1998–99 FA Cup, Sixth round proper
The four quarter-final games were scheduled for 6 March 1999, although only the match between Arsenal and Derby County was played on this date. One of the ties, Manchester United–Chelsea, resulted in a draw and went to a replay, which United won.


1998–99 FA Cup, Sixth round proper
Barnsley, who lost 1–0 at home to Tottenham Hotspur, were the last team left in the competition from outside the Premier League.


1998–99 FA Cup, Semi-finals
The semi-finals were played on 11 April 1999. The original match between Manchester United and Arsenal finished as a goalless draw, as Roy Keane's goal for Manchester United was ruled out for offside, and the tie went to a replay; it was to be the last replay of a drawn semi-final, with all future ties decided by extra time and penalties.


1998–99 FA Cup, Semi-finals
In the replay, David Beckham opened the scoring for Manchester United in the 17th minute with a strike from 30 yards. Dennis Bergkamp equalised via a deflected shot from the same distance midway through the second half, before Arsenal had a second goal disallowed for offside against Nicolas Anelka. In the immediate aftermath, Keane was sent off for a foul on Overmars that earned him a second yellow card.


1998–99 FA Cup, Semi-finals
In the final minutes of normal time, Phil Neville conceded a penalty with a foul on Ray Parlour, only for Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel to correctly guess which way Bergkamp would shoot and save the kick. In extra time, Ryan Giggs intercepted a wayward pass from Patrick Viera just inside the Manchester United half, before dribbling past Vieira, Lee Dixon (twice), Martin Keown and Tony Adams, and beating Arsenal goalkeeper David Seaman with a left-footed strike into the roof of the net. It was hailed almost immediately as one of the greatest goals ever scored in the history of the competition.


1998–99 FA Cup, Semi-finals
The other semi-final between Newcastle and Tottenham was goalless after 90 minutes, but two extra-time goals from Newcastle's Alan Shearer (one from the penalty spot) put the Magpies into their second consecutive FA Cup final and ended Spurs' hopes of adding to the League Cup title they had earned earlier in the season.


1998–99 FA Cup, Final
The Final took place on 22 May 1999 and was played at the old Wembley Stadium, between Manchester United and Newcastle United. Manchester United had finished as champions and Newcastle 13th in the Premier League that season. The final was a slightly one-sided affair, Manchester United claiming a record 10th success with a 2–0 win. Goals from Teddy Sheringham and Paul Scholes were scored in the 11th and 53rd minutes respectively. It was the buildup to Manchester United's Treble. Manchester United also became the first team to win the double three times.


1998–99 FA Cup, Media coverage
In the United Kingdom, ITV were the free-to-air broadcasters for the second consecutive season, while Sky Sports were the subscription broadcasters for the 11th consecutive season.


1998–99 FA Cup, Media coverage
The matches shown live on ITV Sport were: Port Vale v Liverpool (R3); Wolverhampton Wanderers v Arsenal (R4); Manchester United v Fulham (R5); Newcastle United v Everton (QF); Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur (SF); and Manchester United 2–0 Newcastle United (Final).


1998–99 FA Cup qualifying rounds
The 1998–99 FA Cup Qualifying Rounds opened the 118th season of competition in England for 'The Football Association Challenge Cup' (FA Cup), the world's oldest association football single knockout competition. A total of 558 clubs were accepted for the competition, down five from the previous season’s 563.


1998–99 FA Cup qualifying rounds
The large number of clubs entering the tournament from lower down (Levels 5 through 8) in the English football pyramid meant that the competition started with five rounds of preliminary (1) and qualifying (4) knockouts for these non-League teams. The 32 winning teams from Fourth Round Qualifying progressed to the First Round Proper, where League teams tiered at Levels 3 and 4 entered the competition.


1998–99 FA Cup qualifying rounds, 1998-99 FA Cup
See 1998-99 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the First Round Proper onwards.


1998–99 FA Premier League
The 1998–99 FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the seventh season of the Premier League, the top division of English football, since its establishment in 1992. Manchester United won a unique treble of the league title, the FA Cup and the UEFA Champions League. They secured their fifth league championship in seven seasons after losing just three league games all season.


1998–99 FA Premier League
The season was also the 100th season of top flight football in England, not counting years lost to the two World Wars. Of the original clubs in the first Football League season, only Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Derby County and Everton were present for this season.


1998–99 FA Premier League
Arsenal failed to retain their title, despite having the same points tally as last season 78 points, but had at one point looked as though they were on the brink of winning the title, after beating fellow rivals Tottenham Hotspur, while Manchester United had drawn against Liverpool, 2–2. However, Manchester United pushed on and took advantage of Arsenal's 1–0 defeat at Leeds United in the penultimate match of the season and despite going 1–0 down against Tottenham on the final day, came back to win 2–1 and clinch the title. Should they have failed to win, Arsenal would have been crowned champions once more.


1998–99 FA Premier League
To achieve their success, the Manchester United playing squad had been altered substantially during the close season. A total of more than £28 million had been spent on Dwight Yorke, Jaap Stam and Jesper Blomqvist, while several older players left the club; Gary Pallister returned to Middlesbrough after nine years for £2.5 million, while Brian McClair returned to Motherwell on a free transfer. In December, however, McClair was back in the Premier League as Brian Kidd's assistant at Blackburn Rovers.


1998–99 FA Premier League, Season summary
At the end of 1998–99, the Premiership would have three Champions League places. Manchester United as well as runners-up Arsenal and third placed Chelsea would be playing in the following season's Champions League. There would only be one automatic UEFA Cup place from the league – taken by fourth-placed Leeds United. Fifth-placed West Ham United qualified for the UEFA Cup via the Intertoto Cup after achieving their highest league finish for thirteen years as they continued to make progress under Harry Redknapp, outperforming several "bigger" clubs with greater resources. Also qualifying were Newcastle United via the 1998–99 FA Cup final, and Tottenham Hotspur via the League Cup.


1998–99 FA Premier League, Season summary
Bottom of the Premiership in the final table came Nottingham Forest, who suffered their third relegation in seven seasons. One notable low for Forest this season was an 8–1 drubbing at home, by Manchester United. Second from bottom came Blackburn Rovers, who just four seasons earlier had been Premiership champions. The final relegation place went to Charlton Athletic, who went down at the end of their first spell in the top flight for nine seasons. The only newly promoted club to survive was Middlesbrough, who finished in a respectable ninth place.


1998–99 FA Premier League, Season summary
None of the teams relegated from the Premiership the previous season regained their top division status in 1999, although First Division champions Sunderland regained their Premiership place after a two-year exile. The other two relegation places went to long-term absentees from the top division. Playoff winners Watford regained their top division place after an absence of 11 years, but runners-up Bradford had been outside of the top division for 77 years. These two promotion winners surprised the observers more than any other Division One side during 1998–99.


1998–99 FA Premier League, Teams
Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the First Division. The promoted teams were Nottingham Forest, Middlesbrough (both teams sealing an immediate return to the top flight) and Charlton Athletic (playing in the top flight after an eight-year absence). This was also Charlton Athletic's first season in the Premier League. They replaced Bolton Wanderers, Barnsley and Crystal Palace, with all three relegated teams immediately returning to the First Division after a mere season's presence.


1998–99 FA Trophy
The 1998–99 FA Trophy was the thirtieth season of the FA Trophy.


1998–99 FA Vase
The 1998–99 FA Vase was the 25th season of the FA Vase, an annual football competition for teams in the lower reaches of the English football league system.


1998–99 FA Vase
Tiverton Town won the competition, beating Bedlington Terriers in the final.


1998–99 FA Women's Premier League
The 1998-99 season of the FA Women's Premier League was the 8th season of the former top flight of English women's association football.


1998–99 FAW Premier Cup
The 1998–99 FAW Premier Cup was the second season of the tournament since its founding in 1997.


1998–99 FC Barcelona season
During the 1998–99 FC Barcelona season, the club once again retained the La Liga title, but eliminated by Valencia in the quarter-final of Copa del Rey. Barcelona enjoyed a great season with their new signings Ronald de Boer, Patrick Kluivert, Frank de Boer, Mauricio Pellegrino, Boudewijn Zenden and Phillip Cocu. Barcelona had a league tough start in early season but Barcelona later made a remarkable turnaround to secure La Liga in late-May, thanks to Real Madrid's several slips. Following another lackluster performance in the First Group Phase against two European giants Bayern Munich and Manchester United with wins, draws and losses twice respectively and thus prevented Barcelona qualified to UEFA Champions League quarter finals.


1998–99 FC Barcelona season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 FC Basel season
The 1998–99 Fussball Club Basel 1893 season was their 106th season since the club's foundation. Following their promotion in the 1993–94 season this was their fifth consecutive season in the highest tier of Swiss football. René C. Jäggi was the club's chairman for the third year. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium until 13 Dezember 1998. From 7 March 199 they played their games in the Stadion Schützenmatte while the new stadium was being built.


1998–99 FC Basel season, Overview, Pre-season
Guy Mathez, who had taken over the coaching in January of that year, was appointed as the new trainer at the start of the season, but on 14 May 1999 he was sacked and was replaced by Marco Schällibaum (ad interim) until the end of the season.


1998–99 FC Basel season, Overview, Pre-season
The club made many new signings as the season started, these included Mario Cantaluppi who returned from Servette. Also from Servette came the Romanian international Dan Potocianu and, on loan, the youngster Carlos Varela. Aleksandr Rytchkov was signed from 1. FC Köln and Philippe Cravero signed in from lower classed Etoile Carouge. The Ivorian international Ahmed Ouattara and the young Brazilian Abedi were signed in from Sion. Benjamin Huggel was signed in from local amateur club FC Münchenstein, he had played the previous season for FC Arlesheim, in the fourth tier of Swiss football.


