1998–99 Leicester City F.C. season

Leicester City

1998–99 season

Chairman

John Elsom

Manager

Stadium

Player of the Year

Top goalscorer

League: Cottee (10)
All: Cottee (16)

Highest home attendance

22,091 vs Manchester United
(16 Jan 1999, Premier League)

Lowest home attendance

13,480 vs Chesterfield
(16 Sep 1998, League Cup)

Average home league attendance

20,469

Home colours

Away colours

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During the 1998–99 English football season, Leicester City competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Season summary

Leicester City repeated the previous season's 10th place in the Premiership, earning Martin O'Neill more credit for achieving strong finishes on a relatively limited budget. But the club's best chance of a UEFA Cup place was blown in late March when they lost to Tottenham Hotspur in the Worthington Cup final.^[1] At least City fans had the satisfaction of holding on to the highly rated O'Neill, who had seemed certain to desert the club for Leeds United early in the season.^[2]

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	12	13	13	40	46	−6	49	7	6	6	25	25	0	5	7	7	15	21	−6

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	D	W	L	L	D	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	L	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	W	L	L	W	L
Position	4	2	8	13	14	17	17	16	11	11	7	6	9	12	13	12	8	11	10	10	10	12	12	13	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	10	10

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

Results

Leicester City's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
15 August 1998	Manchester United	A	2–2	55,052	Heskey, Cottee
22 August 1998	Everton	H	2–0	21,037	Cottee, Izzet
29 August 1998	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–1	22,544
9 September 1998	Middlesbrough	H	0–1	20,635
12 September 1998	Arsenal	H	1–1	21,628	Heskey
19 September 1998	Derby County	A	0–2	26,738
27 September 1998	Wimbledon	H	1–1	17,725	Elliott
3 October 1998	Leeds United	A	1–0	32,606	Cottee
19 October 1998	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–1	20,787	Heskey, Izzet
24 October 1998	Aston Villa	A	1–1	39,241	Cottee
31 October 1998	Liverpool	H	1–0	21,837	Cottee
7 November 1998	Charlton Athletic	A	0–0	20,021
14 November 1998	West Ham United	A	2–3	6,190	Izzet, Lampard (own goal)
21 November 1998	Chelsea	H	2–4	21,401	Izzet, Guppy
28 November 1998	Coventry City	A	1–1	19,894	Heskey
5 December 1998	Southampton	H	2–0	18,423	Heskey, Walsh
12 December 1998	Nottingham Forest	H	3–1	20,891	Heskey, Elliott (pen), Guppy
19 December 1998	Newcastle United	A	0–1	36,718
26 December 1998	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–0	33,513	Cottee
28 December 1998	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–1	21,083	Walsh
9 January 1999	Everton	A	0–0	32,792
16 January 1999	Manchester United	H	2–6	22,091	Zagorakis, Walsh
30 January 1999	Middlesbrough	A	0–0	34,631
6 February 1999	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0–2	20,113
20 February 1999	Arsenal	A	0–5	38,069
1 March 1999	Leeds United	H	1–2	18,101	Cottee
6 March 1999	Wimbledon	A	1–0	11,801	Guppy
13 March 1999	Charlton Athletic	H	1–1	20,220	Lennon
3 April 1999	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–0	35,415	Elliott, Cottee
6 April 1999	Aston Villa	H	2–2	20,652	Savage, Cottee
10 April 1999	West Ham United	H	0–0	20,402
18 April 1999	Chelsea	A	2–2	34,535	Duberry (own goal), Guppy
21 April 1999	Liverpool	A	1–0	36,019	Marshall
24 April 1999	Coventry City	H	1–0	20,224	Marshall
1 May 1999	Southampton	A	1–2	15,228	Marshall
5 May 1999	Derby County	H	1–2	20,535	Sinclair
8 May 1999	Newcastle United	H	2–0	21,125	Izzet, Cottee
16 May 1999	Nottingham Forest	A	0–1	25,353

FA Cup

Main article: 1998–99 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	2 January 1999	Birmingham City	H	4–2	19,846	Sinclair, Ullathorne, Cottee, Guppy
R4	23 January 1999	Coventry City	H	0–3	21,207

League Cup

Main article: 1998–99 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	16 September 1998	Chesterfield	H	3–0	13,480	Heskey (2), Taggart
R2 2nd Leg	22 September 1998	Chesterfield	A	3–1 (won 6-1 on agg)	4,565	Heskey, Fenton, Wilson
R3	27 October 1998	Charlton Athletic	A	2–1	19,671	Cottee (2)
R4	11 November 1998	Leeds United	H	2–1	20,161	Izzet, Parker
QF	2 December 1998	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–0	19,442	Lennon
SF 1st Leg	26 January 1999	Sunderland	A	2–1	38,332	Cottee (2)
SF 2nd Leg	17 February 1999	Sunderland	H	1–1 (won 3-2 on agg)	21,231	Cottee
F	21 March 1999	Tottenham Hotspur	N	0–1	77,892

