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)

TABLE

PREMIER LEAGUE (Tier 1) - 1998-99

SEASON END TABLE								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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LEAGUE POSITIONS

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%

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

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1		1	2	-	1	1	3	10	1	Aston Villa (2-2), Manchester United (1-8)
2	1	2	1	-	-	1	1	3	0	Chelsea (1-3)
3	9	3	2	1	-	1	1	3	3	Coventry City (1-0), Manchester United (0-3)
4	1	4	2	-	-	2	1	4	0	Arsenal (0-1), Leeds United (1-3)
5		5	2	-	1	1	1	3	1	Middlesbrough (1-1), Aston Villa (0-2)
6		6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7	3	7	3	1	-	2	4	7	3	Liverpool (1-5), Wimbledon (3-1), Derby County (0-1)
8		8	3	-	3	-	4	4	3	West Ham United (0-0), Derby County (2-2), Liverpool (2-2)
9	1	9	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	West Ham United (1-2)
10	2	10	2	1	-	1	1	2	3	Newcastle United (0-2), Leicester City (1-0)
11	13	11	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Leeds United (1-1)
12	5	12	4	-	-	4	3	8	0	Leicester City (1-3), Newcastle United (1-2), Middlesbrough (1-2), Tottenham Hotspur (0-1)
13		13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
14		14	4	1	-	3	2	4	3	Charlton Athletic (0-1), Wimbledon (0-1), Tottenham Hotspur (0-2), Sheffield Wednesday (2-0)
15		15	3	1	-	2	4	5	3	Arsenal (1-2), Sheffield Wednesday (2-3), Everton (1-0)
16	9	16	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Charlton Athletic (0-0)
17	5	17	1	-	-	1	0	4	0	Coventry City (0-4)
18	47	18	3	1	1	1	5	5	4	Chelsea (1-2), Blackburn Rovers (2-2), Blackburn Rovers (2-1)
19	30	19	2	-	1	1	1	3	1	Everton (0-2), Southampton (1-1)
20	148	20	1	1	-	-	2	1	3	Southampton (2-1)

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 30,025 (Manchester United)
Lowest League Attendance:: 20,480 (Sheffield Wednesday)
Average League Attendance:: 24,415
Highest Cup Attendance:: 10,092 (Portsmouth)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 6,382 (Leyton Orient)

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 7
Yellow Cards:: 92
Red Cards:: 7 (Thierry Bonalair, Steve Stone, Pierre van Hooijdonk, Matthieu Louis-Jean, Carlton Palmer, Richard Gough, Steve Chettle)
Own goals (for):: 0 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 0 (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 1
Penalties conceded:: 7
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 2

GAMES

League

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

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Dave Bassett
Sat Jan 02, 1999	Portsmouth	3		H	0-1	10,092

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Dave Bassett
Tue Sep 15, 1998	Leyton Orient	2	1	A	5-1	4,906	Johnson (4'), Freedman (14', 17'), Stone (44'), Harewood (84')
Tue Sep 22, 1998	Leyton Orient	2	2	H	0-0	6,382
Tue Oct 27, 1998	Cambridge United	3		H	3-3	9,192	Freedman (22'), Armstrong (45'), Harewood (46')
Wed Nov 11, 1998	Manchester United	4		A	1-2	37,237	Stone (68')

