1998–99 Brentford F.C. season

During the 1998–99 English football season, Brentford competed in the Football League Third Division. The club finished the season as champions after victory over runners-up Cambridge United on the final day.

Brentford

1998–99 season
Chairman-manager	Ron Noades
Stadium	Griffin Park
Third Division	1st (promoted)
FA Cup	Second round
League Cup	Second round
Football League Trophy	Quarter-final
Top goalscorer	League: Owusu (22) All: Owusu (25)
Highest home attendance	9,535
Lowest home attendance	3,674
Average home league attendance	5,445
Home colours Away colours
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

Season summary

Lloyd Owusu, a £25,000 buy from non-League football, finished the season as top scorer with 25 goals.

After relegation to the Third Division at the end of the previous season, the ownership of Brentford changed hands for the second year in succession, when Ron Noades took over the club as owner and chairman during the 1998 off-season.^[1] Noades installed himself as manager and appointed a three-man coaching team of Ray Lewington, Terry Bullivant and Brian Sparrow.^[1] Nearly £1.5 million was spent on assembling almost an entirely new starting lineup, with goalkeeper Jason Pearcey, defenders Danny Boxall, Darren Powell, Rob Quinn and Hermann Hreiðarsson (the club's then-record £750,000 signing),^[2] midfielders Martin Rowlands and Tony Folan and forwards Lloyd Owusu and Darren Freeman added to the ranks.^[3]

9 wins in the opening 13 league matches put the Bees firmly in control at the top of the table, though three successive defeats in the midst of the run temporarily dropped the club back to 7th place.^[4] There was some early-season excitement in the League Cup, with a 4–2 aggregate victory over First Division club West Bromwich Albion in the first round setting up a two-legged tie with Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur.^[4] 3–2 defeats in each of the two legs (with Brentford taking the lead in both matches) ended the run, with memorable goals being scored by Andy Scott, Darren Freeman and Lloyd Owusu.^[5]

Three league defeats in a four-match spell in November and injuries and suspensions to Andy Scott, Darren Powell, Danny Boxall, Jamie Bates and Martin Rowlands led Noades to further strengthen the squad with forward Leo Fortune-West and midfielder Gavin Mahon.^[3][4] Though Fortune-West would be sold on a matter of months later, Mahon replaced Warren Aspinall in midfield and remained an ever-present until the end of the season.^[6][7] Five wins in the following six league matches saw the club begin 1999 firmly placed in the automatic promotion places.^[4] A spell of just one win from a spell of seven league matches in January and February saw Noades reach for the chequebook again and sign forward Scott Partridge from Torquay United for £100,000.^[3][4]

With the purchase of new captain Paul Evans and buoyed by the goalscoring of Partridge and Owusu,^[3][8] the Bees went undefeated from late February through to early May.^[4] The club secured automatic promotion back to the Second Division with two matches to spare after a 3–0 victory over Exeter City on 1 May.^[4][9] A 4–1 win over Swansea City in the following match returned Brentford to the top of the table for the first time since 20 October 1998.^[4] The victory set up a "winner takes all" match for the title on the final day at the Abbey Stadium versus nearest challengers Cambridge United.^[1][4] Lloyd Owusu's 25th goal of the season was enough for victory and for Brentford to win the Third Division championship.^[1]

League table

Main article: 1998–99 Football League Third Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Brentford (C, P)	46	26	7	13	79	56	+23	85	Promotion to the Second Division
2	Cambridge United (P)	46	23	12	11	78	48	+30	81
3	Cardiff City (P)	46	22	14	10	60	39	+21	80
4	Scunthorpe United (O, P)	46	22	8	16	69	58	+11	74	Qualification for the Third Division play-offs
5	Rotherham United	46	20	13	13	79	61	+18	73

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results

Brentford's goal tally listed first.

