1998–99 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

Wolverhampton Wanderers
1998–99 season
Chairman	Sir Jack Hayward OBE
Manager	Mark McGhee; (until 5 November); Colin Lee; (from 28 November)
Football League First Division	7th
FA Cup	4th round
League Cup	2nd round
Top goalscorer	League: Robbie Keane (11); All: Robbie Keane (16)
Highest home attendance	27,589 (vs Bradford, 9 May 1999)
Lowest home attendance	15,296 (vs Barnet, 18 August 1998)
Average home league attendance	22,620 (league only)
	← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

The 1998–99 season was the 100th season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played the season in the second tier of the English football system, the Football League First Division.

The season began with Mark McGhee as manager but he left "by mutual agreement" on 5 November after a run of two victories from fourteen games; the team having begun with four consecutive league wins.^[1] Upon McGhee's departure his assistant Colin Lee was placed in charge of the team and, after taking ten points from a possible twelve, he was handed the post for the remainder of the season.^[2]

The team finished in seventh place, one position short of the play-offs. Results on the final day, including their own, failed to go in their favour and so they missed out on a chance of promotion to the Premier League. Nonetheless, following the final match, the Wolves board announced that Colin Lee was to be given a permanent contract as manager.^[3]

Results

Pre-season

15 July 1998	Wüstenrot Salzburg	2–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Salzburg, Austria
	Glieder 18' Koejoe 66'			Stadium: Stadion Lehen

18 July 1998	LASK Linz	2–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Grieskirchen, Austria
	Weissenberger 43' Riseth 56'			Stadium: Trattnachtalstadion Attendance: 2,000

22 July 1998	Carl Zeiss Jena	0–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Schleiz, Germany
19:00 CEST			Bull 21'	Stadium: Sportplatz am Fasanengarten

24 July 1998	Union Berlin	1–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Berlin, Germany
18:00 CEST	Küntzel 3'		Robinson 11' Simpson 62'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 2,200

27 July 1998	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	Blackburn Rovers	Wolverhampton
	Naylor 53'		Johnson 78'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 8,243 Referee: Mike Fletcher

29 July 1998	Northampton Town	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Northampton
	Corazzin 60', 71'		Clarkson 70' (o.g.)	Stadium: Sixfields Attendance: 2,252 Referee: Paul Rejer

1 August 1998	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–3	Barcelona	Wolverhampton
	Bull 30' Osborn 41'		Anderson 10', 62' Rosas 40'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 18,010 Referee: Mike Reed

Football League First Division

A total of 24 teams competed in the Football League First Division in the 1998–99 season. Each team played every other team twice: once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats. Teams finishing level on points were firstly divided by the number of goals scored rather than goal difference.

The provisional fixture list was released on 15 June 1998, but was subject to change in the event of matches being selected for television coverage or police concerns.^[4]

8 August 1998 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0	Tranmere Rovers	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Keane 19' Curle 88' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 20,203 Referee: Paul Taylor

15 August 1998 2	Oxford United	0–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Oxford
15:00 BST			Bull 45' Osborn 80'	Stadium: Manor Ground Attendance: 7,521 Referee: Matt Mathias

22 August 1998 3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Swindon Town	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Curle 29' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 21,537 Referee: Graham Frankland

28 August 1998 4	Watford	0–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Watford
19:45 BST		Report	Bull 44' Keane 46'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 12,016 Referee: Kevin Lynch

31 August 1998 5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–2	Stockport County	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Richards 6' Gómez 37'	Report	Angell 44', 53'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 22,217 Referee: George Cain

8 September 1998 6	Port Vale	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Burslem
19:45 BST	Beadle 14' Naylor 58'	Report	Keane 67'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 8,087 Referee: John Kirkby

12 September 1998 7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	Sunderland	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Keane 68'	Report	Phillips 90+3'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 26,816 Referee: Eddie Wolstenholme

19 September 1998 8	Huddersfield Town	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Huddersfield
15:00 BST	Dalton 19' Thornley 90+4'	Report	Keane 90+2'	Stadium: McAlpine Stadium Attendance: 13,854 Referee: Chris Foy

26 September 1998 9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Bury	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Bull 66'	Report		Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 20,155 Referee: Mike Jones

29 September 1998 10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–2	Queens Park Rangers	Wolverhampton
19:45 BST	Foley 75'	Report	Sheron 2', 9'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 20,201 Referee: David Pugh