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Dave Bassett
Tue Aug 04, 1998	Notts County	Final	H	5-0	3,766	? (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Dave Bassett
Sat Jul 18, 1998	Scunthorpe United	England	A	3-0	2,501	Campbell (13'), Darcheville (40'), Stone (68')
Wed Jul 22, 1998	Chesterfield	England	A	3-4	3,649	? (?, ?, ?)
Tue Jul 28, 1998	FC Kemi Kings	Finland	A	4-0	2,000	? (?, ?, ?, ?)
Thu Jul 30, 1998	FC Haka	Finland	A	2-0	1,796	? (?, ?)
Sat Aug 01, 1998	FC Santa Claus	Finland	A	0-0	2,100
Mon Aug 03, 1998	Lincoln City	England	A	1-0	3,698	? (?)
Mon Aug 10, 1998	Feyenoord	Netherlands	A	2-3	6,003	? (?, ?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Dave Bassett
Wed Oct 07, 1998	Dagenham and Redbridge	England	A	4-0	511	Quashie (?), Darcheville (?), Freedman (?), ? (?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
Manager: Dave Bassett
Sat Jul 18, 1998	Pre-Season Friendly	Scunthorpe United			A	3-0	2,501	Campbell (13'), Darcheville (40'), Stone (68')
Wed Jul 22, 1998	Pre-Season Friendly	Chesterfield			A	3-4	3,649	? (?, ?, ?)
Tue Jul 28, 1998	Pre-Season Friendly	FC Kemi Kings			A	4-0	2,000	? (?, ?, ?, ?)
Thu Jul 30, 1998	Pre-Season Friendly	FC Haka			A	2-0	1,796	? (?, ?)
Sat Aug 01, 1998	Pre-Season Friendly	FC Santa Claus			A	0-0	2,100
Mon Aug 03, 1998	Pre-Season Friendly	Lincoln City			A	1-0	3,698	? (?)
Tue Aug 04, 1998	County Cup	Notts County	Final		H	5-0	3,766	? (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
Mon Aug 10, 1998	Pre-Season Friendly	Feyenoord			A	2-3	6,003	? (?, ?)
Mon Aug 17, 1998	League Tier 1	Arsenal			A	1-2	38,064	Thomas (78')
Sat Aug 22, 1998	League Tier 1	Coventry City			H	1-0	22,546	Stone (51')
Sat Aug 29, 1998	League Tier 1	Southampton			A	2-1	14,942	Darcheville (52'), Stone (68')
Tue Sep 08, 1998	League Tier 1	Everton			H	0-2	25,610
Sat Sep 12, 1998	League Tier 1	Chelsea			A	1-2	34,809	Darcheville (69')
Tue Sep 15, 1998	League Cup	Leyton Orient	2	1	A	5-1	4,906	Johnson (4'), Freedman (14', 17'), Stone (44'), Harewood (84')
Sat Sep 19, 1998	League Tier 1	West Ham United			H	0-0	26,463
Tue Sep 22, 1998	League Cup	Leyton Orient	2	2	H	0-0	6,382
Sat Sep 26, 1998	League Tier 1	Newcastle United			A	0-2	36,760
Sat Oct 03, 1998	League Tier 1	Charlton Athletic			H	0-1	22,661
Wed Oct 07, 1998	Friendly	Dagenham and Redbridge			A	4-0	511	Quashie (?), Darcheville (?), Freedman (?), ? (?)
Sat Oct 17, 1998	League Tier 1	Leeds United			H	1-1	23,911	Stone (85')
Sat Oct 24, 1998	League Tier 1	Liverpool			A	1-5	44,595	Freedman (18')
