1998–99 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

Nottingham Forest's campaign back in the Premiership got off to a fairly good start in the first three games in the season, losing narrowly 2-1 at Arsenal and winning the other two against Coventry City and at Southampton; however, it would be 19 games until their next victory and they went on a very poor run of only one win in 25 league games - in addition to two wins in 32 games - and winning their final three games did not matter as they were already relegated. Pierre Van Hooijdonk, top scorer in Forest's promotion-winning 1997-98 campaign, went AWOL before the start of the season following the sale of strike partner Kevin Campbell and it appeared that he would never play for the club again. He returned in October, but Forest were already deep in relegation trouble and it was too late to save manager Dave Bassett's job. Ron Atkinson made what appeared to be his final return to management, but was unable to save Forest from relegation in bottom place - the third time in seven years that they had endured this fate. With just 7 wins and 30 points all season, they had never really looked like beating the drop, due to embarrassing results like the 1-8 defeat at home to Manchester United. A win at Goodison Park was the highlight of Atkinson's ill-fated tenure.

When Atkinson's contract was not renewed, Brian Little, Glenn Hoddle and Roy Evans were just some of the many high profile names linked with the manager's job, but in the end it was 33-year-old former England captain David Platt who took on the role as player-manager.

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	9	22	35	69	−34	30	3	7	9	18	31	−13	4	2	13	17	38	−21

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	W
Position	16	8	2	4	10	11	16	18	18	18	18	19	18	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

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

Results

Nottingham Forest's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1998	Arsenal	A	1–2	38,064	Thomas
22 August 1998	Coventry City	H	1–0	22,546	Stone
29 August 1998	Southampton	A	2–1	14,942	Darcheville, Stone
8 September 1998	Everton	H	0–2	25,610
12 September 1998	Chelsea	A	1–2	34,809	Darcheville
19 September 1998	West Ham United	H	0–0	26,463
26 September 1998	Newcastle United	A	0–2	36,760
3 October 1998	Charlton Athletic	H	0–1	22,661
17 October 1998	Leeds United	H	1–1	23,911	Stone
24 October 1998	Liverpool	A	1–5	44,595	Freedman
1 November 1998	Middlesbrough	A	1–1	34,223	Harewood
7 November 1998	Wimbledon	H	0–1	21,362
16 November 1998	Derby County	H	2–2	24,014	Freedman, van Hooijdonk
21 November 1998	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–2	35,832
28 November 1998	Aston Villa	H	2–2	25,753	Bart-Williams, Freedman
7 December 1998	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2–3	19,321	Bonalair, van Hooijdonk
12 December 1998	Leicester City	A	1–3	20,891	van Hooijdonk
19 December 1998	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–2	22,013	Chettle (pen), Freedman
26 December 1998	Manchester United	A	0–3	55,216
28 December 1998	Southampton	H	1–1	23,456	Chettle (pen)
9 January 1999	Coventry City	A	0–4	17,172
16 January 1999	Arsenal	H	0–1	26,021
30 January 1999	Everton	A	1–0	34,175	van Hooijdonk
6 February 1999	Manchester United	H	1–8	30,025	Rogers
13 February 1999	West Ham United	A	1–2	25,458	Hjelde
20 February 1999	Chelsea	H	1–3	26,351	van Hooijdonk
27 February 1999	Charlton Athletic	A	0–0	20,007
10 March 1999	Newcastle United	H	1–2	22,852	Freedman
13 March 1999	Wimbledon	A	3–1	12,149	Rogers, Freedman, Shipperley
20 March 1999	Middlesbrough	H	1–2	21,468	Freedman
3 April 1999	Leeds United	A	1–3	39,645	Rogers
5 April 1999	Liverpool	H	2–2	28,374	Freedman, van Hooijdonk
10 April 1999	Derby County	A	0–1	32,217
17 April 1999	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–1	25,181
24 April 1999	Aston Villa	A	0–2	34,492
1 May 1999	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2–0	20,480	Porfírio, Rogers
8 May 1999	Blackburn Rovers	A	2–1	24,565	Freedman, Bart-Williams
16 May 1999	Leicester City	H	1–0	25,353	Bart-Williams

