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Newcastle United

1998–99 season
Chairman	David Cassidy (until 18 December 1998) Freddy Shepherd (from 20 December 1998)
Manager	Kenny Dalglish (until 27 August 1998) Ruud Gullit (from 27 August 1998)
Stadium	St James' Park
Premier League	13th
Cup Winners' Cup	First round
FA Cup	Runners-up
League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Alan Shearer (14) All: Alan Shearer (21)
Average home league attendance	36,665
Home colours Away colours
← 1997–981999–2000 →

In the 1998–99 season, Newcastle United competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons). Newcastle's season was an almost carbon copy of the one before. They finished 13th in the Premiership and lost in the FA Cup final to enter Europe because the winning side had already qualified for the Champions League.

Just after the season started, Kenny Dalglish paid for Newcastle's sub-standard league performances with his job. The task was given to Ruud Gullit to turn things round, but he could not improve on the club's previous league finish of 13th. A dismal league position put them below local rivals Middlesbrough as well as other unfancied sides including Derby County and Sheffield Wednesday.

Season summary

A poor start to the 1998–99 season led to Kenny Dalglish being sacked. Ruud Gullit, a trophy winning manager with Chelsea a few years previously, was put in charge. The team again started promisingly, but was knocked out of the Cup Winners' Cup in the first round.

Gullit made some high-profile mistakes in the transfer market (notably, Spanish defender Marcelino and forward Silvio Maric bore the brunt of supporters frustrations). Less forgivably, he also fell out with several senior players, including the club captain Rob Lee, who had been the heartbeat of the team for the previous half decade, and was initially not given a squad number.

Newcastle made it to the 1998–99 FA Cup final, their second final in successive seasons. This time around they were to lose to Manchester United 2–0.

Because the FA Cup winners had already won European qualification, this meant Newcastle reached Europe for the fourth season running: this time the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup, due to the discontinuation of the Cup Winners' Cup.

Gullit resigned shortly after the start of the 1999–2000 season.

Off the pitch, controversy was caused when former chairman Freddy Shepherd, who had been forced to resign due to controversy over remarks made in the press the previous season, successfully manoeuvred to reinstate himself to the position within less than a year.

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
June 1998	MF	Georgios Georgiadis	Panathinaikos	£500,000
June 1998	GK	Lionel Pérez	Sunderland	Free
June 1998	FW	Stéphane Guivarc'h	Auxerre	£3,500,000
July 1998	DF	Carl Serrant	Oldham Athletic	£500,000
July 1998	MF	Garry Brady	Tottenham Hotspur	£650,000
July 1998	DF	Laurent Charvet	Cannes	£750,000
August 1998	MF	Dietmar Hamann	Bayern Munich	£4,500,000
August 1998	MF	Nolberto Solano	Boca Juniors	£2,500,000
November 1998	FW	Duncan Ferguson	Everton	£8,000,000
January 1999	FW	Louis Saha	Metz	Loan
January 1999	DF	Didier Domi	PSG	£4,000,000
March 1999	MF	Silvio Marić	Croatia Zagreb	£3,650,000

• Total spending: £28.55m

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
June 1998	FW	Jon Dahl Tomasson	Feyenoord	£2,500,000
June 1998	DF	Darren Peacock	Blackburn Rovers	£100,000
July 1998	GK	Shaka Hislop	West Ham United	Free
July 1998	GK	Pavel Srníček	Banik Ostrava	Free

• Total spending: £2.6m

Players

First-team 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  IRL Shay Given 2 DF  ENG Warren Barton 3 DF  ENG Stuart Pearce 4 DF  FRA Didier Domi 5 DF  ITA Alessandro Pistone 6 DF  ENG Steve Howey 7 MF  ENG Rob Lee 9 FW  ENG Alan Shearer (captain) 10 MF  CRO Silvio Marić 11 MF  WAL Gary Speed 12 MF  GER Dietmar Hamann 13 GK  ENG Steve Harper 14 MF  GEO Temuri Ketsbaia 15 MF  GRE Georgios Georgiadis 16 DF  FRA Laurent Charvet

