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Leicester City

1998–99 season
Chairman	John Elsom
Manager	Martin O'Neill
Stadium	Filbert Street
Premiership	10th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Runners up
Player of the Year	Tony Cottee
Top goalscorer	League: Cottee (10) All: Cottee (16)
Highest home attendance	22,091 vs Manchester United (16 Jan 1999, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	13,480 vs Chesterfield (16 Sep 1998, League Cup)
Average home league attendance	20,469
Home colours Away colours
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During the 1998–99 English football season, Leicester City competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Season summary

Leicester City repeated the previous season's 10th place in the Premiership, earning Martin O'Neill more credit for achieving strong finishes on a relatively limited budget. But the club's best chance of a UEFA Cup place was blown in late March when they lost to Tottenham Hotspur in the Worthington Cup final. At least City fans had the satisfaction of holding on to the highly rated O'Neill, who had seemed certain to desert the club for Leeds United early in the season.

Kit

Leicester's season's kit was manufactured by Fox Leisure and their shirt was sponsored by the British food snack manufacturer Walkers Crisps.

Final league table

1. Tottenham Hotspur qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners.

Results summary

Source: 1998-99 FA Premier League table

Results by round

Results

  Win   Draw   Loss

Pre-season

24 July 1998 (1998-07-24)	Finn Harps	1–4	Leicester City	Ballybofey
			Heskey ?', ?' Dykes o.g.' Fenton ?'	Stadium: Finn Park

26 July 1998 (1998-07-26)	Galway United	1–6	Leicester City	Galway
			Fenton ?' Heskey ?' Oakes ?' Cottee ?' Lennon ?', ?' (pen.)	Stadium: Terryland Park

1 August 1998 (1998-08-01)	Swindon Town	1–2	Leicester City	Swindon
	Walters 12'		Borrows 68' (o.g.) Wilson 86'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,194

3 August 1998 (1998-08-03)	Norwich City	0–1	Leicester City	Norwich
19:45 BST			Cottee ?'	Stadium: Carrow Road

8 August 1998 (1998-08-08)	Rushden & Diamonds	0–1	Leicester City	Northampton
			Heskey ?'	Stadium: Nene Park

10 August 1998 (1998-08-10)	Woking	0–2	Leicester City	Woking
19:45 BST			Fenton ?' Otta ?'	Stadium: Kingfield Stadium

FA Premier League

15 August 1998 (1998-08-15) 1	Manchester United	2–2	Leicester City	Manchester
15:00 BST	Sheringham 79' Beckham 90'		Heskey 7' Cottee 76'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 55,052 Referee: Neale Barry

22 August 1998 (1998-08-22) 2	Leicester City	2–0	Everton	Leicester
15:00 BST	Cottee 11' Izzet 38'			Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 21,037 Referee: Stephen Lodge

29 August 1998 (1998-08-29) 3	Blackburn Rovers	1–0	Leicester City	Blackburn
15:00 BST	Gallacher 12'			Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 22,544 Referee: Uriah Rennie

9 September 1998 (1998-09-09) 4	Leicester City	0–1	Middlesbrough	Leicester
19:45 BST			Gascoigne 45'	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 20,635 Referee: Keith Burge

12 September 1998 (1998-09-12) 5	Leicester City	1–1	Arsenal	Leicester
15:00 BST	Heskey 28'		Hughes 90'	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 21,628 Referee: Paul Durkin

19 September 1998 (1998-09-19) 6	Derby County	2–0	Leicester City	Derby
15:00 BST	Schnoor 34' Wanchope 51'			Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 26,738 Referee: Graham Poll

27 September 1998 (1998-09-27) 7	Leicester City	1–1	Wimbledon	Leicester
16:00 BST	Elliott 86'		Earle 74'	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 17,725 Referee: Alan Wilkie

3 October 1998 (1998-10-03) 8	Leeds United	0–1	Leicester City	Leeds
15:00 BST			Cottee 76'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 32,606 Referee: Graham Barber

19 October 1998 (1998-10-19) 9	Leicester City	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Leicester
20:00 BST	Heskey 37' Izzet 85'		Ferdinand 12'	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 20,787 Referee: Mike Riley

24 October 1998 (1998-10-24) 10	Aston Villa	1–1	Leicester City	Birmingham
15:00 BST	Ehiogu 68'		Cottee 36'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 39,241 Referee: Keith Burge

31 October 1998 (1998-10-31) 11	Leicester City	1–0	Liverpool	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Cottee 79'		McAteer   86'	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 21,837 Referee: Mike Reed

