1998–99 Sunderland A.F.C. season

English football club season March 2015 March 2015 Sunderland 1998–99 Peter Reid Bob Murray Stadium of Light First Division 1st (champions) FA Cup Fourth round League Cup Semi-finals Kevin Phillips (23) Kevin Phillips (25) 38,745 1997–98 1999–2000 During the 1998–99 English football season, Sunderland A.F.C. competed in the Football League First Division. Season summary In the 1998–99 season, Sunderland secured their Premier League place by winning the Division One title with a then record 105 League points having topped the First Division table since 24 October 1998.http://www.fchd.info/lghist/fl/fl1999.htm Football League 1998–99 Richard Rundle Football Club History Database 6 January 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081021051653/http://www.fchd.info/lghist/fl/fl1999.htm 21 October 2008 They clinched promotion on 13 April 1999 by winning 5–2 at Bury.http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=258023 Bury 2 – 5 Sunderland Soccerbase 6 January 2009May 2022 InternetArchiveBot yes Final league table 1998–99 Football League First Division y SUN Results Sunderland's score comes firsthttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/sunderland/1998-1999/results Sunderland 1998-1999 Results - statto.com 13 March 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140313161209/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/sunderland/1998-1999/results 13 March 2014 live dmy-all Legend WinDrawLoss Football League First Division Results summary 19 3 1 50 10 12 9 2 41 18 Results by matchday table b Round Ground H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H Result W/D/W/W/W/D/D/W/D/D/D/D/D/W/W/W/W/W/L/W/W/W/W/D/L/W/D/W/L/W/W/W/D/W/W/W/W/W/W/D/W/W/W/D/W/W Position 7/6/6/1/1/2/3/2/1/1/2/2/2/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd yellow1 red1 DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 8 August 1998 Queens Park RangersH1–041,008Phillips (pen) 15 August 1998 Swindon TownA1–110,207Phillips 22 August 1998 Tranmere RoversH5–034,155Phillips, Dichio (2), Mullin, Butler 25 August 1998 WatfordH4–136,587Johnston, Summerbee, Dichio, Melville 29 August 1998 Ipswich TownA2–015,813Mullin, Phillips 8 September 1998 Bristol CityH1–134,111Phillips 12 September 1998 Wolverhampton WanderersA1–126,816Phillips 19 September 1998 Oxford UnitedH7–034,567Bridges (2), Gray, Dichio (2, 1 pen), Rae (2) 26 September 1998 PortsmouthA1–117,022Johnston 29 September 1998 Norwich CityA2–217,504Quinn, Marshall (own goal) 3 October 1998 Bradford CityH0–037,828 18 October 1998 West Bromwich AlbionA3–220,791Melville, Bridges, Ball 21 October 1998 Huddersfield TownA1–114,746Ball 24 October 1998 BuryH1–038,049Dichio 1 November 1998 Bolton WanderersA3–021,676Johnston, Quinn, Bridges 3 November 1998 Crewe AlexandraA4–15,361Dichio, Gray, Quinn, Bridges 7 November 1998 Grimsby TownH3–140,077Smith (2), Quinn 14 November 1998 Port ValeA2–08,839Aspin (own goal), Quinn 21 November 1998 BarnsleyH2–340,231Scott (pen), Quinn 28 November 1998 Sheffield UnitedA4–025,612Quinn (2), Bridges (2) 5 December 1998 Stockport CountyH1–036,040Summerbee 12 December 1998 Port ValeH2–037,583Smith, Butler 15 December 1998 Crystal PalaceH2–033,870Scott (pen), Dichio 19 December 1998 Birmingham CityA0–022,095 26 December 1998 Tranmere RoversA0–114,248 28 December 1998 Crewe AlexandraH2–041,433Dichio, Bridges 9 January 1999 Queens Park RangersA2–217,444Phillips, Quinn 17 January 1999 Ipswich TownH2–139,835Quinn (2) 30 January 1999 WatfordA1–220,188Quinn 6 February 1999 Swindon TownH2–041,304Quinn, Phillips 13 February 1999 Bristol CityA1–015,736Phillips (pen) 20 February 1999 Wolverhampton WanderersH2–141,268Johnston, Quinn 27 February 1999 Oxford UnitedA0–09,044 2 March 1999 PortsmouthH2–037,656Dichio, Phillips 6 March 1999 Norwich CityH1–039,004Phillips 9 March 1999 Bradford CityA1–015,124Quinn 13 March 1999 Grimsby TownA2–09,528Phillips, Clark 20 March 1999 Bolton WanderersH3–141,505Phillips, Johnston (2) 3 April 1999 West Bromwich AlbionH3–041,135Phillips (2), Clark 5 April 1999 