1998–99 Notts County F.C. season

Notts County
1998–99 season
Chairman	Derek Pavis
Manager	Sam Allardyce
Stadium	Meadow Lane
Second Division	16th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	First round
Auto Windscreens Shield	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; All: Gary Jones
Highest home attendance	League 10,316
Lowest home attendance	League 3,294
Average home league attendance	League 5,635

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

Season summary

In the 1998–99 season Notts County finished in 16th position, 4 points clear of the relegation zone.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
14	Blackpool	46	14	14	18	44	54	−10	56
15	Burnley	46	13	16	17	54	73	−19	55
16	Notts County	46	14	12	20	52	61	−9	54
17	Wrexham	46	13	14	19	43	62	−19	53
18	Colchester United	46	12	16	18	52	70	−18	52

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference

Results

Notts County's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
8 August 1998	Oldham	A	3–1	5,709
15 August 1998	Bournemouth	H	1–2	5,269
22 August 1998	Northampton Town	A	1–1	6,141	Torpey
29 August 1998	Manchester City	H	1–1	10,316	Hendon
31 August 1998	Macclesfield Town	A	1–0	3,148
5 September 1998	Wigan	H	0–1	4,445
8 September 1998	Blackpool	A	0–1	3,849
12 September 1998	Fulham	H	1–0	5,805	Hendon
18 September 1998	Walsall	A	2–3	3,991
26 September 1998	Millwall	H	3–1	5,016
3 October 1998	Wycombe Wanderers	A	1–1	4,164
10 October 1998	Lincoln City	H	2–3	6,458
17 October 1998	Burnley	A	1–1	10,559	Pearce
20 October 1998	Chesterfield	A	0–3	4,506
24 October 1998	Bristol Rovers	H	1–1	4,822
31 October 1998	Stoke City	H	1–0	8,546
7 November 1998	York City	A	1–1	3,391
21 November 1998	Colchester United	H	1–3	4,598
28 November 1998	Wrexham	A	0–1	2,811
12 December 1998	Preston North End	H	2–3	5,096
19 December 1998	Gillingham	A	0–4	6,072
26 December 1998	Northampton Town	H	3–1	6,131	Grant, Tierney, Richardson
28 December 1998	Reading	A	0–1	13,026
8 January 1999	Oldham Athletic	H	0–1	4,669
16 January 1999	Bournemouth	A	0–2	5,968
30 January 1999	Reading	H	1–1	5,192
13 February 1999	Blackpool	H	0–1	4,778
16 February 1999	Wigan	A	0–3	2,971
20 February 1999	Fulham	A	1–2	11,909	Owers
23 February 1999	Luton Town	A	1–0	4,021
27 February 1999	Walsall	H	2–1	6,172
6 March 1999	Millwall	A	3–1	6,042
13 March 1999	York	H	4–2	5,400
16 March 1999	Manchester City	A	1–2	26,502	Stallard
20 March 1999	Stoke City	A	3–2	9,565
27 March 1999	Bristol Rovers	A	1–1	5,899
3 April 1999	Burnley	H	0–0	6,625
5 April 1999	Lincoln City	A	1–0	5,745
10 April 1999	Chesterfield	H	2–0	5,121
13 April 1999	Wrexham	H	1–1	3,294
16 April 1999	Colchester United	A	1–2	4,215
24 April 1999	Luton Town	H	1–2	5,583
27 April 1999	Wycombe Wanderers	H	1–0	4,721
1 May 1999	Preston North End	A	1–1	11,862
4 May 1999	Macclesfield Town	H	1–1	3,747
8 May 1999	Gillingham	H	0–1	7,815

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
R1	15 November 1998	Hendon	A	0–0
R1	1 December 1998	Hendon	H	3–0
R2	5 December 1998	Wigan Athletic	H	1–1
R2	15 December 1998	Wigan Athletic	A	0–0 (4–2 on penalties)
R3	2 January 1999	Sheffield United	A	1–1
R3	23 January 1999	Sheffield United	H	3–4

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	11 Aug 1998	Manchester City	H	0–2	5795
R1 2nd Leg	19 Aug 1998	Manchester City	A	1–7 (lost 1–9 on agg)	?

Football League Trophy


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	22 Dec 1998	Hull City	H	0–1

Squad

^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ENG	Brian Parkin
—	GK	ENG	Paul Gibson
—	GK	WAL	Darren Ward
—	DF	ENG	Alex Dyer
—	DF	ENG	Chris Fairclough
—	DF	IRL	Steve Finnan
—	DF	ENG	Ian Hendon
—	DF	ENG	Dennis Pearce
—	DF	ENG	Matt Redmile
—	DF	ENG	Mark Warren
—	MF	ENG	Ian Richardson
—	MF	ENG	Gary Strodder
—	MF	ENG	Terry Henshaw
—	MF	ENG	Andy Hughes
—	MF	ENG	Mark Robson
—	FW	ENG	Craig Dudley
—	FW	ENG	Sean Farrell
—	FW	ENG	Justin Jackson
—	FW	ENG	Gary Jones


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ENG	Gerry Creaney
—	FW	ENG	Mark Stallard
—	FW	ENG	Peter Beadle
—	FW	ENG	Anthony Garcia
—	FW	ENG	Richard Holmes
—	FW	ENG	Kevin Rapley
—	FW	ENG	Shaun Murray
—	FW	ENG	Fran Tierney
—	FW	ENG	Mark Quayle
—	FW	ENG	Lee Matthews
—	FW	ENG	Jermaine Pennant
—	FW	ENG	Brian Parkin
—	FW	ENG	Andy Goram
—	FW	ENG	Duane Darby
—	MF	ENG	Chris Billy
—	FW	GHA	Kim Grant
—	FW	IRL	Dominic Foley
—	FW	ENG	Steve Torpey
—	FW	ENG	Adam Webster

References

[1] "Notts County match record: 1999".

[2] "All Notts County players: 1999".

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Notts County Football Club
The club	Records Seasons Players 100+ appearances All articles Managers
Grounds	Castle Ground Trent Bridge Meadow Lane
Other	Nottingham derby Notts County Ladies Notts County Women

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