Squad

^[4] 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	Kasey Keller
3	DF	Frank Sinclair
4	DF	Gerry Taggart
5	DF	Steve Walsh (captain)
6	MF	Muzzy Izzet
7	MF	Neil Lennon
8	MF	Scott Taylor
9	FW	Emile Heskey
10	MF	Garry Parker
11	MF	Steve Guppy
13	FW	Arnar Gunnlaugsson
14	MF	Robbie Savage
15	DF	Pontus Kåmark
16	MF	Stuart Campbell

No.	Position	Player
17	MF	Charlie Miller (on loan from Rangers)
18	DF	Matt Elliott
19	DF	Robert Ullathorne
20	FW	Ian Marshall
21	FW	Graham Fenton
22	GK	Pegguy Arphexad
24	MF	Andrew Impey
25	MF	Stuart Wilson
27	FW	Tony Cottee
28	DF	Steve Wenlock
29	MF	Stefan Oakes
30	GK	Ian Andrews
37	MF	Theodoros Zagorakis

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
17		DF	Spencer Prior (to Derby County)

No.		Position	Player
23		MF	Sam McMahon (to Cambridge United)

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
-	GK	John Hodges
-	DF	Jon Ashton
-	DF	Guy Branston
-	DF	Tommy Goodwin

No.	Position	Player
-	MF	Tim McCann
-	FW	Lawrie Dudfield
-	FW	Lee Tomlin

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	Kasey Keller	36	0	2	0	7	0	45	0	2	0
3	DF	Frank Sinclair	30+1	1	2	1	6	0	38+1	2	13	1
4	DF	Gerry Taggart	9+6	0	1+1	0	5+1	1	15+8	1	3	0
5	DF	Steve Walsh	17+5	3	1	0	5	0	23+5	3	2	0
6	MF	Muzzy Izzet	31	5	2	0	5	1	38	5	3	0
7	MF	Neil Lennon	37	1	2	0	8	1	47	2	6	0
9	FW	Emile Heskey	29+1	6	2	0	8	3	39+1	9	3	0
10	MF	Garry Parker	2+5	0	0+2	0	3+1	1	5+8	1	0	0
11	MF	Steve Guppy	38	4	2	1	8	0	48	5	4	0
13	FW	Arnar Gunnlaugsson	5+4	0	0	0	0	0	5+4	0	1	0
14	MF	Robbie Savage	29+5	1	0	0	5+2	0	34+7	0	4	0
15	DF	Pontus Kåmark	15+4	0	0	0	1+1	0	16+5	0	0	0
16	MF	Stuart Campbell	1+11	0	1	0	1+1	0	3+12	0	1	0
17	MF	Charlie Miller	1+3	0	0	0	0	0	1+3	0	0	0
18	DF	Matt Elliott	37	3	2	0	8	0	47	3	9	0
19	DF	Robert Ullathorne	25	0	2	1	7+1	0	34+1	1	4	0
20	FW	Ian Marshall	6+4	3	0+1	0	0+1	0	6+6	3	0	0
21	FW	Graham Fenton	3+6	0	0	0	1+1	1	4+7	1	0	0
22	GK	Pegguy Arphexad	2+2	0	0	0	1	0	3+2	0	0	0
24	MF	Andrew Impey	17+1	0	1	0	0	0	18+1	0	0	0
25	MF	Stuart Wilson	1+8	0	0	0	1+4	1	2+12	1	0	0
27	FW	Tony Cottee	29+2	10	1	1	5	5	35+2	16	2	0
29	MF	Stefan Oakes	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	2+1	0	0	0
37	MF	Theodoros Zagorakis	16+3	1	1+1	0	3+2	0	20+6	1	4	0

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[5]

No.	Pos	Name	MS	Notes
1	GK	Kasey Keller	45
3	CB	Frank Sinclair	38
18	CB	Matt Elliott	47
19	CB	Rob Ullathorne	34
37	DM	Theodoros Zagorakis	20	Steve Walsh has 23 starts
7	DM	Neil Lennon	47
6	RM	Muzzy Izzet	38
14	AM	Robbie Savage	34
11	LM	Steve Guppy	48
27	CF	Tony Cottee	35
9	CF	Emile Heskey	39

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
16 July 1998	DF	Gerry Taggart	Bolton Wanderers	Free transfer
13 August 1998	DF	Frank Sinclair	Chelsea	£2,000,000
24 November 1998	MF	Andrew Impey	West Ham United	£1,600,000
5 February 1999	FW	Arnar Gunnlaugsson	Bolton Wanderers	£2,000,000

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
19 June 1998	DF	Julian Watts	Bristol City	Free transfer
3 July 1998	FW	Graham Jaffa	Dunfermline Athletic	Signed
21 August 1998	DF	Spencer Prior	Derby County	£700,000
1 February 1999	MF	Sam McMahon	Cambridge United	Free transfer

Transfers in:

£5,600,000

Transfers out:

£700,000

Total spending:

£4,900,000

References

↑ "Nielsen nicks it for Spurs". BBC Sport. 22 March 1999. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
↑ "O'Neill to stay with Leicester". BBC Sport. 25 October 1998. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/leicester-city/1998-1999/results
↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1998-1999/faprem/leicester.htm
↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/leicester-city/tab/players/season/1999

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