Heart of Midlothian won the title on 22 March 2015 and secured their return to the Scottish Premiership with a record seven matches remaining, after Rangers defeated city rivals Hibernian 2–0.
[4] This marked the first time since the 1984-85 season that a side in the same division as an Old Firm club won a league title in Scotland.
Hibernian finished 11th in the Premiership and were eventually relegated after a play-off against Hamilton Academical, losing a penalty shoot-out following a 2–2 draw on aggregate over two legs.
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.
The second bottom team in the Championship enters into a 4 team playoff with the teams from 2nd to 4th from League One All times British Summer Time (UTC+1) Alloa win 2-1 on aggregate Forfar win 4-1 on aggregate The two semi-final winners enter a two-legged play-off, the winner of which is awarded a place in the 2015–16 Scottish Championship.