FA Carling Premiership 1998 - 1999
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Manchester United (Champions)

38
22
13
3
80
37
14
4
1
45
18
8
9
2
35
19
79
+43
2
 Arsenal
38
22
12
4
59
17
14
5
0
34
5
8
7
4
25
12
78
+42
3
 Chelsea
38
20
15
3
57
30
12
6
1
29
13
8
9
2
28
17
75
+27
4
 Leeds United
38
18
13
7
57
34
12
5
2
32
9
6
8
5
30
25
67
+23
5
 West Ham United
38
16
9
13
59
53
11
3
5
32
26
5
6
8
14
27
57
+6
6
 Aston Villa
38
15
10
13
51
46
10
3
6
33
28
5
7
7
18
18
55
+5
7
 Liverpool
38
15
9
14
69
59
10
5
4
44
24
5
4
10
24
25
54
+10
8
 Derby County
38
13
13
12
40
45
8
7
4
22
19
5
6
8
18
26
52
-5
9
 Middlesbrough
38
12
15
11
48
54
7
9
3
25
18
5
6
8
23
36
51
-6
10
 Leicester City
38
12
13
13
40
46
7
6
6
25
25
5
7
7
15
21
49
-6
11
 Tottenham Hotspur
38
11
14
13
47
50
7
7
5
28
26
4
7
8
19
24
47
-3
12
 Sheffield wednesday
38
13
8
18
41
42
7
5
7
20
15
6
2
11
21
27
46
-1
13
 Newcastle United
38
11
13
14
48
54
7
6
6
26
25
4
7
8
22
29
46
-6
14
 Everton
38
11
10
17
42
47
6
8
5
22
12
5
2
12
20
35
43
-5
15
 Coventry City
38
11
9
18
39
51
8
6
5
26
21
3
3
13
13
30
42
-12
16
 Wimbledon
38
10
12
16
40
61
7
7
5
22
21
3
5
11
18
42
42
-21
17
 Southampton
38
11
8
19
37
64
9
4
6
29
26
2
4
14
8
38
51
-27
18
 Charlton Athletic (Relegated)
38
8
12
18
41
56
4
7
8
20
20
4
5
10
21
36
36
-15
19
 Blackburn Rovers (Relegated)
38
7
14
17
38
52
6
5
8
21
24
1
9
9
17
28
35
-14
20
 FOREST (Relegated)
38
7
9
22
35
69
3
7
9
18
31
4
2
13
17
38
30
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saturday 18 July 1998 Scunthorpe United Glanford Park Pre-Season Friendly won 3 - 0 4-4-2 Ref---N Barry Attendance 2,501              
  Crossley   Lyttle   Cooper   Triallist (Schmidt)   Bonalair   Stone   Thomas   Gemmill   A Dawson   Darcheville   Campbell Subs   Edwards   Burns   Guinan          
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Wednesday 22 July 1998 Chesterfield Saltergate Pre-Season Friendly lost 3 - 4 4-4-2 Ref
R Pashley
 Attendance 3,649              
  Pascolo   Lyttle   Cooper   Triallist (Schmidt)   Bonalair   Stone   Hjelde   Hodges   A Dawson   Darcheville (p)   Campbell Subs   Moore              
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Tuesday 28 July 1998 Kings FC Finland Pre-Season Friendly won 4 - 0 4-4-2 Ref
J Lajavirta
Attendance 2,000              
  Beasant   Lyttle   C Cooper   Hjelde   Chettle   Stone   Gemmill   Hodges   Burns   Darcheville 2   Guinan Subs   R Cooper   Thomas              
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Thursday 30 July 1998 FC Haka Finland Pre-Season Friendly won 2 - 0 4-4-2 Ref
T Selanne
Attendance 1,796              
  Crossley   Lyttle   C Cooper   Chettle   Bonalair   Stone   Hjelde   Thomas   A Dawson   Harewood   Hodges Subs   R Cooper                    
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Saturday 1 August 1998 FC Santa Claus Finland Pre-Season Friendly won 13 - 0 4-4-2 Ref
T Pahtakari
Attendance 2,100              
  Beasant   Bonalair   Hjelde   Armstrong   Rogers   Stone 2   Burns   Johnson   Hodges   Darcheville 4   Guinan 4 Subs   K Dawson   Lyttle   Thomas              
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Monday 3 August 1998 Lincoln City Sincil Bank Pre-Season Friendly won 1 - 0 4-4-2 Ref B Coddington Attendance 3,698              
  Crossley   Bonalair   C Cooper   Hodges   R Cooper   Stone   Thomas   Johnson   A Dawson   Darcheville   Guinan Subs   K Dawson   Hjelde   Burns   Armstrong   Harewood   Beasant  
