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Birmingham City F.C.
1998–99 season
Chairman David Gold
Manager Trevor Francis
Ground St Andrew's
Division One 4th
Play-offs Semi-final (eliminated by Watford)
FA Cup Third round (eliminated by Leicester City)
League Cup Third round (eliminated by Wimbledon)
Top goalscorer
League: Dele Adebola, Paul Furlong (13)
All: Dele Adebola (17)
Highest home attendance 29,100 vs Watford, play-off semi-final, 20 May 1999
Lowest home attendance 3,443 vs Macclesfield Town, League Cup 2nd round, 22 September 1998
Average home league attendance 20,794[1]

← 1997–98


1999–2000 →


The 1998–99 season was Birmingham City Football Club's 96th in the Football League. They finished in fourth place in the Football League First Division, qualifying for the promotion play-offs, in which they were eliminated in the semi-final by Watford in a penalty shootout. Birmingham lost to Leicester City in the third round of the FA Cup and to Wimbledon in the third round of the Football League Cup.




Contents






  • 1 Football League First Division


    • 1.1 Match details


    • 1.2 League table (part)


    • 1.3 Results summary


    • 1.4 Play-offs




  • 2 FA Cup


  • 3 League Cup


  • 4 Transfers


    • 4.1 In


    • 4.2 Out


    • 4.3 Loan in




  • 5 Appearances and goals


  • 6 See also


  • 7 References





Football League First Division[edit]




Match details[edit]








































