1998–99 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season

English football club season March 2015 April 2025 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. 1998–99 Dave Richards Danny Wilson FA Premier League 12th FA Cup Fifth round League Cup Second round Benito Carbone (8) Benito Carbone (9) 39,475 (vs. Manchester United, FA Premier League) 8,921 (vs. Cambridge United, League Cup) 26,745 (league) 1997–98 1999–2000 The 1998–99 season was Sheffield Wednesday F.C.'s 132nd season in existence. They competed in the twenty-team FA Premier League, the top tier of English football, finishing twelfth. It was the club's 100th season at their Hillsborough ground. Season summary Danny Wilson's return to Hillsborough as managerEdwards John WILSON: I'M NO TRAITOR; Storm as Danny switches to Owls. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/WILSON%3a+I'M+NO+TRAITOR%3b+Storm+as+Danny+switches+to+Owls.-a060667476 The Free Library The Mirror 7 July 1998 12 February 2012 saw them begin the season among the favourites for relegation of many pundits. But they performed reasonably well throughout the season, being one of just three sides to beat treble winners Manchester United in addition to being one of just four sides to beat second-placed Arsenal, who would finish just one point behind Manchester United. Up to 27 February 1999 – their 3–1 home win over Middlesbrough – they were boasting somewhat inconsistent yet very stable, promising mid-table form: 10th in the table, winning ten, drawing five and losing 11 of their first 26 games with an impressive goal difference of +9 and were looking like good bets for a UEFA Cup slot. However, they couldn't quite keep up the momentum and would lose their next five games which ultimately ended such hopes. However, winning three of their final seven matches ensured that they would finish 12th at the end of a campaign during which they had never faced any serious threat of relegation; a significant improvement to the previous season. The only major concern at the club was a growing mountain of debts which would have been even more of a worry had the Owls suffered relegation. An expensively assembled squad including Paolo Di Canio, Benito Carbone and Wim Jonk failed to live up to the massive wage bill the club was paying and things eventually came to a head when Di Canio was sent off in a match against Arsenal and pushed referee Paul Alcock to the ground on his way off, which resulted in an extended ban of 11 matcheshttps://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/199792.stm Di Canio gets 11-match ban for push on ref 23 October 1998 BBC Sport and him being fined £10,000.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/199527.stm Di Canio ban too short, say referees 24 October 1998 BBC Sport Final league table 1998–99 FA Premier League SHW Results summary 7 5 7 20 15 6 2 11 21 27 1998–99 FA Premier League table August 2015 Results by round table b Round Ground H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A Result L/W/L/L/W/L/W/L/L/D/D/L/D/W/D/W/W/L/L/L/D/W/L/W/W/W/L/L/L/L/L/W/L/D/D/L/W/W Position 19/7/12/17/9/13/10/15/16/16/16/16/15/15/16/14/13/14/15/15/15/13/14/14/12/10/11/11/12/13/14/13/14/14/14/14/13/12 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 11v11.com: 1998-99 Sheffield Wednesday results August 2015 Results Sheffield Wednesday's score comes firstSheffield Wednesday 1998–1999 Results http://www.statto.com/football/teams/sheffield-wednesday/1998-1999/results live https://web.archive.org/web/20130326005226/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/sheffield-wednesday/1998-1999/results 26 March 2013 statto.com Legend WinDrawLoss FA Premier League DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 