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Tuesday 4 August 1998 Notts County City Ground Nottinghamshire County Cup Final won 5 - 0 4-4-2 Ref F Stretton Attendance 3,766              
  Crossley   Lyttle   Hjelde   Armstrong   A Dawson   R Cooper   Gemmill   Burns   Allen   Guinan 3   Edwards Subs   Cowling   Freedman   Merino              
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Monday 10 August 1998 Feyenoord Feyenoord Stadion, Rotterdam Pre-Season Friendly lost 2 - 3 4-4-2 Ref D Gallagher Attendance 6,003              
  Beasant   Bonalair   Hjelde   Chettle   Rogers   Stone   C Cooper   Triallist (Carbone)   Thomas   Darcheville   Freedman Subs   Armstrong   Johnson   Louis-Jean              
             
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Monday 17 August 1998 Arsenal Highbury FA Premiership lost 1 - 2 4-5-1 Ref M Riley
Attendance
 38,064          
  Beasant   Bonalair   Hjelde (1)   Chettle   Rogers   Stone   Johnson (2)   Armstrong   Hodges   Thomas   Darcheville (3) Subs   Lyttle (1)   Harewood (2)   Freedman (3)   A Dawson   Crossley      
  Seaman   Dixon   Keown   Adams   Winterburn   Parlour   Viera   Petit   Overmars   Bergkamp   Anelka                            
Scoring: 0 - 1 Emmanuel Petit (58): 1 - 1 Geoff Thomas (76): 1 - 2 Marc Overmars (79) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Glynn Hodges & Jean-Claude Darcheville debuts              
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Saturday 22 August 1998 Coventry City City Ground FA Premiership won 1 - 0 4-4-2 Ref K Burge Attendance 22,546            
  Beasant   Bonalair   Armstrong   Chettle   Rogers   Stone   Thomas (1)   Gemmill   Hodges (2)   Freedman   Darcheville (3) Subs   Johnson (1)   Harewood (2)   Lyttle (3)   Edwards   Crossley      
  Hedman   Nilsson (1)   Breen   Shaw   Burrows   Huckerby   Telfer   Whelan   Boateng   Soltvedt (2)   Dublin Subs   Wallemme (1)   Hall (2)                  
Scoring: 1 - 0 Steve Stone (52)              
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Saturday 29 August 1998 Southampton The Dell FA Premiership won 2 - 1 4-5-1 Ref D Gallagher Attendance 14,942            
  Beasant   Bonalair   Armstrong   Chettle   Rogers   Stone   Thomas   Gemmill   Hodges   Johnson   Darcheville (1) Subs   Freedman (1)   Edwards   Lyttle   Quashie   Crossley      
  Jones   Dodd   Palmer   Monkou   Hiley   Dryden   Ripley   Howells   Hughes   Ostenstad   Le Tissier                            
Scoring: 1 - 0 Jean-Claude Darcheville (52): 2 - 0 Steve Stone (68): 2 - 1 Matt Le Tissier pen (89)              
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Tuesday 8 September 1998 Everton City Ground FA Premiership lost 0 - 2 4-5-1 Ref R Harris Attendance 25,610          
  Beasant   Bonalair   Armstrong   Chettle   Rogers (1)   Stone   Thomas   Quashie (2)   Gray (3)   Johnson   Darcheville Subs   Lyttle (1)   Harewood (2)   Freedman (3)   Edwards   Crossley      
  Myhre   Cleland   Watson   Materazzi   Unsworth   Ball   Dacourt   Collins (1)   Barmby (2)   Hutchinson   Ferguson Subs   Cadamarteri (1)   Thomas (2)                  
Scoring: 0 - 1 Duncan Ferguson (72): 0 - 2 Duncan Ferguson (82)              
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Saturday 12 September 1998 Chelsea Stamford bridge FA Premiership lost 1 - 2 4-5-1 Ref P Alcock Attendance 34,809            
