1998–99 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

The 1998–99 season was Blackburn Rovers' seventh season in the Premier League, and their seventh consecutive season in the top division of English football.

Season summary

Four years earlier, Blackburn were Premiership champions. Just one year earlier, they had qualified for the UEFA Cup. They were among some people's outsiders for a title challenge.

But it all went wrong for Blackburn, who were soon in the depth of a relegation battle. Manager Roy Hodgson paid with his job in November.^[1] Manchester United assistant Brian Kidd was named as his replacement,^[2] but he was unable to steer Rovers to safety and their relegation was confirmed in the penultimate game of the season when they drew 0-0 with United at Ewood Park, they had needed to win the game to keep their survival hopes alive, but a point for the opposition meant that a victory was all they needed on the final day of the season to secure the league title.^[3] They were condemned to a place in Division One, but managed to hold on to many key players and approached the new season as most people's favourites for an immediate return to the elite.

Final league table

Main article: 1998-99 FA Premier League


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester United (C)	38	22	13	3	80	37	+43	79	1999–2000 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Arsenal	38	22	12	4	59	17	+42	78	1999–2000 UEFA Champions League Group stage
3	Chelsea	38	20	15	3	57	30	+27	75	1999–2000 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Leeds United	38	18	13	7	62	34	+28	67	1999–2000 UEFA Cup First round
5	West Ham United	38	16	9	13	46	53	−7	57	1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
6	Aston Villa	38	15	10	13	51	46	+5	55
7	Liverpool	38	15	9	14	68	49	+19	54
8	Derby County	38	13	13	12	40	45	−5	52
9	Middlesbrough	38	12	15	11	48	54	−6	51
10	Leicester City	38	12	13	13	40	46	−6	49
11	Tottenham Hotspur	38	11	14	13	47	50	−3	47	1999–2000 UEFA Cup First round ¹
12	Sheffield Wednesday	38	13	7	18	41	42	−1	46
13	Newcastle United	38	11	13	14	48	54	−6	46	1999–2000 UEFA Cup First round ²
14	Everton	38	11	10	17	42	47	−5	43
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 1999–2000 Football League First Division
19	Blackburn Rovers (R)	38	7	14	17	38	52	−14	35
20	Nottingham Forest (R)	38	7	9	22	35	69	−34	30

Updated to games played on 16 May 1999.
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ Tottenham Hotspur qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners.
² As Manchester United qualified for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup place as FA Cup winners defaulted to Newcastle United, the losing finalists.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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	7	14	17	38	52	−14	35	6	5	8	21	24	−3	1	9	9	17	28	−11

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	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	D	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	D	L	D	D
Position	6	16	11	14	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	18	18	20	20	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	17	15	16	17	18	18	18	17	16	17	18	17	18	19	19	19

Source: 11v11.com: 1998-99 Blackburn Rovers results
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

Blackburn Rovers' score comes first^[4]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
15 August 1998	Derby County	H	0–0	24,007
24 August 1998	Leeds United	A	0–1	30,652
29 August 1998	Leicester City	H	1–0	22,544	Gallacher
9 September 1998	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–2	28,338	Gallacher
12 September 1998	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–3	20,846
21 September 1998	Chelsea	H	3–4	23,113	Sutton (2, 1 pen), Pérez
26 September 1998	Everton	A	0–0	36,404
3 October 1998	West Ham United	H	3–0	25,213	Flitcroft (2), Davidson
17 October 1998	Middlesbrough	A	1–2	34,413	Sherwood
25 October 1998	Arsenal	H	1–2	27,012	Johnson
31 October 1998	Wimbledon	A	1–1	12,526	Sutton (pen)
7 November 1998	Coventry City	H	1–2	23,779	Sherwood
14 November 1998	Manchester United	A	2–3	55,198	Marcolin, Blake
21 November 1998	Southampton	H	0–2	22,812
29 November 1998	Liverpool	A	0–2	41,753
5 December 1998	Charlton Athletic	H	1–0	22,568	Davies
12 December 1998	Newcastle United	H	0–0	27,569
19 December 1998	Nottingham Forest	A	2–2	22,013	Blake (2)
26 December 1998	Aston Villa	H	2–1	27,536	Gallacher, Sherwood
28 December 1998	Leicester City	A	1–1	21,083	Gallacher
9 January 1999	Leeds United	H	1–0	27,620	Gillespie
16 January 1999	Derby County	A	0–1	27,386
30 January 1999	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–1	29,643	Jansen
6 February 1999	Aston Villa	A	3–1	37,404	Southgate (own goal), Ward, Dunn
17 February 1999	Chelsea	A	1–1	34,382	Ward
20 February 1999	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–4	24,643	McAteer
27 February 1999	West Ham United	A	0–2	25,529
10 March 1999	Everton	H	1–2	27,219	Ward
13 March 1999	Coventry City	A	1–1	19,701	Wilcox
20 March 1999	Wimbledon	H	3–1	21,754	Ward, Jansen (2)
3 April 1999	Middlesbrough	H	0–0	27,482
6 April 1999	Arsenal	A	0–1	37,762
17 April 1999	Southampton	A	3–3	15,209	Ward, Peacock, Wilcox
24 April 1999	Liverpool	H	1–3	29,944	Duff
1 May 1999	Charlton Athletic	A	0–0	20,041
8 May 1999	Nottingham Forest	H	1–2	24,565	Gallacher
12 May 1999	Manchester United	H	0–0	30,436
16 May 1999	Newcastle United	A	1–1	36,623	Wilcox

