1998–99 Notts County F.C. season

Notts County

1998-99 season
Chairman	Derek Pavis
Manager	Sam Allardyce
Stadium	Meadow Lane
Second Division	16th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	First round
Auto Windscreens Shield	First round
Top goalscorer	League: All: Gary Jones
Highest home attendance	League 10,316
Lowest home attendance	League 3,294
Average home league attendance	League 5,635
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

During the 1998–99 English football season, Notts County F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.

Season summary[]

In the 1998–99 season Notts County finished in 16th position, 4 points clear of the relegation zone.

Final league table[]

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GD		Pts	Notes
1	Fulham	46		19	3	1	50	12		12	5	6	29	20		79	32	+47		101
2	Walsall	46		13	7	3	37	23		13	2	8	26	24		63	47	+16		87
3	Manchester City	46		13	6	4	38	14		9	10	4	31	19		69	33	+36		82
4	Gillingham	46		15	5	3	45	17		7	9	7	30	27		75	44	+31		80
5	Preston North End	46		12	6	5	46	23		10	7	6	32	27		78	50	+28		79
6	Wigan Athletic	46		14	5	4	44	17		8	5	10	31	31		75	48	+27		76
7	Bournemouth	46		14	7	2	37	11		7	6	10	26	30		63	41	+22		76
8	Stoke City	46		10	4	9	32	32		11	2	10	27	31		59	63	–4		69
9	Chesterfield	46		14	5	4	34	16		3	8	12	12	28		46	44	+2		64
10	Millwall	46		9	8	6	33	24		8	3	12	19	35		52	59	–7		62
11	Reading	46		10	6	7	29	26		6	7	10	25	37		54	63	–9		61
12	Luton Town	46		10	4	9	25	26		6	6	11	26	34		51	60	–9		58
13	Bristol Rovers	46		8	9	6	35	28		5	8	10	30	28		65	56	+9		56
14	Blackpool	46		7	8	8	24	24		7	6	10	20	30		44	54	–10		56
15	Burnley	46		8	7	8	23	33		5	9	9	31	40		54	73	–19		55
16	Notts County	46		8	6	9	29	27		6	6	11	23	34		52	61	–9		54
17	Wrexham	46		8	6	9	21	28		5	8	10	22	34		43	62	–19		53
18	Colchester United	46		9	7	7	25	30		3	9	11	27	40		52	70	–18		52
19	Wycombe Wanderers	46		8	5	10	31	26		5	7	11	21	32		52	58	–6		51
20	Oldham Athletic	46		8	4	11	26	31		6	5	12	22	35		48	66	–18		51
21	York City	46		6	8	9	28	33		7	3	13	28	47		56	80	–24		50
22	Northampton Town	46		4	12	7	26	31		6	6	11	17	26		43	57	–14		48
23	Lincoln City	46		9	4	10	27	27		4	3	16	15	47		42	74	–32		46
24	Macclesfield Town	46		7	4	12	24	30		4	6	13	19	33		43	63	–30		43

• Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
• NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted through play-offs
	Relegated

Results[]

Notts County's score comes first^[1]

Legend[]

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Second Division[]

