish second tier, the lowest in the three points for a win era and the joint-lowest in any Scottish division.[5]

Prize money

In April 2018, the SPFL confirmed the prize money to be allocated to the league members at the conclusion of the competitions. The Championship winners would receive £533,000 with a total pot of £24.5 million to be distributed across the four divisions.[6]

Teams

The following teams have changed division since the 2016–17 season.

Stadia and locations

Brechin City Dumbarton Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic
Glebe Park Dumbarton Football Stadium Tannadice Park East End Park
Capacity: 4,083[7] Capacity: 2,020[8] Capacity: 14,223[9] Capacity: 11,480[10]
Falkirk
Greenock Morton
Falkirk Stadium Cappielow Park
Capacity: 7,937[11] Capacity: 11,589[12]
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Livingston Queen of the South St Mirren
Caledonian Stadium Almondvale Stadium Palmerston Park Paisley 2021 Stadium
Capacity: 7,750[13] Capacity: 8,716[14] Capacity: 8,690[15] Capacity: 8,023[16]

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Brechin City Scotland Darren Dods Scotland Paul McLean[17] Pendle Delson
Dumbarton Scotland Stephen Aitken Scotland Andy Dowie[18] Joma[19] Turnberry Homes[19]
Dundee United Hungary Csaba László Scotland Tam Scobbie[20] Nike[21] McEwan Fraser Legal[21]
Dunfermline Athletic Scotland Allan Johnston Republic of Ireland Callum Morris[22] Joma[23] SRJ Windows[23]
Falkirk Scotland Paul Hartley Scotland Aaron Muirhead Puma[24] Central Demolition[24]
Greenock Morton Scotland Jim Duffy Scotland Thomas O'Ware[25] Vision Outsourcing[26] Millions[26]
Inverness CT Scotland John Robertson England Gary Warren[27] Erreà[28] McEwan Fraser Legal[28]
Livingston Scotland David Hopkin Scotland Craig Halkett[29] FBT[30] Tony Macaroni[30]
Queen of the South Scotland Gary Naysmith Scotland John Rankin[31] Macron[32] J.B. Houston[33]
St Mirren Scotland Jack Ross Scotland Stephen McGinn[34] Joma[35] Skyview Capital[35]

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Inverness CT Republic of Ireland Richie Foran Sacked 29 May 2017[36] Pre-season Scotland John Robertson 14 June 2017[37]
Falkirk Scotland Peter Houston Sacked 24 September 2017[38] 9th Scotland Alex Smith (interim) 24 September 2017[38]
Falkirk Scotland Alex Smith (interim) End of interim 4 October 2017[39] 8th Scotland Paul Hartley 4 October 2017[39]
Dundee United Scotland Ray McKinnon Sacked 24 October 2017[40] 4th Scotland Laurie Ellis (interim) 25 October 2017[41]
Dundee United Scotland Laurie Ellis (interim) End of interim 8 November 2017[42] 2nd Hungary Csaba László 8 November 2017[42]

League summary

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 St Mirren (C, P) 36 23 5 8 63 36 +27 74 Promotion to the Premiership
2 Livingston (O, P) 36 17 11 8 56 37 +19 62 Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3 Dundee United 36 18 7 11 52 42 +10 61 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4 Dunfermline Athletic 36 16 11 9 60 35 +25 59
5 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 36 16 9 11 53 37 +16 57
6 Queen of the South 36 14 10 12 59 53 +6 52
7 Greenock Morton 36 13 11 12 47 40 +7 50
8 Falkirk 36 12 11 13 45 49 −4 47
9 Dumbarton (R) 36 7 9 20 27 63 −36 30 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10 Brechin City (R) 36 0 4 32 20 90 −70 4 Relegation to League One
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points in head-to-head matches; 5) Goal difference in hth matches; 6). Goals scored in hth matches; 7). Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[43]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Positions by Round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Leader - Promotion to 2018–19 Scottish Premiership
Qualification to Premiership play-off semi-finals
Qualification to Premiership play-off quarter-finals
Qualification to Championship play-offs
Relegation to 2018–19 Scottish League One
Team \ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
St Mirren 2 5 4 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Livingston 5 6 7 6 6 6 4 4 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Dundee United 3 1 1 4 4 4 3 2 4 4 4 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 3 3 4 5 4 4 3 3 3
Dunfermline Athletic 4 2 2 1 2 1 1 3 3 2 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 5 5 5 4 3 3 4 4 4
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 8 10 10 7 7 8 8 9 9 8 7 7 8 7 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 7 6 5 5 5
Queen of the South 1 4 3 2 3 5 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 3 3 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 6
Greenock Morton 7 3 5 5 5 3 5 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 7 6 5 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 5 5 6 6 7
Falkirk 9 8 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8
Dumbarton 6 7 6 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 7 8 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
Brechin City 10 9 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

Source:[citation needed]
Updated: 28 April 2018

Results

Teams play each other four times, twice in the first half of the season (home and away) and twice in the second half of the season (home and away), making a total of 180 games, with each team playing 36.