Crystal PalaceA1–122,096Phillips 10 April 1999 Huddersfield TownH2–041,074Quinn, Johnston 13 April 1999 BuryA5–28,669Phillips (4, 1 pen), Quinn 16 April 1999 BarnsleyA3–117,390Summerbee, Clark, Phillips 24 April 1999 Sheffield UnitedH0–041,179 1 May 1999 Stockport CountyA1–010,548Phillips 9 May 1999 Birmingham CityH2–141,634Phillips, Quinn FA Cup 1998–99 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR32 January 1999 Lincoln CityA1–010,408McCannR423 January 1999 Blackburn RoversA0–130,125 League Cup 1998–99 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR1 1st Leg11 August 1998 York CityA2–06,277Dichio (2)R1 2nd Leg18 August 1998 York CityH2–1 (won 4–1 on agg)22,695Phillips, SmithR2 1st Leg15 September 1998 Chester CityH3–020,618Scott, Phillips, BridgesR2 2nd Leg22 September 1998 Chester CityA1–0 (won 4–0 on agg)2,738JohnstonR327 October 1998 Grimsby TownH2–1 18,676Bridges, QuinnR411 November 1998 EvertonA1–1 (won 5–4 on pens)28,132BridgesQF1 December 1998 Luton TownH3–035,742Johnson (own goal), Bridges, QuinnSF 1st Leg26 January 1999 Leicester CityH1–238,332McCannSF 2nd Leg17 February 1999 Leicester CityA1–1 (lost 2–3 on agg)21,231Quinn Players First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttp://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=2493&teamTabs=stats&season_id=128 Sunderland FC Player Appearances | Past & Present | Soccer Base ENG GK Chris Porter ENG GK Luke Weaver WAL GK Andy MarriottMarriott was born in Sutton-in-Ashfield, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in 1996. IRL GK Gregg Shannon DEN GK Thomas Sørensen ENG DF Paul ButlerButler was born in Moston, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his paternal step-grandfather, and would make his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in February 2000. ENG DF Jody Craddock ENG DF Elliott Dickman ENG DF Michael Gray ENG DF Paul Heckingbottom ENG DF Darren Holloway ENG DF Chris Makin ENG DF Mark Maley ENG DF Matthew Pitts WAL DF Andy Melville SCO DF Allan Johnston NIR DF George McCartney ENG MF Sam Aiston ENG MF Kevin Ball ENG MF Lee Clark ENG MF Jonjo Dickman ENG MF Gerry Harrison ENG MF Chris Lumsdon ENG MF Gavin McCann ENG MF John Mullin ENG MF Martin Scott ENG MF Nicky Summerbee ENG MF Paul Thirlwell ENG MF Neil Wainwright ENG MF Darren Williams SCO MF David Duke SCO MF Alex Rae IRL MF Thomas Butler IRL MF Brendan McGill DEN MF Carsten Fredgaard ENG FW Michael Bridges ENG FW Danny Dichio ENG FW Kevin Phillips ENG FW Michael Proctor ENG FW Martin Smith SCO FW Kevin Kyle IRL FW Niall Quinn Appearances and goals Division One FA Cup Worthington Cup |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers GK Andy Marriott WAL 1 0 0 0 0 0 GK Thomas Sorensen DEN 45 0 2 0 9 0 GK Luke Weaver ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders DF Paul Butler ENG 44 2 2 0 6+1 0 DF Jody Craddock ENG 3+3 0 0 0 3+2 0 DF Michael Gray ENG 36+1 2 2 0 5 0 DF Darren Holloway ENG 1+5 0 0 0 0 0 DF Chris Makin ENG 37+1 0 2 0 7 0 DF Mark Maley ENG 0 0 0 0 1 0 DF Andy Melville WAL 44 2 2 0 6 0 DF Martin Scott ENG 14+2 2 1 0 6 1 DF Darren Williams ENG 16+9 0 1 0 4 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders MF Sam Aiston ENG 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0 MF Kevin Ball ENG 42 2 1 0 4 0 MF Lee Clark ENG 26+1 3 2 0 3+1 0 MF Gerry Harrison ENG 0 0 0 0 1 0 MF Allan Johnston SCO 40 7 1 0 6+1 1 MF Chris Lumsdon ENG 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 MF Gavin McCann ENG 5+6 0 1+1 1 1 1 MF John Mullin ENG 8+2 2 0 0 4+1 0 MF Alex Rae SCO 12+3 2 1 0 2 0 MF Nicky Summerbee ENG 36 3 0+1 0 5+1 0 MF Paul Thirlwell ENG 1+1 0 0 0 2+1 0 MF Neil Wainwright ENG 0+2 0 0 0 2+1 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards FW Michael Bridges ENG 13+16 8 0 0 5+2 4 FW Danny Dichio ENG 16+20 10 1+1 0 4+1 2 FW Kevin Phillips ENG 26 23 1 0 5 2 FW Michael Proctor ENG 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 FW Niall Quinn IRL 36+3 18 2 0 4+1 3 FW Martin Smith ENG 4+4 3 0+1 0 4+2 1 |- |} References Notes notes Category:Sunderland A.F.C. seasons Sunderland