14 November 1998 (1998-11-14) 13	West Ham United	3–2	Leicester City	London
15:00 GMT	Kitson 37' Lomas 56' Lampard 76'		Izzet 28' Lampard 87' (o.g.)	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 25,642 Referee: Stephen Lodge

21 November 1998 (1998-11-21) 14	Leicester City	2–4	Chelsea	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Izzet 40' Guppy 60'		Zola 28', 90' Poyet 39' Flo 56'	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 21,401 Referee: Paul Durkin

28 November 1998 (1998-11-28) 15	Coventry City	1–1	Leicester City	Coventry
15:00 GMT	Huckerby 78'		Sinclair   47' Heskey 89'	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 19,894 Referee: Mike Riley

5 December 1998 (1998-12-05) 16	Leicester City	2–0	Southampton	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Heskey 61' Walsh 63'			Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 18,423 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

12 December 1998 (1998-12-12) 17	Leicester City	3–1	Nottingham Forest	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Heskey 43' Elliott 55' (pen.) Guppy 75'		van Hooijdonk 14'  58'	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 20,891 Referee: Mike Riley

19 December 1998 (1998-12-19) 18	Newcastle United	1–0	Leicester City	Newcastle
15:00 GMT	Glass 66'			Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 36,718 Referee: Jeff Winter

26 December 1998 (1998-12-26) 19	Sheffield Wednesday	0–1	Leicester City	Sheffield
15:00 GMT			Cottee 34'	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 33,513 Referee: Mike Reed

28 December 1998 (1998-12-28) 20	Leicester City	1–1	Blackburn Rovers	Leicester
19:45 GMT	Walsh 44'		Gallacher 38'	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 21,083 Referee: Alan Wilkie

16 January 1999 (1999-01-16) 22	Leicester City	2–6	Manchester United	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Zagorakis 35' Walsh 73'		Yorke 10', 63', 84' Cole 49', 61' Stam 90'	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 22,091 Referee: Steve Dunn

6 February 1999 (1999-02-06) 24	Leicester City	0–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Leicester
15:00 GMT			Jonk 48' Carbone 78'	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 20,113 Referee: Gary Willard

20 February 1999 (1999-02-20) 25	Arsenal	5–0	Leicester City	London
15:00 GMT	Anelka 23', 27', 44' Parlour 42', 48'			Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,069 Referee: Paul Durkin

1 March 1999 (1999-03-01) 26	Leicester City	1–2	Leeds United	Leicester
20:00 GMT	Cottee 76'		Kewell 24' Smith 60'	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 18,101 Referee: Graham Barber

6 March 1999 (1999-03-06) 27	Wimbledon	0–1	Leicester City	London
15:00 GMT			Guppy 6'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 11,801 Referee: Rob Harris

13 March 1999 (1999-03-13) 28	Leicester City	1–1	Charlton Athletic	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Lennon 60'		Jones  76' Mendonca 90'	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 20,220 Referee: Alan Wilkie

3 April 1999 (1999-04-03) 29	Tottenham Hotspur	0–2	Leicester City	London
15:00 BST			Elliott 43' Cottee 67'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,415 Referee: Neale Barry

6 April 1999 (1999-04-06) 30	Leicester City	2–2	Aston Villa	Leicester
19:45 BST	Savage 63' Cottee 71'		Hendrie 2' Joachim 49'	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 20,652 Referee: Stephen Lodge

18 April 1999 (1999-04-18) 32	Chelsea	2–2	Leicester City	London
14:00 BST	Zola 30' Elliott 69' (o.g.)		Duberry 82' (o.g.) Guppy 88'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 34,535 Referee: Mike Reed

21 April 1999 (1999-04-21) 33	Liverpool	0–1	Leicester City	Liverpool
19:45 BST			Marshall 90'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 36,019 Referee: Graham Poll

24 April 1999 (1999-04-24) 34	Leicester City	1–0	Coventry City	Leicester
15:00 BST	Marshall 45'			Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 20,224 Referee: Graham Barber

1 May 1999 (1999-05-01) 35	Southampton	2–1	Leicester City	Southampton
15:00 BST	Marsden 36' Beattie 74'		Marshall 17'	Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 15,228 Referee: Paul Alcock

5 May 1999 (1999-05-05) 36	Leicester City	1–2	Derby County	Leicester
19:45 BST	Sinclair 28'		Sturridge 17' Beck 60'	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 20,535 Referee: Neale Barry

8 May 1999 (1999-05-08) 37	Leicester City	2–0	Newcastle United	Leicester
15:00 BST	Izzet 20' Cottee 41'			Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 21,125 Referee: Uriah Rennie

16 May 1999 (1999-05-16) 38	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Leicester City	Nottingham
16:00 BST	Bart-Williams 76'			Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 25,353 Referee: Steve Dunn

