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1998–99 Football League

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100th season of the Football League
Football league season
The Football League
Season1998–99
ChampionsSunderland
PromotedBradford City
Watford
RelegatedScarborough
New Club in LeagueHalifax Town

The1998–99 Football League (known as theNationwide Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 100th completed season ofThe Football League.

Sunderland were crowned First Division champions with 105 points, then a record, having lost just three games all season, to prove right the many pundits who tipped them forpromotion. The two other promotion places were secured by two of the division's least fancied sides—runners-upBradford City (back in the top division for the first time in 77 years) and playoff winnersWatford (who had won their second successive promotion duringGraham Taylor's second spell as manager).

Bury,Oxford United andBristol City occupied the three relegation places in the First Division. Oxford's dismal season was mainly down to £10 million debts which were putting the club in real danger of closure, and had also resulted in the suspension of construction of their new stadium near theBlackbird Leys estate.

Kevin Keegan completed his spell asFulham manager before taking theEngland job by guiding the Cottagers to theSecond Division championship with a staggering 101 points. Following them up were runners-upWalsall and playoff winnersManchester City.

Going down wereYork City,Northampton Town,Lincoln City andMacclesfield Town. Narrowly avoiding the drop to theThird Division wereOldham Athletic, who just five years earlier had been aPremiership side who came within a whisker of reaching theFA Cup final.

Brentford,Cambridge United,Cardiff City andScunthorpe United occupied the four promotion places in theThird Division.

Carlisle United kept their league status in remarkable fashion. They entered the final game of the season in bottom place, and with 90 minutes on the clock in their home game againstPlymouth Argyle they were drawing 1–1 and needed a win to stay up. The referee then allowed 4 minutes ofstoppage time and with just seconds to go,goalkeeperJimmy Glass came upfield and scored from a rebounded corner to preserve his club's place in the league which had been held since 1928.Scarborough, who had only joined the league in 1987, were relegated instead. Glass, 25, had been signed on loan fromSwindon Town after the transfer line because an injury crisis had left Carlisle without a goalkeeper for the final few games of the season.

First Division

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Football league season
First Division
Season1998–99
ChampionsSunderland
PromotedSunderland
Bradford City
Watford
RelegatedBury
Oxford United
Bristol City
Matches played552
Goals scored1,455 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorerLee Hughes
(31 goals)[1]

One season after missing out on promotion in a dramatic playoff final defeat, Sunderland clinched a place in the Premier League after a brilliant season which saw them achieve an English league record of 105 points and clinch the Division One title for the second time in four seasons. Bradford City, in their first full season under the management ofPaul Jewell, were the surprise package in Division One this season, finishing runners-up to reach the Premier League and return to the top flight of English football for the first time since 1922.

In the playoffs, Watford won at Wembley for the first time in their history, beating Bolton Wanderers 20 to secure a second successive promotion and end their 11-year absence from the top flight. Birmingham City and Ipswich Town were the beaten semi-finalists in the playoffs.

Wolves managerMark McGhee was sacked in early November after a disappointing first three months of the season, with his assistantColin Lee being appointed manager after a successful interim spell in charge, but Wolves were beaten to a playoff place on the last day of the season. Their local rivals West Bromwich Albion finished 12th but their strikerLee Hughes, in only his second season in league football, finished as the highest scorer in all four divisions with 31 Division One strikes.

New Crystal Palace ownerMark Goldberg's dream to turn theSelhurst Park club into a major force quickly turned into a nightmare as he found himself unable to prevent the club from being crippled by debt, and the team failed to deliver the goods on the pitch.Terry Venables stood down as manager in January, handing over the reins to director of footballSteve Coppell, who took charge as manager for the fourth time in 15 years. Coppell guided the Eagles to a 14th place finish in the final table.

