1998–99 Scottish First Division

Scottish First Division
Season	1998–99
Champions	Hibernian
Promoted	Hibernian
Relegated	Hamilton Academical; Stranraer
Top goalscorer	Glynn Hurst (18)
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 →

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, Dumbarton^[2]	Brockville Park
Capacity: 10,101^[3]	Capacity: 10,185^[4]	Capacity: 2,500^[5]	Capacity: 7,500^[6]
File:Newbroomfield.PNG	File:SomersetPark.JPG		File:Turnstile. - geograph.org.uk - 94635.jpg
Greenock Morton	1998–99 Scottish First Division is located in Scotland South Airdrieonians Airdrieonians Ayr United Ayr United Clydebank Clydebank Falkirk Falkirk Morton Morton Hamilton Hamilton Hibernian Hibernian Raith Rovers Raith Rovers St Mirren St Mirren Stranraer Stranraer		Hamilton Academical
Cappielow Park			Cliftonhill, Coatbridge^[7]
Capacity: 11,612^[8]			Capacity: 1,238^[9]
File:Cappielow.JPG			File:Cliftonhill Park Football Ground, Coatbridge.jpg
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]
File:Easter Road 2010.JPG	File:San Starko.JPG	File:Mainstand.JPG	File:SFC - geograph.org.uk - 2580704.jpg

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	Relegation to the Second Division

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Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

References

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[7] Hamilton Academical groundshared at Albion Rovers' Cliftonhill stadium while their new stadium New Douglas Park was being built

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First Division	Airdrieonians Ayr United Clydebank Falkirk Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical Hibernian Raith Rovers St. Mirren Stranraer
Second Division	Alloa Athletic Arbroath Clyde East Fife Forfar Athletic Inverness Caledonian Thistle Livingston Partick Thistle Queen of the South Stirling Albion
Third Division	Albion Rovers Berwick Rangers Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Stirlingshire Montrose Queen's Park Ross County Stenhousemuir

1998–99 Scottish First Division

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