1998–99 Derby County F.C. season

Derby County
	1998–99 season
Chairman	Lionel Pickering
Manager	Jim Smith
Stadium	Pride Park
Premiership	8th
FA Cup	Quarter finals
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Wanchope/Burton (9); All: Burton (12)
Highest home attendance	32,913 (vs. Liverpool, 13 March)
Lowest home attendance	21,037 (vs. Wimbledon, 22 August)
Average home league attendance	29,193
← 1997–98	1999–2000 →

The 1998–99 English football season was Derby County F.C.'s third consecutive season in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Season summary

Derby's second tilt at European football was made in the 1998–99 season, the Rams peaking in 2nd place after 6 games with a 2–0 home win over Leicester City, eventually finishing one place better off in 8th. They reached the FA Cup Quarter finals for the third time in seven years, losing out only to late Nwankwo Kanu goal in a 0–1 away defeat to Arsenal, and recorded some memorable victories, including a league double over Liverpool 2–1 at Anfield and 3–2 at Pride Park and a 1–0 win over Nottingham Forest in the teams first ever meeting at Pride Park. Derby County were a club on the up; Pride Park's capacity was expanded (32,913 fans attended the 3–2 victory over Liverpool) and Derby's players were getting noticed – five had represented their countries at the 1998 World Cup, and Christian Dailly was sold to Blackburn Rovers for £5.35m, comfortably the highest fee Derby had ever received. The key departure, however, was Steve McClaren – Smith's number two since he had taken the Derby managerial position 3 years earlier – who departed in February 1999 to become Sir Alex Ferguson's assistant at Manchester United, winning the treble in his first 3 months at Old Trafford. The 1998–99 season was Jim Smith's Derby County peak, as the financial demands of Premier League football began to catch up with them.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester United (C)	38	22	13	3	80	37	+43	79	1999–2000 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Arsenal	38	22	12	4	59	17	+42	78	1999–2000 UEFA Champions League Group stage
3	Chelsea	38	20	15	3	57	30	+27	75	1999–2000 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Leeds United	38	18	13	7	62	34	+28	67	1999–2000 UEFA Cup First round
5	West Ham United	38	16	9	13	46	53	−7	57	1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
6	Aston Villa	38	15	10	13	51	46	+5	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	1999–2000 UEFA Cup First round ¹
12	Sheffield Wednesday	38	13	7	18	41	42	−1	46
13	Newcastle United	38	11	13	14	48	54	−6	46	1999–2000 UEFA Cup First round ²
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 (R)	38	8	12	18	41	56	−15	36	Relegation to 1999–2000 Football League First Division
19	Blackburn Rovers (R)	38	7	14	17	38	52	−14	35
20	Nottingham Forest (R)	38	7	9	22	35	69	−34	30

Updated to games played on 16 May 1999.
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ Tottenham Hotspur qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners.
² As Manchester United qualified for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup place as FA Cup winners defaulted to Newcastle United, the losing finalists.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Results Summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	13	13	12	40	45	−5	52	8	7	4	22	19	+3	5	6	8	18	26	−8

Source: 1998-99 FA Premier League table

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	D	D	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	D	D	W	D	L	W	D	D	D	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	L
Position	9	12	13	6	4	2	2	4	10	10	10	5	8	11	8	10	9	12	11	11	11	10	8	8	6	7	8	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	7	8

Source: 11v11.com: 1998-99 Derby County results
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

