1998–99 Wimbledon F.C. season

March 2015 March 2015 Wimbledon F.C. 1998–99 Sam Hammam Joe Kinnear Selhurst Park FA Premier League 16th FA Cup Fourth round League Cup Semi-finals Jason Euell/Marcus Gayle (10) Marcus Gayle (11) 26,121 (vs. Manchester United, 3 April) 3,756 (vs. Portsmouth, 22 September) 18,207 1997–98 1999–2000 During the 1998–99 English football season, Wimbledon F.C. competed in the FA Premier League. Season summary Wimbledon started the season well, reaching the semi-finals of the League Cup for the second time in their history, and as March arrived Wimbledon were sixth in the table with 11 matches to go, and in the hunt for a League Cup place. They had also reached the semi finals of the League Cup The signing of striker John Hartson from top-five rivals West Ham United for a club record £7.5 million in January looked to be crucial signing the South London club needed for European qualification, but after his arrival the club suffered a slump in form, winning only one more game all season and taking only 2 points from their last 11 games to fall to 16th in the final table, their lowest finish in 13 seasons of top flight football. Manager Joe Kinnear resigned at the end of the season on health grounds after seven years in charge, having suffered heart problems before a match at Sheffield Wednesday in March. He was succeeded by former Norwegian national coach Egil Olsen, who had frequently spoken of his admiration of Wimbledon and had transformed Norway into a leading international side with long-ball tactics similar to those employed by Kinnear. https://www.theguardian.com/football/1999/jun/03/newsstory.sport4 Wimbledon set for Scandinavian invasion The Guardian 3 June 1999 27 October 2008 London Jon Brodkin Final league table 1998–99 FA Premier League WDN Results summary 7 7 5 22 21 3 5 11 18 42 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/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A Result W/D/D/W/L/W/D/L/L/D/D/W/L/W/L/W/W/L/W/D/W/D/D/L/D/D/W/L/L/L/D/L/L/L/D/L/L/L Position 1/3/4/4/6/4/3/5/11/12/12/7/10/8/9/8/8/8/8/9/6/7/7/8/9/9/6/6/8/8/10/11/11/12/13/13/15/16 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 Soccerbase: 1998-99 Wimbledon results September 2015 Results Wimbledon's score comes firsthttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/wimbledon/1998-1999 Wimbledon 1998-1999 Home - statto.com 13 February 2012 4 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120304045005/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/wimbledon/1998-1999 live Legend WinDrawLoss FA Premier League DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 15 August 1998 Tottenham HotspurH3–123,031Earle, Ekoku (2) 22 August 1998 Derby CountyA0–025,747 29 August 1998 Leeds UnitedH1–116,437Hughes 9 September 1998 West Ham UnitedA4–325,311Gayle (2), Euell, Ekoku 12 September 1998 Aston VillaA0–232,959 19 September 1998 Sheffield WednesdayH2–113,163Euell (2) 27 September 1998 Leicester CityA1–117,725Earle 3 October 1998 EvertonH1–216,054Roberts 17 October 1998 Manchester UnitedA1–555,265Euell 24 October 1998 MiddlesbroughH2–214,114Gayle (2) 31 October 1998 Blackburn RoversH1–112,526Earle 7 November 1998 Nottingham ForestA1–021,362Gayle 14 November 1998 ChelseaA0–334,757 21 November 1998 ArsenalH1–026,003Ekoku 28 November 1998 Newcastle UnitedA1–336,623Gayle 5 December 1998 Coventry CityH2–111,717Euell (2) 13 December 1998 LiverpoolH1–026,080Earle 19 December 1998 SouthamptonA1–314,354Gayle 26 December 1998 Charlton AthleticH2–119,106Euell, Hughes 29 December 