  Beasant   Bonalair   Armstrong   Chettle   Rogers   Stone   Thomas (1)   Quashie   Gray (2)   Johnson   Darcheville Subs   Harewood (1)   Lyttle (2)   Edwards   Freedman   Crossley      
  De Goey   Petrescu   Leboeuf   Duberry   Babayaro   Poyet (1)   Dessailly   Le Saux   Newton   Zola   Casiraghi (2) Subs   Lambourde (1)   Laudrup (2)                  
Scoring: 0 - 1 Gianfranco Zola (1): 0 - 2 Gus Poyet (34): 1 - 2 Jean-Claude Darcheville (68)              
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Tuesday 15 September 1998 Leyton Orient Brisbane road Worthington Cup 2nd Round 1st leg won 5 - 1 4-4-2 Ref K Leach Attendance 2,275            
  Beasant (1)   Lyttle   Armstrong   Chettle   Rogers (2)   Stone   Johnson   Quashie   Bonalair   Freedman 2   Darcheville (3) Subs   Crossley (1)   Louis-Jean (2)   Harewood (3)   Edwards   Gray      
  MacKenzie   Walschaerts   Hicks (1)   Smith   Warren   M Joseph   Ling (2)   Ampadu   Griffiths   McCormick (3)   Morrison Subs   R Joseph (1)   Reinault (2)   Baker (3)              
Scoring: 1 - 0 Andy Johnson (4): 2 - 0 Dougie Freedman (14): 3 - 0 Dougie Freedman (17): 4 - 0 Steve Stone (45): 5 - 0 Marlon Harewood (85 - 1st senior goal): 5 - 1 Robbie Reinault (89) --------------------- Matthieu Louis-Jean debut: Mark Crossley first appearance for 18 months              
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saturday 19 September 1998 West ham united City Ground FA Premiership drew 0 - 0 4-4-2 Ref M Reed Attendance 26,463            
  Beasant   Lyttle (1)   Armstrong   Chettle   Rogers   Stone   Johnson   Quashie   Bonalair   Harewood (2)   Darcheville (3) Subs   Louis-Jean(1)   Freedman (2)   Gray (3)   Edwards   Crossley      
  Hislop   Potts   Ferdinand   Pearce   Impey   Lampard   Sinclair   Abou (1)   Berkovic   Keller   Wright Subs   Omoyinmi (1)                      
               
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Tuesday 22 September1998 Leyton Orient City Ground Worthington Cup 2nd Round 2nd Leg drew 0 - 0 4-5-1 Ref G Frankland Attendance 6,382            
  Crossley   Louis-Jean   Armstrong   Hjelde   Rogers   Bonalair (1)   Johnson   Quashie (2)   Gray   Dawson   Freedman Subs   Darcheville (1) (3)   Burns (2)   Harewood (3)   Edwards   Beasant      
  Capelton   Walschaerts   Hicks (1)   Smith   R Joseph   M Joseph   Ling   Ampadu   Griffiths (2)   McCormick   Martin (3) Subs   Raynor (1)   Morrison (2)   Reinault (3)              
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andy Dawson & John Burns debuts              
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Saturday 26 September 1998 Newcastle United St James' Park FA Premiership lost 0 - 2 4-4-2 Ref D Elleray Attendance 36,760            
  Beasant   Louis-Jean   Armstrong   Chettle   Rogers   Stone   Johnson   Quashie (1)   Bart-Williams (2)   Shipperley   Darcheville (3) Subs   Freedman (1)   Harewood (2)   Gray (3)   Hjelde   Crossley      
  Given   Watson (1)   Charvet   Dabizas   Pearce   Solano (2)   Lee   Glass   Speed   Ketsbaia (2)   Shearer Subs   Barton (1)   Batty (2)   Dalglish (3)              
Scoring: 0 - 1 Alan Shearer (11): 0 - 2 Alan Shearer pen (88) -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Neil Shipperley debut              
