1998–99 Fulham F.C. season

Fulham F.C.
1998–99 season
Chairman	Mohammed Al Fayed
Manager	Kevin Keegan Till 9 May 1999 ; Paul Bracewell from 18 May 1999
Second Division	1st
FA Cup	Fifth round
Worthington Cup	Third round
Auto Windscreens Shield Trophy	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Geoff Horsfield (15); All: Geoff Horsfield (17)

The 1998–99 season was Fulham's 101st season in professional football. They played in the Second Division (previously known as the Third Division), achieving promotion to the First Division as champions, with a massive 14-point gap on Second place. The club also reached the fifth round of the FA Cup, where they were beaten by eventual winners Manchester United.

On 17 February 1999, Kevin Keegan was appointed England coach on a part-time basis following the departure of Glenn Hoddle. Keegan then left Craven Cottage at the end of the season to concentrate on his duties as England manager. Fulham replaced Keegan with Paul Bracewell as player-manager.^[1]

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	Maik Taylor^[2]
		GK	Simon Brown
		GK	Andre Arendse
		DF	Philippe Albert (on loan from Newcastle United)
		DF	Rufus Brevett
		DF	Chris Coleman
		DF	Steve Finnan
		DF	François Keller
		DF	Matt Lawrence
		DF	Steve McAnespie
		DF	Simon Morgan
		DF	Alan Neilson^[3]
		DF	Rob Scott
		DF	Jamie Smith
		DF	Kit Symons^[4]
		DF	Gus Uhlenbeek
		MF	Kevin Betsy^[5]

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Paul Bracewell
		MF	Matt Brazier
		MF	Paul Brooker
		MF	Wayne Collins
		MF	Sean Davis
		MF	Steve Hayward
		MF	John Salako
		MF	Neil Smith
		MF	Paul Trollope^[6]
		FW	Peter Beardsley
		FW	Luke Cornwall
		FW	Barry Hayles^[7]
		FW	Geoff Horsfield
		FW	Dirk Lehmann
		FW	Paul Moody
		FW	Paul Peschisolido

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Fulham	46	19	3	1	50	12	12	5	6	29	20	79	32	+ 47	101
2	Walsall	46	13	7	3	37	23	13	2	8	26	24	63	47	+ 16	87
3	Manchester City	46	13	6	4	38	14	9	10	4	31	19	69	33	+ 36	82
4	Gillingham	46	15	5	3	45	17	7	9	7	30	27	75	44	+ 31	80
5	Preston North End	46	12	6	5	46	23	10	7	6	32	27	78	50	+ 28	79
6	Wigan Athletic	46	14	5	4	44	17	8	5	10	31	31	75	48	+ 27	76
7	Bournemouth	46	14	7	2	37	11	7	6	10	26	30	63	41	+ 22	76
8	Stoke City	46	10	4	9	32	32	11	2	10	27	31	59	63	– 4	69
9	Chesterfield	46	14	5	4	34	16	3	8	12	12	28	46	44	+ 2	64
10	Millwall	46	9	8	6	33	24	8	3	12	19	35	52	59	– 7	62
11	Reading	46	10	6	7	29	26	6	7	10	25	37	54	63	– 9	61
12	Luton Town	46	10	4	9	25	26	6	6	11	26	34	51	60	– 9	58
13	Bristol Rovers	46	8	9	6	35	28	5	8	10	30	28	65	56	+ 9	56
14	Blackpool	46	7	8	8	24	24	7	6	10	20	30	44	54	– 10	56
15	Burnley	46	8	7	8	23	33	5	9	9	31	40	54	73	– 19	55
16	Notts County	46	8	6	9	29	27	6	6	11	23	34	52	61	– 9	54
17	Wrexham	46	8	6	9	21	28	5	8	10	22	34	43	62	– 19	53
18	Colchester United	46	9	7	7	25	30	3	9	11	27	40	52	70	– 18	52
19	Wycombe Wanderers	46	8	5	10	31	26	5	7	11	21	32	52	58	– 6	51
20	Oldham Athletic	46	8	4	11	26	31	6	5	12	22	35	48	66	– 18	51
21	York City	46	6	8	9	28	33	7	3	13	28	47	56	80	– 24	50
22	Northampton	46	4	12	7	26	31	6	6	11	17	26	43	57	– 14	48
23	Lincoln City	46	9	4	10	27	27	4	3	16	15	47	42	74	– 32	46
24	Macclesfield Town	46	7	4	12	24	30	4	6	13	19	33	43	63	– 30	43

Matches

Division 2

1998-08-08

Macclesfield Town	0 – 1	Fulham

Moss Rose, Macclesfield

1998-08-14

Fulham	3 – 0	Manchester City

Fulham F.C. seasons
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1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000
2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19

1998–99 Fulham F.C. season

Squad

Final league table

Matches

Division 2

Worthington Cup

FA Cup

Auto Windscreens Shield Trophy

References

External links