1998–99 Swindon Town F.C. season

Swindon Town
1998–99 season
Chairman	Rikki Hunt
Manager	Steve McMahon (until 23 September) Mike Walsh (caretaker 23 September - 2 October) Jimmy Quinn (from 2 October)
Stadium	County Ground
First Division	17th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	Onoura (20)
Average home league attendance	6,651
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

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

Season summary

When the 1998–99 season kicked off, Swindon failed to win their first five games, scoring just three goals and the calls for McMahon's sacking began to be heard. Chairman Rikki Hunt and McMahon seemed united – McMahon saying he wouldn't resign, Hunt saying he wouldn't sack him. Two consecutive derby wins, against Bristol City and Oxford, only strengthened their position. This was followed by a 5–2 defeat at Portsmouth – and when Watford then won 4–1 at the County Ground, the fans held an on-pitch protest, sitting in the centre circle at the end of the match, demonstrating that both McMahon and Hunt should resign. McMahon left the club "by mutual consent".^[1] Jimmy Quinn was appointed as McMahon's replacement and managed to keep Swindon in the division with the club finishing the season in 17th place.^[2]

Final league table

Main article: 1998–99 Football League

Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	Sunderland	46	31	12	3	91	28	105
2.	Bradford City	46	26	9	11	82	47	87
3.	Ipswich Town	46	26	8	12	69	32	86
4.	Birmingham City	46	23	12	11	66	37	81
5.	Watford	46	21	14	11	65	56	77
6.	Bolton Wanderers	46	20	16	10	78	59	76
7.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	19	16	11	64	43	73
8.	Sheffield United	46	18	13	15	71	66	67
9.	Norwich City	46	15	17	14	62	61	62
10.	Huddersfield Town	46	15	16	15	62	71	61
11.	Grimsby Town	46	17	10	19	40	52	61
12.	West Bromwich Albion	46	16	11	19	69	76	59
13.	Barnsley	46	14	17	15	59	56	59
14.	Crystal Palace	46	14	16	16	58	71	58
15.	Tranmere Rovers	46	12	20	14	63	61	56
16.	Stockport County	46	12	17	17	49	60	53
17.	Swindon Town	46	13	11	22	59	81	50
18.	Crewe Alexandra	46	12	12	22	54	78	48
19.	Portsmouth	46	11	14	21	57	73	47
20.	Queens Park Rangers	46	12	11	23	52	61	47
21.	Port Vale	46	13	8	25	45	75	47
22.	Bury	46	10	17	19	35	60	47
23.	Oxford United	46	10	14	22	48	71	44
24.	Bristol City	46	9	15	22	57	80	42

Key
Promoted to the Premier League
Qualified for the promotion playoff
Relegated to Division 2