1998–99 FC Basel season, Overview, Pre-season
In the other direction Adrian Knup, Daniel Salvi and Jürgen Hartmann all ended their football careers. Dario Zuffi returned to his club of origin Winterthur after having playing five years for the club. Jan Berger moved to Aarau and youngster Alexander Frei was loaned out to Thun so that he could obtain more playing time. Fabinho Santos returned home to Joinville in Brasil.


1998–99 FC Basel season, Overview, Pre-season
The first half of the season, until 13 December 1998, Basel's home ground was the St. Jakob Stadium. From 7 March 199 they played their games in the Stadion Schützenmatte and this because the old stadium was demolished and the new stadium was to be built on the same ground. The construction of the new stadium was to be in a little more than two years. The new stadium, the St. Jakob-Park, was to be an all seater, the old stadium had standing places on three sides.


1998–99 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Domestic League
The club's priority aim was to remain in the top flight of Swiss football. The season started fairly well, with five victories and three draws in the first ten rounds. However, seven defeats in the next nine rounds let the team slip down into the bottom areas of the table. Basel ende the qualification stage with eight victories, four draws and ten defeats, with just 21 goals scored and 34 conceded, with 28 points in sixth position in the league table. With this tally they were qualified for Champions Group for the second half of the season.


1998–99 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Domestic League
With an average second half of the season, winning five games, drawing four and losing five, Basel in the league tables fifth position, managed to qualify for the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup. With four goals in the qualification round and six in the championship round Mario Frick was the teams top goal scorer.


1998–99 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Swiss Cup
All eyes were set on the cup season. But despite a draw against lower classed Stade Nyonnais, Basel's cup season came to an abrupt end, because they were unable to pass this hurdle, losing the match on penalties. Lausanne-Sport won the Swiss Cup final on 13 June 199 in the Wankdorf Stadium, winning 2–0 against Grasshopper Club.


1998–99 FC Basel season, Players
The following is the list of the Basel first team squad. It includes all players that were in the squad the day the season started on 18 July 1998 but subsequently left the club after that date and it includes all players that transferred in during the season.


1998–99 FC Basel season, Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 FC Basel season, Players, Transfers in
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 FC Basel season, Players, Transfers out
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 FC Bayern Munich season
The 1998–99 FC Bayern Munich season was the 99th season in the club's history.


1998–99 FC Bayern Munich season, Review and events
Bayern Munich played in the dramatic 1999 UEFA Champions League Final against Manchester United. Bayern Munich dominated the match, taking the lead through a Mario Basler free-kick and hitting the woodwork twice, before United substitutes Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjær scored in injury time to win the treble for the English side.


1998–99 FC Bayern Munich season, Squad, Bookings
Source: Only competitive matches = Number of bookings;  = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.


1998–99 FC Dynamo Kyiv season, Season summary
1998–99 was a hugely successful season for Dynamo. As well as winning the double of the league title and national cup, they also reached the semi-finals of the Champions League. Dynamo's hopes of a treble were ultimately ended by a Bayern Munich side also chasing a treble.


1998–99 FC Dynamo Kyiv season, Squad, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 FC Metz season
The 1998–99 season was the 67th season in the existence of FC Metz and the club's 32nd consecutive season in the top-flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Metz participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue, the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup.


1998–99 FC Metz season, Season summary
Last season, Metz had only been denied their first ever French title by goal difference. This season, however, the club endured humiliating exits from the Champions League and the UEFA Cup and dropped down to 10th in the final table. The closest the club came to glory was reaching the Coupe de la Ligue final, but they were defeated 1-0 by Lens.


1998–99 FC Metz season, Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 FC Metz season, Players, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 FC Nantes Atlantique season
The 1998–99 season was the 56th season in the existence of Nantes Atlantique and the club's 37th consecutive season in the top flight of French football.


1998–99 FC Nantes Atlantique season, Season summary
Nantes Atlantique competed in the French Division 1, the Coupe de France, and the Coupe de la Ligue, Trophée des Champions.


1998–99 FC Nantes Atlantique season, Season summary
The 1998–99 season saw Nantes win their second Coupe de France title, and first in twenty years, qualifying for the following season's Trophée des Champions and UEFA Cup.


1998–99 FC Nantes Atlantique season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 FC Oțelul Galați season, Players, Transfers, Out
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.


1998–99 FHR season
The 1998–99 FHR season was the first and only season of the league, organized by the Russian Ice Hockey Federation. It existed alongside the Vysshaya Liga as the second level of ice hockey in Russia in 1998–99. 17 teams participated in the league, and Nosta Yuzhny Novotroitsk-Orsk won the championship.


1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague
The 1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague was the 42nd installment of the European top-tier level professional club competition for basketball clubs (now called simply EuroLeague). It began on September 23, 1998, and ended on April 22, 1999. The competition's Final Four was held at Olympiahalle, Munich, with Žalgiris defeating Kinder Bologna in the EuroLeague Final, in front of 9,000 spectators.


1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague, Teams, Country ranking
For the 1998-1999 EuroLeague, the countries are allocated places according to their place on the FIBA country rankings, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1995–96 to 1997–98.


1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague, Second round
(The individual scores and standings of the First round are accumulated in the Second round)


1998–99 FIBA EuroLeague, Second round
If one or more clubs are level on won-lost record, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:


1998–99 FIBA Korać Cup
The Korać Cup European basketball competition for 1998–99 was won by FC Barcelona Bàsquet.


1998–99 FIBA Korać Cup, Team allocation
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:


1998–99 FIBA Saporta Cup
The 1998–99 FIBA Saporta Cup was the thirty-third edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition. It occurred between September 15, 1998, and April 13, 1999. The final was held at Zaragoza, Spain.


1998–99 FIBA Saporta Cup, Country ranking
For the 1998-1999 FIBA Saporta Cup, the countries are allocated places according to their place on the FIBA country rankings, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1995–96 to 1997–98.


1998–99 FIBA Saporta Cup, Team allocation
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:


1998–99 FIBA Saporta Cup, Semifinals
*The second leg which was scheduled to be played in Podgorica, was cancelled due to the war situation in Yugoslavia. Although FIBA accepted a neutral venue (Thessaloniki, Greece) to play this game, the Yugoslav players couldn't get out of their country because of the military conflict, and therefore  FIBA definitely cancelled this match and awarded a forfeit (20-0) to Benetton Treviso.


1998–99 FIRA Tournament
The 1998–99 FIRA Tournament, was a rugby union tournament organized by the Fédération Internationale de Rugby Amateur (FIRA).


1998–99 FIRA Tournament
The tournament did not assign a champion. Only minnow teams participated, because Romania, Georgia, Morocco, Portugal and Netherlands were still involved in qualification for Rugby World Cup.


1998–99 FIRA Tournament
The teams were divided into different division and Pools. Russia won the Gold or Division 2.


1998–99 FIRA Tournament, "SILVER" (Division 3), Pool 1
The two matches scheduled in Serbia and Montegnegro were cancelled due to the Kosovo War.


1998–99 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
The 33rd World Cup season began in October 1998 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in March 1999 at the World Cup finals at Sierra Nevada, Spain. The overall winners were Lasse Kjus of Norway, his second, and Alexandra Meissnitzer of Austria, her first.


1998–99 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
A break in the schedule was for the World Championships, held 2–14 February in the United States at Vail and Beaver Creek, Colorado.


1998–99 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
Two-time (and defending) World Cup overall winner Katja Seizinger from Germany missed the entire season due to a severe knee injury suffered in June 1998. She retired in April 1999 at age 26 with eleven season titles (two overall, four downhill, and five super-G).


1998–99 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
The 1998–99 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 18th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and ladies. The season began in Muonio, Finland on 28 November 1998 and finished at Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway on 20 March 1999. Bjørn Dæhlie of Norway won the overall men's cup. Bente Martinsen of Norway won the women's cup on more victories than Stefania Belmondo of Italy after both finished the season achieving 768 points.


1998–99 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
The 1998–99 season was the last season the results from World Championships counted in the overall World Cup standings.


1998–99 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, Calendar, Men
Note: Until 1999 World Championships, World Championship races are part of the World Cup. Hence results from those races are included in the World Cup overall.


1998–99 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, Calendar, Women
Note: Until 1999 World Championships, World Championship races are part of the World Cup. Hence results from those races are included in the World Cup overall.


1998–99 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, Ladies' standings, Sprint
Note:  : When the season ended, Bente Martinsen and Stefania Belmondo were equal on points. Bente Martinsen won the Overall World Cup on most victories (Martinsen 7-2 Belmondo).


1998–99 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup
The 1998/99 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup was the 16th world cup season, a combination of ski jumping and cross-country skiing organized by FIS. It started on 21 Nov 1998 in Rovaniemi, Finland and ended on 21 March 1999 in Zakopane, Poland.


1998–99 FIS Ski Flying World Cup
The 1998/99 FIS Ski Flying World Cup was the 9th official World Cup season in ski flying awarded with small crystal globe as the subdiscipline of FIS Ski Jumping World Cup.


1998–99 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup
The 1998/99 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup was the 8th in a row (6th official) Continental Cup winter season in ski jumping for men.


1998–99 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup
Other competitive circuits this season included the World Cup and Grand Prix.


1998–99 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup, Europa Cup vs. Continental Cup
This was originally last Europa Cup season and is also recognized as the first Continental Cup season by International Ski Federation although under this name began its first official season in 1993/94.


1998–99 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup
The 1998/99 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 20th World Cup season in ski jumping and the 9th official World Cup season in ski flying. It began in Lillehammer, Norway on 28 November 1998 and finished in Planica, Slovenia on 21 March 1999 The individual World Cup was won by Martin Schmitt and Nations Cup by Japan.


1998–99 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup
Lower competitive circuits this season included the Grand Prix and Continental Cup.


1998–99 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, Map of world cup hosts
All 19 locations which have been hosting world cup events for men this season. Oberstdorf hosted world cup events on large hill for two different times.