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Date League
position
Opponents
Venue Result Score
F–A
Scorers
Attendance Report
8 August 1998
1st Port Vale
A
W 2–0
Furlong 21', Adebola 68'
10,465
[2]
16 August 1998
1st Crystal Palace H
W 3–1 Adebola 12', O'Connor 29' pen., Forster 90'
16,699
[2]
22 August 1998
2nd Sheffield United
A
W 2–0 Adebola 55', Forster 81'
17,528
[2]
29 August 1998
4th Barnsley H
D 0–0
19,825
[2]
31 August 1998
5th Bradford City
A
L 1–2
Ndlovu 56'
13,910
[2]
8 September 1998
3rd Bury H
W 1–0 Adebola 20'
15,935
[2]
5 September 1998
1st Stockport County H
W 2–0
Marsden 15', Hughes 67'
16,429
[2]
12 September 1998
2nd Bolton Wanderers
A
L 1–3
Rowett 40'
19,637
[2]
19 September 1998
3rd Grimsby Town H
L 0–1
17,563
[2]
26 September 1998
7th Norwich City H
L 0–2
16,584
[2]
29 September 1998
5th Portsmouth
A
W 1–0 O'Connor 59 pen.
11,843
[2]
3 October 1998
4th Tranmere Rovers H
D 2–2
M. Johnson 40', Ndlovu 72'
17,189
[2]
10 October 1998
3rd Watford
A
D 1–1 Adebola 22'
10,096
[2]
17 October 1998
2nd Crewe Alexandra H
W 3–1 Ndlovu 8', O'Connor 43' pen., Furlong 53'
20,087
[2]
20 October 1998
2nd Swindon Town H
D 1–1 Marsden 58'
19,485
[2]
25 October 1998
2nd Queens Park Rangers
A
W 1–0 Adebola 6'
10,272
[2]
31 October 1998
1st Huddersfield Town H
D 1–1 Ndlovu 53'
19,170
[2]
7 November 1998
3rd West Bromwich Albion
A
W 3–1 Ndlovu 5', 34', Adebola 12'
19,472
[2]
14 November 1998
4th Oxford United H
L 0–1
18,216
[2]
23 November 1998
8th Wolverhampton Wanderers
A
L 1–3 Furlong 21'
23,037
[2]
28 November 1998
4th Bristol City H
W 4–2 M. Johnson 5', Ndlovu 11', Forster (2) 42', 72'
17,577
[2]
5 December 1998
7th Ipswich Town
A
L 0–1
15,901
[2]
12 December 1998
4th Oxford United
A
W 7–1 Rowett (2) 16', 31', Furlong (2) 17', 43', Grainger 55', Ndlovu 72', Hughes 89'
7,189
[2]
19 December 1998
7th Sunderland H
D 0–0
22,095
[2]
26 December 1998
4th Sheffield United H
W 1–0 Furlong 20' pen.
22,005
[2]
28 December 1998
3rd Bury
A
W 4–2 Furlong (2) 32', 56', O'Connor 35', Adebola 74'
7,024
[2]
9 January 1999
2nd Port Vale H
W 1–0 Furlong 25'
18,632
[3]
16 January 1999
4th Barnsley
A
D 0–0
17,114
[2]
31 January 1999
4th Bradford City H
W 2–1 Furlong (2) 45', 90' pen.
19,291
[2]
6 February 1999
5th Crystal Palace
A
D 1–1 Furlong 50' pen.
15,996
[2]
13 February 1999
5th Stockport County
A
L 0–1
9,056
[2]
21 February 1999
5th Bolton Wanderers H
D 0–0
26,051
[2]
27 February 1999
5th Grimsby Town
A
W 3–0 Ndlovu 36', Adebola 85', Rowett 90'
7,807
[2]
2 March 1999
5th Norwich City H
D 0–0
20,749
[2]
6 March 1999
4th Portsmouth H
W 4–1 Adebola (2) 26', 60', Forster 50', Hughes 84'
20,617
[2]
9 March 1999
4th Tranmere Rovers
A
W 1–0 M. Johnson 46'
7,184
[2]
13 March 1999
4th West Bromwich Albion H
W 4–0 Adebola (2) 24', 62', Ndlovu 50', Grainger 88'
29,060
[2]
20 March 1999
4th Huddersfield Town
A
D 1–1 M. Johnson 47'
14,667
[2]
2 April 1999
4th Crewe Alexandra
A
D 0–0
5,582
[2]
2 April 1999
4th Watford H
L 1–2
Holdsworth 87'
24,877
[2]
10 April 1999
4th Swindon Town
A
W 1–0 Rowett 83'
8,896
[2]
17 April 1999
4th Wolverhampton Wanderers H
L 0–1
28,143
[2]
20 April 1999
4th Queens Park Rangers H
W 1–0
Forinton 85'
20,888
[2]
24 April 1999
4th Bristol City
A
W 2–1 Grainger 48' pen., Ndlovu 70'
15,845
[2]
2 May 1999
4th Ipswich Town H
W 1–0 Furlong 60'
27,685
[2]
9 May 1999
4th Sunderland
A
L 1–2 Grainger 38'
41,634
[2]


League table (part)[edit]






















































































Final Division One table (part)
Pos
Club
Pld
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
2nd
Bradford City 46 26 9 11 82 47 +35 87
3rd
Ipswich Town 46 26 8 12 69 32 +37 86
4th
Birmingham City 46 23 12 11 66 37 +29 81
5th
Watford 46 21 14 11 65 56 +9 77
6th
Bolton Wanderers 46 20 16 10 78 59 +19 76
Key

Pos = League position; Pld = Matches played;
W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost;
F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Source
[4]


Results summary[edit]




















































Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA
GD
46
23
12
11
66
37
 +29
81
12
7
4
32
15
 +17
11
5
7
34
22
 +12


Source: [4]




Play-offs[edit]






































Round
Date Opponents Venue
Result Score
F–A
Scorers
Attendance Report
Semifinal 1st leg
16 May 1999 Watford
A
L 0–1
18,535
[2]
Semifinal 2nd leg
20 May 1999 Watford H
W 1–0
1–1 agg.

