1998–99 Bradford City A.F.C. season

February 2015 February 2015 Bradford City 1998–99 Paul Jewell Geoffrey Richmond Valley Parade First Division 2nd (promoted) FA Cup Fourth round League Cup Third round Lee Mills (24) Lee Mills (25) 14,298 1997–98 1999–2000 During the 1998–99 English football season, Bradford City competed in the Football League First Division. Season summary In the summer, Jewell signed strikers Lee Mills from Port Vale and Isaiah Rankin from Arsenal, for £1 million and £1.3 million respectively,http://archive.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/1998/8/14/172524.html https://archive.today/20120708061558/http://archive.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/1998/8/14/172524.html dead 2012-07-08 £1.3m! City smash transfer record 1998-08-14 2008-02-20 Telegraph & Argus and signed former captain Stuart McCall from Rangers on a free transfer to lead the side.http://archive.thisisbradford.co.uk/1998/6/3/174600.html City was perfect chance: McCall 2008-02-20 1998-06-03 Telegraph & Argus 4 January 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20060104073232/http://archive.thisisbradford.co.uk/1998/6/3/174600.html dead Despite a poor start, Bradford secured promotion to the top division for the first time in 77 years with a 3–2 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers in the final game of the 1998-99 season. Bradford's success meant that Dean Windass, who had signed from Oxford United in March, became the club's third £1 million signing of the season: Windass had originally been signed for £950,000, but an additional fee of £50,000 was paid to Oxford because of Bradford's promotion.http://archive.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/1999/3/4/165538.html https://archive.today/20120708194232/http://archive.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/1999/3/4/165538.html dead 2012-07-08 Windass for City 1999-04-03 2008-02-20 Telegraph & Argus Final league table 1998–99 Football League#First Division First Division y BRA Results Bradford City's score comes firstBradford City 1998-1999 : Home http://www.statto.com/football/teams/bradford-city/1998-1999 live https://web.archive.org/web/20120229101610/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/bradford-city/1998-1999 29 February 2012 19 March 2012 statto.com dmy-all Legend WinDrawLoss Football League First Division Results per matchday table b Matchday Ground H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A Result L/L/D/L/W/L/D/W/W/W/D/W/L/W/W/D/W/W/L/L/W/W/W/D/W/W/W/W/L/W/D/D/W/W/L/W/W/L/W/W/W/D/L/W/D/W Position 17/23/19/23/24/22/20/17/15/16/11/14/12/12/13/10/7/10/11/8/7/6/8/6/5/4/2/3/3/3/4/3/3/4/4/3/4/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/2/2 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd blue1 red1 complete WorldFootball.com May 2013 DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 8 August 1998 Stockport CountyH1–214,360Beagrie (pen) 15 August 1998 WatfordA0–110,731 23 August 1998 Bolton WanderersH2–213,163Rankin, Mills 28 August 1998 Crewe AlexandraA1–25,759McCall 31 August 1998 Birmingham CityH2–113,910Mills, Moore 8 September 1998 Ipswich TownA0–311,596 12 September 1998 Sheffield UnitedH2–213,169Mills, Blake 20 September 1998 West Bromwich AlbionA2–012,426Mills (2) 26 September 1998 BarnsleyH2–115,887Watson (2) 29 September 1998 Port ValeH4–013,245Blake, Moore, Mills (2) 3 October 1998 SunderlandA0–037,828 9 October 1998 BuryH3–015,697Blake, McCall, Beagrie 17 October 1998 Grimsby TownA0–220,741 20 October 1998 PortsmouthA4–210,062Whalley, Rankin, Mills, Beagrie 31 October 