The City Ground

SEASON: 1998-99

Prev Season: 1997-98
This Season: 1998-99
Next Season: 1999-00

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)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

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

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
Penalties scored:: 1
Penalties conceded:: 2
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 2

END OF SEASON TABLE

PREMIER LEAGUE (Tier 1)								Home					Away								Results
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	Champions League	1-8	0-3
2	Arsenal	38	22	12	4	59	17	14	5	0	34	5	8	7	4	25	12	42	78	Champions League	0-1	1-2
3	Chelsea	38	20	15	3	57	30	12	6	1	29	13	8	9	2	28	17	27	75	Champions League Third Qualifying round	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	UEFA Cup First Round	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	Intertoto Cup Third Round	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	UEFA Cup First Round	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	UEFA Cup First Round	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	Relegated	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	Relegated	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	Relegated

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
2	Mon Aug 17, 1998	Arsenal	A	1-2	Loss	38,064	17	Thomas (78)
3	Sat Aug 22, 1998	Coventry City	H	1-0	Win	22,546	9	Stone (51 pen)
4	Sat Aug 29, 1998	Southampton	A	2-1	Win	14,942	2	Darcheville (52 pen), Stone (68 pen)
5	Tue Sep 08, 1998	Everton	H	0-2	Loss	25,610	4
6	Sat Sep 12, 1998	Chelsea	A	1-2	Loss	34,809	10	Darcheville (69 pen)
7	Sat Sep 19, 1998	West Ham United	H	0-0	Draw	26,463	11
8	Sat Sep 26, 1998	Newcastle United	A	0-2	Loss	36,760	16
9	Sat Oct 03, 1998	Charlton Athletic	H	0-1	Loss	22,661	18
10	Sat Oct 17, 1998	Leeds United	H	1-1	Draw	23,911	18	Stone (85 pen)
11	Sat Oct 24, 1998	Liverpool	A	1-5	Loss	44,595	19	Freedman (18 pen)
12	Sun Nov 01, 1998	Middlesbrough	A	1-1	Draw	34,223	18	Harewood (88 pen)
13	Sat Nov 07, 1998	Wimbledon	H	0-1	Loss	21,362	19
14	Mon Nov 16, 1998	Derby County	H	2-2	Draw	24,014	18	Freedman (57), van Hooijdonk (62)
15	Sat Nov 21, 1998	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0-2	Loss	35,832	18
16	Sat Nov 28, 1998	Aston Villa	H	2-2	Draw	25,753	18	Bart-Williams (32 pen), Freedman (44 pen)
17	Mon Dec 07, 1998	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2-3	Loss	19,321	19	Bonalair (55 pen), van Hooijdonk (70 pen)
18	Sat Dec 12, 1998	Leicester City	A	1-3	Loss	20,891	19	van Hooijdonk (14 pen)
19	Sat Dec 19, 1998	Blackburn Rovers	H	2-2	Draw	22,013	20	Chettle (22 pen), Freedman (30 pen)
20	Sat Dec 26, 1998	Manchester United	A	0-3	Loss	55,216	20
21	Mon Dec 28, 1998	Southampton	H	1-1	Draw	23,456	20	Chettle (54 pen)
22	Sat Jan 09, 1999	Coventry City	A	0-4	Loss	17,172	20
23	Sat Jan 16, 1999	Arsenal	H	0-1	Loss	26,021	20
24	Sat Jan 30, 1999	Everton	A	1-0	Win	34,175	20	van Hooijdonk (51 pen)
25	Sat Feb 06, 1999	Manchester United	H	1-8	Loss	30,025	20	Rogers (6)
26	Sat Feb 13, 1999	West Ham United	A	1-2	Loss	25,458	20	Hjelde (84 pen)
27	Sat Feb 20, 1999	Chelsea	H	1-3	Loss	26,351	20	van Hooijdonk (39 pen)
28	Sat Feb 27, 1999	Charlton Athletic	A	0-0	Draw	20,007	20
29	Wed Mar 10, 1999	Newcastle United	H	1-2	Loss	22,852	20	Freedman (45 pen)
30	Sat Mar 13, 1999	Wimbledon	A	3-1	Win	12,149	20	Rogers (21 pen), Freedman (59 pen), Shipperley (84 pen)
31	Sat Mar 20, 1999	Middlesbrough	H	1-2	Loss	21,468	20	Freedman (37 pen)
32	Sat Apr 03, 1999	Leeds United	A	1-3	Loss	39,645	20	Rogers (53 pen)
33	Mon Apr 05, 1999	Liverpool	H	2-2	Draw	28,374	20	Freedman (60 pen), van Hooijdonk (90 pen)
34	Sat Apr 10, 1999	Derby County	A	0-1	Loss	32,217	20
35	Sat Apr 17, 1999	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0-1	Loss	25,181	20
36	Sat Apr 24, 1999	Aston Villa	A	0-2	Loss	34,492	20
37	Sat May 01, 1999	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2-0	Win	20,480	20	Porfirio (14 pen), Rogers (16 pen)
38	Sat May 08, 1999	Blackburn Rovers	A	2-1	Win	24,565	20	Freedman (12), Bart-Williams (56)
39	Sun May 16, 1999	Leicester City	H	1-0	Win	25,353	20	Bart-Williams (56 pen)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 02, 1999	Portsmouth	3			H	0-1	Loss	10,092

