1998–99 Newcastle United F.C. season


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In the 1998–99 season, Newcastle United competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons). Newcastle's season was an almost carbon copy of the one before. They finished 13th in the Premiership and lost in the FA Cup final to enter Europe because the winning side had already qualified for the Champions League.

Newcastle United
1998–99 season
ChairmanDavid Cassidy (until 18 December 1998)
Freddy Shepherd (from 20 December 1998)
ManagerKenny Dalglish
(until 27 August 1998)
Ruud Gullit
(from 27 August 1998)
StadiumSt James' Park
Premier League13th
Cup Winners' CupFirst round
FA CupRunners-up
League CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Alan Shearer (14)
All:
Alan Shearer (21)
Average home league attendance36,665

Just after the season started, Kenny Dalglish paid for Newcastle's sub-standard league performances with his job. The task was given to Ruud Gullit to turn things round, but he could not improve on the club's previous league finish of 13th. A dismal league position put them below local rivals Middlesbrough as well as other unfancied sides including Derby County and Sheffield Wednesday.

 
Ruud Gullit

A poor start to the 1998–99 season led to Kenny Dalglish being sacked.[1] Ruud Gullit, a trophy winning manager with Chelsea a few years previously, was put in charge.[2] The team again started promisingly, but was knocked out of the Cup Winners' Cup in the first round.

Gullit made some high-profile mistakes in the transfer market (notably, Spanish defender Marcelino and forward Silvio Maric bore the brunt of supporters frustrations). Less forgivably, he also fell out with several senior players, including the club captain Rob Lee, who had been the heartbeat of the team for the previous half decade, and was initially not given a squad number.[3]

Newcastle made it to the 1998–99 FA Cup final, their second final in successive seasons. This time around they were to lose to Manchester United 2–0.[4]

Because the FA Cup winners had already won European qualification, this meant Newcastle reached Europe for the fourth season running: this time the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup, due to the discontinuation of the Cup Winners' Cup.

Gullit resigned shortly after the start of the 1999–2000 season.[5]

Off the pitch, controversy was caused when former chairman Freddy Shepherd, who had been forced to resign due to controversy over remarks made in the press the previous season, successfully manoeuvred to reinstate himself to the position within less than a year.

Date Pos. Name From Fee
June 1998 MF   Georgios Georgiadis   Panathinaikos £500,000
June 1998 GK   Lionel Pérez   Sunderland Free
June 1998 FW   Stéphane Guivarc'h   Auxerre £3,500,000
July 1998 DF   Carl Serrant   Oldham Athletic £500,000
July 1998 MF   Garry Brady   Tottenham Hotspur £650,000
July 1998 DF   Laurent Charvet   Cannes £750,000
August 1998 MF   Dietmar Hamann   Bayern Munich £4,500,000
August 1998 MF   Nolberto Solano   Boca Juniors £2,500,000
November 1998 FW   Duncan Ferguson   Everton £8,000,000
January 1999 FW   Louis Saha   Metz Loan
January 1999 DF   Didier Domi   PSG £4,000,000
March 1999 MF   Silvio Marić   Croatia Zagreb £3,650,000
  • Total spending:   £28.55m
Date Pos. Name From Fee
June 1998 FW   Jon Dahl Tomasson   Feyenoord £2,500,000
June 1998 DF   Darren Peacock   Blackburn Rovers £100,000
July 1998 GK   Shaka Hislop   West Ham United Free
July 1998 GK   Pavel Srníček   Banik Ostrava Free
  • Total spending:   £2.6m

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Left club during season

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Appearances, goals and cards

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(Starts + substitute appearances)
No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals    
1 GK   Shay Given 31 0 6 0 2 0 2 0 41 0 0 1
2 DF   Warren Barton 18+6 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 24+6 0 5 0
3 DF   Stuart Pearce 12 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 16 0 1 1
4 MF   David Batty 6+2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 9+2 0 4 0
4 DF   Didier Domi 14 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 1 0
5 DF   Alessandro Pistone 2+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2+1 0 1 0
6 DF   Steve Howey 14 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 1 0
7 MF   Rob Lee 20+6 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 24+6 0 6 0
8 FW   Stéphane Guivarc'h 2+2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2+2 1 0 0
9 FW   Alan Shearer 29+1 14 6 5 2 1 2 1 39+1 21 7 0
10 MF   John Barnes 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
10 MF   Silvio Marić 9+1 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0 10+3 0 1 0
11 MF   Gary Speed 34+3 4 6 1 1+1 0 2 0 43+4 5 8 0
12 MF   Dietmar Hamann 22+1 4 7 1 1 0 0 0 30+1 5 7 1
13 GK   Steve Harper 7+1 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 8+2 0 0 0
14 MF   Temuri Ketsbaia 14+12 5 6 3 0 0 2 0 22+12 8 2 0
15 MF   Georgios Georgiadis 7+3 0 0+2 1 1 0 0 0 8+5 1 2 0
16 DF   Laurent Charvet 30+1 1 5 0 1 0 2 0 38+1 1 3 0
17 MF   Stephen Glass 18+4 3 2+2 0 2 0 2 0 24+6 3 1 0
18 MF   Keith Gillespie 5+2 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 5+3 0 0 0
18 FW   Louis Saha 5+6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 6+6 2 1 0
19 DF   Steve Watson 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 0
20 FW   Duncan Ferguson 7 2 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 7+2 2 0 0
21 DF   Carl Serrant 3+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3+1 0 1 0
24 MF   Nolberto Solano 24+4 6 7 0 1 0 1+1 0 33+5 6 3 0
25 FW   Paul Dalglish 6+5 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 8+5 2 2 0
27 DF   Philippe Albert 3+3 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 3+4 0 2 0
28 DF   Aaron Hughes 12+2 0 1+1 0 1 0 0 0 14+3 0 1 0
29 MF   Garry Brady 3+6 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0 5+7 0 0 0
33 DF   David Beharall 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
34 DF   Nikos Dabizas 25+5 3 6 0 2 0 2 1 35+5 4 8 2
36 MF   Jamie McClen 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
38 DF   Andy Griffin 14 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 19 0 2 0
40 FW   Andreas Andersson 10+4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 12+4 2 0 0
Position Staff
Manager   Ruud Gullit
Assistant manager   Steve Clarke
Goalkeeping coach   Andy Woodman
Reserve team coach   Terry McDermott

Last updated: 3 May 2011
Source: [1]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
11 Tottenham Hotspur 38 11 14 13 47 50 −3 47 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]
12 Sheffield Wednesday 38 13 7 18 41 42 −1 46
13 Newcastle United 38 11 13 14 48 54 −6 46 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[b]
14 Everton 38 11 10 17 42 47 −5 43
15 Coventry City 38 11 9 18 39 51 −12 42

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

  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 runners-up.
  1. ^ Dalglish Sacked by Newcastle Archived 21 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine. On This Football Day. Retrieved 14 August 2013
  2. ^ "Gullit named Newcastle boss". BBC News. 27 August 1998.
  3. ^ Louise Taylor (Sunday Times 02.01.00) Robert Lee Interview. nufc.com. Retrieved 14 August 2013
  4. ^ "FA Cup Final 1999". fa-cupfinals.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Gullit quits Newcastle". BBC News. 28 August 1999.