1998–99 Everton F.C. season

Everton
	1998–99 season
Chairman	Peter Johnson (until December 1998); Philip Carter (from December 1998)
Manager	Walter Smith
Stadium	Goodison Park
Premiership	14th
FA Cup	Sixth round
League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Campbell (9); All: Campbell (9)
Highest home attendance	40,185 vs. Liverpool (17 October 1998)
Lowest home attendance	18,718 vs. Huddersfield Town (23 September 1998)
Average home league attendance	36,203
← 1997–98	1999–2000 →

During the 1998–99 English football season, Everton F.C. competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Season summary

Everton continued to look a shadow of their former selves after Howard Kendall made way for new manager Walter Smith, though their 14th place finish was a three-place improvement upon last season's near miss with relegation. With Smith having achieved so much success north of the border with Rangers, he had been expected to bring some success to the blue half of Merseyside after two seasons of misery, but there was little for the Goodison Park faithful to shout about.

Off the field during the season in December, there was a chairmanship change in the boardroom when Peter Johnson quit after 11 years with the club following a row with manager Smith after the Everton boss controversially sold Duncan Ferguson to Newcastle United for £7m and Philip Carter took over the reins.^[1]

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester United (C)	38	22	13	3	80	37	+43	79	1999–2000 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Arsenal	38	22	12	4	59	17	+42	78	1999–2000 UEFA Champions League Group stage
3	Chelsea	38	20	15	3	57	30	+27	75	1999–2000 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Leeds United	38	18	13	7	62	34	+28	67	1999–2000 UEFA Cup First round
5	West Ham United	38	16	9	13	46	53	−7	57	1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
6	Aston Villa	38	15	10	13	51	46	+5	55
7	Liverpool	38	15	9	14	68	49	+19	54
8	Derby County	38	13	13	12	40	45	−5	52
9	Middlesbrough	38	12	15	11	48	54	−6	51
10	Leicester City	38	12	13	13	40	46	−6	49
11	Tottenham Hotspur	38	11	14	13	47	50	−3	47	1999–2000 UEFA Cup First round ¹
12	Sheffield Wednesday	38	13	7	18	41	42	−1	46
13	Newcastle United	38	11	13	14	48	54	−6	46	1999–2000 UEFA Cup First round ²
14	Everton	38	11	10	17	42	47	−5	43
15	Coventry City	38	11	9	18	39	51	−12	42
16	Wimbledon	38	10	12	16	40	63	−23	42
17	Southampton	38	11	8	19	37	64	−27	41
18	Charlton Athletic (R)	38	8	12	18	41	56	−15	36	Relegation to 1999–2000 Football League First Division
19	Blackburn Rovers (R)	38	7	14	17	38	52	−14	35
20	Nottingham Forest (R)	38	7	9	22	35	69	−34	30

Updated to games played on 16 May 1999.
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ Tottenham Hotspur qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners.
² As Manchester United qualified for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup place as FA Cup winners defaulted to Newcastle United, the losing finalists.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

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
38	11	10	17	42	47	−5	43	6	8	5	22	12	+10	5	2	12	20	35	−15

Source: 1998-99 FA Premier League table

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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	L	W	D	D	D	W	D	D	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	L
Position	6	18	19	12	17	15	15	14	12	15	15	15	17	16	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	15	15	17	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	18	16	15	14	15	14	14

Source: 11v11.com: 1998-99 Everton results
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

