1998–99 Everton F.C. season

Everton

1998–99 season
Chairman	Peter Johnson (until December 1998) Philip Carter (from December 1998)
Manager	Walter Smith
Stadium	Goodison Park
Premiership	14th
FA Cup	Sixth round
League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Campbell (9) All: Campbell (9)
Highest home attendance	40,185 vs. Liverpool (17 October 1998)
Lowest home attendance	18,718 vs. Huddersfield Town (23 September 1998)
Average home league attendance	36,203

During the 1998–99 English football season, Everton F.C. competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Season summary

Everton continued to look a shadow of their former selves after Howard Kendall made way for new manager Walter Smith, though their 14th place finish was a three-place improvement upon last season's near miss with relegation. With Smith having achieved so much success north of the border with Rangers, he had been expected to bring some success to the blue half of Merseyside after two seasons of misery, but there was little for the Goodison Park faithful to shout about.

Off the field during the season in December, there was a chairmanship change in the boardroom when Peter Johnson quit after 11 years with the club following a row with manager Smith after the Everton boss controversially sold Duncan Ferguson to Newcastle United for £7m and Philip Carter took over the reins.^[1]

Final league table

Main article: 1998–99 FA Premier League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	Sheffield Wednesday	38	13	7	18	41	42	−1	46
13	Newcastle United	38	11	13	14	48	54	−6	46	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]
14	Everton	38	11	10	17	42	47	−5	43
15	Coventry City	38	11	9	18	39	51	−12	42
16	Wimbledon	38	10	12	16	40	63	−23	42

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. As Manchester United qualified for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup place as FA Cup winners defaulted to Newcastle United, the runners-up.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	11	10	17	42	47	−5	43	6	8	5	22	12	+10	5	2	12	20	35	−15

Source: 1998-99 FA Premier League table

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	L	W	D	D	D	W	D	D	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	L
Position	6	18	19	12	17	15	15	14	12	15	15	15	17	16	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	15	15	17	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	18	16	15	14	15	14	14

Source: 11v11.com: 1998-99 Everton results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Everton's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
15 August 1998	Aston Villa	H	0–0	40,112
22 August 1998	Leicester City	A	0–2	21,037
29 August 1998	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–1	39,378
8 September 1998	Nottingham Forest	A	2–0	25,610	Ferguson (2)
12 September 1998	Leeds United	H	0–0	36,687
19 September 1998	Middlesbrough	A	2–2	34,563	Ball (pen), Collins
26 September 1998	Blackburn Rovers	H	0–0	36,404
3 October 1998	Wimbledon	A	2–1	16,054	Cadamarteri, Ferguson
17 October 1998	Liverpool	H	0–0	40,185
24 October 1998	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–0	26,592
31 October 1998	Manchester United	H	1–4	40,079	Ferguson
8 November 1998	Arsenal	A	0–1	38,088
15 November 1998	Coventry City	A	0–3	19,290
23 November 1998	Newcastle United	H	1–0	30,357	Ball (pen)
28 November 1998	Charlton Athletic	A	2–1	20,043	Cadamarteri (2)
5 December 1998	Chelsea	H	0–0	36,430
12 December 1998	Southampton	H	1–0	33,073	Bakayako
19 December 1998	West Ham United	A	1–2	25,998	Cadamarteri
26 December 1998	Derby County	H	0–0	39,206
28 December 1998	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–4	36,053	Bakayako
9 January 1999	Leicester City	H	0–0	32,792
18 January 1999	Aston Villa	A	0–3	32,488
30 January 1999	Nottingham Forest	H	0–1	34,175
7 February 1999	Derby County	A	1–2	27,603
17 February 1999	Middlesbrough	H	5–0	31,606	Barmby (2), Dacourt, Unsworth, Materazzi
20 February 1999	Leeds United	A	0–1	36,344
27 February 1999	Wimbledon	H	1–1	32,574	Jeffers
10 March 1999	Blackburn Rovers	A	2–1	27,219	Bakayako (2)
13 March 1999	Arsenal	H	0–2	38,049
21 March 1999	Manchester United	A	1–3	55,182	Hutchison
3 April 1999	Liverpool	A	2–3	44,852	Dacourt, Jeffers
5 April 1999	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–2	35,270	Jeffers
11 April 1999	Coventry City	H	2–0	32,341	Campbell (2)
17 April 1999	Newcastle United	A	3–1	36,755	Campbell (2), Gemmill
24 April 1999	Charlton Athletic	H	4–1	40,089	Hutchison, Campbell (2), Jeffers
1 May 1999	Chelsea	A	1–3	34,909	Jeffers
8 May 1999	West Ham United	H	6–0	40,049	Campbell (3), Ball, Hutchison, Jeffers
16 May 1999	Southampton	A	0–2	15,254

FA Cup

Main article: 1998–99 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	2 January 1999	Bristol City	A	2–0	19,608	Bakayako (2)
R4	23 January 1999	Ipswich Town	H	1–0
R5	13 February 1999	Coventry City	H	2–1	33,097	Jeffers, Oster
QF	7 March 1999	Newcastle United	A	1–4	36,584	Unsworth

League Cup

Main article: 1998–99 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	15 September 1998	Huddersfield Town	A	1–1	15,395	Watson
R2 2nd Leg	23 September 1998	Huddersfield Town	H	2–1	18,718	Dacourt, Materazzi
R3	28 October 1998	Middlesbrough	A	3–2 (a.e.t.)	20,748	Ferguson, Bakayako, Hutchison
R4	11 November 1998	Sunderland	H	1–1 (lost 4–5 on pens)	28,312	Collins

