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1998–99 Derby County F.C. season

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The 1998–99 English football season was Derby County F.C.'s third consecutive season in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

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Season summary

Derby's second tilt at European football was made in the 1998–99 season, the Rams peaking in 2nd place after 6 games with a 2–0 home win over Leicester City, eventually finishing one place better off in 8th. They reached the FA Cup Quarter finals for the third time in seven years, losing out only to late Nwankwo Kanu goal in a 0–1 away defeat to Arsenal, and recorded some memorable victories, including a league double over Liverpool 2–1 at Anfield and 3–2 at Pride Park and a 1–0 win over Nottingham Forest in the teams first ever meeting at Pride Park. Derby County were a club on the up; Pride Park's capacity was expanded (32,913 fans attended the 3–2 victory over Liverpool) and Derby's players were getting noticed – five had represented their countries at the 1998 World Cup, and Christian Dailly was sold to Blackburn Rovers for £5.35m, comfortably the highest fee Derby had ever received. The key departure, however, was Steve McClaren – Smith's number two since he had taken the Derby managerial position 3 years earlier – who departed in February 1999 to become Sir Alex Ferguson's assistant at Manchester United, winning the treble in his first 3 months at Old Trafford. The 1998–99 season was Jim Smith's Derby County peak, as the financial demands of Premier League football began to catch up with them.

Final league table

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

Source: 1998-99 FA Premier League table

Results by round

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

Results

Derby County's score comes first

Squad

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

Left club during season

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

Reserve squad

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

Out

Transfers in: £5,350,000Transfers out: £10,825,000Total spending: £5,475,000

Appearances, goals and cards

(Starting appearances + substitute appearances)

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions
  • GK: #1, Russell Hoult, 26
  • RB: #3, Stefan Schnoor, 25
  • CB: #17, Spencer Prior, 39
  • CB: #2, Horacio Carbonari, 32
  • LB: #16, Jacob Laursen, 44
  • CM: #18, Lee Carsley, 27
  • CM: #14, Lars Bohinen, 32
  • CM: #4, Darryl Powell, 34
  • RF: #20, Stefano Eranio, 24 (Rory Delap has 24 starts as a centre-midfielder)
  • CF: #8, Dean Sturridge, 30
  • LF: #9, Paulo Wanchope, 37
  • References

    1998–99 Derby County F.C. season Wikipedia


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