1998–99 Crystal Palace F.C. season

Crystal Palace
1998–99 season
Chairman	Mark Goldberg[1]
Manager	Terry Venables (until 15 January); Steve Coppell (from 15 January)
Stadium	Selhurst Park
Football League First Division	14th
FA Cup	Third round
Worthington Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Morrison (12); All: Morrison (13)
Average home league attendance	17,123

During the 1998–99 English football season, Crystal Palace F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

Terry Venables was appointed head coach, but the dream of success for the 1998–99 season quickly turned into a nightmare. Goldberg was unable to sustain his financial backing of the club and they went into administration in March 1999.^[1] Simon Paterson took charge of the club throughout a spell in which it's very future seemed in serious doubt.

Venables stood down as manager and after some negotiation over his outstanding contract, left the club.^[2] In January 1999, Steve Coppell returned to the job once again,^[1] and was able to guide Palace to a mid-table finish. With the approval of the administrators, Peter Morley was installed as chairman, in time for the start of the next season.^[1]

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	Sunderland	46	31	12	3	91	28	105
2.	Bradford City	46	26	9	11	82	47	87
3.	Ipswich Town	46	26	8	12	69	32	86
4.	Birmingham City	46	23	12	11	66	37	81
5.	Watford	46	21	14	11	65	56	77
6.	Bolton Wanderers	46	20	16	10	78	59	76
7.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	19	16	11	64	43	73
8.	Sheffield United	46	18	13	15	71	66	67
9.	Norwich City	46	15	17	14	62	61	62
10.	Huddersfield Town	46	15	16	15	62	71	61
11.	Grimsby Town	46	17	10	19	40	52	61
12.	West Bromwich Albion	46	16	11	19	69	76	59
13.	Barnsley	46	14	17	15	59	56	59
14.	Crystal Palace	46	14	16	16	58	71	58
15.	Tranmere Rovers	46	12	20	14	63	61	56
16.	Stockport County	46	12	17	17	49	60	53
17.	Swindon Town	46	13	11	22	59	81	50
18.	Crewe Alexandra	46	12	12	22	54	78	48
19.	Portsmouth	46	11	14	21	57	73	47
20.	Queens Park Rangers	46	12	11	23	52	61	47
21.	Port Vale	46	13	8	25	45	75	47
22.	Bury	46	10	17	19	35	60	47
23.	Oxford United	46	10	14	22	48	71	44
24.	Bristol City	46	9	15	22	57	80	42

Key
Promoted to the Premier League
Qualified for the promotion playoff
Relegated to Division 2

NB In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference

Results

Crystal Palace's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
8 August 1998	Bolton Wanderers	H	2–2	19,029	Jansen, Ćurčić
16 August 1998	Birmingham City	A	1–3	16,699	Mullins
22 August 1998	Oxford United	H	2–0	14,827	Dyer, Lombardo
29 August 1998	Stockport County	A	1–1	7,739	Shipperley
8 September 1998	Crewe Alexandra	A	1–0	4,977	Jansen
12 September 1998	Port Vale	H	0–1	15,983
19 September 1998	Barnsley	A	0–4	15,597
27 September 1998	Sheffield United	H	1–0	20,370	Ćurčić
30 September 1998	Bury	H	4–2	13,219	Warhurst, Dyer, Morrison, Lombardo (pen)
3 October 1998	Ipswich Town	A	0–3	16,837
17 October 1998	Norwich City	H	5–1	18,100	Rizzo, Jansen (2), Svensson, Lombardo
20 October 1998	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3–2	16,417	Moore, Burton, Ćurčić
31 October 1998	Grimsby Town	A	0–2	6,948
3 November 1998	West Bromwich Albion	A	2–3	11,606	Jansen, Moore
7 November 1998	Portsmouth	H	4–1	20,188	Moore, Thomson (own goal), Mullins, Foster
14 November 1998	Bristol City	H	2–1	17,821	Bradbury, Jansen
21 November 1998	Swindon Town	A	0–2	11,718
28 November 1998	Watford	H	2–2	19,521	Tuttle, Ćurčić
5 December 1998	Huddersfield Town	A	0–4	10,453
8 December 1998	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–1	12,919	Jansen
12 December 1998	Bristol City	A	1–1	13,014	Bell (own goal)
15 December 1998	Sunderland	A	0–2	33,870
19 December 1998	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–1	17,684	Rodger
26 December 1998	Oxford United	A	3–1	8,375	Foster, Morrison, Bradbury (pen)
28 December 1998	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–1	19,137	Morrison
10 January 1999	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–3	15,410
16 January 1999	Stockport County	H	2–2	15,517	Morrison, Zhiyi
19 January 1999	Bradford City	A	1–2	14,368	Tuttle
30 January 1999	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–3	6,017	Bradbury
6 February 1999	Birmingham City	H	1–1	15,996	Rowett (own goal)
13 February 1999	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–1	14,823	Morrison
20 February 1999	Port Vale	A	0–1	6,051
28 February 1999	Barnsley	H	1–0	17,021	Mullins
2 March 1999	Sheffield United	A	1–1	12,896	Petrić
6 March 1999	Bury	A	0–0	4,334
9 March 1999	Ipswich Town	H	3–2	16,360	Mullins, Morrison (2)
13 March 1999	Portsmouth	A	1–1	15,120	Bradbury
20 March 1999	Grimsby Town	H	3–1	15,228	Morrison (2), Mullins
28 March 1999	Bradford City	H	1–0	15,626	Zhiyi
3 April 1999	Norwich City	A	1–0	16,754	Austin
5 April 1999	Sunderland	H	1–1	22,096	Morrison
10 April 1999	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–0	23,643
17 April 1999	Swindon Town	H	0–1	18,660
24 April 1999	Watford	A	1–2	15,590	McKenzie
1 May 1999	Huddersfield Town	H	2–2	17,282	Morrison (2)
9 May 1999	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–6	18,498

