1998–99 Cardiff City F.C. season

Welsh football club season December 2021 Cardiff City 1998–99 Football League Third Division Samesh Kumar Frank Burrows 3rd Kevin Nugent (15) Kevin Nugent (22) FA Cup 4th round League Cup 1st round FAW Premier Cup Semi-final Auto Windscreens Shield 1st round 7,131 12,455 (v Scunthorpe, 1 May 1999) 3,742 (v Barnet, 8 September 1998) 1997–98 1999–2000 The 1998–99 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 72nd season in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Three, then the fourth tier of English football, finishing third, winning promotion to Division Two. Players -- England GK Jon Hallworth -- Republic of Ireland GK Seamus Kelly -- Wales DF Mark Delaney -- England DF Jeff Eckhardt -- England DF Mike Ford -- Wales DF Lee Jarman -- Wales DF Andy Legg -- England DF Graham Mitchell -- Wales DF Lee Phillips -- Wales DF Scott Young -- England MF Chris Allen -- England MF Mark Bonner -- Wales MF Jason Bowen -- England MF Matt Brazier -- Wales MF Nathan Cadette -- England MF Richard Carpenter -- England MF Jason Fowler -- England MF Danny Hill -- England MF Craig Middleton -- Republic of Ireland MF Wayne O'Sullivan -- England MF Dave Penney -- Wales MF Tom Ramasut -- Wales MF Christian Roberts -- Wales FW Robert Earnshaw -- England FW Kevin Nugent -- England FW Andy Saville -- Wales FW Dai Thomas -- England FW John Williams First team squad.https://www.11v11.com/teams/cardiff-city/tab/players/season/1999/ All Cardiff City football club players: 1999 11v11 21 January 2022 League table 1998–99 Football League#Third Division Third Division y CAR Results by round table b Round Ground A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A Result D/L/W/L/L/W/W/W/W/D/W/W/L/D/W/D/W/L/W/W/W/W/W/L/W/L/W/W/D/L/D/D/D/W/D/L/W/W/D/D/D/W/D/W/D/L Position ~/20/10/14/18/15/13/10/6/8/5/1/5/6/5/5/3/6/3/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/2/2/2/2/1/1/1/2/2/2/1/2/3 Points 1p/1p/4p/4p/4p/7p/10p/13p/16p/17p/20p/23p/23p/24p/27p/28p/31p/31p/34p/37p/40p/43p/46p/46p/49p/49p/52p/55p/56p/56p/57p/58p/59p/62p/63p/63p/66p/69p/70p/71p/72p/75p/76p/79p/80p/80p lightblue Home gold Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd blue1 red1 January 2022 Fixtures and results Third Division 1998 8 8 y 1 D Hartlepool United Cardiff City 11 Chris Beech 9 52 Robert Earnshaw Victoria Park Hartlepool 2,591 1998 8 15 y 15:00 2 L Cardiff City Peterborough United 13 Andy Saville 17 51 68 Leon McKenzie55 Martin Carruthers Ninian Park Cardiff 5,629 1998 8 21 y 3 W Shrewsbury Town Cardiff City 03 8 Jeff Eckhardt29 Dai Thomas76 Kevin Nugent Gay Meadow Shrewsbury 3,003 1998 8 29 y 15:00 4 L Cardiff City Rotherham United 01 63 Lee Glover Ninian Park Cardiff 5,356 1998 8 31 y 5 L Darlington Cardiff City 30 Darren Roberts 42 70Jason de Vos 75 Feethams Darlington 2,085 1998 9 5 y 12:15 6 W Cardiff City Plymouth Argyle 10 Paul Wotton 88 og Ninian Park Cardiff 3,939 1998 9 8 y 19:30 7 W Cardiff City Barnet 10 Wayne O'Sullivan 61 Ninian Park Cardiff 3,742 1998 9 11 y 8 W Halifax Town Cardiff City 12 Kieran O'Regan 60 80 Jason Fowler84 Dai Thomas The Shay Halifax 2,814 1998 9 19 y 15:00 9 W Cardiff City Rochdale 21 Matt Brazier 54Mark Bonner 58 25 Robbie Painter Ninian Park Cardiff 4,643 1998 9 26 y 10 D Chester City Cardiff City 22 Chris Priest 64Rod Thomas 67 62 Lee Jarman79 Matt Brazier Deva Stadium Chester 2,842 1998 10 3 y 15:00 11 W Cardiff City Brighton & Hove Albion 20 Kevin Nugent 8John Williams 74 Ninian Park Cardiff 6,143 1998 10 9 y 12 W Hull City Cardiff City 12 David Brown 42 10 52 Dai Thomas Boothferry