Football League First Division 1998/99

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Football League First Division 1998/99
Football League logo between 1988 and 2004
master Sunderland AFC
Climbers Sunderland AFC, Bradford City ,
Watford FC (as play-off winners)
Relegated Bury FC , Oxford United , Bristol City
Teams 24
Games 552
Gates 1,455  (ø 2.64 per game)
Top scorer Lee Hughes
( West Bromwich Albion )
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^ Premier League 1998/99

The Football League First Division 1998/99 was the seventh season of the Football League First Division as only the second highest English football league and 96th second division season overall. It started on August 8, 1998 and ended on May 9, 1999.

Second division champions were the AFC Sunderland and also the second-placed Bradford City rose directly to the Premier League . In addition, Watford FC prevailed in the play-off games against Birmingham City and in the final against Bolton Wanderers and thus became the third promoted team. From the Premier League in the following second division season 1999/2000, the three in the table below Charlton Athletic , Blackburn Rovers and Nottingham Forest took the free places. FC Bury , Oxford United and Bristol City had to relegate from the First Division to the third-tier Football League Second Division . Instead of the three clubs, the second division winners FC Fulham and behind them FC Walsall and play-off winners Manchester City took the vacant positions in the following season 1999/2000 .

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Sunderland AFC  46  31  12  3 091:280 +63 105
 2. Bradford City  46  26th  9  11 082:470 +35 87
 3. Ipswich Town  46  26th  8th  12 069:320 +37 86
 4th Birmingham City  46  23  12  11 066:370 +29 81
 5. Watford FC (N)  46  21st  14th  11 065:560  +9 77
 6th Bolton Wanderers (A)  46  20th  16  10 078:590 +19 76
 7th Wolverhampton Wanderers  46  19th  16  11 064:430 +21 73
 8th. Sheffield United  46  18th  13  15th 071:660  +5 67
 9. Norwich City  46  15th  17th  14th 062:610  +1 62
10. Huddersfield Town  46  15th  16  15th 062:710  −9 61
11. Grimsby Town (N)  46  17th  10  19th 040:520 −12 61
12. West Bromwich Albion  46  16  11  19th 069:760  −7 59
13. Barnsley FC (A)  46  14th  17th  15th 059:560  +3 59
14th Crystal Palace (A)  46  14th  16  16 058:710 −13 58
15th Tranmere Rovers  46  12  20th  14th 063:610  +2 56
16. Stockport County  46  12  17th  17th 049:600 −11 53
17th Swindon Town  46  13  11  22nd 059:810 −22 50
18th Crewe Alexandra  46  12  12  22nd 054:780 −24 48
19th Portsmouth FC  46  11  14th  21st 057:730 −16 47
20th Queens Park Rangers  46  12  11  23 052:610  −9 47
21st Port Vale  46  13  8th  25th 045:750 −30 47
22nd Bury FC  46  10  17th  19th 035:600 −25 47
23. Oxford United  46  10  14th  22nd 048:710 −23 44
24. Bristol City (N)  46  9  15th  22nd 057:800 −23 42

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goals scored - 3rd goals conceded

  • Second division champion and promoted to the Premier League in 1999/2000
  • Promoted to the Premier League 1999/2000
  • defeated participants of the play-off round to participate in the Premier League
  • Winner of the play-off round and promoted to the Premier League in 1999/2000
  • Relegation to the Football League Second Division 1999/2000
    • (A) Relegated from the Premier League 1997/98
    (N) Newcomer from the Football League Second Division 1997/98