1998 Leeds UnitedA2–239,816Earle, Cort 9 January 1999 Derby CountyH2–112,732Euell, Roberts 16 January 1999 Tottenham HotspurA0–032,422 30 January 1999 West Ham UnitedH0–023,035 8 February 1999 Charlton AthleticA0–220,002 21 February 1999 Aston VillaH0–015,582 27 February 1999 EvertonA1–132,574Ekoku 3 March 1999 Sheffield WednesdayA2–124,116Ekoku, Gayle 6 March 1999 Leicester CityH0–111,801 13 March 1999 Nottingham ForestH1–312,149Gayle 20 March 1999 Blackburn RoversA1–321,754Euell 3 April 1999 Manchester UnitedH1–126,121Euell 5 April 1999 MiddlesbroughA1–333,999Cort 11 April 1999 ChelseaH1–221,577Gayle 19 April 1999 ArsenalA1–537,982Cort 24 April 1999 Newcastle UnitedH1–121,172Hartson 1 May 1999 Coventry CityA1–221,200Hartson 8 May 1999 SouthamptonH0–224,068 16 May 1999 LiverpoolA0–341,902 FA Cup 1998–99 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR32 January 1999 Manchester CityH1–011,226CortR423 January 1999 Tottenham HotspurH1–122,229EarleR4R2 February 1999 Tottenham HotspurA0–324,049 League Cup 1998–99 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR2 1st Leg15 September 1998 PortsmouthA1–27,010EkokuR2 2nd Leg22 September 1998 PortsmouthH4–1 (won 5–3 on agg)3,756Ardley, Ekoku (2), LeaburnR328 October 1998 Birmingham CityA2–111,845Ardley (2)R410 November 1998 Bolton WanderersA2–17,868Gayle, KennedyQF1 December 1998 ChelseaH2–119,286Earle, Hughes (pen)SF 1st Leg27 January 1999 Tottenham HotspurA0–035,997SF 2nd Leg16 February 1999 Tottenham HotspurH0–1 (lost 0–1 on agg)25,204 Players First-team squad Squad at end of seasonFootballSquads - Wimbledon - 1998/99 http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1998-1999/faprem/wimbled.htm 2020-10-04 www.footballsquads.co.uk 1 SCO GK Neil SullivanSullivan was born in Sutton, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and made his international debut for Scotland in 1997. 2 IRL DF Kenny Cunningham 3 ENG DF Alan Kimble 4 ENG DF Chris Perry 5 ENG DF Dean Blackwell 6 ENG DF Ben ThatcherThatcher was born in Swindon, England and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his grandmother and made his international debut for Wales in March 2004. 7 WAL MF Ceri Hughes 8 JAM MF Robbie EarleEarle was born in Newcastle-under-Lyme, England, and was called up for England without playing, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 1997. 9 NGA FW Efan EkokuEkoku was born in Cheetham, England, but also qualified to represent Nigeria internationally and made his international debut for Nigeria in 1994. 10 ENG MF Andy Roberts 11 JAM FW Marcus GayleGayle was born in Hammersmith, London, and represented them at U-18 level, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally through his father and made his international debut for Jamaica in 1998. 12 ENG MF Neal Ardley 13 ENG GK Paul Heald 14 IRL FW Jon GoodmanGoodman was born in Waltham Forest, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his debut for the Republic of Ireland in 1997. 15 ENG FW Carl Leaburn 16 NIR MF Michael Hughes 17 SCO DF Brian McAllister 18 IRL MF Mark Kennedy 19 ENG MF Stewart Castledine 20 ENG FW Jason EuellEuell was born in Lambeth, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally through his father and would make his international debut for Jamaica in November 2004. 21 SCO DF Duncan JuppJupp was born in Haslemere, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented them at U-21 level. 22 ENG FW Andy Clarke 23 ENG FW Carl CortCort was born in Southwark, England, but also qualified to represent Guyana internationally and would make his international debut for Guyana in 2011. 