The Football League 1998-99
Encyclopedia
The 1998–1999 season was the 99th completed season of the The Football League
.
were crowned First Division champions with 105 points, then a record, having lost just three games all season, to prove right the many pundits who tipped them for promotion. The two other promotion places were secured by two of the division’s least fancied sides — runners-up Bradford City
(back in the top division for the first time in 77 years) and playoff winners Watford
(who had won their second successive promotion during Graham Taylor
’s second spell as manager).
Bury
, Oxford United
and Bristol City
occupied the three relegation places in the First Division. Oxford’s dismal season was mainly down to £10 million debts which were putting the club in real danger of closure, and had also resulted in the suspension of construction of their new stadium near the Blackbird Leys
estate.
completed his spell as Fulham
manager before taking the England
job by guiding the Cottagers to the Second Division
championship with a staggering 101 points. Following them up were runners-up Walsall
and playoff winners Manchester City
.
Going down were York City
, Northampton Town
, Lincoln City
and Macclesfield Town
. Narrowly avoiding the drop to the Third Division
were Oldham Athletic
, who just five years earlier had been a Premiership
side who came within a whisker of reaching the FA Cup
final.
, Cambridge United
, Cardiff City
and Scunthorpe United
occupied the four promotion places in the Third Division
.
Carlisle United
kept their league status in remarkable fashion. They entered the final game of the season in bottom place, and with 90 minutes on the clock in their home game against Plymouth Argyle
they were drawing 1–1 and needed a win to stay up. The referee then allowed 4 minutes of stoppage time and with just seconds to go, goalkeeper Jimmy Glass
came upfield and scored from a rebounded corner to preserve his club’s place in the league which had been held since 1928. Scarborough
, who had only joined the league in 1987, were relegated instead. Glass, 25, had been signed on loan from Swindon Town
after the transfer line because an injury crisis had left Carlisle without a goalkeeper for the final few games of the season.
First Division playoffs
Second Division Play-offs
Third Division Play-offs
The Football League
The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...
.
First Division
SunderlandSunderland A.F.C.
Sunderland Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear who currently play in the Premier League...
were crowned First Division champions with 105 points, then a record, having lost just three games all season, to prove right the many pundits who tipped them for promotion. The two other promotion places were secured by two of the division’s least fancied sides — runners-up Bradford City
Bradford City A.F.C.
Bradford City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, playing in League Two....
(back in the top division for the first time in 77 years) and playoff winners Watford
Watford F.C.
Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as Watford F.C., Watford, or by the team's nickname The Hornets . Watford Rovers, Founded in 1881, entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886, and the Southern League a decade...
(who had won their second successive promotion during Graham Taylor
Graham Taylor (football manager)
Graham Taylor OBE is a football pundit, ex-football manager, and a former player. He is best known as the manager of the England national football team, as well as being manager of Watford, a club he took from the Fourth Division to the First in the space of five years, then from bottom of the...
’s second spell as manager).
Bury
Bury F.C.
Bury Football Club is an association football team based in Bury, Greater Manchester. The team currently play in League One. The club's nickname is The Shakers which was bestowed upon them by club chairman JT Ingham, an industrialist and ironmonger of the late 1890s.-Formation of the club and the...
, Oxford United
Oxford United F.C.
Oxford United Football Club is an English association football club based in Oxford, Oxfordshire. The club play in League Two, following promotion from the Conference National in May 2010. The club had been a non-League side since their relegation from the Football League in the 2005–06 season. The...
and Bristol City
Bristol City F.C.
Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City...
occupied the three relegation places in the First Division. Oxford’s dismal season was mainly down to £10 million debts which were putting the club in real danger of closure, and had also resulted in the suspension of construction of their new stadium near the Blackbird Leys
Blackbird Leys
Blackbird Leys is a civil parish and ward in Oxford, England, and is one of the largest council estates in Europe. According to the 2001 census, the ward had a population of 5,803. Unlike most parts of the City of Oxford, the area has a civil parish. The parish was created in 1990. Its 2001 parish...
estate.