FA Cup

Main article: 1998–99 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	2 January 1999	Portsmouth	H	0–1	10,092

League Cup

Main article: 1998–99 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	15 September 1998	Leyton Orient	A	5–1	4,906	Johnson, Freedman (2), Stone, Harewood
R2 2nd Leg	22 September 1998	Leyton Orient	H	0–0 (won 5-1 on agg)	6,382
R3	27 October 1998	Cambridge United	H	3–3 (won 4-3 on pens)	9,192	Freedman, Armstrong, Harewood
R4	11 November 1998	Manchester United	A	1–2	37,237	Stone

Squad

^[2] 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	Dave Beasant
2	DF	Matthieu Louis-Jean (on loan from Le Havre)
3	DF	Alan Rogers
4	MF	Nigel Quashie^[3]
5	DF	Steve Chettle
6	DF	Jon Olav Hjelde
9	FW	Neil Shipperley
10	MF	Andy Johnson^[4]
11	DF	Chris Bart-Williams
12	DF	Chris Doig
13	GK	Mark Crossley
14	FW	Dougie Freedman
15	DF	Richard Gough (on loan from San Jose Clash)
16	MF	Geoff Thomas
17	DF	Thierry Bonalair
18	MF	Ian Woan
19	FW	Jean-Claude Darcheville

No.	Position	Player
20	MF	Carlton Palmer
21	FW	Steve Guinan
22	DF	Des Lyttle
23	FW	Bernard Allou
24	DF	Christian Edwards
25	DF	Jesper Mattsson
26	MF	Steve Melton
27	FW	Andy Gray
28	MF	Gareth Williams
29	FW	Marlon Harewood
30	MF	John Harkes (on loan from D.C. United)
31	MF	Hugo Porfírio (on loan from Benfica)
32	DF	Ståle Stensaas (on loan from Rangers)
33	GK	Marco Pascolo
39	GK	Mark Goodlad
40	FW	Pierre van Hooijdonk
-	MF	John Burns

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
7	MF	Steve Stone (to Aston Villa)
8	MF	Scot Gemmill (to Everton)
15	DF	Craig Armstrong (to Huddersfield Town)
20	MF	Glyn Hodges (to Scarborough)

No.	Position	Player
23	DF	Andy Dawson (to Scunthorpe United)
	DF	Stuart Thom (to Oldham Athletic)
	MF	Chris Allen (to Port Vale)
	FW	Paul McGregor (to Preston North End)

Reserve squad

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

No.	Position	Player
-	DF	Kevin Dawson
-	DF	Gareth Edds
-	DF	Nikola Jerkan
-	MF	Richard Cooper
-	MF	Richard Hodgson

No.	Position	Player
-	MF	Carlos Merino
-	MF	David Prutton
-	MF	Andy Todd
-	FW	David Freeman

Statistics

Appearances, goals and cards

(Starting appearances + substitute appearances)