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Saturday 3 October 1998 Charlton Athletic City Ground FA Premiership lost 0 - 1 4-4-2 Ref P Jones Attendance 22,661            
  Beasant   Louis-Jean   Armstrong   Chettle   Rogers   Stone   Johnson   Quashie (1)   Bart-Williams (2)   Shipperley   Freedman Subs   Hjelde (1)   Hodges (2)   Gray   Darcheville   Crossley      
  Ilic   Mills   Rufus   Tiler   Powell   Youds   Kinsella   Hunt (1)   Redfearn (2)   Mortimer (3)   Mendonca Subs   K Jones (1)   Brown (2)   S Jones (3)              
Scoring: 0 - 1 Eddie Youds (5)              
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Saturday 17 October 1998 Leeds United City Ground FA Premiership drew 1 - 1 4-4-2 Ref A Wilkie Attendance 23,911            
  Beasant   Bonalair   Hjelde   Chettle   Rogers (1)   Stone   Gemmill (2)   Armstrong   Bart-Williams   Shipperley   Darcheville (3) Subs   Johnson (1)   Freedman (2)   Gray (3)   Lyttle   Crossley      
  Martin   Woodgate   Radebe   Molenaar   Granville   Bower   Hiden   McPhail (1)   Hopkin   Kewell   Hasselbaink Subs   Halle (1)                      
Scoring: 0 - 1 Gunnar Halle (53): 1 - 1 Steve Stone (85) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leeds' Danny Granville sent off for 2nd yellow card              
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Saturday 24 October 1998 Liverpool Anfield FA Premiership lost 1 - 5 4-4-2 Ref S Dunn Attendance 44,595            
  Beasant   Bonalair   Hjelde   Chettle   Rogers   Stone   Gemmill   Armstrong   Bart-Williams   Shipperley   Freedman Subs   Louis-Jean   Lyttle   Gray   Harewood   Crossley      
  James   McAteer   Carragher   Staunton   Bjornebye   Berger   Ince   Heggem   McManaman   Riedle   Owen                            
Scoring: 0 - 1 Michael Owen (10): 1 - 1 Dougie Freedman (18): 1 - 2 Steve McManaman (23): 1 - 3 Michael Owen (38): 1 - 4 Michael Owen pen (71): 1 - 5 Michael Owen (77); Jon Olav Hjelde probably still having nightmares about facing Owen in this match              
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Tuesday 27 October 1998 Cambridge United City Ground Worthington Cup 3rd Round won 3 - 3 (4-3 pens) 4-4-2 Ref R Sykes Attendance 9,192            
  Beasant   Bonalair   Hjelde   Chettle   Rogers   Stone   Gemmill (1)   Armstrong   Bart-Williams   Harewood (2)   Freedman (3) Subs   Gray (1)   Darcheville (2)   Lyttle (3)   Dawson   Crossley      
  Marshall   Chenery   Mustoe   Duncan   McNeil   Campbell (1)   Wanless   Russell   Taylor (2)   Benjamin(2)   Butler Subs   Kyd (1)   Preece (2)                  
Scoring: 1 - 0 Dougie Freedman (22): 2 - 0 Craig Armstrong (45): 3 - 0 Marlon Harewood (46): 3 - 1 Trevor Benjamin (68): 3 - 2 Alex Russell (72): 3 - 3 John Taylor pen (84) -------- Thierry Bonalair sent off for 2nd yellow card (83): Penalties: Chris Bart-Williams, Steve Chettle, Steve Stone & Craig Armstrong scored: Andy Gray & Jean-Claude Darcheville missed
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Sunday 1 November 1998 Middlesbrough (Live on Sky TV) Riverside Stadium FA Premiership drew 1 - 1 4-4-2 Ref P Durkin Attendance 34,223            
  Beasant   Bonalair (1)   Hjelde   Chettle   Armstrong   Stone   Gemmill (2)   Quashie   Bart-Williams   Shipperley (3)   Harewood Subs   Lyttle (1)   Gray (2)   Freedman (3)   Rogers   Crossley      
