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 March 2000 ; Falkirk 8-0 Airdrieonians, 18 March 2000
Biggest away win	Raith Rovers 0-6 St Mirren, 14 August 1999
Average attendance	2877
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

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	Inverness Caledonian Thistle class=notpageimage\| Club from the Highland council area	Airdrieonians Ayr United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Morton and Clydebank Livingston Raith Rovers St Mirren class=notpageimage\| 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	Promotion to the Premier League
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
Mark Yardley	St Mirren	19
Stevie Crawford	Dunfermline Athletic	16
Barry Lavety	St Mirren	16
Brian McPhee	Livingston	15
David Bingham	Livingston	15
Glynn Hurst	Ayr United	14
Scott Crabbe	Falkirk	14
Barry Wilson	Inverness CT	12
Craig Dargo	Raith Rovers	12
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

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

[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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