1998–99 Hibernian F.C. season

March 2014 September 2020 Hibernian 1998–99 Alex McLeish SFL First Division 1st (promoted) Scottish Cup R3 League Cup Quarter Crawford, 14 Crawford, 15 1997–98 1999–00 14801 8649 10433http://www.fitbastats.com/hibs/club_records_league_attendance.php Average Home League Game Attendances fitbastats.com 4 November 2013 (down 1592) Season 1998–99 was a successful season for Hibernian F.C. as the club got promoted on their first attempt and achieved a record number of points, following their relegation from the Scottish Premier League the year prior.Hibs' tidal wave of success engulfs team all at sea May 2, 1999 Scotland on Sunday There was disappointment in the cup competitions, however, as the club were beaten by Stirling Albion in the Scottish Cup, and were defeated convincingly 4–0 by St Johnstone in the League Cup. As a First Division club, Hibs would have entered the Scottish Challenge Cup, but the competition was not played during the 1998–99 season due to a lack of sponsorship.Scottish League Challenge Cup Finals, RSSSF. League season Results W 4 August 1998 SFL First Division 0–1 Greenock Morton Hibernian Lavety 90 Cappielow Park, Greenock 4,600 Young L 15 August 1998 SFL First Division 1–2 Hibernian Skinner Stranraer Black 48 pen. Young 58 Easter Road, Edinburgh 8,000 D 22 August 1998 SFL First Division 1–1 Falkirk Keith 21 Hibernian Dennis 52 Brockville Park, Falkirk 5,758 Dallas W 29 August 1998 SFL First Division 4–2 Hibernian Guggi 14 Crawford 15 73 pen. Lovell 69 Ayr United Hurst 49 Findlay 57 pen. Easter Road, Edinburgh 9,222 Rowbotham D 5 September 1998 SFL First Division 2–2 Clydebank Teale 73 Brannigan 90 Hibernian Harper 58 Crawford 89 Boghead Park, Dumbarton 1,803 Mitchell L 12 September 1998 SFL First Division 2–0 St Mirren Yardley 38 Nicolson 82 Hibernian Love Street, Paisley 3,638 W 19 September 1998 SFL First Division 3–1 Hibernian Crawford 68 pen. 89 Guggi 78 Raith Rovers Wright 60 Easter Road, Edinburgh 8,850 D 26 September 1998 SFL First Division 0–0 Hibernian Hamilton Academical Easter Road, Edinburgh 9,695 McCluskey W 3 October 1998 SFL First Division 1–3 Airdrieonians Black 63 Hibernian McGinlay 26 50 Paatelainen 33 Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie 4,995 Young W 10 October 1998 SFL First Division 0–1 Stranraer Hibernian Lovell 87 Stair Park, Stranraer 2,256 W 17 October 1998 SFL First Division 2–1 Hibernian Prenderville 10 McGinlay 85 Greenock Morton Twaddle 59 Easter Road, Edinburgh 9,520 Simpson D 24 October 1998 SFL First Division 3–3 Ayr United Hurst 3 71 Walker 25 pen. Hibernian Hughes 41 87 Paatelainen 85 Somerset Park, Ayr 4,684 Dougal W 31 October 1998 SFL First Division 2–1 Hibernian McGinlay 33 Paatelainen 85 Clydebank Brown 88 Easter Road, Edinburgh 9,027 W 7 November 1998 SFL First Division 1–3 Raith Rovers Dargo 86 Hibernian McGinlay 59 Crawford 62 pen. Paatelainen 77 Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy 4,927 Clyde D 21 November 1998 SFL First Division 2–2 Hamilton Academical Moore 75 Henderson 88 Hibernian Paatelainen 33 60 Firhill Stadium, Glasgow 2,288 Bisset W 24 November 1998 SFL First Division 4–1 Hibernian Lovell 28 35 Prenderville 42 McGinlay 75 St Mirren Yardley 22 Easter Road, Edinburgh 9,097 Fleming W 28 November 1998 SFL First Division 1–0 Hibernian Lovell 82 Airdrieonians Easter Road, Edinburgh 