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	2 January 1999	Newcastle United	A	1–2	36,536	Bradbury

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	11 August 1998	Torquay United	A	1–1	3,042	Lombardo
R1 2nd Leg	25 August 1998	Torquay United	H	2–1 (won 3–2 on agg)	6,872	Lombardo, Hreiðarsson
R2 1st Leg	15 September 1998	Bury	A	0–3	2,780
R2 2nd Leg	23 September 1998	Bury	H	2–1 (lost 2–4 on agg)	3,546	Morrison, Zhiyi

Intertoto Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3 1st Leg	19 July 1998	Samsunspor	H	0–2
R3 2nd Leg	25 July 1998	Samsunspor	A	0–2 (lost 0–4 on agg)

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[4]

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Fraser Digby
		GK	Kevin Miller
		GK	Gareth Ormshaw
		DF	Dean Austin
		DF	Sagi Burton^{[notes 1]}
		DF	Jason Crowe (on loan from Arsenal)
		DF	Marc Edworthy
		DF	Andy Frampton
		DF	James Hibburt
		DF	Andy Linighan
		DF	Jamie Smith
		DF	Dave Tuttle
		DF	Paul Warhurst
		DF	David Woozley
		DF	Gordan Petrić
		DF	Hermann Hreiðarsson
		DF	David Amsalem
		DF	Sun Jihai
		DF	Fan Zhiyi
		DF	Craig Moore
		MF	Hayden Mullins
		MF	Simon Rodger (captain)

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Jamie Fullarton
		MF	Stephen Evans
		MF	Steven Thomson
		MF	Wayne Carlisle
		MF	Gareth Graham
		MF	Andy Turner^{[notes 2]}
		MF	Attilio Lombardo
		MF	Saša Ćurčić
		MF	Walter del Río
		MF	Craig Foster
		FW	Marcus Bent
		FW	Lee Bradbury
		FW	Bruce Dyer^{[notes 3]}
		FW	Richard Harris
		FW	Matt Jansen
		FW	Leon McKenzie
		FW	Clinton Morrison^{[notes 4]}
		FW	Neil Shipperley
		FW	Andy Martin
		FW	Michele Padovano
		FW	Mathias Svensson
		FW	Nick Rizzo

Other events

The home game against Birmingham in February was used for some scenes in the cult British film Wonderland.

References

1 2 3 4 "1993–2000 PROMOTION TO ADMINISTRATION". Crystal Palace FC Official Website. 1 June 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
↑ "Venables stands down". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 16 January 1999. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/crystal-palace/1998-1999
↑ http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=646&teamTabs=stats&season_id=128

Notes

↑ Burton was born in Birmingham, England, but also qualified to represent Saint Kitts and Nevis internationally and would make his international debut for Saint Kitts and Nevis in June 2004.
↑ Turner was born in Greenwich, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 level.
↑ Dyer was born in Redbridge, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Montserrat internationally and would make his international debut for Montserrat in September 2007.
↑ Morrison was born in Wandsworth, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandmother and would make his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in August 2001.

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[RefA-1] 1 2 3 4 "1993–2000 PROMOTION TO ADMINISTRATION". Crystal Palace FC Official Website. 1 June 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2014.

[2] "Venables stands down". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 16 January 1999. Retrieved 30 April 2012.

[3] ttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/crystal-palace/1998-1999

[4] ttp://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=646&teamTabs=stats&season_id=128

[5] Burton was born in Birmingham, England, but also qualified to represent Saint Kitts and Nevis internationally and would make his international debut for Saint Kitts and Nevis in June 2004.

[6] Turner was born in Greenwich, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 level.

[7] Dyer was born in Redbridge, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Montserrat internationally and would make his international debut for Montserrat in September 2007.

[8] Morrison was born in Wandsworth, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandmother and would make his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in August 2001.

Crystal Palace Football Club
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Rivalries	Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.–Crystal Palace F.C. rivalry South London derby
Subsidiary teams	Crystal Palace Ladies

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1998–99 season
Chairman	Mark Goldberg^[1]
Manager	Terry Venables (until 15 January) Steve Coppell (from 15 January)
Stadium	Selhurst Park
Football League First Division	14th
FA Cup	Third round
Worthington Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Morrison (12) All: Morrison (13)
Average home league attendance	17,123