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Season 1998–99 was a successful season forHibernian F.C. as the club got promoted on their first attempt and achieved a record number of points, following their relegation from theScottish Premier League the year prior.^[2] There was disappointment in the cup competitions, however, as the club were beaten byStirling Albion in theScottish Cup, and were defeated convincingly 4–0 bySt Johnstone in theLeague Cup. As a First Division club, Hibs would have entered theScottish Challenge Cup, but the competition was not played during the 1998–99 season due to a lack of sponsorship.^[3]

Greenock Morton vHibernian

4 August 1998SFL First Division	Greenock Morton	0–1	Hibernian	Cappielow Park,Greenock
			Lavety 90'	Attendance: 4,600 Referee:Young

Hibernian vStranraer

15 August 1998SFL First Division	Hibernian	1–2	Stranraer	Easter Road,Edinburgh
	Skinner		Black 48' (pen.) Young 58'	Attendance: 8,000

Falkirk vHibernian

22 August 1998SFL First Division	Falkirk	1–1	Hibernian	Brockville Park,Falkirk
	Keith 21'		Dennis 52'	Attendance: 5,758 Referee:Dallas

Hibernian vAyr United

29 August 1998SFL First Division	Hibernian	4–2	Ayr United	Easter Road,Edinburgh
	Guggi 14' Crawford 15',73' (pen.) Lovell 69'		Hurst 49' Findlay 57' (pen.)	Attendance: 9,222 Referee:Rowbotham

Clydebank vHibernian

5 September 1998SFL First Division	Clydebank	2–2	Hibernian	Boghead Park,Dumbarton
	Teale 73' Brannigan 90'		Harper 58' Crawford 89'	Attendance: 1,803 Referee:Mitchell

St Mirren vHibernian

12 September 1998SFL First Division	St Mirren	2–0	Hibernian	Love Street,Paisley
	Yardley 38' Nicolson 82'			Attendance: 3,638

Hibernian vRaith Rovers

19 September 1998SFL First Division	Hibernian	3–1	Raith Rovers	Easter Road,Edinburgh
	Crawford 68' (pen.),89' Guggi 78'		Wright 60'	Attendance: 8,850

Airdrieonians vHibernian

3 October 1998SFL First Division	Airdrieonians	1–3	Hibernian	Excelsior Stadium,Airdrie
	Black 63'		McGinlay 26',50' Paatelainen 33'	Attendance: 4,995 Referee:Young

Stranraer vHibernian

10 October 1998SFL First Division	Stranraer	0–1	Hibernian	Stair Park,Stranraer
			Lovell 87'	Attendance: 2,256

Hibernian vGreenock Morton

17 October 1998SFL First Division	Hibernian	2–1	Greenock Morton	Easter Road,Edinburgh
	Prenderville 10' McGinlay 85'		Twaddle 59'	Attendance: 9,520 Referee:Simpson

Ayr United vHibernian

24 October 1998SFL First Division	Ayr United	3–3	Hibernian	Somerset Park,Ayr
	Hurst 3',71' Walker 25' (pen.)		Hughes 41',87' Paatelainen 85'	Attendance: 4,684 Referee:Dougal

Hibernian vClydebank

31 October 1998SFL First Division	Hibernian	2–1	Clydebank	Easter Road,Edinburgh
	McGinlay 33' Paatelainen 85'		Brown 88'	Attendance: 9,027

Raith Rovers vHibernian

7 November 1998SFL First Division	Raith Rovers	1–3	Hibernian	Stark's Park,Kirkcaldy
	Dargo 86'		McGinlay 59' Crawford 62' (pen.) Paatelainen 77'	Attendance: 4,927 Referee:Clyde

Hamilton Academical vHibernian

21 November 1998SFL First Division	Hamilton Academical	2–2	Hibernian	Firhill Stadium,Glasgow
	Moore 75' Henderson 88'		Paatelainen 33',60'	Attendance: 2,288 Referee:Bisset

Hibernian vSt Mirren

24 November 1998SFL First Division	Hibernian	4–1	St Mirren	Easter Road,Edinburgh
	Lovell 28',35' Prenderville 42' McGinlay 75'		Yardley 22'	Attendance: 9,097 Referee:Fleming

Hibernian vAirdrieonians

28 November 1998SFL First Division	Hibernian	1–0	Airdrieonians	Easter Road,Edinburgh
	Lovell 82'			Attendance: 9,758 Referee:McCurry

Greenock Morton vHibernian

5 December 1998SFL First Division	Greenock Morton	1–3	Hibernian	Cappielow Park,Greenock
	Fenwick 89'		Crawford 5' Lovell 83' Rougier 90'	Attendance: 3,150 Referee:Rowbotham

