1998–99 Southampton F.C. season

Southampton F.C.
1998–99 season
Chairman	Rupert Lowe
Manager	Dave Jones
Stadium	The Dell
Premiership	17th
FA Cup	Third round
Worthington Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Le Tissier/Østenstad (7); All: Østenstad (8)
Highest home attendance	15,255 (vs. Arsenal, 3 April)
Lowest home attendance	11,645 (vs. Fulham, 23 September)
Average home league attendance	15,140
	← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

During the 1998–99 English football season, Southampton Football Club competed in the FA Premier League.

Season summary[]

An embarrassing 5–0 defeat at the hands of Premiership debutants Charlton Athletic at The Valley in Southampton's second league game prompted a horrendous start to which would set the tone for a long season for The Saints, seeing them lose their first five games and gaining just two points from their first nine games and winning just three out of their first 20 games, picking up just 14 points from a possible 60. Form gradually improved from mid-December but was ultimately inconsistent and they would not lose again at home after their 2–0 home defeat by Chelsea on Boxing Day. However, their away form continued to be poor; this meant that - in addition to not being helped by their poor start - they were in the relegation zone all season long until April, when a late run of good form saw the Saints draw two and win their final three games and saved them from relegation at the expense of Charlton Athletic. Winning their final game of the season was a double delight, not only because they had attained survival, but because it meant that they would be able to press ahead with a move to a new 32,000-seat stadium on the banks of the River Itchen, knowing that they would only have to play two more seasons at their dilapidated century-old Dell before making the long-awaited move to a capacious new home.^[1]

Final league table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
15	Coventry City	38	11	9	18	39	51	−12	42
16	Wimbledon	38	10	12	16	40	63	−23	42
17	Southampton	38	11	8	19	37	64	−27	41
18	Charlton Athletic (R)	38	8	12	18	41	56	−15	36	Relegation to Football League First Division
19	Blackburn Rovers (R)	38	7	14	17	38	52	−14	35	Relegation to Football League First Division

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	11	8	19	37	64	−27	41	9	4	6	29	26	+3	2	4	13	8	38	−30

Source: 1998-99 FA Premier League table

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	D	D	W	W	W
Position	17	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	19	19	19	19	17	17	17

Source: 11v11.com: 1998-99 Southampton results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results[]

Southampton's score comes first^[2]

Legend[]

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League[]

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
16 August 1998	Liverpool	H	1–2	15,202	Østenstad
22 August 1998	Charlton Athletic	A	0–5	16,488
29 August 1998	Nottingham Forest	H	1–2	14,942	Le Tissier (pen)
8 September 1998	Leeds United	A	0–3	30,637
12 September 1998	Newcastle United	A	0–4	36,454
19 September 1998	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–1	15,204	Le Tissier
28 September 1998	West Ham United	A	0–1	23,153
3 October 1998	Manchester United	H	0–3	15,251
17 October 1998	Arsenal	A	1–1	38,027	Howells
24 October 1998	Coventry City	H	2–1	15,152	Le Tissier, Østenstad
31 October 1998	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–0	30,078
7 November 1998	Middlesbrough	H	3–3	15,202	Monkou, Beattie, Østenstad
14 November 1998	Aston Villa	H	1–4	15,242	Le Tissier
21 November 1998	Blackburn Rovers	A	2–0	22,812	Oakley, Basham
28 November 1998	Derby County	H	0–1	14,762
5 December 1998	Leicester City	A	0–2	18,423
12 December 1998	Everton	A	0–1	32,073
19 December 1998	Wimbledon	H	3–1	14,354	Østenstad (2), Kachloul
26 December 1998	Chelsea	H	0–2	15,253
28 December 1998	Nottingham Forest	A	1–1	23,456	Kachloul
9 January 1999	Charlton Athletic	H	3–1	15,222	Kachloul, Colleter, Beattie
16 January 1999	Liverpool	A	1–7	44,011	Østenstad
30 January 1999	Leeds United	H	3–0	15,236	Kachloul, Oakley, Østenstad
6 February 1999	Chelsea	A	0–1	34,920
20 February 1999	Newcastle United	H	2–1	15,244	Beattie, Dodd (pen)
27 February 1999	Manchester United	A	1–2	55,316	Le Tissier
2 March 1999	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–3	25,529
6 March 1999	West Ham United	H	1–0	15,240	Kachloul
14 March 1999	Middlesbrough	A	0–3	33,387
20 March 1999	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–0	15,201	Le Tissier
3 April 1999	Arsenal	H	0–0	15,255
5 April 1999	Coventry City	A	0–1	21,402
10 April 1999	Aston Villa	A	0–3	32,203
17 April 1999	Blackburn Rovers	H	3–3	15,209	Marsden, Hughes, Pahars
24 April 1999	Derby County	A	0–0	26,557
1 May 1999	Leicester City	H	2–1	15,228	Marsden, Beattie
8 May 1999	Wimbledon	A	2–0	24,068	Beattie, Le Tissier
16 May 1999	Everton	H	2–0	15,254	Pahars (2)