1998–99 FK Partizan season
The 1998–99 season was the 53rd season in FK Partizan's existence. This article shows player statistics and matches that the club played during the 1998–99 season.


1998–99 FK Partizan season, Players, Squad information
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 FK Partizan season, Competitions, First League of FR Yugoslavia
The championship was stopped on 14 May 1999, because of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, after 24 rounds.


1998–99 FK Sarajevo season, Players, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 FR Yugoslavia Cup
The 1998–99 FR Yugoslavia Cup was the seventh season of the FR Yugoslavia's annual football cup. The cup defenders was FK Partizan, but was defeated by Red Star Belgrade in the final.


1998–99 FR Yugoslavia Cup, First round
Note: Roman numerals in brackets denote the league tier the clubs participated in the 1998–99 season.


1998–99 FR Yugoslavia Cup, Second round
The 16 winners from the prior round enter this round. The first legs were played on 1 and 2 September and the second legs were played on 22, 23 September and 6 October 1998.


1998–99 FR Yugoslavia Cup, Second round
Note: Roman numerals in brackets denote the league tier the clubs participated in the 1998–99 season.


1998–99 FR Yugoslavia Cup, Quarter-finals
The eight winners from the prior round enter this round. The first legs were played on 10 October and the second legs were played on 28 and 29 October 1998.


1998–99 Ferencvárosi TC season, First team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 Ferencvárosi TC season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 Ferencvárosi TC season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 Ferencvárosi TC season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 Ferencvárosi TC season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 Ferencvárosi TC season, Statistics, Top scorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


1998–99 Ferencvárosi TC season, Statistics, Disciplinary record
Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.


1998–99 Feyenoord season
During the 1998–99 Dutch football season, Feyenoord competed in the Eredivisie.


1998–99 Feyenoord season, Season summary
Feyenoord won the Eredivisie with a comfortable 15-point margin over runners-up Willem II. This was their last Dutch league title until 2017.


1998–99 Feyenoord season, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
This article includes the statistics of the First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1998–99 season. It was contested only by Bosniak and Croatian clubs. Serbian clubs played in the 1998–99 First League of the Republika Srpska.


1998–99 First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Overview
It was contested by 16 teams (Bosniak Group) and 14 teams (Croat Group).


1998–99 First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Overview
Originally playoff between Croat and Bosniak Group was scheduled, but due to stadium reason, the playoff was canceled. The title was awarded to FK Sarajevo, but neither clubs were qualified for European competition. (Only Jedinstvo Bihac)


1998–99 First League of FR Yugoslavia
The 1998–99 First League of FR Yugoslavia was the seventh season of the FR Yugoslavia's top-level football league since its establishment. It was contested by 18 teams, and Partizan won the championship (declared on 12 June 1999).


1998–99 First League of FR Yugoslavia
The championship was stopped on 14 May 1999, because of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, after 24 rounds.


1998–99 First League of the Republika Srpska
The 1998–99 First League of the Republika Srpska is the 4th season since establishment. Since Football Association of Republika Srpska is not a member of UEFA nor FIFA, league champion did not qualified for European tournament. Croats and Bosniaks had their own league and their champion did not qualify to European tournament either.


1998–99 Florida Gators men's basketball team
The 1998–99 Florida Gators men's basketball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of basketball during the 1998–99 college basketball season. The Gators competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by head coach Billy Donovan, and played their home games in the O'Connell Center on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus.


1998–99 Florida Panthers season
The 1998–99 Florida Panthers season was their sixth season in the National Hockey League. The Panthers missed the playoffs, but made a big acquisition of Pavel Bure during the season.


1998–99 Florida Panthers season, Regular season, Final standings
Divisions: ATL – Atlantic Division, NE – Northeast Division, SE – Southeast Division


1998–99 Florida Panthers season, Playoffs
The Panthers failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season. They last made the playoffs in 1997.


1998–99 Florida Panthers season, Draft picks
Florida's draft picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft held at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York.


1998–99 Football Conference
The Football Conference season of 1998–99 was the twentieth season of the Football Conference.


1998–99 Football League
The 1998–99 Football League (known as the Nationwide Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 100th completed season of The Football League.


1998–99 Football League
Sunderland were crowned First Division champions with 105 points, then a record, having lost just three games all season, to prove right the many pundits who tipped them for promotion. The two other promotion places were secured by two of the division’s least fancied sides — runners-up Bradford City (back in the top division for the first time in 77 years) and playoff winners Watford (who had won their second successive promotion during Graham Taylor’s second spell as manager).


1998–99 Football League
Bury, Oxford United and Bristol City occupied the three relegation places in the First Division. Oxford’s dismal season was mainly down to £10 million debts which were putting the club in real danger of closure, and had also resulted in the suspension of construction of their new stadium near the Blackbird Leys estate.


1998–99 Football League
Kevin Keegan completed his spell as Fulham manager before taking the England job by guiding the Cottagers to the Second Division championship with a staggering 101 points. Following them up were runners-up Walsall and playoff winners Manchester City.


1998–99 Football League
Going down were York City, Northampton Town, Lincoln City and Macclesfield Town. Narrowly avoiding the drop to the Third Division were Oldham Athletic, who just five years earlier had been a Premiership side who came within a whisker of reaching the FA Cup final.


1998–99 Football League
Brentford, Cambridge United, Cardiff City and Scunthorpe United occupied the four promotion places in the Third Division.


1998–99 Football League
Carlisle United kept their league status in remarkable fashion. They entered the final game of the season in bottom place, and with 90 minutes on the clock in their home game against Plymouth Argyle they were drawing 1–1 and needed a win to stay up. The referee then allowed 4 minutes of stoppage time and with just seconds to go, goalkeeper Jimmy Glass came upfield and scored from a rebounded corner to preserve his club’s place in the league which had been held since 1928. Scarborough, who had only joined the league in 1987, were relegated instead. Glass, 25, had been signed on loan from Swindon Town after the transfer line because an injury crisis had left Carlisle without a goalkeeper for the final few games of the season.


1998–99 Football League, First Division
One season after missing out on promotion in a dramatic playoff final defeat, Sunderland clinched a place in the Premier League after a brilliant season which saw them achieve an English league record of 105 points and clinch the Division One title for the second time in four seasons. Bradford City, in their first full season under the management of Paul Jewell, were the surprise package in Division One this season, finishing runners-up to reach the Premier League and return to the top flight of English football for the first time since 1922.


1998–99 Football League, First Division
In the playoffs, Watford won at Wembley for the first time in their history, beating Bolton Wanderers 2-0 to secure a second successive promotion and end their 11-year absence from the top flight. Birmingham City and Ipswich Town were the beaten semi-finalists in the playoffs.


1998–99 Football League, First Division
Wolves manager Mark McGhee was sacked in early November after a disappointing first three months of the season, with his assistant Colin Lee being appointed manager after a successful interim spell in charge, but Wolves were beaten to a playoff place on the last day of the season. Their local rivals West Bromwich Albion finished 12th but their striker Lee Hughes, in only his second season in league football, finished as the highest scorer in all four divisions with 31 Division One strikes.


1998–99 Football League, First Division
New Crystal Palace owner Mark Goldberg's dream to turn the Selhurst Park club into a major force quickly turned into a nightmare as he found himself unable to prevent the club from being crippled by debt, and the team failed to deliver the goods on the pitch. Terry Venables stood down as manager in January, handing over the reins to director of football Steve Coppell, who took charge as manager for the fourth time in 15 years. Coppell guided the Eagles to a 14th place finish in the final table.


1998–99 Football League, First Division
Bristol City's return to Division One ended in relegation after just one season as they finished bottom of the table, joined on the final day by Oxford United and Bury.


1998–99 Football League, Second Division
One season after falling in the Division Two playoffs, Fulham established themselves as the pace-setters in the division this season and finished as runaway champions with 101 points. Manager Kevin Keegan accepted the FA's offer to take charge of the England team in February, but remained in charge at Craven Cottage until the end of the season before handing over the reins to Paul Bracewell, leaving Fulham with just one more promotion to win before achieving their goal of a place in the Premier League.


1998–99 Football League, Second Division
The final promotion place was secured by Manchester City, playing in the third tier for the first time in their history. A frustrating first few months of the season mounted the pressure on manager Joe Royle, but the Maine Road board kept faith in him and rewarded by an upturn in form which saw them finished third in the final table.


1998–99 Football League, Second Division
After overcoming another Greater Manchester club, Wigan Athletic, in the playoff semi-finals, City took on Gillingham in the Wembley final but looked to have surrendered promotion to the Kent side who were still 2-0 up with 90 minutes on the clock. Then came two goals in added time which forced extra time, with City winning on penalties and sealing an instant return to Division One.


1998–99 Football League, Second Division
In their final season at Springfield Park, the one time home of the long-defunct Wigan Borough and their own home since formation in 1932, Wigan Athletic clinched the Football League Trophy, some compensation for their subsequent failure in the Division Two playoffs. The other losing semi-finalists in the playoffs were Preston North End, who managed to retain the services of their highly-rated new manager David Moyes despite interest from Manchester United, who were looking to appoint a new assistant manager halfway through the season.


1998–99 Football League, Second Division
Stoke City, who had frequently led Division Two in the first half of the season, looked all set to return to Division One at the first time of asking, before a slump in the second half of the season dragged them down to seventh in the final table - not even enough for a playoff place. Manager Brian Little left after just one season in charge and was succeeded by Gary Megson. There was similar disappointment for Reading, also newly relegated from Division One, who could only manage a 10th place finish in their first season at the new Madejski Stadium.