Bristol City's return to Division One ended in relegation after just one season as they finished bottom of the table, joined on the final day by Oxford United and Bury.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Sunderland(C, P)46311239128+63105Promotion to thePremier League
2Bradford City(P)46269118247+3587
3Ipswich Town46268126932+3786Qualification for theFirst Division play-offs
4Birmingham City462312116637+2981
5Watford(O, P)462114116556+977
6Bolton Wanderers462016107859+1976
7Wolverhampton Wanderers461916116443+2173
8Sheffield United461813157166+567
9Norwich City461517146261+162
10Huddersfield Town461516156271−961
11Grimsby Town461710194052−1261
12West Bromwich Albion461611196976−759
13Barnsley461417155956+359
14Crystal Palace461416165871−1358
15Tranmere Rovers461220146361+256
16Stockport County461217174960−1153
17Swindon Town461311225981−2250
18Crewe Alexandra461212225478−2448
19Portsmouth461114215773−1647
20Queens Park Rangers461211235261−947
21Port Vale46138254575−3047
22Bury(R)461017193560−2547Relegation to theSecond Division
23Oxford United(R)461014224871−2344
24Bristol City(R)46915225780−2342
Source:[citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
(C) Champions;(O) Play-off winners;(P) Promoted;(R) Relegated

Play-offs

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Main article:Football League Championship play-offs § 1999
Semifinals
1st leg – May 16; 2nd leg – May 19/20, 1999		Final atWembley
May 31, 1999
        
3rdIpswich Town044
6thBolton Wanderers[notes 1]134
5thWatford2
6thBolton Wanderers0
4thBirmingham City011 (6)
5thWatford (pen.)101 (7)

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  1. ^Bolton Wanderers the first round of the play-offs againstIpswich Town onaway goals afterextra time.

First Division results

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Home \ AwayBARBIRBOLBRABRIBRYCRECRYGRIHUDIPSNWCOXFPTVPORQPRSHUSTPSUNSWITRAWATWBAWOL
Barnsley0–02–20–12–01–12–24–00–07–10–11–31–00–22–11–02–11–11–31–31–12–22–22–3
Birmingham City0–00–02–14–21–03–13–10–11–11–00–00–11–04–11–01–02–00–01–12–21–24–00–1
Bolton Wanderers3–33–10–01–04–01–33–02–03–02–02–01–13–13–12–12–21–20–32–12–21–22–11–1
Bradford City2–12–12–25–03–04–12–13–02–30–04–10–04–02–10–32–21–20–13–02–02–01–02–1
Bristol City1–11–22–12–31–15–21–14–11–20–11–02–22–02–20–02–01–10–13–11–11–41–31–6
Bury0–02–42–10–20–11–00–01–01–00–30–21–01–02–11–13–31–12–53–00–01–32–00–0
Crewe Alexandra3–10–04–42–11–03–10–10–01–20–33–23–10–03–10–21–20–21–40–21–40–11–10–0
Crystal Palace1–01–12–21–02–14–21–13–12–23–25–12–00–14–11–11–02–21–10–11–12–21–13–2
Grimsby Town1–20–30–12–02–10–01–12–01–00–00–11–02–21–11–01–21–00–21–01–02–15–10–0
Huddersfield Town0–11–13–22–12–22–20–04–02–02–21–12–02–13–32–01–03–01–11–20–02–00–32–1
Ipswich Town0–21–00–13–03–10–01–23–00–13–00–12–11–03–03–14–11–00–21–01–03–22–02–0
Norwich City0–02–02–22–22–10–02–10–13–14–10–01–33–40–04–21–10–22–22–12–21–11–10–0
Oxford United1–01–70–00–10–00–11–11–30–02–23–32–42–13–04–10–25–00–02–01–20–03–00–2
Port Vale1–00–20–21–13–21–01–01–00–12–00–31–01–00–22–02–31–10–20–12–21–20–32–1
Portsmouth1–30–10–22–40–12–12–01–10–11–00–01–22–24–03–01–03–11–15–21–11–22–11–0
Queens Park Rangers2–10–12–01–31–10–00–16–01–21–11–12–01–03–21–11–22–02–24–00–01–22–10–1
Sheffield United1–10–21–22–23–13–13–11–13–22–11–22–11–23–02–12–01–10–42–12–23–03–01–1
Stockport County0–11–00–11–22–20–01–11–12–01–10–10–22–04–22–00–01–00–12–10–01–12–21–2
Sunderland2–32–13–10–01–11–02–02–03–12–02–11–07–02–02–01–00–01–02–05–04–13–02–1
Swindon Town1–30–13–31–43–21–11–22–02–03–00–61–14–11–13–33–12–22–31–12–31–42–21–0
Tranmere Rovers3–00–11–10–11–14–03–03–11–22–30–21–32–21–11–13–22–31–11–00–03–23–11–2
Watford0–01–12–01–01–00–04–22–11–01–11–01–12–02–20–02–11–14–22–10–12–10–20–2
West Bromwich Albion2–01–32–30–22–21–01–53–21–13–10–12–02–03–22–22–04–13–12–31–10–24–12–0
Wolverhampton Wanderers1–13–11–12–33–01–03–00–02–02–21–02–21–13–12–01–22–12–21–11–02–00–01–1
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