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Tue Sep 15, 1998	Leyton Orient	2	1	A	5-1	Win	4,906	Johnson (4 pen), Freedman (14 pen, 17 pen), Stone (44 pen), Harewood (84 pen)
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 pen), Armstrong (45 pen), Harewood (46 pen)
Wed Nov 11, 1998	Manchester United	4		A	1-2	Loss	37,237	Stone (68 pen)

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
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 (19)
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			Marlon Harewood	Loan out
	Schmidt	Bought			Mendy (Guest)	Sold
Mar 07, 1998	Chris Doig	Bought			Roche (Guest)	Sold
Jan 30, 1999	Carlton Palmer	Bought	£945,000		Schmidt	Sold
Jan 30, 1999	Hugo Porfirio	Loan In			Tony Carbone	Sold
Jan 30, 1999	Stale Stensaas	Bought		Apr 27, 1998	Lee Cowling	Sold
Mar 10, 1999	Richard Gough	Loan In		May 08, 1998	Paul McGregor	Released
Apr 05, 1999	Bernard Allou	Bought		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)
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		Lee Cowling
D		Schmidt
D		Stuart Thom
D	12	Chris Doig	2			2					1	1
D	15	Richard Gough	7	2	1	4		3	1	1		1	On loan from San Jose Clash
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		David Prutton											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	17	Thierry Bonalair	31	7	9	15	1	5	1	4	4	2
M	20	Carlton Palmer	13	5	2	6		3	1
M	22	Des Lyttle	13	3	2	8		1		3	6	7
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		Chris Allen											Left to join Port Vale
F		Colin Cooper
F		David Freeman	1			1					1		Reserve squad
F		Gareth Edds											Reserve squad
F		Ian Thomas-Moore
F		Kevin Campbell
F		Paul McGregor											Left to join Preston North End
F	3	Alan Rogers	38	9	7	22	4	9		5		1	Player Of The Year
F	5	Steve Chettle	38	8	8	22	2	7	1	2	2	1
F	8	Scot Gemmill	23	4	7	12		2		8	2		Left to join Everton
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	15	Craig Armstrong	26	5	7	14	1	3		4	2	2	Left to join Huddersfield Town
F	16	Geoff Thomas (1997-98)	5	2		3	1	1		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	20	Glynn Hodges	5	2		3				1	2		Left to join Scarborough
F	21	Steve Guinan
F	23	Andy Dawson	1		1							2	Left to join Scunthorpe United
F	24	Christian Edwards	12	4	2	6		1		1	5	10
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

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season