1998–99 Bradford City A.F.C. season

Bradford City
1998–99 season
Chairman Geoffrey Richmond
Manager Paul Jewell
Stadium Valley Parade
First Division 2nd (promoted)
FA Cup Fourth round
League Cup Third round
Top goalscorer League:
Lee Mills (24)
All:
Lee Mills (25)
Average home league attendance 14,298

During the 1998–99 English football season, Bradford City competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

In the summer, Jewell signed strikers Lee Mills from Port Vale and Isaiah Rankin from Arsenal, for £1 million and £1.3 million respectively,[1] and signed former captain Stuart McCall from Rangers on a free transfer to lead the side.[2] Despite a poor start, Bradford secured promotion to the top division for the first time in 77 years with a 3–2 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers in the final game of the 1998-99 season. Bradford's success meant that Dean Windass, who had signed from Oxford United in March, became the club's third £1 million signing of the season: Windass had originally been signed for £950,000, but an additional fee of £50,000 was paid to Oxford because of Bradford's promotion.[3]

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

Bradford City's score comes first[4]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
8 August 1998 Stockport CountyH1-214,360Beagrie (pen)
15 August 1998 WatfordA0-110,731
23 August 1998 Bolton WanderersH2-213,163Rankin, Mills
28 August 1998 Crewe AlexandraA1-25,759McCall
31 August 1998 Birmingham CityH2-113,910Mills, Moore
8 September 1998 Ipswich TownA0-311,596
12 September 1998 Sheffield UnitedH2-213,169Mills, Blake
20 September 1998 West Bromwich AlbionA2-012,426Mills (2)
26 September 1998 BarnsleyH2-115,887Watson (2)
29 September 1998 Port ValeH4-013,245Blake, Moore, Mills (2)
3 October 1998 SunderlandA0-037,828
9 October 1998 BuryH3-015,697Blake, McCall, Beagrie
17 October 1998 Grimsby TownA0-220,741
20 October 1998 PortsmouthA4-210,062Whalley, Rankin, Mills, Beagrie
31 October 1998 Bristol CityH5-014,468Mills, Carey (own goal), Rankin, Beagrie, Blake
7 November 1998 Norwich CityA2-214,722Rankin, Mills
10 November 1998 Tranmere RoversA1-06,002Beagrie (pen)
14 November 1998 Swindon TownH3-014,897Beagrie (pen), Pepper, Jacobs
21 November 1998 Huddersfield TownA1-218,173Blake
28 November 1998 Queens Park RangersH0-315,037
5 December 1998 Oxford UnitedA1-05,969Mills
12 December 1998 Swindon TownA4-17,447Blake (2), Mills (2)
19 December 1998 Wolverhampton WanderersH2-113,846Blake, Mills
26 December 1998 Bolton WanderersA0-024,625
28 December 1998 Tranmere RoversH2-014,076Blake, Mills
9 January 1999 Stockport CountyA2-18,975Blake, Beagrie
16 January 1999 Crewe AlexandraH4-112,595Mills (3), Blake
19 January 1999 Crystal PalaceH2-114,368Westwood, Beagrie (pen)
31 January 1999 Birmingham CityA1-219,291Lawrence
6 February 1999 WatfordH2-014,142McCall, Mills
13 February 1999 Ipswich TownH0-015,024
19 February 1999 Sheffield UnitedA2-214,675Blake (2)
27 February 1999 West Bromwich AlbionH1-014,278Jacobs
3 March 1999 BarnsleyA1-016,866Watson
9 March 1999 SunderlandH0-115,124
13 March 1999 Norwich CityH4-113,331Moore, Beagrie (pen), Mills, Lawrence
20 March 1999 Bristol CityA3-210,870Mills, Jacobs, Whalley
28 March 1999 Crystal PalaceA0-115,626
3 April 1999 Grimsby TownH3-014,522Blake, Sharpe, Beagrie
5 April 1999 BuryA2-08,000Bullock (own goal), Windass
10 April 1999 PortsmouthH2-113,552Mills, Sharpe
13 April 1999 Port ValeA1-16,998Mills
17 April 1999 Huddersfield TownH2-315,124Blake, Windass
24 April 1999 Queens Park RangersA3-111,641Beagrie, Westwood, Watson
1 May 1999 Oxford UnitedH0-015,064
9 May 1999 Wolverhampton WanderersA3-227,589Beagrie, Mills, Blake

FA Cup

Main article: 1998–99 FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R32 January 1999 Grimsby TownH2-113,870Mills, Lawrence
R423 January 1999 Newcastle UnitedA0-336,698

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R1 1st Leg11 August 1998 Lincoln CityH1-14,481Beagrie
R1 2nd Leg18 August 1998 Lincoln CityA1-0 (won 2-1 on agg)22,695Rankin
R2 1st Leg15 September 1998 Halifax TownA2-15,714Moore, Beagrie
R2 2nd Leg22 September 1998 Halifax TownH3-1 (won 5-2 on agg)6,237Blake, Beagrie (pen), Pepper
R328 October 1998 Leeds UnitedA0-1 (a.e.t.)27,561

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
England GK Mark Prudhoe
England GK Gary Walsh
England DF Mark Bower
England DF John Dreyer
England DF Wayne Jacobs
England DF Darren Moore[6]
England DF Lee Todd
England DF Daniel Verity
England DF Ashley Westwood
Scotland DF Stephen Wright
Republic of Ireland DF Andy O'Brien[7]
England MF Peter Beagrie
England MF Robbie Blake
England MF Paul Bolland
No. Position Player
England MF Jamie Lawrence[8]
England MF Nigel Pepper
England MF Craig Ramage
England MF Lee Sharpe (on loan from Leeds United)
Scotland MF Stuart McCall (captain)
Republic of Ireland MF Gareth Whalley[9]
England FW Gareth Grant
England FW Lee Mills
England FW Isaiah Rankin
England FW Gordon Watson
England FW Dean Windass
Sweden FW Robert Steiner
Brazil FW Edinho

References

  1. "£1.3m! City smash transfer record". Telegraph & Argus. 1998-08-14. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
  2. "City was perfect chance: McCall". Telegraph & Argus. 1998-06-03. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
  3. "Windass for City". Telegraph & Argus. 1999-04-03. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
  4. http://www.statto.com/football/teams/bradford-city/1998-1999
  5. http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=234&teamTabs=stats&season_id=128
  6. Moore was born in Birmingham, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for Jamaica in 2006.
  7. O'Brien was born in Harrogate, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and would make his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 2001.
  8. Lawrence was born in Wandsworth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in February 2001.
  9. Whalley was born in Manchester, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and has represented them at B level.
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