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1998–99 Manchester City F.C. season

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Manchester City F.C.
1998-99 season
ManagerJoe Royle
Second Division3rd
FA CupThird round
League CupSecond round
Play-offsWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Shaun Goater (17)
All: Shaun Goater (20)

Manchester City were able to make an immediate return to Division One, thanks to a play-off final victory over Gillingham in a penalty shootout, having drawn level from 2-0 down with 89 minutes of normal time played. The dramatic victory ensured that City's first season in English football's third tier ended in promotion, bringing some success to the club after two relegations in three seasons.

Team kit

The team kit was produced by Kappa and the shirt sponsor was Brother.

The home shirt for the season was a slightly darker shade of blue than the traditional City sky blue known as 'Laser Blue'. While the home shirt was generally well received, it was the away kit that would take on a special significance to Manchester City fans. While the luminous yellow and navy blue stripes were peculiar, with the yellow in particular somewhat garish and never having even been worn before by City, the shirt took on a whole new meaning when it was worn for the 1999 Football League Second Division play-off Final. Although this game technically marked the lowest ever league finish in Manchester City's history, instead the incredible circumstances by which City were able to win - having conceded the first two goals of the game in the last ten minutes of normal time, before getting two goals of their own in injury time, and then winning a penalty shoot-out - in fact mark this game as one of the proudest moments of the club's history, with many fans describing the victory as feeling as good as winning a top division title, and probably being more important to the club's long-term future. The kit instantly went from being an average if slightly unusual shirt to being one of the most iconic symbols of the club's history. There have been frequent if uncoordinated calls for the shirt to be brought back as an away kit in a future season, though as yet the design has largely been forgotten by the club's successive kit manufacturers.

Home
Away

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

Second Division

Matches

8 August 1998 1 Manchester City 3–0 Blackpool Manchester
Goater 26'
Bradbury 62'
Tskhadadze 76'
Stadium: Maine Road
14 August 1998 2 Fulham 3–0 Manchester City London
Beardsley 21'
Lehmann 32', 38'
Stadium: Craven Cottage
2 September 1998 5 Manchester City 3–1 Walsall Manchester
Goater 30', 71'
Dickov 74'
Rammell 79' Stadium: Maine Road
29 September 1998 10 Millwall 1–1 Manchester City London
Harris 46' Bradbury 90' Stadium: The Den
16 January 1999 26 Manchester City 3–0 Fulham Manchester
Goater 24'
Taylor 32'
Horlock 54'
Stadium: Maine Road
9 March 1999 34 Burnley 0–6 Manchester City Burnley
Horlock 17'
Morrison 41'
Goater 50', 59', 65'
Allsopp 82'
Stadium: Turf Moor
27 March 1999 38 Reading 1–3 Manchester City Reading
Scott 90' Cooke 31', 62'
Goater 54'
Stadium: Madejski Stadium
10 April 1999 41 Manchester City 4–0 Lincoln City Manchester
Dickov 34', 45', 48'
Horlock 63'
Stadium: Maine Road

Playoff semi-finals

DOR

Playoff final

30 May 1999 Manchester City 2–2, 3–1 pen. Gillingham London
Horlock 89'
Dickov 90'
Asaba 81'
R. Taylor 86'
Stadium: Wembley