Park Hull 8,594 1998 10 17 y 15:00 13 L Cardiff City Cambridge United 01 90 John Taylor Ninian Park Cardiff 6,886 1998 10 20 y 19:30 14 D Cardiff City Leyton Orient 00 Ninian Park Cardiff 5,001 1998 10 31 y 15:00 15 W Cardiff City Exeter City 10 Craig Middleton 76 Ninian Park Cardiff 5,411 1998 11 7 y 16 D Torquay United Cardiff City 00 Plainmoor Torquay 3,342 1998 11 10 y 19:30 17 W Cardiff City Scarborough 10 John Williams 50 Ninian Park Cardiff 4,422 Lee Cable (Woking) 1998 11 22 y 18 L Swansea City Cardiff City 21 Martin Thomas 69Matthew Bound 89 4 John Williams Vetch Field Swansea 7,757 1998 11 28 y 15:00 19 W Cardiff City Southend United 20 Craig Middleton 2Kevin Nugent 32 Ninian Park Cardiff 4,638 David Pugh (Wirral) 1998 12 1 y 20 W Carlisle United Cardiff City 01 49 pen Kevin Nugent Brunton Park Carlisle 2,700 1998 12 12 y 21 W Scunthorpe United Cardiff City 02 45 54 John Williams Glanford Park Scunthorpe 3,200 1998 12 19 y 15:00 22 W Cardiff City Mansfield Town 42 John Williams 12 46Kevin Nugent 61 81 53 Steve Harper58 Iyseden Christie Ninian Park Cardiff 9,013 1998 12 26 y 12:00 23 W Cardiff City Shrewsbury Town 30 John Williams 40Kevin Nugent 49Danny Hill 53 Ninian Park Cardiff 12,452 1998 12 28 y 24 L Brentford Cardiff City 10 Hermann Hreidarsson 53 Griffin Park London 9,535 1999 1 9 y 15:00 25 W Cardiff City Hartlepool United 41 Wayne O'Sullivan 4Kevin Nugent 12Jeff Eckhardt 67Craig Middleton 88 70 Ian Clark Ninian Park Cardiff 7,766 1999 1 16 y 26 L Peterborough United Cardiff City 21 Steve Castle 46Giuliano Grazioli 90 25 Kevin Nugent London Road Peterborough 5,890 1999 1 23 y 15:00 27 W Cardiff City Darlington 32 Richard Carpenter 23John Williams 53Craig Middleton 81 1 Glenn Naylor87 Marco Gabbiadini Ninian Park Cardiff 5,803 1999 1 30 y 15:00 28 W Cardiff City Brentford 41 John Williams 20Jeff Eckhardt 28Jason Fowler 52Kevin Nugent 76 57 Danny Boxall Ninian Park Cardiff 11,509 1999 2 6 y 29 D Plymouth Argyle Cardiff City 11 Dwight Marshall 19 63 Andy Legg Home Park Plymouth 6,062 1999 2 13 y 30 L Barnet Cardiff City 10 Stevie Searle 70 Underhill Stadium Chipping Barnet 2,234 1999 2 19 y 19:30 31 D Cardiff City Halifax Town 11 Jeff Eckhardt 44 66 Mark Bradshaw Ninian Park Cardiff 8,570 1999 2 27 y 32 D Rochdale Cardiff City 11 Jason Peake 44 76 Andy Legg Spotland Rochdale 2,431 1999 3 5 y 19:30 33 D Cardiff City Chester City 00 Ninian Park Cardiff 7,526 1999 3 9 y 34 W Brighton & Hove Albion Cardiff City 02 16 Kevin Nugent31 Scott Young Priestfield Stadium Gillingham 2,312 1999 3 13 y 15:00 35 D Cardiff City Torquay United 22 Danny Hill 36Jason Fowler 58 34 65 Tony Bedeau Ninian Park Cardiff 6,956 1999 3 16 y 19:45 36 L Rotherham United Cardiff City 10 Chris Sedgwick 66 Millmoor Rotherham 3,669 AR Hall (Birmingham) 1999 3 20 y 37 W Exeter City Cardiff City 02 39 60 Kevin Nugent St James Park Exeter 3,653 1999 3 27 y 15:00 38 W Cardiff City Carlisle United 21 Kevin Nugent 27Jason Bowen 54 22 Richard Tracey Ninian Park Cardiff 7,094 Mark Cowburn (Blackpool) 1999 4 3 y 39 D Cambridge United Cardiff City 00 Abbey Stadium Cambridge 7,787 1999 4 5 y 15:00 40 D Cardiff City Hull City 11 Kevin Nugent 74 pen 25 Colin Alcide Ninian Park Cardiff 8,252 1999 4 10 y 41 D Leyton Orient Cardiff City 11 Jeff Eckhardt 49 og 40 John Williams Brisbane Road London 5,238 1999 4 13 y 42 W Southend United Cardiff City 01 70 John Williams Roots Hall Southend 4,076 1999 4 18 y 12:00 43 D Cardiff City Swansea City 00 Ninian Park Cardiff 10,809 1999 4 24 y 44 W Scarborough Cardiff City 12 Darren Roberts 43 24 Jeff Eckhardt69 Jason Bowen Athletic