Hibernian vFalkirk

12 December 1998SFL First Division	Hibernian	2–1	Falkirk	Easter Road,Edinburgh
	Hughes 6' Crawford 69'		Crabbe 79' (pen.)	Attendance: 12,570 Referee:Dougal

Hibernian vClydebank

19 December 1998SFL First Division	Hibernian	3–0	Clydebank	Easter Road,Edinburgh
	McGinlay 10',90' Latapy 90'			Attendance: 9,060 Referee:Clark

Hibernian vAyr United

26 December 1998SFL First Division	Hibernian	3–0	Ayr United	Easter Road,Edinburgh
	McGinlay 25' Paatelainen 41',58'			Attendance: 14,106 Referee:McCluskey

Hibernian vRaith Rovers

2 January 1999SFL First Division	Hibernian	5–1	Raith Rovers	Easter Road,Edinburgh
	Lovell 1' McGinlay 12',43' Latapy 22' McEwan 72' (o.g.)		Dargo 39'	Attendance: 14,703 Referee:Herald

St Mirren vHibernian

9 January 1999SFL First Division	St Mirren	1–2	Hibernian	Love Street,Paisley
	Kerr 87'		Paatelainen 51' Hartley 82'	Attendance: 6,064 Referee:Toner

Hibernian vHamilton Academical

16 January 1999SFL First Division	Hibernian	4–0	Hamilton Academical	Easter Road,Edinburgh
	Paatelainen 37',61' Lavety 68' McGinlay 90'			Attendance: 10,229 Referee:Dallas

Airdrieonians vHibernian

30 January 1999SFL First Division	Airdrieonians	1–3	Hibernian	Excelsior Stadium,Airdrie
	Black 30' (pen.)		Paatelainen 40' Lovell 57',87'	Attendance: 4,763 Referee:Clyde

Hibernian vStranraer

6 February 1999SFL First Division	Hibernian	2–0	Stranraer	Easter Road,Edinburgh
	Crawford 31',35'			Attendance: 8,649 Referee:Elmslie

Falkirk vHibernian

20 February 1999SFL First Division	Falkirk	1–2	Hibernian	Brockville Park,Falkirk
	Keith 52'		Hartley 45' den Bieman 67' (o.g.)	Attendance: 5,978 Referee:Toner

Ayr United vHibernian

27 February 1999SFL First Division	Ayr United	1–3	Hibernian	Somerset Park,Ayr
	Ferguson 5' (pen.)		Crawford 19' (pen.),44',77'	Attendance: 5,010 Referee:Clark

Clydebank vHibernian

13 March 1999SFL First Division	Clydebank	2–0	Hibernian	Boghead Park,Dumbarton
	Elliot 43' Love 57'			Attendance: 1,695 Referee:Mitchell

Hibernian vAirdrieonians

20 March 1999SFL First Division	Hibernian	3–0	Airdrieonians	Easter Road,Edinburgh
	Dennis 6' Holsgrove 14' Lovering 90'			Attendance: 9,990 Referee:Martindale

Hamilton Academical vHibernian

3 April 1999SFL First Division	Hamilton Academical	0–2	Hibernian	Firhill Stadium,Glasgow
			Latapy 32',51'	Attendance: 4,350 Referee:Rowbotham

Raith Rovers vHibernian

10 April 1999SFL First Division	Raith Rovers	1–3	Hibernian	Stark's Park,Kirkcaldy
	Holmes 29'		Latapy 12' Dennis 52' Marinkov 84'	Attendance: 5,740 Referee:Elmslie

Hibernian vSt Mirren

17 April 1999SFL First Division	Hibernian	2–1	St Mirren	Easter Road,Edinburgh
	Hartley 72' Latapy 85'		McGarry 32'	Attendance: 8,969 Referee:McCurry

Hibernian vGreenock Morton

24 April 1999SFL First Division	Hibernian	2–1	Greenock Morton	Easter Road,Edinburgh
	Lovell 11' Sauzee 42'		Anderson 7'	Attendance: 8,874 Referee:Clark

Stranraer vHibernian

1 May 1999SFL First Division	Stranraer	0–4	Hibernian	Stair Park,Stranraer
			Lovell 20' Crawford 56' Miller 77' Hartley 80'	Attendance: 1,380[2] Referee:Clyde

Hibernian vFalkirk

8 May 1999SFL First Division	Hibernian	2–1	Falkirk	Easter Road,Edinburgh
	Sauzee 45' Hartley 47'		Crabbe 71'	Attendance: 14,843 Referee: Freeland

Hamilton Academical vHibernian

8 August 1998Scottish League Cup	Hamilton Academical	1–2	Hibernian	Firhill Stadium,Glasgow
	McFarlane 67'		Skinner[4] Lovell 89'	Attendance: 3,063 Referee: Freeland