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  SCO Stephen Glass 18 FW  FRA Louis Saha 20 FW  SCO Duncan Ferguson 21 DF  ENG Carl Serrant 24 MF  PER Nolberto Solano 25 FW  SCO Paul Dalglish 27 DF  BEL Philippe Albert 28 DF  NIR Aaron Hughes 29 MF  SCO Garry Brady 33 DF  ENG David Beharall 34 DF  GRE Nikos Dabizas 36 MF  ENG Jamie McClen 38 DF  ENG Andy Griffin 40 FW  SWE Andreas Andersson

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 4 MF  ENG David Batty (to Leeds United) 8 FW  FRA Stéphane Guivarc'h (to Rangers) 10 MF  ENG John Barnes (to Charlton Athletic) 18 MF  NIR Keith Gillespie (to Blackburn Rovers)

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  ENG Steve Watson (to Aston Villa) — MF  ISL Bjarni Guðjónsson (released) — DF  FRA David Terrier (to Nice)

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 22 MF  ENG Des Hamilton 23 GK  FRA Lionel Pérez 26 MF  ENG David Burt 30 DF  SCO Paddy Kelly 31 MF  ENG Stuart Elliott

No. Pos. Nation Player 32 MF  GER Ralf Keidel 35 FW  ENG Paul Robinson 37 DF  SCO Steven Caldwell 39 GK  ENG Peter Keen

Trialists

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  GER Marc Ziegler (on trial from VfB Stuttgart) — GK   Juan Carlos Martin (on trial from San Pedro)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   Miguel Aguilar (on trial from San Pedro)

Statistics

Appearances, goals and cards

(Starts + substitute appearances)

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Shay Given	31	0	6	0	2	0	2	0	41	0	0	1
2	DF	Warren Barton	18+6	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	24+6	0	5	0
3	DF	Stuart Pearce	12	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	16	0	1	1
4	MF	David Batty	6+2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	9+2	0	4	0
4	DF	Didier Domi	14	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	18	0	1	0
5	DF	Alessandro Pistone	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2+1	0	1	0
6	DF	Steve Howey	14	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	18	0	1	0
7	MF	Rob Lee	20+6	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	24+6	0	6	0
8	FW	Stéphane Guivarc'h	2+2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2+2	1	0	0
9	FW	Alan Shearer	29+1	14	6	5	2	1	2	1	39+1	21	7	0
10	MF	John Barnes	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
10	MF	Silvio Marić	9+1	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0	10+3	0	1	0
11	MF	Gary Speed	34+3	4	6	1	1+1	0	2	0	43+4	5	8	0
12	MF	Dietmar Hamann	22+1	4	7	1	1	0	0	0	30+1	5	7	1
13	GK	Steve Harper	7+1	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	8+2	0	0	0
14	MF	Temuri Ketsbaia	14+12	5	6	3	0	0	2	0	22+12	8	2	0
15	MF	Georgios Georgiadis	7+3	0	0+2	1	1	0	0	0	8+5	1	2	0
16	DF	Laurent Charvet	30+1	1	5	0	1	0	2	0	38+1	1	3	0
17	MF	Stephen Glass	18+4	3	2+2	0	2	0	2	0	24+6	3	1	0
18	MF	Keith Gillespie	5+2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	5+3	0	0	0
18	FW	Louis Saha	5+6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	6+6	2	1	0
19	DF	Steve Watson	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0
20	FW	Duncan Ferguson	7	2	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	7+2	2	0	0
21	DF	Carl Serrant	3+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3+1	0	1	0
24	MF	Nolberto Solano	24+4	6	7	0	1	0	1+1	0	33+5	6	3	0
25	FW	Paul Dalglish	6+5	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	8+5	2	2	0
27	DF	Philippe Albert	3+3	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	3+4	0	2	0
28	DF	Aaron Hughes	12+2	0	1+1	0	1	0	0	0	14+3	0	1	0
29	MF	Garry Brady	3+6	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	5+7	0	0	0
33	DF	David Beharall	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
34	DF	Nikos Dabizas	25+5	3	6	0	2	0	2	1	35+5	4	8	2
36	MF	Jamie McClen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
38	DF	Andy Griffin	14	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	19	0	2	0
40	FW	Andreas Andersson	10+4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	12+4	2	0	0

