1998–99 Motherwell F.C. season

Motherwell
1998–99 season
Chairman	John Boyle
Manager	Harri Kampman ; (until 15 October); Billy Davies ; (from 15 October)
Premier League	7th
Scottish Cup	Quarterfinal vs St Johnstone
League Cup	Third round vs Ayr United
Top goalscorer	League: Two Players (7); All: Owen Coyle (8)
	Home colours
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	← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

Last updated May 28, 2024

The 1998-99 season was Motherwell's 1st season in the Scottish Premier League, and their 14th consecutive season in the top division of Scottish football.

Season events

On 25 June, Brian McClair signed for Motherwell on a three-year contract, having been given a free transfer by Manchester United.^[1]

On 13 January, Andy Goram signed for Motherwell on a contract until the end of the season.^[2]

Squad

As of match played 23 May 1999

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Stevie Woods	GK	(1970-02-23)23 February 1970 (aged 29)	Preston North End	1994
27	Phillip Bannister	GK	(1980-08-06)6 August 1980 (aged 18)	Academy	1998		0	0
29	Andy Goram	GK	(1964-04-13)13 April 1964 (aged 35)	Sheffield United	1999^[2]	1999^[2]	16	0
Defenders
2	Eddie May	DF	(1967-08-30)30 August 1967 (aged 31)	Falkirk	1994
3	Steve McMillan	DF	(1976-01-19)19 January 1976 (aged 23)	Troon	1993
4	Jamie McGowan	DF	(1970-12-05)5 December 1970 (aged 28)	Falkirk	1998		35	1
6	Greig Denham	DF	(1976-10-05)5 October 1976 (aged 22)	Youth team	1994
15	Tony Thomas	DF	(1971-07-12)12 July 1971 (aged 27)	Everton	1998		11	1
19	Michel Doesburg	DF	(1968-08-10)10 August 1968 (aged 30)	AZ Alkmaar	1998		34	0
21	Stephen Craigan	DF	(1976-10-29)29 October 1976 (aged 22)	Blantyre Victoria	1995
22	Jered Stirling	DF	(1976-10-13)13 October 1976 (aged 22)	Partick Thistle	1998		7	1
26	David White	DF	(1979-09-09)9 September 1979 (aged 19)	Ipswich Town	1998		0	0
28	Shaun Teale	DF	(1964-03-10)10 March 1964 (aged 35)	Tranmere Rovers	1998		34	1
31	Steven Reilly	DF	(1981-08-29)29 August 1981 (aged 17)	Youth team	1998		0	0
34	Sandy Hodge	DF	(1980-10-04)4 October 1980 (aged 18)	Youth team	1998		0	0
35	David Doherty	DF	(1980-05-08)8 May 1980 (aged 19)	Youth team	1998		0	0
38	Craig Callachan	DF	(1981-08-26)26 August 1981 (aged 17)	Youth team	1998		0	0
Midfielders
5	Ged Brannan	MF	(1972-01-15)15 January 1972 (aged 27)	Manchester City	1994
7	Ian Ross	MF	(1974-08-27)27 August 1974 (aged 24)	Youth team	1995
8	Simo Valakari	MF	(1973-04-28)28 April 1973 (aged 26)	FinnPa	1996
10	Mark Gower	MF	(1978-10-05)5 October 1978 (aged 20)	on loan from Tottenham Hotspur	1999		9	1
16	Billy Davies	MF	(1964-05-31)31 May 1964 (aged 34)	Dunfermline Athletic	1993
18	Lee McCulloch	MF	(1978-05-14)14 May 1978 (aged 21)	Youth team	1994		83	6
20	Rob Matthaei	MF	(1966-09-20)20 September 1966 (aged 32)	Volendam	1998		19	0
23	Dougie Ramsay	MF	(1979-04-26)26 April 1979 (aged 20)	Youth team	1998		4	1
24	Greg Miller	MF	(1976-04-01)1 April 1976 (aged 23)	Livingston	1998		6	0
30	Pat Nevin	MF	(1963-09-06)6 September 1963 (aged 35)	Kilmarnock	1998		33	0
37	David Dunn	MF	(1981-11-01)1 November 1981 (aged 17)	Youth team	1998		0	0
39	Derek Adams	MF	(1975-06-25)25 June 1975 (aged 23)	Ross County	1998		29	3
	Keith Lasley	MF	(1979-09-21)21 September 1979 (aged 19)	Youth team	1998		0	0
Forwards
9	Stephen Halliday	FW	(1976-05-03)3 May 1976 (aged 23)	Hartlepool United	1998		6	1
11	Stevie Nicholas	FW	(1981-07-08)8 July 1981 (aged 17)	Stirling Albion	1998		7	1
25	Daniel Kemp	FW	(1980-01-20)20 January 1980 (aged 19)	Youth team	1998		0	0
36	Scott Crawford	FW	(1980-07-22)22 July 1980 (aged 18)	Youth team	1998		0	0
40	John Spencer	FW	(1970-09-11)11 September 1970 (aged 28)	Everton	1999		24	7
44	Don Goodman	FW	(1966-05-09)9 May 1966 (aged 33)	on loan from Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1999	1999	8	1
Out on loan
	Hervé Bacqué	FW	(1976-07-31)31 July 1976 (aged 22)	Luton Town	1999		1	0
Left during the season
5	Holm Kraska	DF	(1975-07-30)30 July 1975 (aged 23)	Atlas Delmenhorst	1998		0	0
10	Brian McClair	MF	(1963-12-08)8 December 1963 (aged 35)	Manchester United	1998^[1]	2001^[1]
11	Owen Coyle	FW	(1966-07-14)14 July 1966 (aged 32)	Dundee United	1997
12	Jan Michels	MF	(1970-09-08)8 September 1970 (aged 28)	Go Ahead Eagles	1998		11	0
13	Mikko Kavén	GK	(1975-02-19)19 February 1975 (aged 24)	HJK	1998		17	0
14	Kevin Christie	DF	(1976-04-01)1 April 1976 (aged 23)	East Fife	1997
15	Eliphas Shivute	FW	(1974-09-27)27 September 1974 (aged 24)	Alemannia Aachen	1997		25	3
29	Kai Nyyssönen	FW	(1972-06-10)10 June 1972 (aged 26)	Córdoba	1998		4	1