FA Cup

Main article: 1998–99 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	2 January 1999	Charlton Athletic	H	2–0	16,631	Davies, Wilcox
R4	23 January 1999	Sunderland	H	1–0	30,125	Gillespie
R5	14 February 1999	Newcastle United	A	0–0	36,295
R5R	24 February 1999	Newcastle United	H	0–1	27,483

League Cup

Main article: 1998–99 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	28 October 1998	Crewe Alexandra	A	1–0	5,403	Sutton
R4	11 November 1998	Newcastle United	A	1–1 (won 4-2 on pens)	34,702	Sherwood
QF	2 December 1998	Leicester City	A	0–1	19,442

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1998–99 UEFA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st leg	15 September 1998	Lyon	H	0–1	13,646
R1 2nd leg	29 September 1998	Lyon	A	2–2 (lost 2-3 on agg)	24,558	Pérez, Flitcroft

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[5]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Tim Flowers
2	DF	Jeff Kenna
3	DF	Callum Davidson
5	DF	Darren Peacock
6	DF	Stéphane Henchoz
7	MF	Garry Flitcroft (captain)
8	FW	Kevin Gallacher
9	FW	Chris Sutton
10	FW	Kevin Davies
11	MF	Jason Wilcox
12	MF	Damien Duff
13	GK	John Filan
14	FW	Nathan Blake
15	MF	Lee Carsley
16	DF	Marlon Broomes
17	MF	Billy McKinlay

No.	Position	Player
18	MF	Dario Marcolin (on loan from Lazio)
19	MF	Damien Johnson
20	DF	Gary Croft
21	MF	Jimmy Corbett
22	GK	Alan Fettis
23	DF	Christian Dailly
24	MF	Oumar Kondé
26	FW	James Thomas
27	MF	David Dunn
28	DF	Martin Taylor
29	MF	Wayne Gill
30	GK	Anthony Williams
31	MF	Keith Gillespie
32	FW	Ashley Ward
33	FW	Matt Jansen
34	MF	Jason McAteer

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.	Position	Player
4	MF	Tim Sherwood (to Tottenham Hotspur)
14	FW	Martin Dahlin (retired)
15	MF	Sébastien Pérez (on loan to Bastia)
18	MF	Anders Andersson (to Aalborg)

No.	Position	Player
24	DF	Tore Pedersen (to Eintracht Frankfurt)
25	DF	David Worrell (to Dundee United)
	MF	Luke Staton (to Bolton Wanderers)
	DF	Graham Coughlan (to Livingston)

Statistics

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[6]^[7]

GK: #13, John Filan, 32
RB: #2, Jeff Kenna, 29
CB: #5, Darren Peacock, 34
CB: #6, Stéphane Henchoz, 41
LB: #3, Callum Davidson, 39
RM: #19, Damien Johnson, 17 (#23, Christian Dailly, has 18 starts)
CM: #4, Tim Sherwood, 23
CM: #11, Jason Wilcox, 33
LM: #12, Damien Duff, 25
CF: #9, Chris Sutton, 20
CF: #32, Ashley Ward, 19

Top scorers

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
9 July 1998	FW	Kevin Davies	Southampton	£7,250,000
21 August 1998	DF	Christian Dailly	Derby County	£5,300,000
26 October 1998	MF	Oumar Kondé	FC Basel	£500,000
30 October 1998	FW	Nathan Blake	Bolton Wanderers	£4,250,000
16 December 1998	MF	Keith Gillespie	Newcastle United	£2,350,000
29 December 1998	FW	Ashley Ward	Barnsley	£4,500,000
18 January 1999	FW	Matt Jansen	Crystal Palace	£4,100,000
27 January 1999	MF	Jason McAteer	Liverpool	£4,000,000
12 February 1999	DF	David McNamee	St Mirren	£300,000
12 February 1999	MF	Burton O'Brien	St Mirren	£300,000
22 March 1999	MF	Lee Carsley	Derby County	£3,400,000

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
1 August 1998	MF	Michael Lomax	Macclesfield Town	Free
1 August 1998	FW	Per Pedersen	Strasbourg	£900,000
4 August 1998	DF	Colin Hendry	Rangers	£4,000,000
26 October 1998	DF	Tore Pedersen	Eintracht Frankfurt	£225,000
5 January 1999	MF	Luke Staton	Bolton Wanderers	Free
4 February 1999	MF	Tim Sherwood	Tottenham Hotspur	£4,000,000
30 March 1999	DF	David Worrell	Dundee United	£50,000
31 May 1999	DF	Graham Coughlan	Livingston	Free
1 June 1999	MF	Sébastien Pérez	Marseille	£2,500,000

Transfers in:

£36,250,000

Transfers out:

£11,675,000

Total spending:

£24,750,000

References

↑ "Hodgson quits as Rovers hit bottom". BBC Sport. 21 November 1998. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
↑ Nixon, Alan (4 December 1998). "Football: Kidd takes command at Blackburn". The Independent. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
↑ "Rovers down as United march on". BBC Sport. 12 May 1999. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/blackburn-rovers/1998-1999/results
↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1998-1999/faprem/blackbrn.htm
↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/blackburn-rovers/tab/players/season/1999
↑ http://www.football-lineups.com/team/Blackburn_Rovers/FA_Premier_League_1998-1999

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