Second Division
Kevin KeeganKevin Keegan
Joseph Kevin Keegan, OBE is a former international footballer and former manager of the England national football team and several English clubs, most notably Newcastle United....
completed his spell as Fulham
Fulham F.C.
Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season...
manager before taking the England
England national football team
The England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...
job by guiding the Cottagers to the Second Division
Football League Second Division
From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...
championship with a staggering 101 points. Following them up were runners-up Walsall
Walsall F.C.
Walsall Football Club are an English association football club based in Walsall, West Midlands. They currently play in League One. The club was founded in 1888 as Walsall Town Swifts, an amalgamation of Walsall Town F.C. and Walsall Swifts F.C. The club was one of the founder members of the Second...
and playoff winners Manchester City
Manchester City F.C.
Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...
.
Going down were York City
York City F.C.
York City Football Club is an English football club based in York, North Yorkshire. The club participates in the Conference National, the fifth tier of English football. Founded in 1922, they joined the Football League in 1929, and have spent most of their history in the lower divisions...
, Northampton Town
Northampton Town F.C.
Northampton Town Football Club are an English professional football club based in Northampton, Northamptonshire. They currently play in Football League Two, the lowest league division, after being relegated from League One on the last day of the 2008–09 season...
, Lincoln City
Lincoln City F.C.
Lincoln City Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The club are currently members of the Conference National in 2011–12 following relegation from the Football League....
and Macclesfield Town
Macclesfield Town F.C.
Macclesfield Town Football Club is an English football team. The club was formed in 1874 and is based in the town of Macclesfield in Cheshire. The team play its home games at the 6,355 capacity Moss Rose stadium...
. Narrowly avoiding the drop to the Third Division
Football League Third Division
The Football League Third Division was the 3 tier of English Football from 1920 until 1992 when after the formation of the Football Association Premier League saw the league renamed The Football League Division Two...
were Oldham Athletic
Oldham Athletic A.F.C.
Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is an English association football club based at Boundary Park, on Sheepfoot Lane in Oldham, Greater Manchester. The club currently competes in the Football League One, the third tier of the English league...
, who just five years earlier had been a Premiership
FA Premier League
The Premier League is an English professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with The Football League. The Premier...
side who came within a whisker of reaching the FA Cup
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...
final.
Third Division
BrentfordBrentford F.C.
Brentford Football Club are a professional English football club based in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow. They are currently playing in Football League One....
, Cambridge United
Cambridge United F.C.
Cambridge United Football Club is a professional football club from Cambridge, England. They are currently playing the 2011-2012 season in the Conference National, the fifth tier of the English league system, where they have competed since 2005 following their relegation from the Football League...
, Cardiff City
Cardiff City F.C.
Cardiff City Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club competes in the English football pyramid and is currently playing in the Football League Championship. Cardiff City is the best supported football club in Wales, averaging approximately 22,500 for...
and Scunthorpe United
Scunthorpe United F.C.
Scunthorpe United Football Club is an English association football team based in the town of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, who play in the Football League One....
occupied the four promotion places in the Third Division
Football League Third Division
The Football League Third Division was the 3 tier of English Football from 1920 until 1992 when after the formation of the Football Association Premier League saw the league renamed The Football League Division Two...
.
Carlisle United
Carlisle United F.C.
Carlisle United F.C. is an English football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, where they play at Brunton Park. Formed in 1904, the club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system....
kept their league status in remarkable fashion. They entered the final game of the season in bottom place, and with 90 minutes on the clock in their home game against Plymouth Argyle
Plymouth Argyle F.C.
Plymouth Argyle Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Plymouth, Devon, that plays in Football League Two.Since becoming professional in 1903, the club has won five Football League titles, five Southern League titles and one Western League title. The 2009–10 season was the...
they were drawing 1–1 and needed a win to stay up. The referee then allowed 4 minutes of stoppage time and with just seconds to go, goalkeeper Jimmy Glass
Jimmy Glass
James "Jimmy" Glass is a former football goalkeeper. Glass is remembered for scoring the last-minute goal which kept Carlisle United in the Football League in 1999...
came upfield and scored from a rebounded corner to preserve his club’s place in the league which had been held since 1928. Scarborough
Scarborough F.C.
