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1999–2000 Hibernian F.C. season

Season 1999–2000 was Hibs' first season back in the top flight of Scottish football, the newly founded Scottish Premier League, after gaining promotion from the First Division in 1999. Hibs re-established themselves well in the top flight, finishing in sixth place. The club also had a good Scottish Cup run, but were disappointingly beaten 2–1 by Aberdeen, who finished bottom of the SPL, in the semi-final at Hampden Park. The season was also memorable for Hibs fans due to a 3–0 win in the "Millennium derby" against Hearts. There was a landmark day towards the end of the season, as the last game on the Easter Road slope was played.[2]

Hibernian
1999–2000 season
ManagerAlex McLeish
SPL6th
Scottish CupSemi
League CupR3
Top goalscorerLeague: Miller, 11
All: Miller, 13
Highest home attendance16976[1]
Lowest home attendance9211[1]
Average home league attendance12070[1] (up 1637)

League season edit

Results edit

31 July 1999 SPL Hibernian 2–2 Motherwell Easter Road, Edinburgh
Lehmann   45', 81' Nevin   65'
Nicholas   90'		 Attendance: 13,058
Referee: Clark
8 August 1999 SPL Dundee 3–4 Hibernian Dens Park, Dundee
Lovering   56' (o.g.)
McSkimming   57'
Annand   73' (pen.)		 Lehmann   32'
Sauzee   60', 87'
Miller   89'		 Attendance: 6,050
Referee: Dallas
14 August 1999 SPL Hibernian 1–1 Heart of Midlothian Easter Road, Edinburgh
Latapy   42' (pen.) McSwegan   79' Attendance: 16,976
Referee: Dougal
21 August 1999 SPL St Johnstone 1–1 Hibernian McDiarmid Park, Perth
Lowndes   36' McAnespie   69' (o.g.) Attendance: 6,163
Referee: Freeland
28 August 1999 SPL Hibernian 0–1 Rangers Easter Road, Edinburgh
Johansson   69' Attendance: 15,585
Referee: Rowbotham
11 September 1999 SPL Dundee United 3–1 Hibernian Tannadice Park, Dundee
Talesnikov   4'
Hannah   71'
Dodds   90' (pen.)		 Latapy   49' Attendance: 8,167
Referee: Rowbotham
19 September 1999 SPL Hibernian 0–3 Kilmarnock Easter Road, Edinburgh
Reilly   12'
Jeffrey   71'
McCoist   90' (pen.)		 Attendance: 11,337
Referee: Freeland
25 September 1999 SPL Hibernian 0–2 Celtic Easter Road, Edinburgh
Viduka   56', 66' Attendance: 14,743
Referee: Dallas
2 October 1999 SPL Aberdeen 2–2 Hibernian Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
Jess   58'
Gillies   85'		 Paatelainen   82'
Jack   87'		 Attendance: 11,876
Referee: Mitchell
16 October 1999 SPL Motherwell 2–2 Hibernian Fir Park, Motherwell
McCulloch   32'
McMillan   67'		 Latapy   9' (pen.)
Paatelainen   57'		 Attendance: 7,559
Referee: Martindale
23 October 1999 SPL Hibernian 5–2 Dundee Easter Road, Edinburgh
Miller   31'
Latapy   40', 79'
Sauzee   63'
Lehmann   90'		 Matute   6'
Falconer   73'		 Attendance: 10,160
Referee: Clark
31 October 1999 SPL Hibernian 3–2 Dundee United Easter Road, Edinburgh
de Vos   8' (o.g.)
Latapy   61' (pen.), 79'		 Dodds   1'
Talesnikov   33'		 Attendance: 11,073
Referee: Dougal
6 November 1999 SPL Kilmarnock 0–2 Hibernian Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Miller   70', 87' Attendance: 8,735
Referee: McCluskey
20 November 1999 SPL Rangers 2–0 Hibernian Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
Johansson   32'
Albertz   46'		 Attendance: 49,323
Referee: Orr
24 November 1999 SPL Hibernian 0–1 St Johnstone Easter Road, Edinburgh
Jones   18' Attendance: 9,434
Referee: Dallas
27 November 1999 SPL Hibernian 2–0 Aberdeen Easter Road, Edinburgh
McGinlay   25'
Paatelainen   35'		 Attendance: 11,628
Referee: Rowbotham
4 December 1999 SPL Celtic 4–0 Hibernian Celtic Park, Glasgow