1998–99 Football League, Second Division
Newly promoted Macclesfield Town and Lincoln City went straight back down to Division Three, and were joined by Northampton Town (playoff finalists the previous season) and a York City side who had rarely been out of the relegation battle during the previous three seasons and finally ran out of luck following the sale of top scorer Richard Cresswell to Sheffield Wednesday in March. Relegation also brought about the end of Alan Little's reign at Bootham Crescent after more than six years at the helm. Oldham Athletic had a lucky escape from relegation in their first season under player-manager Andy Ritchie, with the man whose goals had helped them reach the top flight eight years earlier was faced with the challenge of keeping them out of the league's fourth tier.


1998–99 Football League, Third Division
Brentford achieved an instant return to Division Two under new chairman-manager Ron Noades, who took them to the Division Three title with 85 points. Cambridge United finally won promotion from Division Three at the fourth time of asking, clinching promotion as runners-up after three successive mid table finishes. The final automatic promotion place was sealed by Cardiff City, who enjoyed a big improvement in form to finish third just 12 months after finishing 21st. Scunthorpe United triumphed over Rotherham United 1-0 in the playoff final to clinch the fourth and final promotion place, and ending their lengthy spell in the league's fourth tier.


1998–99 Football League, Third Division
A dramatic final day brought one of the most memorable moments of the season in the battle to stay in the Football League. An injury crisis had forced Carlisle United to bring in Swindon Town goalkeeper Jimmy Glass on loan after the transfer deadline. They went into their final game of the season needing to beat Plymouth Argyle at Brunton Park to stay in the Football League, but the score was still 1-1 with 90 minutes showing on the clock. With only seconds of extra time remaining, Glass ran the full length of the pitch to fire in a late winner to keep Carlisle in the league and relegate Scarborough.


1998–99 Football League Cup
The 1998–99 Football League Cup (known as the Worthington Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 39th staging of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs.


1998–99 Football League Cup
The competition began on 11 August 1998, and ended with the final on 21 March 1999, held at Wembley Stadium.


1998–99 Football League Cup
The tournament was won by Tottenham Hotspur, who beat Leicester City 1–0 in the final, thanks to an Allan Nielsen goal in the last minute of normal time.


1998–99 Football League Cup, First round
The 72 First, Second and Third Division clubs compete from the First Round. Each section is divided equally into a pot of seeded clubs and a pot of unseeded clubs. Clubs' rankings depend upon their finishing position in the 1997–98 season.


1998–99 Football League Cup, First round
1 Team at home in the 1st leg is denoted as the home team


1998–99 Football League Cup, Second round
The 36 winners from the First Round joined the 12 Premier League clubs not participating in European competition  in Round Two. First leg matches were played on 15 and 16 September, second leg matches were played on 22 and 23 September.


1998–99 Football League Cup, Second round
1 Team at home in the 1st leg is denoted as the home team


1998–99 Football League Cup, Third round
The 24 winners from the Second Round joined the 8 Premiership clubs participating in European competition in Round Three. Matches were played on 27 and 28 October.


1998–99 Football League Cup, Quarter-finals
The four matches were played on 1,  and 2 December.


1998–99 Football League Cup, Semi-finals
The semi-final draw was made in December 1998 after the conclusion of the quarter finals. Unlike the other rounds, the semi-final ties were played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The first leg matches were played on 26 and 27 January 1999, the second leg matches were played on 16  and 17 February 1999. It was a narrow victory for Tottenham Hotspur and Leicester City at the expense of Wimbledon and Sunderland, respectively, giving Tottenham the first chance of their major trophy–and place in Europe–for eight years, while Leicester had reached their second final in three seasons.


1998–99 Football League Cup, Final
The 1999 Worthington Cup Final was played on 21 March 1999 and was contested between  Tottenham Hotspur and Leicester City at Wembley Stadium. Tottenham won the match 1–0 thanks to a last minute Allan Nielsen header.


1998–99 Football League Trophy
The Football League Trophy 1998–99, known as the Auto Windscreens Shield 1998–99 for sponsorship reasons, was the 16th staging of the Football League Trophy, a knock-out competition for English football clubs in Second and Third Division. The winners were Wigan Athletic who beat Millwall 1–0 in the final.


1998–99 Football League Trophy
The competition began on 8 December 1998 and ended with the final on 18 April 1999 at the Wembley Stadium.


1998–99 Football League Trophy
In the first round, there were two sections: North and South. In the following rounds each section gradually eliminates teams in knock-out fashion until each has a winning finalist. At this point, the two winning finalists face each other in the combined final to determine the winners of the Football League Trophy.


1998–99 Four Hills Tournament
The 1998-99 Four Hills Tournament took place at the four traditional venues of Oberstdorf, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Innsbruck and Bischofshofen, located in Germany and Austria, between 30 December 1998 and 6 January 1999.


1998–99 Frauen-Bundesliga
The Frauen-Bundesliga 1998–99 was the 9th season of the Frauen-Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 22 August 1998 and ended on 23 May 1999.


1998–99 French Championship season (rugby league)
Final table of the 1998–1999 season of the French Championship of Rugby League.


1998–99 French Division 1
The 1998–99 Ligue 1 season (then called Division 1) was the 61st since its establishment. FC Girondins de Bordeaux won the French Association Football League with 72 points.


1998–99 French Division 1, Final table
Promoted from Ligue 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1999/2000


1998–99 French Division 2
The Division 2 season 1998/1999, organised by the LFP was won by AS Saint-Étienne and saw the promotions of AS Saint-Étienne, CS Sedan Ardennes and Troyes AC, whereas Red Star Saint-Ouen and AS Beauvais were relegated to National.


1998–99 French Rugby Union Championship
The 1998–99 French Rugby Union Championship was played by 24 teams divided in the preliminary phase into three pools of 8. The first five teams from each pool and the best 6th placed were admitted to second round. The other played a relegation tournament divided in two pools.


1998–99 French Rugby Union Championship
Toulouse  won the title, beating Montferrand in the final (that lose for 6th time the final).


1998–99 French Rugby Union Championship, First round, Pool 3
Béziers and Toulon had both 28 points. The "best 6th" was Toulon due to having less "red Cards" during the season.


1998–99 French Rugby Union Championship, Second round
The first of each pools were qualified to quarter of finals


1998–99 French Rugby Union Championship, Second round, Pool 4
Grenoble was 2nd due to having less "red cards" during the season .


1998–99 French Rugby Union Championship, Relegation Pools, Pool 1
Béziers was classified last for worst point difference in the direct matches (Nîmes-Béziers  15–5 ; 36–37), and was relegated in Pro D2.


1998–99 Fulham F.C. season
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.


1998–99 Fulham F.C. season
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.


1998–99 Fulham F.C. season, Players, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 Galatasaray S.K. season
The 1998–99 season was Galatasaray's 95th in existence and the 41st consecutive season in the 1. Lig. This article shows statistics of the club's players in the season, and also lists all matches that the club have played in the season.


1998–99 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team
The 1998–99 George Mason Patriots Men's basketball team represents George Mason University during the 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was the 33rd season for the program, the second under head coach Jim Larrañaga. The Patriots played their home games at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia.


1998–99 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
The 1998–99 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University in the 1998–99 NCAA Division I college basketball season. They were coached by John Thompson, in his 27th season as head coach until January 8, 1999, when he resigned and Craig Esherick succeeded him. The Hoyas played most of their home games at the MCI Center in Washington, DC, although they played one home game at McDonough Gymnasium on the Georgetown campus. They were members of the Big East Conference and finished the season 15–16, 6–12 in Big East play.


1998–99 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
They advanced to the quarterfinals of the 1999 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament before losing to Miami. Not invited to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament for the second year in a row, they instead appeared in the 1999 National Invitation Tournament (NIT) – their second consecutive appearance in the NIT – and lost to Princeton in the first round. Georgetown finished with its first losing record since the 1972–73 season.


1998–99 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Playing the previous season with a roster depleted by transfers, injuries, and point guard Victor Page's early departure for a professional career, Georgetown in 1997–98 had had its least successful season since 1973–74. The Hoyas began to rebuild their roster this year.


1998–99 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Guard Anthony Perry sat out his freshman year because the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) had ruled that a computer science class he had taken in high school was insufficient as a core requirement, rendering him academically ineligible for 1997–98. He finally joined the team this season as a sophomore and started all 31 of the team's games, scoring in double figures in 22 of the first 24 games of the year, including 26 points in a game against Syracuse and 24 against Connecticut. He suffered an ankle injury that reduced his performance as the season wore on, and he shot only 20-for-83 (24.1%) from the field to finish the year. Despite his late-season shooting woes, he finished his sophomore year as Georgetown's top scorer for the season, averaging 14.0 points per game.


1998–99 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Freshman guard Kevin Braswell was another newcomer to the team. He started all 31 games – in fact, he would start all 128 games of his collegiate career – and immediately emerged as a prodigious shooter, averaging one shot every 25 seconds and 17.6 points per game during the first five games of the year. During the season as a whole, he scored in double figures 23 times, including four games in which he scored 20 or more points and a season-high 29 points against Georgia State, and he averaged 13.5 points per game for the year.


1998–99 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Despite his overall scoring prowess, he played inconsistently; his 441 field goal attempts were second only to Allen Iverson among Georgetown freshman, but he shot only 33 percent from the field in contrast to Iverson's 39 percent. In one of his more notable slumps, he shot only 24.5 percent from the field in three straight losses over a one-week period at the end of 1998 and beginning of 1999, going 7-for-18 (38.9%) against Miami on December 30, 4-for-18 (22.2%) at top-ranked Connecticut on January 2, and 2-for-17 (11.8%) at Seton Hall on January 4.


1998–99 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
As a freshman the previous season, guard Nat Burton had been thrust into a starting role as Georgetown's roster ran low on players. Now a sophomore, Burton played in 30 of the team's 31 games and started 28 of them. Although he only shot around 25 percent from beyond the three-point line, he was an aggressive rebounder and inside shooter, and he scored in double figures 12 times in the team's final 14 games. He finished third in scoring on the team, averaging 11.4 points and 4.9 rebounds per game.