24 ENG MF Peter Fear 25 ENG DF Andy Pearce 26 ENG MF Gareth Ainsworth 27 ENG MF Damien FrancisFrancis was born in Wandsworth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in 2003. 28 ENG FW Richard O'ConnorO'Connor was born in Wandsworth, England, but also qualified to represent Anguilla internationally and would make his international debut for Anguilla in 2000. 29 WAL FW John Hartson 30 ENG DF Peter Hawkins 31 ENG DF Danny Hodges 33 IRL GK Brendan Murphy 35 ENG FW Patrick AgyemangAgyemang was born in Waltham Forest, England, but also qualified to represent Ghana internationally and would make his international debut for Ghana in May 2003. Left club during season 32 NOR GK Morten Bakke on loan from Molde 34 ENG GK Brian Parkin to Brighton & Hove Albion Reserve squad ENG GK Shane Gore ENG GK Bryn Halliwell ENG DF Rob GierGier was born in Ascot, England, but also qualified to represent the Philippines internationally through his mother and would make his international debut for the Philippines in April 2009. ENG DF Samuel Okikiolu ENG MF Mikele LeigertwoodLeigertwood was born in Enfield, England, but also qualified to represent Antigua and Barbuda internationally and would make his international debut for Antigua and Barbuda in November 2008. ENG MF Ansah Owusu ENG FW Wayne Gray ENG FW Leigh Hinds IRL FW Stephen O'Flynn Transfers In Date Pos. Name From Fee29 October 1998MFGareth AinsworthPort Vale£2,000,00014 January 1999FWJohn HartsonWest Ham United£7,500,000 Out Date Pos. Name To Fee15 June 1998DFAlan ReevesSwindon TownFree transfer1 August 1998MFStåle SolbakkenAalborg BKUndisclosed Transfers in: £9,500,000 Transfers out: £0 Total spending: £9,500,000 Appearances and goals Source: Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute. Players with names struck through and marked Left club during playing season left the club during the playing season. Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Burnley. Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes. Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward + Players contracted for the 1998–99 seasonNo.Pos.Nat.NameFA Premier LeagueFA CupLeague CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals1GKSCONeil Sullivan38030504602DFIRLKenny Cunningham350206 (1)043 (1)03DFENGAlan Kimble22 (4)0201 (2)025 (6)04DFENGChris Perry34020704305DFENGDean Blackwell27 (1)0204033 (1)06DFENGBen Thatcher31020704007MFWALCeri Hughes8 (6)00 (3)00 (1)08 (10)08MFJAMRobbie Earle35531514379FWNGAEfan Ekoku11 (11)6004 (1)315 (12)910MFENGAndy Roberts23 (5)22 (1)03 (1)028 (7)211FWJAMMarcus Gayle31 (4)10104136 (4)1112MFENGNeal Ardley16 (7)0305324 (7)313GKENGPaul Heald0000202014FWIRLJon Goodman0 (1)000000 (1)015FWENGCarl Leaburn14 (8)0303 (4)120 (12)116MFNIRMichael Hughes28 (2)2204134 (2)117DFSCOBrian McAllister0000101018MFIRLMark Kennedy7 (10)0204 (1)113 (11)119MFENGStewart Castledine1000001020FWENGJason Euell31 (2)10305 (2)039 (4)1021DFSCODuncan Jupp3 (3)010206 (3)022FWENGAndy Clarke0000000023FWENGCarl Cort6 (10)30 (3)12 (1)08 (14)424MFENGPeter Fear0 (2)000101 (2)025DFENGAndy Pearce0000000026MFENGGareth Ainsworth5 (3)000005 (3)027MFENGDamien Francis0000202028FWENGRichard O'Connor0000000029FWWALJohn Hartson12 (2)2000012 (2)230DFENGPeter Hawkins0000000031DFENGDanny Hodges0000000032GKNORMorten Bakke * Left club during playing season0000000033GKIRLBrendan Murphy0000000034GKENGBrian Parkin Left club during playing season0000000035FWENGPatrick Agyemang00000000 Notes notes References Category:Wimbledon F.C. seasons Wimbledon