1998–99 Fulham F.C. season

February 2015 February 2015 Fulham F.C. 1998–99 Kevin Keegan (until 9 May)Paul Bracewell (from 18 May) Mohammed Al Fayed Second Division 1st FA Cup Fifth round Worthington Cup Third round Auto Windscreens Shield Trophy Second round Geoff Horsfield (15) Geoff Horsfield (17) 1997–98 1999–2000 The 1998–99 season was Fulham's 101st season in professional football. They played in the Second Division (previously known as the Third Division), achieving promotion to the First Division as champions, with a massive 14-point gap on Second place. The club also reached the fifth round of the FA Cup, where they were beaten by eventual winners Manchester United. On 17 February 1999, Kevin Keegan was appointed England coach on a part-time basis following the departure of Glenn Hoddle. Keegan then left Craven Cottage at the end of the season to concentrate on his duties as England manager. Fulham replaced Keegan with Paul Bracewell as player-manager.https://www.theguardian.com/football/1999/may/14/newsstory.sport7 Keegan and Bracewell take new jobs The Guardian 14 May 1999 1 May 2011 Players First-team squad GK GER Maik TaylorTaylor was born in Hildesheim, West Germany, but qualified to represent any of the home nations internationally as he holds a British passport, and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1999. GK ENG Simon Brown on loan from Tottenham Hotspur GK RSA Andre Arendse DF BEL Philippe Albert on loan from Newcastle United DF ENG Rufus Brevett DF WAL Chris Coleman DF IRL Steve Finnan DF FRA François Keller DF ENG Matt Lawrence DF SCO Steve McAnespie DF ENG Simon Morgan DF WAL Alan NeilsonNeilson was born in Wegberg, West Germany, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in February 1992. DF ENG Rob Scott DF ENG Jamie Smith on loan from Crystal Palace DF WAL Kit SymonsSymons was born in Basingstoke, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his father and made his international debut for Wales in February 1992. DF Suriname Gus Uhlenbeek MF ENG Kevin BetsyBetsy was born in Woking, England, but also qualified to represent Seychelles internationally and would make his international debut for Seychelles in June 2011. MF ENG Paul Bracewell MF ENG Matt Brazier MF ENG Paul Brooker MF ENG Wayne Collins MF ENG Sean Davis MF ENG Steve Hayward MF ENG John SalakoSalako was born in Ibadan, Nigeria, but also qualified to represent England internationally and made his international debut for England in 1991. MF ENG Neil Smith MF WAL Paul TrollopeTrollope was born in Swindon, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in May 1997. FW ENG Peter Beardsley FW ENG Luke Cornwall FW ENG Barry HaylesHayles was born in Lambeth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in June 2001, having previously represented the Cayman Islands internationally despite being ineligible to do so. FW ENG Geoff Horsfield FW GER Dirk Lehmann FW ENG Paul Moody FW CAN Paul Peschisolido Final league table 1998–1999 Football League Second Division y FUL Results Division 2 1 W 8 August 1998 Macclesfield Town 0–1 Fulham Salako 19 Moss Rose Macclesfield 3933 2 W 14 August 1998 Fulham 3–0 Manchester City Beardsley 21Lehmann 33 39 Craven Cottage London 14,284 3 W 22 August 1998 Colchester United 0–1 Fulham Collins 82 Layer Road Colchester 6377 4 D 29 August 1998 Fulham 0–0 Bournemouth Craven Cottage London 12,107 5 D 31 August 1998 Oldham Athletic 1–1 Fulham Allott 61 Moody 50 Boundary Park Oldham 4744 6 W 8 September 1998 Fulham 1–0 Stoke City Brevett 60 Craven Cottage London 12,055 7 L 12 September 1998 Notts County 1–0 Fulham Hendon 56 Meadow Lane Nottingham 5805 8 D 19 September 1998 Fulham 3–3 York City Cornwall 19Coleman 32Symons 56 Agnew 29 85Tolson 49 Craven Cottage London 9071 9 W 26 September 1998 Lincoln City 1–2 Fulham Whitney 56 Beardsley 47 64 Sincil Bank Lincoln 4731 10 W 29 August 1998 Fulham 2–0 Wycombe Wanderers Coleman 13Bracewell 65 Craven Cottage London 7447 11 L 3 October 1998 Fulham 1–3 Luton Town Neilson 87 Gray 5Douglas 48S. Davis 65 Craven Cottage London 11,856 12 W 17 October 1998 Millwall 0–1 Fulham Symons 89 The New Den London 11,876 13 W 24 October 1998 Fulham 4–1 Walsall Peschisolido 30Symons 63Hayward 75Horsfield 83 Marsh 71 Craven Cottage London 8452 14 W 31 October 1998 Blackpool 2–3 Fulham Hills 30Aldridge 62 Morgan 24Hayward 26 pen.Horsfield 35 Bloomfield Road Blackpool 5904 15 W 7 November 1998 Fulham 1–0 Bristol Rovers Collins 38 Craven Cottage London 11,575 16 W 10 November 