1998–99 season of Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur 1998–99 football season
During the 1998–99 season , Tottenham Hotspur participated in the English Premier League .
A dismal start to the season saw Christian Gross lose his job as Tottenham manager less than a year after taking over.[ 1] George Graham – who had achieved so much success during his reign at Tottenham's deadly rivals Arsenal .[ 2] Heysel era.[ 3]
Source:
Premier League Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
^ Tottenham Hotspur qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners . ^ As Manchester United qualified for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup place as FA Cup winners defaulted to Newcastle United, the runners-up . 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 11 14 13 47 50 −3 47 7 7 5 28 26 +2 4 7 8 19 24 −5
Results by matchday Match 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 H A H A A H H A A H A H H A A H A H A H A H H A H H A A A H A H H A Result L L W W L D D W L W D L D W L W D L D W D D D D D D W L W L D W W L L L D L Position 20 19 14 8 12 12 13 11 14 8 9 12 14 10 12 11 10 13 13 12 12 11 11 11 13 12 10 11 10 12 12 10 9 10 10 10 11 11
Tottenham Hotspur's score comes first [ 4]
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 15 August 1998 Wimbledon A 1–3 23,031 Fox 22 August 1998 Sheffield Wednesday H 0–3 32,129 29 August 1998 Everton A 1–0 39,378 Ferdinand 9 September 1998 Blackburn Rovers H 2–1 28,331 Nielsen , Ferdinand 13 September 1998 Middlesbrough H 0–3 30,345 19 September 1998 Southampton A 1–1 15,204 Fox 26 September 1998 Leeds United H 3–3 35,535 Vega , Iversen , Campbell 3 October 1998 Derby County A 1–0 30,083 Campbell 19 October 1998 Leicester City A 1–2 20,787 Ferdinand 24 October 1998 Newcastle United H 2–0 36,047 Iversen (2) 2 November 1998 Charlton Athletic H 2–2 32,202 Nielsen , Armstrong 7 November 1998 Aston Villa A 2–3 39,241 Anderton (pen), Vega 14 November 1998 Arsenal A 0–0 38,278 21 November 1998 Nottingham Forest H 2–0 35,832 Nielsen , Armstrong 28 November 1998 West Ham United A 1–2 26,044 Armstrong 5 December 1998 Liverpool H 2–1 36,125 Fox , Carragher (own goal) 12 December 1998 Manchester United H 2–2 36,097 Campbell (2) 19 December 1998 Chelsea A 0–2 34,881 26 December 1998 Coventry City A 1–1 23,098 Campbell 28 December 1998 Everton H 4–1 36,053 Ferdinand , Armstrong (3) 9 January 1999 Sheffield Wednesday A 0–0 28,204 16 January 1999 Wimbledon H 0–0 32,422 30 January 1999 Blackburn Rovers A 1–1 29,643 Iversen 6 February 1999 Coventry City H 0–0 34,376 20 February 1999 Middlesbrough A 0–0 34,687 27 February 1999 Derby County H 1–1 35,392 Sherwood 2 March 1999 Southampton H 3–0 28,580 Armstrong , Iversen , Dominguez 10 March 1999 Leeds United A 0–2 34,521 13 March 1999 Aston Villa H 1–0 35,963 Sherwood 3 April 1999 Leicester City H 0–2 35,415 5 April 1999 Newcastle United A 1–1 36,655 Anderton (pen) 17 April 1999 Nottingham Forest A 1–0 25,181 Iversen 20 April 1999 Charlton Athletic A 4–1 20,043 Iversen , Campbell , Dominguez , Ginola 24 April 1999 West Ham United H 1–2 36,089 Ginola 1 May 1999 Liverpool A 2–3 44,007 Carragher (own goal), Iversen 5 May 1999 Arsenal H 1–3 36,019 Anderton 10 May 1999 Chelsea H 2–2 35,878 Iversen , Ginola 16 May 1999 Manchester United A 1–2 55,189 Ferdinand
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers R3 2 January 1999 Watford H 5–2 36,022 Iversen (2), Anderton (pen), Nielsen , Fox R4 23 January 1999 Wimbledon A 1–1 22,229 Ginola R4R 2 February 1999 Wimbledon H 3–0 24,049 Sinton , Nielsen (2) R5 13 February 1999 Leeds United A 1–1 39,696 Sherwood R5R 24 February 1999 Leeds United H 2–0 32,307 Anderton , Ginola QF 16 March 1999 Barnsley A 1–0 18,793 Ginola SF 11 April 1999 Newcastle United N 0–2 53,609
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers R2 1st Leg 15 September 1998 Brentford A 3–2 11,831 Carr , Vega , Dominguez R2 2nd Leg 23 September 1998 Brentford H 3–2 (won 6–4 on agg) 22,980 Campbell , Nielsen , Armstrong R3 27 October 1998 Northampton Town A 3–1 7,422 Armstrong (2), Campbell R4 10 November 1998 Liverpool A 3–1 20,772 Iversen , Scales , Nielsen QF 2 December 1998 Manchester United H 3–1 35,702 Armstrong (2), Ginola SF 1st Leg 27 January 1999 Wimbledon H 0–0 35,997 SF 2nd Leg 16 February 1999 Wimbledon A 1–0 (won 1–0 on agg) 25,204 Iversen F 21 March 1999 Leicester City N 1–0 77,892 Nielsen
Squad at end of season [ 5] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season [ edit ] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Appearances and goals [ edit ] Last updated: 15 May 1999[ 6]
The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
Transfers in: Transfers out: Total spending:
National teams
League competitions
Level 1 Levels 2–4 Level 5 Levels 6–7 Levels 8–9 Lower leagues
Cup competitions
FA cups Football League cups
European competitions
ENG 
NOR 
NED 
IRL 
ITA 
SUI 
ARG 
GER 
DEN 
MSR 
ALG 
FRA 
POR 
SCO 
Alavés 
£9,375,000
£315,000
