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1998–99 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

During the 1998–99 English football season, Nottingham Forest F.C. competed in the FA Premier League.

Nottingham Forest
1998–99 season
ChairmanNigel Wray (until 13 April)
Eric Barnes (from 13 April)
ManagerDave Bassett (until 5 January)
Micky Adams (caretaker 5–11 January)
Ron Atkinson (from 11 January)
StadiumCity Ground
Premiership20th (relegated)
FA CupThird round
Worthington CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Freedman (9)
All: Freedman (12)
Highest home attendance30,025 (vs. Manchester United, 6 February)
Lowest home attendance6,382 (vs. Leyton Orient, 22 September)
Average home league attendance24,415

Season summary edit

Nottingham Forest's campaign back in the Premiership got off to a fairly good start in the first three games in the season, losing narrowly 2-1 at Arsenal and winning the other two against Coventry City and at Southampton; however, it would be 19 games until their next victory and they went on a very poor run of only one win in 25 league games - in addition to two wins in 32 games - and winning their final three games did not matter as they were already relegated. Pierre Van Hooijdonk, top scorer in Forest's promotion-winning 1997-98 campaign, went AWOL before the start of the season following the sale of strike partner Kevin Campbell and it appeared that he would never play for the club again. He returned in October, but Forest were already deep in relegation trouble and it was too late to save manager Dave Bassett's job. Ron Atkinson made what appeared to be his final return to management, but was unable to save Forest from relegation in bottom place - the third time in seven years that they had endured this fate. With just 7 wins and 30 points all season, they had never really looked like beating the drop, due to embarrassing results like the 1-8 defeat at home to Manchester United. A win at Goodison Park was the highlight of Atkinson's ill-fated tenure, along with a three-match running win at the end of the season (albeit after they had already been relegated) that at least saw them avoid going down with the lowest points total since the formation of the Premier League. This marked the first instance since the 1927-28 season that the winner of England's second tier finished bottom in their subsequent season in the top-flight.

When Atkinson's contract was not renewed, Brian Little, Glenn Hoddle and Roy Evans were just some of the many high profile names linked with the manager's job, but in the end it was 33-year-old former England captain David Platt who took on the role as player-manager.

Final league table edit

Main article: 1998–99 FA Premier League
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
16 Wimbledon 38 10 12 16 40 63 −23 42
17 Southampton 38 11 8 19 37 64 −27 41
18 Charlton Athletic (R) 38 8 12 18 41 56 −15 36 Relegation to Football League First Division
19 Blackburn Rovers (R) 38 7 14 17 38 52 −14 35
20 Nottingham Forest (R) 38 7 9 22 35 69 −34 30
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
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 7 9 22 35 69  −34 30 3 7 9 18 31  −13 4 2 13 17 38  −21
Results by round
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ResultLWWLLDLLDLDLDLDLLDLDLLWLLLDLWLLDLLLWWW
Position1682410111618181818191818181919202020202020202020202020202020202020202020
Source: 11v11.com: 1998-99 Nottingham Forest results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results edit

Nottingham Forest's score comes first[1]

Legend edit

Win Draw Loss

FA Premier League edit

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
17 August 1998 Arsenal A 1–2 38,064 Thomas
22 August 1998 Coventry City H 1–0 22,546 Stone
29 August 1998 Southampton A 2–1 14,942 Darcheville, Stone
8 September 1998 Everton H 0–2 25,610
12 September 1998 Chelsea A 1–2 34,809 Darcheville
19 September 1998 West Ham United H 0–0 26,463
26 September 1998 Newcastle United A 0–2 36,760
3 October 1998 Charlton Athletic H 0–1 22,661
17 October 1998 Leeds United H 1–1 23,911 Stone
24 October 1998 Liverpool A 1–5 44,595 Freedman
1 November 1998 Middlesbrough A 1–1 34,223 Harewood
7 November 1998 Wimbledon H 0–1 21,362
16 November 1998 Derby County H 2–2 24,014 Freedman, van Hooijdonk
21 November 1998 Tottenham Hotspur A 0–2 35,832
28 November 1998 Aston Villa H 2–2 25,753 Bart-Williams, Freedman
7 December 1998 Sheffield Wednesday A 2–3 19,321 Bonalair, van Hooijdonk
12 December 1998 Leicester City A 1–3 20,891 van Hooijdonk
19 December 1998 Blackburn Rovers H 2–2 22,013 Chettle (pen), Freedman
26 December 1998 Manchester United A 0–3 55,216
28 December 1998 Southampton H 1–1 23,456 Chettle (pen)
9 January 1999 Coventry City A 0–4 17,172
16 January 1999 Arsenal H 0–1 26,021
30 January 1999 Everton A 1–0 34,175 van Hooijdonk
6 February 1999 Manchester United H 1–8 30,025 Rogers
13 February 1999 West Ham United A 1–2 25,458 Hjelde
20 February 1999 Chelsea H 1–3 26,351 van Hooijdonk
27 February 1999 Charlton Athletic A 0–0 20,007
10 March 1999 Newcastle United H 1–2 22,852 Freedman
13 March 1999 Wimbledon A 3–1 12,149 Rogers, Freedman, Shipperley
20 March 1999 Middlesbrough H 1–2 21,468 Freedman
3 April 1999 Leeds United A 1–3 39,645 Rogers
5 April 1999 Liverpool H 2–2 28,374 Freedman, van Hooijdonk
10 April 1999 Derby County A 0–1 32,217
17 April 1999 Tottenham Hotspur H 0–1 25,181
24 April 1999 Aston Villa A 0–2 34,492
1 May 1999 Sheffield Wednesday H 2–0 20,480 Porfírio, Rogers
8 May 1999 Blackburn Rovers A 2–1 24,565 Freedman, Bart-Williams
16 May 1999 Leicester City H 1–0 25,353 Bart-Williams