9,758 McCurry W 5 December 1998 SFL First Division 1–3 Greenock Morton Fenwick 89 Hibernian Crawford 5 Lovell 83 Rougier 90 Cappielow Park, Greenock 3,150 Rowbotham W 12 December 1998 SFL First Division 2–1 Hibernian Hughes 6 Crawford 69 Falkirk Crabbe 79 pen. Easter Road, Edinburgh 12,570 Dougal W 19 December 1998 SFL First Division 3–0 Hibernian McGinlay 10 90 Latapy 90 Clydebank Easter Road, Edinburgh 9,060 Clark W 26 December 1998 SFL First Division 3–0 Hibernian McGinlay 25 Paatelainen 41 58 Ayr United Easter Road, Edinburgh 14,106 McCluskey W 2 January 1999 SFL First Division 5–1 Hibernian Lovell 1 McGinlay 12 43 Latapy 22 McEwan 72 o.g. Raith Rovers Dargo 39 Easter Road, Edinburgh 14,703 Herald W 9 January 1999 SFL First Division 1–2 St Mirren Kerr 87 Hibernian Paatelainen 51 Hartley 82 Love Street, Paisley 6,064 Toner W 16 January 1999 SFL First Division 4–0 Hibernian Paatelainen 37 61 Lavety 68 McGinlay 90 Hamilton Academical Easter Road, Edinburgh 10,229 Dallas W 30 January 1999 SFL First Division 1–3 Airdrieonians Black 30 pen. Hibernian Paatelainen 40 Lovell 57 87 Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie 4,763 Clyde W 6 February 1999 SFL First Division 2–0 Hibernian Crawford 31 35 Stranraer Easter Road, Edinburgh 8,649 Elmslie W 20 February 1999 SFL First Division 1–2 Falkirk Keith 52 Hibernian Hartley 45 den Bieman 67 o.g. Brockville Park, Falkirk 5,978 Toner W 27 February 1999 SFL First Division 1–3 Ayr United Ferguson 5 pen. Hibernian Crawford 19 pen. 44 77 Somerset Park, Ayr 5,010 Clark L 13 March 1999 SFL First Division 2–0 Clydebank Elliot 43 Love 57 Hibernian Boghead Park, Dumbarton 1,695 Mitchell W 20 March 1999 SFL First Division 3–0 Hibernian Dennis 6 Holsgrove 14 Lovering 90 Airdrieonians Easter Road, Edinburgh 9,990 Martindale W 3 April 1999 SFL First Division 0–2 Hamilton Academical Hibernian Latapy 32 51 Firhill Stadium, Glasgow 4,350 Rowbotham W 10 April 1999 SFL First Division 1–3 Raith Rovers Holmes 29 Hibernian Latapy 12 Dennis 52 Marinkov 84 Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy 5,740 Elmslie W 17 April 1999 SFL First Division 2–1 Hibernian Hartley 72 Latapy 85 St Mirren McGarry 32 Easter Road, Edinburgh 8,969 McCurry W 24 April 1999 SFL First Division 2–1 Hibernian Lovell 11 Sauzee 42 Greenock Morton Anderson 7 Easter Road, Edinburgh 8,874 Clark W 1 May 1999 SFL First Division 0–4 Stranraer Hibernian Lovell 20 Crawford 56 Miller 77 Hartley 80 Stair Park, Stranraer 1,380 Clyde W 8 May 1999 SFL First Division 2–1 Hibernian Sauzee 45 Hartley 47 Falkirk Crabbe 71 Easter Road, Edinburgh 14,843 Freeland Final table HIB Scottish League Cup Results W 8 August 1998 Scottish League Cup 1–2 Hamilton Academical McFarlane 67 Hibernian Skinnerhttps://archive.today/20120915080606/http://www.snspix.com/prints-30077/08-08-98-hamilton-v-hibs-gallery.html?PHPSESSID=a0fbd3e3ba7ea6099342867236cfaf16 08/08/98 - Hamilton v Hibs Lovell 89 Firhill Stadium, Glasgow 3,063 Freeland W 19 August 1998 Scottish League Cup 1–0 Hibernian Crawford 82 pen Aberdeen Easter Road, Edinburgh 10,500 Dougal L 8 September 1998 Scottish League Cup 4–0 St Johnstone Lowndes 11 32 McMahon 24 O'Neil 57 Hibernian McDiarmid Park, Perth 8,165 Young Scottish Cup Results D 23 January 1999 Scottish Cup 1–1 Hibernian Lovering 76 Stirling Albion Nicholas 20 Easter Road, Edinburgh 8,730 Simpson L 2 February 