Everton's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
15 August 1998	Aston Villa	H	0–0	40,112
22 August 1998	Leicester City	A	0–2	21,037
29 August 1998	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–1	39,378
8 September 1998	Nottingham Forest	A	2–0	25,610	Ferguson (2)
12 September 1998	Leeds United	H	0–0	36,687
19 September 1998	Middlesbrough	A	2–2	34,563	Ball (pen), Collins
26 September 1998	Blackburn Rovers	H	0–0	36,404
3 October 1998	Wimbledon	A	2–1	16,054	Cadamarteri, Ferguson
17 October 1998	Liverpool	H	0–0	40,185
24 October 1998	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–0	26,592
31 October 1998	Manchester United	H	1–4	40,079	Ferguson
8 November 1998	Arsenal	A	0–1	38,088
15 November 1998	Coventry City	A	0–3	19,290
23 November 1998	Newcastle United	H	1–0	30,357	Ball (pen)
28 November 1998	Charlton Athletic	A	2–1	20,043	Cadamarteri (2)
5 December 1998	Chelsea	H	0–0	36,430
12 December 1998	Southampton	H	1–0	33,073	Bakayako
19 December 1998	West Ham United	A	1–2	25,998	Cadamarteri
26 December 1998	Derby County	H	0–0	39,206
28 December 1998	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–4	36,053	Bakayako
9 January 1999	Leicester City	H	0–0	32,792
18 January 1999	Aston Villa	A	0–3	32,488
30 January 1999	Nottingham Forest	H	0–1	34,175
7 February 1999	Derby County	A	1–2	27,603	Barmby
17 February 1999	Middlesbrough	H	5–0	31,606	Barmby (2), Dacourt, Unsworth, Materazzi
20 February 1999	Leeds United	A	0–1	36,344
27 February 1999	Wimbledon	H	1–1	32,574	Jeffers
10 March 1999	Blackburn Rovers	A	2–1	27,219	Bakayako (2)
13 March 1999	Arsenal	H	0–2	38,049
21 March 1999	Manchester United	A	1–3	55,182	Hutchison
3 April 1999	Liverpool	A	2–3	44,852	Dacourt, Jeffers
5 April 1999	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–2	35,270	Jeffers
11 April 1999	Coventry City	H	2–0	32,341	Campbell (2)
17 April 1999	Newcastle United	A	3–1	36,755	Campbell (2), Gemmill
24 April 1999	Charlton Athletic	H	4–1	40,089	Hutchison, Campbell (2), Jeffers
1 May 1999	Chelsea	A	1–3	34,909	Jeffers
8 May 1999	West Ham United	H	6–0	40,049	Campbell (3), Ball, Hutchison, Jeffers
16 May 1999	Southampton	A	0–2	15,254

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	2 January 1999	Bristol City	A	2–0	19,608	Bakayako (2)
R4	23 January 1999	Ipswich Town	H	1–0	28,854	Barmby
R5	13 February 1999	Coventry City	H	2–1	33,097	Jeffers, Oster
QF	7 March 1999	Newcastle United	A	1–4	36,584	Unsworth

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	15 September 1998	Huddersfield Town	A	1–1	15,395	Watson
R2 2nd Leg	23 September 1998	Huddersfield Town	H	2–1	18,718	Dacourt, Materazzi
R3	28 October 1998	Middlesbrough	A	3–2 (a.e.t.)	20,748	Ferguson, Bakayako, Hutchison
R4	11 November 1998	Sunderland	H	1–1 (lost 4-5 on pens)	28,312	Collins

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[3]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Thomas Myhre
2	DF	Alec Cleland
3	DF	Michael Ball
4	MF	Olivier Dacourt
5	DF	Dave Watson
6	DF	David Unsworth
7	MF	John Collins
8	FW	Nick Barmby
9	FW	Kevin Campbell (on loan from Trabzonspor)
10	MF	Don Hutchison
11	MF	Scot Gemmill
12	DF	Craig Short
13	GK	Paul Gerrard
14	MF	Tony Grant
15	DF	Marco Materazzi
16	FW	Michael Branch
17	MF	Gareth Farrelly
18	DF	David Weir
19	MF	John Oster

No.	Position	Player
21	MF	Mitch Ward
22	MF	Peter Degn
24	MF	Matt McKay
25	MF	Danny Williamson
26	FW	Ibrahima Bakayoko
27	DF	Richard Dunne
28	DF	Slaven Bilić
29	FW	Danny Cadamarteri
30	FW	Phil Jevons
31	DF	Terry Phelan
32	DF	John O'Kane
33	MF	Joe Parkinson
34	FW	Francis Jeffers
35	GK	Steve Simonsen
36	MF	Jamie Milligan
37	DF	Adam Farley
38	DF	Carl Regan
39	MF	Wayne McDermott

Left club during season

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

No.	Position	Player
9	FW	Duncan Ferguson (to Newcastle United)
11	FW	John Spencer (to Motherwell)
18	FW	Mickaël Madar (to Paris Saint-Germain)
20	DF	Tony Thomas (to Motherwell)