Viduka   18' (pen.)
Moravcik   29', 58'
Wieghorst   86'		 Attendance: 60,092
Referee: Dougal
11 December 1999 SPL Hibernian 2–2 Motherwell Easter Road, Edinburgh
Paatelainen   63'
McGinlay   88'		 Spencer   70', 89' Attendance: 9,955
Referee: Simpson
19 December 1999 SPL Heart of Midlothian 0–3 Hibernian Tynecastle, Edinburgh
Lehmann   18'
Sauzee   27'
Miller   90'		 Attendance: 17,954
Referee: Young
27 December 1999 SPL Hibernian 2–2 Kilmarnock Easter Road, Edinburgh
Paatelainen   74'
Miller   90'		 Smith   16'
Cocard   22' (pen.)		 Attendance: 12,408
Referee: Clark
22 January 2000 SPL Dundee United 0–0 Hibernian Tannadice Park, Dundee
Attendance: 7,457
Referee: Rowbotham
6 February 2000 SPL Hibernian 2–2 Rangers Easter Road, Edinburgh
Miller   49', 68' Wallace   56'
McCann   81'		 Attendance: 13,500
Referee: McCurry
22 February 2000 SPL St Johnstone 1–0 Hibernian McDiarmid Park, Perth
O'Halloran   27' (pen.) Attendance: 8,199
Referee: Clark
26 February 2000 SPL Aberdeen 4–0 Hibernian Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
Stavrum   18', 46'
Guntveit   30'
Anderson   44'		 Attendance: 12,625
Referee: Young
5 March 2000 SPL Hibernian 2–1 Celtic Easter Road, Edinburgh
McGinlay   22'
Miller   63'		 Viduka   73' Attendance: 12,236
Referee: McCluskey
18 March 2000 SPL Hibernian 3–1 Heart of Midlothian Easter Road, Edinburgh
Latapy   37'
Sauzee   60'
Paatelainen   85'		 Jackson   26' Attendance: 15,908
Referee: Dallas
21 March 2000 SPL Hibernian 1–2 Dundee Easter Road, Edinburgh
Paatelainen   22' Falconer   62', 90' Attendance: 10,208
Referee: Clark
25 March 2000 SPL Kilmarnock 1–0 Hibernian Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Vareille   52' Attendance: 8,068
Referee: Dougal
1 April 2000 SPL Hibernian 1–0 Dundee United Easter Road, Edinburgh
Hartley   23' Attendance: 10,261
Referee: Clyde
15 April 2000 SPL Hibernian 3–3 St Johnstone Easter Road, Edinburgh
Latapy   13'
Paatelainen   48'
Lehmann   90'		 O'Neil   68'
McAnespie   72'
Parker   89'		 Attendance: 9,211
Referee: Young
22 April 2000 SPL Celtic 1–1 Hibernian Celtic Park, Glasgow
Mahe   79' Lovell   30' Attendance: 33,229
Referee: Rowbotham
29 April 2000 SPL Hibernian 1–0 Aberdeen Easter Road, Edinburgh
Miller   53' Attendance: 9,659
Referee: Orr
3 May 2000 SPL Rangers 5–2 Hibernian Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
Ferguson   11'
Dodds   17'
Dennis   47' (o.g.)
Albertz   81' (pen.), 86'		 Miller   49'
Lehmann   72'		 Attendance: 39,349
Referee: McCluskey
6 May 2000 SPL Motherwell 2–0 Hibernian Fir Park, Motherwell
Twaddle   70', 73' Attendance: 5,426
Referee: Clyde
14 May 2000 SPL Dundee 1–0 Hibernian Dens Park, Dundee
Rae   54' Attendance: 5,061
21 May 2000 SPL Heart of Midlothian 2–1 Hibernian Tynecastle, Edinburgh
Juanjo   30'
McSwegan   62'		 Paatelainen   57' Attendance: 17,391
Referee: Dallas

Final table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
4 Motherwell 36 14 10 12 49 63 −14 52
5 St Johnstone 36 10 12 14 36 44 −8 42
6 Hibernian 36 10 11 15 49 61 −12 41
7 Dundee 36 12 5 19 45 64 −19 41
8 Dundee United 36 11 6 19 34 57 −23 39
Updated to match(es) played on end of season. Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Scottish League Cup edit

As a club newly promoted to the SPL, Hibs entered at the second round stage of the competition, in which they defeated Clyde in a penalty shootout. This win sent Hibs through to a third round match against Kilmarnock at Rugby Park. In that match, Hibs conceded two early goals, and despite efforts by Pat McGinlay and Kenny Miller, Kilmarnock ran out 3–2 winners.