FA Cup

2 January 1999 (1999-01-02) R3	Leicester City	4–2	Birmingham City	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Sinclair 20' Ullathorne 26' Cottee 51' Guppy 70'		Robinson 35' Adebola 89'	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 19,846 Referee: Uriah Rennie

23 January 1999 (1999-01-23) R4	Leicester City	0–3	Coventry City	Leicester
15:00 GMT			Whelan 16' Boateng   45' Telfer 90' Froggatt 90'	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 21,207 Referee: Alan Wilkie

League Cup

16 September 1998 (1998-09-16) R2 1st leg	Leicester City	3–0	Chesterfield	Leicester
19:45 BST	Heskey 41', 51' Taggart 61'			Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 13,480 Referee: Mike Riley

22 September 1998 (1998-09-22) R2 2nd leg	Chesterfield	1–3 (1–6 agg.)	Leicester City	Chesterfield
19:45 BST	Howard 28'		Heskey 57' Fenton 87' Wilson 90'	Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 4,565 Referee: Stephen Lodge

27 October 1998 (1998-10-27) R3	Charlton Athletic	1–2	Leicester City	London
19:45 GMT	Mortimer 56'		Cottee 51', 60'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 19,671 Referee: Gary Willard

11 November 1998 (1998-11-11) R4	Leicester City	2–1	Leeds United	Leicester
19:45 GMT	Izzet 88' Parker 90' (pen.)		Kewell 17'	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 20,161 Referee: Paul Durkin

2 December 1998 (1998-12-02) QF	Leicester City	1–0	Blackburn Rovers	Leicester
19:45 GMT	Lennon 67'			Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 19,442 Referee: Alan Wilkie

26 January 1999 (1999-01-26) SF 1st leg	Sunderland	1–2	Leicester City	Sunderland
19:45 GMT	McCann 75'		Cottee 30', 62'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 38,332 Referee: Graham Barber

17 February 1999 (1999-02-17) SF 2nd leg	Leicester City	1–1 (3–2 agg.)	Sunderland	Leicester
19:45 GMT	Cottee 54'		Quinn 34'	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 21,231 Referee: David Elleray

21 March 1999 (1999-03-21) F	Leicester City	0–1	Tottenham Hotspur	London
15:00 GMT			Edinburgh  63' Nielsen 90'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 77,892 Referee: Terry Heilbron

Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  USA Kasey Keller 3 DF  JAM Frank Sinclair 4 DF  NIR Gerry Taggart 5 DF  ENG Steve Walsh (captain) 6 MF  TUR Muzzy Izzet 7 MF  NIR Neil Lennon 8 MF  ENG Scott Taylor 9 FW  ENG Emile Heskey 10 MF  ENG Garry Parker 11 MF  ENG Steve Guppy 13 FW  ISL Arnar Gunnlaugsson 14 MF  WAL Robbie Savage 15 DF  SWE Pontus Kåmark 16 MF  SCO Stuart Campbell

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  SCO Charlie Miller (on loan from Rangers) 18 DF  SCO Matt Elliott 19 DF  ENG Robert Ullathorne 20 FW  ENG Ian Marshall 21 FW  ENG Graham Fenton 22 GK  FRA Pegguy Arphexad 24 MF  ENG Andrew Impey 25 MF  ENG Stuart Wilson 27 FW  ENG Tony Cottee 28 DF  ENG Steve Wenlock 29 MF  ENG Stefan Oakes 30 GK  ENG Ian Andrews 37 MF  GRE Theodoros Zagorakis

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF  ENG Spencer Prior (to Derby County)

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF  ENG Sam McMahon (to Cambridge United)

Reserve squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player - GK  ENG John Hodges - DF  ENG Jon Ashton - DF  ENG Guy Branston - DF  ENG Paul Emerson - DF  ENG Martin Fox

No. Pos. Nation Player - DF  ENG Tommy Goodwin - MF  ENG Lee Allen - MF  NIR Tim McCann - MF  SCO Gary Neil - FW  ENG Lawrie Dudfield

Club staff

Directors & Senior Management
Role	Person
Chairman plc	Rodney Walker
Chairman	John Elsom
Deputy Chairman	Philip Smith
Non Executive Director	Roy Parker
Chief Executive	Barrie Pierpoint
Finance Director	Steve Kind

First Team & Youth Team Management
Role	Person
First Team Manager	Martin O'Neill
First Team Assistant Manager	John Robertson
First Team Coach	Steve Walford
Goalkeeping Coach	Jim McDonagh
Reserve Team Coach	Paul Franklin
Physiotherapist	Mick Yeoman
Physiotherapist	Alan Smith
Youth Academy Manager	David Nish
Youth Academy Assistant Manager	Neville Hamilton
Youth Academy Assistant Manager	Jon Rudkin
Youth Academy Physiotherapist	Ian Andrews
Youth Development Officer	Steve Sims
Chief Scout	Jim Melrose
Kit Manager	Paul McAndrew

Source: Leicester City F.C.