No.	Position	Player
22	MF	Gavin McCann (to Sunderland)
23	DF	Carl Tiler (to Charlton Athletic)
	DF	Graham Allen (to Tranmere Rovers)

Reserve squad

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Dean Delany
		DF	Peter Clarke
		DF	Adam Eaton
		DF	Tony Hibbert

No.		Position	Player
		DF	George Pilkington
		MF	Kevin McLeod
		MF	Leon Osman

Statistics

Appearances, goals and cards

(Starting appearances + substitute appearances)

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Thomas Myhre	38	0	4	0	3	0	45	0	3	0
2	DF	Alec Cleland	16+2	0	1	0	2+1	0	19+3	0	3	1
3	DF	Michael Ball	36+1	3	3	0	3+1	0	42+2	3	9	0
4	MF	Olivier Dacourt	28+2	2	2	0	4	1	34+2	3	16	1
5	DF	Dave Watson	22	0	3	0	1	1	26	1	0	0
6	DF	David Unsworth	33+1	1	3	1	3	0	39+1	2	9	0
7	MF	John Collins	19+1	1	0	0	2+2	1	21+3	2	4	0
8	FW	Nick Barmby	20+4	3	4	1	1+1	0	25+5	4	5	0
9	FW	Kevin Campbell	8	9	0	0	0	0	8	9	1	0
9	FW	Duncan Ferguson	13	4	0	0	4	1	17	5	5	0
10	MF	Don Hutchison	29+4	3	4	0	3+1	1	36+5	4	11	1
11	MF	Scot Gemmill	7	1	0	0	0	0	7	1	3	0
11	FW	John Spencer	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	2+1	0	0	0
12	DF	Craig Short	22	0	0	0	2	0	24	0	5	0
13	GK	Paul Gerrard	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
14	MF	Tony Grant	13+3	0	3+1	0	1+1	0	17+5	0	0	0
15	DF	Marco Materazzi	26+1	1	2	0	4	1	32+1	2	10	3
16	FW	Michael Branch	1+6	0	0+2	0	0	0	1+8	0	0	0
17	MF	Gareth Farrelly	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
18	FW	Mickaël Madar	2	0	0	0	0+1	0	2+1	0	0	0
18	DF	David Weir	11+3	0	1	0	0	0	12+3	0	2	0
19	MF	John Oster	6+3	0	2+2	1	1+1	0	9+6	1	1	0
20	DF	Tony Thomas	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
21	MF	Mitch Ward	4+2	0	2	0	1	0	7+2	0	2	0
22	MF	Peter Degn	0+4	0	0	0	0	0	0+4	0	0	0
23	DF	Carl Tiler	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0
26	FW	Ibrahima Bakayoko	17+6	4	1+2	2	2	1	20+8	7	3	0
26	FW	Marvin Robinson	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
27	DF	Richard Dunne	15+1	0	2	0	2	0	19+1	0	7	1
28	MF	Slaven Bilić	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	2	0
29	FW	Danny Cadamarteri	11+19	4	3+1	0	3+1	0	17+21	4	8	0
30	FW	Phil Jevons	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
32	DF	John O'Kane	2	0	1+2	0	0	0	3+2	0	0	0
34	FW	Francis Jeffers	11+4	6	2	1	0	0	13+4	7	0	0
36	MF	Jamie Milligan	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0+3	0	0	0
37	DF	Adam Farley	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[4]^[5]

GK: #1, Thomas Myhre, 45
RB: #12, Craig Short, 24
CB: #15, Marco Materazzi, 32
CB: #5, Dave Watson, 26
LB: #6, David Unsworth, 39
RM: #8, Nick Barmby, 25
CM: #10, Don Hutchison, 36
CM: #4, Olivier Dacourt, 34
LM: #3, Michael Ball, 42
CF: #26, Ibrahima Bakayoko, 20
CF: #29, Danny Cadamarteri, 17

References

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↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/everton/tab/players/season/1999
↑ http://www.football-lineups.com/team/Everton/FA_Premier_League_1998-1999

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[4] ttp://www.11v11.com/teams/everton/tab/players/season/1999

[5] ttp://www.football-lineups.com/team/Everton/FA_Premier_League_1998-1999

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1998–99 Everton F.C. season

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