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref
25 June 1998	MF	Brian McClair	Manchester United	Free	^[1]
1 July 1998	GK	Mikko Kavén	HJK	£50,000
1 July 1998	DF	Holm Kraska	Atlas Delmenhorst	Undisclosed
1 July 1998	DF	Jamie McGowan	Falkirk	Free
1 July 1998	DF	Michel Doesburg	AZ Alkmaar	Undisclosed
1 July 1998	DF	Jered Stirling	Partick Thistle	Undisclosed
1 July 1998	DF	David White	Ipswich Town	Undisclosed
1 July 1998	DF	Shaun Teale	Tranmere Rovers	Undisclosed
1 July 1998	MF	Jan Michels	Go Ahead Eagles	Undisclosed
1 July 1998	MF	Rob Matthaei	Volendam	Undisclosed
1 July 1998	MF	Greg Miller	Livingston	Undisclosed
1 July 1998	MF	Derek Adams	Ross County	£200,000
1 July 1998	FW	Stephen Halliday	Hartlepool United	£50,000
1 July 1998	FW	Kai Nyyssönen	Córdoba	Undisclosed
1 July 1998	FW	Stevie Nicholas	Stirling Albion	£100,000
3 September 1998	MF	Pat Nevin	Kilmarnock	Free
25 October 1998	MF	Ged Brannan	Manchester City	£350,000
16 December 1998	DF	Tony Thomas	Everton	£150,000
1 January 1999	FW	Hervé Bacqué	Luton Town	Undisclosed
13 January 1999	GK	Andy Goram	Sheffield United	Undisclosed	^[2]
28 January 1999	FW	John Spencer	Everton	Undisclosed

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date to
26 October 1998	FW	John Spencer	Everton	27 January 1999
12 March 1999	MF	Mark Gower	Tottenham Hotspur	End of season
23 March 1999	FW	Don Goodman	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	End of season

Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee
1 January 1999	GK	Mikko Kavén	Vålerenga	Undisclosed
1 January 1999	DF	Holm Kraska	Lok Stendal	Undisclosed
1 February 1999	MF	Jan Michels	Den Bosch	Undisclosed
1 April 1998	FW	Kai Nyyssönen	Haka	Undisclosed

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
19 March 1999	MF		Dougie Ramsay	East Fife	19 April 1999
1 May 1999	FW		Hervé Bacqué	Lyn	End of season

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
17 December 1998	MF		Brian McClair	Retirement

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	1 August 1998	23 May 1999	Matchday 1	7th	36	10	11	15	35	54	−19	027.78
Scottish Cup	24 January 1999	6 March 1999	Third round	Quarterfinal	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	066.67
League Cup	8 August 1998	18 August 1998	Second round	Third Round	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	050.00
Total					41	13	11	17	41	59	−18	031.71

Last updated: 23 May 1999
Source: Soccerway

Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Dundee	36	13	7	16	36	56	−20	46
6	Heart of Midlothian	36	11	9	16	44	50	−6	42
7	Motherwell	36	10	11	15	35	54	−19	41
8	Aberdeen	36	10	7	19	43	71	−28	37
9	Dundee United	36	8	10	18	37	48	−11	34

Updated to match(es) played on end of season. Source: Soccerway and SPL official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	10	11	15	34	54	−20	41	6	5	7	19	31	−12	4	6	8	15	23	−8

Source: Fir Park Corner

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	L	D	W	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	D	W	D	L	D	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	D	L	W
Position	4	6	6	6	5	3	7	7	10	10	8	8	9	5	6	7	8	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7

Source: Fir Park Corner
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

1 August 19981	Motherwell	1 – 0	St Johnstone	Fir Park
	Stirling 49'		Kane 30'	Attendance: 5,686 Referee: Alan Freeland

15 August 19982	Rangers	2 – 1	Motherwell	Ibrox
	Wallace 16' Albertz 90' (pen.)		Coyle 52'	Attendance: 49,275 Referee: George Simpson

22 August 19983	Motherwell	0 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic	Fir Park
				Attendance: 9,858 Referee: Martin Clark

30 August 19984	Motherwell	1 – 0	Dundee United	Fir Park
	Nyyssonen 43'			Attendance: 11,201 Referee: Jim McCluskey

12 September 19985	Aberdeen	1 – 1	Motherwell	Pittodrie
	Jess 7'		Coyle 34'	Attendance: 11,560 Referee: Kenny Clark

19 September 19986

Motherwell

0 – 0

Kilmarnock

Fir Park

23 September 19987	Hearts	3 – 0	Motherwell	Tynecastle
	Weir 71' McCann 87', pen.', 90'			Attendance: 12,323 Referee: Kenny Clark

26 September 19988	Dundee	1 – 0	Motherwell	Dens Park
	Irvine 8'			Attendance: 5,655

3 October 19989	Motherwell	1 – 2	Celtic	Fir Park
	Adams 90'		Brattbakk 29' Lambert 45'	Attendance: 12,103 Referee: Jim McCluskey

17 October 199810	St Johnstone	5 – 0	Motherwell	McDiarmid Park
	O'Boyle 39', 85' Kernaghan 53' Simao 62' Dods 88'			Attendance: 4,062 Referee: John Rowbotham

28 October 199811	Motherwell	1 – 0	Rangers	Fir Park
	Spencer 55'			Attendance: 11,777 Referee: Eric Martindale

31 October 199812	Motherwell	2 – 2	Aberdeen	Fir Park
	Spencer 57' Jamie McGowan 69'		Newell 31' Winters 47'	Attendance: 8,146 Referee: Garry Mitchell

7 November 199813	Dundee United	2 – 2	Motherwell	Tannadice
	Dodds 48' Jonsson 60'		Coyle 4', 50' McCulloch 37'	Attendance: 6,616 Referee: Michael McCurry

14 November 199814	Motherwell	3 – 2	Hearts	Fir Park
	Spencer 40' Coyle 68', 84'		Hamilton 69' (pen.) Guerin 85'	Attendance: 8,912 Referee: Martin Clark

