1998–99 Scottish First Division

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.

Scottish First Division

Season	1998–99
Champions	Hibernian
Promoted	Hibernian
Relegated	Hamilton Academical Stranraer
Top goalscorer	Glynn Hurst (18)[1]
Biggest home win	Ayr United 7-1 Stranraer, 19.09.1998
Biggest away win	St Mirren 1-5 Airdrieonians, 12.12.1998 St Mirren 1-5 Morton, 10.04.1999
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

Stadia and locations

Airdrieonians	Ayr United	Clydebank	Falkirk
Excelsior Stadium	Somerset Park	Boghead Park, Dumbarton[2]	Brockville Park
Capacity: 10,101[3]	Capacity: 10,185[4]	Capacity: 2,500[5]	Capacity: 7,500[6]
Greenock Morton	Airdrieonians Ayr United Clydebank Falkirk Morton Hamilton Hibernian Raith Rovers St Mirren Stranraer		Hamilton Academical
Cappielow Park			Cliftonhill, Coatbridge[7]
Capacity: 11,612[8]			Capacity: 1,238[9]
Hibernian	Raith Rovers	St Mirren	Stranraer
Easter Road	Stark's Park	Love Street	Stair Park
Capacity: 16,531[10]	Capacity: 9,031[11]	Capacity: 10,900[12]	Capacity: 4,178[13]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hibernian (C, P)	36	28	5	3	84	33	+51	89	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Falkirk	36	20	6	10	60	38	+22	66
3	Ayr United	36	19	5	12	66	42	+24	62
4	Airdrieonians	36	18	5	13	42	43	−1	59
5	St Mirren	36	14	10	12	42	43	−1	52
6	Morton	36	14	7	15	45	41	+4	49
7	Clydebank	36	11	13	12	36	38	−2	46
8	Raith Rovers	36	8	11	17	37	57	−20	35
9	Hamilton Academical (R)	36	6	10	20	30	62	−32	28	Relegation to the Second Division
10	Stranraer (R)	36	5	2	29	29	74	−45	17

Source: "1998-1999 First Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

References

1. "Scottish Football League - Top goalscorers per division". Scottish-football-historical-archive.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-27. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
2. Clydebank had been playing at Boghead Park since 1996 after their Kilbowie Park ground was sold.
3. "Airdrieonians Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
4. "Ayr United Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
5. "Boghead Park, former home to Dumbarton". footballgroundmap.com. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
6. "SFA prompts venue fury". BBC. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
7. Hamilton Academical groundshared at Albion Rovers' Cliftonhill stadium while their new stadium New Douglas Park was being built
8. "Greenock Morton Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
9. "Albion Rovers Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
10. "Hibernian Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
11. "Raith Rovers Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 2013-10-22. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
12. "St Mirren Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
13. "Stranraer Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.