1998–99 Crystal Palace F.C. season

During the 1998–99 English football season, Crystal Palace F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Crystal Palace

1998–99 season
Chairman	Mark Goldberg[1]
Manager	Terry Venables (until 15 January) Steve Coppell (from 15 January)
Stadium	Selhurst Park
Football League First Division	14th
FA Cup	Third round
Worthington Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Morrison (12) All: Morrison (13)
Average home league attendance	17,123
Home colours
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Season summary

Terry Venables was appointed head coach, but the dream of success for the 1998–99 season quickly turned into a nightmare. Goldberg was unable to sustain his financial backing of the club and they went into administration in March 1999.^[1] Simon Paterson took charge of the club throughout a spell in which it's very future seemed in serious doubt.

Venables stood down as manager and after some negotiation over his outstanding contract, left the club.^[2] In January 1999, Steve Coppell returned to the job once again,^[1] and was able to guide Palace to a mid-table finish. With the approval of the administrators, Peter Morley was installed as chairman, in time for the start of the next season.^[1]

Final league table

Main article: 1998–99 Football League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	West Bromwich Albion	46	16	11	19	69	76	−7	59
13	Barnsley	46	14	17	15	59	56	+3	59
14	Crystal Palace	46	14	16	16	58	71	−13	58
15	Tranmere Rovers	46	12	20	14	63	61	+2	56
16	Stockport County	46	12	17	17	49	60	−11	53

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference

Results

Crystal Palace's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
8 August 1998	Bolton Wanderers	H	2–2	19,029	Jansen, Ćurčić
16 August 1998	Birmingham City	A	1–3	16,699	Mullins
22 August 1998	Oxford United	H	2–0	14,827	Dyer, Lombardo
29 August 1998	Stockport County	A	1–1	7,739	Shipperley
8 September 1998	Crewe Alexandra	A	1–0	4,977	Jansen
12 September 1998	Port Vale	H	0–1	15,983
19 September 1998	Barnsley	A	0–4	15,597
27 September 1998	Sheffield United	H	1–0	20,370	Ćurčić
30 September 1998	Bury	H	4–2	13,219	Warhurst, Dyer, Morrison, Lombardo (pen)
3 October 1998	Ipswich Town	A	0–3	16,837
17 October 1998	Norwich City	H	5–1	18,100	Rizzo, Jansen (2), Svensson, Lombardo
20 October 1998	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3–2	16,417	Moore, Burton, Ćurčić
31 October 1998	Grimsby Town	A	0–2	6,948
3 November 1998	West Bromwich Albion	A	2–3	11,606	Jansen, Moore
7 November 1998	Portsmouth	H	4–1	20,188	Moore, Thomson (own goal), Mullins, Foster
14 November 1998	Bristol City	H	2–1	17,821	Bradbury, Jansen
21 November 1998	Swindon Town	A	0–2	11,718
28 November 1998	Watford	H	2–2	19,521	Tuttle, Ćurčić
5 December 1998	Huddersfield Town	A	0–4	10,453
8 December 1998	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–1	12,919	Jansen
12 December 1998	Bristol City	A	1–1	13,014	Bell (own goal)
15 December 1998	Sunderland	A	0–2	33,870
19 December 1998	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–1	17,684	Rodger
26 December 1998	Oxford United	A	3–1	8,375	Foster, Morrison, Bradbury (pen)
28 December 1998	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–1	19,137	Morrison
10 January 1999	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–3	15,410
16 January 1999	Stockport County	H	2–2	15,517	Morrison, Fan
19 January 1999	Bradford City	A	1–2	14,368	Tuttle
30 January 1999	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–3	6,017	Bradbury
6 February 1999	Birmingham City	H	1–1	15,996	Rowett (own goal)
13 February 1999	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–1	14,823	Morrison
20 February 1999	Port Vale	A	0–1	6,051
28 February 1999	Barnsley	H	1–0	17,021	Mullins
2 March 1999	Sheffield United	A	1–1	12,896	Petrić
6 March 1999	Bury	A	0–0	4,334
9 March 1999	Ipswich Town	H	3–2	16,360	Mullins, Morrison (2)
13 March 1999	Portsmouth	A	1–1	15,120	Bradbury
20 March 1999	Grimsby Town	H	3–1	15,228	Morrison (2), Mullins
28 March 1999	Bradford City	H	1–0	15,626	Fan
3 April 1999	Norwich City	A	1–0	16,754	Austin
5 April 1999	Sunderland	H	1–1	22,096	Morrison
10 April 1999	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–0	23,643
17 April 1999	Swindon Town	H	0–1	18,660
24 April 1999	Watford	A	1–2	15,590	McKenzie
1 May 1999	Huddersfield Town	H	2–2	17,282	Morrison (2)
9 May 1999	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–6	18,498

FA Cup

Main article: 1998–99 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	2 January 1999	Newcastle United	A	1–2	36,536	Bradbury

League Cup

Main article: 1998–99 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	11 August 1998	Torquay United	A	1–1	3,042	Lombardo
R1 2nd Leg	25 August 1998	Torquay United	H	2–1 (won 3–2 on agg)	6,872	Lombardo, Hreiðarsson
R2 1st Leg	15 September 1998	Bury	A	0–3	2,780
R2 2nd Leg	23 September 1998	Bury	H	2–1 (lost 2–4 on agg)	3,546	Morrison, Fan

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3 1st Leg	19 July 1998	Samsunspor	H	0–2	11,758
R3 2nd Leg	25 July 1998	Samsunspor	A	0–2 (lost 0–4 on agg)	6,000

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ENG Fraser Digby — GK  ENG Kevin Miller — GK  RSA Gareth Ormshaw — DF  ENG Dean Austin — DF  ENG Sagi Burton[notes 1] — DF  ENG Jason Crowe (on loan from Arsenal) — DF  ENG Marc Edworthy — DF  ENG Andy Frampton — DF  ENG Jimmy Hibburt — DF  ENG Andy Linighan — DF  ENG Jamie Smith — DF  ENG Dave Tuttle — DF  ENG Paul Warhurst — DF  ENG David Woozley — DF  YUG Gordan Petrić — DF  ISL Hermann Hreiðarsson — DF  ISR David Amsalem — DF  CHN Sun Jihai — DF  CHN Fan Zhiyi — DF  AUS Craig Moore — MF  ENG Hayden Mullins — MF  ENG Simon Rodger (captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  SCO Jamie Fullarton — MF  WAL Stephen Evans — MF  SCO Steven Thomson — MF  NIR Wayne Carlisle — MF  NIR Gareth Graham — MF  IRL Andy Turner[notes 2] — MF  ITA Attilio Lombardo — MF  YUG Saša Ćurčić — MF  ARG Walter del Río — MF  AUS Craig Foster — FW  ENG Marcus Bent — FW  ENG Lee Bradbury — FW  ENG Bruce Dyer[notes 3] — FW  ENG Richard Harris — FW  ENG Matt Jansen — FW  ENG Leon McKenzie — FW  ENG Clinton Morrison[notes 4] — FW  ENG Neil Shipperley — FW  WAL Andy Martin — FW  ITA Michele Padovano — FW  SWE Mathias Svensson — FW  AUS Nick Rizzo

Other events

• The home game against Birmingham in February was used for some scenes in the cult British film Wonderland.