21 November 199815	Kilmarnock	0 – 0	Motherwell	Rugby Park
				Attendance: 10,176 Referee: Jim McCluskey

28 November 199816	Celtic	2 – 0	Motherwell	Celtic Park
	Larsson 40' O'Donnell 46'			Attendance: 59,227 Referee: Kenny Clark

12 December 199817	Dunfermline Athletic	1 – 1	Motherwell	East End Park
	Tod 48' Smith 79'		Spencer 47' Doesburg 88'	Attendance: 13,102 Referee: Alan Freeland

16 December 199818	Motherwell	2 – 1	Dundee	Fir Park
	Coyle 34' McMillan 77' Teale 82'		Adamczuk 37'	Attendance: 5,890 Referee: Eric Martindale

19 December 199819	Motherwell	1 – 2	St Johnstone	Fir Park
	Adams 27'		Connolly 31' Grant 72'	Attendance: 5,700 Referee: Willie Young

26 December 199820	Motherwell	2 – 0	Dundee United	Fir Park
	McMillan 55' Brannan 57'			Attendance: 6,001

29 December 199821	Aberdeen	1 – 1	Motherwell	Pittodrie
	Jess 31'		McCulloch 67' McMillan 83'	Attendance: 15,269 Referee: John Underhill

1 January 199922	Motherwell	1 – 2	Kilmarnock	Fir Park
	Brannan 26'		McCoist 15' McGowne 86'	Attendance: 8,532 Referee: Kenny Clark

30 January 199923	Hearts	0 – 2	Motherwell	Tynecastle
			McCulloch 48' Adams 71'	Attendance: 12,821 Referee: Willie Young

6 February 199924	Dundee	1 – 0	Motherwell	Dens Park
	Tweed 3' Irvine 86'			Attendance: 4,187 Referee: Ian Fyfe

21 February 199925	Motherwell	1 – 7	Celtic	Fir Park
	Spencer 14' Brannan 26'		Larsson 22', pen.', 65', 86', 87' Moravcik 30' Burley 74' Burchill 85'	Attendance: 11,963 Referee: Kenny Clark

27 February 199926	Motherwell	1 – 1	Dunfermline Athletic	Fir Park
	McCulloch 46'		Britton 86'	Attendance: 6,094 Referee: Willie Young

13 March 199927	Rangers	2 – 1	Motherwell	Ibrox
	Wallace 31' Johansson 59'		Mark Gower 68'	Attendance: 49,483 Referee: Bobby Orr

20 March 199928	Motherwell	1 – 1	Aberdeen	Fir Park
	Teale 90' (pen.)		Winters 59'	Attendance: 6,963 Referee: John Rowbotham

3 April 199929	Dundee United	0 – 3	Motherwell	Tannadice
			Brannan 7' Spencer 38', 60'	Attendance: 8,110 Referee: Martin Clark

10 April 199930	Motherwell	1 – 2	Dundee	Fir Park
	Spencer 2' Thomas 44'		Falconer 65' Grady 73'	Attendance: 5,717 Referee: Eric Martindale

17 April 199931	Celtic	1 – 0	Motherwell	Celtic Park
	Larsson 63' (pen.)			Attendance: 59,588 Referee: Jim McCluskey

24 April 199932	Motherwell	0 – 4	Hearts	Fir Park
			Jackson 21' Adam 46', 59' Cameron 90'	Attendance: 8,926 Referee: Alan Freeland

1 May 199933	Kilmarnock	0 – 1	Motherwell	Rugby Park
			Brannan 53' (pen.)	Attendance: 8,867 Referee: Kevin Toner

8 May 199934	St Johnstone	0 – 0	Motherwell	McDiarmid Park
				Attendance: 4,599 Referee: Ian Fyfe

15 May 199935	Motherwell	1 – 5	Rangers	Fir Park
	Nicholas 74'		Amato 16', 51', 54' (pen.) Van Bronckhorst 37' Kanchelskis 65'	Attendance: 11,078

23 May 199936	Dunfermline Athletic	1 – 2	Motherwell	East End Park
	Boyle 20'		Goodman 76' Ramsay 90'	Attendance: 3,532

Source:^[3]

Scottish Cup

24 January 1999Third Round	Motherwell	3 – 1	Hearts	Motherwell
	Brannan 13' Coyle 65' Thomas 74'		Hamilton 56'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 9,372 Referee: Michael McCurry

