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1998–99 Newcastle United F.C. season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| club | Newcastle United |
| season | 1998–99 |
| chairman | David Cassidy |
| *(until 18 December)* | |
| Freddy Shepherd | |
| *(from 20 December)* | |
| manager | Kenny Dalglish |
| *(until 27 August)* | |
| Ruud Gullit | |
| *(from 27 August)* | |
| stadium | St James' Park |
| league | Premier League |
| league result | [13th](1998-99-fa-premier-league) |
| cup1 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup |
| cup1 result | [First round](1998-99-uefa-cup-winners-cup) |
| cup2 | FA Cup |
| cup2 result | [Runners-up](1998-99-fa-cup) |
| cup3 | League Cup |
| cup3 result | [Fourth round](1998-99-football-league-cup) |
| league topscorer | |
| Alan Shearer (14) | |
| season topscorer | |
| Alan Shearer (21) | |
| average attendance | 36,665 |
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| prevseason | [1997–98](1997-98-newcastle-united-f-c-season) |
| nextseason | [1999–2000](1999-2000-newcastle-united-f-c-season) |
(until 18 December) Freddy Shepherd (from 20 December) (until 27 August) Ruud Gullit (from 27 August) Alan Shearer (14) Alan Shearer (21) In the 1998–99 season, Newcastle United competed in the FA Premier League. Newcastle's season was an almost carbon copy of the one before. They finished 13th in the Premiership and lost in the FA Cup final to enter Europe because the winning side had already qualified for the Champions League.
Just after the season started, Kenny Dalglish paid for Newcastle's sub-standard league performances with his job. The task was given to Ruud Gullit to turn things round, but he could not improve on the club's previous league finish of 13th. A dismal league position put them below local rivals Middlesbrough as well as other unfancied sides including Derby County and Sheffield Wednesday.
Season summary
A poor start to the 1998–99 season led to Kenny Dalglish being sacked. Ruud Gullit, a trophy winning manager with Chelsea a few years previously, was put in charge. The team again started promisingly, but was knocked out of the Cup Winners' Cup in the first round.
Gullit made some high-profile mistakes in the transfer market (notably, Spanish defender Marcelino and forward Silvio Maric bore the brunt of supporters frustrations). Less forgivably, he also fell out with several senior players, including the club captain Rob Lee, who had been the heartbeat of the team for the previous half decade, and was initially not given a squad number.
Newcastle made it to the 1998–99 FA Cup final, their second final in successive seasons. This time around they were to lose to Manchester United 2–0.
Because the FA Cup winners had already won European qualification, this meant Newcastle reached Europe for the fourth season running: this time the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup, due to the discontinuation of the Cup Winners' Cup.
Gullit resigned shortly after the start of the 1999–2000 season.
Off the pitch, controversy was caused when former chairman Freddy Shepherd, who had been forced to resign due to controversy over remarks made in the press the previous season, successfully manoeuvred to reinstate himself to the position within less than a year.
Transfers
In
| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | MF | GRE Georgios Georgiadis | GRE Panathinaikos | £500,000 |
| June 1998 | GK | FRA Lionel Perez | ENG Sunderland | Free |
| June 1998 | FW | FRA Stéphane Guivarc'h | FRA Auxerre | £3,500,000 |
| July 1998 | DF | ENG Carl Serrant | ENG Oldham Athletic | £500,000 |
| July 1998 | MF | SCO Garry Brady | ENG Tottenham Hotspur | £650,000 |
| July 1998 | DF | FRA Laurent Charvet | FRA Cannes | £750,000 |
| August 1998 | MF | GER Dietmar Hamann | GER Bayern Munich | £4,500,000 |
| August 1998 | MF | PER Nolberto Solano | ARG Boca Juniors | £2,500,000 |
| November 1998 | FW | SCO Duncan Ferguson | ENG Everton | £8,000,000 |
| January 1999 | FW | FRA Louis Saha | FRA Metz | Loan |
| January 1999 | DF | FRA Didier Domi | FRA PSG | £4,000,000 |
| March 1999 | MF | CRO Silvio Marić | CRO Croatia Zagreb | £3,650,000 |
- Total spending: £28.55m
Out
| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | FW | DEN Jon Dahl Tomasson | NED Feyenoord | £2,500,000 |
| June 1998 | DF | ENG Darren Peacock | ENG Blackburn Rovers | £100,000 |
| July 1998 | GK | TRI Shaka Hislop | ENG West Ham United | Free |
| July 1998 | GK | CZE Pavel Srníček | CZE Banik Ostrava | Free |
| 8 December 1998 | MF | ENG David Batty | ENG Leeds United | £4,400,000 |
- Total spending: £2.6m
Players
First-team squad
Left club during season
Reserve squad
Trialists
Statistics
Appearances, goals and cards
:(Starts + substitute appearances)
| No. | Pos. | Name | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | Discipline | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | [[File:Yellow card.svg | 13px]] | [[File:Red card.svg | 13px]] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | IRL Shay Given | 31 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2 | DF | ENG Warren Barton | 18+6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24+6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||