First Division maps

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Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1998–99
Locations of theFootball League First Division 1998–1999 teams

Second Division

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Football league season
Second Division
Season1998–99
ChampionsFulham
PromotedFulham
Walsall
Manchester City
RelegatedYork City
Northampton Town
Lincoln City
Macclesfield Town
Matches played552
Goals scored1,358 (2.46 per match)
Top goalscorerJamie Cureton
(25 goals)[1]

One season after falling in the Division Two playoffs, Fulham established themselves as the pace-setters in the division this season and finished as runaway champions with 101 points. ManagerKevin Keegan accepted theFA's offer to take charge of theEngland team in February, but remained in charge atCraven Cottage until the end of the season before handing over the reins toPaul Bracewell, leaving Fulham with just one more promotion to win before achieving their goal of a place in the Premier League.

The final promotion place was secured by Manchester City, playing in the third tier for the first time in their history. A frustrating first few months of the season mounted the pressure on managerJoe Royle, but theMaine Road board kept faith in him and rewarded by an upturn in form which saw them finish third in the final table. After overcoming anotherGreater Manchester club, Wigan Athletic, in the playoff semi-finals, City took on Gillingham in the Wembley final but looked to have surrendered promotion to theKent side who were still 2–0 up with 90 minutes on the clock. Then came two goals in added time which forced extra time, with City winning on penalties and sealing an instant return to Division One.

In their final season atSpringfield Park, the one time home of the long-defunctWigan Borough and their own home since formation in 1932, Wigan Athletic clinched the Football League Trophy, some compensation for their subsequent failure in the Division Two playoffs. The other losing semi-finalists in the playoffs were Preston North End, who managed to retain the services of their highly-rated new managerDavid Moyes despite interest fromManchester United, who were looking to appoint a new assistant manager halfway through the season.

Stoke City, who had frequently led Division Two in the first half of the season, looked all set to return to Division One at the first time of asking, before a slump in the second half of the season dragged them down to seventh in the final table - not even enough for a playoff place. ManagerBrian Little left after just one season in charge and was succeeded byGary Megson. There was similar disappointment for Reading, also newly relegated from Division One, who could only manage a 10th place finish in their first season at the newMadejski Stadium.

Newly promoted Macclesfield Town and Lincoln City went straight back down to Division Three, and were joined by Northampton Town (playoff finalists the previous season) and a York City side who had rarely been out of the relegation battle during the previous three seasons and finally ran out of luck following the sale of top scorerRichard Cresswell toSheffield Wednesday in March. Relegation also brought about the end ofAlan Little's reign atBootham Crescent after more than six years at the helm. Oldham Athletic had a lucky escape from relegation in their first season under player-managerAndy Ritchie, with the man whose goals had helped them reach the top flight eight years earlier was faced with the challenge of keeping them out of the league's fourth tier.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Fulham(C, P)4631877932+47101Promotion to theFirst Division
2Walsall(P)46269116347+1687
3Manchester City(O, P)46221686933+3682Qualification for theSecond Division play-offs
4Gillingham462214107544+3180
5Preston North End462213117850+2879
6Wigan Athletic462210147548+2776
7Bournemouth462113126341+2276
8Stoke City46216195963−469
9Chesterfield461713164644+264
10Millwall461711185259−762
11Reading461613175463−961
12Luton Town461610205160−958
13Bristol Rovers461317166556+956
14Blackpool461414184454−1056
15Burnley461316175473−1955
16Notts County461412205261−954
17Wrexham461314194362−1953
18Colchester United461216185270−1852
19Wycombe Wanderers461312215258−651
20Oldham Athletic46149234866−1851
21York City(R)461311225680−2450Relegation to theThird Division
22Northampton Town(R)461018184357−1448
23Lincoln City(R)46137264274−3246
24Macclesfield Town(R)461110254363−2043
Source:[citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
(C) Champions;(O) Play-off winners;(P) Promoted;(R) Relegated