Starting 11

• GK: #1, Shay Given, 41
• RB: #2, Warren Barton, 24
• CB: #6, Steve Howey, 18 (#38, Andy Griffin, has 18 starts as a RB)
• CB: #34, Nikos Dabizas, 35
• LB: #16, Laurent Charvet, 38
• RM: #24, Nolberto Solano, 33
• CM: #7, Rob Lee, 24 (#17, Stephen Glass, has 24 starts as a LM)
• CM: #12, Dietmar Hamann, 30
• LM: #11, Gary Speed, 43
• CF: #9, Alan Shearer, 39
• CF: #14, Temuri Ketsbaia, 22

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Ruud Gullit
Assistant manager	Steve Clarke
Goalkeeping coach	Andy Woodman
Reserve team coach	Terry McDermott

Last updated: 3 May 2011
Source:

Results

Pre-season

27 July 1998	Bohemian	1–1	Newcastle United	Dublin
	Swan 78' (pen.)		Keidel 73'	Stadium: Dalymount Park Attendance: 5,000

1 August 1998 JD Sports Cup	Newcastle United	0–0 (3–4 p)	Benfica	Middlesbrough
				Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 5,430
	Penalties
	Watson Pearce Ketsbaia

2 August 1998 JD Sports Cup	Middlesbrough	1–1 (3–4 p)	Newcastle United	Middlesbrough
	Mustoe 27'		Shearer 50' (pen.)	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 5,230
	Penalties
			Shearer Lee Albert Pistone

5 August 1998	Bray Wanderers	0–6	Newcastle United	Bray
			Shearer 11', 29', 41' Dalglish 61', 88' Hamann 81'	Stadium: Carlisle Grounds Attendance: 5,700

10 August 1998	Newcastle United	2–1	Juventus	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Hamann 25' Pearce 40'		Blanchard 88'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 32,590

Premier League

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 runners-up.

Results by matchday

15 August 1998 1	Newcastle United	0–0	Charlton Athletic	Newcastle upon Tyne
			Rufus  25'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 36,719 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

22 August 1998 2	Chelsea	1–1	Newcastle United	London
	Babayaro 23'		Andersson 43'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 34,795 Referee: Uriah Rennie

30 August 1998 3	Newcastle United	1–4	Liverpool	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Guivarc'h 28'		Owen 17', 18', 32' Berger 45'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 36,740 Referee: Graham Barber

9 September 1998 4	Aston Villa	1–0	Newcastle United	Birmingham
	Hendrie 64' (pen.)			Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 39,241 Referee: Graham Poll

12 September 1998 5	Newcastle United	4–0	Southampton	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Shearer 8', 37' (pen.) Marshall 88' (o.g.) Ketsbaia 90'		Dodd  38'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 36,454 Referee: Mike Riley

19 September 1998 6	Coventry City	1–5	Newcastle United	Coventry
	Whelan 4'		Dabizas 14' Shearer 42', 90' Speed 43' Glass 58'	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 22,656 Referee: R. Harris

26 September 1998 7	Newcastle United	2–0	Nottingham Forest	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Shearer 11', 88' (pen.)			Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 36,760 Referee: David Elleray

4 October 1998 8	Arsenal	3–0	Newcastle United	London
	Bergkamp 21', 66' (pen.) Anelka 29'		Dabizas  65'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,102 Referee: Mike Reed

