Coventry City 1998–99 football season
During the 1998–99 English football season, Coventry City competed in the FA Premier League.
Coventry City finished 15th in the Premiership – four places lower than last season – but were never in any real danger of being relegated, despite the loss of key striker Dion Dublin to local rivals Aston Villa .[ 1]
The biggest news of Coventry's season was the announcement of a move to a new 45,000-seat stadium at Foleshill , which was anticipated to be ready by 2002. Manager Gordon Strachan then signed Moroccan international football star Mustapha Hadji , knowing that it would be important to have a top quality team to match the forthcoming new home.[ 2]
Source:
Premier League Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
^ 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
9
18
39
51
−12
42
8
6
5
26
21
+5
3
3
13
13
30
−17
Results by round
Round 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 H A H A A H A H H A H A H A H A A H H A H A H A A H A H H A A H A H A H A H Result W L D L L L D L W L L W W L D L L D D L W L W D L L W W D L W W L L L W D D Position 2 8 10 16 18 19 19 19 19 18 19 17 15 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 16 16 17 18 17 15 15 16 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 15
Coventry City's score comes first [ 3]
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
15 August 1998
Chelsea
H
2–1
23,042
Huckerby , Dublin
22 August 1998
Nottingham Forest
A
0–1
22,546
29 August 1998
West Ham United
H
0–0
20,818
9 September 1998
Liverpool
A
0–2
41,771
12 September 1998
Manchester United
A
0–2
55,193
19 September 1998
Newcastle United
H
1–5
22,656
Whelan
26 September 1998
Charlton Athletic
A
1–1
20,043
Whelan
3 October 1998
Aston Villa
H
1–2
22,654
Soltvedt
18 October 1998
Sheffield Wednesday
H
1–0
16,006
Dublin
24 October 1998
Southampton
A
1–2
15,152
Dublin
31 October 1998
Arsenal
H
0–1
23,040
7 November 1998
Blackburn Rovers
A
2–1
23,779
Huckerby , Whelan
15 November 1998
Everton
H
3–0
19,290
Froggatt , Huckerby , Whelan
21 November 1998
Middlesbrough
A
0–2
34,293
28 November 1998
Leicester City
H
1–1
19,894
Huckerby
5 December 1998
Wimbledon
A
1–2
11,717
McAllister (pen)
14 December 1998
Leeds United
A
0–2
31,802
19 December 1998
Derby County
H
1–1
16,627
Whelan
26 December 1998
Tottenham Hotspur
H
1–1
23,098
Aloisi
28 December 1998
West Ham United
A
0–2
25,662
9 January 1999
Nottingham Forest
H
4–0
17,172
Huckerby (3), Telfer
16 January 1999
Chelsea
A
1–2
34,869
Huckerby
30 January 1999
Liverpool
H
2–1
23,056
Boateng , Whelan
6 February 1999
Tottenham Hotspur
A
0–0
34,376
17 February 1999
Newcastle United
A
1–4
36,352
Whelan
20 February 1999
Manchester United
H
0–1
22,596
27 February 1999
Aston Villa
A
4–1
38,799
Aloisi (2), Boateng (2)
6 March 1999
Charlton Athletic
H
2–1
20,259
Whelan , Soltvedt
13 March 1999
Blackburn Rovers
H
1–1
19,701
Aloisi
20 March 1999
Arsenal
A
0–2
38,073
3 April 1999
Sheffield Wednesday
A
2–1
28,136
McAllister (pen), Whelan
5 April 1999
Southampton
H
1–0
21,402
Boateng
11 April 1999
Everton
A
0–2
32,341
17 April 1999
Middlesbrough
H
1–2
19,231
McAllister
24 April 1999
Leicester City
A
0–1
20,224
1 May 1999
Wimbledon
H
2–1
21,200
Huckerby , Whelan
8 May 1999
Derby County
A
0–0
32,450
16 May 1999
Leeds United
H
2–2
23,049
Aloisi , Telfer
[ 4] [ 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.
Date
Pos.
Name
From
Fee
4 June 1998
DF
Jean-Guy Wallemme
RC Lens
Undisclosed
1 August 1998
DF
Robert Jarni
Real Betis
£2,600,000
7 August 1998
FW
Paul Hall
Portsmouth
£300,000
26 August 1998
DF
Marc Edworthy
Crystal Palace
£1,200,000
1 October 1998
MF
Steve Froggatt
Wolverhampton Wanderers
£1,900,000
12 October 1998
MF
Laurent Delorge
Gent
£1,250,000
17 December 1998
FW
John Aloisi
Portsmouth
£650,000
30 December 1998
GK
Morten Hyldgaard
Ikast FS
£200,000
13 January 1999
DF
Muhamed Konjić
AS Monaco
£2,000,000
28 May 1999
MF
Youssef Chippo
Porto
£1,200,000
Transfers in: £11,300,000
Transfers out: £14,150,000
Total spending: £2,850,000
Appearances and goals [ edit ]
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