1998–99 season of Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur 1998–99 football season
During the 1998–99 season , Tottenham Hotspur participated in the English Premier League .
A dismal start to the season saw Christian Gross lose his job as Tottenham manager less than a year after taking over.[ 1] There were a few raised eyebrows when the job went to George Graham – who had achieved so much success during his reign at Tottenham's deadly rivals Arsenal .[ 2] But the appointment brought instant success: though Tottenham were unable to progress beyond 11th place in the final Premiership table, they triumphed in the Worthington Cup (while also reaching the FA Cup semi-final) to attain only their second European campaign of the post-Heysel era.[ 3]
Source:
Premier League Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
^ Tottenham Hotspur qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners .
^ As Manchester United qualified for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup place as FA Cup winners defaulted to Newcastle United, the runners-up .
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
11
14
13
47
50
−3
47
7
7
5
28
26
+2
4
7
8
19
24
−5
Results by matchday
Match 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Ground A H A H H A H A A H H A A H A H H A A H A H A H A H H A H H A A A H A H H A Result L L W W L D D W L W D L D W L W D L D W D D D D D D W L W L D W W L L L D L Position 20 19 14 8 12 12 13 11 14 8 9 12 14 10 12 11 10 13 13 12 12 11 11 11 13 12 10 11 10 12 12 10 9 10 10 10 11 11
Tottenham Hotspur's score comes first [ 4]
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
15 August 1998
Wimbledon
A
1–3
23,031
Fox
22 August 1998
Sheffield Wednesday
H
0–3
32,129
29 August 1998
Everton
A
1–0
39,378
Ferdinand
9 September 1998
Blackburn Rovers
H
2–1
28,331
Nielsen , Ferdinand
13 September 1998
Middlesbrough
H
0–3
30,345
19 September 1998
Southampton
A
1–1
15,204
Fox
26 September 1998
Leeds United
H
3–3
35,535
Vega , Iversen , Campbell
3 October 1998
Derby County
A
1–0
30,083
Campbell
19 October 1998
Leicester City
A
1–2
20,787
Ferdinand
24 October 1998
Newcastle United
H
2–0
36,047
Iversen (2)
2 November 1998
Charlton Athletic
H
2–2
32,202
Nielsen , Armstrong
7 November 1998
Aston Villa
A
2–3
39,241
Anderton (pen), Vega
14 November 1998
Arsenal
A
0–0
38,278
21 November 1998
Nottingham Forest
H
2–0
35,832
Nielsen , Armstrong
28 November 1998
West Ham United
A
1–2
26,044
Armstrong
5 December 1998
Liverpool
H
2–1
36,125
Fox , Carragher (own goal)
12 December 1998
Manchester United
H
2–2
36,097
Campbell (2)
19 December 1998
Chelsea
A
0–2
34,881
26 December 1998
Coventry City
A
1–1
23,098
Campbell
28 December 1998
Everton
H
4–1
36,053
Ferdinand , Armstrong (3)
9 January 1999
Sheffield Wednesday
A
0–0
28,204
16 January 1999
Wimbledon
H
0–0
32,422
30 January 1999
Blackburn Rovers
A
1–1
29,643
Iversen
6 February 1999
Coventry City
H
0–0
34,376
20 February 1999
Middlesbrough
A
0–0
34,687
27 February 1999
Derby County
H
1–1
35,392
Sherwood
2 March 1999
Southampton
H
3–0
28,580
Armstrong , Iversen , Dominguez
10 March 1999
Leeds United
A
0–2
34,521
13 March 1999
Aston Villa
H
1–0
35,963
Sherwood
3 April 1999
Leicester City
H
0–2
35,415
5 April 1999
Newcastle United
A
1–1
36,655
Anderton (pen)
17 April 1999
Nottingham Forest
A
1–0
25,181
Iversen
20 April 1999
Charlton Athletic
A
4–1
20,043
Iversen , Campbell , Dominguez , Ginola
24 April 1999
West Ham United
H
1–2
36,089
Ginola
1 May 1999
Liverpool
A
2–3
44,007
Carragher (own goal), Iversen
5 May 1999
Arsenal
H
1–3
36,019
Anderton
10 May 1999
Chelsea
H
2–2
35,878
Iversen , Ginola
16 May 1999
Manchester United
A
1–2
55,189
Ferdinand
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R3
2 January 1999
Watford
H
5–2
36,022
Iversen (2), Anderton (pen), Nielsen , Fox
R4
23 January 1999
Wimbledon
A
1–1
22,229
Ginola
R4R
2 February 1999
Wimbledon
H
3–0
24,049
Sinton , Nielsen (2)
R5
13 February 1999
Leeds United
A
1–1
39,696
Sherwood
R5R
24 February 1999
Leeds United
H
2–0
32,307
Anderton , Ginola
QF
16 March 1999
Barnsley
A
1–0
18,793
Ginola
SF
11 April 1999
Newcastle United
N
0–2
53,609
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg
15 September 1998
Brentford
A
3–2
11,831
Carr , Vega , Dominguez
R2 2nd Leg
23 September 1998
Brentford
H
3–2 (won 6–4 on agg)
22,980
Campbell , Nielsen , Armstrong
R3
27 October 1998
Northampton Town
A
3–1
7,422
Armstrong (2), Campbell
R4
10 November 1998
Liverpool
A
3–1
20,772
Iversen , Scales , Nielsen
QF
2 December 1998
Manchester United
H
3–1
35,702
Armstrong (2), Ginola
SF 1st Leg
27 January 1999
Wimbledon
H
0–0
35,997
SF 2nd Leg
16 February 1999
Wimbledon
A
1–0 (won 1–0 on agg)
25,204
Iversen
F
21 March 1999
Leicester City
N
1–0
77,892
Nielsen
Squad at end of season [ 5]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Appearances and goals [ edit ]
Last updated: 15 May 1999 Source: [[[ 6] ]]
The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
Transfers in: £9,375,000
Transfers out: £315,000
Total spending: £9,060,000
National teams
League competitions
Level 1 Levels 2–4 Level 5 Levels 6–7 Levels 8–9 Lower leagues
Cup competitions
FA cups Football League cups
European competitions