1999 Scottish Cup 2–1 Stirling Albion McCallum 14 Jackson 58 Hibernian Latapy 36 Forthbank Stadium, Stirling 3,592 Simpson Transfers Players in PlayerFromFeeSCO Bryan GunnNorwich CityFreeAUS Stuart LovellReadingFreeENG Paul HolsgroveBrighton & Hove Albion£110,000FIN Mixu PaatelainenWolverhampton Wanderers£75,000SCO Paul LoveringClydebank£100,000SCO Derek CollinsGreenock Morton£120,000SCO Paul HartleyRaith Rovers£250,000SCO Tom SmithClydebankFreeFRA Franck SauzeeMontpellier HSCFreeFRA Alex MarinkovScarborough£25,000 Players out PlayerToFeeScotland Jamie McQuilkenFalkirkFreeScotland Andy DowAberdeen£80,000Scotland Darren DodsSt Johnstone£70,000SCO Willie MillerDundeeFreeScotland Graeme DonaldStirling AlbionFreeScotland Gordon HunterCanberra CosmosFreeScotland Stuart McCaffreyAberdeenFreeBenin Jimmy BocoRetiredFreeScotland Ian McDonaldStenhousemuirFreeScotland John MartinEast FifeFreeScotland Kevin HarperDerby County£300,000Iceland Bjarni LarussonWalsallFreeTRI Tony RougierPort Vale£175,000Scotland Rab ShannonEast FifeFreeAUT Klaus DietrichFreeScotland Bryan GunnRetiredFree Loans in PlayerFromIreland Barry PrendervilleCoventry City Loans out PlayerToScotland Paul RileyBrechin CityScotland Paul ToshPartick ThistleScotland Kenny MillerStenhousemuirCanada Emilio BottiglieriAlbion RoversScotland David ElliotWigan AthleticScotland Paul ToshExeter CityScotland Russell HuggonStenhousemuirScotland Jamie CarterEast Stirlingshire Player stats During the 1998–99 season, Hibs used 34 different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.http://www.soccerbase.com/squad_season.sd?teamid=1227 Hibernian 1998/1999 player appearances Soccerbase 26 January 2010 Goalkeeper Olafur Gottskalksson played in every competitive match. First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Olafur Gottskalksson GK Iceland 36 0 2 0 3 0 Derek Anderson DF Scotland 6 0 0 0 0 0 Derek Collins DF Scotland 16 0 1 0 0 0 Mark Dempsie DF Scotland 8 0 2 0 0 0 Shaun Dennis DF Scotland 31 3 2 0 3 0 Klaus Dietrich DF Austria 1 0 0 0 0 0 David Elliot DF Scotland 8 0 0 0 3 0 John Hughes DF Scotland 23 3 0 0 3 0 Paul Lovering DF SCO 17 1 2 1 0 0 Barry Prenderville DF Republic of Ireland 13 2 0 0 0 0 Alan Reid DF Scotland 1 0 0 0 0 0 Michael Renwick DF Scotland 16 0 0 0 3 0 Rab Shannon DF Scotland 1 0 0 0 0 0 Tom Smith DF Scotland 5 0 1 0 0 0 Scott Bannerman MF Scotland 12 0 0 0 0 0 Emilio Bottiglieri MF Canada 1 0 0 0 0 0 Peter Guggi MF Austria 8 2 0 0 2 0 Kevin Harper MF Scotland 2 1 0 0 1 0 Paul Hartley MF Scotland 12 5 2 0 0 0 Paul Holsgrove MF England 17 1 0 0 2 0 Russell Latapy MF TRI 23 6 2 1 0 0 Stuart Lovell MF AUS 31 11 2 0 3 1 Alex Marinkov MF FRA 10 1 0 0 0 0 Pat McGinlay MF Scotland 30 12 2 0 3 0 Eric Paton MF Scotland 4 0 0 0 0 0 Tony Rougier MF Trinidad and Tobago 15 1 0 0 3 0 Franck Sauzee MF France 9 2 0 0 0 0 Justin Skinner MF ENG 30 2 2 0 3 1 Stephen Crawford FW Scotland 35 14 2 0 3 1 Barry Lavety FW Scotland 25 2 1 0 2 0 Tam McManus FW Scotland 1 0 0 0 0 0 Kenny Miller FW Scotland 7 1 0 0 1 0 Mixu Paatelainen FW Finland 26 12 2 0 0 0 Paul Tosh FW Scotland 1 0 0 0 0 0 |} See also List of Hibernian F.C. seasons Notes 30em External links Hibernian 1998/1999 results and fixtures https://web.archive.org/web/20080512011551/http://www.soccerbase.com/results2.sd?teamid=1227 12 May 2008 , Soccerbase Category:Hibernian F.C. seasons Hibernian