1998–99 Sunderland A.F.C. season

Sunderland
1998–99 season
Chairman	Bob Murray
Manager	Peter Reid
Stadium	Stadium of Light
First Division	1st (champions)
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Kevin Phillips (23); All: Kevin Phillips (25)
Average home league attendance	38,745
	← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

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

Season summary

In the 1998–99 season, Sunderland secured their Premier League place by winning the Division One title with a then record 105 League points having topped the First Division table since 24 October 1998.^[1] They clinched promotion on 13 April 1999 by winning 5–2 at Bury.^[2]

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sunderland (C, P)	46	31	12	3	91	28	+63	105	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Bradford City (P)	46	26	9	11	82	47	+35	87	Promotion to the Premier League
3	Ipswich Town	46	26	8	12	69	32	+37	86	Qualification for the First Division play-offs
4	Birmingham City	46	23	12	11	66	37	+29	81
5	Watford (O, P)	46	21	14	11	65	56	+9	77

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results

Sunderland's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
8 August 1998	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–0	41,008	Phillips (pen)
15 August 1998	Swindon Town	A	1–1	10,207	Phillips
22 August 1998	Tranmere Rovers	H	5–0	34,155	Phillips, Dichio (2), Mullin, Butler
25 August 1998	Watford	H	4–1	36,587	Johnston, Summerbee, Dichio, Melville
29 August 1998	Ipswich Town	A	2–0	15,813	Mullin, Phillips
8 September 1998	Bristol City	H	1–1	34,111	Phillips
12 September 1998	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–1	26,816	Phillips
19 September 1998	Oxford United	H	7–0	34,567	Bridges (2), Gray, Dichio (2, 1 pen), Rae (2)
26 September 1998	Portsmouth	A	1–1	17,022	Johnston
29 September 1998	Norwich City	A	2–2	17,504	Quinn, Marshall (own goal)
3 October 1998	Bradford City	H	0–0	37,828
18 October 1998	West Bromwich Albion	A	3–2	20,791	Melville, Bridges, Ball
21 October 1998	Huddersfield Town	A	1–1	14,746	Ball
24 October 1998	Bury	H	1–0	38,049	Dichio
1 November 1998	Bolton Wanderers	A	3–0	21,676	Johnston, Quinn, Bridges
3 November 1998	Crewe Alexandra	A	4–1	5,361	Dichio, Gray, Quinn, Bridges
7 November 1998	Grimsby Town	H	3–1	40,077	Smith (2), Quinn
14 November 1998	Port Vale	A	2–0	8,839	Aspin (own goal), Quinn
21 November 1998	Barnsley	H	2–3	40,231	Scott (pen), Quinn
28 November 1998	Sheffield United	A	4–0	25,612	Quinn (2), Bridges (2)
5 December 1998	Stockport County	H	1–0	36,040	Summerbee
12 December 1998	Port Vale	H	2–0	37,583	Smith, Butler
15 December 1998	Crystal Palace	H	2–0	33,870	Scott (pen), Dichio
19 December 1998	Birmingham City	A	0–0	22,095
26 December 1998	Tranmere Rovers	A	0–1	14,248
28 December 1998	Crewe Alexandra	H	2–0	41,433	Dichio, Bridges
9 January 1999	Queens Park Rangers	A	2–2	17,444	Phillips, Quinn
17 January 1999	Ipswich Town	H	2–1	39,835	Quinn (2)
30 January 1999	Watford	A	1–2	20,188	Quinn
6 February 1999	Swindon Town	H	2–0	41,304	Quinn, Phillips
13 February 1999	Bristol City	A	1–0	15,736	Phillips (pen)
20 February 1999	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–1	41,268	Johnston, Quinn
27 February 1999	Oxford United	A	0–0	9,044
2 March 1999	Portsmouth	H	2–0	37,656	Dichio, Phillips
6 March 1999	Norwich City	H	1–0	39,004	Phillips
9 March 1999	Bradford City	A	1–0	15,124	Quinn
13 March 1999	Grimsby Town	A	2–0	9,528	Phillips, Clark
20 March 1999	Bolton Wanderers	H	3–1	41,505	Phillips, Johnston (2)
3 April 1999	West Bromwich Albion	H	3–0	41,135	Phillips (2), Clark
5 April 1999	Crystal Palace	A	1–1	22,096	Phillips
10 April 1999	Huddersfield Town	H	2–0	41,074	Quinn, Johnston
13 April 1999	Bury	A	5–2	8,669	Phillips (4, 1 pen), Quinn
16 April 1999	Barnsley	A	3–1	17,390	Summerbee, Clark, Phillips
24 April 1999	Sheffield United	H	0–0	41,179
1 May 1999	Stockport County	A	1–0	10,548	Phillips
9 May 1999	Birmingham City	H	2–1	41,634	Phillips, Quinn

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	2 January 1999	Lincoln City	A	1–0	10,408	McCann
R4	23 January 1999	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–1	30,125

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	11 August 1998	York City	A	2–0	6,277	Dichio (2)
R1 2nd Leg	18 August 1998	York City	H	2–1 (won 4–1 on agg)	22,695	Phillips, Smith
R2 1st Leg	15 September 1998	Chester City	H	3–0	20,618	Scott, Phillips, Bridges
R2 2nd Leg	22 September 1998	Chester City	A	1–0 (won 4–0 on agg)	2,738	Johnston
R3	27 October 1998	Grimsby Town	H	2–1 (a.e.t.)	18,676	Bridges, Quinn
R4	11 November 1998	Everton	A	1–1 (won 5–4 on pens)	28,132	Bridges
QF	1 December 1998	Luton Town	H	3–0	35,742	Johnson (own goal), Bridges, Quinn
SF 1st Leg	26 January 1999	Leicester City	H	1–2	38,332	McCann
SF 2nd Leg	17 February 1999	Leicester City	A	1–1 (lost 2–3 on agg)	21,231	Quinn