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  NOR Thomas Myhre 2 DF  SCO Alec Cleland 3 DF  ENG Michael Ball 4 MF  FRA Olivier Dacourt 5 DF  ENG Dave Watson 6 DF  ENG David Unsworth 7 MF  SCO John Collins 9 FW  ENG Kevin Campbell (on loan from Trabzonspor) 10 MF  SCO Don Hutchison 11 MF  SCO Scot Gemmill 12 DF  ENG Craig Short 13 GK  ENG Paul Gerrard 14 MF  ENG Tony Grant 15 DF  ITA Marco Materazzi 16 FW  ENG Michael Branch 17 MF  IRL Gareth Farrelly 18 DF  SCO David Weir 19 MF  WAL John Oster

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  ENG Mitch Ward 22 MF  DEN Peter Degn 24 MF  ENG Matt McKay 25 MF  ENG Danny Williamson 26 FW  CIV Ibrahima Bakayoko 27 DF  IRL Richard Dunne 28 DF  CRO Slaven Bilić 29 FW  ENG Danny Cadamarteri 30 FW  ENG Phil Jevons 31 DF  IRL Terry Phelan 32 DF  ENG John O'Kane 33 MF  ENG Joe Parkinson 34 FW  ENG Francis Jeffers 35 GK  ENG Steve Simonsen 36 MF  ENG Jamie Milligan 37 DF  ENG Adam Farley 38 DF  ENG Carl Regan 39 MF  ENG Wayne McDermott

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 9 FW  SCO Duncan Ferguson (to Newcastle United) 11 FW  SCO John Spencer (to Motherwell) 18 FW  FRA Mickaël Madar (to Paris Saint-Germain) 20 DF  ENG Tony Thomas (to Motherwell)

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF  ENG Gavin McCann (to Sunderland) 23 DF  ENG Carl Tiler (to Charlton Athletic) 26 DF  ENG Graham Allen (to Tranmere Rovers)

Reserve squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  IRL Dean Delany — DF  ENG Peter Clarke — DF  ENG Adam Eaton — DF  ENG Tony Hibbert — DF  ENG George Pilkington

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Kevin McLeod — MF  ENG Mick O'Brien — MF  ENG Leon Osman — MF  ENG Keith Southern — MF  IRL Gary Dempsey

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	Thomas Myhre	38	0	4	0	3	0	45	0	3	0
2	DF	Alec Cleland	16+2	0	1	0	2+1	0	19+3	0	3	1
3	DF	Michael Ball	36+1	3	3	0	3+1	0	42+2	3	9	0
4	MF	Olivier Dacourt	28+2	2	2	0	4	1	34+2	3	16	1
5	DF	Dave Watson	22	0	3	0	1	1	26	1	0	0
6	DF	David Unsworth	33+1	1	3	1	3	0	39+1	2	9	0
7	MF	John Collins	19+1	1	0	0	2+2	1	21+3	2	4	0
9	FW	Kevin Campbell	8	9	0	0	0	0	8	9	1	0
9	FW	Duncan Ferguson	13	4	0	0	4	1	17	5	5	0
10	MF	Don Hutchison	29+4	3	4	0	3+1	1	36+5	4	11	1
11	MF	Scot Gemmill	7	1	0	0	0	0	7	1	3	0
11	FW	John Spencer	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	2+1	0	0	0
12	DF	Craig Short	22	0	0	0	2	0	24	0	5	0
13	GK	Paul Gerrard	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
14	MF	Tony Grant	13+3	0	3+1	0	1+1	0	17+5	0	0	0
15	DF	Marco Materazzi	26+1	1	2	0	4	1	32+1	2	10	3
16	FW	Michael Branch	1+6	0	0+2	0	0	0	1+8	0	0	0
17	MF	Gareth Farrelly	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
18	FW	Mickaël Madar	2	0	0	0	0+1	0	2+1	0	0	0
18	DF	David Weir	11+3	0	1	0	0	0	12+3	0	2	0
19	MF	John Oster	6+3	0	2+2	1	1+1	0	9+6	1	1	0
20	DF	Tony Thomas	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
21	MF	Mitch Ward	4+2	0	2	0	1	0	7+2	0	2	0
22	MF	Peter Degn	0+4	0	0	0	0	0	0+4	0	0	0
23	DF	Carl Tiler	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0
26	FW	Ibrahima Bakayoko	17+6	4	1+2	2	2	1	20+8	7	3	0
27	DF	Richard Dunne	15+1	0	2	0	2	0	19+1	0	7	1
28	MF	Slaven Bilić	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	2	0
29	FW	Danny Cadamarteri	11+19	4	3+1	0	3+1	0	17+21	4	8	0
30	FW	Phil Jevons	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
32	DF	John O'Kane	2	0	1+2	0	0	0	3+2	0	0	0
34	FW	Francis Jeffers	11+4	6	2	1	0	0	13+4	7	0	0
35	GK	Steve Simonsen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF	Jamie Milligan	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0+3	0	0	0
37	DF	Adam Farley	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[4][5]

• GK: #1, Thomas Myhre, 45
• RB: #12, Craig Short, 24
• CB: #15, Marco Materazzi, 32
• CB: #5, Dave Watson, 26
• LB: #6, David Unsworth, 39
• CM: #10, Don Hutchison, 36
• CM: #4, Olivier Dacourt, 34
• LM: #3, Michael Ball, 42
• CF: #26, Ibrahima Bakayoko, 20
• CF: #29, Danny Cadamarteri, 17

References

1. Walker, Paul (1 December 1998). "FOOTBALL: Johnson quits as Everton chairman". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
2. "Everton results for the 1998-1999 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
3. "FootballSquads - Everton - 1998/99".
4. "All Everton players: 1999".
5. "Everton in FA Premier League 1998/1999 fixture".