17 October 1998 9	Newcastle United	2–1	Derby County	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Dabizas 13' Glass 17'		Griffin 73' (o.g.)	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 36,750 Referee: Keith Burge

24 October 1998 10	Tottenham Hotspur	2–0	Newcastle United	London
	Iversen 39', 76' Calderwood  86'			Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 36,047 Referee: Graham Barber

31 October 1998 11	Newcastle United	0–3	West Ham United	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Dabizas  48'		Wright 56', 90' Sinclair 76'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 36,744 Referee: Graham Poll

14 November 1998 13	Newcastle United	1–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Dalglish 4'		Rudi 80'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 36,698 Referee: Peter Jones

23 November 1998 14	Everton	1–0	Newcastle United	Liverpool
	Ball 18'			Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 30,357 Referee: Neale Barry

28 November 1998 15	Newcastle United	3–1	Wimbledon	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Solano 37' Ferguson 59', 90'		Gayle 33'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 36,623 Referee: Uriah Rennie

6 December 1998 16	Middlesbrough	2–2	Newcastle United	Middlesbrough
	Townsend 13' Cooper 59'		Charvet 39' Dabizas 84'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 34,629 Referee: Uriah Rennie

19 December 1998 18	Newcastle United	1–0	Leicester City	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Glass 66'			Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 36,718 Referee: Jeff Winter

26 December 1998 19	Newcastle United	0–3	Leeds United	Newcastle upon Tyne
			Kewell 38' Bowyer 62' Hasselbaink 90'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 36,783 Referee: G. Willard

28 December 1998 20	Liverpool	4–2	Newcastle United	Liverpool
	Owen 67', 80' Riedle 71', 84'		Solano 29' Hamann  30'  Andersson 56'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,605 Referee: Stephen Lodge

9 January 1999 21	Newcastle United	0–1	Chelsea	Newcastle upon Tyne
			Petrescu 39'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 36,711 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

17 January 1999 22	Charlton Athletic	2–2	Newcastle United	London
	Bright 64' Pringle 90'		Ketsbaia 13' Solano 55' Dabizas  77'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 20,043 Referee: Peter Jones

30 January 1999 23	Newcastle United	2–1	Aston Villa	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Shearer 4' Ketsbaia 27'		Merson 61'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 36,766 Referee: R. Harris

6 February 1999 24	Leeds United	0–1	Newcastle United	Leeds
			Solano 63'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 40,202 Referee: Uriah Rennie

17 February 1999 25	Newcastle United	4–1	Coventry City	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Shearer 19', 75' Speed 55' Saha 58'		Whelan 18'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 36,352 Referee: Steve Dunn

20 February 1999 26	Southampton	2–1	Newcastle United	Southampton
	Beattie 12' Dodd 43' (pen.)		Hamann 86'	Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 15,244 Referee: Graham Poll

28 February 1999 27	Newcastle United	1–1	Arsenal	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Hamann 77'		Anelka 36'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 36,708 Referee: Mike Reed

10 March 1999 28	Nottingham Forest	1–2	Newcastle United	Nottingham
	Freedman 12' Louis-Jean  50'		Shearer 45' (pen.) Hamann 77'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 22,852 Referee: Jeff Winter

13 March 1999 29	Newcastle United	1–2	Manchester United	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Solano 16'		Cole 25', 51'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 36,500 Referee: David Elleray

20 March 1999 30	West Ham United	2–0	Newcastle United	London
	Di Canio 17' Kitson 82'			Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 25,997 Referee: Paul Durkin

3 April 1999 31	Derby County	3–4	Newcastle United	Derby
	Burton 8' Baiano 22' (pen.) Wanchope 90'		Speed 11', 14' Ketsbaia 39' Solano 60'	Stadium: Pride Park Attendance: 32,039 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

5 April 1999 32	Newcastle United	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Ketsbaia 78'		Anderton 50' (pen.)	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 36,655 Referee: Mike Riley