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Pre-season

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorer(s)	Notes
10 July 1998	Hampton	A	4–0	n/a	Taylor, Scott, Freeman
13 July 1998	Bashley	A	2–2	n/a	Rapley, McGhee
15 July 1998	Chesham United	A	6–0	n/a	McGhee (3), Thompson, Taylor, Anderson
18 July 1998	Millwall	H	2–0	0	Rapley, McGhee	[nb 1]
28 July 1998	Queens Park Rangers	H	0–0	4,706
1 August 1998	Crawley Town	A	0–0	n/a

Football League Third Division

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorer(s)
1	8 August 1998	Mansfield Town	H	3–0	4,846	Rapley (2), Freeman
2	15 August 1998	Halifax Town	A	0–1	3,876
3	22 August 1998	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	2–0	6,355	Thomas (og), Scott
4	29 August 1998	Barnet	A	3–0	2,710	Quinn, Rowlands, Owusu
5	31 August 1998	Rochdale	H	2–1	4,873	Powell, Rapley
6	5 September 1999	Hull City	A	3–2	4,058	Owusu, Aspinall, Scott
7	8 September 1998	Torquay United	A	1–3	2,340	Bates
8	12 September 1998	Rotherham United	H	0–3	4,803
9	19 September 1998	Scarborough	A	1–3	2,028	Owusu
10	26 September 1998	Darlington	H	3–0	4,486	Powell, Rowlands, Owusu
11	3 October 1998	Peterborough United	A	4–2	6,056	Freeman, Scott (2), Folan
12	17 October 1998	Hartlepool United	H	3–1	4,883	Freeman, Aspinall (pen), Rowlands
13	20 October 1998	Scunthorpe United	H	2–1	4,700	Scott, Owusu
14	3 November 1998	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–3	4,650
15	7 November 1998	Shrewsbury Town	A	0–2	2,799
16	10 November 1998	Southend United	H	4–1	4,285	Owusu (3), Freeman
17	21 November 1998	Leyton Orient	A	1–2	6,340	Folan
18	28 November 1998	Chester City	H	2–1	5,173	Owusu, Rowlands
19	12 December 1998	Exeter City	A	1–0	2,793	Owusu
20	18 December 1998	Cambridge United	H	1–0	5,069	Folan
21	26 December 1998	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	1–3	4,838	Freeman
22	28 December 1998	Cardiff City	H	1–0	9,535	Hreiðarsson
23	2 January 1999	Barnet	H	3–1	6,011	Freeman, Bryan, Mahon
24	9 January 1999	Mansfield Town	A	1–3	4,095	Owusu
25	23 January 1999	Rochdale	A	0–2	2,113
26	30 January 1999	Cardiff City	A	1–4	11,509	Boxall
27	2 February 1999	Carlisle United	H	1–1	3,674	Barr (og)
28	6 February 1999	Hull City	H	0–2	5,086
29	13 February 1999	Torquay United	H	3–2	4,299	Owusu, Bryan, Hreiðarsson
30	16 February 1999	Swansea City	A	1–2	5,109	Hreiðarsson
31	20 February 1999	Rotherham United	A	4–2	3,899	Mahon, Owusu (3)
32	27 February 1999	Scarborough	H	1–1	4,783	Bryan
33	9 March 1999	Peterborough United	H	3–0	4,195	Partridge, Mahon, Owusu
34	13 March 1999	Shrewsbury Town	H	0–0	5,082
35	16 March 1999	Halifax Town	H	1–1	3,713	Partridge
36	20 March 1999	Carlisle United	A	1–0	2,564	Partridge
37	3 April 1999	Hartlepool United	A	1–0	2,719	Owusu
38	5 April 1999	Plymouth Argyle	H	3–1	6,979	Evans, Mahon, Folan
39	10 April 1999	Scunthorpe United	A	0–0	5,604
40	13 April 1999	Chester City	A	3–1	1,766	Anderson, Evans, Bryan
41	17 April 1999	Leyton Orient	H	0–0	8,245
42	24 April 1999	Southend United	A	4–1	5,248	Owusu (3), Partridge
43	27 April 1999	Darlington	A	2–2	2,514	Scott, Partridge
44	1 May 1999	Exeter City	H	3–0	6,977	Quinn, Scott, Partridge
45	4 May 1999	Swansea City	H	4–1	7,156	Owusu, Evans, Hreiðarsson, Partridge
46	8 May 1999	Cambridge United	A	1–0	8,936	Owusu

FA Cup

Main article: 1998–99 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorer(s)	Notes
R1	14 November 1998	Camberley Town	H	5–0	4,783	Bates, Quinn, Folan (2), Hreiðarsson	[nb 2]
R2	5 December 1998	Oldham Athletic	A	1–1	4,217	Freeman (pen)
R2 (replay)	15 December 1998	Oldham Athletic	H	2–2 (a.e.t.), lost 4–2 on pens)	4,375	Owusu, Freeman

