1998–99 Derby County F.C. season
The 1998–99 English football season was Derby County F.C.'s third consecutive season in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).
Season summary
Derby's second tilt at European football was made in the 1998–99 season, the Rams peaking in 2nd place after 6 games with a 2–0 home win over Leicester City, eventually finishing one place better off in 8th. They reached the FA Cup Quarter finals for the third time in seven years, losing out only to late Nwankwo Kanu goal in a 0–1 away defeat to Arsenal, and recorded some memorable victories, including a league double over Liverpool 2–1 at Anfield and 3–2 at Pride Park and a 1–0 win over Nottingham Forest in the teams first ever meeting at Pride Park. Derby County were a club on the up; Pride Park's capacity was expanded (32,913 fans attended the 3–2 victory over Liverpool) and Derby's players were getting noticed – five had represented their countries at the 1998 World Cup, and Christian Dailly was sold to Blackburn Rovers for £5.35m, comfortably the highest fee Derby had ever received. The key departure, however, was Steve McClaren – Smith's number two since he had taken the Derby managerial position 3 years earlier – who departed in February 1999 to become Sir Alex Ferguson's assistant at Manchester United, winning the treble in his first 3 months at Old Trafford. The 1998–99 season was Jim Smith's Derby County peak, as the financial demands of Premier League football began to catch up with them.
Final league table
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.
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
- 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 |
13 |
13 |
12 |
40 |
45 |
−5 |
52 |
8 |
7 |
4 |
22 |
19 |
+3 |
5 |
6 |
8 |
18 |
26 |
−8 |
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 | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
Result | D | D | D | W | W | W | L | L | L | D | D | W | D | L | W | D | D | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | D | L |
Position | 9 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 |
Source: 11v11.com: 1998-99 Derby County results
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
Results
Derby County's score comes first[1]
Legend
FA Premier League
Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
15 August 1998 | Blackburn Rovers | A | 0–0 | 24,007 | |
22 August 1998 | Wimbledon | H | 0–0 | 21,037 | |
29 August 1998 | Middlesbrough | A | 1–1 | 34,121 | Wanchope |
9 September 1998 | Sheffield Wednesday | H | 1–0 | 26,209 | Sturridge |
12 September 1998 | Charlton Athletic | A | 2–1 | 19,516 | Wanchope, Baiano |
19 September 1998 | Leicester City | H | 2–0 | 26,738 | Schnoor, Wanchope |
26 September 1998 | Aston Villa | A | 0–1 | 38,007 | |
3 October 1998 | Tottenham Hotspur | H | 0–1 | 30,083 | |
17 October 1998 | Newcastle United | A | 1–2 | 36,750 | Burton |
24 October 1998 | Manchester United | H | 1–1 | 30,867 | Burton |
31 October 1998 | Leeds United | H | 2–2 | 27,034 | Schnoor (pen), Sturridge |
7 November 1998 | Liverpool | A | 2–1 | 44,020 | Harper, Wanchope |
16 November 1998 | Nottingham Forest | A | 2–2 | 24,014 | Dorigo (pen), Carbonari |
22 November 1998 | West Ham United | H | 0–2 | 31,366 | |
28 November 1998 | Southampton | A | 1–0 | 14,762 | Carbonari |
5 December 1998 | Arsenal | H | 0–0 | 29,018 | |
12 December 1998 | Chelsea | H | 2–2 | 29,056 | Carbonari, Sturridge |
19 December 1998 | Coventry City | A | 1–1 | 16,627 | Carsley |
26 December 1998 | Everton | A | 0–0 | 39,206 | |
28 December 1998 | Middlesbrough | H | 2–1 | 21,083 | Sturridge, Hunt |
9 January 1999 | Wimbledon | A | 1–2 | 12,732 | Wanchope |
16 January 1999 | Blackburn Rovers | H | 1–0 | 27,386 | Burton |
30 January 1999 | Sheffield Wednesday | A | 1–0 | 24,440 | Prior |
3 February 1999 | Manchester United | A | 0–1 | 55,174 | |
7 February 1999 | Everton | H | 2–1 | 27,603 | Burton (2) |
20 February 1999 | Charlton Athletic | H | 0–2 | 27,853 | |
27 February 1999 | Tottenham Hotspur | A | 1–1 | 35,392 | Burton |
10 March 1999 | Aston Villa | H | 2–1 | 26,836 | Baiano, Burton |
13 March 1999 | Liverpool | H | 3–2 | 32,913 | Burton, Wanchope (2) |
20 March 1999 | Leeds United | A | 1–4 | 38,971 | Baiano (pen) |
3 April 1999 | Newcastle United | H | 3–4 | 32,039 | Burton, Baiano (pen), Wanchope |
10 April 1999 | Nottingham Forest | H | 1–0 | 32,217 | Carbonari |
17 April 1999 | West Ham United | A | 1–5 | 25,485 | Wanchope |
24 April 1999 | Southampton | H | 0–0 | 26,557 | |
2 May 1999 | Arsenal | A | 0–1 | 37,323 | |
5 May 1999 | Leicester City | A | 2–1 | 20,535 | Sturridge, Beck |
8 May 1999 | Coventry City | H | 0–0 | 32,450 | |
16 May 1999 | Chelsea | A | 1–2 | 35,016 | Carbonari |
FA Cup
League Cup
Squad
[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Reserve squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers
In
Date |
Pos. |
Name |
From |
Fee |
23 June 1998 |
DF |
Stefan Schnoor |
HSV |
Free transfer |
21 August 1998 |
DF |
Spencer Prior |
Leicester City |
£700,000 |
10 September 1998 |
MF |
Kevin Harper |
Hibernian |
£300,000 |
19 September 1998 |
MF |
Brian Launders |
BV Veendam |
Free transfer |
16 October 1998 |
DF |
Tony Dorigo |
Torino |
Monthly |
28 October 1998 |
FW |
Malcolm Christie |
Nuneaton Borough |
£50,000 |
19 February 1999 |
GK |
Gerard Doherty |
Derry City |
£20,000 |
12 March 1999 |
DF |
Vassilis Borbokis |
Sheffield United |
£500,000 |
24 March 1999 |
DF |
Richard Jackson |
Scarborough |
£30,000 |
25 March 1999 |
MF |
Paul Boertien |
Carlisle United |
£250,000 |
25 March 1999 |
MF |
Mikkel Beck |
Middlesbrough |
£500,000 |
18 May 1999 |
MF |
Seth Johnson |
Crewe Alexandra |
£3,000,000 |
Out
- Transfers in: £5,350,000
- Transfers out: £10,825,000
- Total spending: £5,475,000
Statistics
Appearances, goals and cards
- (Starting appearances + substitute appearances)
Starting 11
- Considering starts in all competitions[3]
- GK: #1, Russell Hoult, 26
- RB: #3, Stefan Schnoor, 25
- CB: #17, Spencer Prior, 39
- CB: #2, Horacio Carbonari, 32
- LB: #16, Jacob Laursen, 44
- CM: #18, Lee Carsley, 27
- CM: #14, Lars Bohinen, 32
- CM: #4, Darryl Powell, 34
- RF: #20, Stefano Eranio, 24 (Rory Delap has 24 starts as a centre-midfielder)
- CF: #8, Dean Sturridge, 30
- LF: #9, Paulo Wanchope, 37
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