1998 Wrexham 0–2 Fulham Uhlenbeek 14Peschisolido 30 Racecourse Ground Wrexham 3485 17 W 21 November 1998 Fulham 2–1 Chesterfield Peschisolido 16 54 pen. Howard 62 Craven Cottage London 10,005 18 L 28 November 1998 Gillingham 1–0 Fulham Taylor 90 Priestfield Gillingham 7614 19 L 1 December 1998 Wigan Athletic 2–0 Fulham McGibbon 51Lowe 62 Springfield Park Wigan 3951 20 W 12 December 1998 Fulham 4–0 Burnley Morgan 27 38Hayles 57Peschisolido 73 Craven Cottage London 9983 21 W 19 December 1998 Preston North End 0–1 Fulham Coleman 86 Deepdale Preston 12,321 22 W 26 December 1998 Fulham 2–0 Colchester United N. Smith 26Hayles 73 pen. Craven Cottage London 11,939 23 D 28 December 1998 Northampton Town 1–1 Fulham Freestone 68 Horsfield 49 Sixfields Stadium Northampton 7315 24 W 9 January 1999 Fulham 1–0 Macclesfield Town Horsfield 55 Craven Cottage London 10,153 25 L 16 January 1999 Manchester City 3–0 Fulham Goater 24Taylor 32Horlock 54 Maine Road Manchester 30,251 26 W 26 January 1999 Fulham 1–0 Oldham Athletic Morgan 22 Craven Cottage London 8160 27 W 30 January 1999 Fulham 2–0 Northampton Town Hayles 18Albert 70 Craven Cottage London 11,641 28 D 6 February 1999 Wycombe Wanderers 1–1 Fulham Baird 25 Symons 33 Adams Park High Wycombe 7538 29 W 20 February 1999 Fulham 2–1 Notts County Horsfield 36 67 Owers 83 Craven Cottage London 11,909 30 W 23 February 1999 Fulham 3–1 Reading Horsfield 49 51Symons 67 Brebner 3 Craven Cottage London 11,247 31 W 27 February 1999 York City 0–3 Fulham Horsfield 40Hayles 45Peschisolido 52 Bootham Crescent York 6169 32 D 2 March 1999 Bournemouth 1–1 Fulham Vincent 72 Symons 61 Dean Court Bournemouth 9928 33 W 6 March 1999 Fulham 1–0 Lincoln City Horsfield 44 Craven Cottage London 11,702 34 W 9 March 1999 Luton Town 0–4 Fulham Horsfield 34 73Trollope 64Hayles 85 Kenilworth Road Luton 7424 35 W 12 March 1999 Bristol Rovers 2–3 Fulham Thomson 45Roberts 47 Symons 9Horsfield 38Trollope 56 Memorial Stadium Bristol 8011 36 W 16 March 1999 Stoke City 0–1 Fulham Symons 10 Britannia Stadium Stoke-on-Trent 12,298 37 W 20 March 1999 Fulham 4–0 Blackpool Hayles 20Horsfield 63Finnan 74Symons 87 Craven Cottage London 12,869 38 W 5 April 1999 Reading 0–1 Fulham Morgan 77 Madejski Stadium Reading 18,741 39 W 10 April 1999 Fulham 2–0 Wigan Athletic Albert 56Symons 64 Craven Cottage London 12,140 40 W 13 April 1999 Fulham 3–0 Gillingham Hayles 22Coleman 81Horsfield 88 Craven Cottage London 13,119 41 L 17 April 1999 Chesterfield 1–0 Fulham Hewitt 77 Saltergate Chesterfield 5800 42 W 21 April 1999 Fulham 4–1 Millwall Betsy 19Hayles 44Symons 48Finnan 89 Shaw 75 Craven Cottage London 11,266 43 D 24 April 1999 Fulham 1–1 Wrexham Peschisolido 43 Connolly 18 pen. Craven Cottage London 11,754 44 L 1 May 1999 Burnley 1–0 Fulham Jepson 82 Turf Moor Burnley 13,086 45 D 4 May 1999 Walsall 2–2 Fulham Steiner 40Roper 70 J. Smith 45Hayward 88 Bescot Stadium Walsall 8326 W 8 May 1999 Fulham 3–0 Preston North End Moody 64 74 pen. 77 Craven Cottage London 17,176 Worthington Cup R1, 1st leg W 11 August 1998 Fulham 2–1 Cardiff City Beardsley 43Lehmann 58 Williams 8 Craven Cottage London 4305 R1, 2nd leg W 18 August 1998 Cardiff City 1–2 Fulham Eckhardt 86 Salako 22Morgan 37 Ninian Park Cardiff 4768 R2, 1st leg D 15 September 1998 Fulham 1–1 Southampton Coleman 54 Beattie 62 Craven Cottage London 10,222 R2, 2nd leg W 23 September 1998 Southampton 0–1 Fulham Lehmann 10 The Dell Southampton 11,645 R3 L 27 October 1998 Liverpool 3–1 Fulham Morgan 53 o.g.Fowler 66 pen.Ince 76 Peschisolido 60 Anfield Liverpool 22,296 FA Cup R1 D 15 November 1998 Fulham 1–1 Leigh RMI Lehmann 36 Whealing 20 Craven Cottage London 7965 R1, replay W 24 November 1998 Leigh RMI 0–2 Fulham Peschisolido 32 pen. 41 Hilton Park Leigh 7125 R2 W 5 December 1998 Fulham 4–2 Hartlepool United Horsfield 6 84Di Lella 47 o.g.Morgan 81 Midgley 41Howard 58 Craven Cottage London 6358 R3 D 2 January 1999 Southampton 1–1 Fulham Ostenstad 89 Hayward 9 The Dell Southampton 12,549 R3, replay W 13 January 1999 Fulham 1–0 Southampton Hayles 85 Craven Cottage London 17,448 R4 W 23 January 1999 Aston Villa 0–2 Fulham Morgan 8Hayward 43 Villa Park Birmingham 35,260 R5 L 14 February 1999 Manchester United 1–0 Fulham Cole 26 Old Trafford Manchester 54,798 Auto Windscreens Shield Trophy R1 L 5 January 1999 Torquay United 2–1 y Fulham Partridge 88Lee 107 Trollope 47 Plainmoor Torquay 2596 References Notes notes External links Fulham website Soccerbase - Results archive Category:Fulham F.C. seasons Fulham