1998–99 Stockport County F.C. season

Stockport County

1998–99 season
Chairman	Brendan Elwood
Manager	Gary Megson
Stadium	Edgeley Park
First Division	16th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Angell (17) All: Angell (18)
Average home league attendance	7,900
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

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

Season summary

In the 1998–99 season, Stockport finished in 16th place, winning just 3 of their final 14 matches. A 5–0 defeat at relegated Oxford United on the final day signalled the end of Megson's time at Edgeley Park.^[1]

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	Sunderland	46	31	12	3	91	28	105
2.	Bradford City	46	26	9	11	82	47	87
3.	Ipswich Town	46	26	8	12	69	32	86
4.	Birmingham City	46	23	12	11	66	37	81
5.	Watford	46	21	14	11	65	56	77
6.	Bolton Wanderers	46	20	16	10	78	59	76
7.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	19	16	11	64	43	73
8.	Sheffield United	46	18	13	15	71	66	67
9.	Norwich City	46	15	17	14	62	61	62
10.	Huddersfield Town	46	15	16	15	62	71	61
11.	Grimsby Town	46	17	10	19	40	52	61
12.	West Bromwich Albion	46	16	11	19	69	76	59
13.	Barnsley	46	14	17	15	59	56	59
14.	Crystal Palace	46	14	16	16	58	71	58
15.	Tranmere Rovers	46	12	20	14	63	61	56
16.	Stockport County	46	12	17	17	49	60	53
17.	Swindon Town	46	13	11	22	59	81	50
18.	Crewe Alexandra	46	12	12	22	54	78	48
19.	Portsmouth	46	11	14	21	57	73	47
20.	Queens Park Rangers	46	12	11	23	52	61	47
21.	Port Vale	46	13	8	25	45	75	47
22.	Bury	46	10	17	19	35	60	47
23.	Oxford United	46	10	14	22	48	71	44
24.	Bristol City	46	9	15	22	57	80	42

Key
Promoted to the Premier League
Qualified for the promotion playoff
Relegated to Division 2

NB In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference

Results

Stockport County's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
8 August 1998	Bradford City	A	2-1	14,360	Dinning (2 pens)
15 August 1998	Norwich City	H	0-2	6,538
21 August 1998	Barnsley	A	1-1	16,377	Branch
29 August 1998	Crystal Palace	H	1-1	7,739	C Byrne
31 August 1998	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2-2	22,217	Angell (2)
5 September 1998	Grimsby Town	H	2-0	6,199	Angell (2)
8 September 1998	Birmingham City	A	0-2	16,429
12 September 1998	Crewe Alexandra	H	1-1	7,302	Flynn
19 September 1998	Queens Park Rangers	A	0-2	8,205
26 September 1998	West Bromwich Albion	H	2-2	8,804	McIntosh, C Byrne
29 September 1998	Huddersfield Town	H	1-1	8,023	Thomas-Moore
3 October 1998	Swindon Town	A	3-2	7,691	McIntosh, Branch, Thomas-Moore
17 October 1998	Bury	A	1-1	5,732	Branch
20 October 1998	Sheffield United	A	1-1	12,657	Thomas-Moore
24 October 1998	Ipswich Town	H	0-1	7,432
31 October 1998	Tranmere Rovers	A	1-1	6,597	Angell
8 November 1998	Port Vale	H	4-2	7,612	Angell (3), Grant
14 November 1998	Watford	H	1-1	8,019	Dinning (pen)
21 November 1998	Bristol City	A	1-1	11,032	Angell
24 November 1998	Bolton Wanderers	H	0-1	8,520
28 November 1998	Portsmouth	H	2-0	7,504	Cooper, Dinning (pen)
5 December 1998	Sunderland	A	0-1	36,040
12 December 1998	Watford	A	2-4	9,250	Angell, Connelly
19 December 1998	Oxford United	H	2-0	6,500	Matthews, Dinning (pen)
26 December 1998	Barnsley	H	0-1	10,263
28 December 1998	Grimsby Town	A	0-1	8,058
9 January 1999	Bradford City	H	1-2	8,975	Angell
16 January 1999	Crystal Palace	A	2-2	15,517	Angell (2)
30 January 1999	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-2	8,654	Angell
6 February 1999	Norwich City	A	2-0	14,675	Angell, Wilson (own goal)
13 February 1999	Birmingham City	H	1-0	9,056	Angell
20 February 1999	Crewe Alexandra	A	2-0	5,473	Woodthorpe, Ellis
27 February 1999	Queens Park Rangers	H	0-0	7,694
2 March 1999	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-3	11,801	McIntosh
6 March 1999	Huddersfield Town	A	0-3	11,914
9 March 1999	Swindon Town	H	2-1	6,048	Angell, Ellis (pen)
13 March 1999	Port Vale	A	1-1	6,456	Smith
20 March 1999	Tranmere Rovers	H	0-0	7,589
3 April 1999	Bury	H	0-0	7,483
5 April 1999	Bolton Wanderers	A	2-1	18,587	Ellis, Woodthorpe
10 April 1999	Sheffield United	H	1-0	7,551	Matthews
17 April 1999	Bristol City	H	2-2	7,602	Ellis (2)
20 April 1999	Ipswich Town	A	0-1	17,056
24 April 1999	Portsmouth	A	1-3	11,212	Ellis
1 May 1999	Sunderland	H	0-1	10,548
9 May 1999	Oxford United	A	0-5	6,830

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	2 January 1999	Bury	A	3-0	5,325	Angell, Lucketti (own goal), Woodthorpe
R4	23 January 1999	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0-2	20,984

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	11 August 1998	Hull City	H	2-2	3,134	Thomas-Moore, C Byrne
R1 2nd Leg	18 August 1998	Hull City	A	0-0 (lost on away goals)	3,480

Squad

^[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Ian Gray GK Carlo Nash DF Des Byrne DF Sean Connelly DF Mike Flynn DF Jim Gannon DF Martin McIntosh DF Colin Woodthorpe MF Paul Alsaker MF Tom Bennett MF Graham Branch MF Chris Byrne MF Paul Cook MF Kevin Cooper

No. Position Player MF Tony Dinning MF Paul Hughes MF Sean Mannion MF Rob Matthews MF Derek McInnes MF Wayne Phillips MF David Smith MF Simon Travis FW Brett Angell FW Jon Daly FW Tony Ellis FW Ian Thomas-Moore FW Aaron Wilbraham FW Stephen Grant

References

1. Walker, Paul (26 June 1999). "Megson sacked by Stockport". The Independent, 26 June 1999 (London). Retrieved 4 May 2010.
2. http://www.statto.com/football/teams/stockport-county/1998-1999/results
3. http://www.worldfootball.net/teams/stockport-county/1999/2/