FA Cup[]


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	2 January 1999	Fulham	H	1–1	12,549	Østenstad
R3R	13 January 1999	Fulham	A	0–1	17,448

League Cup[]


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	15 September 1998	Fulham	A	1–1	10,222	Beattie
R2 2nd Leg	23 September 1998	Fulham	H	0–1 (lost 1–2 on agg)	11,645

Squad[]

^[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	WAL	Paul Jones
2	DF	ENG	Jason Dodd
3	DF	ENG	John Beresford
4	MF	ENG	Chris Marsden
5	DF	NOR	Claus Lundekvam
6	DF	SUR	Ken Monkou
7	MF	ENG	Matt Le Tissier (captain)
8	MF	ENG	Matt Oakley
9	FW	WAL	Mark Hughes
10	FW	NOR	Egil Østenstad
11	MF	ENG	David Howells
12	DF	ENG	Richard Dryden
13	GK	ENG	Neil Moss
14	MF	ENG	Stuart Ripley
15	DF	ENG	Francis Benali
16	FW	ENG	James Beattie
17	FW	ENG	Mark Paul


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	ENG	Wayne Bridge
19	DF	SCO	Scott Marshall
20	GK	ENG	Scott Bevan
21	DF	WAL	Andy Williams^[4]
22	MF	WAL	David Hughes^[5]
23	DF	ENG	Scott Hiley
24	FW	ENG	Steve Basham
25	DF	ENG	Garry Monk
27	FW	ENG	David Hirst
28	MF	ENG	Kevin Gibbens
29	DF	ENG	Phil Warner
30	MF	MAR	Hassan Kachloul
31	FW	ENG	Shayne Bradley
32	GK	DEN	Michael Stensgaard
33	DF	FRA	Patrick Colleter
35	FW	LVA	Marian Pahars
-	MF	POR	Dani Rodrigues

Left club during season[]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	MF	ENG	Carlton Palmer (to Nottingham Forest)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
26	FW	ITA	Cosimo Sarli (to Eendracht Aalst)

Statistics[]

Appearances, goals and cards[]

(Starting appearances + substitute appearances)