17 April 1999 33	Newcastle United	1–3	Everton	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Shearer 82' (pen.)		Campbell 1', 44' Gemmill 88'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 36,775 Referee: Graham Poll

21 April 1999 34	Sheffield Wednesday	1–1	Newcastle United	Sheffield
	Scott 52'		Shearer 45' (pen.)	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 21,545 Referee: Paul Alcock

24 April 1999 35	Wimbledon	1–1	Newcastle United	London
	Hartson 24'		Shearer 18'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 21,172 Referee: Peter Jones

1 May 1999 36	Newcastle United	1–1	Middlesbrough	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Shearer 64' (pen.)		Mustoe 60'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 36,552 Referee: Mike Reed

8 May 1999 37	Leicester City	2–0	Newcastle United	Leicester
	Izzet 20' Cottee 41'			Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 21,125 Referee: Uriah Rennie

16 May 1999 38	Newcastle United	1–1	Blackburn Rovers	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Hamann 51'		Wilcox 37'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 36,623 Referee: Jeff Winter

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

17 September 1998 Round 1 1st leg	Newcastle United	2–1	Partizan Belgrade	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Shearer 12' Dabizas 71'	Report	Rašović 69' (pen.)	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 26,599

1 October 1998 Round 1 2nd leg	Partizan Belgrade	1–0 (2a – 2 agg.)	Newcastle United	Belgrade
	Rašović 53' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadion FK Partizan Attendance: 26,000

FA Cup

2 January 1999 Round 3	Newcastle United	2–1	Crystal Palace	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Given  14' Speed 48' Shearer 69'	(Report)	Bradbury 18'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 36,536 Referee: M. Reed

23 January 1999 Round 4	Newcastle United	3–0	Bradford City	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Hamann 33' Shearer 52' Ketsbaia 86'	(Report)		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 36,698 Referee: Paul Durkin

24 February 1999 Round 5R	Blackburn Rovers	0–1	Newcastle United	Blackburn
19:45		(Report)	Saha 28'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 27,483 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

7 March 1999 Round 6	Newcastle United	4–1	Everton	Newcastle upon Tyne
16:00	Ketsbaia 21', 73' Georgiadis 61' Shearer 81'	(Report)	Unsworth 57'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 36,584 Referee: Graham Barber

11 April 1999 Semi-final	Newcastle United	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Tottenham Hotspur	Manchester
15:00	Shearer 109' (pen.), 118'	(Report)		Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 53,609 Referee: Paul Durkin

22 May 1999 Final	Manchester United	2–0	Newcastle United	London
15:00	Sheringham 11' Scholes 53'	(Report)		Stadium: Wembley Attendance: 79,101 Referee: Peter Jones

League Cup

27 October 1998 Round 3	Tranmere Rovers	0–1	Newcastle United	Tranmere
19:45		Report	Dalglish 31'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 12,017 Referee: Steve Dunn

11 November 1998 Round 4	Newcastle United	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Blackburn Rovers	Newcastle
	Shearer 9'	Report	Sherwood 30'	Stadium: St. James Park Attendance: 34,702 Referee: Neale Barry
	Penalties

References

1. Dalglish Sacked by Newcastle Archived 21 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine. On This Football Day. Retrieved 14 August 2013
2. "Gullit named Newcastle boss". BBC News. 27 August 1998.
3. Louise Taylor (Sunday Times 02.01.00) Robert Lee Interview. nufc.com. Retrieved 14 August 2013
4. "FA Cup Final 1999". fa-cupfinals.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
5. "Gullit quits Newcastle". BBC News. 28 August 1999.

External links

• FootballSquads – Newcastle United – 1998/99
• Newcastle United Football Club – Fixtures 1998–99
• Season Details – 1998–99 – toon1892

• Newcastle United F.C. seasons
• 1998–99 FA Premier League by team