3 October 1998 11	Crewe Alexandra	0–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Crewe
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 5,759 Referee: Andy D'Urso

17 October 1998 12	Portsmouth	1–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Portsmouth
15:00 BST	McLoughlin 66' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 13,681 Referee: Paul Danson

20 October 1998 13	Crystal Palace	3–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	London
19:45 BST	Moore 40' Burton 52' Ćurčić 84'	Report	Sedgley 63', 86'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 16,417 Referee: Andy Butler

24 October 1998 14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0	Grimsby Town	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Foley 21' Curle 36' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 18,480 Referee: Eddie Lomas

31 October 1998 15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	Barnsley	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Muscat 5' (pen.)	Report	Ward 52' (pen.)	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 20,714 Referee: Scott Mathieson

3 November 1998 16	Ipswich Town	2–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Ipswich
19:45 GMT	Scowcroft 17' Stockwell 90'	Report		Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 14,680 Referee: Roger Furnandiz

7 November 1998 17	Bristol City	1–6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Hutchings 12'	Report	Whittingham 19' Connolly 22', 57', 67', 77' Robinson 79'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 15,432 Referee: Paul Taylor

10 November 1998 18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Sheffield United	Wolverhampton
19:45 GMT	Connolly 50' Robinson 55'	Report	Stuart 44'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 20,804 Referee: Roy Pearson

14 November 1998 19	Norwich City	0–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Norwich
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 17,275 Referee: Phil Richards

22 November 1998 20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–1	Birmingham City	Wolverhampton
13:00 GMT	Naylor 72' Robinson 80', 90+1'	Report	Furlong 21'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 23,037 Referee: Terry Heilbron

29 November 1998 21	West Bromwich Albion	2–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	West Bromwich
13:00 GMT	Kilbane 46' Murphy 61'	Report		Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 22,682 Referee: Graham Laws

5 December 1998 22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	Bolton Wanderers	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Emblen 72'	Report	Taylor 58'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 22,537 Referee: Clive Wilkes

12 December 1998 23	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–2	Norwich City	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Keane 84', 89'	Report	Adams 31' (pen.) Roberts 60'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 21,014 Referee: John Kirkby

19 December 1998 24	Bradford City	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Bradford
15:00 GMT	Blake 20' Mills 50'	Report	Keane 67'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 13,846 Referee: Steve Bennett

26 December 1998 25	Swindon Town	1–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Swindon
15:00 GMT	Onuora 89'	Report		Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 11,627 Referee: Fraser Stretton

28 December 1998 26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Ipswich Town	Wolverhampton
13:00 GMT	Muscat 88'	Report		Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 24,636 Referee: Mark Halsey

8 January 1999 27	Tranmere Rovers	1–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Birkenhead
19:45 GMT	Santos 20'	Report	Keane 1' Gómez 12'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 6,179 Referee: Kevin Lynch

16 January 1999 28	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–0	Watford	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 23,408 Referee: Brian Coddington

30 January 1999 29	Stockport County	1–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Stockport
15:00 GMT	Angell 56'	Report	Richards 54' Robinson 74'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 8,654 Referee: George Cain

6 February 1999 30	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	Oxford United	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Keane 36'	Report	Windass 39'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 20,811 Referee: Andy Butler

13 February 1999 31	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–1	Port Vale	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Simpson 2' Keane 32' Curle 89' (pen.)	Report	Bogie 4'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 20,488 Referee: Phil Richards

20 February 1999 32	Sunderland	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Johnston 10' Quinn 90+'	Report	Melville 23' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 41,268 Referee: Phil Richards

27 February 1999 33	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–2	Huddersfield Town	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Robinson 10' Gray 64' (o.g.)	Report	Gray 59' Hamilton 90+'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 21,778 Referee: Scott Mathieson

6 March 1999 34	Queens Park Rangers	0–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	London
15:00 GMT		Report	Sedgley 84'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 13,150 Referee: Michael Pierce

13 March 1999 35	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–0	Bristol City	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Flo 14', 84' Sebők 53' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 25,237 Referee: David Crick

16 March 1999 36	Bury	0–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Bury
19:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 5,204 Referee: Paul Robinson

20 March 1999 37	Barnsley	2–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	Richards 31' (o.g.) Jones 33'	Report	Emblen 41' Connolly 78' Richards 90'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 16,587 Referee: Mike Dean