13 February 1999Fourth Round	Motherwell	2 – 0	Stirling Albion	Motherwell
	McCulloch 63' Forrest 86' (o.g.)	[ Report]		Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 7,244 Referee: Bobby Orr

6 March 1999Quarter-Finals	Motherwell	0 – 2	St Johnstone	Motherwell
		[ Report]	Dods 71' Simao 80'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 7,660 Referee: Michael McCurry

Scottish League Cup

18 August 1999Second Round	East Fife	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Motherwell	Methil
	Gibb 85' Johnston 116'		Halliday 97'	Stadium: Bayview Park Attendance: 1,488 Referee: George Clyde

18 August 1999Third Round	Motherwell	0 – 2	Ayr United	Motherwell
			Hurst 1' Teale 70' (o.g.)	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,893 Referee: Jim Herald

Source:^[3]

Squad statistics

As of match played 23 May 1999

Appearances

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Scottish Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Stevie Woods	8	0	7	0	0	0	1	0
2	DF	SCO	Eddie May	14	0	10+2	0	0+1	0	1	0
3	DF	SCO	Stephen McMillan	33	2	30	2	3	0	0	0
4	DF	ENG	Jamie McGowan	35	1	32	1	2	0	1	0
5	MF	ENG	Ged Brannan	28	6	25	5	3	1	0	0
6	DF	SCO	Greig Denham	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	1+1	0
7	MF	SCO	Ian Ross	13	0	8+4	0	1	0	0	0
8	MF	FIN	Simo Valakari	39	0	35	0	3	0	1	0
9	FW	ENG	Stephen Halliday	6	1	2+2	0	0	0	2	1
10	MF	ENG	Mark Gower	9	1	8+1	1	0	0	0	0
11	FW	SCO	Stevie Nicholas	7	1	1+6	1	0	0	0	0
15	DF	ENG	Tony Thomas	11	1	10	0	1	1	0	0
16	MF	SCO	Billy Davies	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18	MF	SCO	Lee McCulloch	32	4	14+13	3	3	1	2	0
19	DF	NED	Michel Doesburg	34	0	29+1	0	3	0	1	0
20	MF	NED	Rob Matthaei	19	0	14+3	0	0+1	0	1	0
21	DF	NIR	Stephen Craigan	12	0	6+4	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
22	DF	SCO	Jered Stirling	7	1	4+1	1	0	0	1+1	0
23	MF	SCO	Dougie Ramsay	4	1	0+4	1	0	0	0	0
24	MF	SCO	Greg Miller	6	0	1+3	0	0	0	0+2	0
28	DF	ENG	Shaun Teale	34	1	29	1	3	0	2	0
29	GK	SCO	Andy Goram	16	0	13	0	3	0	0	0
30	MF	SCO	Pat Nevin	33	0	14+16	0	2+1	0	0	0
39	MF	SCO	Derek Adams	29	3	11+15	3	1+2	0	0	0
40	FW	SCO	John Spencer	24	7	21	7	3	0	0	0
44	FW	ENG	Don Goodman	8	1	8	1	0	0	0	0
Players away on loan:
	FW	FRA	Hervé Bacqué	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Motherwell but left during the season:
10	MF	SCO	Brian McClair	13	0	8+3	0	0	0	2	0
11	FW	IRL	Owen Coyle	29	8	26	7	2	1	1	0
12	MF	NED	Jan Michels	11	0	7+3	0	0	0	1	0
13	GK	FIN	Mikko Kaven	17	0	16	0	0	0	1	0
14	DF	SCO	Kevin Christie	6	0	4+1	0	0	0	1	0
15	FW	NED	Eliphas Shivute	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	FIN	Kai Nyyssönen	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	0