Hibernian vAberdeen

19 August 1998Scottish League Cup	Hibernian	1–0	Aberdeen	Easter Road,Edinburgh
	Crawford 82' (pen)			Attendance: 10,500 Referee:Dougal

St Johnstone vHibernian

8 September 1998Scottish League Cup	St Johnstone	4–0	Hibernian	McDiarmid Park,Perth
	Lowndes 11',32' McMahon 24' O'Neil 57'			Attendance: 8,165 Referee:Young

Hibernian vStirling Albion

23 January 1999Scottish Cup	Hibernian	1–1	Stirling Albion	Easter Road,Edinburgh
	Lovering 76'		Nicholas 20'	Attendance: 8,730 Referee:Simpson

Stirling Albion vHibernian

2 February 1999Scottish Cup	Stirling Albion	2–1	Hibernian	Forthbank Stadium,Stirling
	McCallum 14' Jackson 58'		Latapy 36'	Attendance: 3,592 Referee:Simpson

Players in [edit] Player From Fee Bryan Gunn Norwich City Free Stuart Lovell Reading Free Paul Holsgrove Brighton & Hove Albion £110,000 Mixu Paatelainen Wolverhampton Wanderers £75,000 Paul Lovering Clydebank £100,000 Derek Collins Greenock Morton £120,000 Paul Hartley Raith Rovers £250,000 Tom Smith Clydebank Free Franck Sauzee Montpellier HSC Free Alex Marinkov Scarborough £25,000

Players out [edit] Player To Fee Jamie McQuilken Falkirk Free Andy Dow Aberdeen £80,000 Darren Dods St Johnstone £70,000 Willie Miller Dundee Free Graeme Donald Stirling Albion Free Gordon Hunter Canberra Cosmos Free Stuart McCaffrey Aberdeen Free Jimmy Boco Retired Free Ian McDonald Stenhousemuir Free John Martin East Fife Free Kevin Harper Derby County £300,000 Bjarni Larusson Walsall Free Tony Rougier Port Vale £175,000 Rab Shannon East Fife Free Klaus Dietrich Free Bryan Gunn Retired Free

Loans in [edit] Player From Barry Prenderville Coventry City

Loans out [edit] Player To Paul Riley Brechin City Paul Tosh Partick Thistle Kenny Miller Stenhousemuir Emilio Bottiglieri Albion Rovers David Elliot Wigan Athletic Paul Tosh Exeter City Russell Huggon Stenhousemuir Jamie Carter East Stirlingshire

During the 1998–99 season, Hibs used 34 different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.^[5]GoalkeeperOlafur Gottskalksson played in every competitive match.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		First Division		Scottish Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ISL	Olafur Gottskalksson	41	0	36	0	2	0	3	0
	DF	SCO	Derek Anderson	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Derek Collins	17	0	16	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Mark Dempsie	10	0	8	0	2	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Shaun Dennis	36	3	31	3	2	0	3	0
	DF	AUT	Klaus Dietrich	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	David Elliot	11	0	8	0	0	0	3	0
	DF	SCO	John Hughes	26	3	23	3	0	0	3	0
	DF	SCO	Paul Lovering	19	2	17	1	2	1	0	0
	DF	EIR	Barry Prenderville	13	2	13	2	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Alan Reid	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Michael Renwick	19	0	16	0	0	0	3	0
	DF	SCO	Rab Shannon	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Tom Smith	6	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Scott Bannerman	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	CAN	Emilio Bottiglieri	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	AUT	Peter Guggi	10	2	8	2	0	0	2	0
	MF	SCO	Kevin Harper	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Paul Hartley	14	5	12	5	2	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Paul Holsgrove	19	1	17	1	0	0	2	0
	MF	TRI	Russell Latapy	25	7	23	6	2	1	0	0
	MF	AUS	Stuart Lovell	36	12	31	11	2	0	3	1
	MF	FRA	Alex Marinkov	10	1	10	1	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Pat McGinlay	35	12	30	12	2	0	3	0
	MF	SCO	Eric Paton	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	TRI	Tony Rougier	18	1	15	1	0	0	3	0
	MF	FRA	Franck Sauzee	9	2	9	2	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Justin Skinner	35	3	30	2	2	0	3	1
	FW	SCO	Stephen Crawford	40	15	35	14	2	0	3	1
	FW	SCO	Barry Lavety	28	2	25	2	1	0	2	0
	FW	SCO	Tam McManus	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Kenny Miller	8	1	7	1	0	0	1	0
	FW	FIN	Mixu Paatelainen	28	12	26	12	2	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Paul Tosh	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

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