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Dave Beasant	26	0	1	0	3	0	30	0	1	0
2	DF	Matthieu Louis-Jean	15+1	0	1	0	2+1	0	18+2	0	4	1
3	DF	Alan Rogers	34	4	0	0	4	0	38	4	9	0
4	MF	Nigel Quashie	12+4	0	0+1	0	2	0	14+5	0	4	0
5	DF	Steve Chettle	32+2	2	1	0	3	0	36+2	2	8	1
6	DF	Jon-Olav Hjelde	16+1	1	1	0	2	0	19+1	1	4	0
7	MF	Steve Stone	26	3	1	0	3	2	30	5	5	0
8	MF	Scot Gemmill	18+2	0	1	0	2	0	21+2	2	3	0
9	FW	Neil Shipperley	12+8	1	1	0	0	0	13+8	1	1	0
10	MF	Andy Johnson	25+3	0	1	0	2	1	28+3	1	7	0
11	MF	Chris Bart-Williams	20+4	3	1	0	2	0	23+4	3	3	0
12	DF	Chris Doig	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	3	0	0
13	GK	Mark Crossley	12	0	2	0	1+1	0	13+1	0	0	0
14	FW	Dougie Freedman	20+11	9	1	0	4	3	25+11	12	2	0
15	DF	Craig Armstrong	20+2	0	0	0	4	1	24+2	1	3	0
15	DF	Richard Gough	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	3	1
16	MF	Geoff Thomas	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	0
17	MF	Thierry Bonalair	24+4	1	0	0	0	0	27+4	1	5	1
18	MF	Ian Woan	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	1	0
19	FW	Jean-Claude Darcheville	14+2	2	0	0	1+2	0	15+4	2	4	0
20	MF	Glyn Hodges	3+2	0	0	0	0	0	3+2	1	1	0
20	MF	Carlton Palmer	13	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	3	1
22	DF	Des Lyttle	5+5	0	1	0	1+1	0	7+6	0	1	0
23	DF	Andy Dawson	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
23	FW	Bernard Allou	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0
24	DF	Christian Edwards	7+5	0	0	0	0	0	7+5	0	1	0
25	DF	Jesper Mattsson	5+1	0	0	0	0	0	5+1	0	1	0
26	DF	Steve Melton	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
27	FW	Andy Gray	3+5	0	0+1	0	2+1	0	5+7	0	0	0
29	FW	Marlon Harewood	11+12	1	0+1	0	2+2	2	13+15	3	6	0
30	MF	John Harkes	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0
31	MF	Hugo Porfirio	3+6	1	0	0	0	0	3+6	1	4	0
32	DF	Ståle Stensaas	6+1	0	0	0	0	0	6+1	0	1	0
40	FW	Pierre Van Hooijdonk	19+2	6	0	0	0+1	0	19+3	6	5	1

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[5]

GK: #1, Dave Beasant, 30
RB: #17, Thierry Bonalair, 27
CB: #15, Craig Armstrong, 24
CB: #5, Steve Chettle, 36
LB: #3, Alan Rogers, 38
RM: #7, Steve Stone, 30
CM: #11, Chris Bart-Williams, 23
CM: #10, Andy Johnson, 28
LM: #8, Scot Gemmill, 21
CF: #14, Dougie Freedman, 25
CF: #40, Pierre van Hooijdonk, 19

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
1 August 1998	FW	Dougie Freedman	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£950,000
21 August 1998	MF	Nigel Quashie	Queens Park Rangers	£2,500,000
29 August 1998	FW	Andy Gray	Leeds United	£200,000
21 September 1998	FW	Neil Shipperley	Crystal Palace	£1,500,000
10 December 1998	DF	Jesper Mattsson	Halmstads	£300,000
19 January 1999	MF	Carlton Palmer	Southampton	£1,100,000

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
6 June 1998	MF	John Finnigan	Lincoln City	Free transfer
29 July 1998	FW	Kevin Campbell	Trabzonspor	£2,500,000
1 August 1998	FW	Ian Thomas-Moore	Stockport County	£800,000
18 August 1998	DF	Colin Cooper	Middlesbrough	£2,500,000
16 October 1998	DF	Stuart Thom	Oldham Athletic	£45,000
20 February 1999	DF	Craig Armstrong	Huddersfield Town	£750,000
5 March 1999	MF	Chris Allen	Port Vale	Free transfer
11 March 1999	MF	Steve Stone	Aston Villa	£5,500,000
19 March 1999	DF	Andy Dawson	Scunthorpe United	£50,000
25 March 1999	MF	Scot Gemmill	Everton	Nominal

Transfers in:

£6,550,000

Transfers out:

£12,145,000

Total spending:

£5,595,000

References

↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/nottingham-forest/1998-1999/results
↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1998-1999/faprem/nottmf.htm
↑ Quashie was born in Southwark, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his grandfather and would make his international debut for Scotland in 2004.
↑ Johnson was born in Bristol, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in 1998.
↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/nottingham-forest/tab/players/season/1999

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