1998–99 Newcastle United F.C. season

Newcastle United
1998–99 season
Chairman Freddy Shepherd
Manager Kenny Dalglish
Ruud Gullitt
Stadium St James' Park
FA Carling Premiership 13th
Cup Winners' Cup First round
FA Cup Runners-up
League Cup Fourth round
Top goalscorer League:
Alan Shearer (14)
All:
Alan Shearer (21)
Average home attendance 36,665
Home colours
Away colours

In the 1998–99 season, Newcastle United competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons). Newcastle's season was an almost carbon copy of the one before. They finished 13th in the Premiership and lost in the FA Cup final to enter Europe because the winning side had already qualified for the Champions League.

Just after the season started, Kenny Dalglish paid for Newcastle's sub-standard league performances with his job. The task was given to Ruud Gullit to turn things round, but he could not improve on the club's previous league finish of 13th. A dismal league position put them below local rivals Middlesbrough as well as other unfancied sides including Derby County and Sheffield Wednesday.

Contents

Season summary

A poor start to the 1998/99 season led to Kenny Dalglish being sacked.[1] Ruud Gullit, a trophy winning manager with Chelsea a few years previously, was put in charge.[2] The team again started promisingly, but was knocked out of the Cup Winners' Cup in the first round.

Gullit made some high profile mistakes in the transfer market (notably, Spanish defender Marcelino and forward Silvio Maric bore the brunt of supporters frustrations). Less forgivably, he also fell out with several senior players, including the club captain Rob Lee, who had been the heartbeat of the team for the previous half decade, and was initially not given a squad number.[3]

Newcastle made it to the 1998–99 FA Cup final, their second final in successive seasons. This time around they were to lose to Manchester United 2-0.[4]

Because the FA Cup winners had already won European qualification, this meant Newcastle reached Europe for the fourth season running: this time the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup, due to the discontinuation of the Cup Winners' Cup.

Gullit resigned shortly after the start of the 1999-2000 season.[5]

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Name From Fee
June 1998 MF Georgios Georgiadis Panathinaikos £500,000
June 1998 GK Lionel Pérez Sunderland Free
June 1998 FW Stéphane Guivarc'h Auxerre £3,500,000
July 1998 DF Carl Serrant Oldham Athletic £500,000
July 1998 MF Garry Brady Tottenham Hotspur £650,000
July 1998 DF Laurent Charvet Cannes £750,000
August 1998 MF Dietmar Hamann Bayern Munich £4,500,000
August 1998 MF Nolberto Solano Boca Juniors £2,500,000
 ? FW Louis Saha Metz Loan
 ? DF Didier Domi PSG £4,000,000
 ? MF Silvio Marić Croatia Zagreb £3,650,000
 ? FW Duncan Ferguson Everton £8,000,000

Out

Date Pos. Name From Fee
June 1998 FW Jon Dahl Tomasson Feyenoord £2,500,000
June 1998 DF Darren Peacock Blackburn Rovers £100,000
July 1998 GK Shaka Hislop West Ham United Free
July 1998 GK Pavel Srníček Banik Ostrava Free

Note: due to unreferencing of dates from source, some transfers are not listed.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Shay Given
2 DF Warren Barton
3 DF Stuart Pearce
4 DF Didier Domi
5 DF Alessandro Pistone
6 DF Steve Howey
7 MF Rob Lee
8 FW Stéphane Guivarc'h
9 FW Alan Shearer
10 MF Silvio Marić
11 MF Gary Speed
12 MF Dietmar Hamann
13 GK Steve Harper
14 MF Temuri Ketsbaia
15 MF Georgios Georgiadis
16 DF Laurent Charvet
17 MF Stephen Glass
18 FW Louis Saha
19 DF Steve Watson
20 FW Duncan Ferguson
No. Position Player
21 DF Carl Serrant
22 MF Des Hamilton
23 GK Lionel Pérez
24 MF Nolberto Solano
25 FW Paul Dalglish
26 MF David Burt
27 DF Philippe Albert
28 DF Aaron Hughes
29 MF Garry Brady
30 DF Paddy Kelly
31 MF Stuart Elliott
32 MF Ralf Keidel
33 DF David Beharall
34 DF Nikos Dabizas
35 FW Paul Robinson
36 MF Jamie McClen
37 DF Steven Caldwell
38 DF Andy Griffin
39 GK Peter Keen
40 FW Andreas Andersson

