Blackburn Rovers 1998–99 football season
The 1998–99 season was Blackburn Rovers' seventh season in the Premier League, and their seventh consecutive season in the top division of English football.
Season summary [ edit ] Four years earlier, Blackburn Rovers were Premiership champions. Just one year earlier, they had qualified for the UEFA Cup . They were among some people's outsiders for a title challenge.
But it all went wrong for Rovers, who were soon in the depth of a relegation battle. Manager Roy Hodgson paid with his job in November.[1] Manchester United assistant Brian Kidd was named as his replacement,[2] but he was unable to steer Rovers to safety and their relegation was confirmed in the penultimate game of the season.[3] They were condemned to a place in Division One , but managed to hold on to many key players and approached the new season as most people's favourites for an immediate return to the elite.
Final league table [ edit ] Source:
Premier League Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Results summary Overall Home Away Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD 38 7 14 17 38 52 −14 35 6 5 8 21 24 −3 1 9 9 17 28 −11
Results by round Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Ground H A H A A H A H A H A H A H A H H A H A H A H A A H A H A H H A A H A H H A Result D L W L L L D W L L D L L L L W D D W D W L D W D L L L D W D L D L D L D D Position 6 16 11 14 18 18 18 17 17 17 17 18 18 20 20 18 18 18 16 16 16 16 17 15 16 17 18 18 18 17 16 17 18 17 18 19 19 19
Results [ edit ] Blackburn Rovers' score comes first [4]
FA Premier League [ edit ] Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 15 August 1998 Derby County H 0–0 24,007 24 August 1998 Leeds United A 0–1 30,652 29 August 1998 Leicester City H 1–0 22,544 Gallacher 9 September 1998 Tottenham Hotspur A 1–2 28,338 Gallacher 12 September 1998 Sheffield Wednesday A 0–3 20,846 21 September 1998 Chelsea H 3–4 23,113 Sutton (2, 1 pen), Pérez 26 September 1998 Everton A 0–0 36,404 3 October 1998 West Ham United H 3–0 25,213 Flitcroft (2), Davidson 17 October 1998 Middlesbrough A 1–2 34,413 Sherwood 25 October 1998 Arsenal H 1–2 27,012 Johnson 31 October 1998 Wimbledon A 1–1 12,526 Sutton (pen) 7 November 1998 Coventry City H 1–2 23,779 Sherwood 14 November 1998 Manchester United A 2–3 55,198 Marcolin , Blake 21 November 1998 Southampton H 0–2 22,812 29 November 1998 Liverpool A 0–2 41,753 5 December 1998 Charlton Athletic H 1–0 22,568 Davies 12 December 1998 Newcastle United H 0–0 27,569 19 December 1998 Nottingham Forest A 2–2 22,013 Blake (2) 26 December 1998 Aston Villa H 2–1 27,536 Gallacher , Sherwood 28 December 1998 Leicester City A 1–1 21,083 Gallacher 9 January 1999 Leeds United H 1–0 27,620 Gillespie 16 January 1999 Derby County A 0–1 27,386 30 January 1999 Tottenham Hotspur H 1–1 29,643 Jansen 6 February 1999 Aston Villa A 3–1 37,404 Southgate (own goal), Ward , Dunn 17 February 1999 Chelsea A 1–1 34,382 Ward 20 February 1999 Sheffield Wednesday H 1–4 24,643 McAteer 27 February 1999 West Ham United A 0–2 25,529 10 March 1999 Everton H 1–2 27,219 Ward 13 March 1999 Coventry City A 1–1 19,701 Wilcox 20 March 1999 Wimbledon H 3–1 21,754 Ward , Jansen (2) 3 April 1999 Middlesbrough H 0–0 27,482 6 April 1999 Arsenal A 0–1 37,762 17 April 1999 Southampton A 3–3 15,209 Ward , Peacock , Wilcox 24 April 1999 Liverpool H 1–3 29,944 Duff 1 May 1999 Charlton Athletic A 0–0 20,041 8 May 1999 Nottingham Forest H 1–2 24,565 Gallacher 12 May 1999 Manchester United H 0–0 30,436 16 May 1999 Newcastle United A 1–1 36,623 Wilcox
League Cup [ edit ] UEFA Cup [ edit ] Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers Referee R1 1st leg 15 September 1998 Lyon H 0–1 13,646 (1,300 away) Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark) R1 2nd leg 29 September 1998 Lyon A 2–2 (lost 2–3 on agg) 24,558 (1,001 away) Pérez , Flitcroft René Temmink (Netherlands)
First-team squad [ edit ] Squad at end of season [5] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season [ edit ] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Reserve squad [ edit ] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Statistics [ edit ] Appearances and goals [ edit ] Starting 11 [ edit ] Considering starts in all competitions [6] [7] GK: #13, John Filan , 32 RB: #2, Jeff Kenna , 29 CB: #5, Darren Peacock , 34 CB: #6, Stéphane Henchoz , 41 LB: #3, Callum Davidson , 39 RM: #19, Damien Johnson , 17 (#23, Christian Dailly , has 18 starts) CM: #4, Tim Sherwood , 23 CM: #11, Jason Wilcox , 33 LM: #12, Damien Duff , 25 CF: #9, Chris Sutton , 20 CF: #32, Ashley Ward , 19 Top scorers [ edit ] Transfers [ edit ] Date Pos Name From Fee 6 July 1998 FW Jimmy Corbett Gillingham £535,00 9 July 1998 FW Kevin Davies Southampton £7,250,000 21 August 1998 DF Christian Dailly Derby County £5,300,000 26 October 1998 MF Oumar Kondé FC Basel £500,000 30 October 1998 FW Nathan Blake Bolton Wanderers £4,250,000 16 December 1998 MF Keith Gillespie Newcastle United £2,350,000 29 December 1998 FW Ashley Ward Barnsley £4,500,000 18 January 1999 FW Matt Jansen Crystal Palace £4,100,000 27 January 1999 MF Jason McAteer Liverpool £4,000,000 12 February 1999 DF David McNamee St Mirren £300,000 12 February 1999 MF Burton O'Brien St Mirren £300,000 22 March 1999 MF Lee Carsley Derby County £3,400,000
Transfers in: £36,250,000 Transfers out: £11,675,000 Total spending: £24,750,000 References [ edit ]
National teams
League competitions
Level 1 Levels 2–4 Level 5 Levels 6–7 Levels 8–9 Lower leagues
Cup competitions
FA cups Football League cups
European competitions