| 3 | DF | ENG Stuart Pearce | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 4 | MF | ENG David Batty | 6+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||
| 4 | DF | FRA Didier Domi | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 5 | DF | ITA Alessandro Pistone | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 6 | DF | ENG Steve Howey | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 7 | MF | ENG Rob Lee | 20+6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24+6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||
| 8 | FW | FRA Stéphane Guivarc'h | 2+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 9 | FW | ENG Alan Shearer | 29+1 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 39+1 | 21 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||
| 10 | MF | ENG John Barnes | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 10 | MF | CRO Silvio Marić | 9+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 11 | MF | WAL Gary Speed | 34+3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 43+4 | 5 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||
| 12 | MF | GER Dietmar Hamann | 22+1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30+1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | ||||||||
| 13 | GK | ENG Steve Harper | 7+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 14 | MF | GEO Temuri Ketsbaia | 14+12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22+12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| 15 | MF | GRE Georgios Georgiadis | 7+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8+5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| 16 | DF | FRA Laurent Charvet | 30+1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
| 17 | MF | SCO Stephen Glass | 18+4 | 3 | 2+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24+6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 18 | MF | NIR Keith Gillespie | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 18 | FW | FRA Louis Saha | 5+6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 19 | DF | ENG Steve Watson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 20 | FW | SCO Duncan Ferguson | 7 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 21 | DF | ENG Carl Serrant | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 24 | MF | PER Nolberto Solano | 24+4 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 33+5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
| 25 | FW | SCO Paul Dalglish | 6+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8+5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| 27 | DF | BEL Philippe Albert | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| 28 | DF | NIR Aaron Hughes | 12+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 29 | MF | SCO Garry Brady | 3+6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 33 | DF | ENG David Beharall | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 34 | DF | GRE Nikos Dabizas | 25+5 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 35+5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | ||||||||
| 36 | MF | ENG Jamie McClen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 38 | DF | ENG Andy Griffin | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| 40 | FW | SWE Andreas Andersson | 10+4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Starting 11
- GK: #1, IRL Shay Given, 41
- RB: #2, ENG Warren Barton, 24
- CB: #6, ENG Steve Howey, 18 (#38, ENG Andy Griffin, has 18 starts as a RB)
- CB: #34, GRE Nikos Dabizas, 35
- LB: #16, FRA Laurent Charvet, 38
- RM: #24, PER Nolberto Solano, 33
- CM: #7, ENG Rob Lee, 24 (#17, SCO Stephen Glass, has 24 starts as a LM)
- CM: #12, GER Dietmar Hamann, 30
- LM: #11, WAL Gary Speed, 43
- CF: #9, ENG Alan Shearer, 39
- CF: #14, GEO Temuri Ketsbaia, 22
Coaching staff
Results
Pre-season
Pearce Ketsbaia
Lee Albert Pistone Dalglish Hamann Pearce
[[1998–99 FA Premier League|FA Premier League]]
Main article: 1998–99 FA Premier League
Results by matchday
Berger Marshall Ketsbaia Shearer Speed Glass Anelka Glass Calderwood Sinclair Ferguson Cooper Dabizas Bowyer Hasselbaink Riedle Hamann Andersson Pringle Solano Dabizas Ketsbaia Speed Saha Dodd Louis-Jean Hamann Kitson Baiano Wanchope Ketsbaia Solano Gemmill Cottee
[[1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]]
Dabizas
[[1998–99 FA Cup|FA Cup]]
Speed Shearer Shearer Ketsbaia Georgiadis Shearer Scholes
[[1998–99 Football League Cup|League Cup]]
References
References
- [http://www.onthisfootballday.com/football-history/august-27-dalglish-sacked-by-newcastle.php Dalglish Sacked by Newcastle] {{webarchive. link. (21 July 2013 . ''On This Football Day''. Retrieved 14 August 2013)
- (27 August 1998). "Gullit named Newcastle boss". BBC News.
- Louise Taylor (Sunday Times 02.01.00) [http://www.nufc.com/html/times_lee_one.html Robert Lee Interview]. ''nufc.com''. Retrieved 14 August 2013
- "FA Cup Final 1999".
- (28 August 1999). "Gullit quits Newcastle". BBC News.
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