NB In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference

Results

Swindon Town's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
8 August 1998	Sheffield United	A	1-2	15,937	Holdsworth (own goal)
15 August 1998	Sunderland	H	1-1	10,207	Onoura
22 August 1998	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-1	21,537
29 August 1998	Port Vale	H	1-1	7,800	Hall
31 August 1998	Bury	A	0-3	4,513
5 September 1998	Bristol City	H	3-2	8,537	Walters, Ndah, Onoura
9 September 1998	Oxford United	H	4-1	8,305	Ndah (2), Onoura (2)
12 September 1998	Portsmouth	A	2-5	10,105	Onoura, Ndah
19 September 1998	Watford	H	1-4	8,781	Ndah
25 September 1998	Tranmere Rovers	A	0-0	5,501
29 September 1998	Bolton Wanderers	A	1-2	16,497	Onoura
3 October 1998	Stockport County	H	2-3	7,961	Onoura, Walters
9 October 1998	Huddersfield Town	H	3-0	8,316	Onoura, Walters, Bullock
17 October 1998	Ipswich Town	A	0-1	13,212
20 October 1998	Birmingham City	A	1-1	19,485	Gooden
24 October 1998	West Bromwich Albion	H	2-2	8,967	Hall, Walters
31 October 1998	Queens Park Rangers	H	3-1	8,500	Walters (2), Onoura
7 November 1998	Crewe Alexandra	A	2-0	4,469	Onoura (2)
14 November 1998	Bradford City	A	0-3	14,897
21 November 1998	Crystal Palace	H	2-0	11,718	Walters, Ndah
28 November 1998	Grimsby Town	A	0-1	8,657
5 December 1998	Norwich City	H	1-1	9,262	Walters
12 December 1998	Bradford City	H	1-4	7,447	Onoura
19 December 1998	Barnsley	A	3-1	15,342	Onoura (2), Hay
26 December 1998	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-0	11,627	Onoura
28 December 1998	Bristol City	A	1-3	16,257	Ndah
9 January 1999	Sheffield United	H	2-2	7,583	Ndah, Onoura
16 January 1999	Port Vale	A	1-0	5,405	Ndah
30 January 1999	Bury	H	1-1	7,797	West (own goal)
6 February 1999	Sunderland	A	0-2	41,304
13 February 1999	Oxford United	A	0-2	8,179
20 February 1999	Portsmouth	H	3-3	10,110	Hay (2), Onoura
26 February 1999	Watford	A	1-0	8,692	Howe
3 March 1999	Tranmere Rovers	H	2-3	5,726	Ndah, Reeves
6 March 1999	Bolton Wanderers	H	3-3	8,392	Howe, Hay, Walters
9 March 1999	Stockport County	A	1-2	6,098	Walters
13 March 1999	Crewe Alexandra	H	1-2	7,434	Hay
20 March 1999	Queens Park Rangers	A	0-4	11,184
3 April 1999	Ipswich Town	H	0-6	10,337
5 April 1999	Huddersfield Town	A	2-1	11,719	Howe, Hay
10 April 1999	Birmingham City	H	0-1	8,896
13 April 1999	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-1	9,601	Ndah
17 April 1999	Crystal Palace	A	1-0	18,660	Onoura
24 April 1999	Grimsby Town	H	2-0	7,197	Onoura, Ndah
1 May 1999	Norwich City	A	1-2	17,307	Onoura
9 May 1999	Barnsley	H	1-3	8,182	Griffin

FA Cup

Main article: 1998–99 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	2 January 1999	Barnsley	H	0-0	8,016
R3R	19 January 1999	Barnsley	A	1-3	10,510	Walters

League Cup

Main article: 1998–99 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	12 August 1998	Wycombe Wanderers	H	2-1	4,682	Reeves, Ndah
R1 2nd Leg	18 August 1998	Wycombe Wanderers	A	0-2 (lost 2-3 on agg)	2,478

Squad

^[4] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
-	GK	Frank Talia
-	DF	Brian Borrows
-	DF	Gareth Hall
-	DF	Mark Robinson
-	DF	Alan Reeves
-	MF	Ty Gooden
-	MF	Mark Walters
-	MF	Scott Leitch
-	MF	Bobby Howe
-	FW	Iffy Onoura
-	FW	George Ndah
-	FW	Chris Hay
-	DF	Sol Davis
-	MF	Darren Bullock
-	GK	Jimmy Glass
-	DF	Craig Taylor
-	DF	David Kerslake

No.	Position	Player
-	DF	Adam Willis
-	MF	Kevin Watson
-	MF	Robin Hulbert
-	DF	Des Linton (on loan from Peterborough United)
-	FW	Shayne Bradley (on loan from Southampton)
-	DF	Gareth Davies
-	MF	Philippe Cuervo
-	FW	Steve Cowe
-	MF	Lee Collins
-	FW	Charlie Griffin
-	DF	Jimmy Williams
-	MF	Frazer McHugh
-	DF	Sam Campagna
-	MF	Paul McAreavey
-	GK	Steve Mildenhall
-	MF	Peter Holcroft
-	MF	Jamie Mills

Left club during the season

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

No.		Position	Player
-		FW	Neale Fenn (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
-		MF	Darren Bullock (to Bury)

No.		Position	Player
-		DF	Phil King (to Brighton & Hove Albion)

References

↑ "McMahon walks out on Swindon". BBC Sport. 23 September 1998. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
↑ "Quinn takes Robins' perch". BBC Sport. 2 October 1998. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/swindon-town/1998-1999/results
↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/swindon-town/tab/players/season/1999

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