30 March 1999 38	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–0	Crewe Alexandra	Wolverhampton
19:45 BST	Robinson 14' Flo 25' Muscat 78' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 24,197 Referee: Eddie Wolstenholme

3 April 1999 39	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0	Portsmouth	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Muscat 71' Flo 76'	Report		Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 23,262 Referee: Clive Wilkes

5 April 1999 40	Sheffield United	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Marcelo 62'	Report	Osborn 86'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 21,761 Referee: Rob Styles

10 April 1999 41	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–0	Crystal Palace	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 23,643 Referee: Terry Heilbron

17 April 1999 42	Birmingham City	0–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Birmingham
15:00 BST		Report	Corica 13'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 28,143 Referee: Barry Knight

25 April 1999 43	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	West Bromwich Albion	Wolverhampton
13:00 BST	Robinson 37'	Report	Evans 18'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 27,038 Referee: Michael Pierce

30 April 1999 44	Bolton Wanderers	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Bolton
19:45 BST	Gardner 36'	Report	Corica 52'	Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 20,208 Referee: Paul Taylor

4 May 1999 45	Grimsby Town	0–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Cleethorpes
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 7,009 Referee: Graham Frankland

9 May 1999 46	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–3	Bradford City	Wolverhampton
13:30 BST	Flo 12' Simpson 81'	Report	Beagrie 25' Mills 40' Blake 64'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 27,589 Referee: Chris Foy

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Watford	46	21	14	11	65	56	0+9	77
6	Bolton Wanderers	46	20	16	10	78	59	+19	76
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	19	16	11	64	43	+21	73
8	Sheffield United	46	18	13	15	71	66	0+5	67

Source: Statto.com

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
46	19	16	11	64	43	+21	73	11	10	2	37	19	+18	8	6	9	27	24	+3

Source: Statto.com

Results by round

Round	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	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Result	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	L	D	D	L	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	D	D	L
Position	1	1	4	1	2	4	4	7	4	7	8	10	14	12	10	11	8	7	7	5	8	10	11	12	12	12	10	11	9	9	7	8	7	9	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	7	7	7

Source: Statto.com
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

FA Cup

2 January 1999 R3	Bolton Wanderers	1–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Bolton
15:00 GMT	Sellars 57'	Report	Keane 8', 65'	Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 18,269 Referee: Andy D'Urso

24 January 1999 R4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–2	Arsenal	Wolverhampton
15:30 GMT	Flo 37'	Report	Overmars 10' Bergkamp 69'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 27,511 Referee: Steve Dunn

League Cup

11 August 1998 R1.1	Barnet	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	London
19:45 BST	McGleish 68' Currie 90'	Report	Osborn 77'	Stadium: Underhill Attendance: 3,181 Referee: Fraser Stretton

18 August 1998 R1.2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	5–0 (6–2 agg.)	Barnet	Wolverhampton
19:45 BST	Bull 14', 35', 79' Keane 45', 74'	Report		Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 15,296 Referee: Steve Baines

15 September 1998 R2.1	Bournemouth	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Bournemouth
19:45 BST	Stein 17'		Ferguson 83'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 7,096 Referee: Rob Styles

22 September 1998 R2.2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–2 (2–3 agg.)	Bournemouth	Wolverhampton
19:45 BST	Keane 57'	Report	Stein 21', 60'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 15,431 Referee: Anthony Leake

Players

Key:
‡ On loan from another club * First appearance(s) for the club

# = Squad number
Pos = Playing position
P = Number of games played 10
G = Number of goals scored
GK = Goalkeeper
DF = Defender
MF = Midfielder
FW = Forward
= Yellow cards
= Red cards
† Permanent player left club during the season
¤ Loaned to another club for part or all of season

Correct as of end of season. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.

