1998–99 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

December 2014 May 2026 Blackburn Rovers F.C. 1998–99 Jack Walker Robert Coar Roy Hodgson (until 21 November) Brian Kidd (from 3 December) FA Premier League 19th (relegated) FA Cup Fifth round League Cup Quarter-final UEFA Cup First round Kevin Gallacher/Ashley Ward (5) 30,436 (vs. Manchester United, 12 May) 13,646 (vs. Lyon, 15 September) 25,773 1997–98 1999–2000 The 1998–99 season was Blackburn Rovers' seventh season in the FA Premier League, and their seventh consecutive season in the top division of English football. Season summary Four years earlier, Blackburn Rovers were FA Premier League 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.Hodgson quits as Rovers hit bottom https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/219167.stm BBC Sport 21 November 1998 9 July 2012 Manchester United assistant Brian Kidd was named as his replacement,Nixon Alan Football: Kidd takes command at Blackburn https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-kidd-takes-command-at-blackburn-1189165.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-kidd-takes-command-at-blackburn-1189165.html 1 May 2022 subscription The Independent 4 December 1998 9 July 2012 but he was unable to steer Rovers to safety and their relegation was confirmed in the penultimate game of the season.Rovers down as United march on https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/342408.stm BBC Sport 12 May 1999 9 July 2012 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 1998–99 FA Premier League BLB Results summary 6 5 8 21 24 1 9 9 17 28 1998-99 FA Premier League table September 2015 Results by round table b Round 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 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 11v11.com: 1998-99 Blackburn Rovers results September 2015 Results Blackburn Rovers' score comes firstBlackburn Rovers 1998-1999 Results http://www.statto.com/football/teams/blackburn-rovers/1998-1999/results live https://web.archive.org/web/20100131152203/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/blackburn-rovers/1998-1999/results 2010-01-31 statto.com Legend WinDrawLoss FA Premier League DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 15 August 1998 Derby CountyH0–024,007 24 August 1998 Leeds UnitedA0–130,652 29 August 1998 Leicester CityH1–022,544Gallacher 9 September 1998 Tottenham HotspurA1–228,338Gallacher 12 September 1998 Sheffield WednesdayA0–320,846 21 September 1998 ChelseaH3–423,113Sutton (2, 1 pen), Pérez 26 September 1998 EvertonA0–036,404 3 October 1998 West Ham UnitedH3–025,213Flitcroft (2), Davidson 17 October 1998 MiddlesbroughA1–234,413Sherwood 25 October 1998 ArsenalH1–227,012Johnson 31 October 1998 WimbledonA1–112,526Sutton (pen) 7 November 1998 Coventry CityH1–223,779Sherwood 14 November 1998 Manchester UnitedA2–355,198Marcolin, Blake 21 November 1998 SouthamptonH0–222,812 29 November 1998 LiverpoolA0–241,753 5 December 1998 Charlton AthleticH1–022,568Davies 12 December 1998 Newcastle UnitedH0–027,569 19 December 1998 Nottingham ForestA2–222,013Blake (2) 26 December 1998 Aston VillaH2–127,536Gallacher, Sherwood 28 December 1998 Leicester CityA1–121,083Gallacher 9 January 1999 Leeds UnitedH1–027,620Gillespie 16 January 1999 Derby CountyA0–127,386 30 January 1999 Tottenham HotspurH1–129,643Jansen 6 February 1999 Aston VillaA3–137,404Southgate (own goal), Ward, Dunn 17 February 1999 ChelseaA1–134,382Ward 20 February 1999 Sheffield WednesdayH1–424,643McAteer 27 February 1999 West Ham UnitedA0–225,529 10 March 1999 EvertonH1–227,219Ward 13 March 1999 Coventry CityA1–119,701Wilcox 