1998–99 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
After suffering a wrist injury and missing all but the first six games of the previous season, sophomore center Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje returned to action but got off to a slow start, scoring only six field goals in his first four games of the season. He started all 31 games and improved as the season wore on, with five double-doubles, among them a 15-point, 13-rebound performance in a win over Pittsburgh. He finished second in rebounding and fourth in scoring for the team, averaging 8.5 points per game for the year. He blocked 89 shots, the third in history among Georgetown sophomores behind only Patrick Ewing and Alonzo Mourning.


1998–99 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
After coaching a last game for Georgetown at Seton Hall on January 4, 1999, head coach John Thompson, Jr., abruptly resigned and retired on January 8, 1999, after 26½ seasons at the helm, citing his impending divorce and other family issues and rejecting the idea posed by friends of leaving the team only temporarily for a sabbatical. Assistant coach Craig Esherick, a reserve guard for Georgetown from 1974 to 1978 who had returned as an assistant coach in 1982 and served in that capacity for 17½ seasons, took over, beginning his own five-and-a-half-season run as head coach. Esherick's first game as head coach was against Providence on January 9, 1999.


1998–99 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Twenty-two days after Thompson's resignation, Georgetown made one of the most remarkable comebacks in school history, albeit in a losing cause. On January 30, 1999, the Hoyas faced Villanova at First Union Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and missed their first ten shots to fall behind the Wildcats 13–0. The Hoyas closed to a 39–30 deficit at halftime, but in the second half Villanova opened with a 16–8 run that left Georgetown trailing 55–38 with 13:55 left to play.


1998–99 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
With Nat Burton scoring 11 of his game-high 21 points, Georgetown then went on a 19–0 run of its own that gave the Hoyas a 57–55 lead. Eleven ties and fourteen lead changes ensued as three of Georgetown's "big men" fouled out. The game went into overtime, and then into a second overtime. With 14 seconds left in the second overtime and Georgetown leading 90–87, Anthony Perry missed a free throw, and Villanova's Howard Brown scored a 22-foot (6.7-meter) three-point shot to tie the game at 90–90 with 2.6 seconds left.


1998–99 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Burton tried to call a time-out, but the officials did not see him, and when Georgetown senior guard-forward Daymond Jackson tried to pass the ball to Perry,  Villanova's Brooks Sales intercepted the pass and flipped the ball to Jermaine Medley, who scored a winning 28-foot (8.5-meter) three-pointer at the buzzer to give the Wildcats a 93–90 win.


1998–99 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
The team opened the season 6–2 but struggled in conference play, posting a 14–14 record overall, 6–12 in the Big East. Its 10th-place finish in the conference earned it a No. 10 seed in the 1999 Big East Tournament. In the first round, the Hoyas upset seventh-seeded Providence, but they fell to second-seeded Miami in the quarterfinals.


1998–99 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
With a 15–15 record after the tournament, Georgetown missed the NCAA Tournament for the second year in a row, the first time the school had missed the tournament for two consecutive seasons since the 1976–77 and 1977–78 seasons. For the second straight year, the Hoyas accepted an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament (NIT). They lost at Princeton in the first round, bringing their season to the end. The 15–16 record they posted was Georgetown's first losing season since 1972–73.


1998–99 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Rankings
The team was not ranked in the Top 25 in the AP Poll at any time. It also was not ranked in the Top 25 in the final or postseason Coaches' Poll; its Coaches' Poll rankings during the rest of the season are not available.


1998–99 Georgian Cup
The 1998–99 Georgian Cup (also known as the David Kipiani Cup) was the fifty-fifth season overall and ninth since independence of the Georgian annual football tournament.


1998–99 Gillingham F.C. season
During the 1998–99 English football season, Gillingham F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division, the third tier of the English football league system. It was the 67th season in which Gillingham competed in the Football League, and the 49th since the club was voted back into the league in 1950. The club signed two new forwards, each for a new club record transfer fee, but started the season in poor form, winning only one of the first eight league games.


1998–99 Gillingham F.C. season
The team then went on a much-improved run, being undefeated for 17 league games, and began challenging for promotion to the Football League First Division. Gillingham finished the regular season in fourth place in the Second Division, qualifying for the play-offs for promotion to the Football League First Division. After defeating Preston North End in the semi-finals, they played Manchester City at Wembley Stadium in the final. Gillingham were 2–0 up with less than ten minutes remaining but conceded two late goals, and Manchester City won the subsequent penalty shoot-out to gain promotion.


1998–99 Gillingham F.C. season
Gillingham also reached the southern section semi-final of the Football League Trophy, but were eliminated from both the FA Cup and the Football League Cup in the first round. The team played 56 competitive matches, winning 26, drawing 16 (including the play-off final), and losing 14. Carl Asaba was the team's leading goalscorer with 22 goals. Paul Smith made the most appearances during the season, playing in 54 of the team's 56 matches. The highest attendance recorded at the club's home ground, Priestfield Stadium, was 10,400 for the visit of Manchester City. Despite leading the team to the play-off final, manager Tony Pulis was dismissed from his job shortly afterwards amid allegations of gross misconduct.


1998–99 Gillingham F.C. season, Background and preseason
The 1998–99 season was Gillingham's 67th season playing in the Football League and the 49th since the club was elected back into the League in 1950 after being voted out in 1938. It was the club's third consecutive season in the Football League Second Division, the third tier of the English football league system. The club had never reached the second level of English football in its history. In the 1997–98 season, Gillingham had finished eighth, missing out on the play-offs for promotion to the First Division on goal difference.


1998–99 Gillingham F.C. season, Background and preseason
Tony Pulis was the club's manager for a fourth season, having been appointed in 1995 after chairman Paul Scally purchased the club. Andy Hessenthaler was the club captain. There were significant changes to the club's playing squad ahead of the season, and the records for the highest transfer fees received and paid by the club were both broken.


1998–99 Gillingham F.C. season, Background and preseason
Shortly after the end of the 1997–98 season, highly rated teenage forward Jimmy Corbett moved to Premier League club Blackburn Rovers for an initial fee of £525,000; clauses in the contract meant that the fee had the potential to rise to £1 million if Corbett played more than a specified number of games at the higher level, but a succession of injuries limited his playing time at Blackburn and Gillingham received no further money.


1998–99 Gillingham F.C. season, Background and preseason
In June, Ade Akinbiyi, the team's top goalscorer in the previous season, joined Bristol City of the First Division for £1.2 million, a new record for the highest transfer fee received by the club. Gillingham also broke the record for the highest fee paid by the club by signing Robert Taylor from Brentford for a fee of £500,000. The club also signed John Hodge from Walsall, and Mark Saunders and Paul Williams, both from Plymouth Argyle.


1998–99 Gillingham F.C. season, Background and preseason
The club adopted a new first-choice kit, changing from plain blue shirts to blue and black stripes, a style previously worn in the 1995–96 season. In his programme notes for the first match of the season, Scally stated that the fact that the club had won promotion in that season wearing striped shirts was a factor in the decision to adopt them again. The second-choice shirts, to be worn in the event of a clash of colours with the opposition, were red and black. The team prepared for the new season with a number of friendly matches, including one against Crystal Palace, who had played in the FA Premier League in the previous season.


1998–99 Gillingham F.C. season, Second Division, August–December
Gillingham began the Second Division season with a home game against Walsall and lost 1–0. The next three games all resulted in draws, after which Gillingham were in 18th place in the 24-team league table. The goalless draw against Bristol Rovers was marred by a brawl involving almost every player on the pitch, after which Gillingham's Barry Ashby and Adrian Pennock were both sent off, along with two Rovers players.


1998–99 Gillingham F.C. season, Second Division, August–December
Forward Carl Asaba made his debut in the next game away to Blackpool, having joined the club the previous day from Reading for a fee of £600,000, another new club record. Gillingham achieved their first victory of the season at the fifth attempt, defeating Wrexham 4–0; Asaba scored his first goal for the team in the win. The team then lost their next two games and again dropped to 18th in the table.


1998–99 Gillingham F.C. season, Second Division, August–December
The 1–1 draw against Colchester United on 12 September marked the start of an unbeaten run which would last for the remainder of the year. Two weeks later, Gillingham drew 1–1 away to Preston North End; before the game the players were presented to Sepp Blatter, president of world football's governing body FIFA, who was in attendance to open the National Football Museum, located at Preston's Deepdale stadium. The following game, a 2–2 draw at home to Macclesfield Town, was preceded by the arrival by helicopter of the club's new mascot, Tommy T. Trewblu.


1998–99 Gillingham F.C. season, Second Division, August–December
Between 20 October and 10 November, Asaba scored in five consecutive games, four of which resulted in victories, taking his total number of league goals to ten. Taylor, however, had only scored three league goals and was receiving negative reactions from some Gillingham supporters, who considered him out of shape and his large transfer fee a waste of money.


1998–99 Gillingham F.C. season, Second Division, August–December
On 21 November, Gillingham played away to Manchester City, former champions of English football, who were playing in the third tier of the English football league system for the first time in their history. The match, the first between the two clubs since 1908, resulted in a 0–0 draw and drew a crowd of 26,529, by far the largest crowd to watch a game involving Gillingham during the regular season. Asaba scored the team's first hat-trick of the season on 19 December in a 4–0 victory over Notts County. Gillingham ended 1998 with a 1–1 draw at home to Millwall in front of 9,221 fans, the season's largest attendance at Priestfield Stadium to date. It was Gillingham's 16th consecutive league game without defeat and left them sixth in the table.


1998–99 Gillingham F.C. season, Second Division, January–May
The team won their first game of 1999, defeating Blackpool 1–0 to extend their unbeaten league run to 17 games and move up to fifth in the table. Seven days later, however, Gillingham were defeated in the league for the first time since September, losing 2–1 away to Walsall. In each of the next three matches the team scored three goals, resulting in two wins and a draw, which kept Gillingham in the top six of the table.