FA Cup edit

Main article: 1998–99 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 2 January 1999 Portsmouth H 0–1 10,092

League Cup edit

Main article: 1998–99 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg 15 September 1998 Leyton Orient A 5–1 4,906 Johnson, Freedman (2), Stone, Harewood
R2 2nd Leg 22 September 1998 Leyton Orient H 0–0 (won 5-1 on agg) 6,382
R3 27 October 1998 Cambridge United H 3–3 (won 4-3 on pens) 9,192 Freedman, Armstrong, Harewood
R4 11 November 1998 Manchester United A 1–2 37,237 Stone

First-team squad edit

Squad at end of season[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ENG Dave Beasant (vice-captain)
2 DF   FRA Matthieu Louis-Jean (on loan from Le Havre)
3 DF   ENG Alan Rogers
4 MF   ENG Nigel Quashie[3]
5 DF   ENG Steve Chettle (captain)
6 DF   NOR Jon Olav Hjelde
9 FW   ENG Neil Shipperley
10 MF   WAL Andy Johnson[4]
11 DF   ENG Chris Bart-Williams
12 DF   SCO Chris Doig
13 GK   WAL Mark Crossley
14 FW   SCO Dougie Freedman
15 DF   SCO Richard Gough (on loan from San Jose Clash)
16 MF   ENG Geoff Thomas
17 DF   FRA Thierry Bonalair
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF   ENG Ian Woan
19 FW   FRA Jean-Claude Darcheville (on loan from Rennes)
20 MF   ENG Carlton Palmer
22 DF   ENG Des Lyttle
23 FW   FRA Bernard Allou
24 DF   WAL Christian Edwards
25 DF   SWE Jesper Mattsson
26 MF   ENG Steve Melton
27 FW   SCO Andy Gray
29 FW   ENG Marlon Harewood
30 MF   USA John Harkes (on loan from D.C. United)
31 MF   POR Hugo Porfírio (on loan from Benfica)
32 DF   NOR Ståle Stensaas (on loan from Rangers)
40 FW   NED Pierre van Hooijdonk
- MF   IRL John Burns

Left club during season edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
7 MF   ENG Steve Stone (to Aston Villa)
8 MF   SCO Scot Gemmill (to Everton)
15 DF   ENG Craig Armstrong (to Huddersfield Town)
20 MF   WAL Glyn Hodges (to Scarborough)
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 DF   ENG Andy Dawson (to Scunthorpe United)
— DF   ENG Stuart Thom (to Oldham Athletic)
— MF   ENG Chris Allen (to Port Vale)
— FW   ENG Paul McGregor (to Preston North End)

Reserve squad edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW   ENG Steve Guinan
28 MF   SCO Gareth Williams
33 GK   SUI Marco Pascolo
39 GK   ENG Mark Goodlad
— DF   ENG Lee Cowling
— DF   ENG Kevin Dawson
— DF   CRO Nikola Jerkan
— DF   AUS Gareth Edds
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   ENG Richard Cooper
— MF   ENG Richard Hodgson
— MF   ENG David Prutton
— MF   ENG Andy Todd
— MF   IRL Keith Foy
— MF   ESP Carlos Merino
— FW   ENG Robert Gill
— FW   IRL David Freeman

