The City Ground

SEASON: 1998-99

Prev Season: 1997-98
This Season: 1998-99
Next Season: 1999-00

DIVISION:: F.A. Carling Premiership (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Dave Bassett, Micky Adams, Ron Atkinson
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Portsmouth (H) 0-1)
League Cup:: 4th Round (Manchester United (A) 1-2)
Player Of The Year:: Alan Rogers

Top Goalscorer:: Dougie Freedman (12 goals)

LEAGUE POSITIONS

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Table Type: current_home_away
Game_Date:
Season: 1998-99
Division: 1

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Table Type: current_home_away
Game_Date: 1999-05-16
Season: 1998-99
Division: 1
Forest Division: 1
Season End:
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Competitive Games:: 43
Competitive Goals:: 44
Goals per game:: 1.0
League Games:: 38
League Points:: 30 out of 114 (3 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 26.3%

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	17 times	8 times	2 times		1 time
Conceded	13 times	14 times	6 times	1 time	2 times
Won By	5 times	2 times		1 time
Lost By	13 times	7 times	1 time	2 times	1 time

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1		1	2	-	1	1	3	10	1	Aston Villa (2-2), Manchester United (1-8)
2	1	2	1	-	-	1	1	3	0	Chelsea (1-3)
3	9	3	2	1	-	1	1	3	3	Coventry City (1-0), Manchester United (0-3)
4	1	4	2	-	-	2	1	4	0	Arsenal (0-1), Leeds United (1-3)
5		5	2	-	1	1	1	3	1	Middlesbrough (1-1), Aston Villa (0-2)
6		6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7	3	7	3	1	-	2	4	7	3	Liverpool (1-5), Wimbledon (3-1), Derby County (0-1)
8		8	3	-	3	-	4	4	3	West Ham United (0-0), Derby County (2-2), Liverpool (2-2)
9	1	9	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	West Ham United (1-2)
10	2	10	2	1	-	1	1	2	3	Newcastle United (0-2), Leicester City (1-0)
11	13	11	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Leeds United (1-1)
12	5	12	4	-	-	4	3	8	0	Leicester City (1-3), Newcastle United (1-2), Middlesbrough (1-2), Tottenham Hotspur (0-1)
13		13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
14		14	4	1	-	3	2	4	3	Charlton Athletic (0-1), Wimbledon (0-1), Tottenham Hotspur (0-2), Sheffield Wednesday (2-0)
15		15	3	1	-	2	4	5	3	Arsenal (1-2), Sheffield Wednesday (2-3), Everton (1-0)
16	9	16	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Charlton Athletic (0-0)
17	5	17	1	-	-	1	0	4	0	Coventry City (0-4)
18	47	18	3	1	1	1	5	5	4	Chelsea (1-2), Blackburn Rovers (2-2), Blackburn Rovers (2-1)
19	30	19	2	-	1	1	1	3	1	Everton (0-2), Southampton (1-1)
20	148	20	1	1	-	-	2	1	3	Southampton (2-1)

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 30,025 (Manchester United)
Lowest League Attendance:: 20,480 (Sheffield Wednesday)
Average League Attendance:: 24,415
Highest Cup Attendance:: 10,092 (Portsmouth)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 6,382 (Leyton Orient)

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 7
Yellow Cards:: 92
Red Cards:: 7 (Thierry Bonalair, Steve Stone, Pierre van Hooijdonk, Matthieu Louis-Jean, Carlton Palmer, Richard Gough, Steve Chettle)
Own goals (for):: 0 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 0 (scored by us for opponents)
Own goals (for):: 1
Penalties scored:: 1
Penalties conceded:: 7
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 2

GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
Manager: Dave Bassett
1	Mon Aug 17, 1998	Arsenal	A	1-2	Loss	38,064	17	Thomas (78)
2	Sat Aug 22, 1998	Coventry City	H	1-0	Win	22,546	9	Stone (51)
3	Sat Aug 29, 1998	Southampton	A	2-1	Win	14,942	2	Darcheville (52), Stone (68)
4	Tue Sep 08, 1998	Everton	H	0-2	Loss	25,610	4
5	Sat Sep 12, 1998	Chelsea	A	1-2	Loss	34,809	10	Darcheville (69)
6	Sat Sep 19, 1998	West Ham United	H	0-0	Draw	26,463	11
7	Sat Sep 26, 1998	Newcastle United	A	0-2	Loss	36,760	16
8	Sat Oct 03, 1998	Charlton Athletic	H	0-1	Loss	22,661	18
9	Sat Oct 17, 1998	Leeds United	H	1-1	Draw	23,911	18	Stone (85)
10	Sat Oct 24, 1998	Liverpool	A	1-5	Loss	44,595	19	Freedman (18)
11	Sun Nov 01, 1998	Middlesbrough	A	1-1	Draw	34,223	18	Harewood (88)
12	Sat Nov 07, 1998	Wimbledon	H	0-1	Loss	21,362	19
13	Mon Nov 16, 1998	Derby County	H	2-2	Draw	24,014	18	Freedman (57), van Hooijdonk (62)
14	Sat Nov 21, 1998	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0-2	Loss	35,832	18
15	Sat Nov 28, 1998	Aston Villa	H	2-2	Draw	25,753	18	Bart-Williams (32), Freedman (44)
16	Mon Dec 07, 1998	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2-3	Loss	19,321	19	Bonalair (55), van Hooijdonk (70)
17	Sat Dec 12, 1998	Leicester City	A	1-3	Loss	20,891	19	van Hooijdonk (14)
18	Sat Dec 19, 1998	Blackburn Rovers	H	2-2	Draw	22,013	20	Chettle (22), Freedman (30)
19	Sat Dec 26, 1998	Manchester United	A	0-3	Loss	55,216	20
20	Mon Dec 28, 1998	Southampton	H	1-1	Draw	23,456	20	Chettle (54 pen)
Manager: Micky Adams
21	Sat Jan 09, 1999	Coventry City	A	0-4	Loss	17,172	20
Manager: Ron Atkinson
22	Sat Jan 16, 1999	Arsenal	H	0-1	Loss	26,021	20
23	Sat Jan 30, 1999	Everton	A	1-0	Win	34,175	20	van Hooijdonk (51)
24	Sat Feb 06, 1999	Manchester United	H	1-8	Loss	30,025	20	Rogers (6)
25	Sat Feb 13, 1999	West Ham United	A	1-2	Loss	25,458	20	Hjelde (84)
26	Sat Feb 20, 1999	Chelsea	H	1-3	Loss	26,351	20	van Hooijdonk (39)
27	Sat Feb 27, 1999	Charlton Athletic	A	0-0	Draw	20,007	20
28	Wed Mar 10, 1999	Newcastle United	H	1-2	Loss	22,852	20	Freedman (45)
29	Sat Mar 13, 1999	Wimbledon	A	3-1	Win	12,149	20	Rogers (21), Freedman (59), Shipperley (84)
30	Sat Mar 20, 1999	Middlesbrough	H	1-2	Loss	21,468	20	Freedman (37)
31	Sat Apr 03, 1999	Leeds United	A	1-3	Loss	39,645	20	Rogers (53)
32	Mon Apr 05, 1999	Liverpool	H	2-2	Draw	28,374	20	Freedman (60), van Hooijdonk (90)
33	Sat Apr 10, 1999	Derby County	A	0-1	Loss	32,217	20
34	Sat Apr 17, 1999	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0-1	Loss	25,181	20
35	Sat Apr 24, 1999	Aston Villa	A	0-2	Loss	34,492	20
36	Sat May 01, 1999	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2-0	Win	20,480	20	Porfirio (14), Rogers (16)
37	Sat May 08, 1999	Blackburn Rovers	A	2-1	Win	24,565	20	Freedman (12), Bart-Williams (56)
38	Sun May 16, 1999	Leicester City	H	1-0	Win	25,353	20	Bart-Williams (56)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Manager: Dave Bassett
Sat Jan 02, 1999	Portsmouth	3			H	0-1	Loss	10,092

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Manager: Dave Bassett
Tue Sep 15, 1998	Leyton Orient	2	1	A	5-1	Win	4,906	Johnson (4), Freedman (14, 17), Stone (44), Harewood (84)
Tue Sep 22, 1998	Leyton Orient	2	2	H	0-0	Draw	6,382
Tue Oct 27, 1998	Cambridge United	3		H	3-3	Win	9,192	Freedman (22), Armstrong (45), Harewood (46)
Wed Nov 11, 1998	Manchester United	4		A	1-2	Loss	37,237	Stone (68)