  Beresford   Fleming (1)   Cooper   Festa   Vickers   Gordon   Mustoe   Gascoigne (2)   Townsend   Riccard   Deane Subs   Stockdale (1)   Stamp (2)                  
Scoring: 0 - 1 Brian Deane (22): 1 - 1 Marlon Harewood (88)                                            
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Saturday 7 November 1998 Wimbledon City Ground FA Premiership Lost 0 - 1 4-4-2 Ref G Poll Attendance 21,362 League Position 19th: behind Blackburn on g.d. (2 points from safety): 2 points ahead of Southampton
  Beasant   Lyttle (1)   Armstrong   Chettle   Rogers   Stone   Gemmill   Gray   Bart-Williams   van Hooijdonk   Harewood (2) Subs   Bonalair (1)   Freedman (2)   Edwards   Shipperley   Crossley      
  Sullivan   Kimble   Thatcher   Perry   Cunningham   Ainsworth   Earle   Hughes (1)   Leaburn (2)   Gayle   Euell Subs   Ardley (1)   Roberts (2)                  
Scoring: 0 - 1 Marcus Gayle (23) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pierre van Hooijdonk first game back after his 4-month strike in protest at sales of Colin Cooper & Kevin Campbell
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Wednesday 11 November 1998 Manchester United Old Trafford Worthington Cup 4th Round lost 1 - 2 4-4-2 Ref R Harris Attendance 37,237            
  Beasant   Louis-Jean   Armstrong   Chettle   Rogers   Stone   Gemmill   Gray   Bart-Williams   Harewood (1)   Freedman Subs   van Hooijdonk (1)   Lyttle   Quashie   Darcheville   Crossley      
  van der Gouw   Clegg   May (1)   Berg   Curtis   Wilson   Greening   Butt   Mulryne   Cruyff   Solskjaer Subs   Wallwork (1)                      
Scoring: 0 - 1 Ole Gunnar Solskaer (56): 0 - 2 Ole Gunnar Solskaer (60): 1 - 2 Steve Stone (68)              
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Monday 16 November 1998 Derby County (Live on Sky TV) City Ground FA Premiership drew 2 - 2 4-4-2 Ref G Barber Attendance 24,014 League Position 18th: 2 points behind Everton (& safety): a point ahead of Blackburn Rovers
  Beasant   Bonalair   Armstrong   Chettle   Rogers   Stone   Gemmill   Quashie   Bart-Williams   van Hooijdonk   Freedman (1) Subs   Harewood (1)   Hjelde   Gray   Shipperley   Crossley      
  Hoult (1)   Laursen   Prior   Elliott   Dorigo   Powell   Bohinen   Carbonari   Burton   Harper (2)   Wanchope Subs   Poom (1)   Sturridge (2)                  
Scoring: 0 - 1 Tony Dorigo pen (56): 1 - 1 Dougie Freedman (58): 2 - 1 Pierre van Hooijdonk (62): 2 - 2 Horacio Carbonari (72)              
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Saturday 21 November 1998 Tottenham Hotspur White Hart Lane FA Premiership lost 0 - 2 4-4-2 Ref S Lodge Attendance 35,832 League Position 18th: 4 points behind Coventry City (& safety): ahead of Southampton on g.d. (6 goals)
  Beasant   Hjelde   Armstrong (1)   Chettle   Rogers   Stone   Gemmill   Quashie   Bart-Williams   van Hooijdonk   Freedman (2) Subs   Edwards (1)   Bonalair (2)   Shipperley   Harewood   Crossley      
  Baardsen   Carr   Calderwood (1)   Campbell   Scales   Vega   Anderton   Ginola   Nielsen   Iversen   Armstrong Subs   Sinton (1)                      
Scoring: 0 - 1 Chris Armstrong (58): 0 - 2 Allan Nielsen (70) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Steve Stone controversially sent off for 2nd yellow card (David Ginola accused of diving) (46)              