1998–99 Gillingham F.C. season, Second Division, January–May
On 20 February, Asaba scored Gillingham's goal in a 1–1 draw with Colchester United but was then sent off for apparently head-butting Colchester's David Greene. Two weeks later, however, the red card was overturned by a special commission convened by the Football Association, the sport's governing body in England, based on evidence provided by police officers present at the game. In the final game of February, Gillingham recorded their best ever Football League win away from home when they beat Burnley 5–0 at Turf Moor; Taylor scored all five goals.


1998–99 Gillingham F.C. season, Second Division, January–May
It was the first time that a Gillingham player had scored as many goals in a single match since Fred Cheesmur scored six against Merthyr Town in 1930. In the following match, Taylor scored in the final minute to gain the team a draw against fellow promotion contenders Preston North End.


1998–99 Gillingham F.C. season, Second Division, January–May
In March, Gillingham lost 4–1 to Wigan Athletic, the most goals conceded by the team in a single game during the season, but rebounded with a 4–0 win over Lincoln City. Kevin Lisbie, signed on loan from Charlton Athletic of the Premier League, scored in both games. Gillingham began the month of April with three consecutive victories; this included a win at home to AFC Bournemouth with goals from Hessenthaler and Lisbie. The game was shown live by Sky TV, the first time the broadcaster had televised a game from Priestfield.


1998–99 Gillingham F.C. season, Second Division, January–May
After this run, Gillingham were fourth in the table, two places and three points below the automatic promotion positions. They then lost the next three games, however; although they only dropped one position in the table as a result, they were now nine points below second place with three games remaining and a maximum of nine more points available. This run of defeats included Gillingham's first home defeat of the season, a 2–0 loss to Manchester City which drew an attendance of 10,400, the largest crowd to attend a match at Priestfield during the season.


1998–99 Gillingham F.C. season, Second Division, January–May
Gillingham defeated Oldham Athletic on 24 April and Stoke City a week later, scoring four goals each time. Four days after the second of these victories, Wigan Athletic lost to Wycombe Wanderers, meaning that Gillingham were guaranteed a place in the play-offs irrespective of the result of the final match of the regular season. Gillingham's final game resulted in a 1–0 win away to Notts County, Asaba scoring the only goal; this meant that they finished the regular season fourth in the table, seven points below second place.


1998–99 Gillingham F.C. season, Second Division, Play-offs
In the play-off semi-finals, Gillingham played fifth-place finishers Preston North End. In the first match of the two-legged tie, David Eyres put Preston ahead in the 54th minute. Taylor equalised with 11 minutes remaining and the match ended 1–1. The second leg was held three days later at Priestfield. Gillingham took the lead through Hessenthaler less than two minutes into the match. Preston dominated the game in the second half; Bartram dived full-length across his goal to keep out a shot from Jon Macken. The match ended 1–0 and Gillingham progressed to the final with a 2–1 aggregate victory.


1998–99 Gillingham F.C. season, Second Division, Play-offs
In the final Gillingham played Manchester City, who had defeated Wigan Athletic in the other semi-final. It was the first time Gillingham had played at Wembley Stadium, England's national stadium, in the club's history. The match was scoreless until the 81st minute, when Asaba gave Gillingham the lead. Taylor added a second goal five minutes later. Kevin Horlock scored for City in the 90th minute to halve the deficit and, in the fifth minute of injury time, Paul Dickov scored an equaliser to make the score 2–2 and send the game into extra time. With no further goals being scored, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out, which City won 3–1 to gain promotion.


1998–99 Gillingham F.C. season, Cup matches, FA Cup
As a Second Division team, Gillingham entered the 1998–99 FA Cup in the first round and were drawn to play fellow Second Division team Oldham Athletic. Gillingham lost 2–0 and were thus eliminated from the competition at the earliest stage.


1998–99 Gillingham F.C. season, Cup matches, Football League Cup
As a Second Division team, Gillingham entered the 1998–99 Football League Cup in the first round and were paired with Southend United of the Third Division. Gillingham lost both legs of the tie 1–0.


1998–99 Gillingham F.C. season, Cup matches, Football League Trophy
In the first round of the 1998–99 Football League Trophy, a competition for Second and Third Division teams, Gillingham played Colchester United  Goals from Asaba, Adrian Pennock and Paul Smith and two from Taylor resulted in a 5–1 victory. In the second round, Gillingham defeated Swansea City 1–0 and then beat Torquay United by the same score in the third round. This secured the team a place in the semi-final of the southern section of the competition; their opponents were Millwall. In front of a crowd of 11,555 at Millwall's The New Den, Gillingham lost 1–0 and were eliminated from the competition.


1998–99 Gillingham F.C. season, Players
Smith made the highest number of appearances for Gillingham during the season, playing in 54 of the team's 56 matches; he missed only one Second Division game and one match in the League Trophy. Three other players made over 50 appearances; Bartram played 53 times and both Southall and Taylor 51 times. Two players made only a single appearance during the season. Brian Statham was restricted to one game in the 1998–99 season although he had been a semi-regular in the team the season before. The one game in which French defender Franck Rolling played, however, was the only appearance of his Gillingham career.


1998–99 Gillingham F.C. season, Players
Asaba was the team's leading goalscorer during the season. He scored 20 goals in the Second Division during the regular season, 1 in the play-offs, and 1 in the League Trophy for a total of 22 in all competitions. Taylor scored 16 goals in the Second Division and 21 overall. No other player reached double figures.


1998–99 Gillingham F.C. season, Players
FW = Forward, MF = Midfielder, GK = Goalkeeper, DF = Defender


1998–99 Gillingham F.C. season, Aftermath
One month after the play-off final, Pulis was dismissed from his job as the club's manager, amid accusations of gross misconduct on his part, a decision which led to a lengthy and acrimonious court case between him and Scally. The relationship between the two had deteriorated during the season, in particular following an interview with local newspaper Kent Today, which quoted Scally as saying that being a manager was an "easy job". Following the interview, which Scally said misquoted him, the paper's reporters were banned from Priestfield Stadium for more than five years.


1998–99 Gillingham F.C. season, Aftermath
Peter Taylor was appointed as the club's new manager. Gillingham again challenged for promotion in the 1999–2000 season; on the last day of the regular season, the team had a chance to gain automatic promotion, but lost and instead had to again enter the play-offs. After defeating Stoke City in the semi-finals, Gillingham beat Wigan Athletic in the final to gain promotion to the second tier of the English football league system for the first time in the club's history.


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season
The 1998–99 season is the third in the history of the Glasgow Warriors as a professional side. During this season the young professional side competed as Glasgow Caledonians.


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season
This season saw Glasgow Caledonians compete in the competitions: the Scottish Inter-District Championship and the European Champions Cup, the Heineken Cup - as well as the Welsh Rugby Union's Challenge Cup.


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Season Overview
This proved to be one of the most turbulent years in the club's existence. The SRU decided to reduce the number of professional teams in Scotland from 4 to 2. Only Glasgow and Edinburgh now remained standing; with Glasgow taking over the Caledonia district – and Edinburgh taking over the Borders district. The fall-out from this caused many professional players to lose their jobs and created managerial problems at Glasgow.


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Season Overview
Meanwhile, behind the scenes there were negotiations on trying to get a suitable league structure in place for the two remaining Scottish professional sides.


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Season Overview, Merger
The SRU announced on 26 March 1998 that they would be halving the number of teams who compete in Europe.


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Season Overview, Merger
The move stunned almost everyone in Scottish rugby; including Jim Telfer who had little time to prepare a defence of the four districts. Telfer thought about resigning over the move.


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Season Overview, Merger
What was even more surprising was the two sides ear-marked for closure. Caledonia Reds were the current Scottish Inter-District Championship holders. Border Reivers were based in Scotland's rugby heartland.


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Season Overview, Merger
The SRU claimed the move was a rugby decision. The fact that last season's top two sides Caledonia Reds and Glasgow Warriors were being merged into one however made most doubt this.


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Season Overview, Merger
Some clubs - resentful of the districts in Europe – celebrated the decision and saw it as the death-knell of the Scottish districts. The Hawick president Robert Christie said: "We are strongly in favour of this new development. We want clubs to get back to having a meaningful season." Former Grand Slam winning captain - and part of the 'Gang of Four' arguing against districts - David Sole stated: "This proves yet again that to put the focus on districts was an ill-conceived and ill-planned idea which wasn't thought through".


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Season Overview, Merger
It soon became clear that finance was at the heart of the decision. The Herald ran this story over the closures: "There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that the prime reason for the SRU cutting their squad from 120 to 60 is to cut costs and appease the clubs" and "they have slashed the so-called budget by dumping players and they'll save nearly a million quid."


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Season Overview, Merger
It was later announced that 43 players had been cut from the professional clubs. For the Glasgow side it meant that it lost about half its squad to make way for around half of the Caledonia squad.


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Season Overview, Merger
The Glasgow District now consumed the Caledonia District - and the Edinburgh District took in the Borders District. The new districts were deemed 'Super-districts'. This was an unfortunate name as, at least initially, their play did not merit the term and the reduction of the districts hindered player progression around the country.


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Season Overview, New coach
It was felt that Robertson struggled with trying to bond the newly merged squad together. For the first time then, the SRU appointed a top name Scottish coach for the professional Glasgow side.


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Season Overview, New coach
Richie Dixon was the former Scotland boss from 1995 to 1998, with a success rate (50%) at Scotland national level higher than Ian McGeechan (42%) and just slightly below that of Jim Telfer (53.8%). Dixon had quit the national job after Scotland lost a Five Nations warm up match to the fast improving Italian team but it was thought, with his experience, he was best placed to bring the district players together.