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Manager: Dave Bassett
Tue Aug 04, 1998	Notts County	Final	H	5-0	Win	3,766	? (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Manager: Dave Bassett
Sat Jul 18, 1998	Scunthorpe United	England	A	3-0	Win	2,501	Campbell (13), Darcheville (40), Stone (68)
Wed Jul 22, 1998	Chesterfield	England	A	3-4	Loss	3,649	? (?, ?, ?)
Tue Jul 28, 1998	FC Kemi Kings	Finland	A	4-0	Win	2,000	? (?, ?, ?, ?)
Thu Jul 30, 1998	FC Haka	Finland	A	2-0	Win	1,796	? (?, ?)
Sat Aug 01, 1998	FC Santa Claus	Finland	A	0-0	Draw	2,100
Mon Aug 03, 1998	Lincoln City	England	A	1-0	Win	3,698	? (?)
Mon Aug 10, 1998	Feyenoord	Netherlands	A	2-3	Loss	6,003	? (?, ?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Manager: Dave Bassett
Wed Oct 07, 1998	Dagenham and Redbridge	England	A	4-0	Win	511	Quashie (?), Darcheville (?), Freedman (?), ? (?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Dave Bassett
Sat Jul 18, 1998	Pre-Season Friendly	Scunthorpe United			A	3-0	2,501	Campbell (13), Darcheville (40), Stone (68)
Wed Jul 22, 1998	Pre-Season Friendly	Chesterfield			A	3-4	3,649	? (?, ?, ?)
Tue Jul 28, 1998	Pre-Season Friendly	FC Kemi Kings			A	4-0	2,000	? (?, ?, ?, ?)
Thu Jul 30, 1998	Pre-Season Friendly	FC Haka			A	2-0	1,796	? (?, ?)
Sat Aug 01, 1998	Pre-Season Friendly	FC Santa Claus			A	0-0	2,100
Mon Aug 03, 1998	Pre-Season Friendly	Lincoln City			A	1-0	3,698	? (?)
Tue Aug 04, 1998	County Cup	Notts County	Final		H	5-0	3,766	? (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
Mon Aug 10, 1998	Pre-Season Friendly	Feyenoord			A	2-3	6,003	? (?, ?)
Mon Aug 17, 1998	League Tier 1	Arsenal			A	1-2	38,064	Thomas (78)
Sat Aug 22, 1998	League Tier 1	Coventry City			H	1-0	22,546	Stone (51)
Sat Aug 29, 1998	League Tier 1	Southampton			A	2-1	14,942	Darcheville (52), Stone (68)
Tue Sep 08, 1998	League Tier 1	Everton			H	0-2	25,610
Sat Sep 12, 1998	League Tier 1	Chelsea			A	1-2	34,809	Darcheville (69)
Tue Sep 15, 1998	League Cup	Leyton Orient	2	1	A	5-1	4,906	Johnson (4), Freedman (14, 17), Stone (44), Harewood (84)
Sat Sep 19, 1998	League Tier 1	West Ham United			H	0-0	26,463
Tue Sep 22, 1998	League Cup	Leyton Orient	2	2	H	0-0	6,382
Sat Sep 26, 1998	League Tier 1	Newcastle United			A	0-2	36,760
Sat Oct 03, 1998	League Tier 1	Charlton Athletic			H	0-1	22,661
Wed Oct 07, 1998	Friendly	Dagenham and Redbridge			A	4-0	511	Quashie (?), Darcheville (?), Freedman (?), ? (?)
Sat Oct 17, 1998	League Tier 1	Leeds United			H	1-1	23,911	Stone (85)
Sat Oct 24, 1998	League Tier 1	Liverpool			A	1-5	44,595	Freedman (18)
Tue Oct 27, 1998	League Cup	Cambridge United	3		H	3-3	9,192	Freedman (22), Armstrong (45), Harewood (46)
Sun Nov 01, 1998	League Tier 1	Middlesbrough			A	1-1	34,223	Harewood (88)
Sat Nov 07, 1998	League Tier 1	Wimbledon			H	0-1	21,362
Wed Nov 11, 1998	League Cup	Manchester United	4		A	1-2	37,237	Stone (68)
Mon Nov 16, 1998	League Tier 1	Derby County			H	2-2	24,014	Freedman (57), van Hooijdonk (62)
Sat Nov 21, 1998	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur			A	0-2	35,832
Sat Nov 28, 1998	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			H	2-2	25,753	Bart-Williams (32), Freedman (44)
