1998–99 Sunderland A.F.C. season

Sunderland

1998–99 season
Chairman	Bob Murray
Manager	Peter Reid
Stadium	Stadium of Light
First Division	1st (champions)
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Phillips (23) All: Phillips (25)
Average home league attendance	38,745
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

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

Season summary

In the 1998–99 season, Sunderland secured their Premier League place by winning the Division One title with a then record 105 League points having topped the First Division table since 24 October 1998. They clinched promotion on 13 April 1999 by winning 5–2 at Bury.

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

Sunderland's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
8 August 1998	Queens Park Rangers	H	1-0	41,008	Phillips (pen)
15 August 1998	Swindon Town	A	1-1	10,207	Phillips
22 August 1998	Tranmere Rovers	H	5-0	34,155	Phillips, Dichio (2), Mullin, Butler
25 August 1998	Watford	H	4-1	36,587	Johnston, Summerbee, Dichio, Melville
29 August 1998	Ipswich Town	A	2-0	15,813	Mullin, Phillips
8 September 1998	Bristol City	H	1-1	34,111	Phillips
12 September 1998	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-1	26,816	Phillips
19 September 1998	Oxford United	H	7-0	34,567	Bridges (2), Gray, Dichio (2, 1 pen), Rae (2)
26 September 1998	Portsmouth	A	1-1	17,022	Johnston
29 September 1998	Norwich City	A	2-2	17,504	Quinn, Marshall (own goal)
3 October 1998	Bradford City	H	0-0	37,828
18 October 1998	West Bromwich Albion	A	3-2	14,746	Melville, Bridges, Ball
21 October 1998	Huddersfield Town	A	1-1	20,741	Ball
24 October 1998	Bury	H	1-0	38,049	Dichio
1 November 1998	Bolton Wanderers	A	3-0	21,676	Johnston, Quinn, Bridges
3 November 1998	Crewe Alexandra	A	4-1	5,361	Dichio, Gray, Quinn, Bridges
7 November 1998	Grimsby Town	H	3-1	40,077	Smith (2), Quinn
14 November 1998	Port Vale	A	2-0	8,839	Aspin (own goal), Quinn
21 November 1998	Barnsley	H	2-3	40,231	Scott (pen), Quinn
28 November 1998	Sheffield United	A	4-0	25,612	Quinn (2), Bridges (2)
5 December 1998	Stockport County	H	1-0	36,040	Summerbee
12 December 1998	Port Vale	H	2-0	37,583	Smith, Butler
15 December 1998	Crystal Palace	H	2-0	33,870	Scott (pen), Dichio
19 December 1998	Birmingham City	A	0-0	22,095
26 December 1998	Tranmere Rovers	A	0-1	14,248
28 December 1998	Crewe Alexandra	H	2-0	41,433	Dichio, Bridges
9 January 1999	Queens Park Rangers	A	2-2	17,444	Phillips, Quinn
17 January 1999	Ipswich Town	H	2-1	39,835	Quinn (2)
30 January 1999	Watford	A	1-2	20,188	Quinn
6 February 1999	Swindon Town	H	2-0	41,304	Quinn, Phillips
13 February 1999	Bristol City	A	1-0	15,736	Phillips (pen)
20 February 1999	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2-1	41,268	Johnston, Quinn
27 February 1999	Oxford United	A	0-0	9,044
2 March 1999	Portsmouth	H	2-0	37,656	Dichio, Phillips
6 March 1999	Norwich City	H	1-0	39,004	Phillips
9 March 1999	Bradford City	A	1-0	15,124	Quinn
13 March 1999	Grimsby Town	A	2-0	9,528	Phillips, Clark
20 March 1999	Bolton Wanderers	H	3-1	41,505	Phillips, Johnston (2)
3 April 1999	West Bromwich Albion	H	3-0	41,135	Phillips (2), Clark
5 April 1999	Crystal Palace	A	1-1	22,096	Phillips
10 April 1999	Huddersfield Town	H	2-0	41,074	Quinn, Johnston
13 April 1999	Bury	A	5-2	8,669	Phillips (4, 1 pen), Quinn
16 April 1999	Barnsley	A	3-1	17,390	Summerbee, Clark, Phillips
24 April 1999	Sheffield United	H	0-0	41,179
1 May 1999	Stockport County	A	1-0	10,548	Phillips
9 May 1999	Birmingham City	H	2-1	41,634	Phillips, Quinn

FA Cup

Main article: 1998–99 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	2 January 1999	Lincoln City	A	1-0	10,408	McCann
R4	23 January 1999	Blackburn Rovers	A	0-1	30,125

League Cup

Main article: 1998–99 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	11 August 1998	York City	A	2-0	6,277	Dichio (2)
R1 2nd Leg	18 August 1998	York City	H	2-1 (won 4-1 on agg)	22,695	Phillips, Smith
R2 1st Leg	15 September 1998	Chester City	H	3-0	20,618	Scott, Phillips, Bridges
R2 2nd Leg	22 September 1998	Chester City	A	1-0 (lost 4-0 on agg)	2,738	Johnston
R3	27 October 1998	Grimsby Town	H	2-1 (a.e.t.)	18,676	Bridges, Quinn
R4	11 November 1998	Everton	A	1-1 (won 5-4 on pens)	28,132	Bridges
QF	1 December 1998	Luton Town	H	3-0	35,742	Johnson (own goal), Bridges, Quinn
SF 1st Leg	26 January 1999	Leicester City	H	1-2	38,332	McCann
SF 2nd Leg	17 February 1999	Leicester City	A	1-1 (lost 2-3 on agg)	21,231	Quinn

Squad

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

No. Position Player - GK Thomas Sørensen - DF Chris Makin - DF Andy Melville - DF Paul Butler - DF Allan Johnston - DF Michael Gray - MF Kevin Ball - MF Nicky Summerbee - FW Niall Quinn - FW Kevin Phillips - MF Lee Clark - GK Andy Marriott - FW Danny Dichio - FW Michael Bridges - MF Darren Williams - MF Martin Scott - MF Alex Rae - MF John Mullin - MF Gavin McCann - FW Martin Smith - DF Jody Craddock

No. Position Player - DF Darren Holloway - MF Paul Thirlwell - MF Neil Wainwright - MF Gerry Harrison - DF Mark Maley - GK Luke Weaver - MF Chris Lumsdon - MF Sam Aiston - FW Michael Proctor - MF Thomas Butler - GK Chris Porter - DF Paul Heckingbottom - MF Jonjo Dickman - DF Matthew Pitts - MF David Duke - DF George McCartney - MF Brendan McGill - FW Kevin Kyle - DF Elliott Dickman - GK Gregg Shannon - MF Carsten Fredgaard