SEASON: 1998-99
- DIVISION:
- F.A. Carling Premiership (Tier 1)
- MANAGER(s):
- Dave Bassett, Micky Adams, Ron Atkinson
- FA Cup:
- 3rd Round (Portsmouth (H) 0-1)
- League Cup:
- 4th Round (Manchester United (A) 1-2)
- Player Of The Year:
- Alan Rogers
- Top Goalscorer:
- Dougie Freedman (12 goals)
- Competitive Games:
- 43
- Competitive Goals:
- 44
- Goals per game:
- 1.0
- League Games:
- 38
- League Points:
- 30 out of 114 (3 points per win)
- Points Percentage:
- 26.3%
ALL GAMES
LEAGUE GAMES
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions and
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the positions.
ATTENDANCES (HOME)
MISCELLANEOUS
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GAMES
League
FA Cup
League Cup
County Cup
Pre-Season Friendly
Friendly
TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.
SQUAD
Competitive goals only
LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season
Goal count: | 1 goal | 2 goals | 3 goals | 4 goals | 5+ goals | Scored | 17 times | 8 times | 2 times | 1 time | Conceded | 13 times | 14 times | 6 times | 1 time | 2 times | Won By | 5 times | 2 times | 1 time | Lost By | 13 times | 7 times | 1 time | 2 times | 1 time |
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Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions and
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the positions.
ATTENDANCES (HOME)
- Highest League Attendance:
- 30,025
- Lowest League Attendance:
- 20,480
- Average League Attendance:
- 24,415
- Highest Cup Attendance:
- 10,092
- Lowest Cup Attendance:
- 6,382
MISCELLANEOUS
- Clean Sheets:
- 7
- Red cards:
- 7
- Yellow cards:
- 89
- Own goals (for):
- (scored by opponents for us)
- Own goals (against):
- (scored by us for opponents)
- Yellow cards:
- 89
- Penalties scored:
- 1
- Penalties conceded:
- 2
- Penalties missed:
- 0
- Penalties saved:
- 2
END OF SEASON TABLE (1998-99)
PREMIER LEAGUE (Tier 1) | Home | Away | Results | |||||||||||||||||||
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Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Result | Home | Away |
1 | Manchester United | 38 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 80 | 37 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 45 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 35 | 19 | 43 | 79 | 1-8 | 0-3 | 2 | Arsenal | 38 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 59 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 12 | 42 | 78 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 3 | Chelsea | 38 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 57 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 27 | 75 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 4 | Leeds United | 38 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 62 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 28 | 67 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 5 | West Ham United | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 46 | 53 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 26 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 27 | -7 | 57 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 6 | Aston Villa | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 51 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 28 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 55 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 7 | Liverpool | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 68 | 49 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 44 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 25 | 19 | 54 | 2-2 | 1-5 | 8 | Derby County | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 40 | 45 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 26 | -5 | 52 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 9 | Middlesbrough | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 48 | 54 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 36 | -6 | 51 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 10 | Leicester City | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 40 | 46 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 21 | -6 | 49 | 1-0 | 1-3 | 11 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 47 | 50 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 26 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 24 | -3 | 47 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 12 | Sheffield Wednesday | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 41 | 42 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 21 | 27 | -1 | 46 | 2-0 | 2-3 | 13 | Newcastle United | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 48 | 54 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 29 | -6 | 46 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 