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Season Overview, New coach
Perhaps more importantly to Glasgow, he was a former Glasgow District player and captain in the amateur days of the club. As a player, he won the Scottish Inter-District Championship outright for Glasgow District in 1974. He took over the district as coach in 1983 and won the Championship as coach for Glasgow in 1989–90 in an unbeaten season, also beating the touring Fiji national rugby union team. There was no doubting his Glasgow pedigree. He took over Glasgow Caledonians in January 1999.


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Season Overview, League structure
With only 2 Scottish teams the Scottish Inter-District Championship could not continue in its current form. The restricted 3 game format was kept; however this was deemed a 'tri-series': essentially a best-of-three tournament to determine the winner.


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Season Overview, League structure
It was felt that only playing 3 games against the same opposition would not help either Glasgow or Edinburgh in their European campaigns.


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Season Overview, League structure
To try and increase the level of competition available, friendlies were sought as a short term fix while negotiations continued with other Rugby Unions. Pleasingly for the SRU, the Welsh Rugby Union and the Irish Rugby Football Union were meandering their way to a similar conclusion about increasing competitiveness for their own sides. The Scottish district sides faced up to the Irish provinces as part of the friendlies organised for the pre-season. In competitive matches, Glasgow and Edinburgh were also invited sides to take part in this season's Welsh Rugby Union's Challenge Cup. The SRU also organised pre-season friendlies against London Scottish - a member of the Scottish Rugby Union - and their London neighbour Richmond for Glasgow. It also organised friendlies against touring international teams for the clubs.


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Season Overview, League structure
The Irish Rugby Football Union was against joining a British and Irish league. Thoughts in Wales turned to England. Initially it was thought that the English Rugby Union might be interested in a British league. However their proposals to the Welsh Rugby Union - that 5 Welsh clubs join a two tier English league - showed English contempt for the 'British' plan. The English model was flatly rejected by the WRU. The Wales coach Graham Henry said "It was right to reject this paltry offer. What was proposed wasn't British, just a few Welsh clubs in a predominantly English league which would have been no good to anyone".


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Season Overview, League structure
The SRU felt the creation of a Celtic League for the Scottish, Irish and Welsh sides was the best way forward. This however didn't happen immediately but the fledgling success of the Scottish sides in the WRU Challenge Cup engendered good relations between Scotland and Wales and paved the way for a Welsh-Scottish League.


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Squad
Willie Anderson Alan Kittle John Manson Gordon McIlwham Tom Smith


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Squad
Loose Forwards Gareth Flockhart Gordon Mackay Jon Petrie John Shaw Gordon Simpson Martin Waite Murray Wallace Jason White


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Squad
Stand offs  Tommy Hayes Cameron Little Chris Paterson Luke Smith


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Squad
Centres Alan Bulloch Aaron Collins Murray Craig Ian Jardine John Leslie Matt McGrandles Chris Simmers


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Squad
Back Three James Craig Shaun Longstaff Glenn Metcalfe Derek Stark Rowen Shepherd


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Team, Academy players
Glasgow District Rugby Union once again sent a Glasgow Thistles squad to New Zealand for their development. The young players trained and played in New Zealand in the summer of 1999.


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Player statistics
During the 1998–99 season, Glasgow have used 35 different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and points scored by each player.


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Player movements, Academy promotions
Glasgow has no formal academy structure as yet, however Glasgow District Rugby Union is continuing to send its most promising youngsters - the Glasgow Thistles - to New Zealand for summer training.


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Player movements, Academy promotions
These two players from the 1998 Glasgow Thistles team to go to New Zealand were used as part of the Glasgow squad, though they did not play. They continued to play for their amateur sides when not in use for Glasgow.


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 1
Glasgow Caledonians:G Metcalfe; D Stark, C Simmers, I Jardine, J Craig; T Hayes, D Patterson; T Smith, K McKenzie, A Kittle, S Campbell, G Perrett, G Flockhart, M Waite, G Simpson. Replacements (all used) - F Stott, M Craig, R Kerr, G McIlwham, W Anderson, G Scott, J Shaw, J Manson. Richmond: M Pini; N Waine, T Whitford, M Deane, S Brown; A Davies, A Moore; D McFarland, A Cuthbert, J Davies, B Cusack, C Gillies, C Palmer, B Clarke, A Vander. Replacements (all used) - B Shelbourne, D Chapman, M Fitzgerald, M Dixon, J Hamilton-Smith, L Cabannes, R Hutton.


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 2
London Scottish: I McAusland, K Milligan (J Turnbull 70), R Davies, J Bonney, I McIntyre (E Ramage 42), J Cameron (S Binns 30), G Easterby, P Johnstone (R Bijl 65), D Cummins, P Burnell (C Johnstone 49), E Jones, M Watson( M McAtamney 48), S Fenn (T Davies 38), C Tarbuck (G Manson-Bishop 59), R Hunter.


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 2
Glasgow Caledonians: G Metcalfe, S Longstaff (A Bulloch 21), R Shepherd, I Jardine, D Stark, T Hayes (C Simmers 30), F Stott, T Smith (G McIlwham 65), K McKenzie, W Anderson (A Kittle 56), S Grimes, S Campbell, J White, G Simpson, G MacKay (G Flockhart 56).


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 3
Ulster: S. Mason; J. Davis, S. McDowell (S. Coulter), M. McCall, J. Cunningham; D. Humphries, A. Matchett; J.Fitzpatrick, A. Clarke (R. Weir), G. Leslie (R. Irwin), M. Rea (M.Blair), G. Longwell, A. Ward, A. McWhirter (C. McCarey )


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 3
Glasgow Caledonians: R. Shepherd (A. Collins); A. Bulloch, C.Simmers, I. Jardine, D. Stark; C. Paterson, D. Patterson (F. Stott); G. McIlwham, C. Docherty (T. Smith), A. Kittle (W. Anderson), S. Campbell, G. Perrett (S. Grimes), J. White, G.Flockhart (J. Shaw), G. Simpson.


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 4
Glasgow Caledonians: R Shepherd; D Stark, C Simmers (I Jardine 74 mins), A Collins, J Craig; T Hayes, F Stott; T Smith, K McKenzie, W Anderson (A Kittle 68 mins), S Grimes, G Perrett, J White, J Shaw (G Mackay 72 mins) G Simpson (M Waite 72 mins).


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 4
Connacht: W Ruane; R Southam (A Reddan 52 mins), P Duignan, M Murphy, N Carolan; O Cobbe (S Allnutt 40 mins), C McGuinness (D Reddan 32 mins); J Maher, J McVeigh, M Finlay (J Screene 59 mins), G Heaslip, J Duffy, J Casserley, S McEntee (N Culleton 6 mins), I Dillon.


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 5
Glasgow Caledonians: T Hayes; J Craig, I Jardine, J Leslie, D Stark; L Smith, D Patterson; G McIlwham, K McKenzie, A Kittle, S Campbell, G Perrett, J White, J Shaw, G Mackay. Replacements - A Bulloch (used), C Simmers, C Little, M Wallace, G Flockhart (used), J Manson, G Scott (used)


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 5
South Africa: G du Toit; B Paulse, R Fleck, C Stewart, L Venter; B van Straaten, W Swanepoel; O le Roux, N Drotske, W Meyer, S Boome, J Trystman, C Krige, A Vos, B Skinstadt. Replacements - D Kayser (used), R Markram (used), C Alcock (used), P Smit, O Nkumane (used), T van der Linde (used)


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 6
Glasgow Caledonians: T Hayes; J Craig, C Simmers (A Collins 66 min), I Jardine, A Bulloch; L Smith (C Paterson 76 min), C Little; G McIlwham, G Scott, A Kittle (J Manson 67 min), S Campbell, G Perrett, G Flockhart (J Petrie 5 min), J Shaw, G Mackay.


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 6
Māori All Blacks: A Cashmore; G Osborne, C Ralph, D Gibson (N Berryman 52 min), J Kerr; R MacDonald (B Reihana 71 min), R Duggan; G Feek (L Lidgard 40 min), J Akurangi (S McFarland 68 min), K Meeuws, J Coe, D Waller, H Makiri (R Ford 75 min), G Marsh, D Muir.


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 7
Glasgow Caledonians: G Metcalfe; D Stark, A Collins, I Jardine, S Longstaff; L Smith (R Shepherd 69 mins), C Little; G McIlwham (J Manson 79 mins), G Scott, A Kittle (W Anderson 64 mins), S Campbell, G Perrett, R Wainwright, G Flockhart (M Waite 60 mins), G Mackay.


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Pre-season and friendlies, Match 7
Fiji: W Tuisese; I Tikomaimakogai, V Satala, L Koroi (L Little 55 mins), F Lasagavibau; N Little, J Raulini (S Rabaka 59 mins); D Rouse, G Smith, M Taga (N Qoro 66 mins), I Tawake, S Raiwalui, A Naevo, K Sewabu, A Naituyaga.


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, European Champions Cup
The previous year's Scottish Inter-District Championship produced a tight finish and Glasgow were just pipped to first place by Caledonia Reds. The second place achieved in the Scottish Inter-District was enough for Glasgow to be entered in the Heineken Cup for the new season 1997–98.


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, European Champions Cup
The pool matches saw Glasgow grouped alongside London Wasps; with former player Kenny Logan now starring for the English side. Logan was to put Glasgow to the sword over the two matches, scoring 3 tries against his old team. Nevertheless, Glasgow did well enough to get out the group and snatch a quarter final play-off place. However they were soundly beaten by the Leicester Tigers and their matches against English opposition showed the gulf of professionalism that then existed between Scotland and England.


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Scottish Inter-District Championship
With the merging of the 4 districts into 2; now only Glasgow and Edinburgh were involved in a championship. Glasgow Caledonians and Edinburgh Reivers then fought it out in a renamed Tri-Series sponsored by Tennents Velvet.


