English football season
Swindon Town 1998–99 football season
During the 1998–99 English football season, Swindon Town F.C. competed in the Football League First Division .
Season summary [ edit ] When the 1998–99 season kicked off, Swindon failed to win their first five games, scoring just three goals and the calls for McMahon's sacking began to be heard. Chairman Rikki Hunt and McMahon seemed united – McMahon saying he wouldn't resign, Hunt saying he wouldn't sack him. Two consecutive derby wins, against Bristol City and Oxford, only strengthened their position. This was followed by a 5–2 defeat at Portsmouth – and when Watford then won 4–1 at the County Ground, the fans held an on-pitch protest, sitting in the centre circle at the end of the match, demonstrating that both McMahon and Hunt should resign. McMahon left the club "by mutual consent".[1] Jimmy Quinn was appointed as McMahon's replacement and managed to keep Swindon in the division with the club finishing the season in 17th place.[2]
Final league table [ edit ]
Source:
[citation needed ] Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
Results [ edit ] Swindon Town's score comes first [3]
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 8 August 1998 Sheffield United A 1–2 15,937 Holdsworth (own goal) 15 August 1998 Sunderland H 1–1 10,207 Onoura 22 August 1998 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 0–1 21,537 29 August 1998 Port Vale H 1–1 7,800 Hall 31 August 1998 Bury A 0–3 4,513 5 September 1998 Bristol City H 3–2 8,537 Walters , Ndah , Onoura 9 September 1998 Oxford United H 4–1 8,305 Ndah (2), Onoura (2) 12 September 1998 Portsmouth A 2–5 10,105 Onoura , Ndah 19 September 1998 Watford H 1–4 8,781 Ndah 25 September 1998 Tranmere Rovers A 0–0 5,501 29 September 1998 Bolton Wanderers A 1–2 16,497 Onoura 3 October 1998 Stockport County H 2–3 7,961 Onoura , Walters 9 October 1998 Huddersfield Town H 3–0 8,316 Onoura , Walters , Bullock 17 October 1998 Ipswich Town A 0–1 13,212 20 October 1998 Birmingham City A 1–1 19,485 Gooden 24 October 1998 West Bromwich Albion H 2–2 8,967 Hall , Walters 31 October 1998 Queens Park Rangers H 3–1 8,500 Walters (2), Onoura 7 November 1998 Crewe Alexandra A 2–0 4,469 Onoura (2) 14 November 1998 Bradford City A 0–3 14,897 21 November 1998 Crystal Palace H 2–0 11,718 Walters , Ndah 28 November 1998 Grimsby Town A 0–1 8,657 5 December 1998 Norwich City H 1–1 9,262 Walters 12 December 1998 Bradford City H 1–4 7,447 Onoura 19 December 1998 Barnsley A 3–1 15,342 Onoura (2), Hay 26 December 1998 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 1–0 11,627 Onoura 28 December 1998 Bristol City A 1–3 16,257 Ndah 9 January 1999 Sheffield United H 2–2 7,583 Ndah , Onoura 16 January 1999 Port Vale A 1–0 5,405 Ndah 30 January 1999 Bury H 1–1 7,797 West (own goal) 6 February 1999 Sunderland A 0–2 41,304 13 February 1999 Oxford United A 0–2 8,179 20 February 1999 Portsmouth H 3–3 10,110 Hay (2), Onoura 26 February 1999 Watford A 1–0 8,692 Howe 3 March 1999 Tranmere Rovers H 2–3 5,726 Ndah , Reeves 6 March 1999 Bolton Wanderers H 3–3 8,392 Howe , Hay , Walters 9 March 1999 Stockport County A 1–2 6,098 Walters 13 March 1999 Crewe Alexandra H 1–2 7,434 Hay 20 March 1999 Queens Park Rangers A 0–4 11,184 3 April 1999 Ipswich Town H 0–6 10,337 5 April 1999 Huddersfield Town A 2–1 11,719 Howe , Hay 10 April 1999 Birmingham City H 0–1 8,896 13 April 1999 West Bromwich Albion A 1–1 9,601 Ndah 17 April 1999 Crystal Palace A 1–0 18,660 Onoura 24 April 1999 Grimsby Town H 2–0 7,197 Onoura , Ndah 1 May 1999 Norwich City A 1–2 17,307 Onoura 9 May 1999 Barnsley H 1–3 8,182 Griffin
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers R3 2 January 1999 Barnsley H 0–0 8,016 R3R 19 January 1999 Barnsley A 1–3 10,510 Walters
League Cup [ edit ] [4] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during the season [ edit ] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
References [ edit ]
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