14 | Everton | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 42 | 47 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 35 | -5 | 43 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 15 | Coventry City | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 39 | 51 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 30 | -12 | 42 | 1-0 | 0-4 | 16 | Wimbledon | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 40 | 63 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 42 | -23 | 42 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 17 | Southampton | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 37 | 64 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 38 | -27 | 41 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 18 | Charlton Athletic | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 41 | 56 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 36 | -15 | 36 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 19 | Blackburn Rovers | 38 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 38 | 52 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 28 | -14 | 35 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 20 | Nottingham Forest | 38 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 35 | 69 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 38 | -34 | 30 |
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GAMES
League
FA Cup
Date | Opponent | Round | Replay | Count | H/A | Score | Result | Att | Scorers |
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Sat Jan 02, 1999 | Portsmouth | 3 | H | 0-1 | Loss | 10,092 |
League Cup
Date | Opponent | Round | Leg | Replay | Count | H/A | Score | Result | Att | Scorers |
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Tue Sep 15, 1998 | Leyton Orient | 2 | 1 | A | 5-1 | Win | 4,906 | Johnson (4), Freedman (14, 17), Stone (44), Harewood (84) | ||
Tue Sep 22, 1998 | Leyton Orient | 2 | 2 | H | 0-0 | Draw | 6,382 | |||
Tue Oct 27, 1998 | Cambridge United | 3 | H | 3-3 | Win | 9,192 | Freedman (22), Armstrong (45), Harewood (46) | |||
Wed Nov 11, 1998 | Manchester United | 4 | A | 1-2 | Loss | 37,237 | Stone (68) |
County Cup
Date | Opponent | Round | H/A | Score | Result | Att | Scorers |
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Tue Aug 04, 1998 | Notts County | Final | H | 5-0 | Win | 3,766 | ? (?, ?, ?, ?, ?) |
Pre-Season Friendly
Date | Opponent | Country | H/A | Score | Result | Att | Scorers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sat Jul 18, 1998 | Scunthorpe United | England | A | 3-0 | Win | 2,501 | ? (?, ?, ?) |
Wed Jul 22, 1998 | Chesterfield | England | A | 3-4 | Loss | 3,649 | ? (?, ?, ?) |
Tue Jul 28, 1998 | FC Kemi Kings | Finland | A | 4-0 | Win | 2,000 | ? (?, ?, ?, ?) |
Thu Jul 30, 1998 | FC Haka | Finland | A | 2-0 | Win | 1,796 | ? (?, ?) |
Sat Aug 01, 1998 | FC Santa Claus | Finland | A | 0-0 | Draw | 2,100 | |
Mon Aug 03, 1998 | Lincoln City | England | A | 1-0 | Win | 3,698 | ? (?) |
Mon Aug 10, 1998 | Feyenoord | Netherlands | A | 2-3 | Loss | 6,003 | ? (?, ?) |
Friendly
Date | Opponent | Country | H/A | Score | Result | Att | Scorers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wed Oct 07, 1998 | Dagenham and Redbridge | England | A | 4-0 | Win | 511 | Quashie (?), Darcheville (?), Freedman (?), ? (?) |
TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.
In (11) | Out (21) | |||||||
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Date | Player | Details | Fee | Date | Player | Details | Fee | Jesper Mattsson | Bought | Bobby Howe | Sold | John Harkes | Loan In | Geoff Thomas (1997-98) | Sold | Matthieu Louis-Jean | Loan In | Glynn Hodges | Sold | Matthieu Louis-Jean | Bought | 1998 | John Finnigan | Loan Out | Schmidt | Bought | John Finnigan | Sold | Mar 07, 1998 | Chris Doig | Bought | Marlon Harewood | Loan out | Jan 30, 1999 | Carlton Palmer | Bought | £945,000 | Mendy (Guest) | Sold | Jan 30, 1999 | Hugo Porfirio | Loan In | Roche (Guest) | Sold | Jan 30, 1999 | Stale Stensaas | Bought | Schmidt | Sold | Mar 10, 1999 | Richard Gough | Loan In | Tony Carbone | Sold | Apr 05, 1999 | Bernard Allou | Bought | Apr 27, 1998 | Lee Cowling | Sold | May 08, 1998 | Paul McGregor | Released | Jul 22, 1998 | Kevin Campbell | Sold | £2,500,000 | Jul 22, 1998 | Marco Pascolo | Sold | Aug 04, 1998 | Chris Allen | Sold | Aug 10, 1998 | Ian Thomas-Moore | Released | Feb 27, 1999 | Scot Gemmill | Sold | £250,000 | Mar 10, 1999 | Steve Stone | Sold | £5,600,000 | Apr 24, 1999 | Neil Shipperley | Sold | £700,000 | Apr 24, 1999 | Stale Stensaas | Sold | May 01, 1999 | Pierre van Hooijdonk | Sold | £3,500,000 |
SQUAD
Season Record (Competitive Games only) | |||||||||||||
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Pos | Num | Player | P | W | D | L | Goals | Yellows | Reds | Went Off | Came On | Unused Sub | Notes |