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saturday 28 November 1998 Aston Villa City Ground FA Premiership drew 2 - 2 4-4-2 Ref 25,753 Attendance 25,753 League Position 18th: 4 points behind Coventry City (& safety): a point ahead of Southampton
  Beasant   Bonalair   Armstrong   Chettle   Hjelde   Stone   Gemmill   Quashie   Bart-Williams   van Hooijdonk   Freedman (2) Subs   Johnson (1)   Darcheville (2)   Edwards   Harewood   Crossley      
  Oakes   Watson   Southgate   Ehiogu   Wright   Taylor   Merson (1)   Hendrie   Barry   Dublin   Joachim Subs   Thompson (1)                      
Scoring: 1 - 0 Chris Bart-Williams (32): 2 - 0 Dougie Freedman (44): 2 - 1 Julian Joachim (58): 2 - 2 Julian Joachim (63)              
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Monday 7 December 1998 Sheffield Wednesday (Live on TV) Hillsborough FA Premiership lost 2 - 3 4-4-2 Ref R Harris Attendance 19,321 League Position 19th: a point behind Blackburn Rovers (4 points from safety): a point ahead of Southampton
  Beasant   Bonalair   Hjelde   Chettle   Rogers   Quashie (1)   Johnson   Armstrong (2)   Bart-Williams   van Hooijdonk   Darcheville (3) Subs   Gray (1)   Gemmill (2)   Harewood (3)   Shipperley   Crossley      
  Srnicek   Atherton   Jonk   Walker   Hinchcliffe   Thorne   Rudi (1)   Sonner   Alexandersson   Carbone (2)   Booth Subs   Briscoe (1)   Stefanovic (2)                  
Scoring: 0 - 1 Niclas Alexandersson (22): 0 - 2 Benito Carbone (52): 1 - 2 Thierry Bonalair (56): 1 - 3 Benito Carbone (58): 2 - 3 Pierre van Hooijdonk (70) ------------------------------------ Steve Stone suspended (21 November red card)              
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Saturday 12 December 1998 Leicester City Fillbert Street FA Premiership lost 1 - 3 4-4-2 Ref M Riley Attendance 20,881 League Position 19th: 2 points behind Blackburn (4 points from safety): a point ahead of Southampton
  Beasant   Hjelde (1)   Mattsson   Chettle   Rogers   Stone   Gemmill   Johnson   Bart-Williams   van Hooijdonk   Harewood (2) Subs   Freedman (1)   Freeman (2)   Armstrong   Gray   Crossley      
  Keller   Kaamark   Elliott   Walsh (1)   Ullathorne   Izzet   Lennon   Zagorakis (2)   Impey   Guppy   Heskey (3) Subs   Fenton (1)   Savage (2)   Parker (3)              
Scoring: 1 - 0 Pierre van Hooijdonk (13): 1 - 1 Emile Heskey (43): 1 - 2 Matt Elliott pen (62): Steve Guppy (82) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pierre van Hooijdonk sent off for late tackle on Steve Walsh (54): Jesper Mattsson & David Freeman debuts              
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Saturday 19 December 1998 Blackburn Rovers City Ground FA Premiership drew 2 - 2 4-4-2 Ref S Lodge Attendance 22,013 League Position 20th: a point behind Southampton: 4 points from safety
  Beasant   Hjelde   Mattsson   Chettle (p)   Rogers (1)   Stone   Gemmill   Johnson   Bart-Williams   Freedman   Shipperley (2) Subs   Armstrong (1)   Harewood (2)   Bonalair   Darcheville   Crossley      
  Filan   Kenna   Henchoz   Dailly   Davidson   Wilcox (1)   McKinlay   Gillespie (2)   Sherwood   Blake   Sutton Subs   Duff (1)   Johnson (1)                  
Scoring: 1 - 0 Steve Chettle pen (22): 2 - 0 Dougie Freedman (30: 2 - 1 Noel Blake (44): 2 - 2 Noel Blake (90) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pierre van Hooijdonk suspended (12 December red card)              