20 March 1999 WimbledonH3–121,754Ward, Jansen (2) 3 April 1999 MiddlesbroughH0–027,482 6 April 1999 ArsenalA0–137,762 17 April 1999 SouthamptonA3–315,209Ward, Peacock, Wilcox 24 April 1999 LiverpoolH1–329,944Duff 1 May 1999 Charlton AthleticA0–020,041 8 May 1999 Nottingham ForestH1–224,565Gallacher 12 May 1999 Manchester UnitedH0–030,436 16 May 1999 Newcastle UnitedA1–136,623Wilcox FA Cup 1998–99 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR32 January 1999 Charlton AthleticH2–016,631Davies, WilcoxR423 January 1999 SunderlandH1–030,125GillespieR514 February 1999 Newcastle UnitedA0–036,295R5R24 February 1999 Newcastle UnitedH0–127,483 League Cup 1998–99 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR328 October 1998 Crewe AlexandraA1–05,403SuttonR411 November 1998 Newcastle UnitedA1–1 (won 4–2 on pens)34,702SherwoodQF2 December 1998 Leicester CityA0–119,442 UEFA Cup 1998–99 UEFA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersRefereeR1 1st leg15 September 1998 LyonH0–113,646 (1,300 away) Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)R1 2nd leg29 September 1998 LyonA2–2 (lost 2–3 on agg)24,558 (1,001 away)Pérez, Flitcroft René Temmink (Netherlands) First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttps://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1998-1999/faprem/blackbrn.htm FootballSquads - Blackburn Rovers - 1998/99 www.footballsquads.co.uk 1 ENG GK Tim Flowers 2 IRL DF Jeff Kenna 3 SCO DF Callum Davidson 5 ENG DF Darren Peacock 6 SUI DF Stéphane Henchoz 7 ENG MF Garry Flitcroft 8 SCO FW Kevin Gallacher 9 ENG FW Chris Sutton 10 ENG FW Kevin Davies 11 ENG MF Jason Wilcox captain 12 IRL MF Damien Duff 13 AUS GK John Filan 14 WAL FW Nathan Blake 15 IRL MF Lee Carsley 16 ENG DF Marlon Broomes 17 SCO MF Billy McKinlay 18 ITA MF Dario Marcolin on loan from Lazio 19 NIR MF Damien Johnson 20 ENG DF Gary Croft 21 ENG MF Jimmy Corbett 22 NIR GK Alan Fettis 23 SCO DF Christian Dailly 24 SUI MF Oumar Kondé 26 WAL FW James Thomas 27 ENG MF David Dunn 28 ENG DF Martin Taylor 29 ENG MF Wayne Gill 30 WAL GK Anthony Williams 31 NIR MF Keith Gillespie 32 ENG FW Ashley Ward 33 ENG FW Matt Jansen 34 IRL MF Jason McAteer Left club during season 4 ENG MF Tim Sherwood captain, to Tottenham Hotspur 14 SWE FW Martin Dahlin retired 15 FRA MF Sébastien Pérez on loan to Bastia 18 SWE MF Anders Andersson to Aalborg 24 NOR DF Tore Pedersen to Eintracht Frankfurt 25 IRL DF David Worrell to Dundee United ENG MF Luke Staton to Bolton Wanderers IRL DF Graham Coughlan to Livingston Reserve squad ENG GK Gareth Stewart ENG DF Keith Brown IRL DF Peter Murphy ENG MF Ryan Baldacchino ENG MF Ian Richards NIR MF Steven Hawe Statistics Appearances and goals FA Premier League FA Cup League Cup UEFA Cup |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers 1 Tim Flowers GK ENG 10+1 0 0+1 0 1 0 2 0 13 John Filan GK AUS 26 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 22 Alan Fettis GK NIR 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders 2 Jeff Kenna DF IRL 22+1 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 3 Callum Davidson DF SCO 34 1 2 0 2+1 0 1+1 0 5 Darren Peacock DF ENG 27+3 1 3 0 2 0 2 0 6 Stéphane Henchoz DF SUI 34 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 16 Marlon Broomes DF ENG 8+5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 20 Gary Croft DF ENG 10+2 0 2+2 0 1 0 0 0 23 Christian Dailly DF SCO 14+3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 24 Oumar Kondé DF SUI 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 28 Martin Taylor DF ENG 1+2 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders 7 Garry Flitcroft