Football League Cup

Main article: 1998–99 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorer(s)
R1 (1st leg)	11 August 1998	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–2	8,460	Rapley
R1 (2nd leg)	18 August 1998	West Bromwich Albion	H	3–0 (won 4–2 on aggregate)	4,664	Bates, Oatway, Owusu
R2 (1st leg)	15 September 1998	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–3	11,831	Scott, Freeman
R2 (2nd leg)	23 September 1998	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–3 (lost 6–4 on aggregate)	22,980	Scott, Owusu

Football League Trophy

Main article: 1998–99 Football League Trophy

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorer(s)
SR1	8 December 1998	Plymouth Argyle	H	2–0	1,580	Hreiðarsson, Rowlands
SR2	5 January 1999	Wycombe Wanderers	A	4–1	2,010	Fortune-West, Scott (2), Quinn
SR3	19 January 1999	Walsall	H	0–0 (a.e.t.), lost 4–3 on pens)	2,048

• Sources: Soccerbase, 11v11, Brentford Official Matchday Magazine^[8]

Playing squad

Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 1998–99 season.

Position	Name	Nationality	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK	Kevin Dearden		(1970-03-08)8 March 1970 (aged 28)	Tottenham Hotspur	1993	Loaned to Barnet and Huddersfield Town
GK	Jason Pearcey		(1971-07-23)23 July 1971 (aged 27)	Grimsby Town	1998
GK	Andy Woodman		(1971-08-11)11 August 1971 (aged 26)	Northampton Town	1999	Loaned from Northampton Town before transferring permanently
Defenders
DF	Ijah Anderson		(1975-12-30)30 December 1975 (aged 22)	Southend United	1995
DF	Danny Boxall		(1977-08-24)24 August 1977 (aged 20)	Crystal Palace	1998
DF	Danny Cullip		(1976-09-17)17 September 1976 (aged 21)	Fulham	1998
DF	Michael Dobson		(1981-04-09)9 April 1981 (aged 17)	Youth	1999
DF	Hermann Hreiðarsson		(1974-07-11)11 July 1974 (aged 24)	Crystal Palace	1998
DF	Darren Powell		(1976-03-10)10 March 1976 (aged 22)	Hampton	1998
DF	Rob Quinn		(1976-11-08)8 November 1976 (aged 21)	Crystal Palace	1998
DF	Paul Watson		(1975-01-04)4 January 1975 (aged 23)	Fulham	1997
Midfielders
MF	Dean Clark		(1980-03-31)31 March 1980 (aged 18)	Youth	1997
MF	Kevin Dennis		(1976-12-14)14 December 1976 (aged 21)	Arsenal	1996	Loaned to Chesham United and Welling United
MF	Paul Evans (c)		(1974-09-01)1 September 1974 (aged 23)	Shrewsbury Town	1999
MF	Tony Folan		(1978-09-18)18 September 1978 (aged 19)	Crystal Palace	1998
MF	Dirk Hebel		(1974-11-24)24 November 1974 (aged 23)	Tranmere Rovers	1998
MF	Gavin Mahon		(1977-01-02)2 January 1977 (aged 21)	Hereford United	1998
MF	Charlie Oatway		(1973-11-28)28 November 1973 (aged 24)	Torquay United	1997	Loaned to Lincoln City
MF	Martin Rowlands		(1979-02-08)8 February 1979 (aged 19)	Farnborough Town	1998
Forwards
FW	Derek Bryan		(1974-11-11)11 November 1974 (aged 23)	Hampton	1997
FW	Darren Freeman		(1973-08-22)22 August 1973 (aged 24)	Fulham	1998
FW	Lloyd Owusu		(1976-11-12)12 November 1976 (aged 21)	Slough Town	1998
FW	Scott Partridge		(1974-10-13)13 October 1974 (aged 23)	Torquay United	1999
FW	Andy Scott		(1972-08-02)2 August 1972 (aged 26)	Sheffield United	1997
Players who left the club mid-season
DF	Jamie Bates		(1968-02-24)24 February 1968 (aged 30)	Youth	1986	Transferred to Wycombe Wanderers
DF	Mohamed Berthé		(1972-09-12)12 September 1972 (aged 25)	Bournemouth	1999	Returned to Bournemouth after loan
DF	Chris Coyne		(1978-12-28)28 December 1978 (aged 19)	West Ham United	1998	Returned to West Ham United after loan
DF	Stephen Jenkins		(1980-01-02)2 January 1980 (aged 18)	Southampton	1999	Returned to Southampton after loan
MF	Warren Aspinall		(1967-09-13)13 September 1967 (aged 30)	Carlisle United	1997	Loaned to Colchester United, transferred to Colchester United
FW	Drewe Broughton		(1978-10-25)25 October 1978 (aged 19)	Norwich City	1998	Transferred to Peterborough United
FW	Leo Fortune-West		(1971-04-09)9 April 1971 (aged 27)	Lincoln City	1998	Transferred to Rotherham United
FW	Kevin Rapley		(1977-09-21)21 September 1977 (aged 20)	Youth	1997	Loaned to Southend United and Notts County Transferred to Notts County