First half of season

Home \ Away BRE DUM DUN DNF FAL GMO INV LIV QOS STM
Brechin City — 0–1 1–1 0–3 1–1 0–1 0–4 2–2 0–1 1–2
Dumbarton 2–1 — 0–2 0–4 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–4 2–2 0–2
Dundee United 1–0 1–1 — 2–1 3–0 2–1 0–2 3–0 2–1 2–1
Dunfermline Athletic 2–1 2–2 1–3 — 3–1 1–1 5–1 3–1 2–5 3–0
Falkirk 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 — 0–3 0–0 0–2 1–4 0–0
Greenock Morton 4–1 1–1 0–2 3–2 0–1 — 1–0 0–1 1–2 4–1
Inverness CT 4–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 4–1 1–1 — 1–3 0–0 0–2
Livingston 3–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 — 2–2 1–3
Queen of the South 4–1 1–0 1–3 0–0 4–2 1–2 0–0 0–3 — 2–3
St Mirren 2–1 0–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 2–2 4–2 3–1 3–1 —
Source: Scottish Championship
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home \ Away BRE DUM DUN DNF FAL GMO INV LIV QOS STM
Brechin City — 1–3 0–5 0–3 0–1 1–1 2–3 0–2 1–5 0–1
Dumbarton 1–0 — 3–2 0–1 2–5 0–1 0–1 0–3 0–1 0–2
Dundee United 4–1 2–0 — 1–1 1–0 0–3 1–1 2–0 2–3 1–0
Dunfermline Athletic 4–0 4–0 0–0 — 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–2
Falkirk 3–0 0–0 6–1 1–2 — 3–1 3–1 1–3 3–2 1–0
Greenock Morton 2–0 3–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 — 0–3 0–1 0–1 1–1
Inverness CT 4–0 5–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–2 — 1–1 3–1 2–2
Livingston 3–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 3–2 0–1 — 0–1 4–1
Queen of the South 3–1 0–0 3–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–2 3–3 — 1–3
St Mirren 1–0 5–0 2–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 —
Source: Scottish Championship
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

As of matches played on 28 April 2018
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Scotland Stephen Dobbie Queen of the South 18
2 Australia Scott McDonald Dundee United 15
3 Scotland Nicky Clark Dunfermline Athletic 14
Scotland Lewis Morgan St Mirren
5 Scotland Gavin Reilly St Mirren 11
6 England Kallum Higginbotham Dunfermline Athletic 10
Scotland Cammy Smith St Mirren

Source:[1][44]

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Ref
Scotland Stephen Dobbie Queen of the South Falkirk 4–1 26 August 2017 [45]
Dunfermline Athletic 5–2 10 December 2017 [46]
Brechin City 3–1 27 January 2018 [47]
Brechin City 5–1 28 April 2018 [48]
Scotland Nicky Clark Dunfermline Athletic Brechin City 3–0 20 March 2018 [49]
Queen of the South 3–1 31 March 2018 [50]
Scotland Nathan Austin Inverness Caledonian Thistle Dumbarton 5–1 14 April 2018 [51]

Discipline

Player

Club

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Dundee United 99,097 6,936 3,620 5,505 −16.4%†
2 Dunfermline Athletic 94,382 7,585 2,249 5,243 +18.1%†
3 Falkirk 84,175 6,094 3,864 4,676 −7.1%†
4 St Mirren 80,061 6,422 3,023 4,447 +23.6%†
5 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 41,296 3,415 1,801 2,294 −41.9%†
6 Greenock Morton 35,739 4,661 1,134 1,985 −15.9%†
7 Queen of the South 26,232 2,019 1,062 1,457 −21.5%†
8 Livingston 24,268 2,708 732 1,348 +69.3%†
9 Brechin City 16,619 2,627 445 923 +115.7%†
10 Dumbarton 15,085 1,652 392 838 −25.8%†
League total 518,654 7,585 392 2,881 −35.8%†

Updated to games played on 28 April 2018
Source: [2][54]

Awards

Monthly awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Ref.
Manager Club Player Club
August Scotland Allan Johnston Dunfermline Athletic England Joe Cardle Dunfermline Athletic [55]
September Scotland David Hopkin Livingston Scotland Lewis Morgan St Mirren
October Scotland John Robertson Inverness CT England Carl Tremarco Inverness CT
November Scotland Stephen Aitken Dumbarton Scotland Scott Fraser Dundee United
December Scotland Jack Ross St Mirren Scotland Stephen Dobbie Queen of the South
January Scotland Jack Ross St Mirren Scotland Stephen McGinn St Mirren
February Scotland David Hopkin Livingston Scotland Ryan Hardie Livingston
March Scotland Jack Ross St Mirren Scotland Nicky Clark Dunfermline Athletic

Championship play-offs

The second bottom team will enter into a 4-team playoff with the 2nd-4th placed teams in League One.

Semi-finals

First leg

2 May 2018 Arbroath 1–2 Dumbarton Arbroath
19:45 Linn 64' BBC Report Gallagher 55'
Barr 90'		 Stadium: Gayfield Park
Attendance: 892
Referee: Nick Walsh
2 May 2018 Alloa Athletic 2–0 Raith Rovers Alloa
19:45 Stewart 22'
Flannigan 58'		 BBC Report Stadium: Recreation Park
Attendance: 1123
Referee: Don Robertson

Second leg

5 May 2018 Dumbarton 1–1
(3–2 agg.)		 Arbroath Dumbarton
15:00 Hill 9' BBC Report Swankie 27' Stadium: Dumbarton Football Stadium
Attendance: 872
Referee: Craig Charleston
5 May 2018 Raith Rovers 1–2
(1–4 agg.)		 Alloa Athletic Kirkcaldy
15:00 Murray 53' BBC Report Kirkpatrick 40'
Stewart 81'		 Stadium: Stark's Park
Attendance: 1,831
Referee: Stephen Finnie

Final

First leg

9 May 2018 Alloa Athletic 0–1 Dumbarton Alloa
19:45 BBC Report Carswell 6' Stadium: Recreation Park
Attendance: 811
Referee: John McKendrick

Second leg

13 May 2018 Dumbarton 0–2 (a.e.t.)
(1–2 agg.)		 Alloa Athletic Dumbarton
16:10 BBC Report Stewart 90+3'
Kirkpatrick 95'		 Stadium: Dumbarton Football Stadium
Attendance: 1,115
Referee: John Beaton

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