MF ENG 8 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 11 Jason Wilcox MF ENG 28+2 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 12 Damien Duff MF IRL 18+10 1 3+1 0 3 0 1 0 15 Lee Carsley MF IRL 7+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Billy McKinlay MF SCO 14+2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 18 Dario Marcolin MF ITA 5+5 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 19 Damien Johnson MF NIR 14+7 1 0 0 3 0 0+1 0 27 David Dunn MF ENG 10+5 1 2+1 0 1+1 0 0 0 31 Keith Gillespie MF NIR 13+3 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 34 Jason McAteer MF IRL 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards 8 Kevin Gallacher FW SCO 13+3 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 Chris Sutton FW ENG 17 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 10 Kevin Davies FW ENG 9+12 1 2 1 3 0 1 0 14 Nathan Blake FW WAL 9+2 3 1+2 0 0 0 0 0 32 Ashley Ward FW ENG 17 5 2+1 0 0 0 0 0 33 Matt Jansen FW ENG 10+1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season 4 Tim Sherwood MF ENG 19 3 0 0 2 1 2 0 14 Martin Dahlin FW SWE 2+3 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 15 Sébastien Pérez DF FRA 4+1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 15 May 1999 Competitions October 2016 Starting 11 Considering starts in all competitionshttps://www.11v11.com/teams/blackburn-rovers/tab/players/season/1999/ All Blackburn Rovers players: 1999 www.11v11.comhttps://www.football-lineups.com/team/Blackburn_Rovers/FA_Premier_League_1998-1999 Blackburn Rovers in FA Premier League 1998/1999 fixture Football-Lineups GK: #13, AUS John Filan, 32 RB: #2, IRL Jeff Kenna, 29 CB: #5, ENG Darren Peacock, 34 CB: #6, SUI Stéphane Henchoz, 41 LB: #3, SCO Callum Davidson, 39 RM: #19, NIR Damien Johnson, 17 (#23, SCO Christian Dailly, has 18 starts) CM: #4, ENG Tim Sherwood, 23 CM: #11, ENG Jason Wilcox, 33 LM: #12, IRL Damien Duff, 25 CF: #9, ENG Chris Sutton, 20 CF: #32, ENG Ashley Ward, 19 Top scorers ENG Ashley Ward 5 SCO Kevin Gallacher 5 ENG Chris Sutton 4 ENG Jason Wilcox 4 ENG Tim Sherwood 4 WAL Nathan Blake 3 Transfers In Date Pos Name From Fee 1 July 1998 DF ENG Darren Peacock ENG Newcastle United Free 6 July 1998 FW ENG Jimmy Corbett ENG Gillingham £535,009 July 1998FWENG Kevin DaviesENG Southampton£7,250,00021 July 1998DFFRA Sébastien PérezFRA SC Bastia£3,000,00021 August 1998DFSCO Christian DaillyENG Derby County£5,300,00026 October 1998MFSUI Oumar KondéSUI FC Basel£500,00030 October 1998FWWAL Nathan BlakeENG Bolton Wanderers£4,250,00016 December 1998MFNIR Keith GillespieENG Newcastle United£2,350,00029 December 1998FWENG Ashley WardENG Barnsley£4,500,00018 January 1999FWENG Matt JansenENG Crystal Palace£4,100,00027 January 1999MFIRL Jason McAteerENG Liverpool£4,000,00012 February 1999DFSCO David McNameeSCO St Mirren£300,00012 February 1999MFRSA Burton O'BrienSCO St Mirren£300,00022 March 1999MFIRL Lee CarsleyENG Derby County£3,400,000 Out Date Pos. Name To Fee1 August 1998MFENG Michael LomaxENG Macclesfield TownFree1 August 1998FWDEN Per PedersenFRA Strasbourg£900,0004 August 1998DFSCO Colin HendrySCO Rangers£4,000,00026 October 1998DFNOR Tore PedersenGER Eintracht Frankfurt£225,0005 January 1999MFENG Luke StatonENG Bolton WanderersFree4 February 1999MFENG Tim SherwoodENG Tottenham Hotspur£4,000,00030 March 1999DFIRL David WorrellSCO Dundee United£50,00031 May 1999DFIRL Graham CoughlanSCO LivingstonFree1 June 1999DFFRA Sébastien PérezFRA Marseille£2,500,000 Transfers in: £39,250,000 Transfers out: £11,675,000 Total spending: £27,750,000 References Category:Blackburn Rovers F.C. seasons Blackburn Rovers