Adebola 2'
29,100
[2]
Watford won 7–6 on penalties


FA Cup[edit]


























Round
Date Opponents Venue
Result Score
F–A
Scorers
Attendance Report
Third round
2 January 1999 Leicester City
A
L 2–4
Robinson 35', Adebola 89'
19,846
[2]


League Cup[edit]






































































Round
Date Opponents Venue
Result Score
F–A
Scorers
Attendance Report
First round 1st leg
11 August 1998 Millwall H
W 2–0
Adebola 70', M. Johnson 87'
14,133
[2]
First round 2nd leg
19 August 1998 Millwall
A
D 1–1
3–1 agg.
Adebola 45'
4,478
[2]
Second round 1st leg
15 September 1998 Macclesfield Town
A
W 3–0
Forster 66', Marsden 70', Rowett 89'
2,275

Second round 2nd leg
22 September 1998 Macclesfield Town H
W 6–0
9–0 agg.

Ndlovu (2) 7', 19', Askey 37' o.g., Marsden 57', Rowett 66', M. Johnson 89'
3,443
[2]
Third round
28 October 1998 Wimbledon H
L 1–2 Marsden 34'
11,845
[2]


Transfers[edit]



In[edit]






































Date
Player
Club
Fee
Ref
13 August 1998 Gary Rowett Derby County £1m

10 December 1998 Simon Marsh Oxford United £250,000

4 February 1999 Graham Hyde Sheffield Wednesday Free
[5]
23 March 1999 David Holdsworth Sheffield United £1.25m



Out[edit]













































Date
Player
Fee
Joined
Ref
2 July 1998 Steve Bruce
c. £200,000

Sheffield United
[6]
23 October 1998 Steve Barnes Free
Barnet

13 January 1999 Paul Tait Free
Oxford United
[7]
1 February 1999 Chris Marsden £800,000
Southampton

22 June 1999 Nicky Forster £650,000
Reading
[8]


Loan in[edit]
























Date
Player
Club
Return
Ref
19 December 1998 Fumaça Catuense 27 January 1999
[9]
25 March 1999 Lee Bradbury Crystal Palace End of season
[10]


Appearances and goals[edit]



Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

Players with squad numbers struck through and marked Left club during playing season left the club during the playing season.

Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Birmingham.












































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Players included in matchday squads
Pos.
Nat.
Name

League

FA Cup

League Cup

Play-offs
Total
Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals A yellow rectangular card
A red rectangular card
GK
 ENG

Ian Bennett
10 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 14 0 0 0
GK
 ENG

Kevin Poole
36 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 40 0 0 0
DF
 ENG

Gary Ablett
23 (3) 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 28 (3) 0 1 0
DF
 ENG

Jon Bass
9 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 (2) 0 2 0
DF
 ENG

Simon Charlton
27 (1) 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 30 (1) 0 4 1
DF
 ENG

Jerry Gill
3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 0
DF
 ENG

Martin Grainger
30 (10) 4 0 (1) 0 2 (1) 0 2 0 34 (12) 4 11 0
DF
 ENG

David Holdsworth
8 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 (1) 0 4 1
DF
 JAM

Michael Johnson
43 (3) 4 1 0 4 2 2 0 50 (3) 6 6 0
DF
 ENG

Simon Marsh
6 (1) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 (1) 0 0 0
DF
 ENG

Darren Purse
11 (9) 0 0 0 2 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 13 (11) 0 2 0
DF
 ENG

Simon Rea
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF
 ENG

Gary Rowett
42 5 1 0 4 2 2 0 49 7 5 0
DF
 ENG

Darren Wassall
0 (3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (3) 0 0 0
MF
 GER

