1998–99 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

Nottingham Forest
1998–99 season
Chairman	Nigel Wray (until 13 April) ; Eric Barnes (from 13 April)
Manager	Dave Bassett (until 5 January) ; Micky Adams (caretaker 5–11 January) ; Ron Atkinson (from 11 January)
Stadium	City Ground
Premiership	20th (relegated)
FA Cup	Third round
Worthington Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Freedman (9); All: Freedman (12)
Highest home attendance	30,025 (vs. Manchester United, 6 February)
Lowest home attendance	6,382 (vs. Leyton Orient, 22 September)
Average home league attendance	24,415
	← 1997–98 1999–2000 ⊟

During the 1998–99 English football season, Nottingham Forest F.C. competed in the FA Premier League.

Season summary

Nottingham Forest's campaign back in the Premiership got off to a fairly good start in the first three games in the season, losing narrowly 2-1 at Arsenal and winning the other two against Coventry City and at Southampton; however, it would be 19 games until their next victory and they went on a very poor run of only one win in 25 league games - in addition to two wins in 32 games - and winning their final three games did not matter as they were already relegated. Pierre Van Hooijdonk, top scorer in Forest's promotion-winning 1997-98 campaign, went AWOL before the start of the season following the sale of strike partner Kevin Campbell and it appeared that he would never play for the club again. He returned in October, but Forest were already deep in relegation trouble and it was too late to save manager Dave Bassett's job. Ron Atkinson made what appeared to be his final return to management, but was unable to save Forest from relegation in bottom place - the third time in seven years that they had endured this fate. With just 7 wins and 30 points all season, they had never really looked like beating the drop, due to embarrassing results like the 1-8 defeat at home to Manchester United. A win at Goodison Park was the highlight of Atkinson's ill-fated tenure, along with a three-match running win at the end of the season (albeit after they had already been relegated) that at least saw them avoid going down with the lowest points total since the formation of the Premier League. This marked the first instance since the 1927-28 season that the winner of England's second tier finished bottom in their subsequent season in the top-flight.

When Atkinson's contract was not renewed, Brian Little, Glenn Hoddle and Roy Evans were just some of the many high profile names linked with the manager's job, but in the end it was 33-year-old former England captain David Platt who took on the role as player-manager.

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Wimbledon	38	10	12	16	40	63	−23	42
17	Southampton	38	11	8	19	37	64	−27	41
18	Charlton Athletic (R)	38	8	12	18	41	56	−15	36	Relegation to Football League First Division
19	Blackburn Rovers (R)	38	7	14	17	38	52	−14	35
20	Nottingham Forest (R)	38	7	9	22	35	69	−34	30

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

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	7	9	22	35	69	−34	30	3	7	9	18	31	−13	4	2	13	17	38	−21

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	W
Position	16	8	2	4	10	11	16	18	18	18	18	19	18	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

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

Results

Nottingham Forest's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1998	Arsenal	A	1–2	38,064	Thomas
22 August 1998	Coventry City	H	1–0	22,546	Stone
29 August 1998	Southampton	A	2–1	14,942	Darcheville, Stone
8 September 1998	Everton	H	0–2	25,610
12 September 1998	Chelsea	A	1–2	34,809	Darcheville
19 September 1998	West Ham United	H	0–0	26,463
26 September 1998	Newcastle United	A	0–2	36,760
3 October 1998	Charlton Athletic	H	0–1	22,661
17 October 1998	Leeds United	H	1–1	23,911	Stone
24 October 1998	Liverpool	A	1–5	44,595	Freedman
1 November 1998	Middlesbrough	A	1–1	34,223	Harewood
7 November 1998	Wimbledon	H	0–1	21,362
16 November 1998	Derby County	H	2–2	24,014	Freedman, van Hooijdonk
21 November 1998	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–2	35,832
28 November 1998	Aston Villa	H	2–2	25,753	Bart-Williams, Freedman
7 December 1998	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2–3	19,321	Bonalair, van Hooijdonk
12 December 1998	Leicester City	A	1–3	20,891	van Hooijdonk
19 December 1998	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–2	22,013	Chettle (pen), Freedman
26 December 1998	Manchester United	A	0–3	55,216
28 December 1998	Southampton	H	1–1	23,456	Chettle (pen)
9 January 1999	Coventry City	A	0–4	17,172
16 January 1999	Arsenal	H	0–1	26,021
30 January 1999	Everton	A	1–0	34,175	van Hooijdonk
6 February 1999	Manchester United	H	1–8	30,025	Rogers
13 February 1999	West Ham United	A	1–2	25,458	Hjelde
20 February 1999	Chelsea	H	1–3	26,351	van Hooijdonk
27 February 1999	Charlton Athletic	A	0–0	20,007
10 March 1999	Newcastle United	H	1–2	22,852	Freedman
13 March 1999	Wimbledon	A	3–1	12,149	Rogers, Freedman, Shipperley
20 March 1999	Middlesbrough	H	1–2	21,468	Freedman
3 April 1999	Leeds United	A	1–3	39,645	Rogers
5 April 1999	Liverpool	H	2–2	28,374	Freedman, van Hooijdonk
10 April 1999	Derby County	A	0–1	32,217
17 April 1999	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–1	25,181
24 April 1999	Aston Villa	A	0–2	34,492
1 May 1999	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2–0	20,480	Porfírio, Rogers
8 May 1999	Blackburn Rovers	A	2–1	24,565	Freedman, Bart-Williams
16 May 1999	Leicester City	H	1–0	25,353	Bart-Williams