Scarborough Football Club was an English football club based in the seaside resort of Scarborough, North Yorkshire. They were one of the oldest football clubs in England, formed in 1879, before they were wound up on 20 June 2007, with debts of £2.5 million.In the 2006–07 season...
, who had only joined the league in 1987, were relegated instead. Glass, 25, had been signed on loan from Swindon Town
Swindon Town F.C.
Swindon Town Football Club are a team based in Swindon, Wiltshire. Currently in League Two, Swindon have been managed by Paolo Di Canio since 23 May 2011...
after the transfer line because an injury crisis had left Carlisle without a goalkeeper for the final few games of the season.
Final league tables and results
The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at the The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website, with home and away statistics separated. Play-off results are from the same website. First Division playoffsFootball League Championship play-offsThe Football League Championship play-offs are a series of playoff matches contested by the teams finishing from 3rd to 6th in the Football League Championship table. The semi-finals are played over two legs, with 6th playing 3rd and 5th playing 4th, with the return fixtures following...
First Division Table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | F | A | GD | Pts | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunderland | 46 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 50 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 41 | 18 | 91 | 28 | + 63 | 105 | |||||
| 2 | Bradford City | 46 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 27 | 82 | 47 | + 35 | 87 | |||||
| 3 | Ipswich Town Ipswich Town F.C. Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02.... |
46 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 37 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 17 | 69 | 32 | + 37 | 86 | |||||
| 4 | Birmingham City Birmingham City F.C. Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the... |
46 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 22 | 66 | 37 | + 29 | 81 | |||||
| 5 | Watford Watford F.C. Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as Watford F.C., Watford, or by the team's nickname The Hornets . Watford Rovers, Founded in 1881, entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886, and the Southern League a decade... |
46 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 37 | 65 | 56 | + 9 | 77 | |||||
| 6 | Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers F.C. Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the area of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. They began their current spell in the Premier League in 2001.... |
46 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 34 | 34 | 78 | 59 | + 19 | 76 | |||||
| 7 | Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at... |
46 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 37 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 24 | 64 | 43 | + 21 | 73 | |||||
| 8 | Sheffield United Sheffield United F.C. Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.They were the first sporting team to use the name 'United' and are nicknamed 'The Blades', thanks to Sheffield's worldwide reputation for steel production... |
46 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 42 | 29 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 37 | 71 | 66 | + 5 | 67 | |||||
| 9 | Norwich City Norwich City F.C. Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The... |
46 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 34 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 33 | 62 | 61 | + 1 | 62 | |||||
| 10 | Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town F.C. Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. They currently play in League One... |
46 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 38 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 48 | 62 | 71 | – 9 | 61 | |||||
| 11 | Grimsby Town Grimsby Town F.C. Grimsby Town Football Club is an English football club based in the seaside town of Cleethorpes, in North East Lincolnshire, England, who compete in the Conference National. They were formed in 1878 as Grimsby Pelham and later became Grimsby Town... |
46 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 34 | 40 | 52 | – 12 | 61 | |||||
| 12 | West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion F.C. West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands... |
46 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 33 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 43 | 69 | 76 | – 7 | 59 | |||||
| 13 | Barnsley Barnsley F.C. Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's... |
46 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 35 | 30 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 59 | 56 | + 3 | 59 | |||||
| 14 | Crystal Palace Crystal Palace F.C. Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in... |
46 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 43 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 45 | 58 | 71 | – 13 | 58 | |||||
| 15 | Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers F.C. Tranmere Rovers Football Club are an English team based in Birkenhead, Wirral. The club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system... |
46 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 30 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 26 | 31 | 63 | 61 | + 2 | 56 | |||||
| 16 | Stockport County Stockport County F.C. Stockport County Football Club is an English football club based in Stockport, Greater Manchester. The club formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, shortly afterwards merging with Heaton Norris F.C., and adopted the current name on 24 May 1890 on the creation of the County Borough of Stockport... |
46 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 39 | 49 | 60 | – 11 | 53 | |||||
| 17 | Swindon Town Swindon Town F.C. Swindon Town Football Club are a team based in Swindon, Wiltshire. Currently in League Two, Swindon have been managed by Paolo Di Canio since 23 May 2011... |
46 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 40 | 44 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 37 | 59 | 81 | – 22 | 50 | |||||
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra F.C. Crewe Alexandra Football Club is an English professional football club based in Crewe, Cheshire. Nicknamed The Railwaymen due to the town's links with the rail industry, they currently play in Football League Two, the fourth tier of English football, and are based at the Alexandra Stadium.The club... |
