1998–99 Coventry City F.C. season 1998–99 Coventry City F.C. season During the 1998–99 English football season, Coventry City competed in the FA Premier League. Coventry City finished 15th in the Premiership – four places lower than last season – but were never in any real danger of being relegated, despite the loss of key striker Dion Dublin to local rivals Aston Villa. The biggest news of Coventry's season was the announcement of a move to a new 45,000-seat stadium at Foleshill, which was anticipated to be ready by 2002. Manager Gordon Strachan then signed Moroccan international football star Mustapha Hadji, knowing that it would be
Dion Scott (English footballer) Dion Scott (English footballer) Dion Elijah Scott (born 24 December 1980) is an English footballer who played in the Football League for Walsall, where he began his career, and Kidderminster Harriers, for whom he scored his only League goal, an 83rd-minute header to equalise away to Carlisle United in the Third Division. A defender, he was also on the books of Mansfield Town, where injury prevented his playing for them in the League, and appeared in non-league football for teams including Boston United (in two spells), Nuneaton Borough, AFC Telford United, Wernley Athletic, Sutton Coldfield Town, Oldbury Athletic. and Tividale.