1998–99 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season

In the 1998–99 season, local-lad and lifetime fan Lee Hughes scored 31 times in the league to finish as top goalscorer in all four English divisions, but the Baggies finished only 12th and Smith was sacked in the summer of 1999.^[1]

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

West Bromwich Albion's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
8 August 1998	Barnsley	A	2–2	18,114	Sneekes, Quinn
15 August 1998	Sheffield United	H	4–1	16,901	Carbon, Kilbane, Hughes (2)
22 August 1998	Port Vale	A	3–0	8,146	Hughes (3)
29 August 1998	Norwich City	H	2–0	17,401	de Freitas (2)
31 August 1998	Grimsby Town	A	1–5	7,931	Sneekes
8 September 1998	Bolton Wanderers	H	2–3	15,789	Flynn, Kilbane
13 September 1998	Bristol City	A	3–1	13,761	Hughes (2), Quinn
20 September 1998	Bradford City	H	0–2	12,426
26 September 1998	Stockport County	A	2–2	8,804	Hughes (2)
29 September 1998	Oxford United	A	0–3	7,437
4 October 1998	Watford	H	4–1	11,840	Kilbane, Hughes (2), de Freitas
18 October 1998	Sunderland	H	2–3	14,746	Hughes (2)
21 October 1998	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–0	11,842	Evans, Murphy
24 October 1998	Swindon Town	A	2–2	8,967	Hughes, Flynn
31 October 1998	Ipswich Town	A	0–2	15,568
3 November 1998	Crystal Palace	H	3–2	11,606	Hughes (3, 1 pen)
7 November 1998	Birmingham City	H	1–3	19,472	Carbon
14 November 1998	Huddersfield Town	H	3–1	13,626	Hughes (3, 1 pen)
21 November 1998	Portsmouth	A	1–2	11,144	Hughes
29 November 1998	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–0	22,682	Kilbane, Murphy
5 December 1998	Bury	A	0–2	5,007
8 December 1998	Crewe Alexandra	A	1–1	5,007	Hughes (pen)
12 December 1998	Huddersfield Town	A	3–0	11,947	Quinn (2), Hughes
19 December 1998	Tranmere Rovers	H	0–2	13,966
26 December 1998	Port Vale	H	3–2	14,929	Murphy, Bortolazzi, Hughes (pen)
28 December 1998	Crystal Palace	A	1–1	19,137	Hughes
9 January 1999	Barnsley	H	2–0	15,029	Murphy, Hughes
16 January 1999	Norwich City	A	1–1	15,411	Bortolazzi
23 January 1999	Watford	A	2–0	11,664	Sneekes, Angel
30 January 1999	Grimsby Town	H	1–1	17,843	Hughes
6 February 1999	Sheffield United	A	0–3	16,566
13 February 1999	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–2	20,657	de Freitas
20 February 1999	Bristol City	H	2–2	16,490	Hughes (2)
27 February 1999	Bradford City	A	0–1	14,278
2 March 1999	Stockport County	H	3–1	11,801	Kilbane, de Freitas, Hughes
6 March 1999	Oxford United	H	2–0	13,875	Quinn, Maresca
13 March 1999	Birmingham City	A	0–4	29,060
20 March 1999	Ipswich Town	H	0–1	15,552
3 April 1999	Sunderland	A	0–3	41,135
5 April 1999	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–5	12,308	Sneekes
10 April 1999	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–2	11,158	Kilbane
13 April 1999	Swindon Town	H	1–1	9,601	Hughes
17 April 1999	Portsmouth	H	2–2	12,750	Maresca, Quinn
25 April 1999	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–1	27,038	Evans
1 May 1999	Bury	H	1–0	12,918	de Freitas
9 May 1999	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–3	10,540	de Freitas

FA Cup

Main article: 1998–99 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	2 January 1999	Bournemouth	A	0–1	10,881

League Cup

Main article: 1998–99 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	11 August 1998	Brentford	H	2–1	8,460	Evans, Hughes
R1 2nd Leg	18 August 1998	Brentford	A	0–3 (lost 2–4 on agg)	4,664

Squad

Squad at end of season^[3]

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Chris Adamson
		GK	Alan Miller
		GK	Phil Whitehead
		GK	Neil Wypior
		DF	Daryl Burgess
		DF	Matt Carbon
		DF	Paul Holmes
		DF	Graham Potter
		DF	Paul Raven
		DF	Danny Gabbidon
		DF	Paul Mardon^[4]
		DF	Andy McDermott
		DF	Shaun Murphy
		DF	Jason van Blerk

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Sean Flynn
		MF	Kevin Kilbane^[5]
		MF	Mario Bortolazzi
		MF	Enzo Maresca
		MF	Richard Sneekes
		FW	Mark Angel
		FW	Lee Hughes
		FW	Adam Oliver
		FW	Brian Quailey
		FW	Justin Richards
		FW	James Quinn^[6]
		FW	Mickey Evans^[7]
		FW	Fabian de Freitas

References

↑ "Football: Denis booted out.". The Free Library. Daily Record. 28 July 1999. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/west-bromwich-albion/1998-1999
↑ http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=2744&teamTabs=stats&season_id=128
↑ Mardon was born in Bristol, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in 1995.
↑ Kilbane was born in Preston, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in September 1997.
↑ Quinn was born in Coventry, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1996.
↑ Evans was born in Plymouth, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 1997.

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Second Division	Bournemouth Blackpool Bristol Rovers Burnley Chesterfield Colchester United Fulham Gillingham Lincoln City Luton Town Macclesfield Town Manchester City Millwall Northampton Town Notts County Oldham Athletic Preston North End Reading Stoke City Walsall Wigan Athletic Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers York City

Third Division	Barnet Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Cambridge United Cardiff City Carlisle United Chester City Darlington Exeter City Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hull City Leyton Orient Mansfield Town Peterborough United Plymouth Argyle Rochdale Rotherham United Scarborough Scunthorpe United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swansea City Torquay United

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