Goal scorers

Ranking	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Scottish Cup	League Cup	Total
1	FW	11	Owen Coyle	7	1	0	8
2	FW	40	John Spencer	7	0	0	7
3	MF	5	Ged Brannan	5	1	0	6
4	MF	18	Lee McCulloch	3	1	0	4
5	MF	39	Derek Adams	3	0	0	3
6	DF	3	Steve McMillan	2	0	0	2
8	FW	44	Don Goodman	1	0	0	1
	MF	10	Mark Gower	1	0	0	1
	DF	4	Jamie McGowan	1	0	0	1
	FW	11	Stevie Nicholas	1	0	0	1
	FW	29	Kai Nyyssönen	1	0	0	1
	MF	23	Dougie Ramsay	1	0	0	1
	DF	22	Jered Stirling	1	0	0	1
	DF	28	Shaun Teale	1	0	0	1
	DF	15	Tony Thomas	0	1	0	1
	FW	9	Stephen Halliday	0	0	1	1
			Own goal	0	1	0	1
TOTALS				35	5	1	41

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Total
2		DF	Eddie May	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3		DF	Stephen McMillan	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	1
4		DF	Jamie McGowan	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
5		MF	Ged Brannan	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
7		MF	Ian Ross	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
8		MF	Simo Valakari	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
11		FW	Stevie Nicholas	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15		DF	Tony Thomas	2	1	1	0	0	0	3	1
18		MF	Lee McCulloch	8	1	0	0	2	0	10	1
19		DF	Michel Doesburg	4	1	0	0	1	0	5	1
20		MF	Rob Matthaei	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
28		DF	Shaun Teale	3	1	1	0	0	0	4	1
39		MF	Derek Adams	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
40		FW	John Spencer	4	1	2	0	0	0	6	1
44		FW	Don Goodman	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Players who left Motherwell during the season:
11		FW	Owen Coyle	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
12		MF	Jan Michels	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
14		DF	Kevin Christie	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
29		FW	Kai Nyyssönen	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	61	6	4	0	3	0	68	6

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The 2001–02 season was the 121st season of competitive football by Heart of Midlothian, and their 19th consecutive season in the top level of Scottish football, competing in the Scottish Premier League. Hearts also competed in the Scottish Cup and League Cup.

The 1998–99 season was Heart of Midlothian F.C.'s 16th consecutive season in the top level of Scottish football, the new Scottish Premier League, formed by the clubs from the previous season's Scottish Premier Division. Hearts also competed in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Scottish Cup and League Cup.

The 1997–98 season was Heart of Midlothian F.C.'s 15th consecutive season of play in the Scottish Premier Division. Hearts also competed in the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup.

The 2001–02 season was Motherwell's 4th season in the Scottish Premier League, and their 17th consecutive season in the top division of Scottish football.

The 2004–05 season was Motherwell's 7th season in the Scottish Premier League, and their 20th consecutive season in the top division of Scottish football.

The 2003–04 season was Motherwell's 6th season in the Scottish Premier League, and their 19th consecutive season in the top division of Scottish football.

Season 2001-02 saw Livingston compete in the Scottish Premier League. They also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

The 1998–99 season was the 105th season of competitive football by Celtic. Celtic competed in the Scottish Premier League, UEFA Cup, Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

The 2000–01 season was Motherwell's 3rd season in the Scottish Premier League, and their 16th consecutive season in the top division of Scottish football.

The 1999–2000 season was Motherwell's 2nd season in the Scottish Premier League, and their 15th consecutive season in the top division of Scottish football.

The 1997-98 season was Motherwell's 13th consecutive season in the Scottish Premier Division, and their final season before the top division of Scottish Football was reformed as the Scottish Premier League.

The 1996-97 season was Motherwell's 12th consecutive season in the Scottish Premier Division, the top division of Scottish Football.

References

1 2 3 4 "McClair back where it began". heraldscotland.com. The Herald. 26 June 1998. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
1 2 3 4 "Football: Goram signs for Motherwell". independent.co.uk. The Independent. 13 January 1999. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
1 2 Results and Fixtures 1998-1999, Fir Park Corner

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[Brian_McClair-1] 1 2 3 4 "McClair back where it began". heraldscotland.com. The Herald. 26 June 1998. Retrieved 10 May 2023.

[Andy_Goram-2] 1 2 3 4 "Football: Goram signs for Motherwell". independent.co.uk. The Independent. 13 January 1999. Retrieved 9 May 2023.

[Fixtures-3] 1 2 Results and Fixtures 1998-1999, Fir Park Corner

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