Huddersfield Town F.C. season 1998-99

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Huddersfield Town
Season 1998-99
Manager	Peter Jackson
Chairman	Barry Rubery
League	Division One
Final league position	10th
FA Cup	Fifth Round
Worthington Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Marcus Stewart (22) All: Marcus Stewart (26)
Highest home attendance	21,629 vs Derby County (13 February 1999)
Lowest home attendance	3,988 vs Mansfield Town (11 August 1998)

Huddersfield Town's 1998-99 campaign was Town's full season with Peter Jackson at the helm. At the end of the season in which Town finished a respectable 10th place. But within a day of the end of the season, owner Barry Rubery sacked Peter Jackson to the shock of just about every Huddersfield Town fan.

Contents 1 Squad at the start of the season 2 Review 3 Squad at the end of the season 4 Results 4.1 Division One 4.2 FA Cup 4.3 Worthington Cup

[edit] Squad at the start of the season

No. Position Player -- GK Steve Francis -- GK Nico Vaesen -- DF Sam Collins -- DF Tom Cowan -- DF Jon Dyson -- DF Darren Edmondson -- DF Rob Edwards -- DF Kevin Gray -- DF Thomas Heary -- DF Sean Hessey -- DF Steve Jenkins -- DF Andy Morrison -- MF Simon Baldry

No. Position Player -- MF David Beresford -- MF Marcus Browning -- MF Paul Dalton -- MF Barry Horne -- MF Grant Johnson -- MF David Phillips -- MF Lee Richardson -- MF Ben Thornley -- FW Wayne Allison -- FW Paul Barnes -- FW Delroy Facey -- FW Ian Lawson -- FW Marcus Stewart

[edit] Review

Among the summer transfers brought in by manager Peter Jackson was Belgian goalkeeper Nico Vaesen, who was sent off on his debut after just 9 minutes against Bury, but after that made some exceptional performances in the Town net, which helped Town reach top spot in September and October. During that time, Town played Sunderland, which at the time saw a record 20,241 at a match at the McAlpine Stadium. (That would be eclipsed by the 21,629 that saw Town play Derby County in the FA Cup 5th round in February.)

Even though Town were top of the table, their away form was very mediocre at best. This was probably proven by their 7-1 loss to Barnsley in November (They were 6-0 down at half-time and to make matters worse the game was shown on Sky Sports!) Town did however have a good run in the FA Cup which culminated in a 5th round match against Premier League side Derby County. They eventually lost 3-1 in the replay at Pride Park.

A play-off place eventually faded following a horrible end to the season, which saw them win only 1 of their last 11 matches, although that was a 3-2 win against local rivals Bradford City at Valley Parade. They finished 10th at the end of the season, but then owner Barry Rubery sacked him a day after the end of the season, where he was replaced by Steve Bruce.

[edit] Squad at the end of the season

No. Position Player -- GK Phil Senior -- GK Nico Vaesen -- DF Sam Collins -- DF Jon Dyson -- DF Darren Edmondson -- DF Rob Edwards -- DF Kevin Gray -- DF Thomas Heary -- DF Steve Jenkins -- DF Jamie Vincent -- MF Craig Armstrong -- MF Simon Baldry -- MF Chris Beech

No. Position Player -- MF David Beresford -- MF Paul Dalton -- MF Barry Horne -- MF Grant Johnson -- MF Dwayne Mattis -- MF Lee Richardson -- MF Ben Thornley -- FW Wayne Allison -- FW Delroy Facey -- FW Ian Lawson -- FW Danny Schofield -- FW Marcus Stewart

