1999–2000 Scottish First Division

Scottish First Division
Season 1999–2000
Champions St Mirren
Promoted St Mirren
Dunfermline Athletic
Relegated Airdrieonians
Clydebank
Top goalscorer Mark Yardley (19)
Biggest home win St Mirren 8-0 Clydebank, 11.03.2000
Falkirk 8-0 Airdrieonians, 18.03.2000
Biggest away win Raith Rovers 0-6 St Mirren, 14.08.1999
Average attendance 2877

The 1999-00 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 didn't occur as Falkirk's Brockville Stadium didn't meet the then SPL requirements for having a 10,000 all-seater stadium. 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, Greenock[1] East End Park
Capacity: 10,101[2] Capacity: 10,185[3] Capacity: 11,612[4] Capacity: 11,480[5]
Falkirk
Club from the Highland council area
 Greenock Morton
Cappielow Park Brockville Park
Capacity: 7,500[6] Capacity: 11,612[7]
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Livingston Raith Rovers St Mirren
Caledonian Stadium Almondvale Stadium Stark's Park Love Street
Capacity: 6,280[8] Capacity: 10,112[9] Capacity: 9,031[10] Capacity: 10,900[11]

Table

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 St Mirren36237675393676 Promoted to 2000–01 Scottish Premier League
2 Dunfermline Athletic362011566333371
3 Falkirk36208867402768
4 Livingston361971060451564
5 Raith Rovers361781155401559
6 Inverness CT361310136055549
7 Ayr United36108184252-1038
8 Morton36106204561-1636
9 Airdrieonians3678212969-4029
10 Clydebank3617281782-6510 Relegated to Second Division 2000-01

Top scorers

PlayerClubGoals
Scotland Mark YardleySt Mirren19
Scotland Stevie CrawfordDunfermline Athletic16
Scotland Barry LavetySt Mirren16
Scotland Brian McPheeLivingston15
Scotland David BinghamLivingston15
South Africa Glynn HurstAyr United14
Scotland Scott CrabbeFalkirk14
Scotland Barry WilsonInverness CT12
Scotland Craig DargoRaith Rovers12
Scotland David NichollsFalkirk11

Attendances

The average attendances for Scottish First Division clubs for season 1999/00 are shown below:

Club Average
Dunfermline Athletic 4,959
St Mirren 4,946
Livingston 3,974
Falkirk 3,344
Raith Rovers 3,165
Inverness CT 2,282
Ayr United 2,180
Airdrieonians 1,857
Greenock Morton 1,356
Clydebank 712

References

  1. ↑ Clydebank groundshared with Morton for the duration of this season.
  2. ↑ "Airdrieonians Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "Ayr United Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  4. ↑ "Greenock Morton Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  5. ↑ "Dunfermline Athletic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "SFA prompts venue fury". BBC. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "Greenock Morton Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  8. ↑ "Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  9. ↑ "Livingston Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  10. ↑ "Raith Rovers Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 2013-10-22. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  11. ↑ "St Mirren Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
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