1998-99 Fulham F.C. season

1998–99 Fulham F.C. season

Fulham F.C.

1998–99 season
Chairman	Mohammed Al Fayed
Manager	Kevin Keegan
Second Division	1st
FA Cup	Fifth round
Worthington Cup	Third round
Auto Windscreens Shield Trophy
Top goalscorer	League: Horsfield (15) All: Horsfield (17)

The 1998-99 season was Fulham's 101st season in professional football. They played in the Second Division (previously known as the Third Division), achieving promotion to the First Division as champions. The club also reached the fifth round of the FA Cup, where they were beaten by eventual winners Manchester United.

On 17 February 1999, Kevin Keegan was appointed England coach on a part-time basis following the departure of Glenn Hoddle. Keegan then left Craven Cottage at the end of the season to concentrate on his duties as England manager. Fulham replaced Keegan with Paul Bracewell as player-manager.

Squad

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

No. Position Player GK Maik Taylor GK Simon Brown GK Andre Arendse DF Philippe Albert DF Rufus Brevett DF Chris Coleman DF Steve Finnan DF Francois Keller DF Matt Lawrence DF Steve McAnespie DF Simon Morgan DF Alan Neilson DF Rob Scott DF Jamie Smith DF Kit Symons DF Gus Uhlenbeek MF Kevin Betsy

No. Position Player MF Paul Bracewell MF Matt Brazier MF Paul Brooker MF Wayne Collins MF Sean Davis MF Steve Hayward MF John Salako MF Neil Smith MF Paul Trollope FW Peter Beardsley FW Luke Cornwall FW Barry Hayles FW Geoff Horsfield FW Dirk Lehmann FW Paul Moody FW Paul Peschisolido

Final league table

Matches

Division 2

1998-08-08	Macclesfield Town	0 – 1	Fulham	Moss Rose, Macclesfield

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1998-08-14	Fulham	3 – 0	Manchester City	Craven Cottage, London

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1998-08-22	Colchester United	0 – 1	Fulham	Layer Road, Colchester

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1998-08-29	Fulham	0 – 0	Bournemouth	Craven Cottage, London

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1998-08-31	Oldham Athletic	1 – 1	Fulham	Boundary Park, Oldham

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1998-09-08	Fulham	1 – 0	Stoke City	Craven Cottage, London

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1998-09-12	Notts County	1 – 0	Fulham	Meadow Lane, Nottingham

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1998-09-19	Fulham	3 – 3	York City	Craven Cottage, London

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1998-09-26	Lincoln City	1 – 2	Fulham	Sincil Bank, Lincoln

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1998-09-29	Fulham	2 – 0	Wycombe Wanderers	Craven Cottage, London

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1998-10-03	Fulham	1 – 3	Luton Town	Craven Cottage, London

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1998-10-17	Millwall	0 – 1	Fulham	The New Den, London

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1998-10-24	Fulham	4 – 1	Walsall	Craven Cottage, London

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1998-10-31	Blackpool	2 – 3	Fulham	Bloomfield Road, Blackpool

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1998-11-07	Fulham	1 – 0	Bristol Rovers	Craven Cottage, London

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1998-11-10	Wrexham	0 – 2	Fulham	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

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1998-11-21	Fulham	2 – 1	Chesterfield	Craven Cottage, London

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1998-11-28	Gillingham	1 – 0	Fulham	Priestfield, Gillingham

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1998-12-01	Wigan Athletic	2 – 0	Fulham	Springfield Park, Wigan

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1998-12-12	Fulham	4 – 0	Burnley	Craven Cottage, London

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1998-12-19	Preston North End	0 – 1	Fulham	Deepdale, Preston

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1998-12-26	Fulham	2 – 0	Colchester United	Craven Cottage, London

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1998-12-28	Northampton Town	1 – 1	Fulham	Sixfields Stadium, Northampton

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1999-01-09	Fulham	1 – 0	Macclesfield Town	Craven Cottage, London