• Source: Soccerbase

Coaching staff

Name	Role
Ron Noades	Manager
Ray Lewington	First-team coach
Terry Bullivant	Assistant coach
Brian Sparrow	Assistant coach
John Griffin	Chief scout
Gerry Delahunt	Physiotherapist
Colin Martin	Medical Officer
Laurence Nathan	Medical Officer

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Substitute appearances in brackets.

Pos	Nat	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK		Kevin Dearden	7	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	11	0
GK		Jason Pearcey	17	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	23	0
GK		Andy Woodman	22	0	—		—		—		22	0
DF		Ijah Anderson	35 (3)	1	1 (1)	0	3	0	2	0	41 (4)	1
DF		Jamie Bates	27	1	3	1	4	1	2	0	36	3
DF		Danny Boxall	37 (1)	1	2	0	4	0	2	0	45 (1)	1
DF		Danny Cullip	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	0
DF		Hermann Hreiðarsson	33	4	2	1	—		3	1	38	6
DF		Darren Powell	33	2	0	0	3	0	0 (1)	0	36 (1)	2
DF		Rob Quinn	34 (9)	2	3	1	4	0	3	1	44 (9)	4
DF		Paul Watson	12	0	2	0	2	0	0 (1)	0	16 (1)	0
MF		Warren Aspinall	17 (2)	2	1 (1)	0	4	0	1	0	23 (3)	2
MF		Paul Evans	14	3	—		—		—		14	3
MF		Tony Folan	19 (1)	4	3	2	0 (1)	0	2	0	24 (11)	6
MF		Dirk Hebel	6 (9)	0	2 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	9 (10)	0
MF		Gavin Mahon	29	4	—		—		3	0	32	4
MF		Charlie Oatway	7 (17)	0	2	0	1 (2)	1	0 (1)	0	10 (20)	1
MF		Martin Rowlands	32 (4)	4	3	0	4	0	3 (1)	1	42 (4)	5
FW		Drewe Broughton	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
FW		Derek Bryan	9 (11)	4	0 (2)	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	10 (14)	4
FW		Leo Fortune-West	2 (9)	0	0 (1)	0	—		2 (1)	1	4 (11)	1
FW		Darren Freeman	16 (6)	6	3	2	4	1	1	0	24 (6)	9
FW		Lloyd Owusu	42 (4)	22	3	1	0 (4)	2	2 (1)	0	47 (9)	25
FW		Scott Partridge	12 (2)	7	—		—		—		12 (2)	7
FW		Kevin Rapley	3 (9)	3	0 (1)	0	0 (4)	1	—		3 (14)	4
FW		Andy Scott	31 (3)	7	0	0	4	2	2	2	37 (3)	11
Players loaned in during the season
DF		Chris Coyne	7	0	—		1	0	—		8	0
DF		Stephen Jenkins	0 (1)	0	—		—		—		0 (1)	0

• Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
• Source: Soccerbase

Goalscorers

Pos	Nat	Player	FL3	FAC	FLC	FLT	Total
FW		Lloyd Owusu	22	1	2	0	25
FW		Andy Scott	7	0	2	2	11
FW		Darren Freeman	6	2	1	0	9
FW		Scott Partridge	7	—	—	—	7
DF		Hermann Hreiðarsson	4	1	—	1	6
MF		Tony Folan	4	2	0	0	6
DF		Martin Rowlands	4	0	0	1	5
MF		Gavin Mahon	4	0	—	0	4
FW		Derek Bryan	4	0	0	0	4
FW		Kevin Rapley	3	0	1	—	4
DF		Rob Quinn	2	1	0	1	4
MF		Paul Evans	3	—	—	—	3
DF		Jamie Bates	1	1	1	0	3
MF		Warren Aspinall	2	0	0	0	2
DF		Darren Powell	2	0	0	0	2
DF		Ijah Anderson	1	0	0	0	1
DF		Danny Boxall	1	0	0	0	1
MF		Charlie Oatway	0	0	1	0	1
FW		Leo Fortune-West	0	0	—	1	1
Opponents			2	0	0	0	2
Total			79	8	8	6	101

• Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
• Source: Soccerbase

Discipline

Pos	Nat	Player	FL3		FAC		FLC		FLT		Total		Pts
DF		Jamie Bates	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	2	12
DF		Danny Boxall	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	0	8
FW		Darren Freeman	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	5	1	8
DF		Martin Rowlands	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0	7
DF		Hermann Hreiðarsson	5	0	0	0	—		1	0	6	0	6
DF		Ijah Anderson	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	6
DF		Rob Quinn	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	6
DF		Darren Powell	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	5
FW		Lloyd Owusu	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4
MF		Warren Aspinall	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
FW		Derek Bryan	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
DF		Paul Watson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
FW		Leo Fortune-West	2	0	0	0	—		1	0	3	0	3
MF		Paul Evans	2	0	—		—		—		2	0	2
MF		Gavin Mahon	2	0	0	0	—		0	0	2	0	2
DF		Danny Cullip	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2
FW		Scott Partridge	1	0	—		—		—		1	0	1
GK		Kevin Dearden	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
MF		Tony Folan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
MF		Dirk Hebel	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
FW		Andy Scott	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
MF		Charlie Oatway	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1
Total			66	2	2	1	6	0	2	0	76	3	85

• Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
• Source: Soccerbase

International caps

Pos	Nat	Player	Caps	Goals	Ref
DF		Hermann Hreiðarsson	8	1	[10]

Management

Name	Nat	From	To	Record All Comps					Record League
				P	W	D	L	W %	P	W	D	L	W %
Ron Noades		8 August 1998	8 May 1999	56	30	10	16	053.57|	46	26	7	13	056.52

Summary

Games played	56 (46 Third Division, 3 FA Cup, 4 League Cup, 3 Football League Trophy)
Games won	30 (26 Third Division, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 2 Football League Trophy)
Games drawn	10 (7 Third Division, 2 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 1 Football League Trophy)
Games lost	16 (13 Third Division, 0 FA Cup, 3 League Cup, 0 Football League Trophy)
Goals scored	101 (79 Third Division, 8 FA Cup, 8 League Cup, 6 Football League Trophy)
Goals conceded	68 (56 Third Division, 3 FA Cup, 8 League Cup, 1 Football League Trophy)
Clean sheets	18 (14 Third Division, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 2 Football League Trophy)
Biggest league win	3–0 on five occasions, 4–1 on three occasions
Worst league defeat	3–0 on two occasions, 4–1 versus Cardiff City, 30 January 1999
Most appearances	56, Lloyd Owusu (46 Third Division, 3 FA Cup, 4 League Cup, 3 Football League Trophy)
Top scorer (league)	22, Lloyd Owusu
Top scorer (all competitions)	25, Lloyd Owusu