Tue Oct 27, 1998	League Cup	Cambridge United	3		H	3-3	9,192	Freedman (22'), Armstrong (45'), Harewood (46')
Sun Nov 01, 1998	League Tier 1	Middlesbrough			A	1-1	34,223	Harewood (88')
Sat Nov 07, 1998	League Tier 1	Wimbledon			H	0-1	21,362
Wed Nov 11, 1998	League Cup	Manchester United	4		A	1-2	37,237	Stone (68')
Mon Nov 16, 1998	League Tier 1	Derby County			H	2-2	24,014	Freedman (57'), van Hooijdonk (62')
Sat Nov 21, 1998	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur			A	0-2	35,832
Sat Nov 28, 1998	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			H	2-2	25,753	Bart-Williams (32'), Freedman (44')
Mon Dec 07, 1998	League Tier 1	Sheffield Wednesday			A	2-3	19,321	Bonalair (55'), van Hooijdonk (70')
Sat Dec 12, 1998	League Tier 1	Leicester City			A	1-3	20,891	van Hooijdonk (14')
Sat Dec 19, 1998	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers			H	2-2	22,013	Chettle (22'), Freedman (30')
Sat Dec 26, 1998	League Tier 1	Manchester United			A	0-3	55,216
Mon Dec 28, 1998	League Tier 1	Southampton			H	1-1	23,456	Chettle (54' pen)
Sat Jan 02, 1999	FA Cup	Portsmouth	3		H	0-1	10,092
Manager: Micky Adams
Sat Jan 09, 1999	League Tier 1	Coventry City			A	0-4	17,172
Manager: Ron Atkinson
Sat Jan 16, 1999	League Tier 1	Arsenal			H	0-1	26,021
Sat Jan 30, 1999	League Tier 1	Everton			A	1-0	34,175	van Hooijdonk (51')
Sat Feb 06, 1999	League Tier 1	Manchester United			H	1-8	30,025	Rogers (6')
Sat Feb 13, 1999	League Tier 1	West Ham United			A	1-2	25,458	Hjelde (84')
Sat Feb 20, 1999	League Tier 1	Chelsea			H	1-3	26,351	van Hooijdonk (39')
Sat Feb 27, 1999	League Tier 1	Charlton Athletic			A	0-0	20,007
Wed Mar 10, 1999	League Tier 1	Newcastle United			H	1-2	22,852	Freedman (45')
Sat Mar 13, 1999	League Tier 1	Wimbledon			A	3-1	12,149	Rogers (21'), Freedman (59'), Shipperley (84')
Sat Mar 20, 1999	League Tier 1	Middlesbrough			H	1-2	21,468	Freedman (37')
Sat Apr 03, 1999	League Tier 1	Leeds United			A	1-3	39,645	Rogers (53')
Mon Apr 05, 1999	League Tier 1	Liverpool			H	2-2	28,374	Freedman (60'), van Hooijdonk (90')
Sat Apr 10, 1999	League Tier 1	Derby County			A	0-1	32,217
Sat Apr 17, 1999	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur			H	0-1	25,181
Sat Apr 24, 1999	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			A	0-2	34,492		Relegated
Sat May 01, 1999	League Tier 1	Sheffield Wednesday			H	2-0	20,480	Porfirio (14'), Rogers (16')	Relegated
Sat May 08, 1999	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers			A	2-1	24,565	Freedman (12'), Bart-Williams (56')	Relegated
Sun May 16, 1999	League Tier 1	Leicester City			H	1-0	25,353	Bart-Williams (56')	Relegated

