1998–99 Charlton Athletic F.C. season

Charlton Athletic

1998–99 season
Chairman	Richard Murray
Manager	Alan Curbishley
Stadium	The Valley
Premiership	18th (relegated)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	Mendonca (8)
Average home league attendance	19,816
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

During the 1998–99 English football season, Charlton Athletic competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Season summary

Back in the top flight after an eight-year exile, Charlton Athletic made a good start to the Premiership campaign and Alan Curbishley was voted Manager of the Month for August. Their form soon dipped, but they were never completely outclassed by the rest of the Premiership sides. In the end, they were the last team to make the drop following a late revival by Southampton.^[1] But Curbishley's job was still safe, as the board had every confidence in his ability to regain a hard-earned place among the elite for the Addicks.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1.	Manchester United	38	22	13	3	80	37	+43	79
2.	Arsenal	38	22	12	4	59	17	+42	78
3.	Chelsea	38	20	15	3	57	30	+27	75
4.	Leeds United	38	18	13	7	62	34	+28	67
5.	West Ham United	38	16	9	13	46	53	–7	57
6.	Aston Villa	38	15	10	13	55	51	+4	55
7.	Liverpool	38	15	9	14	68	49	+19	54
8.	Derby County	38	13	13	12	40	45	–5	52
9.	Middlesbrough	38	12	15	11	48	54	–6	51
10.	Leicester City	38	12	13	13	40	46	–6	49
11.	Tottenham Hotspur	38	11	14	13	47	50	–3	47
12.	Sheffield Wednesday	38	13	7	18	41	42	–1	46
13.	Newcastle United	38	11	13	14	48	54	–6	46
14.	Everton	38	11	10	17	42	47	–5	43
15.	Coventry City	38	11	9	18	39	51	–12	42
16.	Wimbledon	38	10	12	16	40	63	–23	42
17.	Southampton	38	11	8	19	37	64	–27	41
18.	Charlton Athletic	38	8	12	18	41	56	–15	36
19.	Blackburn Rovers	38	7	14	17	38	52	–14	35
20.	Nottingham Forest	38	7	9	22	35	69	–34	30

Key
Qualified for the Champions League
Qualified for the UEFA Cup
Relegated to Division 1

Results

Charlton Athletic's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
15 August 1998	Newcastle United	A	0–0	36,719
22 August 1998	Southampton	H	5–0	16,488	Robinson, Redfearn, Mendonca (3, 1 pen)
29 August 1998	Arsenal	A	0–0	38,014
9 September 1998	Manchester United	A	1–4	55,147	Kinsella
12 September 1998	Derby County	H	1–2	19,516	Mendonca (pen)
19 September 1998	Liverpool	A	3–3	44,526	Rufus, Mendonca, S Jones
26 September 1998	Coventry City	H	1–1	20,043	Hunt
3 October 1998	Nottingham Forest	A	1–0	22,661	Youds
17 October 1998	Chelsea	A	1–2	34,639	Youds
24 October 1998	West Ham United	H	4–2	20,043	Tiler, Mills, Hunt, Redfearn (pen)
2 November 1998	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–2	32,202	Hunt (2)
7 November 1998	Leicester City	H	0–0	20,021
14 November 1998	Middlesbrough	H	1–1	20,043	Mendonca (pen)
21 November 1998	Leeds United	A	1–4	32,487	Mortimer
28 November 1998	Everton	H	1–2	20,043	Kinsella
5 December 1998	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–1	22,568
12 December 1998	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–3	26,010
21 December 1998	Aston Villa	H	0–1	20,043
26 December 1998	Wimbledon	A	1–2	19,106	Redfearn
28 December 1998	Arsenal	H	0–1	20,043
9 January 1999	Southampton	A	1–3	15,222	Hunt
17 January 1999	Newcastle United	H	2–2	20,043	Brown, Pringle
31 January 1999	Manchester United	H	0–1	20,043
8 February 1999	Wimbledon	H	2–0	20,002	Pringle, Blackwell (own goal)
13 February 1999	Liverpool	H	1–0	20,043	K Jones
20 February 1999	Derby County	A	2–0	27,853	Hunt, Pringle
27 February 1999	Nottingham Forest	H	0–0	20,007
6 March 1999	Coventry City	A	1–2	20,259	Robinson
13 March 1999	Leicester City	A	1–1	20,220	Mendonca
3 April 1999	Chelsea	H	0–1	20,046
5 April 1999	West Ham United	A	1–0	26,041	Stuart
10 April 1999	Middlesbrough	A	0–2	34,529
17 April 1999	Leeds United	H	1–1	20,043	Stuart
20 April 1999	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–4	20,043	Kinsella
24 April 1999	Everton	A	1–4	40,089	Stuart
1 May 1999	Blackburn Rovers	H	0–0	20,041
8 May 1999	Aston Villa	A	4–3	37,705	Barry (own goal), Mendonca, Robinson, Mills
16 May 1999	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0–1	20,043