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	2 January 1999	Portsmouth	H	0–1	10,092

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	15 September 1998	Leyton Orient	A	5–1	4,906	Johnson, Freedman (2), Stone, Harewood
R2 2nd Leg	22 September 1998	Leyton Orient	H	0–0 (won 5-1 on agg)	6,382
R3	27 October 1998	Cambridge United	H	3–3 (won 4-3 on pens)	9,192	Freedman, Armstrong, Harewood
R4	11 November 1998	Manchester United	A	1–2	37,237	Stone

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[2]

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	ENG	Dave Beasant (vice-captain)
2	DF	FRA	Matthieu Louis-Jean (on loan from Le Havre)
3	DF	ENG	Alan Rogers
4	MF	ENG	Nigel Quashie^[3]
5	DF	ENG	Steve Chettle (captain)
6	DF	NOR	Jon Olav Hjelde
9	FW	ENG	Neil Shipperley
10	MF	WAL	Andy Johnson^[4]
11	DF	ENG	Chris Bart-Williams
12	DF	SCO	Chris Doig
13	GK	WAL	Mark Crossley
14	FW	SCO	Dougie Freedman
15	DF	SCO	Richard Gough (on loan from San Jose Clash)
16	MF	ENG	Geoff Thomas
17	DF	FRA	Thierry Bonalair


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	ENG	Ian Woan
19	FW	FRA	Jean-Claude Darcheville (on loan from Rennes)
20	MF	ENG	Carlton Palmer
22	DF	ENG	Des Lyttle
23	FW	FRA	Bernard Allou
24	DF	WAL	Christian Edwards
25	DF	SWE	Jesper Mattsson
26	MF	ENG	Steve Melton
27	FW	SCO	Andy Gray
29	FW	ENG	Marlon Harewood
30	MF	USA	John Harkes (on loan from D.C. United)
31	MF	POR	Hugo Porfírio (on loan from Benfica)
32	DF	NOR	Ståle Stensaas (on loan from Rangers)
40	FW	NED	Pierre van Hooijdonk
-	MF	IRL	John Burns

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
7	MF	ENG	Steve Stone (to Aston Villa)
8	MF	SCO	Scot Gemmill (to Everton)
15	DF	ENG	Craig Armstrong (to Huddersfield Town)
20	MF	WAL	Glyn Hodges (to Scarborough)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	DF	ENG	Andy Dawson (to Scunthorpe United)
—	DF	ENG	Stuart Thom (to Oldham Athletic)
—	MF	ENG	Chris Allen (to Port Vale)
—	FW	ENG	Paul McGregor (to Preston North End)

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
21	FW	ENG	Steve Guinan
28	MF	SCO	Gareth Williams
33	GK	SUI	Marco Pascolo
39	GK	ENG	Mark Goodlad
—	DF	ENG	Lee Cowling
—	DF	ENG	Kevin Dawson
—	DF	CRO	Nikola Jerkan
—	DF	AUS	Gareth Edds


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Richard Cooper
—	MF	ENG	Richard Hodgson
—	MF	ENG	David Prutton
—	MF	ENG	Andy Todd
—	MF	IRL	Keith Foy
—	MF	ESP	Carlos Merino
—	FW	ENG	Robert Gill
—	FW	IRL	David Freeman

Statistics

Appearances, goals and cards

(Starting appearances substitute appearances)