[edit] Results

[edit] Division One

Date	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result F - A	Scorers	Attendance
8 August 1998	Bury	A	0 - 1		7,659
15 August 1998	Port Vale	H	2 - 1	Dalton [40], Stewart [60]	9,930
22 August 1998	Grimsby Town	A	0 - 1		6,974
29 August 1998	Portsmouth	H	3 - 3	Stewart [45, 84], Allison [89]	10,085
31 August 1998	Bristol City	A	2 - 1	Horne [48], Stewart [52]	11,801
5 September 1998	Sheffield United	H	1 - 0	Allison [88]	12,192
8 September 1998	Watford	H	2 - 0	Stewart [21], Allison [41]	9,811
11 September 1998	Tranmere Rovers	A	3 - 2	Stewart [21], Allison [45, 69]	5,770
19 September 1998	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2 - 1	Dalton [19], Thornley [90]	13,854
26 September 1998	Bolton Wanderers	A	0 - 3		20,971
29 September 1998	Stockport County	A	1 - 1	Allison [40]	8,023
3 October 1998	Oxford United	H	2 - 0	Dalton [24], Stewart [33]	10,968
9 October 1998	Swindon Town	A	0 - 3		8,316
17 October 1998	Queens Park Rangers	H	2 - 0	Edwards [12], Thornley [48]	11,276
21 October 1998	Sunderland	H	1 - 1	Stewart [28]	20,241
24 October 1998	Norwich City	A	1 - 4	Beresford [59]	15,403
31 October 1998	Birmingham City	A	1 - 1	Stewart [61]	14,468
7 November 1998	Ipswich Town	H	2 - 2	Edwards [65], Allison [74]	14,240
14 November 1998	West Bromwich Albion	A	1 - 3	Beresford [6]	13,626
21 November 1998	Bradford City	H	2 - 1	Barnes [70], Johnson [72]	18,173
27 November 1998	Barnsley	A	1 - 7	Facey [74]	16,648
5 December 1998	Crystal Palace	H	4 - 0	Stewart [15, 24, 81], Facey [90]	10,453
12 December 1998	West Bromwich Albion	H	0 - 3		11,947
19 December 1998	Crewe Alexandra	A	2 - 1	Stewart [13, 48]	5,102
26 December 1998	Grimsby Town	H	2 - 0	Stewart [53], Beech [65]	16,186
28 December 1998	Sheffield United	A	1 - 2	Stewart [67 (pen)]	17,359
9 January 1999	Bury	H	2 - 2	Allison [32], Johnson [83]	10,788
16 January 1999	Portsmouth	A	0 - 1		10,334
30 January 1999	Bristol City	H	2 - 2	Phillips [3], Johnson [59]	13,934
6 February 1999	Port Vale	A	0 - 2		6,499
16 February 1999	Watford	A	1 - 1	Beech [71]	10,303
20 February 1999	Tranmere Rovers	H	0 - 0		11,411
27 February 1999	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2 - 2	Gray [59], Hamilton [90]	21,778
2 March 1999	Bolton Wanderers	H	3 - 2	Stewart [36], Johnson [41], Armstrong [46]	13,867
6 March 1999	Stockport County	H	3 - 0	Stewart [64 (pen), 68], Jenkins [72]	11,914
9 March 1999	Oxford United	A	2 - 2	Thornley [29], Stewart [86 (pen)]	6,034
13 March 1999	Ipswich Town	A	0 - 3		17,170
20 March 1999	Birmingham City	H	1 - 1	Facey [55]	14,667
24 March 1999	Norwich City	H	1 - 1	Hughes [83 (og)]	9,717
3 April 1999	Queens Park Rangers	A	1 - 1	Lawson [79]	11,113
5 April 1999	Swindon Town	H	1 - 2	Lawson [80]	11,719
10 April 1999	Sunderland	A	0 - 2		41,074
17 April 1999	Bradford City	A	3 - 2	Stewart [22], Allison [24], Thornley [36]	15,124
24 April 1999	Barnsley	H	0 - 1		15,353
1 May 1999	Crystal Palace	A	2 - 2	Dyson [33], Stewart [40 (pen)]	17,282
9 May 1999	Crewe Alexandra	H	0 - 0		15,105

[edit] FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result F - A	Scorers	Attendance
2 January 1999	Round 3	Queens Park Rangers	A	1 - 0	Allison [42]	11,685
23 January 1999	Round 4	Wrexham	A	1 - 1	Allison [22]	8,714
3 February 1999	Round 4 Replay	Wrexham	H	2 - 1	Stewart [20], Thornley [28]	15,427
13 February 1999	Round 5	Derby County	H	2 - 2	Beech [42], Stewart [71]	21,629
24 February 1999	Round 5 Replay	Derby County	A	1 - 3	Beech [15]	28,704

[edit] Worthington Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result F - A	Scorers	Attendance
11 August 1998	Round 1 1st Leg	Mansfield Town	H	3 - 2	Johnson [18], Allison [74], Dalton [81 (pen)]	3,988
18 August 1998	Round 1 2nd Leg	Mansfield Town	A	1 - 1	Stewart [28]	2,936 Huddersfield won 4-3 on aggregate
15 September 1998	Round 2 1st Leg	Everton	H	1 - 1	Allison [45]	15,395
23 September 1998	Round 2 2nd Leg	Everton	A	1 - 2	Stewart [1]	18,718 Huddersfield lost 3-2 on aggregate

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