Pos	Name	P	G	P	G	P	G	P	G			Notes
Pos	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline		Notes
GK	Justin Bray	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
GK	Matt Murray	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
GK	Jørgen Nielsen ‡	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
GK	Mike Stowell	46	0	2	0	4	0	52	0	0	0
DF	Keith Curle (c)	44	4	2	0	3	0	49	4	8	1
DF	Ryan Green	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
DF	Kevin Muscat	17(6)	4	2	0	4	0	23(6)	4	12	0
DF	Lee Naylor	24(6)	1	0	0	4	0	28(6)	1	0	0
DF	Dean Richards	40(1)	3	1	0	4	0	45(1)	3	5	0
DF	Gordon Simms	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF	Adrian Williams	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
MF	Mark Atkins	15	0	2	0	0(1)	0	17(1)	0	0	1
MF	Steve Corica	18(5)	2	1	0	1(1)	0	20(6)	2	1	0
MF	Neil Emblen	30(3)	2	2	0	2(1)	0	34(4)	2	3	0
MF	Darren Ferguson ¤	2(2)	0	0	0	0(2)	1	2(4)	1	1	0
MF	Steve Froggatt †	8	0	0	0	2(1)	0	10(1)	0	2	0
MF	Michael Gilkes	25(4)	0	2	0	0(1)	0	27(5)	0	3	0
MF	Fernando Gómez	18(1)	2	1	0	2	0	21(1)	2	0	0
MF	Darren Middleton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF	Robert Niestroj	2(2)	0	1	0	0	0	3(2)	0	1	0
MF	Simon Osborn	35(2)	2	1	0	4	1	40(2)	3	9	0
MF	Carl Robinson	19(5)	8	2	0	1	0	22(5)	8	4	0
MF	Steve Sedgley	41(3)	3	0(1)	0	3	0	44(4)	3	8	0
MF	Paul Simpson ¤	8(3)	2	0(1)	0	1	0	9(4)	2	0	0
MF	Andy Turner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW	Steve Bull	11(4)	3	0	0	2	3	13(4)	6	1	0
FW	Steve Claridge †	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW	David Connolly ‡	18(14)	6	0(1)	0	2	0	20(15)	6	1	0
FW	Glen Crowe ¤†	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW	Håvard Flo	18(1)	5	1	1	0	0	19(1)	6	1	0
FW	Dominic Foley ¤	2(3)	2	0	0	0	0	2(3)	2	0	0
FW	Mark Jones	0(2)	0	0	0	0(2)	0	0(4)	0	1	0
FW	Robbie Keane	30(3)	11	2	2	4	3	36(3)	16	1	0
FW	Colin Larkin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW	Mixu Paatelainen †	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW	Adam Proudlock	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW	Guy Whittingham ‡	9(1)	1	0	0	0	0	9(1)	1	0	0

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Fee
5 August 1998	Fernando Gómez	Valencia	Free^[5]
13 November 1998	Robert Niestroj	Fortuna Düsseldorf	£500,000^[6]
13 January 1999	Håvard Flo	Werder Bremen	£700,000^[7]
25 March 1999	Darren Middleton	Aston Villa	Free^[8]
25 March 1999	Andy Turner	Crystal Palace	Free^[9]

Out

Date	Player	To	Fee
June 1998	Tony Daley	Released	Free^[10]
June 1998	Don Goodman	Released	Free^[11]
June 1998	Dariusz Kubicki	Released	Free^[10]
June 1998	Richard Leadbeater	Released	Free^[10]
June 1998	Hans Segers	Released	Free^[12]
June 1998	Robbie Slater	Released	Free^[10]
June 1998	Chris Westwood	Released	Free^[10]
6 August 1998	Dougie Freedman	Nottingham Forest	£950,000^[13]
6 August 1998	Jason Roberts	Bristol Rovers	£250,000^[14]
10 August 1998	Steve Claridge	Portsmouth	£200,000^[15]
11 September 1998	Mixu Paatelainen	Hibernian	£75,000^[16]
1 October 1998	Steve Froggatt	Coventry City	£1.9 million^[17]
27 January 1999	Glen Crowe	Plymouth Argyle	Free^[18]

Loans in

Start date	Player	From	End date
20 August 1998	David Connolly	Feyenoord	End of season^[19]
2 November 1998	Guy Whittingham	Sheffield Wednesday	28 December 1998
25 March 1999	Jørgen Nielsen	Liverpool	End of season^[8]

Loans out

Start date	Player	To	End date
1 August 1998	Glen Crowe	Exeter City	26 September 1998
18 September 1998	Paul Simpson	Walsall	5 October 1998^[20]
8 December 1998	Dominic Foley	Notts County	31 December 1998^[21]
11 December 1998	Paul Simpson	Walsall	11 January 1999^[22]
26 January 1999	Darren Ferguson	Sparta Rotterdam	26 April 1999^[18]
4 February 1999	Dominic Foley	Ethnikos Piraeus	24 March 1999

Kit

The season brought a new home kit as the design returned to a plain gold shirt with black collar. The away kit, a white away shirt with a dark green collar and dark green shorts, was retained from the previous season. Both were manufactured by Puma and sponsored by Goodyear.