Ground Scarborough 1,834 1999 5 1 y 15:00 45 D Cardiff City Scunthorpe United 00 Ninian Park Cardiff 12,455 1999 5 8 y 46 L Mansfield Town Cardiff City 30 Tony Lormor 71Darrell Clarke 76 penLee Peacock 81 Field Mill Mansfield 4,032 Source https://cardiffcityforum.com/history/ccfcl74.htm Cardiff City 1998-99 results Cardiff City Forum 21 January 2022https://www.11v11.com/teams/cardiff-city/tab/matches/season/1999/ Cardiff City football club match record: 1999 11v11 21 January 2022 Worthington Cup (League Cup) 1998 8 11 y Round 1 (First leg) L Fulham Cardiff City 21 Peter Beardsley 43Dirk Lehmann 48 8 John Williams Craven Cottage London 4,305 1998 8 18 y 19:30 Round 1 (Second leg) L Cardiff City Fulham 12 24 Jeff Eckhardt 86 22 John Salako37 Simon Morgan Ninian Park Cardiff 4,768 FA Cup 1998 11 14 y 15:00 Round 1 W Cardiff City Chester City 60 Jason Fowler 10 40Craig Middleton 12John Williams 55 71Mark Delaney 63 Ninian Park Cardiff 4,220 Paul Danson (Leicester) 1998 12 5 y 15:00 Round 2 W Cardiff City Hednesford Town 31 Craig Middleton 45Jason Fowler 59John Williams 82 87 Paul Carty Ninian Park Cardiff 5,638 1999 1 2 y 15:00 Round 3 D Cardiff City Yeovil Town 11 Kevin Nugent 84 54 Carl Dale Ninian Park Cardiff 12,561 1999 1 12 y Round 3 (Replay) W Yeovil Town Cardiff City 12 yes Matt Hayfield 86 43 Jeff Eckhardt91 Kevin Nugent Huish Park Yeovil 8,101 1999 1 27 y Round 4 L Sheffield United Cardiff City 41 Paul Devlin 13David Holdsworth 52Lee Morris 58Graham Stuart 68 19 Kevin Nugent Bramall Lane Sheffield 13,296 Auto Windscreens Shield 1998 12 9 y Round 1 L Millwall Cardiff City 20 Paul Shaw 26Neil Harris 28 Millwall 1,858 FAW Premier Cup 1998 9 14 y 19:15 Group A L Cardiff City Bangor City 01 Darren Hilditch Ninian Park Cardiff 1,100 1998 10 5 y 19:15 Group A D Cardiff City Merthyr Tydfil 22 John Williams Matt Brazier Eston Chiverton Cohen Griffith Ninian Park Cardiff 1,191 Mark Whitby (Swansea) 1998 10 26 y Group A W Bangor City Cardiff City 14 Neil Wenham Dai Thomas Kevin Nugent Kevin Nugent Craig Middleton Farrar Road Bangor 446 1998 11 17 y Group A D Merthyr Tydfil Cardiff City 00 Penydarren Park Merthyr Tydfil 945 1999 1 5 y Group A W Rhyl Cardiff City 04 Dai Thomas Dai Thomas Dai Thomas Robert Earnshaw Belle Vue Rhyl 302 1999 2 10 y 19:15 Group A W Cardiff City Rhyl 32 Kevin Nugent Wayne O'Sullivan Craig Middleton Phil Patterson Troy Hayder Ninian Park Cardiff 832 1999 3 2 y 19:15 Quarter Final W Cardiff City Swansea City 32 Dai Thomas Jeff Eckhardt John Williams Julian Alsop Ryan Casey Ninian Park Cardiff 2,333 1999 4 27 y 19:15 Semi Final (First leg) L Wrexham Cardiff City 31 Martyn Chalk 38Mark McGregor 53Karl Connolly 78 72 Christian Roberts The Racecourse Wrexham Wrexham report 1,509 Brian Lawlor 1999 5 10 y 19:25 Semi Final (Second leg) W Cardiff City Wrexham 21 34 Craig Middleton 5Kevin Nugent 89 90 Andy Morrell Ninian Park Cardiff Wrexham report 1,212 Alan Howells (Port Talbot) See also List of Cardiff City F.C. seasons References Bibliography The Who's Who of Cardiff City Dean Hayes Breedon Books 2006 1-85983-462-0 The Definitive Cardiff City F.C. Richard Shepherd Tony Brown 2002 1-899-46817-X Cardiff City Football Club: Official History of the Bluebirds John Crooks Yore Publications 1992 0-9513321-8-X Rothmans Football Yearbook 1999-2000 Glenda Rollin Jack Rollin Headline Book Publishing 1999 0-7472-7627-7 https://www.fchd.info/CARDIFFC.HTM Football Club History Database – Cardiff City Welsh Football Data Archive 1998-99 Category:Welsh football clubs 1998–99 season Category:1998–99 Football League Third Division by team