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1999-01-16	Manchester City	3 – 0	Fulham	Maine Road, Manchester

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1999-01-26	Fulham	1 – 0	Oldham Athletic	Craven Cottage, London

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1999-01-30	Fulham	2 – 0	Northampton Town	Craven Cottage, London

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1999-02-06	Wycombe Wanderers	1 – 1	Fulham	Adams Park, Wycombe

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1999-02-20	Fulham	2 – 1	Notts County	Craven Cottage, London

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1999-02-23	Fulham	3 – 1	Reading	Craven Cottage, London

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1999-02-27	York City	0 – 3	Fulham	Bootham Crescent, York

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1999-03-02	Bournemouth	1 – 1	Fulham	Dean Court, Bournemouth

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1999-03-06	Fulham	1 – 0	Lincoln City	Craven Cottage, London

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1999-03-09	Luton Town	0 – 4	Fulham	Kenilworth Road, Luton

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1999-03-12	Bristol Rovers	2 – 3	Fulham	Memorial Stadium, Bristol

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1999-03-16	Stoke City	0 – 1	Fulham	Britannia Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent

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1999-03-20	Fulham	4 – 0	Blackpool	Craven Cottage, London

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1999-04-05	Reading	0 – 1	Fulham	Madejski Stadium, Reading

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1999-04-10	Fulham	2 – 0	Wigan Athletic	Craven Cottage, London

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1999-04-13	Fulham	3 – 0	Gillingham	Craven Cottage, London

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1999-04-17	Chesterfield	1 – 0	Fulham	Saltergate, Chesterfield

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1999-04-21	Fulham	4 – 1	Millwall	Craven Cottage, London

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1999-04-24	Fulham	1 – 1	Wrexham	Craven Cottage, London

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1999-05-01	Burnley	1 – 0	Fulham	Turf Moor, Burnley

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1999-05-04	Walsall	2 – 2	Fulham	Bescot Stadium, Walsall

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1999-05-08	Fulham	3 – 0	Preston North End	Craven Cottage, London

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Worthington Cup

1998-08-11	Fulham	2 – 1	Cardiff City	Craven Cottage, London
	Beardsley 43' Lehmann 58'		Williams 8'

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1998-08-18	Cardiff City	1 – 2	Fulham	Ninian Park, Cardiff
	Eckhardt 86'		Salako 22' Morgan 37'

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1998-09-15	Fulham	1 – 1	Southampton	Craven Cottage, London
	Coleman 54'		Beattie 62'

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1998-09-23	Southampton	0 – 1	Fulham	The Dell, Southampton
			Lehmann 10'

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1998-10-27	Liverpool	3 – 1	Fulham	Anfield, Liverpool
	Morgan 53' (o.g.) Fowler 66' (pen.) Ince 76'		Peschisolido 60'

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FA Cup

1998-11-15	Fulham	1 – 1	Leigh RMI	Craven Cottage, London
	Lehmann 36'		20'

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1998-11-24	Leigh RMI	0 – 2	Fulham	Hilton Park, Leigh
			Peschisolido 32' (pen.) 41'

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1998-12-05	Fulham	4 – 2	Hartlepool	Craven Cottage, London
	Horsfield 6' 84' 47' (o.g.) Morgan 81'		Midgley 41' Howard 58'

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1999-01-02	Southampton	1 – 1	Fulham	The Dell, Southampton
	Ostenstad 89'		Hayward 9'

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1999-01-13	Fulham	1 – 0	Southampton	Craven Cottage, London
	Hayles 85'

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1999-01-23	Aston Villa	0 – 2	Fulham	Villa Park, Birmingham
			Morgan 8' Hayward 43'

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1999-02-14	Manchester United	1 – 0	Fulham	Old Trafford, Manchester
	Cole 26'

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Auto Windscreens Shield Trophy

1999-01-05	Torquay United	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Fulham	Plainmoor, Torquay
	Partridge 88' Lee 107'		Trollope 47'

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References

External links

• Fulham website
• Soccerbase - Results archive

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