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.

Table

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 St Mirren 36 23 7 6 75 39 36 76 Promoted to 2000–01 Scottish Premier League
2 Dunfermline Athletic 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 36 1 7 28 17 82 -65 10 Relegated to Second Division 2000-01

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

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