Results edit

17 August 1999 Scottish League Cup Clyde 2–2 AET
(4 – 5 pen.)		 Hibernian Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld
Woods   14'
Carrigan   30'		 McGinlay   9'
Hartley   16'		 Attendance: 1,800
12 October 1999 Scottish League Cup Kilmarnock 3–2 Hibernian Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
McCoist   19', 25'
Vareille   68'		 McGinlay   40'
Miller   78'		 Attendance: 6,837
Referee: Orr

Scottish Cup edit

Results edit

29 January 2000 Scottish Cup Hibernian 4–1 Dunfermline Athletic Easter Road, Edinburgh
Miller   2'
Brebner   38'
Murray   66'
Collins   87'		 Graham   32' Attendance: 10,863
Referee: Dougal
19 February 2000 Scottish Cup Hibernian 1–1 Clydebank Easter Road, Edinburgh
Hartley   66' Gardner   63' (pen.) Attendance: 9,988
Referee: Rowbotham
29 February 2000 Scottish Cup Clydebank 0–3 Hibernian Cappielow Park, Greenock
Lovell   39'
Lehmann   73'
Sauzee   81'		 Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Rowbotham
11 March 2000 Scottish Cup Hibernian 3–1 Falkirk Easter Road, Edinburgh
Latapy   25', 43' (pen.)
McGinlay   90'		 Lawrie   32' Attendance: 13,551
Referee: Young
9 April 2000 Scottish Cup Hibernian 1–2 Aberdeen Hampden Park, Glasgow
Latapy   56' Stavrum   64'
Dow   68'		 Attendance: 22,193
Referee: Dougal

Transfers edit

Player stats edit

During the 1999–2000 season, Hibs used 29 different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.[3]

No. Pos Nat Player Total SPL Scottish Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   EIR Nick Colgan 32 0 25 0 5 0 2 0
GK   SCO Tom Phillips 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK   ISL Olafur Gottskalksson 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0
DF   SCO Derek Collins 30 1 25 0 5 1 0 0
DF   SCO Mark Dempsie 9 0 8 0 0 0 1 0
DF   SCO Shaun Dennis 25 0 24 0 0 0 1 0
DF   SCO Colin Morton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   SCO John Hughes 27 0 21 0 5 0 1 0
DF   SCO Paul Lovering 12 0 10 0 0 0 2 0
DF   SCO Martin McIntosh 11 0 9 0 2 0 0 0
DF   SCO Alan Reid 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
DF   SCO Michael Renwick 14 0 13 0 0 0 1 0
DF   SCO Tom Smith 28 0 22 0 5 0 1 0
MF   SCO Scott Bannerman 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Grant Brebner 34 1 29 0 4 1 1 0
MF   SCO Paul Hartley 30 3 25 1 3 1 2 1
MF   FRA Fabrice Henry 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0
MF   GER Mathias Jack 27 1 23 1 2 0 2 0
FW   LCA Earl Jean 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
MF   TRI Russell Latapy 34 12 28 9 4 3 2 0
MF   AUS Stuart Lovell 32 2 26 1 5 1 1 0
MF   FRA Alex Marinkov 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF   SCO Pat McGinlay 36 6 31 3 3 1 2 2
MF   SCO Ian Murray 12 1 10 0 2 1 0 0
MF   FRA Franck Sauzee 32 6 26 5 5 1 1 0
MF   ENG Justin Skinner 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
FW   SCO Stephen Crawford 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0
FW   GER Dirk Lehmann 37 8 30 7 5 1 2 0
FW   SCO Tam McManus 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Kenny Miller 39 13 32 11 5 1 2 1
FW   FIN Mixu Paatelainen 37 9 32 9 4 0 1 0

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c "Average Home League Game Attendances". fitbastats.com. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  2. ^ A sorry farewell to the famous Easter Road slope, Sunday Herald, 30 April 2000.
  3. ^ "Hibernian 1999/2000 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 22 January 2010.

External links edit

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