15 August 1998 West Ham UnitedH0–130,236 22 August 1998 Tottenham HotspurA3–032,129Atherton, Di Canio, Hinchcliffe 29 August 1998 Aston VillaH0–125,989 9 September 1998 Derby CountyA0–126,209 12 September 1998 Blackburn RoversH3–020,846Atherton, Hinchcliffe, Di Canio 19 September 1998 WimbledonA1–213,163Di Canio 26 September 1998 ArsenalH1–027,949Briscoe 3 October 1998 MiddlesbroughA0–434,163 18 October 1998 Coventry CityA0–116,006 24 October 1998 EvertonH0–026,592 31 October 1998 SouthamptonH0–030,078 8 November 1998 Leeds UnitedA1–230,012Booth 14 November 1998 Newcastle UnitedA1–136,698Rudi 21 November 1998 Manchester UnitedH3–139,475Alexandersson (2), Jonk 28 November 1998 ChelseaA1–134,451Booth 7 December 1998 Nottingham ForestH3–219,321Alexandersson, Carbone (2) 12 December 1998 Charlton AthleticH3–026,010Booth, Carbone, Rudi 19 December 1998 LiverpoolA0–240,003 26 December 1998 Leicester CityH0–133,513 28 December 1998 Aston VillaA1–239,217Carbone 9 January 1999 Tottenham HotspurH0–028,204 16 January 1999 West Ham UnitedA4–025,642Hinchcliffe, Rudi, Humphreys, Carbone (pen) 30 January 1999 Derby CountyH0–124,440 6 February 1999 Leicester CityA2–020,113Jonk, Carbone 20 February 1999 Blackburn RoversA4–124,643Sonner, Rudi (2), Booth 27 February 1999 MiddlesbroughH3–124,534Booth (2), Sonner 3 March 1999 WimbledonH1–224,116Thome 9 March 1999 ArsenalA0–337,792 13 March 1999 Leeds UnitedH0–228,142 20 March 1999 SouthamptonA0–115,201 3 April 1999 Coventry CityH1–228,136Rudi 5 April 1999 EvertonA2–135,270Carbone (2) 17 April 1999 Manchester UnitedA0–355,270 21 April 1999 Newcastle UnitedH1–121,545Scott 25 April 1999 ChelseaH0–021,652 1 May 1999 Nottingham ForestA0–220,480 8 May 1999 LiverpoolH1–027,383Cresswell 16 May 1999 Charlton AthleticA1–020,043Sonner FA Cup 1998–99 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR33 January 1999 Norwich CityH4–118,737Humphreys (2), Rudi, StefanovićR423 January 1999 Stockport CountyH2–020,984Thome, CarboneR513 February 1999 ChelseaH0–129,410 League Cup 1998–99 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR2 1st Leg16 September 1998 Cambridge UnitedH0–18,921R2 2nd Leg22 September 1998 Cambridge UnitedA1–1 (lost 1–2 on agg)8,502Campbell (own goal) Players First-team squad Squad at end of seasonSheffield Wednesday – 1998/99 http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1998-1999/faprem/sheffwed.htm dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101221214502/http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1998-1999/faprem/sheffwed.htm 21 December 2010 footballsquads.co.uk 1 ENG GK Kevin Pressman 2 ENG DF Peter Atherton captain 3 NIR DF Ian NolanNolan was born in Liverpool, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1996. 4 NED MF Wim Jonk 5 ENG DF Jon Newsome 6 ENG DF Des Walker 7 ENG FW Guy Whittingham 8 ITA FW Benito Carbone 10 ENG FW Andy Booth 12 SCO MF Philip Scott 13 ENG GK Matt Clarke 14 ITA FW Francesco Sanetti 15 ARG DF Juan Cobián 16 ENG MF Ritchie Humphreys 17 ENG MF Lee Briscoe 18 FR Yugoslavia DF Dejan Stefanović 19 ENG MF Scott Oakes 20 ENG DF Andy Hinchcliffe 21 ENG FW Richard Cresswell 22 BRA DF Emerson Thome 23 GHA FW Junior Agogo 25 NOR MF Petter Rudi 26 SWE MF Niclas Alexandersson 27 ENG DF Earl Barrett 28 IRL MF Alan Quinn 29 ENG MF Krystof Kotylo 30 ENG FW Andrew Douglas 31 IRL MF Mark McKeeverMcKeever was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-19 and U-21 level. 32 NIR MF Danny SonnerSonner was born in Wigan, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and represented them at B level before making his international debut for Northern Ireland in September 1997. 