1998 Bristol CityH5–014,468Mills, Carey (own goal), Rankin, Beagrie, Blake 7 November 1998 Norwich CityA2–214,722Rankin, Mills 10 November 1998 Tranmere RoversA1–06,002Beagrie (pen) 14 November 1998 Swindon TownH3–014,897Beagrie (pen), Pepper, Jacobs 21 November 1998 Huddersfield TownA1–218,173Blake 28 November 1998 Queens Park RangersH0–315,037 5 December 1998 Oxford UnitedA1–05,969Mills 12 December 1998 Swindon TownA4–17,447Blake (2), Mills (2) 19 December 1998 Wolverhampton WanderersH2–113,846Blake, Mills 26 December 1998 Bolton WanderersA0–024,625 28 December 1998 Tranmere RoversH2–014,076Blake, Mills 9 January 1999 Stockport CountyA2–18,975Blake, Beagrie 16 January 1999 Crewe AlexandraH4–112,595Mills (3), Blake 19 January 1999 Crystal PalaceH2–114,368Westwood, Beagrie (pen) 31 January 1999 Birmingham CityA1–219,291Lawrence 6 February 1999 WatfordH2–014,142McCall, Mills 13 February 1999 Ipswich TownH0–015,024 19 February 1999 Sheffield UnitedA2–214,675Blake (2) 27 February 1999 West Bromwich AlbionH1–014,278Jacobs 3 March 1999 BarnsleyA1–016,866Watson 9 March 1999 SunderlandH0–115,124 13 March 1999 Norwich CityH4–113,331Moore, Beagrie (pen), Mills, Lawrence 20 March 1999 Bristol CityA3–210,870Mills, Jacobs, Whalley 28 March 1999 Crystal PalaceA0–115,626 3 April 1999 Grimsby TownH3–014,522Blake, Sharpe, Beagrie 5 April 1999 BuryA2–08,000Bullock (own goal), Windass 10 April 1999 PortsmouthH2–113,552Mills, Sharpe 13 April 1999 Port ValeA1–16,998Mills 17 April 1999 Huddersfield TownH2–315,124Blake, Windass 24 April 1999 Queens Park RangersA3–111,641Beagrie, Westwood, Watson 1 May 1999 Oxford UnitedH0–015,064 9 May 1999 Wolverhampton WanderersA3–227,589Beagrie, Mills, Blake FA Cup 1998–99 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR32 January 1999 Grimsby TownH2–113,870Mills, LawrenceR423 January 1999 Newcastle UnitedA0–336,698 League Cup 1998–99 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR1 1st Leg11 August 1998 Lincoln CityH1–14,481BeagrieR1 2nd Leg18 August 1998 Lincoln CityA1–0 (won 2–1 on agg)2,695RankinR2 1st Leg15 September 1998 Halifax TownA2–15,714Moore, BeagrieR2 2nd Leg22 September 1998 Halifax TownH3–1 (won 5–2 on agg)6,237Blake, Beagrie (pen), PepperR328 October 1998 Leeds UnitedA0–127,561 First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttps://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=234&teamTabs=stats&season_id=128 Bradford FC Player Appearances | Past & Present | Soccer Base www.soccerbase.com ENG GK Mark Prudhoe ENG GK Gary Walsh ENG DF Mark Bower ENG DF John Dreyer ENG DF Wayne Jacobs ENG DF Darren MooreMoore was born in Birmingham, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for Jamaica in 2006. ENG DF Lee Todd ENG DF Daniel Verity ENG DF Ashley Westwood SCO DF Stephen Wright IRL DF Andy O'BrienO'Brien was born in Harrogate, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and would make his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 2001. ENG MF Peter Beagrie ENG MF Robbie Blake ENG MF Paul Bolland ENG MF Jamie LawrenceLawrence was born in Wandsworth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in February 2001. ENG MF Nigel Pepper ENG MF Craig Ramage ENG MF Lee Sharpe on loan from Leeds United SCO MF Stuart McCall captain IRL MF Gareth WhalleyWhalley was born in Manchester, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and has represented them at B level. ENG FW Gareth Grant ENG FW Lee Mills ENG FW Isaiah Rankin ENG FW Gordon Watson ENG FW Dean Windass SWE FW Robert Steiner BRA FW Edinho Notes note References 32em Category:Bradford City A.F.C. seasons Bradford City