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Saturday 26 December 1998 Manchester United Old Trafford FA Premiership lost 0 - 3 4-4-2 Ref J Winter Attendance 55,216 League Position 20th: a point behind Southampton: 5 points from safety
  Beasant   Louis-Jean   Armstrong   Chettle (1)   Rogers   Stone (2)   Johnson   Quashie   Bart-Williams (3)   Freedman   Shipperley Subs   Doig (1)   Hodges (2)   Bonalair (3)   Darcheville   Crossley      
  Schmeichel   P Neville   Berg   Johnsen   Irwin   Beckham   Keane (1)   Butt   Giggs (2)   Scholes (2)   Sheringham Subs   Greening (1)   Blomqvist (2)   Solskjaer (3)              
Scoring: 0 -1 Ronnie Johnsen (29): 0 -2 Ronnie Johnsen (59): Ryan Giggs (61) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pierre van Hooijdonk suspended (12 December red card): Chris Doig debut          
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Monday 28 December 1998 Southampton City Ground FA Premiership drew 1 - 1 4-4-2 Ref M Reed Attendance 23,456 League Position 20th: a point behind Southampton: 4 points from safety
  Beasant   Bonalair   Hjelde   Chettle (p)   Rogers   Stone   Gemmill   Johnson   Bart-Williams   Freedman (1)   Shipperley Subs   Harewood (1)   Louis-Jean   Armstrong   Gray   Crossley      
  Jones   Hiley   Palmer   Lundekvam   Monkou   Colleter   Dodd   Kachloul   Oakley   Ostenstad   Beattie                            
Scoring: 0 - 1 Hassan Kachloul (48): 1 - 1 Steve Chettle pen (54) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pierre van Hooijdonk suspended (12 December red card)              
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Saturday 2 January 1999 Portsmouth City Ground FA Cup 3rd Round lost 0 - 1 4-4-2 Ref A Wilkie Attendance 10,092            
  Beasant   Louis-Jean   Hjelde   Chettle   Lyttle (1)   Stone   Gemmill   Johnson (2)   Bart-Williams   Freedman (3)   Shipperley Subs   Gray (1)   Quashie (2)   Harewood (3)   Doig   Crossley      
  Knight   Robinson   Waterman   Thomson   Vlachos   Igoe   Peron   F Simpson   McLoughlin   Claridge   Andreassen (1) Subs   Nightingale (1)                      
Scoring: 0 - 1 Steve Claridge (18)              
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Dave Bassett sacked as manager 4 January 1999: Mickey Adams appointed caretaker manager
             
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Saturday 9 January 1999 Coventry City Highfield Road FA Premiership lost 0 - 4 4-5-1 Ref P Jones Attendance 17,172 League Position 20th: 3 points behind Charlton Athletic: 7 points from safety
  Beasant   Lyttle   Hjelde (1)   Chettle   Doig   Stone   Gemmill (2)   Johnson   Bart-Williams   Armstrong (3)   van Hooijdonk Subs   Woan (1)   Quashie (2)   Freedman (3)   Williams   Crossley      
  Hedman   Nilsson   Williams   Shaw   Burrows (1)   Soltvedt   McAllister (2)   Telfer   Huckerby   Whelan   Aloisi Subs   Shilton (1)   Quinn (2)                  
Scoring: 0 - 1 Darren Huckerby (44): 0 - 2 Darren Huckerby (46): 0 - 3 Colin Telfer (60): 0 - 4 Darren Huckerby (82)              
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Ron Atkinson appointed manager & Peter Shreeves assistant manager on 12 January 1999
             
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Saturday 16 January 1999 Arsenal (Live on TV) City Ground FA Premiership lost 0 - 1 4-4-2 Ref P Durkin Attendance 26,021 League Position 20th: 4 points behind Southampton: 7 points from safety