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
4 MF David Batty (to Leeds United)
10 MF John Barnes (to Charlton Athletic)
No. Position Player
18 MF Keith Gillespie (to Blackburn Rovers)

Appearances, goals and cards

(Substitute appearances in brackets)
No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Shay Given 31 0 6 0 2 0 2 0 41 0 0 1
2 DF Warren Barton 18 (6) 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 24 (6) 0 5 0
3 DF Stuart Pearce 12 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 16 0 1 1
4 MF David Batty 6 (2) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 9 (2) 0 4 0
4 DF Didier Domi 14 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 1 0
5 DF Alessandro Pistone 2 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 (1) 0 1 0
6 DF Steve Howey 14 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 1 0
7 MF Rob Lee 20 (6) 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 24 (6) 0 6 0
8 MF Stéphane Guivarc'h 2 (2) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 (2) 1 0 0
9 FW Alan Shearer 29 (1) 14 6 5 2 1 2 1 39 (1) 21 7 0
10 MF John Barnes 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0
10 MF Silvio Marić 9 (1) 0 1 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 10 (3) 0 1 0
11 MF Gary Speed 34 (3) 4 6 1 1 (1) 0 2 0 43 (4) 5 8 0
12 MF Dietmar Hamann 22 (1) 4 7 1 1 0 0 0 30 (1) 5 7 1
13 GK Steve Harper 7 (1) 0 1 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 8 (2) 0 0 0
14 MF Temuri Ketsbaia 14 (12) 5 6 3 0 0 2 0 22 (12) 8 2 0
15 MF Georgios Georgiadis 7 (3) 0 0 (2) 1 1 0 0 0 8 (5) 1 2 0
16 DF Laurent Charvet 30 (1) 1 5 0 1 0 2 0 38 (1) 1 3 0
17 MF Stephen Glass 18 (4) 3 2 (2) 0 2 0 2 0 24 (6) 3 1 0
18 MF Keith Gillespie 5 (2) 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 5 (3) 0 0 0
18 FW Louis Saha 5 (6) 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 (6) 2 1 0
19 DF Steve Watson 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 0
20 FW Duncan Ferguson 7 2 0 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 7 (2) 2 0 0
21 DF Carl Serrant 3 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 (1) 0 1 0
22 DF Des Hamilton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 GK Lionel Pérez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 MF Nolberto Solano 24 (4) 6 7 0 1 0 1 (1) 0 33 (5) 6 3 0
25 FW Paul Dalglish 6 (5) 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 8 (5) 2 2 0
26 MF David Burt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 DF Philippe Albert 3 (3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 3 (4) 0 2 0
28 DF Aaron Hughes 12 (2) 0 1 (1) 0 1 0 0 0 14 (3) 0 1 0
29 MF Garry Brady 3 (6) 0 2 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 5 (7) 0 0 0
30 DF Paddy Kelly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 MF Stuart Elliott 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF Ralf Keidel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DF David Beharall 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
34 DF Nikos Dabizas 25 (5) 3 6 0 2 0 2 1 35 (5) 4 8 2
35 FW Paul Robinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 MF Jamie McClen 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
37 DF Steven Caldwell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 DF Andy Griffin 14 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 19 0 2 0
39 GK Peter Keen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 FW Andreas Andersson 10 (4) 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 (4) 2 0 0

Starting 11

Matches

Pre-season

Premier League

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

FA Cup

League Cup

References

External links