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    1998/99 BAR BIR BOL BRA BRC BUY CRE CRY GRI HUD IPS NOR OXF PVA POR QPR SHU STC SUN SWI TRA WAT WBA WOL
    Barnsley FC 0-0 2: 2 0: 1 2-0 1: 1 2: 2 4-0 0-0 7: 1 0: 1 1: 3 1-0 0: 2 2: 1 1-0 2: 1 1: 1 1: 3 1: 3 1: 1 2: 2 2: 2 2: 3
    Birmingham City 0-0 0-0 2: 1 4: 2 1-0 3: 1 3: 1 0: 1 1: 1 1-0 0-0 0: 1 1-0 4: 1 1-0 1-0 2-0 0-0 1: 1 2: 2 1: 2 4-0 0: 1
    Bolton Wanderers 3: 3 3: 1 0-0 1-0 4-0 1: 3 3-0 2-0 3-0 2-0 2-0 1: 1 3: 1 3: 1 2: 1 2: 2 1: 2 0: 3 2: 1 2: 2 1: 2 2: 1 1: 1
    Bradford City 2: 1 2: 1 2: 2 5-0 3-0 4: 1 2: 1 3-0 2: 3 0-0 4: 1 0-0 4-0 2: 1 0: 3 2: 2 1: 2 0: 1 3-0 2-0 2-0 1-0 2: 1
    Bristol City 1: 1 1: 2 2: 1 2: 3 1: 1 5: 2 1: 1 4: 1 1: 2 0: 1 1-0 2: 2 2-0 2: 2 0-0 2-0 1: 1 0: 1 3: 1 1: 1 1: 4 1: 3 1: 6
    Bury FC 0-0 2: 4 2: 1 0: 2 0: 1 1-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 0: 3 0: 2 1-0 1-0 2: 1 1: 1 3: 3 1: 1 2: 5 3-0 0-0 1: 3 2-0 0-0
    Crewe Alexandra 3: 1 0-0 4: 4 2: 1 1-0 3: 1 0: 1 0-0 1: 2 0: 3 3: 2 3: 1 0-0 3: 1 0: 2 1: 2 0: 2 1: 4 0: 2 1: 4 0: 1 1: 1 0-0
    Crystal Palace 1-0 1: 1 2: 2 1-0 2: 1 4: 2 1: 1 3: 1 2: 2 3: 2 5: 1 2-0 0: 1 4: 1 1: 1 1-0 2: 2 1: 1 0: 1 1: 1 2: 2 1: 1 3: 2
    Grimsby Town 1: 2 0: 3 0: 1 2-0 2: 1 0-0 1: 1 2-0 1-0 0-0 0: 1 1-0 2: 2 1: 1 1-0 1: 2 1-0 0: 2 1-0 1-0 2: 1 5: 1 0-0
    Huddersfield Town 0: 1 1: 1 3: 2 2: 1 2: 2 2: 2 0-0 4-0 2-0 2: 2 1: 1 2-0 2: 1 3: 3 2-0 1-0 3-0 1: 1 1: 2 0-0 2-0 0: 3 2: 1
    Ipswich Town 0: 2 1-0 0: 1 3-0 3: 1 0-0 1: 2 3-0 0: 1 3-0 0: 1 2: 1 1-0 3-0 3: 1 4: 1 1-0 0: 2 1-0 1-0 3: 2 2-0 2-0
    Norwich City 0-0 2-0 2: 2 2: 2 2: 1 0-0 2: 1 0: 1 3: 1 4: 1 0-0 1: 3 3: 4 0-0 4: 2 1: 1 0: 2 2: 2 2: 1 2: 2 1: 1 1: 1 0-0
    Oxford United 1-0 1: 7 0-0 0: 1 0-0 0: 1 1: 1 1: 3 0-0 2: 2 3: 3 2: 4 2: 1 3-0 4: 1 0: 2 5-0 0-0 2-0 1: 2 0-0 3-0 0: 2
    Port Vale 1-0 0: 2 0: 2 1: 1 3: 2 1-0 1-0 1-0 0: 1 2-0 0: 3 1-0 1-0 0: 2 2-0 2: 3 1: 1 0: 2 0: 1 2: 2 1: 2 0: 3 2: 1
    Portsmouth FC 1: 3 0: 1 0: 2 2: 4 0: 1 2: 1 2-0 1: 1 0: 1 1-0 0-0 1: 2 2: 2 4-0 3-0 1-0 3: 1 1: 1 5: 2 1: 1 1: 2 2: 1 1-0
    Queens Park Rangers 2: 1 0: 1 2-0 1: 3 1: 1 0-0 0: 1 6-0 1: 2 1: 1 1: 1 2-0 1-0 3: 2 1: 1 1: 2 2-0 2: 2 4-0 0-0 1: 2 2: 1 0: 1
    Sheffield United 1: 1 0: 2 1: 2 2: 2 3: 1 3: 1 3: 1 1: 1 3: 2 2: 1 1: 2 2: 1 1: 2 3-0 2: 1 2-0 1: 1 0: 4 2: 1 2: 2 3-0 3-0 1: 1
    Stockport County 0: 1 1-0 0: 1 1: 2 2: 2 0-0 1: 1 1: 1 2-0 1: 1 0: 1 0: 2 2-0 4: 2 2-0 0-0 1-0 0: 1 2: 1 0-0 1: 1 2: 2 1: 2
    Sunderland AFC 2: 3 2: 1 3: 1 0-0 1: 1 1-0 2-0 2-0 3: 1 2-0 2: 1 1-0 7-0 2-0 2-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 2-0 5-0 4: 1 3-0 2: 1
    Swindon Town 1: 3 0: 1 3: 3 1: 4 3: 2 1: 1 1: 2 2-0 2-0 3-0 0: 6 1: 1 4: 1 1: 1 3: 3 3: 1 2: 2 2: 3 1: 1 2: 3 1: 4 2: 2 1-0
    Tranmere Rovers 3-0 0: 1 1: 1 0: 1 1: 1 4-0 3-0 3: 1 1: 2 2: 3 0: 2 1: 3 2: 2 1: 1 1: 1 3: 2 2: 3 1: 1 1-0 0-0 3: 2 3: 1 1: 2
    Watford FC 0-0 1: 1 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 4: 2 2: 1 1-0 1: 1 1-0 1: 1 2-0 2: 2 0-0 2: 1 1: 1 4: 2 2: 1 0: 1 2: 1 0: 2 0: 2
    West Bromwich Albion 2-0 1: 3 2: 3 0: 2 2: 2 1-0 1: 5 3: 2 1: 1 3: 1 0: 1 2-0 2-0 3: 2 2: 2 2-0 4: 1 3: 1 2: 3 1: 1 0: 2 4: 1 2-0
    Wolverhampton Wanderers 1: 1 3: 1 1: 1 2: 3 3-0 1-0 3-0 0-0 2-0 2: 2 1-0 2: 2 1: 1 3: 1 2-0 1: 2 2: 1 2: 2 1: 1 1-0 2-0 0-0 1: 1

    Play-off games

      Semi-finals (first leg / second leg / total) Final at Wembley Stadium
                         
    3  Ipswich Town 0 4th 4th    
    6th  Bolton Wanderers 1 3 4th  
    6th  Bolton Wanderers 0
      5  Watford FC 2
    4th  Birmingham City 0 1 1
    5  Watford FC 1 0 1  

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 EnglandEngland Lee Hughes West Bromwich Albion 31

    Web links

    References and footnotes

    1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
    2. ↑ 1998/99 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 14, 2018 .
    3. ↑ Decision on the away goals rule .
    4. ↑ Watford FC prevailed 7: 6 on penalties.