Statistics

Appearances, goals and cards

(Starting appearances + substitute appearances)

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Kasey Keller	36	0	2	0	7	0	45	0	2	0
3	DF	Frank Sinclair	30+1	1	2	1	6	0	38+1	2	13	1
4	DF	Gerry Taggart	9+6	0	1+1	0	5+1	1	15+8	1	3	0
5	DF	Steve Walsh	17+5	3	1	0	5	0	23+5	3	2	0
6	MF	Muzzy Izzet	31	5	2	0	5	1	38	5	3	0
7	MF	Neil Lennon	37	1	2	0	8	1	47	2	6	0
9	FW	Emile Heskey	29+1	6	2	0	8	3	39+1	9	3	0
10	MF	Garry Parker	2+5	0	0+2	0	3+1	1	5+8	1	0	0
11	MF	Steve Guppy	38	4	2	1	8	0	48	5	4	0
13	FW	Arnar Gunnlaugsson	5+4	0	0	0	0	0	5+4	0	1	0
14	MF	Robbie Savage	29+5	1	0	0	5+2	0	34+7	0	4	0
15	DF	Pontus Kåmark	15+4	0	0	0	1+1	0	16+5	0	0	0
16	MF	Stuart Campbell	1+11	0	1	0	1+1	0	3+12	0	1	0
17	MF	Charlie Miller	1+3	0	0	0	0	0	1+3	0	0	0
18	DF	Matt Elliott	37	3	2	0	8	0	47	3	9	0
19	DF	Robert Ullathorne	25	0	2	1	7+1	0	34+1	1	4	0
20	FW	Ian Marshall	6+4	3	0+1	0	0+1	0	6+6	3	0	0
21	FW	Graham Fenton	3+6	0	0	0	1+1	1	4+7	1	0	0
22	GK	Pegguy Arphexad	2+2	0	0	0	1	0	3+2	0	0	0
24	MF	Andrew Impey	17+1	0	1	0	0	0	18+1	0	0	0
25	MF	Stuart Wilson	1+8	0	0	0	1+4	1	2+12	1	0	0
27	FW	Tony Cottee	29+2	10	1	1	5	5	35+2	16	2	0
29	MF	Stefan Oakes	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	2+1	0	0	0
37	MF	Theodoros Zagorakis	16+3	1	1+1	0	3+2	0	20+6	1	4	0

Assists

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Premiership	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	MF	11	Steve Guppy	11	0	3	14
2	FW	9	Emile Heskey	3	2	0	5
	MF	7	Neil Lennon	3	0	2	5
	MF	6	Muzzy Izzet	2	0	3	5
	MF	14	Robbie Savage	2	0	3	5
4	DF	18	Matt Elliott	2	1	1	4
5	DF	4	Gerry Taggart	2	0	0	2
	MF	37	Theodoros Zagorakis	2	0	0	2
6	MF	24	Andrew Impey	1	0	0	1
	DF	19	Robert Ullathorne	1	0	0	1
	DF	5	Steve Walsh	1	0	0	1
	FW	27	Tony Cottee	0	1	0	1
	DF	3	Frank Sinclair	0	0	1	1
	MF	10	Garry Parker	0	0	1	1
	MF	16	Stuart Campbell	0	0	1	1
Total				30	4	15	49

Source: Match reports in Competitions

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
16 July 1998	DF	Gerry Taggart	Bolton Wanderers	Free transfer
13 August 1998	DF	Frank Sinclair	Chelsea	£2,000,000
24 November 1998	MF	Andrew Impey	West Ham United	£1,600,000
5 February 1999	FW	Arnar Gunnlaugsson	Bolton Wanderers	£2,000,000

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
19 June 1998	DF	Julian Watts	Bristol City	Free transfer
3 July 1998	FW	Graeme Jaffa	Dunfermline Athletic	Signed
21 August 1998	DF	Spencer Prior	Derby County	£700,000
1 February 1999	MF	Sam McMahon	Cambridge United	Free transfer

Transfers in: £5,600,000

Transfers out: £700,000

Total spending: £4,900,000

References

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2. "Leicester City - Historical Football Kits".
3. "Izzet sends message to Martin". BBC News. BBC. 25 October 1998. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
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