1998–99 Barnsley F.C. season

Barnsley

1998–99 season
Chairman	John Dennis
Manager	John Hendrie (until 19 April) Eric Winstanley (caretaker from 19 April)
Stadium	Oakwell
First Division	13th
FA Cup	Quarter finals
League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Ward (12) All: Ward (15)
Average home league attendance	16,269
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

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

Season summary

In the summer, Danny Wilson departed Barnsley to join Sheffield Wednesday, and with the team looking to bounce back to the Premier League John Hendrie was named manager.

The Red's promotion hopes were hampered when they lost influential captain Neil Redfearn who was sold to Charlton Athletic after making 338 first team appearances for Barnsley.

The season was mostly unremarkable in terms of results and on 19 April 1999, Hendrie was sacked with the club nowhere near the top six and Hendrie's assistant Eric Winstanley took caretaker charge for the remaining games of the season. Barnsley then went on to finish a disappointing campaign in 13th place. One of the highlights of the season was a 7-1 home victory against local rivals Huddersfield Town. This was the only time new signing Craig Hignett and Ashley Ward played together, with Ward leaving for Blackburn. After the season Barnsley lost yet more players from the promotion season, with solid defender Arjan de Zeeuw and attacking midfield player Clint Marcelle both leaving the club. Goalkeeper David Watson also suffered an injury mid-season that later ended his career.

Final league table

Main article: 1998–99 Football League

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

Barnsley's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
8 August 1998	West Bromwich Albion	H	2-2	18,114	de Zeeuw (2)
15 August 1998	Crewe Alexandra	A	1-3	5,289	McClare
21 August 1998	Stockport County	H	1-1	16,377	Fjørtoft
29 August 1998	Birmingham City	A	0-0	19,825
31 August 1998	Oxford United	H	1-0	15,328	Hendrie
8 September 1998	Norwich City	H	1-3	15,695	Ward
12 September 1998	Grimsby Town	A	2-1	8,149	Ward (2)
19 September 1998	Crystal Palace	H	4-0	15,597	Ward (2), McClare, Fjørtoft
26 September 1998	Bradford City	A	1-2	15,887	Ward
29 September 1998	Bristol City	A	1-1	12,005	Sheridan
3 October 1998	Bolton Wanderers	H	2-2	17,362	Ward, van der Laan
11 October 1998	Port Vale	H	0-2	16,195
17 October 1998	Sheffield United	A	1-1	23,180	Fjørtoft
20 October 1998	Tranmere Rovers	A	0-3	5,194
24 October 1998	Portsmouth	H	2-1	15,152	Ward, Barnard
31 October 1998	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-1	20,714	Ward (pen)
4 November 1998	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-2	8,218	Bullock
7 November 1998	Bury	H	1-1	15,115	Ward
14 November 1998	Ipswich Town	H	0-1	15,966
21 November 1998	Sunderland	A	3-2	40,231	Ward, Dyer, Barnard (pen)
27 November 1998	Huddersfield Town	H	7-1	16,648	Dyer (2), Hignett (2), Tinkler, Ward, Barnard
5 December 1998	Watford	A	0-0	10,165
12 December 1998	Ipswich Town	A	2-0	16,021	McClare, Turner
19 December 1998	Swindon Town	H	1-3	15,342	Barnard (pen)
26 December 1998	Stockport County	A	1-0	10,263	de Zeeuw
28 December 1998	Queens Park Rangers	H	1-0	17,083	Hignett
9 January 1999	West Bromwich Albion	A	0-2	15,029
16 January 1999	Birmingham City	H	0-0	17,114
30 January 1999	Oxford United	A	0-1	6,174
6 February 1999	Crewe Alexandra	H	2-2	15,377	Tinkler, de Zeeuw
16 February 1999	Norwich City	A	0-0	13,232
20 February 1999	Grimsby Town	H	0-0	16,343
28 February 1999	Crystal Palace	A	0-1	17,021
3 March 1999	Bradford City	H	0-1	16,866
9 March 1999	Bolton Wanderers	A	3-3	16,537	Hignett (2), Jones
13 March 1999	Bury	A	0-0	4,696
20 March 1999	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2-3	16,587	Richards (own goal), Jones
23 March 1999	Bristol City	H	2-0	14,733	Dyer, Hignett
28 March 1999	Portsmouth	A	3-1	13,337	Hignett, Whitbread (own goal), Dyer
3 April 1999	Sheffield United	H	2-1	17,566	Hignett (2)
5 April 1999	Port Vale	A	0-1	5,968
10 April 1999	Tranmere Rovers	H	1-1	15,133	Dyer
16 April 1999	Sunderland	H	1-3	17,390	Sheron
24 April 1999	Huddersfield Town	A	1-0	15,353	Sheron
1 May 1999	Watford	H	2-2	17,098	Eaden, Tinkler
9 May 1999	Swindon Town	A	3-1	8,182	Jones, Bullock, Dyer

FA Cup

Main article: 1998–99 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	2 January 1999	Swindon Town	A	0-0	8,016
R3R	19 January 1999	Swindon Town	H	3-1	10,510	McClare, Bullock, Hignett
R4	23 January 1999	Bournemouth	H	3-1	11,982	Sheridan, Hignett, Bullock
R5	13 February 1999	Bristol Rovers	H	4-1	17,508	Hignett (3), Dyer
QF	16 March 1999	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0-1	18,793

League Cup

Main article: 1998–99 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	12 August 1998	Scarborough	A	1-0	3,064	Ward
R1 2nd Leg	18 August 1998	Scarborough	H	3-0 (won 4-0 on agg)	5,099	Fjørtoft, van der Laan, Eaden
R2 1st Leg	15 September 1998	Reading	H	3-0	7,840	Barnard, Fjørtoft (2)
R2 2nd Leg	23 September 1998	Reading	A	1-1 (won 4-1 on agg)	6,983	Ward
R3	27 October 1998	Bournemouth	H	2-1	8,560	Ward (pen), Fjørtoft
R4	10 November 1998	Luton Town	A	0-1	8,435

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 Tony Bullock - DF Nicky Eaden - DF Arjan de Zeeuw - DF Adie Moses - DF Scott Jones - MF Matty Appleby - MF Martin Bullock - MF Kevin Richardson - MF Sean McClare - FW Bruce Dyer - FW Craig Hignett - DF Darren Barnard - MF Eric Tinkler - GK David Watson - DF Chris Morgan - MF Darren Sheridan - FW Mike Sheron - MF Robin van der Laan - GK Lars Leese - FW John Hendrie (player-manager)

No. Position Player - MF Clayton Blackmore - FW Mike Turner - FW Clint Marcelle - FW Karl Rose - FW Gjorgji Hristov - DF Peter Markstedt - MF Pirri (on loan from CP Mérida) - DF Aleš Križan - FW Jon Parkin - DF Brian O'Callaghan - FW Andrew Gregory - DF James Dudgeon - DF Chris Barker - MF Fumaça - FW Rory Fallon - MF Paul Bagshaw - MF Marc Heckingbottom - FW Paul Kennedy - GK Richard Siddall

Left club during the season

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

No. Position Player - FW Deon Burton (on loan from Derby County) - FW Andy Liddell (to Wigan Athletic) - MF Alan Moore (on loan from Middlesbrough)

No. Position Player - FW Jan Åge Fjørtoft (to Eintracht Frankfurt) - FW Don Goodman (on loan from Sanfrecce Hiroshima) - FW Ashley Ward (to Blackburn Rovers)