Derby County's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
15 August 1998	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–0	24,007
22 August 1998	Wimbledon	H	0–0	21,037
29 August 1998	Middlesbrough	A	1–1	34,121	Wanchope
9 September 1998	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–0	26,209	Sturridge
12 September 1998	Charlton Athletic	A	2–1	19,516	Wanchope, Baiano
19 September 1998	Leicester City	H	2–0	26,738	Schnoor, Wanchope
26 September 1998	Aston Villa	A	0–1	38,007
3 October 1998	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–1	30,083
17 October 1998	Newcastle United	A	1–2	36,750	Burton
24 October 1998	Manchester United	H	1–1	30,867	Burton
31 October 1998	Leeds United	H	2–2	27,034	Schnoor (pen), Sturridge
7 November 1998	Liverpool	A	2–1	44,020	Harper, Wanchope
16 November 1998	Nottingham Forest	A	2–2	24,014	Dorigo (pen), Carbonari
22 November 1998	West Ham United	H	0–2	31,366
28 November 1998	Southampton	A	1–0	14,762	Carbonari
5 December 1998	Arsenal	H	0–0	29,018
12 December 1998	Chelsea	H	2–2	29,056	Carbonari, Sturridge
19 December 1998	Coventry City	A	1–1	16,627	Carsley
26 December 1998	Everton	A	0–0	39,206
28 December 1998	Middlesbrough	H	2–1	21,083	Sturridge, Hunt
9 January 1999	Wimbledon	A	1–2	12,732	Wanchope
16 January 1999	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–0	27,386	Burton
30 January 1999	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–0	24,440	Prior
3 February 1999	Manchester United	A	0–1	55,174
7 February 1999	Everton	H	2–1	27,603	Burton (2)
20 February 1999	Charlton Athletic	H	0–2	27,853
27 February 1999	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–1	35,392	Burton
10 March 1999	Aston Villa	H	2–1	26,836	Baiano, Burton
13 March 1999	Liverpool	H	3–2	32,913	Burton, Wanchope (2)
20 March 1999	Leeds United	A	1–4	38,971	Baiano (pen)
3 April 1999	Newcastle United	H	3–4	32,039	Burton, Baiano (pen), Wanchope
10 April 1999	Nottingham Forest	H	1–0	32,217	Carbonari
17 April 1999	West Ham United	A	1–5	25,485	Wanchope
24 April 1999	Southampton	H	0–0	26,557
2 May 1999	Arsenal	A	0–1	37,323
5 May 1999	Leicester City	A	2–1	20,535	Sturridge, Beck
8 May 1999	Coventry City	H	0–0	32,450
16 May 1999	Chelsea	A	1–2	35,016	Carbonari

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	2 January 1999	Plymouth Argyle	A	3–0	16,730	Burton (2), Eranio (pen)
R4	23 January 1999	Swansea City	A	1–0	11,383	Harper
R5	13 February 1999	Huddersfield Town	A	2–2	22,129	Burton, Dorigo (pen)
R5R	24 February 1999	Huddersfield Town	H	3–1	28,704	Dorigo, Baiano (2)
QF	6 March 1999	Arsenal	A	0–1	38,046

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	16 September 1998	Manchester City	H	1–1	22,986	Delap
R2 2nd Leg	23 September 1998	Manchester City	A	1–0 (won 2-1 on agg)	19,622	Wanchope
R3	28 October 1998	Arsenal	H	1–2	25,621	Sturridge

Squad

^[2] 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	Russell Hoult
2	DF	Horacio Carbonari
3	DF	Stefan Schnoor
4	MF	Darryl Powell
5	DF	Tony Dorigo
6	MF	Igor Štimac
7	MF	Brian Launders
8	FW	Dean Sturridge
9	FW	Paulo Wanchope
10	MF	Rory Delap
11	MF	Kevin Harper
12	FW	Malcolm Christie
14	MF	Lars Bohinen
15	MF	Marc Bridge-Wilkinson

No.	Position	Player
16	DF	Jacob Laursen
17	DF	Spencer Prior
18	DF	Richard Jackson
19	DF	Steve Elliott
20	MF	Stefano Eranio
21	GK	Mart Poom
22	DF	Vassilis Borbokis
23	MF	Paul Boertien
24	FW	Deon Burton
25	FW	Mikkel Beck
26	FW	Marvin Robinson
27	FW	Francesco Baiano
28	MF	Adam Murray
29	GK	Richard Knight

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
18		MF	Lee Carsley (to Blackburn Rovers)
22		DF	Christian Dailly (to Blackburn Rovers)

No.		Position	Player
25		DF	Robert Kozluk (to Sheffield United)
26		MF	Jonathan Hunt (to Sheffield United)

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	Gerard Doherty
-		DF	Ian Evatt

No.		Position	Player
-		DF	Chris Riggott

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
23 June 1998	DF	Stefan Schnoor	HSV	Free transfer
21 August 1998	DF	Spencer Prior	Leicester City	£700,000
10 September 1998	MF	Kevin Harper	Hibernian	£300,000
19 September 1998	MF	Brian Launders	BV Veendam	Free transfer
16 October 1998	DF	Tony Dorigo	Torino	Monthly
28 October 1998	FW	Malcolm Christie	Nuneaton Borough	£50,000
19 February 1999	GK	Gerard Doherty	Derry City	£20,000
12 March 1999	DF	Vassilis Borbokis	Sheffield United	£500,000
24 March 1999	DF	Richard Jackson	Scarborough	£30,000
25 March 1999	MF	Paul Boertien	Carlisle United	£250,000
25 March 1999	MF	Mikkel Beck	Middlesbrough	£500,000
18 May 1999	MF	Seth Johnson	Crewe Alexandra	£3,000,000