46 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 35 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 43 | 54 | 78 | – 24 | 48 | |||||
| 19 | Portsmouth Portsmouth F.C. Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the city of Portsmouth. The club is nicknamed Pompey. Portsmouth's home matches have been played at Fratton Park since the club's formation in 1898. The team currently play in the Football League Championship after being relegated from... |
46 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 26 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 47 | 57 | 73 | – 16 | 47 | |||||
| 20 | Queens Park Rangers Queens Park Rangers F.C. Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years... |
46 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 39 | 52 | 61 | – 9 | 47 | |||||
| 21 | Port Vale Port Vale F.C. Port Vale Football Club is an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club's traditional rivals in the city are Stoke City, and games between the two clubs are known as... |
46 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 47 | 45 | 75 | – 30 | 47 | |||||
| 22 | Bury Bury F.C. Bury Football Club is an association football team based in Bury, Greater Manchester. The team currently play in League One. The club's nickname is The Shakers which was bestowed upon them by club chairman JT Ingham, an industrialist and ironmonger of the late 1890s.-Formation of the club and the... |
46 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 33 | 35 | 60 | – 25 | 47 | |||||
| 23 | Oxford United Oxford United F.C. Oxford United Football Club is an English association football club based in Oxford, Oxfordshire. The club play in League Two, following promotion from the Conference National in May 2010. The club had been a non-League side since their relegation from the Football League in the 2005–06 season. The... |
46 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 41 | 48 | 71 | – 23 | 44 | |||||
| 24 | Bristol City Bristol City F.C. Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City... |
46 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 35 | 36 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 44 | 57 | 80 | – 23 | 42 |
- Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
- NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
| Key | |
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| Football League Champions, promoted to FA Premier League FA Premier League The Premier League is an English professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with The Football League. The Premier... |
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| Promoted to FA Premier League FA Premier League The Premier League is an English professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with The Football League. The Premier... |
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| Participated in play-offs | |
| Promoted to Premier League FA Premier League The Premier League is an English professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with The Football League. The Premier... through play-offs |
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| Relegated |
First Division Results
Second Division Play-offsFootball League One play-offsThe Football League One Playoffs are a series of playoff matches, contested by the teams finishing from 3rd to 6th in the NPower Football League One table to determine the third spot for promotion to the second tier of English football, the Championship....
Second Division Table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | F | A | GD | Pts | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fulham Fulham F.C. Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season... |
46 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 50 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 20 | 79 | 32 | + 47 | 101 | |||||
| 2 | Walsall Walsall F.C. Walsall Football Club are an English association football club based in Walsall, West Midlands. They currently play in League One. The club was founded in 1888 as Walsall Town Swifts, an amalgamation of Walsall Town F.C. and Walsall Swifts F.C. The club was one of the founder members of the Second... |
46 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 24 | 63 | 47 | + 16 | 87 | |||||
| 3 | Manchester City Manchester City F.C. Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894... |
46 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 31 | 19 | 69 | 33 | + 36 | 82 | |||||
| 4 | Gillingham Gillingham F.C. Gillingham Football Club is an English professional football club based in the town of Gillingham, Kent. The only Kent-based club in the Football League, they play their home matches at the Priestfield Stadium... |
46 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 45 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 27 | 75 | 44 | + 31 | 80 | |||||
| 5 | Preston North End Preston North End F.C. Preston North End Football Club is an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire, currently playing in the third tier of English league football, League One... |
46 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 46 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 27 | 78 | 50 | + 28 | 79 | |||||
| 6 | Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic F.C. Wigan Athletic Football Club is an English Premier League Association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, having been promoted from the Championship in 2005. Wigan's current spell in the Premier League is the only top flight run in the club's history.They have played at the DW... |
46 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 44 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 31 | 75 | 48 | + 27 | 76 | |||||
| 7 | Bournemouth A.F.C. Bournemouth A.F.C. Bournemouth is an English football club currently playing in Football League One. The club plays at Dean Court in Kings Park, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset and have been in existence since 1899.... |
46 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 37 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 30 | 63 | 41 | + 22 | 76 | |||||
| 8 | Stoke City Stoke City F.C. Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts... |
46 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 31 | 59 | 63 | – 4 | 69 | |||||