GK | 1 | Dave Beasant | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||||
GK | 13 | Mark Crossley | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 29 | |||||
GK | 33 | Marco Pascolo | |||||||||||
GK | 39 | Mark Goodlad | 1 | ||||||||||
D | Colin Cooper | ||||||||||||
D | Lee Cowling | ||||||||||||
D | Schmidt | ||||||||||||
D | Stuart Thom | ||||||||||||
D | 3 | Alan Rogers | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | Player Of The Year | ||
D | 5 | Steve Chettle | 38 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
D | 12 | Chris Doig | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
D | 15 | Craig Armstrong | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | Left to join Huddersfield Town | |
D | 15 | Richard Gough | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | On loan from San Jose Clash | ||
D | 22 | Des Lyttle | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | |||
D | 24 | Christian Edwards | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | |||
D | 25 | Jesper Mattsson | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
D | 30 | John Harkes | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | On loan from DC United | |||||
M | Andy Todd | Reserve squad | |||||||||||
M | Chris Allen | Left to join Port Vale | |||||||||||
M | David Prutton | Reserve squad | |||||||||||
M | Gareth Edds | Reserve squad | |||||||||||
M | John Burns | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
M | Keith Foy | ||||||||||||
M | Kevin Dawson | Reserve squad | |||||||||||
M | Mendy (Guest) | ||||||||||||
M | Richard Cooper | Reserve squad | |||||||||||
M | Richard Hodgson | Reserve squad | |||||||||||
M | Roche (Guest) | ||||||||||||
M | Tony Carbone | ||||||||||||
M | 2 | Matthieu Louis-Jean | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | On loan from Le Havre | |
M | 4 | Nigel Quashie | 19 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | |||
M | 6 | Jon Olav Hjelde | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
M | 7 | Steve Stone | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | Left to join Aston Villa | ||
M | 8 | Scot Gemmill | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | Left to join Everton | |||
M | 16 | Geoff Thomas (1997-98) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
M | 17 | Thierry Bonalair | 31 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |
M | 20 | Carlton Palmer | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | |||||
M | 20 | Glynn Hodges | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | Left to join Scarborough | |||||
M | 23 | Bernard Allou | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
M | 26 | Steve Melton | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
M | 31 | Hugo Porfirio | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | On loan from Benfica | |||
M | 32 | Stale Stensaas | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | On loan from Rangers | ||
F | Bobby Howe | ||||||||||||
F | Carlos Merino | Reserve squad | |||||||||||
F | David Freeman | 1 | 1 | 1 | Reserve squad | ||||||||
F | Ian Thomas-Moore | ||||||||||||
F | Kevin Campbell | ||||||||||||
F | Paul McGregor | Left to join Preston North End | |||||||||||
F | 9 | Neil Shipperley | 20 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | ||
F | 10 | Andy Johnson | 31 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | |||
F | 11 | Chris Bart-Williams | 27 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||
F | 14 | Dougie Freedman | 36 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 2 | ||
F | 18 | Ian Woan | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||||||
F | 19 | Jean-Claude Darcheville | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 7 | ||
F | 21 | Steve Guinan | |||||||||||
F | 23 | Andy Dawson | 1 | 1 | 2 | Left to join Scunthorpe United | |||||||
F | 27 | Andy Gray | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 6 | ||||
F | 28 | Gareth Williams | 1 | ||||||||||
F | 29 | Marlon Harewood | 28 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 3 | ||
F | 40 | Pierre van Hooijdonk | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
GOALSCORERS
Competitive goals only
Goals | Player | Games |
---|---|---|
12 | Dougie Freedman | 36 |
6 | Pierre van Hooijdonk | 22 |
5 | Steve Stone | 30 |
4 | Alan Rogers | 38 |
3 | Chris Bart-Williams | 27 |
3 | Marlon Harewood | 28 |
2 | Jean-Claude Darcheville | 19 |
2 | Steve Chettle | 38 |
1 | Andy Johnson | 31 |
1 | Craig Armstrong | 26 |
1 | Geoff Thomas (1997-98) | 5 |
1 | Hugo Porfirio | 9 |
1 | Jon Olav Hjelde | 20 |
1 | Neil Shipperley | 20 |
1 | Thierry Bonalair | 31 |
Own Goals | 43 |
LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season