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (12) - £2,415,000				Out (22) - £12,550,000
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Jesper Mattsson	Bought			Bobby Howe	Sold
	John Harkes	Loan In			Christian Edwards	Loan Out
	Matthieu Louis-Jean	Loan In			Etienne Mendy	Sold
	Matthieu Louis-Jean	Bought		1999	Geoff Thomas (1997-98)	Sold
	Schmidt	Bought			Glynn Hodges	Sold
Apr 13, 1997	Neil Shipperley	Bought	£1,470,000		John Finnigan	Sold
Mar 07, 1998	Chris Doig	Bought	Free	1999	Marlon Harewood	Loan out
Jan 30, 1999	Carlton Palmer	Bought	£945,000		Roche (Guest)	Sold
Jan 30, 1999	Hugo Porfirio	Loan In			Schmidt	Sold
Jan 30, 1999	Stale Stensaas	Bought			Tony Carbone	Sold
Mar 10, 1999	Richard Gough	Loan In		1998	John Finnigan	Loan Out
Apr 01, 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

*Age = Player age on August 1st					Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	Age*	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK	1	Dave Beasant	England	39	30	5	7	18		1		1		12
GK	13	Mark Crossley	Wales	29	14	5	3	6					1	29
GK	33	Marco Pascolo	Switz	32
GK	39	Mark Goodlad	England	18										1
Defenders
D	3	Alan Rogers	England	21	38	9	7	22	4	9		5		1	Player Of The Year
D	5	Steve Chettle	England	29	38	8	8	22	2	8	1	2	2	1
D	12	Chris Doig	Scotland	17	2			2					1	1
D	15	Craig Armstrong	England	23	26	5	7	14	1	3		4	2	2	Left to join Huddersfield Town
D	15	Richard Gough	Sweden	36	7	2	1	4		3	1	1		1	On loan from San Jose Clash
D	22	Des Lyttle	England	26	13	3	2	8		1		3	6	7
D	24	Christian Edwards	Wales	22	12	4	2	6		1		1	5	10
D	25	Jesper Mattsson	Sweden	30	6	1	1	4		1		1	1	1
D	30	John Harkes	USA	31	3	1		2		1		1			On loan from DC United
Midfielders
M	2	Matthieu Louis-Jean	France	22	20	5	4	11		4	1	1	2	2	On loan from Le Havre
M	4	Nigel Quashie	England	20	19	1	6	12		4		6	5	2
M	6	Jon Olav Hjelde	Norway	26	20	2	6	12	1	3		3	1	4
M	7	Steve Stone	England	26	30	5	8	17	5	5	1	1			Left to join Aston Villa
M	8	Scot Gemmill	Scotland	27	23	4	7	12		2		8	2		Left to join Everton
M	10	Andy Johnson	Wales	24	31	5	7	19	1	8		5	3
M	15	John Burns	Rep. of Ire.	20	1		1						1
M	16	Geoff Thomas (1997-98)	England	33	5	2		3	1	1		2
M	17	Thierry Bonalair	France	32	31	7	9	15	1	5	1	4	4	2
M	20	Carlton Palmer	England	32	13	5	2	6		3	1
M	20	Glynn Hodges	Wales	35	5	2		3		1		1	2		Left to join Scarborough
M	23	Bernard Allou	Ivory Coast	23	2	1	1						2	3
M	26	Steve Melton	England	19	1	1
M	31	Hugo Porfirio	Portugal	24	9	4		5	1	4		3	6		On loan from Benfica
M	32	Stale Stensaas	Norway	27	7	1	1	5		1		5	1	1	On loan from Rangers
Forwards
F	9	Neil Shipperley	England	23	20	1	6	13	1	1		3	7	4
F	11	Chris Bart-Williams	England	24	27	6	6	15	3	4		4	4	1
F	14	Dougie Freedman	Scotland	24	36	8	9	19	12	3		11	11	2
F	18	Ian Woan	England	30	2			2		1			2	7
F	19	Jean-Claude Darcheville	Fr. Guiana	23	19	6	5	8	2	4		14	4	7
F	21	Steve Guinan	England	22
F	23	Andy Dawson	England	19	1		1							2	Left to join Scunthorpe United
F	27	Andy Gray	England	20	12	1	4	7				2	7	6
F	28	Gareth Williams	Scotland	16										1
F	29	Marlon Harewood	England	18	28	6	7	15	3	6		8	15	3
F	40	Pierre van Hooijdonk	Netherlands	28	22	3	4	15	6	4	1	1	3	1
F		David Freeman	Rep. of Ire.	18	1			1					1		Reserve squad

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 14

Goals (Pens)	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 (1)	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 (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Arsenal	Mon Aug 17, 1998	Away	1-2	Sat Jan 16, 1999	Home	0-1
Chelsea	Sat Sep 12, 1998	Away	1-2	Sat Feb 20, 1999	Home	1-3
Manchester United	Sat Dec 26, 1998	Away	0-3	Sat Feb 06, 1999	Home	1-8
Newcastle United	Sat Sep 26, 1998	Away	0-2	Wed Mar 10, 1999	Home	1-2
Tottenham Hotspur	Sat Nov 21, 1998	Away	0-2	Sat Apr 17, 1999	Home	0-1