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Scottish Inter-District Championship
Three matches were played between the clubs. Edinburgh won the series, beating Glasgow 2–1. A league table is shown for completeness. Both teams entered the next year's Heineken Cup.


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Welsh Rugby Union Challenge Cup
Both Glasgow Caledonians and Edinburgh Reivers were invited into the WRU's Challenge Cup; along with the South African provincial sides Northern Bulls and Gauteng Falcons and the Romania national side (in Glasgow's pool) and Natal, the Canada national side and the Georgia national side (in Edinburgh's pool).


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Welsh Rugby Union Challenge Cup
The WRU constructed that year's tournament so that 8 Welsh teams are placed in two pools; 4 in each pool. The 4 Welsh sides in each pool then played the invited sides of that pool. The winners of each pool play a final; and the pool runners-up played a 3rd place play-off. Hence Glasgow (and Edinburgh and other invited sides) only played Welsh opposition in their pools.


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitions, Welsh Rugby Union Challenge Cup
Depending on results, the invited sides then would only play each other if they qualified out of their pools. Going into their last matches both Glasgow and Edinburgh had a chance to secure their pool runners up place. This would have meant a Glasgow - Edinburgh play-off in Wales! However Glasgow fell at the last hurdle. Although Edinburgh won their pool runners up spot they then pulled out of the 3rd place play-off against Bridgend due to their players' exhaustion.


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitive debuts this season
A player's nationality shown is taken from the nationality at the highest honour for the national side obtained; or if never capped internationally their place of birth. Senior caps take precedence over junior caps or place of birth; junior caps take precedence over place of birth. A player's nationality at debut may be different from the nationality shown. Combination sides like the British and Irish Lions or Pacific Islanders are not national sides, or nationalities.


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitive debuts this season
Players in BOLD font have been capped by their senior international XV side as nationality shown.


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitive debuts this season
Players in Italic font have capped either by their international 7s side; or by the international XV 'A' side as nationality shown.


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitive debuts this season
Players in normal font have not been capped at senior level.


1998–99 Glasgow Warriors season, Competitive debuts this season
A position in parentheses indicates that the player debuted as a substitute. A player may have made a prior debut for Glasgow Warriors in a non-competitive match, 'A' match or 7s match; these matches are not listed.


1998–99 Golden State Warriors season
The 1998–99 NBA season was the Warriors' 53rd season in the National Basketball Association, and 37th in the San Francisco Bay Area. In the 1998 NBA draft, the Warriors selected Vince Carter from the University of North Carolina with the fifth overall pick, but soon traded him to the Toronto Raptors for his college teammate Antawn Jamison. The team also acquired John Starks, Chris Mills and Terry Cummings from the New York Knicks during the offseason. Starks previously played for the Warriors during the 1988–89 season.


1998–99 Golden State Warriors season
After losing their first five games, the Warriors started to show signs of improvement in a lockout-shortened season cut to 50 games, winning four straight games, then hold a 6–6 start to the season. However, they played below .500 for the remainder  of the season, but won two more games than the previous year, finishing sixth in the Pacific Division with a 21–29 record.


1998–99 Golden State Warriors season
Starks led the team in scoring with a low team-high average of 13.8 points per game, while Jamison averaged 9.6 points and 6.4 rebounds per game, and was selected to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team. Following the season, Bimbo Coles was traded to the Atlanta Hawks, Muggsy Bogues signed as a free agent with the Toronto Raptors, Tony Delk signed with the Sacramento Kings, and Felton Spencer signed with the San Antonio Spurs.


1998–99 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team
The 1998–99 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University in the West Coast Conference (WCC) during the 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by second-year head coach Dan Monson, the Bulldogs were 22–6 (.786) overall in the regular season (12–2 in WCC, first), and played their home games on campus at the Charlotte Y. Martin Centre in Spokane, Washington.


1998–99 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team
The top-seeded Zags won the conference tournament at Santa Clara, and were seeded tenth in the West regional of the NCAA Tournament. Unranked and sent to Seattle, they recorded the program's first NCAA tournament wins with upsets of Minnesota and #7 Stanford, the region's second seed. In the Sweet Sixteen at Phoenix, Gonzaga edged sixth-seeded Florida by a point, but fell by five in the Elite Eight to third-ranked Connecticut, the eventual national champion, and finshed at 28–7 (.800).


1998–99 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final
The 1998–99 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final was an elite figure skating competition held in Saint Petersburg, Russia from March 5 through 7, 1999. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


1998–99 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final
The Grand Prix Final was the culminating event of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series, which consisted of Skate America, Skate Canada International, Sparkassen Cup on Ice, Trophée Lalique, Cup of Russia, and NHK Trophy competitions. The top six skaters from each discipline competed in the final.


1998–99 Greek Football Cup
The 1998–99 Greek Football Cup was the 57th edition of the Greek Football Cup. Olympiacos defeated Panathinaikos in the final on May 5, 1999.


1998–99 Greek Football Cup, Tournament details
In total, 60 teams participated: 18 from Alpha Ethniki, 18 from Beta, and 24 from Gamma. The competition was held over six rounds, included the final. The first three rounds were single elimination matches. AEK Athens and PAOK, both of the Alpha Ethniki, were eliminated by lower division teams Poseidon Michaniona and Panserraikos respectively. As is typically seen in this tournament, half of the eight quarter-final teams came from Beta Ethniki. They were Kalamata, Panserraikos, Athinaikos and ILTEX Lykoi.


1998–99 Greek Football Cup, Tournament details
The final was contested in Athens at Olympic Stadium on May 5, 1999, by the eternal enemies, Olympiacos and Panathinaikos. They had last met in the Greek Cup Final in 1992–93. Panathinaikos had earlier eliminated Cup holders Panionios in the first round while Olympiacos had eliminated Ionikos by an impressive 4–7 score in the third round. Olympiacos won 2–0, their 20th Cup win. With the victory, Olympiacos achieved the Double for the first time in 18 years. With the Cup final loss, Panathinaikos became the first team to lose the Cup final three times in a row.


1998–99 Greek Football Cup, Quarter-finals
First legs were held on January 27, February 10–11, 1999 and second legs on February 17–18.


1998–99 Greek Football Cup, Semi-finals
First legs were held on April 6–7, 1999, while second were held on 13th-14th.


1998–99 Greek Football Cup, Final
The 55th Greek Cup Final was played at the Olympic Stadium.


1998–99 Grimsby Town F.C. season
During the 1998–99 English football season, Grimsby Town F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.


1998–99 Grimsby Town F.C. season, Season summary
Grimsby had a great first season back in the First Division after relegation two seasons ago, finishing in a satisfying 11th place, with club captain Groves being their top scorer with 15 in all competitions.


1998–99 Grimsby Town F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 Guildford Flames season
The 1998–99 season, was the Guildford Flames' seventh year of ice hockey. The Guildford Flames competed in the British National League.


1998–99 Guildford Flames season
The Guildford Flames continued on from the previous season with 'Inferno' a weekly television show that aired on ONTV CableTel. The show aired on Friday nights from 6-8pm and featured exclusive TV coverage of all Guildford Flames' BNL home fixtures, with commentary from Fred Perlini and Andy Sparks.


1998–99 Guildford Flames season
The highlight of Guildford's season was their Benson & Hedges Plate final victory over the Telford Tigers in December 1998. The New Year brought bad luck for the Flames as in January 1999 the club crashed to defeat in both legs of their Christmas Cup semi-final against the Peterborough Pirates and lost netminder Jamey Organ for the remainder of the season after he suffered a double break in an ankle.


1998–99 HNK Hajduk Split season
The 1998–99 season was the 88th season in Hajduk Split’s history and their eighth in the Prva HNL. Their 2nd place finish in the 1997–98 season meant it was their 8th successive season playing in the Prva HNL.


1998–99 HNK Rijeka season
The 1998–99 season was the 53rd season in Rijeka's history. It was their 8th season in the Prva HNL and 25th successive top tier season.


1998–99 HNK Rijeka season, Matches, Squad statistics
Competitive matches only. Appearances in brackets indicate numbers of times the player came on as a substitute.


1998–99 Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey season
The Harvard Crimson finished with a win-loss record of 33 wins and 1 loss. Of the 31 wins, the Crimson won 30 consecutive games to close the season. The final game of that 30 game streak was a 6-5 overtime victory over the New Hampshire Wildcats women's ice hockey program in the AWCHA national championship game. During the season, the Crimson would win the Beanpot and Ivy League title. In addition, the Crimson won their first ECAC regular-season and tournament championships.


1998–99 Hazfi Cup
The Hazfi Cup 1998–99 was the 12th staging of Iran's football knockout competition.


1998–99 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season
The 1998–99 season was Heart of Midlothian F.C. 's 16th consecutive season in the top level of Scottish football, the new Scottish Premier League, formed by the clubs from the previous season's Scottish Premier Division. Hearts also competed in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Scottish Cup and League Cup.


1998–99 Heineken Cup
The 1998–99 Heineken Cup was the fourth edition of the Heineken Cup. Competing teams from France, Ireland, Italy, Wales, and Scotland, were divided into four pools of four, in which teams played home and away matches against each other. Cardiff and Swansea did not compete due to a dispute with their union, the Welsh Rugby Union, whereas teams from England did not compete due to a dispute between European Rugby and the Rugby Football Union. The pool winners and runners-up qualified for the knock-out stages.


1998–99 Heineken Cup, Pool stage
In the pool matches teams received 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a defeat.


1998–99 Hellenic Football League
The 1998–99 Hellenic Football League season was the 46th in the history of the Hellenic Football League, a football competition in England.


1998–99 Hellenic Football League, Premier Division
The Premier Division featured 18 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with one new club:


1998–99 Hellenic Football League, Division One
Division One featured 15 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs:


1998–99 Hertha BSC season
The 1998–99 Hertha BSC season started on 16 August 1998 against Werder Bremen and ended on 29 May 1999.