1998–99 Southend United F.C. season

The 1998–99 season saw Southend United compete in the Football League Third Division where they finished in 18th position with 54 points.

Southend United

1998–99 season
Manager	Alvin Martin (until March 26) Alan Little
Third Division	18th
FA Cup	First Round
League Cup	Second Round
Football League Trophy	First Round

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GS	Pts
16	Barnet	46	14	13	19	54	71	54	55
17	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	16	7	23	49	66	49	55
18	Southend United	46	14	12	20	52	58	52	54
19	Rochdale	46	13	15	18	42	55	42	54
20	Torquay United	46	12	17	17	47	58	47	53

Source:
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Results

Southend United's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Third Division

Main article: 1998–99 Football League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	8 August 1998	Scarborough	A	2–1	2,298	Coleman, Hails
2	15 August 1998	Shrewsbury Town	H	2–1	3,734	Clarke, Burns
3	22 August 1998	Peterborough United	A	1–1	5,323	Coleman
4	29 August 1998	Chester City	H	0–1	4,421
5	1 September 1998	Carlisle United	A	0–3	2,638
6	5 September 1998	Rotherham United	H	3–0	3,479	Newman, Fitzpatrick (2)
7	8 September 1998	Halifax Town	H	0–0	3,620
8	12 September 1998	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	2–0	3,840	Conlon, Whyte
9	19 September 1998	Cambridge United	H	0–1	5,009
10	26 September 1998	Swansea City	A	1–3	3,890	Newman
11	3 October 1998	Rochdale	H	1–1	3,686	Maher
12	10 October 1998	Scunthorpe United	H	1–1	3,686	Maher
13	17 October 1998	Leyton Orient	H	2–2	6,700	Clarke, Fitzpatrick
14	20 October 1998	Mansfield Town	H	1–2	3,250	Whyte
15	24 October 1998	Hull City	A	1–1	3,551	Conlon
16	31 October 1998	Darlington	H	2–1	3,527	Maher, Newman
17	7 November 1998	Exeter City	A	1–2	3,085	Burns
18	10 November 1998	Brentford	A	1–4	4,285	Burns
19	21 November 1998	Plymouth Argyle	H	1–0	3,814	Newman
20	28 November 1998	Cardiff City	A	0–2	4,638
21	12 December 1998	Barnet	H	2–3	4,311	Coleman, Burns
22	19 December 1998	Hartlepool United	A	4–2	1,889	Houghton, Newman, Fitzpatrick, Conlon
23	26 December 1998	Peterborough United	H	2–0	6,159	Newman, Fitzpatrick
24	28 December 1998	Torquay United	A	0–2	3,228
25	2 January 1999	Chester City	A	1–1	2,574	Newman
26	9 January 1999	Scarborough	H	1–0	3,453	Livett
27	16 January 1999	Shrewsbury Town	A	1–3	2,132	Maher
28	23 January 1999	Carlisle United	H	0–1	4,120
29	30 January 1999	Torquay United	H	0–0	3,567
30	6 February 1999	Rotherham United	A	2–2	3,895	Rapley (2)
31	13 February 1999	Halifax Town	A	1–3	2,302	Rapley
32	20 February 1999	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	3–0	6,066	Rapley, Barry Hunter (2)
33	27 February 1999	Cambridge United	A	0–3	5,013
34	6 March 1999	Swansea City	H	2–0	3,713	Conlon, Roach
35	13 March 1999	Exeter City	H	0–0	3,695
36	20 March 1999	Darlington	A	1–2	2,516	Conlon
37	26 March 1999	Hull City	H	0–1	4,149
38	30 March 1999	Rochdale	A	0–1	1,334
39	3 April 1999	Leyton Orient	A	3–0	6,515	Campbell (2), Coleman
40	5 April 1999	Scunthorpe United	H	0–1	4,814
41	10 April 1999	Mansfield Town	A	0–0	2,624
42	13 April 1999	Cardiff City	H	0–1	4,076
43	17 April 1999	Plymouth Argyle	A	3–0	3,949	Conlon (2), Houghton
44	24 April 1999	Brentford	H	1–4	5,428	Clarke
45	1 May 1999	Barnet	A	2–0	2,704	Houghton, Hodges
46	8 May 1999	Hartlepool United	H	1–1	4,865	Maher

FA Cup

Main article: 1998–99 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	14 November 1998	Doncaster Rovers	H	0–1	3,740

League Cup

Main article: 1998–99 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1 1st Leg	11 August 1998	Gillingham	H	1–0	2,509	Newman
R1 2nd Leg	18 August 1998	Gillingham	A	1–0	3,417	Clarke
R2 1st Leg	16 September 1998	Coventry City	A	0–1	6,631
R2 2nd Leg	22 September 1998	Coventry City	H	0–4	6,292

Football League Trophy

Main article: 1998–99 Football League Trophy

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	5 January 1999	Exeter City	A	1–3	1,143	Maher

Squad statistics

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Mel Capleton	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
GK	Martyn Margetson	32	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	38	0
DF	Mark Beard	36(1)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	39(1)	0
DF	Martyn Booty	12(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12(2)	0
DF	Simon Coleman	41(1)	4	1	0	4	0	1	0	47(1)	4
DF	Chris Coyne	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0
DF	Keith Dublin	6(3)	0	0	0	1(1)	0	1	0	8(4)	0
DF	Barry Hunter	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2
DF	Nathan Jones	5(12)	0	0(1)	0	1(1)	0	0(1)	0	6(14)	0
DF	Simon Livett	19(4)	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	22(4)	1
DF	Dave Morley	26(1)	0	0(1)	0	2	0	0	0	28(2)	0
DF	Rob Newman	36	7	1	0	4	1	1	0	42	8
DF	Leo Roget	11(3)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	12(3)	0
DF	Mark Stimson	17	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	21	0
MF	Adrian Clarke	14(10)	3	1	0	3	1	0	0	18(10)	3
MF	Mick Gooding	19(4)	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	22(4)	0
MF	Julian Hails	11	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	15	1
MF	Andy Harris	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF	Lee Hodges	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	1
MF	Scott Houghton	26(1)	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	27(1)	3
MF	Kevin Maher	34	4	1	0	4	0	1	1	40	5
MF	Mark Patterson	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
MF	Lars Unger	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
FW	Alex Burns	26(5)	5	1	0	3	0	1	0	31(5)	5
FW	Neil Campbell	9(3)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9(3)	2
FW	Barry Conlon	28(6)	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	30(6)	7
FW	Miguel de Souza	2	0	0	0	1(1)	0	0	0	3(1)	0
FW	Trevor Fitzpatrick	7(16)	5	0(1)	0	0(1)	0	1(2)	0	8(18)	5
FW	Dominic Iorfa	0(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0
FW	Steve McGavin	4(7)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4(7)	0
FW	Kevin Rapley	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	4
FW	Neville Roach	7(1)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7(1)	1
FW	David Whyte	14(4)	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	19(4)	2

References

General

Southend United 1998–99 at soccerbase.com (use drop down list to select relevant season)

Specific