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
22 June 1998	DF	Chris Powell	Charlton Athletic	£800,000
13 July 1998	DF	Dean Yates	Watford	Free transfer
15 July 1998	MF	Robin van der Laan	Barnsley	£325,000
13 August 1998	DF	Gary Rowett	Birmingham City	£1,000,000
21 August 1998	DF	Christian Dailly	Blackburn Rovers	£5,300,000
12 March 1999	DF	Robert Kozluk	Sheffield United	Swap
12 March 1999	MF	Jonathan Hunt	Sheffield United	Swap
22 March 1999	MF	Lee Carsley	Blackburn Rovers	£3,400,000
28 May 1999	MF	Brian Launders	Colchester United	Signed

Transfers in:

£5,350,000

Transfers out:

£10,825,000

Total spending:

£5,475,000

Statistics

Appearances, goals and cards

(Starting appearances + substitute appearances)

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Russell Hoult	23	0	3	0	0	0	26	0	2	1
2	DF	Horacio Carbonari	28+1	5	4	0	0	0	32+1	5	4	0
3	DF	Stefan Schnoor	20+3	2	3	0	2	0	25+3	2	9	0
4	MF	Darryl Powell	30+3	0	1+1	0	3	0	34+4	0	10	0
5	DF	Tony Dorigo	17+1	1	3	2	1	0	21+1	3	3	0
6	MF	Igor Štimac	14	0	3	0	1	0	18	0	6	0
7	MF	Brian Launders	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
8	FW	Dean Sturridge	23+6	5	4	0	3	1	30+6	6	6	1
9	FW	Paulo Wanchope	33+2	9	2	0	2+1	1	37+3	10	9	1
10	MF	Rory Delap	21+2	0	0+1	0	3	1	24+3	1	5	0
11	MF	Kevin Harper	6+21	1	0+3	1	0+3	0	6+27	2	1	0
12	FW	Malcolm Christie	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0
14	MF	Lars Bohinen	29+3	0	3	0	0	0	32+3	0	6	0
15	MF	Marc Bridge-Wilkinson	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
16	DF	Jacob Laursen	37	0	4	0	3	0	44	0	7	0
17	DF	Spencer Prior	33+1	1	4	0	2	0	39+1	1	4	0
18	MF	Lee Carsley	20+2	1	5	0	2+1	0	27+3	1	7	0
19	DF	Steve Elliott	7+4	0	1+1	0	1+1	0	9+6	0	3	0
20	MF	Stefano Eranio	18+7	0	4	1	2	0	24+7	1	4	0
21	GK	Mart Poom	15+2	0	2	0	3	0	20+2	0	0	0
22	DF	Vassilis Borbokis	3+1	0	0	0	0	0	3+1	0	0	0
22	DF	Christian Dailly	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
23	DF	Paul Boertien	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
24	FW	Deon Burton	14+7	9	5	3	1	0	20+7	12	5	0
25	FW	Mikkel Beck	6+1	1	0	0	0	0	6+1	1	0	0
25	DF	Robert Kozluk	3+4	0	1+1	0	1	0	5+5	0	1	0
26	MF	Jonathan Hunt	0+6	1	0+3	0	0	0	0+9	1	1	0
26	FW	Marvin Robinson	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
27	FW	Francesco Baiano	17+5	4	3	2	3	0	23+5	6	3	0
28	MF	Adam Murray	0+4	0	0	0	0	0	0+4	0	1	0

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[3]

GK: #1, Russell Hoult, 26
RB: #3, Stefan Schnoor, 25
CB: #17, Spencer Prior, 39
CB: #2, Horacio Carbonari, 32
LB: #16, Jacob Laursen, 44
CM: #18, Lee Carsley, 27
CM: #14, Lars Bohinen, 32
CM: #4, Darryl Powell, 34
RF: #20, Stefano Eranio, 24 (Rory Delap has 24 starts as a centre-midfielder)
CF: #8, Dean Sturridge, 30
LF: #9, Paulo Wanchope, 37

References

[1] ttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/derby-county/1998-1999/results

[2] ttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1998-1999/faprem/derby.htm

[3] ttp://www.11v11.com/teams/derby-county/tab/players/season/1999

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1998–99 Derby County F.C. season

Contents

Season summary

Final league table

Results

Legend

FA Premier League

FA Cup

League Cup

Squad

Left club during season

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Appearances, goals and cards

Starting 11

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