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
8 August 1998	Oldham	A	3–1	5,709
15 August 1998	Bournemouth	H	1–2	5,269
22 August 1998	Northampton Town	A	1–1	6,141
29 August 1998	Manchester City	H	1–1	10,316
31 August 1998	Macclesfield Town	A	1–0	3,148
5 September 1998	Wigan	H	0–1	4,445
8 September 1998	Blackpool	A	0–1	3,849
12 September 1998	Fulham	H	1–0	5,805
18 September 1998	Walsall	A	2–3	3,991
26 September 1998	Millwall	H	3–1	5,016
3 October 1998	Wycombe Wanderers	A	1–1	4,164
10 October 1998	Lincoln City	H	2–3	6,458
17 October 1998	Burnley	A	1–1	10,559
20 October 1998	Chesterfield	A	0–3	4,506
24 October 1998	Bristol Rovers	H	1–1	4,822
31 October 1998	Stoke City	H	1–0	8,546
7 November 1998	York City	A	1–1	3,391
21 November 1998	Colchester United	H	1–3	4,598
28 November 1998	Wrexham	A	0–1	2,811
12 December 1998	Preston North End	H	2–3	5,096
19 December 1998	Gillingham	A	0–4	6,072
26 December 1998	Northampton Town	H	3–1	6,131
28 December 1998	Reading	A	0–1	13,026
8 January 1999	Oldham Athletic	H	0–1	4,669
16 January 1999	Bournemouth	A	0–2	5,968
30 January 1999	Reading	H	1–1	5,192
13 February 1999	Blackpool	H	0–1	4,778
16 February 1999	Wigan	A	0–3	2,971
20 February 1999	Fulham	A	1–2	11,909
23 February 1999	Luton Town	A	1–0	4,021
27 February 1999	Walsall	H	2–1	6,172
6 March 1999	Millwall	A	3–1	6,042
13 March 1999	York	H	4–2	5,400
16 March 1999	Manchester City	A	1–2	26,502	Stallard
20 March 1999	Stoke City	A	3–2	9,565
27 March 1999	Bristol Rovers	A	1–1	5,899
3 April 1999	Burnley	H	0–0	6,625
5 April 1999	Lincoln City	A	1–0	5,745
10 April 1999	Chesterfield	H	2–0	5,121
13 April 1999	Wrexham	H	1–1	3,294
16 April 1999	Colchester United	A	1–2	4,215
24 April 1999	Luton Town	H	1–2	5,583
27 April 1999	Wycombe Wanderers	H	1–0	4,721
1 May 1999	Preston North End	A	1–1	11,862
4 May 1999	Macclesfield Town	H	1–1	3,747
8 May 1999	Gillingham	H	0–1	7,815

FA Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	15 November 1998	Hendon	A	0–0
R1	1 December 1998	Hendon	H	3–0
R2	5 December 1998	Wigan Athletic	H	1–1
R2	15 December 1998	Wigan Athletic	A	0–0 (4–2 on penalties)
R3	2 January 1999	Sheffield United	A	1–1
R3	23 January 1999	Sheffield United	H	3–4

League Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	11 Aug 1998	Manchester City	H	0–2	5795
R1 2nd Leg	19 Aug 1998	Manchester City	A	1–7 (lost 1–9 on agg)	?

Football League Trophy[]

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	22 Dec 1998	Hull City	H	0–1

Squad[]

^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ENG Brian Parkin — GK  ENG Paul Gibson — GK  WAL Darren Ward — DF  ENG Alex Dyer — DF  ENG Chris Fairclough — DF  IRL Steve Finnan — DF  ENG Ian Hendon — DF  ENG Dennis Pearce — DF  ENG Matt Redmile — DF  ENG Mark Warren — MF  ENG Ian Richardson — MF  ENG Gary Strodder — MF  ENG Terry Henshaw — MF  ENG Andy Hughes — MF  ENG Mark Robson — FW  ENG Craig Dudley — FW  ENG Sean Farrell — FW  ENG Justin Jackson — FW  ENG Gary Jones

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  ENG Gerry Creaney — FW  ENG Mark Stallard — FW  ENG Peter Beadle — FW  ENG Anthony Garcia — FW  ENG Richard Holmes — FW  ENG Kevin Rapley — FW  ENG Shaun Murray — FW  ENG Fran Tierney — FW  ENG Mark Quayle — FW  ENG Lee Matthews — FW  ENG Jermaine Pennant — FW  ENG Brian Parkin — FW  ENG Andy Goram — FW  ENG Duane Darby — MF  ENG Chris Billy — FW  GHA Kim Grant — FW  IRL Dominic Foley — FW  ENG Steve Torpey — FW  ENG Adam Webster

References[]