1998–99 Scottish Premier League
The first SPL season, won by Rangers 3–0 at Celtic Park on 2 May 1999.
The 1998–99 Scottish Premier League season was the inaugural season of Scottish Premier League football, the top division of Scottish football. It began on 1 August 1998 and concluded on 23 May 1999.
Quick Facts
- Competition
- Scottish Premier League
- Season
- 1998–99
- Dates
- 1 August 1998 – 23 May 1999
- Winners
- Rangers
- 1st Premier League title
- 48th Scottish title
- Promoted
- Dundee
- Relegated
- Dunfermline Athletic
- Matches
- 180
- Total goals
- 471
Facts from the source article.
Background
The league was made up of the ten clubs that broke away from the Scottish Football League at the end of the 1997–98 season. Celtic went into the season as the defending Scottish champions, having won the 1997–98 Scottish Premier Division.
Rangers won the title with 3 matches still to play on 2 May 1999, after defeating Old Firm rivals Celtic 3–0 in controversial circumstances at Celtic Park. Three players were red-carded during the game and referee Hugh Dallas was struck by a coin thrown by a Celtic supporter and required treatment from paramedics on the field.
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