Mon Dec 07, 1998	League Tier 1	Sheffield Wednesday			A	2-3	19,321	Bonalair (55), van Hooijdonk (70)
Sat Dec 12, 1998	League Tier 1	Leicester City			A	1-3	20,891	van Hooijdonk (14)
Sat Dec 19, 1998	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers			H	2-2	22,013	Chettle (22), Freedman (30)
Sat Dec 26, 1998	League Tier 1	Manchester United			A	0-3	55,216
Mon Dec 28, 1998	League Tier 1	Southampton			H	1-1	23,456	Chettle (54 pen)
Sat Jan 02, 1999	FA Cup	Portsmouth	3		H	0-1	10,092
Manager: Micky Adams
Sat Jan 09, 1999	League Tier 1	Coventry City			A	0-4	17,172
Manager: Ron Atkinson
Sat Jan 16, 1999	League Tier 1	Arsenal			H	0-1	26,021
Sat Jan 30, 1999	League Tier 1	Everton			A	1-0	34,175	van Hooijdonk (51)
Sat Feb 06, 1999	League Tier 1	Manchester United			H	1-8	30,025	Rogers (6)
Sat Feb 13, 1999	League Tier 1	West Ham United			A	1-2	25,458	Hjelde (84)
Sat Feb 20, 1999	League Tier 1	Chelsea			H	1-3	26,351	van Hooijdonk (39)
Sat Feb 27, 1999	League Tier 1	Charlton Athletic			A	0-0	20,007
Wed Mar 10, 1999	League Tier 1	Newcastle United			H	1-2	22,852	Freedman (45)
Sat Mar 13, 1999	League Tier 1	Wimbledon			A	3-1	12,149	Rogers (21), Freedman (59), Shipperley (84)
Sat Mar 20, 1999	League Tier 1	Middlesbrough			H	1-2	21,468	Freedman (37)
Sat Apr 03, 1999	League Tier 1	Leeds United			A	1-3	39,645	Rogers (53)
Mon Apr 05, 1999	League Tier 1	Liverpool			H	2-2	28,374	Freedman (60), van Hooijdonk (90)
Sat Apr 10, 1999	League Tier 1	Derby County			A	0-1	32,217
Sat Apr 17, 1999	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur			H	0-1	25,181
Sat Apr 24, 1999	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			A	0-2	34,492
Sat May 01, 1999	League Tier 1	Sheffield Wednesday			H	2-0	20,480	Porfirio (14), Rogers (16)
Sat May 08, 1999	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers			A	2-1	24,565	Freedman (12), Bart-Williams (56)
Sun May 16, 1999	League Tier 1	Leicester City			H	1-0	25,353	Bart-Williams (56)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (11) - £945,000				Out (22) - £12,550,000
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Jesper Mattsson	Bought			Bobby Howe	Sold
	John Harkes	Loan In			Christian Edwards	Loan Out
	Matthieu Louis-Jean	Loan In			Geoff Thomas (1997-98)	Sold
	Matthieu Louis-Jean	Bought			Glynn Hodges	Sold
	Schmidt	Bought			John Finnigan	Sold
Mar 07, 1998	Chris Doig	Bought	Free		Marlon Harewood	Loan out
Jan 30, 1999	Carlton Palmer	Bought	£945,000		Mendy (Guest)	Sold
Jan 30, 1999	Hugo Porfirio	Loan In			Roche (Guest)	Sold
Jan 30, 1999	Stale Stensaas	Bought			Schmidt	Sold
Mar 10, 1999	Richard Gough	Loan In			Tony Carbone	Sold
Apr 05, 1999	Bernard Allou	Bought		1998	John Finnigan	Loan Out
				Apr 27, 1998	Lee Cowling	Sold
				May 08, 1998	Paul McGregor	Released
				Jul 22, 1998	Kevin Campbell	Sold	£2,500,000
				Jul 22, 1998	Marco Pascolo	Sold
				Aug 04, 1998	Chris Allen	Sold
				Aug 10, 1998	Ian Thomas-Moore	Released
				Feb 27, 1999	Scot Gemmill	Sold	£250,000
				Mar 10, 1999	Steve Stone	Sold	£5,600,000
				Apr 24, 1999	Neil Shipperley	Sold	£700,000
				Apr 24, 1999	Stale Stensaas	Sold
				May 01, 1999	Pierre van Hooijdonk	Sold	£3,500,000