References

^ "Wolves axe McGhee". The Mirror. 6 November 1998.
^ "Wolves 'gamble' on boss Lee". Sunday Mirror. 29 November 1998.
^ "Stunned Wolves leave it to Lee". The Birmingham Post. 10 May 1999.
^ "Champions to tackle Forest fire". The Independent. 16 June 1998.
^ "McGhee taking another Spanish step forward". Birmingham Post. 5 August 1998.
^ "Reinforcements for Lee's cause". Birmingham Post. 14 November 1998.
^ "Flo in at Wolves". The Mirror. 13 January 1999.
^ ^a ^b "Loan raider Lee notches one-in-three strike rate". Birmingham Post. 26 March 1999.
^ "Wolves get Turner prize but still want extra rewards". Birmingham Post. 25 March 1999.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Daley cuts his Wolves losses for fresh fields". Birmingham Post. 6 May 1998.
^ "Goodman gets a free but has regrets at leaving Molineux". Birmingham Post. 16 April 1998.
^ "Healthy dose of pessimism can pep up McGhee". Birmingham Post. 5 August 1998.
^ "Forest Freed transfer deal". The Mirror. 7 August 1998.
^ "Wolves allow Roberts to go". Birmingham Evening Mail. 6 August 1998.
^ "Fernando waiting on debut call at Wolves". Birmingham Post. 11 August 1998.
^ "Hibs pay £75,000 for Paatelainen as McLeish says there's no panic". Daily Record. 12 September 1998.
^ "Strachan's plans leave Froggatt on firm ground". Birmingham Post. 2 October 1998.
^ ^a ^b "Wolves banking on mutual benefits if Ferguson departs". Birmingham Post. 27 January 1999.
^ "Connolly to strike chord as McGhee gets his way". Birmingham Post. 21 August 1998.
^ "Walsall light up the Sky". Birmingham Evening Mail. 19 September 1998.
^ "Foley goes to County". The Mirror. 9 December 1998.
^ "Returning Simpson could ease Graydon's nagging headache". Birmingham Post. 12 December 1998.

[1] "Wolves axe McGhee". The Mirror. 6 November 1998.

[2] "Wolves 'gamble' on boss Lee". Sunday Mirror. 29 November 1998.

[3] "Stunned Wolves leave it to Lee". The Birmingham Post. 10 May 1999.

[4] "Champions to tackle Forest fire". The Independent. 16 June 1998.

[5] "McGhee taking another Spanish step forward". Birmingham Post. 5 August 1998.

[6] "Reinforcements for Lee's cause". Birmingham Post. 14 November 1998.

[7] "Flo in at Wolves". The Mirror. 13 January 1999.

[Loans-8] "Loan raider Lee notches one-in-three strike rate". Birmingham Post. 26 March 1999.

[9] "Wolves get Turner prize but still want extra rewards". Birmingham Post. 25 March 1999.

[Released-10] "Daley cuts his Wolves losses for fresh fields". Birmingham Post. 6 May 1998.

[11] "Goodman gets a free but has regrets at leaving Molineux". Birmingham Post. 16 April 1998.

[12] "Healthy dose of pessimism can pep up McGhee". Birmingham Post. 5 August 1998.

[13] "Forest Freed transfer deal". The Mirror. 7 August 1998.

[14] "Wolves allow Roberts to go". Birmingham Evening Mail. 6 August 1998.

[15] "Fernando waiting on debut call at Wolves". Birmingham Post. 11 August 1998.

[16] "Hibs pay £75,000 for Paatelainen as McLeish says there's no panic". Daily Record. 12 September 1998.

[17] "Strachan's plans leave Froggatt on firm ground". Birmingham Post. 2 October 1998.

[Crowe-18] "Wolves banking on mutual benefits if Ferguson departs". Birmingham Post. 27 January 1999.

[19] "Connolly to strike chord as McGhee gets his way". Birmingham Post. 21 August 1998.

[20] "Walsall light up the Sky". Birmingham Evening Mail. 19 September 1998.

[21] "Foley goes to County". The Mirror. 9 December 1998.

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