| 9 | Chesterfield Chesterfield F.C. Chesterfield Football Club is an English football club based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. The club currently plays in Football League One, the third tier of English football. Despite being the fourth oldest Football League club in England, they have spent most of their existence in the lower... |
46 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 28 | 46 | 44 | + 2 | 64 | |||||
| 10 | Millwall Millwall F.C. Millwall Football Club is an English professional football club based in South Bermondsey, south east London, that plays in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football. Founded as Millwall Rovers in 1885, the club has retained its name despite having last played in the... |
46 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 33 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 35 | 52 | 59 | – 7 | 62 | |||||
| 11 | Reading Reading F.C. Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship... |
46 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 37 | 54 | 63 | – 9 | 61 | |||||
| 12 | Luton Town Luton Town F.C. Luton Town Football Club is an English professional football club based since 1905 at Kenilworth Road, Luton, Bedfordshire. The club currently competes in the fifth tier of English football, the Conference National, for the third consecutive season during the 2011–12 season.Formed in 1885, it was... |
46 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 34 | 51 | 60 | – 9 | 58 | |||||
| 13 | Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers F.C. Bristol Rovers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Bristol, that competes in Football League Two. The team plays its home matches at the Memorial Stadium, in the Horfield area of the city.... |
46 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 35 | 28 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 28 | 65 | 56 | + 9 | 56 | |||||
| 14 | Blackpool Blackpool F.C. Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the... |
46 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 44 | 54 | – 10 | 56 | |||||
| 15 | Burnley Burnley F.C. Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888... |
46 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 33 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 31 | 40 | 54 | 73 | – 19 | 55 | |||||
| 16 | Notts County Notts County F.C. Notts County Football Club are an English professional football club based in Nottingham. They are the oldest of all the clubs in the world that are now professional, having been formed in 1862. They currently play in League One of The Football League, the third tier of the English football system... |
46 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 52 | 61 | – 9 | 54 | |||||
| 17 | Wrexham Wrexham A.F.C. Wrexham Football Club are a professional football team based in Wrexham, north-east Wales, who play in the English football pyramid.Founded in 1872, they are one of the oldest surviving football clubs in Britain and the oldest professional club in Wales... |
46 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 34 | 43 | 62 | – 19 | 53 | |||||
| 18 | Colchester United Colchester United F.C. Colchester United Football Club is an English football club based in Colchester. The club was formed in 1937, and briefly shared their old Layer Road home with now defunct side Colchester Town who had previously used the ground from 1910.... |
46 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 30 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 40 | 52 | 70 | – 18 | 52 | |||||
| 19 | Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers F.C. Wycombe Wanderers Football Club is an English professional football team from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, which has been promoted to Football League One after finishing third in Football League Two in the season 2010–11. The club's nicknames are "The Chairboys" and "The Blues", and they play... |
46 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 52 | 58 | – 6 | 51 | |||||
| 20 | Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic A.F.C. Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is an English association football club based at Boundary Park, on Sheepfoot Lane in Oldham, Greater Manchester. The club currently competes in the Football League One, the third tier of the English league... |
46 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 31 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 35 | 48 | 66 | – 18 | 51 | |||||
| 21 | York City York City F.C. York City Football Club is an English football club based in York, North Yorkshire. The club participates in the Conference National, the fifth tier of English football. Founded in 1922, they joined the Football League in 1929, and have spent most of their history in the lower divisions... |
46 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 28 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 28 | 47 | 56 | 80 | – 24 | 50 | |||||
| 22 | Northampton Northampton Town F.C. Northampton Town Football Club are an English professional football club based in Northampton, Northamptonshire. They currently play in Football League Two, the lowest league division, after being relegated from League One on the last day of the 2008–09 season... |
46 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 26 | 31 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 26 | 43 | 57 | – 14 | 48 | |||||
| 23 | Lincoln City Lincoln City F.C. Lincoln City Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The club are currently members of the Conference National in 2011–12 following relegation from the Football League.... |
46 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 47 | 42 | 74 | – 32 | 46 | |||||
| 24 | Macclesfield Town Macclesfield Town F.C. Macclesfield Town Football Club is an English football team. The club was formed in 1874 and is based in the town of Macclesfield in Cheshire. The team play its home games at the 6,355 capacity Moss Rose stadium... |
46 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 33 | 43 | 63 | – 30 | 43 |
- Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
- NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
| Key | |
|---|---|
| Division Champions, promoted | |
| Promoted | |
| Participated in play-offs | |
| Promoted through play-offs | |
| Relegated |
Third Division Play-offsFootball League TwoFootball League Two is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system....