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	2 January 1999	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–2	16,631

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	16 September 1998	Queens Park Rangers	A	2–0	6,497	Newton, Harper (own goal)
R2 2nd Leg	22 September 1998	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–0 (won 3-0 on agg)	11,726	Youds
R3	27 October 1998	Leicester City	H	1–2	19,671	Mortimer

Squad

^[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Saša Ilić 2 DF Danny Mills 3 DF Chris Powell 4 MF Neil Redfearn 5 DF Richard Rufus 6 DF Eddie Youds 7 MF Shaun Newton 8 MF Mark Kinsella (captain) 9 FW Andy Hunt 10 FW Clive Mendonca 11 MF John Robinson 12 DF Steve Brown 13 GK Andy Petterson 14 DF Mark Bowen 15 MF Keith Jones 16 MF Paul Mortimer 17 FW Mark Bright 18 MF Matty Holmes 19 FW Steve Jones 20 DF Anthony Barness 22 FW Kevin Lisbie

No. Position Player 23 DF Carl Tiler 24 MF Kevin Nicholls 25 DF Gary Poole 26 DF Paul Konchesky 27 MF Scott Parker 28 GK Simon Royce 29 FW Bradley Allen 30 GK Mike Salmon 31 DF Anthony Allman 32 DF Jonathan Fortune 33 DF Kevin James 34 DF Matthew Lee 35 GK Paul Smith 36 MF Frazer Toms 37 DF John Barnes 38 DF David Tuttle (on loan from Crystal Palace) 39 FW Martin Pringle 40 MF Graham Stuart 41 MF Michael Beale

Left club during season

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

No. Position Player 13 GK Andy Petterson (on loan to Portsmouth) 21 MF Paul Emblen (to Wycombe Wanderers) 23 DF Stuart Balmer (to Wigan Athletic)

No. Position Player 37 DF Emeka Ifejiagwa (to Osasuna) - DF Lee Doherty (to Brighton & Hove Albion)

Reserve squad

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

No. Position Player - GK Sam Turner - MF Adrian Webster

No. Position Player - FW Charlie MacDonald - FW Mark McCammon

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
22 June 1998	DF	Chris Powell	Derby County	£800,000
25 June 1998	MF	Neil Redfearn	Barnsley	£1,000,000
1 July 1998	FW	Andy Hunt	West Bromwich Albion	Free transfer
2 July 1998	GK	Paul Smith	Walton and Hersham	Free transfer
29 September 1998	DF	Carl Tiler	Everton	£700,000
8 February 1999	DF	John Barnes	Newcastle United	Free transfer
5 March 1999	FW	Martin Pringle	Benfica	£800,000
9 March 1999	FW	Mark McCammon	Cambridge United	Undisclosed
23 March 1999	MF	Graham Stuart	Sheffield United	£1,100,000
25 May 1999	GK	Dean Kiely	Bury	£1,000,000

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
1 July 1998	DF	Phil Chapple	Peterborough United	Free transfer
17 September 1998	MF	Paul Emblen	Wycombe Wanderers	£60,000
18 September 1998	DF	Stuart Balmer	Wigan Athletic	£200,000
19 March 1999	DF	Lee Doherty	Brighton & Hove Albion	Undisclosed
24 May 1999	MF	Adrian Webster	Colchester United	Free transfer

Transfers in: £5,400,000

Transfers out: £260,000

Total spending: £5,140,000

Statistics

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[4][5]

• GK: #1, Saša Ilić, 26
• RB: #2, Danny Mills, 40
• CB: #5, Richard Rufus, 31
• CB: #23, Carl Tiler, 28
• LB: #3, Chris Powell, 42
• RM: #4, Neil Redfearn, 32
• CM: #8, Mark Kinsella, 40
• CM: #15, Keith Jones, 16 (#6, Eddie Youds has 25 starts as a central defender)
• LM: #11, John Robinson, 31
• CF: #9, Andy Hunt, 35
• CF: #10, Clive Mendonca, 22

References

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