sealed the title, their first honour in their 133-year history, after a 4-1 win over local rivals Montrose on 23 April 2011.
[1][2] Livingston as champions of the 2009–10 season were directly promoted to the 2010–11 Scottish Second Division.
Thus completing only a one-year stay in the bottom tier of the Scottish Football League.
A second promotion place was available via a play-off tournament between the ninth-placed team of the 2009–10 Scottish Second Division, Arbroath, and the sides ranked second, third and fourth in the 2009–10 Scottish Third Division, Forfar Athletic, East Stirlingshire and Queen's Park respectively.
The play off was won by Forfar Athletic who defeated Arbroath in the final.