1998–99 Scottish First Division

Scottish First Division 1998–99 Hibernian Hibernian Hamilton AcademicalStranraer Glynn Hurst (18)http://scottish-football-historical-archive.com/goalscorers.htm Scottish Football League - Top goalscorers per division Scottish-football-historical-archive.com 2012-04-23 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120927095915/http://scottish-football-historical-archive.com/goalscorers.htm 2012-09-27 Ayr United 7-1 Stranraer, 19.09.1998 St Mirren 1-5 Airdrieonians, 12.12.1998 St Mirren 1-5 Morton, 10.04.1999 1997–98 1999–2000 The 1998–99 Scottish First Division was won by Hibernian who bounced straight back up to the Scottish Premier League after relegation the previous season and finished 23 points ahead of nearest challengers Falkirk. Hamilton Academical and Stranraer were relegated to the Second Division. In the case of Stranraer, they didn't manage to compete well enough in this division following on from their promotion a year earlier. Stadia and locations Airdrieonians Ayr United Clydebank Falkirk Excelsior Stadium Somerset Park Boghead Park, DumbartonClydebank had been playing at Boghead Park since 1996 after their Kilbowie Park ground was sold. Brockville 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: 2,500https://www.footballgroundmap.com/ground/boghead-park/dumbarton Boghead Park, former home to Dumbarton footballgroundmap.com 7 February 2018 Capacity: 7,500http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1708644.stm SFA prompts venue fury BBC 7 February 2018 200px 200px 200px Greenock Mortoncenter Scotland South 300 Scotland South 6 55.853782 -3.960586 Airdrieonians right Scotland South 6 55.469684 -4.620098 Ayr United bottom Scotland South 6 55.938403 -4.561606 Clydebank right Scotland South 6 56.018151 -3.756666 Falkirk right Scotland South 6 55.941522 -4.727515 Morton left Scotland South 6 55.853203 -4.013114 Hamilton bottom Scotland South 6 55.961667 -3.165556 Hibernian right Scotland South 6 56.118300 -3.138820 Raith Rovers top Scotland South 6 55.850388 -4.443927 St Mirren left Scotland South 6 54.903475 -5.014250 Stranraer rightHamilton Academical Cappielow Park Cliftonhill, CoatbridgeHamilton Academical groundshared at Albion Rovers' Cliftonhill stadium while their new stadium New Douglas Park was being built 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: 1,238http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/albion-rovers/ Albion Rovers Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 200px 200px Hibernian Raith Rovers St Mirren Stranraer Easter Road Stark's Park Love Street Stair Park Capacity: 16,531http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/hibernian/ Hibernian 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/ 2013-10-22 dead Capacity: 10,900http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/st-mirren/ St Mirren Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 Capacity: 4,178http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/stranraer/ Stranraer Football Club Scottish Professional Football League 11 November 2013 200px 200px 200px 200px League table main WDL 5 PR HIB Hibernian FAL Falkirk AYR Ayr United AIR Airdrieonians STM St Mirren MOR Morton CLY Clydebank RAI Raith Rovers HAM Hamilton Academical STR Stranraer 28 5 3 84 33 C,P 20 6 10 60 38 19 5 12 66 42 18 5 13 42 43 14 10 12 42 43 14 7 15 45 41 11 13 12 36 38 8 11 17 37 57 6 10 20 30 62 R 5 2 29 29 74 R green1 Promotion to the Premier League SPL red1 Relegation to the Second Division R R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete 1998-1999 First Division - SPFL Archive SPFL https://spfl.co.uk/league/championship/archive/113 SPFL 2021-04-29 References Category:Scottish First Division seasons Scot Category:1998–99 Scottish Football League