The City Ground

SEASON: 1998-99

Prev Season: 1997-98
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 goal)

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

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

MISC

Clean Sheets:: 7
Red cards:: 7
Yellow cards:: 89

END OF SEASON TABLE

PREMIER LEAGUE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Club	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	Ground	Notes
2	Mon Aug 17, 1998	Arsenal	A	1-2	Loss	38,064	16	Highbury
3	Sat Aug 22, 1998	Coventry City	H	1-0	Win	22,546	8
4	Sat Aug 29, 1998	Southampton	A	2-1	Win	14,942	2	The Dell
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	Stamford Bridge
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	St. James Park (Newcastle)
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
11	Sat Oct 24, 1998	Liverpool	A	1-5	Loss	44,595	18	Anfield
12	Sun Nov 01, 1998	Middlesbrough	A	1-1	Draw	34,223	18	Riverside Stadium
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
15	Sat Nov 21, 1998	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0-2	Loss	35,832	18	White Hart Lane
16	Sat Nov 28, 1998	Aston Villa	H	2-2	Draw	25,753	18
17	Mon Dec 07, 1998	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2-3	Loss	19,321	19	Hillsborough
18	Sat Dec 12, 1998	Leicester City	A	1-3	Loss	20,891	19	Filbert Street
19	Sat Dec 19, 1998	Blackburn Rovers	H	2-2	Draw	22,013	20
20	Sat Dec 26, 1998	Manchester United	A	0-3	Loss	55,216	20	Old Trafford
21	Mon Dec 28, 1998	Southampton	H	1-1	Draw	23,456	20
22	Sat Jan 09, 1999	Coventry City	A	0-4	Loss	17,172	20	Highfield Road	Micky Adams's only game as manager
23	Sat Jan 16, 1999	Arsenal	H	0-1	Loss	26,021	20		Ron Atkinson's first game as manager
24	Sat Jan 30, 1999	Everton	A	1-0	Win	34,175	20	Goodison Park
25	Sat Feb 06, 1999	Manchester United	H	1-8	Loss	30,025	20
26	Sat Feb 13, 1999	West Ham United	A	1-2	Loss	25,458	20	Upton Park
27	Sat Feb 20, 1999	Chelsea	H	1-3	Loss	26,351	20
28	Sat Feb 27, 1999	Charlton Athletic	A	0-0	Draw	20,007	20	The Valley
29	Wed Mar 10, 1999	Newcastle United	H	1-2	Loss	22,852	20
30	Sat Mar 13, 1999	Wimbledon	A	3-1	Win	12,149	20	Selhurst Park
31	Sat Mar 20, 1999	Middlesbrough	H	1-2	Loss	21,468	20
32	Sat Apr 03, 1999	Leeds United	A	1-3	Loss	39,645	20	Elland Road
33	Mon Apr 05, 1999	Liverpool	H	2-2	Draw	28,374	20
34	Sat Apr 10, 1999	Derby County	A	0-1	Loss	32,217	20	Pride Park
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	Villa Park
37	Sat May 01, 1999	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2-0	Win	20,480	20
38	Sat May 08, 1999	Blackburn Rovers	A	2-1	Win	24,565	20	Ewood Park
39	Sun May 16, 1999	Leicester City	H	1-0	Win	25,353	20		Ron Atkinson's last game as manager

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Sat Jan 02, 1999	Portsmouth	3			H	0-1	Loss	10,092		Dave Bassett's last game as manager

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Tue Sep 15, 1998	Leyton Orient	2	1	A	5-1	Win	4,906	Brisbane Road
Tue Sep 22, 1998	Leyton Orient	2	2	H	0-0	Draw	6,382		Won 5-1 on aggregate
Tue Oct 27, 1998	Cambridge United	3		H	3-3	Draw	9,192		Won 4-3 on penalties
Wed Nov 11, 1998	Manchester United	4		A	1-2	Loss	37,237	Old Trafford

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Tue Aug 04, 1998	Notts County	Final	H	5-0	Win	3,766

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground
Sat Jul 18, 1998	Scunthorpe United	England	A	3-0	Win	2,501	Glanford Park
Wed Jul 22, 1998	Chesterfield	England	A	3-4	Loss	3,649	Saltergate
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	Tehtaan Kentta
Sat Aug 01, 1998	FC Santa Claus	Finland	A	0-0	Draw	2,100	Rovaniemen Keskuskentta
Mon Aug 03, 1998	Lincoln City	England	A	1-0	Win	3,698	Sincil Bank
Mon Aug 10, 1998	Feyenoord	Netherlands	A	2-3	Loss	6,003	Feyenoord Stadion

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Wed Oct 07, 1998	Dagenham and Redbridge	England	A	4-0	Win	511

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	4	8	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	1	7	12	1	2		3	1	4
M	7	Steve Stone	30	4	9	17	5	6	1	1			Left to join Aston Villa
M	17	Thierry Bonalair	31	6	10	15	1	5	1	4	4	2
M	20	Carlton Palmer	13	5	2	6		3	1
M	22	Des Lyttle	13	2	3	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	8	8	22	4	9		5		1	Player Of The Year
F	5	Steve Chettle	38	7	9	22	2	7	1	2	2	1
F	8	Scot Gemmill	23	3	8	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	5	7	15	3	3		4	4	1
F	14	Dougie Freedman	36	7	10	19	12	3		11	11	2
F	15	Craig Armstrong	26	4	8	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	5	6	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		5	7				2	7	6
F	28	Gareth Williams										1
F	29	Marlon Harewood	28	5	8	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