Tony Hey
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF
 ENG

Chris Holland
7 (6) 0 0 0 1 (4) 0 1 (1) 0 9 (11) 0 0 0
MF
 ENG

Bryan Hughes
20 (8) 3 0 (1) 0 1 (1) 0 1 0 22 (10) 3 2 0
DF
 ENG

Graham Hyde
13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 4 1
MF
 ENG

Chris MarsdenLeft club during playing season
20 2 0 0 5 3 0 0 25 5 4 0
MF
 NIR

Jon McCarthy
35 (8) 0 1 0 5 0 2 0 43 (8) 0 6 0
MF
 CAY

Martyn O'Connor
35 (2) 4 1 0 4 0 2 0 42 (2) 4 7 0
MF
 ENG

Steve Robinson
20 (11) 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 24 (11) 1 1 0
FW
 NGA

Dele Adebola
33 (6) 13 1 1 4 2 1 (1) 1 39 (7) 17 3 0
FW
 ENG

Lee Bradbury*
6 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 1 (1) 0 7 (2) 0 1 0
FW
 ENG

Howard Forinton
0 (3) 1 0 0 1 (1) 0 0 0 1 (4) 1 0 0
FW
 ENG

Nicky Forster
8 (24) 5 0 (1) 0 2 (2) 1 0 0 10 (27) 6 0 0
FW
 ENG

Paul Furlong
24 (5) 13 1 0 1 0 2 0 28 (5) 13 4 0
FW
 ENG

Andrew Johnson
0 (3) 0 0 0 0 (2) 0 0 0 0 (5) 0 2 0
FW
 ZIM

Peter Ndlovu
37 (6) 11 1 0 4 2 1 (1) 0 43 (7) 13 3 1

























Players not included in matchday squads
Pos
Nat
Name
MF
 ENG

Steve BarnesLeft club during playing season
MF
 ENG

Paul TaitLeft club during playing season
MF
 BRA

Fumaça*


See also[edit]


  • List of Birmingham City F.C. seasons


References[edit]


General




  • Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  • Matthews, Tony (2010). Birmingham City: The Complete Record. Derby: DB Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85983-853-2.

  • Source for match dates, league positions and results: "Birmingham City 1998–1999: Results". Statto Organisation. Retrieved 13 June 2013.

  • Source for lineups, appearances, goalscorers and attendances: Matthews (2010), Complete Record, pp. 432–33.

  • Source for goal times: "Birmingham Results 1998/99". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 June 2013.

  • Source for transfers: "Birmingham Transfers 1998/99". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 June 2013.

  • Source for discipline: individual player pages linked from "Birmingham Squad details 1998/99". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 June 2013.


Specific





  1. ^ "English historical attendance and performance: Birmingham City". European Football Statistics. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011.


  2. ^ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzaaabacadaeafagahaiajakalamanaoapaqarasatauavawaxayaz "Birmingham City Reports – 1998–1999". sportinglife.com. 365 Media Group. Archived from the original on 22 May 2012. Individual match reports are linked from this page.


  3. ^ "Blues do it hard way – again". Evening Mail. Birmingham. 11 January 1999. Retrieved 19 June 2013.


  4. ^ ab "Birmingham City 1998–1999 : English Division One Table". Statto Organisation. Retrieved 4 October 2011.


  5. ^ "Blues swoop for Owls ace". Birmingham City F.C. 4 February 1999. Archived from the original on 4 May 1999.


  6. ^ Tattum, Colin (2 July 1998). "Gold – we tried to keep Bruce". Birmingham Evening Mail. Retrieved 13 June 2013.


  7. ^ "One-time golden boy Tait closes Blues era". Birmingham Post. 14 January 1999. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
    (subscription required)



  8. ^ "Forster joins Reading in £650,000 move". Birmingham Evening Mail. 23 June 1999. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
    (subscription required)



  9. ^ "Blues sign Brazil star". Birmingham Evening Mail. 19 December 1998. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
    (subscription required)
    "Blues drop Brazilian". Birmingham Evening Mail. 27 January 1999. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
    (subscription required)



  10. ^ Milledge, Adrian (26 March 1999). "Loan star Bradbury signs up for promotion push". Birmingham Post. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
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