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Paul Jones	31	0	2	0	2	0	35	0	1	1
2	DF	Jason Dodd	27+1	1	2	0	2	0	31+1	1	4	1
3	DF	John Beresford	1+3	0	0	0	0	0	1+3	0	2	0
4	MF	Chris Marsden	14	2	0	0	0	0	14	2	5	0
4	MF	Carlton Palmer	18+1	0	1	0	2	0	21+1	0	8	1
5	DF	Claus Lundekvam	30+3	0	2	0	1+1	0	33+4	0	3	1
6	DF	Ken Monkou	22	1	2	0	0	0	24	1	6	1
7	MF	Matt Le Tissier	20+10	7	0+1	0	2	0	22+11	7	10	0
8	MF	Matt Oakley	21+1	2	2	0	0	0	23+1	2	2	0
9	FW	Mark Hughes	32	1	1+1	0	2	0	35+1	1	15	0
10	FW	Egil Østenstad	27+7	7	2	1	2	0	31+7	8	1	0
11	MF	David Howells	8+1	1	1	0	1	0	10+1	1	2	0
12	DF	Richard Dryden	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0
13	GK	Neil Moss	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
14	MF	Stuart Ripley	16+6	0	0+1	0	1	0	17+7	0	1	0
15	DF	Francis Benali	19+4	0	0	0	2	0	21+4	0	2	0
16	FW	James Beattie	22+13	5	2	0	1+1	1	25+14	6	5	0
18	DF	Wayne Bridge	15+8	0	0	0	1	0	16+8	0	0	0
19	DF	Scott Marshall	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
21	DF	Andy Williams	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
22	MF	David Hughes	6+3	0	0	0	0	0	6+3	0	1	0
23	DF	Scott Hiley	27+2	0	1	0	0	0	28+2	0	2	0
24	FW	Steve Basham	0+4	1	0	0	0+1	0	0+5	1	0	0
25	DF	Garry Monk	4	0	0+1	0	0	0	4+1	0	1	0
27	FW	David Hirst	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0
28	MF	Kevin Gibbens	2+2	0	0	0	2	0	4+2	0	0	0
29	DF	Phil Warner	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0
30	MF	Hassan Kachloul	18+4	5	2	0	0	0	20+4	5	5	0
31	FW	Shayne Bradley	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0+3	0	0	0
33	DF	Patrick Colleter	16	1	2	0	0	0	18	1	4	0
35	FW	Marian Pahars	4+2	3	0	0	0	0	4+2	3	2	0

Transfers[]

In[]

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
14 June 1998	MF	David Howells	Tottenham Hotspur	Free transfer
6 July 1998	MF	Stuart Ripley	Blackburn Rovers	£1,500,000
9 July 1998	FW	Mark Paul	King's Lynn	£60,000
10 July 1998	FW	James Beattie	Blackburn Rovers	£1,000,000
11 July 1998	FW	Mark Hughes	Chelsea	£650,000
21 August 1998	DF	Scott Hiley	Manchester City	Free transfer
16 October 1998	MF	Hassan Kachloul	Metz	£250,000
2 December 1998	GK	Michael Stensgaard	Copenhagen	Free transfer
24 December 1998	DF	Patrick Colleter	Marseille	£100,000
1 February 1999	MF	Chris Marsden	Birmingham City	£800,000
16 February 1999	FW	Marian Pahars	Skonto	£800,000
23 February 1999	MF	Dani Rodrigues	Feirense	£170,000

Out[]

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
1 June 1998	FW	Kevin Davies	Blackburn Rovers	£7,500,000
1 July 1998	MF	Duncan Spedding	Northampton Town	Free transfer
15 July 1998	MF	Kevin Richardson	Barnsley	Signed
1 August 1998	DF	Lee Todd	Bradford City	£250,000
24 August 1998	FW	Stig Johansen	Helsingborgs	£250,000
19 January 1999	MF	Carlton Palmer	Nottingham Forest	£1,100,000
8 February 1999	FW	Cosimo Sarli	Eendracht Aalst	Signed

Transfers in:

£5,330,000

Transfers out:

£9,100,000

Total spending:

£3,770,000

References[]

^ Thorpe, Martin (10 May 1999). "Saints plot great escape". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
^ Ltd, Statto Organisation. "Southampton results for the 1998-1999 season - Statto.com".
^ "FootballSquads - Southampton - 1998/99".
^ Williams was born in Bristol, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in November 1997.
^ Hughes was born in St Albans, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and has represented them at U-21 level.

[1] Thorpe, Martin (10 May 1999). "Saints plot great escape". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 July 2012.

[2] Ltd, Statto Organisation. "Southampton results for the 1998-1999 season - Statto.com".

[3] "FootballSquads - Southampton - 1998/99".

[4] Williams was born in Bristol, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in November 1997.

[5] Hughes was born in St Albans, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and has represented them at U-21 level.

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