Transfers & loans

Players transferred in
Date	Pos.	Name	Previous Club	Fee	Ref.
7 July 1998	FW	Darren Freeman	Fulham	Free	[3]
9 July 1998	DF	Danny Boxall	Crystal Palace	Free	[3]
9 July 1998	GK	Jason Pearcey	Grimsby Town	Free	[3]
9 July 1998	DF	Rob Quinn	Crystal Palace	£40,000	[3]
25 July 1998	DF	Darren Powell	Hampton	£15,000	[11]
29 July 1998	FW	Lloyd Owusu	Slough Town	£25,000	[3]
6 August 1998	MF	Martin Rowlands	Farnborough Town	£45,000	[3]
25 August 1998	MF	Dirk Hebel	Tranmere Rovers	Free	[12]
22 September 1998	MF	Tony Folan	Crystal Palace	£100,000	[3]
24 September 1998	DF	Hermann Hreiðarsson	Crystal Palace	£750,000	[3]
30 October 1998	FW	Drewe Broughton	Norwich City	£15,000	[3]
17 November 1998	FW	Leo Fortune-West	Lincoln City	£60,000	[3]
18 November 1998	MF	Gavin Mahon	Hereford United	£50,000	[3]
28 January 1999	GK	Andy Woodman	Northampton Town	£75,000	[3]
19 February 1998	FW	Scott Partridge	Torquay United	£100,000	[3]
3 March 1999	MF	Paul Evans	Shrewsbury Town	£110,000	[3]
Players loaned in
Date from	Pos.	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
21 August 1998	DF	Chris Coyne	West Ham United	21 September 1998	[3]
22 January 1999	GK	Andy Woodman	Northampton Town	27 January 1999	[3]
3 March 1999	DF	Mohamed Berthé	Bournemouth	10 March 1999	[13]
25 March 1999	DF	Stephen Jenkins	Southampton	4 April 1999	[3]
Players transferred out
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Fee	Ref.
6 July 1998	GK	Carl Hutchings	Bristol City	£135,000	[6]
6 August 1998	MF	Robert Taylor	Gillingham	£400,000	[6]
10 August 1998	MF	Scott Canham	Leyton Orient	Free	[6]
17 November 1998	FW	Drewe Broughton	Peterborough United	£15,000	[6]
9 February 1999	MF	Warren Aspinall	Colchester United	Free	[6]
23 February 1999	FW	Kevin Rapley	Notts County	£50,000	[6]
26 February 1999	FW	Leo Fortune-West	Rotherham United	£35,000	[6]
25 March 1999	DF	Jamie Bates	Wycombe Wanderers	Free	[6]
Players loaned out
Date from	Pos.	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
21 October 1998	MF	Charlie Oatway	Lincoln City	16 November 1998	[6]
20 November 1998	FW	Kevin Rapley	Southend United	20 February 1999	[6]
November 1998	MF	Kevin Dennis	Chesham United	December 1998	[14]
5 February 1999	GK	Kevin Dearden	Barnet	10 March 1999	[6]
8 February 1999	MF	Warren Aspinall	Colchester United	24 March 1999	[15]
8 February 1999	MF	Kevin Dennis	Welling United	8 March 1999	[16]
26 February 1999	MF	Ryan Denys	Carshalton Athletic	End of season	[17]
11 March 1999	GK	Kevin Dearden	Huddersfield Town	End of season	[18]
Players released
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
1 October 1998	FW	Niall Thompson	Vancouver 86ers	1998	[6]
January 1999	MF	David McGhee	Stevenage Borough	1 August 1999	[19]
30 June 1999	GK	Kevin Dearden	Wrexham	1 July 1999	[20]
30 June 1999	MF	Kevin Dennis	Hampton & Richmond Borough	1 July 1999	[16]
30 June 1999	MF	Ryan Denys	Hampton & Richmond Borough	1 July 1999	[17]
30 June 1999	MF	Dirk Hebel	Bonner SC	1999	[21]
30 June 1999	DF	Andy Walker	n/a	n/a	[22]

Kit

Supplier: Super League
Sponsor(s): GMB

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Away

Source: Brentford F.C.

Awards

• Supporters' Player of the Year: Darren Powell^[23]
• Football League Third Division PFA Team of the Year: Paul Evans, Hermann Hreiðarsson^[21]
• Football League Third Division Manager of the Month: Ron Noades (August 1998)^[24]
• League Managers Association Performance of the Week: Ron Noades (Brentford 3–0 West Bromwich Albion, League Cup first round, second leg, 18 August 1998)^[25]

Notes

1. Match played behind closed doors.
2. Despite the match taking place at Griffin Park, Brentford wore their away strip, due to competition rules stating "where the colours (shirts, shorts or stockings) of the two competing clubs are similar, both clubs must change, unless arrangements are mutually agreed by the competing clubs".