33 CZE GK Pavel Srníček 34 NIR MF Owen Morrison 35 ENG DF Steve Haslam 36 ENG MF Alex Higgins Left club during season 21 MKD DF Goce Sedloski to Dinamo Zagreb 11 ITA FW Paolo Di Canio to West Ham United 12 ENG MF Graham Hyde to Birmingham City 25 NIR MF Jim Magilton to Ipswich Town ENG MF Mark Platts to Torquay United Reserve squad ENG GK Stuart Jones ENG DF Leigh Bromby IRL DF Derek Geary ENG DF Kevin Nicholson ENG MF Peter Holmes Statistics Appearances and goals FA Premier League FA Cup League Cup |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers 1 Kevin Pressman GK ENG 14+1 0 1 0 2 0 33 Pavel Srníček GK CZE 24 0 2 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders 2 Peter Atherton DF ENG 38 2 3 0 2 0 5 Jon Newsome DF ENG 2+3 0 0+1 0 1 0 6 Des Walker DF ENG 37 0 3 0 2 0 15 Juan Cobián DF ARG 7+2 0 0 0 1 0 18 Dejan Stefanović DF SCG 8+3 0 2 1 0 0 20 Andy Hinchcliffe DF ENG 32 3 2 0 2 0 22 Emerson Thome DF BRA 38 1 3 1 2 0 27 Earl Barrett DF ENG 0+5 0 0 0 0+1 0 35 Steve Haslam DF ENG 2 0 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders 4 Wim Jonk MF NED 38 2 3 0 2 0 12 Phillip Scott MF SCO 0+4 1 0 0 0 0 16 Richie Humphreys MF ENG 10+9 1 2 2 0 0 17 Lee Briscoe MF ENG 5+11 1 0+2 0 1 0 19 Scott Oakes MF ENG 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 25 Petter Rudi MF NOR 33+1 6 3 1 1 0 26 Niclas Alexandersson MF SWE 31+1 3 3 0 0+1 0 28 Alan Quinn MF IRL 1 0 0 0 0 0 31 Mark McKeever MF IRL 1+2 0 0 0 0 0 32 Danny Sonner MF NIR 24+2 3 2+1 0 0 0 34 Owen Morrison MF NIR 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards 7 Guy Whittingham FW ENG 1+1 0 0 0 0+1 0 8 Benito Carbone FW ITA 31 8 3 1 2 0 10 Andy Booth FW ENG 34 6 1+1 0 2 0 14 Francesco Sanetti FW ITA 0+3 0 0 0 0+2 0 21 Richard Cresswell FW ENG 1+6 1 0 0 0 0 23 Junior Agogo FW GHA 0+1 0 0+1 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season 11 Paolo Di Canio FW ITA 5+1 3 0 0 2 0 12 Graham Hyde MF ENG 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 25 Jim Magilton MF NIR 1+5 0 0 0 0 0 16 May 1999 Competitions October 2016 Starting 11 Considering starts in all competitionshttps://www.11v11.com/teams/sheffield-wednesday/tab/players/season/1999/ All Sheffield Wednesday players: 1999 www.11v11.com GK: #33, CZE Pavel Srnicek, 26 RB: #2, ENG Peter Atherton, 43 CB: #22, BRA Emerson Thome, 43 CB: #6, ENG Des Walker, 42 LB: #20, ENG Andy Hinchcliffe, 36 RM: #26, SWE Niclas Alexandersson, 34 CM: #4, NED Wim Jonk, 43 CM: #25, NOR Petter Rudi, 37 LM: #32, NIR Danny Sonner, 26 CF: #10, ENG Andy Booth, 25 CF: #8, ITA Benito Carbone, 36 Transfers In Date Pos. Name From Fee6 August 1998MFWim JonkPSV Eindhoven£2,500,00011 August 1998DFJuan CobiánBoca JuniorsUndisclosed14 October 1998MFDanny SonnerIpswich Town£75,00011 November 1998GKPavel SrníčekConsenzaFree25 March 1999FWRichard CresswellYork City£950,00025 March 1999MFPhilip ScottSt Johnstone£75,000 Out Date Pos. Name To Fee27 January 1999FWPaolo Di CanioWest Ham United£1,750,0005 February 1999MFGraham HydeBirmingham CityFree22 March 1999MFJim MagiltonIpswich Town£682,50025 March 1999MFMark PlattsTorquay UnitedFree Transfers in: £3,600,000 Transfers out: £2,432,500 Total spending: £1,167,500 Notes notes References Jason Dickinson One Hundred Years at Hillsborough The Hallamshire Press/Sheffield Wednesday Football Club Sheffield 1999 246–247, 387 978-1-874718-29-1 Dickinson Jason Brodie John The Wednesday Boys: A Definitive Who's Who of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club 1880–2005 Pickard Communication Sheffield 347, 350 2005 978-0-9547264-9-2 http://www.btinternet.com/~a.drake/owls/recent/p98.htm 1998–99 Players Drake A The Owl Football Historian 5 August 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20121011235047/http://www.btinternet.com/~a.drake/owls/recent/p98.htm 11 October 2012 dead Category:Sheffield Wednesday F.C. seasons Sheffield Wednesday