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1999–2000 Scottish First Division

Scottish First Division
Season1999–2000
ChampionsSt Mirren
PromotedSt Mirren
Dunfermline Athletic
RelegatedAirdrieonians
Clydebank
Top goalscorerMark Yardley (19)
Biggest home winSt Mirren 8-0 Clydebank, 11 March 2000
Falkirk 8-0 Airdrieonians, 18 March 2000
Biggest away winRaith Rovers 0-6 St Mirren, 14 August 1999
Average attendance2877

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.[1] 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[2] East End Park
Capacity: 10,101[3] Capacity: 10,185[4] Capacity: 11,612[5] Capacity: 11,480[6]
Falkirk
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Club from the Highland council area
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Clubs from the South of Scotland
 Greenock Morton
Brockville Park Cappielow Park
Capacity: 7,500[7] Capacity: 11,612[8]
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Livingston Raith Rovers St Mirren
Caledonian Stadium Almondvale Stadium Stark's Park Love Street
Capacity: 6,280[9] Capacity: 10,112[10] Capacity: 9,031[11] Capacity: 10,900[12]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 St Mirren (C, P) 36 23 7 6 75 39 +36 76 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Dunfermline Athletic (P) 36 20 11 5 66 33 +33 71
3 Falkirk 36 20 8 8 67 40 +27 68
4 Livingston 36 19 7 10 60 45 +15 64
5 Raith Rovers 36 17 8 11 55 40 +15 59
6 Inverness CT 36 13 10 13 60 55 +5 49
7 Ayr United 36 10 8 18 42 52 −10 38
8 Morton 36 10 6 20 45 61 −16 36
9 Airdrieonians 36 7 8 21 29 69 −40 29
10 Clydebank (R) 36 1 7 28 17 82 −65 10 Relegation to the Second Division
Source: "1999-2000 First Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top scorers

Player Club Goals
Scotland Mark Yardley St Mirren 19
Scotland Stevie Crawford Dunfermline Athletic 16
Scotland Barry Lavety St Mirren 16
Scotland Brian McPhee Livingston 15
Scotland David Bingham Livingston 15
South Africa Glynn Hurst Ayr United 14
Scotland Scott Crabbe Falkirk 14
Scotland Barry Wilson Inverness CT 12
Scotland Craig Dargo Raith Rovers 12
Scotland David Nicholls Falkirk 11

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. ^ "Falkirk stadium hopes boost". BBC News. 6 December 2000. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  2. ^ Clydebank groundshared with Morton for the duration of this season.
  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. ^ "Greenock Morton Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  6. ^ "Dunfermline Athletic Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  7. ^ "SFA prompts venue fury". BBC. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Greenock Morton Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  9. ^ "Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  10. ^ "Livingston Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  11. ^ "Raith Rovers Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  12. ^ "St Mirren Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
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