1998–99 Bristol City F.C. season

Bristol City
1998–99 season
Chairman	Scott Davidson
Manager	John Ward (until 28 October) ; Benny Lennartsson (from 28 October)
Stadium	Ashton Gate
Football League First Division	24th (relegated)
FA Cup	Third round
Worthington Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Akinbiyi (19); All: Akinbiyi (23)
Average home league attendance	12,840
	← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

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

Season summary

The Robins struggled back in Division One, and manager John Ward stepped down in October 1998 after chairman Davidson appointed Benny Lennartsson as coach for rest of the season which infuriated the supporters.^[1] They were relegated by finishing bottom of the league which saw Lennartsson sacked and was replaced by Gillingham's Tony Pulis.^[2]

Final league table

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

Bristol City's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 August 1998	Oxford United	H	2–2	13,729	S Andersen (2)
15 August 1998	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–1	13,337	Hewlett
22 August 1998	Watford	H	1–4	13,063	S Andersen
29 August 1998	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–1	5,960	Akinbiyi
31 August 1998	Huddersfield Town	H	1–2	11,801	Goodridge
5 September 1998	Swindon Town	A	2–3	8,537	Akinbiyi, Bell (pen)
8 September 1998	Sunderland	A	1–1	34,111	S Andersen
13 September 1998	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–3	13,761	Watts
19 September 1998	Ipswich Town	A	1–3	13,657	Akinbiyi
26 September 1998	Crewe Alexandra	H	5–2	9,810	Doherty, Goodridge, Murray, Akinbiyi, Hutchings
29 September 1998	Barnsley	H	1–1	12,005	Bell
3 October 1998	Bury	A	1–0	4,794	Bell (pen)
10 October 1998	Portsmouth	H	2–2	13,056	Murray, S Andersen
17 October 1998	Port Vale	A	2–3	6,691	Murray, Akinbiyi
20 October 1998	Grimsby Town	A	1–2	5,082	S Andersen
23 October 1998	Bolton Wanderers	H	2–1	12,026	Akinbiyi, Bell (pen)
31 October 1998	Bradford City	A	0–5	14,468
7 November 1998	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–6	15,432	Hutchings
14 November 1998	Crystal Palace	A	1–2	17,821	S Andersen
21 November 1998	Stockport County	H	1–1	11,032	Thorpe
28 November 1998	Birmingham City	A	2–4	17,577	Thorpe, S Andersen
5 December 1998	Sheffield United	H	2–0	11,134	Bell (pen), Akinbiyi
12 December 1998	Crystal Palace	H	1–1	13,014	Akinbiyi
19 December 1998	Norwich City	A	1–2	17,022	Akinbiyi
26 December 1998	Watford	A	0–1	15,081
28 December 1998	Swindon Town	H	3–1	16,257	Torpey (2), Akinbiyi
9 January 1999	Oxford United	A	0–0	9,434
16 January 1999	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–1	13,217	Locke
30 January 1999	Huddersfield Town	A	2–2	14,034	Akinbiyi, Locke
5 February 1999	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–0	13,841
13 February 1999	Sunderland	H	0–1	15,736
20 February 1999	West Bromwich Albion	A	2–2	16,490	Akinbiyi (2)
27 February 1999	Ipswich Town	H	0–1	14,065
9 March 1999	Bury	H	1–1	11,606	S Andersen
13 March 1999	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–3	25,237
20 March 1999	Bradford City	H	2–3	10,870	Akinbiyi, S Andersen
23 March 1999	Barnsley	A	0–2	14,733
3 April 1999	Port Vale	H	2–0	11,039	Akinbiyi, Howells
5 April 1999	Portsmouth	A	1–0	13,026	Locke
10 April 1999	Grimsby Town	H	4–1	11,616	Torpey, Akinbiyi (2), Tinnion
13 April 1999	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–1	14,459
17 April 1999	Stockport County	A	2–2	7,602	Brennan, Torpey
24 April 1999	Birmingham City	H	1–2	15,845	Akinbiyi
27 April 1999	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–1	5,579
1 May 1999	Sheffield United	A	1–3	17,310	Akinbiyi
9 May 1999	Norwich City	H	1–0	11,362	Pinamonte

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	2 January 1999	Everton	H	0–2	19,608

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	11 August 1998	Shrewsbury Town	H	4–0	3,585	Hutchings, Akinbiyi (2), S Andersen
R1 2nd Leg	18 August 1998	Shrewsbury Town	A	3–4 (won 7–4 on agg)	1,011	Thorpe, Akinbiyi, Doherty
R2 1st Leg	16 September 1998	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–1	3,082	Akinbiyi
R2 2nd Leg	22 September 1998	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–2 (lost 1–3 on agg)	3,089

Squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	GK	ENG	Kevin Welch
-	DF	ENG	Adam Locke
-	DF	ENG	Louis Carey
-	DF	ENG	Michael Bell
-	DF	CAN	Jim Brennan
-	MF	ENG	Brian Tinnion
-	MF	SCO	Scott Murray
-	FW	NGA	Ade Akinbiyi
-	FW	BRB	Gregory Goodridge
-	MF	NIR	Tommy Doherty
-	FW	DEN	Søren Andersen
-	DF	SWE	Mark Shail (captain)
-	GK	ENG	Steve Phillips
-	DF	WAL	Robert Edwards
-	FW	ENG	Steve Torpey
-	MF	ENG	Carl Hutchings
-	DF	ENG	Julian Watts
-	DF	ENG	Aaron Brown
-	DF	HUN	Vilmos Sebők


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	FW	ENG	Tony Thorpe
-	MF	ENG	Matthew Hewlett
-	DF	MDA	Ion Testemitanu
-	MF	ENG	David Howells (on loan from Southampton)
-	DF	ENG	Shaun Taylor
-	FW	SCO	Colin Cramb
-	DF	ENG	Sean Dyche
-	DF	WAL	Christian Edwards (on loan from Nottingham Forest)
-	MF	ENG	Neil Heaney (on loan from Manchester City)
-	GK	DEN	Bo Andersen
-	DF	NED	Clemens Zwijnenberg
-	DF	ENG	Kevin Langan
-	FW	ITA	Lorenzo Pinamonte
-	DF	SCO	Andy Jordan
-	DF	ENG	Matt Hill
-	FW	ENG	Alex Meechan
-	MF	ENG	Joe Burnell
-	GK	ENG	Stuart Naylor

References

^ "Football: Ward fires fans fury". The Free Library. The Mirror. 29 October 1998. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
^ "FOOTBALL: GILLS SNAP UP TAYLOR". The Free Library. The Mirror. 8 July 1999. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
^ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/bristol-city/1998-1999

[1] "Football: Ward fires fans fury". The Free Library. The Mirror. 29 October 1998. Retrieved 29 March 2012.

[2] "FOOTBALL: GILLS SNAP UP TAYLOR". The Free Library. The Mirror. 8 July 1999. Retrieved 29 March 2012.

[3] ttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/bristol-city/1998-1999

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