Coventry City 1998–99 football season
Coventry City1998–99 season |
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Chairman | Bryan Richardson |
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Manager | Gordon Strachan |
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Stadium | Highfield Road |
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Premiership | 15th |
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FA Cup | Fifth round |
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League Cup | Third round |
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Top goalscorer | League: Whelan (10) All: Whelan (13) |
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Highest home attendance | 23,098 (vs. Tottenham Hotspur, 26 December) |
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Lowest home attendance | 6,631 (vs. Southend United, 16 September) |
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Average home league attendance | 20,773 |
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During the 1998–99 English football season, Coventry City competed in the FA Premier League.
Season summary
Coventry City finished 15th in the Premiership – four places lower than last season – but were never in any real danger of being relegated, despite the loss of key striker Dion Dublin to local rivals Aston Villa.[1]
The biggest news of Coventry's season was the announcement of a move to a new 45,000-seat stadium at Foleshill, which was anticipated to be ready by 2002. Manager Gordon Strachan then signed Moroccan international football star Mustapha Hadji, knowing that it would be important to have a top quality team to match the forthcoming new home.[2]
Final league table
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
- ^ As Manchester United qualified for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup place as FA Cup winners defaulted to Newcastle United, the runners-up.
- 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 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 42 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 21 | +5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 30 | −17 |
Source: 1998-99 FA Premier League table
- Results by round
Source: 11v11.com: 1998-99 Coventry City results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Results
Coventry City's score comes first[3]
Legend
FA Premier League
Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
15 August 1998 | Chelsea | H | 2–1 | 23,042 | Huckerby, Dublin |
22 August 1998 | Nottingham Forest | A | 0–1 | 22,546 | |
29 August 1998 | West Ham United | H | 0–0 | 20,818 | |
9 September 1998 | Liverpool | A | 0–2 | 41,771 | |
12 September 1998 | Manchester United | A | 0–2 | 55,193 | |
19 September 1998 | Newcastle United | H | 1–5 | 22,656 | Whelan |
26 September 1998 | Charlton Athletic | A | 1–1 | 20,043 | Whelan |
3 October 1998 | Aston Villa | H | 1–2 | 22,654 | Soltvedt |
18 October 1998 | Sheffield Wednesday | H | 1–0 | 16,006 | Dublin |
24 October 1998 | Southampton | A | 1–2 | 15,152 | Dublin |
31 October 1998 | Arsenal | H | 0–1 | 23,040 | |
7 November 1998 | Blackburn Rovers | A | 2–1 | 23,779 | Huckerby, Whelan |
15 November 1998 | Everton | H | 3–0 | 19,290 | Froggatt, Huckerby, Whelan |
21 November 1998 | Middlesbrough | A | 0–2 | 34,293 | |
28 November 1998 | Leicester City | H | 1–1 | 19,894 | Huckerby |
5 December 1998 | Wimbledon | A | 1–2 | 11,717 | McAllister (pen) |
14 December 1998 | Leeds United | A | 0–2 | 31,802 | |
19 December 1998 | Derby County | H | 1–1 | 16,627 | Whelan |
26 December 1998 | Tottenham Hotspur | H | 1–1 | 23,098 | Aloisi |
28 December 1998 | West Ham United | A | 0–2 | 25,662 | |
9 January 1999 | Nottingham Forest | H | 4–0 | 17,172 | Huckerby (3), Telfer |
16 January 1999 | Chelsea | A | 1–2 | 34,869 | Huckerby |
30 January 1999 | Liverpool | H | 2–1 | 23,056 | Boateng, Whelan |
6 February 1999 | Tottenham Hotspur | A | 0–0 | 34,376 | |
17 February 1999 | Newcastle United | A | 1–4 | 36,352 | Whelan |
20 February 1999 | Manchester United | H | 0–1 | 22,596 | |
27 February 1999 | Aston Villa | A | 4–1 | 38,799 | Aloisi (2), Boateng (2) |
6 March 1999 | Charlton Athletic | H | 2–1 | 20,259 | Whelan, Soltvedt |
13 March 1999 | Blackburn Rovers | H | 1–1 | 19,701 | Aloisi |
20 March 1999 | Arsenal | A | 0–2 | 38,073 | |
3 April 1999 | Sheffield Wednesday | A | 2–1 | 28,136 | McAllister (pen), Whelan |
5 April 1999 | Southampton | H | 1–0 | 21,402 | Boateng |
11 April 1999 | Everton | A | 0–2 | 32,341 | |
17 April 1999 | Middlesbrough | H | 1–2 | 19,231 | McAllister |
24 April 1999 | Leicester City | A | 0–1 | 20,224 | |
1 May 1999 | Wimbledon | H | 2–1 | 21,200 | Huckerby, Whelan |
8 May 1999 | Derby County | A | 0–0 | 32,450 | |
16 May 1999 | Leeds United | H | 2–2 | 23,049 | Aloisi, Telfer |
FA Cup
League Cup
Squad
[4][5] 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 |
4 June 1998 | DF | Jean-Guy Wallemme | RC Lens | Undisclosed |
1 August 1998 | DF | Robert Jarni | Real Betis | £2,600,000 |
7 August 1998 | FW | Paul Hall | Portsmouth | £300,000 |
26 August 1998 | DF | Marc Edworthy | Crystal Palace | £1,200,000 |
1 October 1998 | MF | Steve Froggatt | Wolverhampton Wanderers | £1,900,000 |
12 October 1998 | MF | Laurent Delorge | Gent | £1,250,000 |
17 December 1998 | FW | John Aloisi | Portsmouth | £650,000 |
30 December 1998 | GK | Morten Hyldgaard | Ikast FS | £200,000 |
13 January 1999 | DF | Muhamed Konjić | AS Monaco | £2,000,000 |
28 May 1999 | MF | Youssef Chippo | Porto | £1,200,000 |
Out
- Transfers in: £11,300,000
- Transfers out: £14,150,000
- Total spending: £2,850,000
Statistics
Appearances and goals
References
- ^ Culley, Jon (6 November 1998). "Football: Villa win race for £5.75m Dublin". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
- ^ "'Detonator' breaks bank at Coventry". The Guardian. 20 July 1999. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
- ^ "Coventry City 1998-1999 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 27 January 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ "FootballSquads - Coventry City - 1998/99".
- ^ "All Coventry City players: 1999".
- ^ Boateng was born in Nkawkaw, Ghana, but qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally and would make his international debut for the Netherlands in November 2001.
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