SQUAD

				Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Country	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK	1	England	Dave Beasant	30	5	7	18		1		1		12
GK	13	Wales	Mark Crossley	14	5	3	6					1	29
GK	33	Switz	Marco Pascolo
GK	39	England	Mark Goodlad										1
Defenders
D	3	England	Alan Rogers	38	9	7	22	4	9		5		1	Player Of The Year
D	5	England	Steve Chettle	38	8	8	22	2	8	1	2	2	1
D	12	Scotland	Chris Doig	2			2					1	1
D	15	England	Craig Armstrong	26	5	7	14	1	3		4	2	2	Left to join Huddersfield Town
D	15	Sweden	Richard Gough	7	2	1	4		3	1	1		1	On loan from San Jose Clash
D	22	England	Des Lyttle	13	3	2	8		1		3	6	7
D	24	Wales	Christian Edwards	12	4	2	6		1		1	5	10
D	25	Sweden	Jesper Mattsson	6	1	1	4		1		1	1	1
D	30	USA	John Harkes	3	1		2		1		1			On loan from DC United
D		England	Colin Cooper
D		England	Lee Cowling
D			Schmidt
D		England	Stuart Thom
Midfielders
M	2	France	Matthieu Louis-Jean	20	5	4	11		4	1	1	2	2	On loan from Le Havre
M	4	England	Nigel Quashie	19	1	6	12		4		6	5	2
M	6	Norway	Jon Olav Hjelde	20	2	6	12	1	3		3	1	4
M	7	England	Steve Stone	30	5	8	17	5	5	1	1			Left to join Aston Villa
M	8	Scotland	Scot Gemmill	23	4	7	12		2		8	2		Left to join Everton
M	10	Wales	Andy Johnson	31	5	7	19	1	8		5	3
M	15	Rep. of Ire.	John Burns	1		1						1
M	16	England	Geoff Thomas (1997-98)	5	2		3	1	1		2
M	17	France	Thierry Bonalair	31	7	9	15	1	5	1	4	4	2
M	20	England	Carlton Palmer	13	5	2	6		3	1
M	20	Wales	Glynn Hodges	5	2		3		1		1	2		Left to join Scarborough
M	23	Ivory Coast	Bernard Allou	2	1	1						2	3
M	26	England	Steve Melton	1	1
M	31	Portugal	Hugo Porfirio	9	4		5	1	4		3	6		On loan from Benfica
M	32	Norway	Stale Stensaas	7	1	1	5		1		5	1	1	On loan from Rangers
M		England	Andy Todd											Reserve squad
M		England	Chris Allen											Left to join Port Vale
M		England	David Prutton											Reserve squad
M		Australia	Gareth Edds											Reserve squad
M		Rep. of Ire.	Keith Foy
M		England	Kevin Dawson											Reserve squad
M		France	Mendy (Guest)
M		England	Richard Cooper											Reserve squad
M		England	Richard Hodgson											Reserve squad
M			Roche (Guest)
M		Australia	Tony Carbone
M		England	Andy Impey
Forwards
F	9	England	Neil Shipperley	20	1	6	13	1	1		3	7	4
F	11	England	Chris Bart-Williams	27	6	6	15	3	4		4	4	1
F	14	Scotland	Dougie Freedman	36	8	9	19	12	3		11	11	2
F	18	England	Ian Woan	2			2		1			2	7
F	19	Fr. Guiana	Jean-Claude Darcheville	19	6	5	8	2	4		14	4	7
F	21	England	Steve Guinan
F	23	England	Andy Dawson	1		1							2	Left to join Scunthorpe United
F	27	England	Andy Gray	12	1	4	7				2	7	6
F	28	Scotland	Gareth Williams										1
F	29	England	Marlon Harewood	28	6	7	15	3	6		8	15	3
F	40	Netherlands	Pierre van Hooijdonk	22	3	4	15	6	4	1	1	3	1
F		England	Bobby Howe
F		Spain	Carlos Merino											Reserve squad
F		Rep. of Ire.	David Freeman	1			1					1		Reserve squad
F		England	Ian Thomas-Moore
F		England	Kevin Campbell
F		England	Paul McGregor											Left to join Preston North End
F		England	Ian Wright

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
12	Dougie Freedman	36
6	Pierre van Hooijdonk	22
5	Steve Stone	30
4	Alan Rogers	38
3	Chris Bart-Williams	27
3	Marlon Harewood	28
2	Jean-Claude Darcheville	19
2 (1)	Steve Chettle	38
1	Andy Johnson	31
1	Craig Armstrong	26
1	Geoff Thomas (1997-98)	5
1	Hugo Porfirio	9
1	Jon Olav Hjelde	20
1	Neil Shipperley	20
1	Thierry Bonalair	31

LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Arsenal	Mon Aug 17, 1998	Away	1-2	Sat Jan 16, 1999	Home	0-1
Chelsea	Sat Sep 12, 1998	Away	1-2	Sat Feb 20, 1999	Home	1-3
Manchester United	Sat Dec 26, 1998	Away	0-3	Sat Feb 06, 1999	Home	1-8
Newcastle United	Sat Sep 26, 1998	Away	0-2	Wed Mar 10, 1999	Home	1-2
Tottenham Hotspur	Sat Nov 21, 1998	Away	0-2	Sat Apr 17, 1999	Home	0-1