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[4]

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	Chris Porter
—	GK	ENG	Luke Weaver
—	GK	WAL	Andy Marriott^{[notes 1]}
—	GK	IRL	Gregg Shannon
—	GK	DEN	Thomas Sørensen
—	DF	ENG	Paul Butler^{[notes 2]}
—	DF	ENG	Jody Craddock
—	DF	ENG	Elliott Dickman
—	DF	ENG	Michael Gray
—	DF	ENG	Paul Heckingbottom
—	DF	ENG	Darren Holloway
—	DF	ENG	Chris Makin
—	DF	ENG	Mark Maley
—	DF	ENG	Matthew Pitts
—	DF	WAL	Andy Melville
—	DF	SCO	Allan Johnston
—	DF	NIR	George McCartney
—	MF	ENG	Sam Aiston
—	MF	ENG	Kevin Ball
—	MF	ENG	Lee Clark
—	MF	ENG	Jonjo Dickman


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Gerry Harrison
—	MF	ENG	Chris Lumsdon
—	MF	ENG	Gavin McCann
—	MF	ENG	John Mullin
—	MF	ENG	Martin Scott
—	MF	ENG	Nicky Summerbee
—	MF	ENG	Paul Thirlwell
—	MF	ENG	Neil Wainwright
—	MF	ENG	Darren Williams
—	MF	SCO	David Duke
—	MF	SCO	Alex Rae
—	MF	IRL	Thomas Butler
—	MF	IRL	Brendan McGill
—	MF	DEN	Carsten Fredgaard
—	FW	ENG	Michael Bridges
—	FW	ENG	Danny Dichio
—	FW	ENG	Kevin Phillips
—	FW	ENG	Michael Proctor
—	FW	ENG	Martin Smith
—	FW	SCO	Kevin Kyle
—	FW	IRL	Niall Quinn

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division One		FA Cup		Worthington Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
	GK	WAL	Andy Marriott	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	DEN	Thomas Sorensen	56	0	45	0	2	0	9	0
	GK	ENG	Luke Weaver	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
	DF	ENG	Paul Butler	53	2	44	2	2	0	6+1	0
	DF	ENG	Jody Craddock	11	0	3+3	0	0	0	3+2	0
	DF	ENG	Michael Gray	44	2	36+1	2	2	0	5	0
	DF	ENG	Darren Holloway	6	0	1+5	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Chris Makin	47	0	37+1	0	2	0	7	0
	DF	ENG	Mark Maley	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	WAL	Andy Melville	52	2	44	2	2	0	6	0
	DF	ENG	Martin Scott	23	3	14+2	2	1	0	6	1
	DF	ENG	Darren Williams	30	0	16+9	0	1	0	4	0
Midfielders
	MF	ENG	Sam Aiston	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
	MF	ENG	Kevin Ball	47	2	42	2	1	0	4	0
	MF	ENG	Lee Clark	33	3	26+1	3	2	0	3+1	0
	MF	ENG	Gerry Harrison	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Allan Johnston	48	8	40	7	1	0	6+1	1
	MF	ENG	Chris Lumsdon	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
	MF	ENG	Gavin McCann	14	2	5+6	0	1+1	1	1	1
	MF	ENG	John Mullin	15	2	8+2	2	0	0	4+1	0
	MF	SCO	Alex Rae	18	2	12+3	2	1	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	Nicky Summerbee	43	3	36	3	0+1	0	5+1	0
	MF	ENG	Paul Thirlwell	5	0	1+1	0	0	0	2+1	0
	MF	ENG	Neil Wainwright	5	0	0+2	0	0	0	2+1	0
Forwards
	FW	ENG	Michael Bridges	36	12	13+16	8	0	0	5+2	4
	FW	ENG	Danny Dichio	43	12	16+20	10	1+1	0	4+1	2
	FW	ENG	Kevin Phillips	32	25	26	23	1	0	5	2
	FW	ENG	Michael Proctor	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
	FW	IRL	Niall Quinn	46	21	36+3	18	2	0	4+1	3
	FW	ENG	Martin Smith	15	4	4+4	3	0+1	0	4+2	1

References

^ Richard Rundle. "Football League 1998–99". Football Club History Database. Archived from the original on 21 October 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
^ "Bury 2 – 5 Sunderland". Soccerbase. Retrieved 6 January 2009.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Sunderland 1998-1999 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
^ "Sunderland FC Player Appearances | Past & Present | Soccer Base".

Notes

^ Marriott was born in Sutton-in-Ashfield, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in 1996.
^ Butler was born in Moston, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his paternal step-grandfather, and would make his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in February 2000.

[1] Richard Rundle. "Football League 1998–99". Football Club History Database. Archived from the original on 21 October 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.

[2] "Bury 2 – 5 Sunderland". Soccerbase. Retrieved 6 January 2009.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[3] "Sunderland 1998-1999 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.

[4] "Sunderland FC Player Appearances | Past & Present | Soccer Base".

[5] Marriott was born in Sutton-in-Ashfield, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in 1996.

[6] Butler was born in Moston, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his paternal step-grandfather, and would make his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in February 2000.

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