Third Division Table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | F | A | GD | Pts | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brentford Brentford F.C. Brentford Football Club are a professional English football club based in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow. They are currently playing in Football League One.... |
46 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 45 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 34 | 38 | 79 | 56 | + 23 | 85 | |||||
| 2 | Cambridge United Cambridge United F.C. Cambridge United Football Club is a professional football club from Cambridge, England. They are currently playing the 2011-2012 season in the Conference National, the fifth tier of the English league system, where they have competed since 2005 following their relegation from the Football League... |
46 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 27 | 78 | 48 | + 30 | 81 | |||||
| 3 | Cardiff City Cardiff City F.C. Cardiff City Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club competes in the English football pyramid and is currently playing in the Football League Championship. Cardiff City is the best supported football club in Wales, averaging approximately 22,500 for... |
46 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 60 | 39 | + 21 | 80 | |||||
| 4 | Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United F.C. Scunthorpe United Football Club is an English association football team based in the town of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, who play in the Football League One.... |
46 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 42 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 30 | 69 | 58 | + 11 | 74 | |||||
| 5 | Rotherham United Rotherham United F.C. Rotherham United Football Club are an English professional football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, who compete in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. The club's colours have traditionally been red and white, although these have evolved through history... |
46 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 41 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 35 | 79 | 61 | + 18 | 73 | |||||
| 6 | Leyton Orient Leyton Orient F.C. Leyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football club in East London. They currently play in Football League One and are known to their fans as the O's.Leyton Orient have spent one season in the top flight of English football, in 1962–63... |
46 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 30 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 29 | 68 | 59 | + 9 | 72 | |||||
| 7 | Swansea City Swansea City A.F.C. Swansea City Association Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Swansea, Wales. One of the most successful clubs in Welsh football, it has won 10 Welsh Cups and led the English Football League First Division in December 1981, before finishing the season in 6th position... |
46 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 33 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 56 | 48 | + 8 | 71 | |||||
| 8 | Mansfield Town Mansfield Town F.C. Mansfield Town Football Club is an English football club from the former mining town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. The club was formed in 1897 as Mansfield Wesleyans and changed its name to Mansfield Wesley in 1906 before settling on Mansfield Town in 1910... |
46 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 38 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 40 | 60 | 58 | + 2 | 67 | |||||
| 9 | Peterborough United | 46 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 29 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 27 | 72 | 56 | + 16 | 66 | |||||
| 10 | Halifax Town Halifax Town A.F.C. Halifax Town Association Football Club were an English football team who most recently played in the Conference National, although prior to that they participated in the Football League for over eighty years... |
46 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 31 | 58 | 56 | + 2 | 66 | |||||
| 11 | Darlington Darlington F.C. Darlington Football Club is a professional association football club based in Darlington, County Durham, currently playing in the Conference National. The club was founded in 1883, and originally played its games at Feethams, before moving to the Darlington Arena in 2003... |
46 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 34 | 69 | 58 | + 11 | 65 | |||||
| 12 | Exeter City Exeter City F.C. Exeter City Football Club is an English football club, based in Exeter, which is owned by its fans through the Exeter City Supporters Trust.The club was a member of the Football League from 1920 to 2003... |
46 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 32 | 47 | 40 | + 7 | 63 | |||||
| 13 | Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle F.C. Plymouth Argyle Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Plymouth, Devon, that plays in Football League Two.Since becoming professional in 1903, the club has won five Football League titles, five Southern League titles and one Western League title. The 2009–10 season was the... |
46 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 35 | 58 | 54 | + 4 | 61 | |||||