Play-offs

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Main article:Football League One play-offs § 1999
Semifinals
1st leg – May 15th/16th; 2nd leg – May 19th, 1999		Final atWembley Stadium
May 30th, 1999
        
3rdManchester City112
6thWigan Athletic101
3rdManchester City (pen.)2 (3)
4thGillingham2 (1)
4thGillingham112
5thPreston North End101

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Second Division maps

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Locations of theFootball League Second Division London teams 1998–1999
Locations of theFootball League Second Division 1998–1999 teams

Third Division

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Brentford achieved an instant return to Division Two under new chairman-managerRon Noades, who took them to the Division Three title with 85 points. Cambridge United finally won promotion from Division Three at the fourth time of asking, clinching promotion as runners-up after three successive mid table finishes. The final automatic promotion place was sealed by Cardiff City, who enjoyed a big improvement in form to finish third just 12 months after finishing 21st. Scunthorpe United triumphed over Leyton Orient 1-0 in the playoff final to clinch the fourth and final promotion place, and ending their lengthy spell in the league's fourth tier.

A dramatic final day brought one of the most memorable moments of the season in the battle to stay in the Football League. An injury crisis had forced Carlisle United to bring in Swindon Town goalkeeperJimmy Glass on loan after the transfer deadline. They went into their final game of the season needing to beat Plymouth Argyle atBrunton Park to stay in the Football League, but the score was still 1–1 with 90 minutes showing on the clock. With only seconds of extra time remaining, Glass ran the full length of the pitch when Carlisle won a corner to fire in a late winner to keep Carlisle in the league and relegate Scarborough.

Football league season
Football League,Third Division
Season1998–99
ChampionsBrentford (2nd fourth tier title)
Direct promotionBrentford,
Cambridge United,
Cardiff City
Promoted through play-offsScunthorpe United
Relegated toConferenceScarborough
New club in the leagueNone
Matches played552
Goals scored1,395 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorerMarco Gabbiadini(Darlington), 23[1]

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Brentford(C, P)46267137956+2385Promotion to theSecond Division
2Cambridge United(P)462312117848+3081
3Cardiff City(P)462214106039+2180
4Scunthorpe United(O, P)46228166958+1174Qualification for theThird Division play-offs
5Rotherham United462013137961+1873
6Leyton Orient461915126859+972
7Swansea City461914135648+871
8Mansfield Town461910176058+267
9Peterborough United461812167256+1666
10Halifax Town461715145856+266
11Darlington461811176958+1165
12Exeter City461712174750−363
13Plymouth Argyle461710195854+461
14Chester City461318155766−957
15Shrewsbury Town461414185263−1156
16Barnet461413195471−1755
17Brighton & Hove Albion46167234966−1755
18Southend United461412205258−654
19Rochdale461315184255−1354
20Torquay United461217174758−1153
21Hull City461411214462−1853
22Hartlepool United461312215265−1351
23Carlisle United461116194353−1049
24Scarborough(R)46146265077−2748Relegation toFootball Conference
Source:[citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
(C) Champions;(O) Play-off winners;(P) Promoted;(R) Relegated

Play-offs

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Main article:Football League Two play-offs § 1999
Semifinals
1st leg – May 16; 2nd leg – May 19, 1999		Final atWembley Stadium
May 29th, 1999
        
4thScunthorpe United033
7thSwansea City112
4thScunthorpe United1
6thLeyton Orient0
5thRotherham United000 (2)
6thLeyton Orient (pen.)000 (4)

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Third Division maps

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Locations of theFootball League Third Division London teams 1998–1999
Locations of theFootball League Third Division teams 1998–1999

See also

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References

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The tables above are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found atThe Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website,[2] with home and away statistics separated. Play-off results are from the same website.

  1. ^abc"English League Leading Goalscorers".RSSSF. Retrieved2010-10-31.
  2. ^abcd"England 1998–99". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved2010-02-24.
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