  Beasant   Lyttle   Hjelde   Armstrong   Rogers   Bonalair (1)   Gemmill   Johnson   Bart-Williams   van Hooijdonk   Darcheville (2) Subs   Quashie (1)   Shipperley (2)   Edwards   Woan   Crossley      
  Manninger   Dixon   Adams   Keown   Winterburn   Garde   Parlour   Petit   Overmars (1)   Bergkamp   Anelka Subs   Vivas (1)                      
Scoring: 0 - 1 Martin Keown (36) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Stone suspended (5 yellow cards)              
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Saturday 30 January 1999 Everton Goodison Park FA Premiership won 1 - 0 4-4-2 Ref G Barber Attendance 34,175 League Position 20th: a point behind Charlton Athletic: 6 points from safety
  Beasant   Harkes   Hjelde   Palmer   Stensaas (1)   Stone   Gemmill   Johnson   Rogers (2)   van Hooijdonk   Darcheville (3) Subs   Armstrong (1)   Porfirio (2)   Bart-Williams (3)   Freedman   Crossley      
  Myhre   Unsworth   Dunne   Materazzi   Ball   Oster   Grant (1)   Barmby   Hutchison   Cadamarteri (2)   Ward (3) Subs   Branch (1)   Dacourt (2)   Bakayoko (2)              
Scoring: 1 - 0 Pierre van Hooijdonk (51) -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------John Harkes, Carlton Palmer, Stale Stensaas & Hugo Porfirio debuts              
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Saturday 6 February 1999 Manchester United City Ground FA Premiership lost 1 - 8 4-4-2 Ref P Allcock Attendance 30,025 League Position 20th: 4 points behind Southampton: 8 points from safety
  Beasant   Harkes   Hjelde   Palmer   Armstrong (1)   Stone   Gemmill (2)   Johnson   Rogers   van Hooijdonk   Darcheville (3) Subs   Mattsson (1)   Porfirio (2)   Freedman (3)   Bart-Williams   Crossley      
  Schmeichel   G Neville   Johnsen   Stam   P Neville   Blomqvist (1)   Keane (2)   Beckham   Scholes   Cole   Yorke (3) Subs   Butt (1)   Curtis (2)   Solskjaer (3)              
Scoring: 0 - 1 Dwight Yorke (2): 1 - 1 Alan Rogers (7): 1 - 2 Andy Cole (7): 1 - 3 Andy Cole (50): 1 - 4 Dwight Yorke (67): 1 - 5 Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (80): 1 - 6 Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (88): 1 - 7 Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (90): 1 - 8 Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (91)                  
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Saturday 13 February 1999 West Ham United Upton Park FA Premiership lost 1 - 2 4-4-2 Ref R Harris Attendance 25,458 League Position 20th: 4 points behind Southampton having played a game more: 8 points from safety
  Beasant   Harkes (1)   Hjelde   Palmer   Stensaas (2)   Stone   Gemmill (3)   Johnson   Rogers   van Hooijdonk   Shipperley Subs   Quashie (1)   Chettle (2)   Porfirio (3)   Darcheville   Crossley      
  Hislop   Unsworth   Pearce   Ferdinand   Sinclair   Lomas   Lazaridis   Lampard   Berkovic (1)   Di Canio   Kitson Subs   Cole (1)                      
Scoring: 0 - 1 Stuart Pearce (31): 0 - 2 Frank Lampard (36): 1 - 2 Jon Olav Hjelde (83)                                        
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Saturday 20 February 1999 Chelsea City Ground FA Premiership lost 1 - 3 4-4-2 Ref J Winter Attendance 26,351 League Position 20th: 7 points behind Southampton having played a game more: 10 points from safety
  Beasant   Louis-Jean