| 14 | Chester Chester City F.C. Chester City Football Club was an English football team from Chester. The club was founded as Chester F.C., and joined the Football League in 1931, spending most of their time in the lower divisions. They changed their name to Chester City in 1983. Chester won their first league title in 2004, the... |
46 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 28 | 30 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 36 | 57 | 66 | – 9 | 57 | |||||
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town F.C. Shrewsbury Town Football Club is an English Association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, who play in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. The club was formed in 1886 and has played in all the bottom three divisions in various guises since being elected into the Football... |
46 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 29 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 34 | 52 | 63 | – 11 | 56 | |||||
| 16 | Barnet Barnet F.C. Barnet Football Club is an English football team from High Barnet, London, England, currently playing in Football League Two. The ground is in the town of Barnet within the London Borough of Barnet.... |
46 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 31 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 40 | 54 | 61 | – 7 | 55 | |||||
| 17 | Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club are an English association football club based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. They currently play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system.... |
46 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 31 | 49 | 66 | – 17 | 55 | |||||
| 18 | Southend United Southend United F.C. Southend United Football Club is an English football club based at Roots Hall Stadium, Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, who play in Football League Two. Their home ground is Roots Hall, and the club plan to move into a new 22,000-seater stadium located at Fossetts Farm.-Stadium:The club has had... |
46 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 37 | 52 | 58 | – 6 | 54 | |||||
| 19 | Rochdale Rochdale A.F.C. Rochdale Association Football Club is an English professional football club based in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. They play their home matches at Spotland Stadium. Formed in 1907, they were accepted into the Football League in 1921... |
46 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 34 | 42 | 55 | – 13 | 54 | |||||
| 20 | Torquay United Torquay United F.C. Torquay United Football Club, nicknamed the Gulls, are an English association football club based in the tourist resort town of Torquay, Devon. They played in the Conference National in 2008–09, but were promoted to Football League Two after a 2–0 win over Cambridge United on 17 May 2009 at Wembley... |
46 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 38 | 47 | 58 | – 11 | 53 | |||||
| 21 | Hull City Hull City A.F.C. Hull City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, founded in 1904. The club participates in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football... |
46 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 34 | 44 | 62 | – 18 | 53 | |||||
| 22 | Hartlepool United Hartlepool United F.C. Hartlepool United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Hartlepool that currently play in League One. The team won promotion to League One in the 2006–07 season... |
46 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 38 | 52 | 65 | – 13 | 51 | |||||
| 23 | Carlisle United Carlisle United F.C. Carlisle United F.C. is an English football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, where they play at Brunton Park. Formed in 1904, the club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system.... |
46 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 32 | 43 | 53 | – 10 | 49 | |||||
| 24 | Scarborough Scarborough F.C. Scarborough Football Club was an English football club based in the seaside resort of Scarborough, North Yorkshire. They were one of the oldest football clubs in England, formed in 1879, before they were wound up on 20 June 2007, with debts of £2.5 million.In the 2006–07 season... |
46 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 30 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 20 | 38 | 50 | 77 | – 27 | 48 |
- Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
- NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
| Key | |
|---|---|
| Division Champions, promoted | |
| Promoted | |
| Participated in play-offs | |
| Promoted through play-offs | |
| New club in the league | |
| Relegated to Conference Football Conference The Football Conference is a football league in England which consists of three divisions called Conference National, Conference North, and Conference South. Some Football Conference clubs are fully professional, such as Luton Town, but most of them are semi-professional... |
See also
- 1998-99 in English football1998-99 in English football-Premier League:Manchester United overcame close competition from Arsenal, Aston Villa and Chelsea to win their fifth Premiership title in seven seasons thanks to the comeback of Roy Keane after his long-term injury and a transfer raid totalling nearly £30 million which netted Aston Villa striker...
- 1998 in association football
- 1999 in association football