Statistics edit

Appearances, goals and cards edit

(Starting appearances + substitute appearances)
No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals    
1 GK   Dave Beasant 26 0 1 0 3 0 30 0 1 0
2 DF   Matthieu Louis-Jean 15+1 0 1 0 2+1 0 18+2 0 4 1
3 DF   Alan Rogers 34 4 0 0 4 0 38 4 9 0
4 MF   Nigel Quashie 12+4 0 0+1 0 2 0 14+5 0 4 0
5 DF   Steve Chettle 32+2 2 1 0 3 0 36+2 2 8 1
6 DF   Jon-Olav Hjelde 16+1 1 1 0 2 0 19+1 1 4 0
7 MF   Steve Stone 26 3 1 0 3 2 30 5 5 0
8 MF   Scot Gemmill 18+2 0 1 0 2 0 21+2 2 3 0
9 FW   Neil Shipperley 12+8 1 1 0 0 0 13+8 1 1 0
10 MF   Andy Johnson 25+3 0 1 0 2 1 28+3 1 7 0
11 MF   Chris Bart-Williams 20+4 3 1 0 2 0 23+4 3 3 0
12 DF   Chris Doig 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 3 0 0
13 GK   Mark Crossley 12 0 2 0 1+1 0 13+1 0 0 0
14 FW   Dougie Freedman 20+11 9 1 0 4 3 25+11 12 2 0
15 DF   Craig Armstrong 20+2 0 0 0 4 1 24+2 1 3 0
15 DF   Richard Gough 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 3 1
16 MF   Geoff Thomas 5 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 0
17 MF   Thierry Bonalair 24+4 1 0 0 0 0 27+4 1 5 1
18 MF   Ian Woan 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 1 0
19 FW   Jean-Claude Darcheville 14+2 2 0 0 1+2 0 15+4 2 4 0
20 MF   Glyn Hodges 3+2 0 0 0 0 0 3+2 1 1 0
20 MF   Carlton Palmer 13 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 3 1
22 DF   Des Lyttle 5+5 0 1 0 1+1 0 7+6 0 1 0
23 DF   Andy Dawson 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
23 FW   Bernard Allou 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 0 0
24 DF   Christian Edwards 7+5 0 0 0 0 0 7+5 0 1 0
25 DF   Jesper Mattsson 5+1 0 0 0 0 0 5+1 0 1 0
26 DF   Steve Melton 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
27 FW   Andy Gray 3+5 0 0+1 0 2+1 0 5+7 0 0 0
29 FW   Marlon Harewood 11+12 1 0+1 0 2+2 2 13+15 3 6 0
30 MF   John Harkes 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0
31 MF   Hugo Porfirio 3+6 1 0 0 0 0 3+6 1 4 0
32 DF   Ståle Stensaas 6+1 0 0 0 0 0 6+1 0 1 0
40 FW   Pierre Van Hooijdonk 19+2 6 0 0 0+1 0 19+3 6 5 1

Starting 11 edit

Considering starts in all competitions[5]

Transfers edit

In edit

Date Pos. Name From Fee
1 August 1998 FW   Dougie Freedman   Wolverhampton Wanderers £950,000
21 August 1998 MF   Nigel Quashie   Queens Park Rangers £2,500,000
29 August 1998 FW   Andy Gray   Leeds United £200,000
21 September 1998 FW   Neil Shipperley   Crystal Palace £1,500,000
10 December 1998 DF   Jesper Mattsson   Halmstad £300,000
19 January 1999 MF   Carlton Palmer   Southampton £1,100,000

Out edit

Date Pos. Name To Fee
6 June 1998 MF   John Finnigan   Lincoln City Free transfer
29 July 1998 FW   Kevin Campbell   Trabzonspor £2,500,000
1 August 1998 FW   Ian Thomas-Moore   Stockport County £800,000
18 August 1998 DF   Colin Cooper   Middlesbrough £2,500,000
16 October 1998 DF   Stuart Thom   Oldham Athletic £45,000
20 February 1999 DF   Craig Armstrong   Huddersfield Town £750,000
5 March 1999 MF   Chris Allen   Port Vale Free transfer
11 March 1999 MF   Steve Stone   Aston Villa £5,500,000
19 March 1999 DF   Andy Dawson   Scunthorpe United £50,000
25 March 1999 MF   Scot Gemmill   Everton Nominal
Transfers in:   £6,550,000
Transfers out:   £12,145,000
Total spending:   £5,595,000

Staff edit

Position Staff
Chairman   Nigel Wray (until 13 April)
  Eric Barnes (from 13 April)
Chief executive   Philip Soar
Director   Irving Scholar
First-team managers   Dave Bassett (until 5 January)
  Ron Atkinson (from 11 January)
Assistant managers   Micky Adams (until 11 January)
  Peter Shreeves (from 11 January)
First-team Coach   Liam O'Kane
Goalkeeping coach   Mike Kelly
Reserve Team Coach   Ian McParland
Head Academy Coach   Nick Marshall
Physiotherapists   John Haselden
  Gary Fleming

References edit

  1. ^ "Nottingham Forest 1998-1999 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 18 September 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  2. ^ "FootballSquads - Nottingham Forest - 1998/99".
  3. ^ Quashie was born in Southwark, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his grandfather and would make his international debut for Scotland in 2004.
  4. ^ Johnson was born in Bristol, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in 1998.
  5. ^ "All Nottingham Forest players: 1999".
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