1999–2000 Scottish First Division

November 2021 Scottish First Division 1999–2000 St Mirren St MirrenDunfermline Athletic AirdrieoniansClydebank Mark Yardley (19) St Mirren 8-0 Clydebank, 11 March 2000 Falkirk 8-0 Airdrieonians, 18 March 2000 Raith Rovers 0-6 St Mirren, 14 August 1999 2877 1998–99 2000–01 The 1999–2000 Scottish First Division was won by St Mirren, finishing as one of two promoted teams. As the Scottish Premier League was being expanded to twelve teams Dunfermline Athletic were to be joined by Falkirk in a three team playoff against Aberdeen with the top two placed teams entering the Scottish Premier League. However, this did not occur as Falkirk's Brockville Stadium did not meet the then SPL requirements for having a 10,000 all-seater stadium.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/f/falkirk/1058414.stm BBC News Falkirk stadium hopes boost 6 December 2000 8 December 2018 Clydebank finished bottom and were relegated to the Scottish Second Division. Stadia and locations Airdrieonians Ayr United Clydebank Dunfermline Athletic Excelsior Stadium Somerset Park Cappielow Park, GreenockClydebank groundshared with Morton for the duration of this season. East End Park Capacity: 10,101https://spfl.co.uk/clubs/airdrieonians/ Airdrieonians Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 10,185http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/ayr-united/ Ayr United Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 11,612http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/morton/ Greenock Morton Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 19 April 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230419012922/https://spfl.co.uk/clubs/morton dead Capacity: 11,480http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/dunfermline-athletic/ Dunfermline Athletic Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 200px 200px 200px 200px Falkirkcenter Scotland Highland 300 Club from the Highland council area 6 57.494976 -4.217345 Inverness Caledonian Thistle leftcenter Scotland South 300 Clubs from the South of Scotland Scotland South 6 55.853782 -3.960586 Airdrieonians bottom Scotland South 6 55.469684 -4.620098 Ayr United bottom Scotland South 6 56.075308 -3.441906 Dunfermline Athletic right Scotland South 6 56.018151 -3.756666 Falkirk right Scotland South 6 55.941522 -4.727515 Morton and Clydebank top Scotland South 6 55.886167 -3.522872 Livingston right Scotland South 6 56.118300 -3.138820 Raith Rovers top Scotland South 6 55.850388 -4.443927 St Mirren left Greenock Morton Brockville Park Cappielow Park Capacity: 7,500https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/1708644.stm SFA prompts venue fury BBC 7 February 2018 Capacity: 11,612http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/morton/ Greenock Morton Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 19 April 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230419012922/https://spfl.co.uk/clubs/morton dead 200px 200px Inverness Caledonian Thistle Livingston Raith Rovers St Mirren Caledonian Stadium Almondvale Stadium Stark's Park Love Street Capacity: 6,280http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/inverness-caledonian-thistle/ Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 10,112http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/livingston/ Livingston Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 9,031http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/raith/ Raith Rovers Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131022121447/http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/raith/ 22 October 2013 dead Capacity: 10,900http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/st-mirren/ St Mirren Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 200px 200px 200px 200px League table main WDL 5 PR STM St Mirren DNF Dunfermline Athletic FAL Falkirk LIV Livingston RAI Raith Rovers INV Inverness CT AYR Ayr United MOR Morton AIR Airdrieonians CLY Clydebank 23 7 6 75 39 C,P 20 11 5 66 33 P 20 8 8 67 40 19 7 10 60 45 17 8 11 55 40 13 10 13 60 55 10 8 18 42 52 10 6 20 45 61 7 8 21 29 69 1 7 28 17 82 R green1 Promotion to the Premier League SPL SPL red1 Relegation to the Second Division R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete 1999-2000 First Division - SPFL Archive SPFL https://spfl.co.uk/league/championship/archive/112 SPFL 29 April 2021 Top scorers Player Club Goals SCO Mark Yardley St Mirren 19 SCO Stevie Crawford Dunfermline Athletic 16 SCO Barry Lavety St Mirren 16 SCO Brian McPhee Livingston 15 SCO David Bingham Livingston 15 RSA Glynn Hurst Ayr United 14 SCO Scott Crabbe Falkirk 14 SCO Barry Wilson Inverness CT 12 SCO Craig Dargo Raith Rovers 12 SCO David Nicholls Falkirk 11 Attendances The average attendances for Scottish First Division clubs for season 1999/00 are shown below: ClubAverageDunfermline Athletic4,959St Mirren4,946Livingston3,974Falkirk3,344Raith Rovers3,165Inverness CT2,282Ayr United2,180Airdrieonians1,857Greenock Morton1,356Clydebank712 References February 2018 Category:Scottish First Division seasons Category:1999–2000 Scottish Football League 2 Scot