1998–99 Portsmouth F.C. season

Portsmouth
	1998–99 season
Chairman	Martin Gregory (until 18 December); Les Parris (from 18 December - 18 May 1999)
Manager	Alan Ball
Stadium	Fratton Park
Football League First Division	19th
FA Cup	Fourth round
Worthington Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Aloisi (14); All: Aloisi (17)
Average home league attendance	11,973
← 1997–98	1999–2000 →

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

Season summary

Portsmouth's centenary season, 1998-99, saw a serious financial crisis hit the club and in December 1998, chairman Martin Gregory quit his post after being targeted of abuse from Portsmouth fans which gave him no choice but to sell his 97% ownership of the club^[1] and in February 1999, Portsmouth went into receivership.^[2] They avoided relegation again that season, and were then saved from closure by new chairman Milan Mandarić, who saved the club with a takeover deal in May 1999. The new chairman immediately started investing.^[3]

Final league table

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

Portsmouth's score comes first^[4]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
8 August 1998	Watford	H	1-2	15,275	Aloisi
15 August 1998	Tranmere Rovers	A	1-1	6,714	Aloisi
22 August 1998	Ipswich Town	H	0-0	12,002
29 August 1998	Huddersfield Town	A	3-3	10,085	Aloisi (2), McLoughlin (pen)
31 August 1998	Queens Park Rangers	H	3-0	12,106	Aloisi, McLoughlin, Phillips
6 September 1998	Oxford United	A	0-3	6,626
8 September 1998	Bury	A	1-2	4,310	McLoughlin (pen)
12 September 1998	Swindon Town	H	5-2	10,105	Aloisi (2), Igoe (2), Claridge
19 September 1998	Port Vale	A	2-0	5,992	Aloisi, Durnin
26 September 1998	Sunderland	H	1-1	17,022	Igoe
29 September 1998	Birmingham City	H	0-1	11,843
3 October 1998	Sheffield United	A	1-2	15,386	Aloisi
10 October 1998	Bristol City	A	2-2	13,056	Igoe, Claridge
17 October 1998	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-0	13,681	McLoughlin (pen)
20 October 1998	Bradford City	H	2-4	10,062	Aloisi (2)
24 October 1998	Barnsley	A	1-2	15,152	Durnin
7 November 1998	Crystal Palace	A	1-4	20,188	Aloisi
10 November 1998	Norwich City	H	1-2	9,335	Aloisi
14 November 1998	Grimsby Town	A	1-1	6,236	Aloisi
21 November 1998	West Bromwich Albion	H	2-1	11,144	Nightingale (2)
28 November 1998	Stockport County	A	0-2	7,504
5 December 1998	Crewe Alexandra	H	2-0	19,284	McLoughlin, Claridge
13 December 1998	Grimsby Town	H	0-1	8,180
19 December 1998	Bolton Wanderers	A	1-3	15,981	Igoe
26 December 1998	Ipswich Town	A	0-3	21,805
28 December 1998	Oxford United	H	2-2	12,604	Claridge (2, 1 pen)
9 January 1999	Watford	A	0-0	12,057
16 January 1999	Huddersfield Town	H	1-0	10,334	Claridge
30 January 1999	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-1	12,270	Nightingale
6 February 1999	Tranmere Rovers	H	1-1	10,597	Whittingham
13 February 1999	Bury	H	2-1	9,062	Robinson, Whittingham
20 February 1999	Swindon Town	A	3-3	10,230	Claridge (2), Péron
27 February 1999	Port Vale	H	4-0	12,838	McLoughlin (pen), Whittingham (3)
2 March 1999	Sunderland	A	0-2	37,656
6 March 1999	Birmingham City	A	1-4	20,617	Whittingham
9 March 1999	Sheffield United	H	1-0	10,287	Awford
13 March 1999	Crystal Palace	H	1-1	15,120	Whittingham
20 March 1999	Norwich City	A	0-0	16,662
28 March 1999	Barnsley	H	1-3	13,337	Durnin
3 April 1999	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-2	23,262
5 April 1999	Bristol City	H	0-1	13,026
10 April 1999	Bradford City	A	1-2	13,552	Durnin
17 April 1999	West Bromwich Albion	A	2-2	12,750	Durnin (2)
24 April 1999	Stockport County	H	3-1	11,212	Claridge, Simpson, Durnin
1 May 1999	Crewe Alexandra	A	1-3	5,759	McLoughlin
9 May 1999	Bolton Wanderers	H	0-2	16,015

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	2 January 1999	Nottingham Forest	A	1-0	10,092	Claridge
R4	23 January 1999	Leeds United	H	1-5	18,864	Nightingale

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	11 August 1998	Plymouth Argyle	A	3-1	4,380	McLoughlin (pen), Vlachos, Aloisi
R1 2nd Leg	18 August 1998	Plymouth Argyle	H	3-2 (won 6-3 on agg)	5,479	Hillier, McLoughlin (pen), Aloisi
R2 1st Leg	15 September 1998	Wimbledon	H	2-1	7,010	Aloisi, McLoughlin
R2 2nd Leg	22 September 1998	Wimbledon	A	1-4 (lost 3-5 on agg)	3,756	Whitbread

Squad

Squad at end of season^[5]

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Aaron Flahavan
		GK	Alan Knight
		GK	Chris Tardif
		GK	Andy Petterson
		DF	Andy Awford
		DF	Russell Perrett
		DF	Robbie Pethick
		DF	Lee Russell
		DF	Adrian Whitbread
		DF	Thomas Thøgersen
		DF	Michalis Vlachos
		MF	David Hillier
		MF	Sammy Igoe
		MF	Martin Phillips
		MF	Matthew Robinson

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Steve Soley
		MF	David Waterman
		MF	Alan McLoughlin
		MF	Jeff Péron
		MF	Stefani Miglioranzi
		MF	Fitzroy Simpson
		FW	Steve Claridge
		FW	John Durnin
		FW	Luke Nightingale
		FW	Robbie Simpson
		FW	Andy Thomson
		FW	Guy Whittingham
		FW	Svein Are Andreassen
		FW	Nikos Kyzeridis
		FW	John Aloisi

References

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1998–99 Portsmouth F.C. season

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Season summary

Final league table

Results

Legend

Football League First Division

FA Cup

League Cup

Squad

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