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Dave Beasant	26	0	1	0	3	0	30	0	1	0
2	DF	Matthieu Louis-Jean	15 1	0	1	0	2 1	0	18 2	0	4	1
3	DF	Alan Rogers	34	4	0	0	4	0	38	4	9	0
4	MF	Nigel Quashie	12 4	0	0 1	0	2	0	14 5	0	4	0
5	DF	Steve Chettle	32 2	2	1	0	3	0	36 2	2	8	1
6	DF	Jon-Olav Hjelde	16 1	1	1	0	2	0	19 1	1	4	0
7	MF	Steve Stone	26	3	1	0	3	2	30	5	5	0
8	MF	Scot Gemmill	18 2	0	1	0	2	0	21 2	2	3	0
9	FW	Neil Shipperley	12 8	1	1	0	0	0	13 8	1	1	0
10	MF	Andy Johnson	25 3	0	1	0	2	1	28 3	1	7	0
11	MF	Chris Bart-Williams	20 4	3	1	0	2	0	23 4	3	3	0
12	DF	Chris Doig	1 1	0	0	0	0	0	1 1	3	0	0
13	GK	Mark Crossley	12	0	2	0	1 1	0	13 1	0	0	0
14	FW	Dougie Freedman	20 11	9	1	0	4	3	25 11	12	2	0
15	DF	Craig Armstrong	20 2	0	0	0	4	1	24 2	1	3	0
15	DF	Richard Gough	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	3	1
16	MF	Geoff Thomas	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	0
17	MF	Thierry Bonalair	24 4	1	0	0	0	0	27 4	1	5	1
18	MF	Ian Woan	0 2	0	0	0	0	0	0 2	0	1	0
19	FW	Jean-Claude Darcheville	14 2	2	0	0	1 2	0	15 4	2	4	0
20	MF	Glyn Hodges	3 2	0	0	0	0	0	3 2	1	1	0
20	MF	Carlton Palmer	13	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	3	1
22	DF	Des Lyttle	5 5	0	1	0	1 1	0	7 6	0	1	0
23	DF	Andy Dawson	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
23	FW	Bernard Allou	0 2	0	0	0	0	0	0 2	0	0	0
24	DF	Christian Edwards	7 5	0	0	0	0	0	7 5	0	1	0
25	DF	Jesper Mattsson	5 1	0	0	0	0	0	5 1	0	1	0
26	DF	Steve Melton	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
27	FW	Andy Gray	3 5	0	0 1	0	2 1	0	5 7	0	0	0
29	FW	Marlon Harewood	11 12	1	0 1	0	2 2	2	13 15	3	6	0
30	MF	John Harkes	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0
31	MF	Hugo Porfirio	3 6	1	0	0	0	0	3 6	1	4	0
32	DF	Ståle Stensaas	6 1	0	0	0	0	0	6 1	0	1	0
40	FW	Pierre Van Hooijdonk	19 2	6	0	0	0 1	0	19 3	6	5	1

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[5]

GK: #1, Dave Beasant, 30
RB: #17, Thierry Bonalair, 27
CB: #15, Craig Armstrong, 24
CB: #5, Steve Chettle, 36
LB: #3, Alan Rogers, 38
RM: #7, Steve Stone, 30
CM: #11, Chris Bart-Williams, 23
CM: #10, Andy Johnson, 28
LM: #8, Scot Gemmill, 21
CF: #14, Dougie Freedman, 25
CF: #40, Pierre van Hooijdonk, 19

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
1 August 1998	FW	Dougie Freedman	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£950,000
21 August 1998	MF	Nigel Quashie	Queens Park Rangers	£2,500,000
29 August 1998	FW	Andy Gray	Leeds United	£200,000
21 September 1998	FW	Neil Shipperley	Crystal Palace	£1,500,000
10 December 1998	DF	Jesper Mattsson	Halmstad	£300,000
19 January 1999	MF	Carlton Palmer	Southampton	£1,100,000

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
6 June 1998	MF	John Finnigan	Lincoln City	Free transfer
29 July 1998	FW	Kevin Campbell	Trabzonspor	£2,500,000
1 August 1998	FW	Ian Thomas-Moore	Stockport County	£800,000
18 August 1998	DF	Colin Cooper	Middlesbrough	£2,500,000
16 October 1998	DF	Stuart Thom	Oldham Athletic	£45,000
20 February 1999	DF	Craig Armstrong	Huddersfield Town	£750,000
5 March 1999	MF	Chris Allen	Port Vale	Free transfer
11 March 1999	MF	Steve Stone	Aston Villa	£5,500,000
19 March 1999	DF	Andy Dawson	Scunthorpe United	£50,000
25 March 1999	MF	Scot Gemmill	Everton	Nominal

Transfers in:

£6,550,000

Transfers out:

£12,145,000

Total spending:

£5,595,000

Staff

Position	Staff
Chairman	Nigel Wray (until 13 April)
Chairman	Eric Barnes (from 13 April)
Chief executive	Philip Soar
Director	Irving Scholar
First-team managers	Dave Bassett (until 5 January)
First-team managers	Ron Atkinson (from 11 January)
Assistant managers	Micky Adams (until 11 January)
Assistant managers	Peter Shreeves (from 11 January)
First-team Coach	Liam O'Kane
Goalkeeping coach	Mike Kelly
Reserve Team Coach	Ian McParland
Head Academy Coach	Nick Marshall
Physiotherapists	John Haselden
Physiotherapists	Gary Fleming

References

^ "Nottingham Forest 1998-1999 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 18 September 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
^ "FootballSquads - Nottingham Forest - 1998/99".
^ Quashie was born in Southwark, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his grandfather and would make his international debut for Scotland in 2004.
^ Johnson was born in Bristol, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in 1998.
^ "All Nottingham Forest players: 1999".

[1] "Nottingham Forest 1998-1999 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 18 September 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2014.

[2] "FootballSquads - Nottingham Forest - 1998/99".

[3] Quashie was born in Southwark, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his grandfather and would make his international debut for Scotland in 2004.

[4] Johnson was born in Bristol, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in 1998.

[5] "All Nottingham Forest players: 1999".

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