1998–99 Ipswich Town F.C. season

In the 1998–99 season, Ipswich fans felt it would be third time lucky in the play-offs for the Tractor Boys. Sadly, it once again ended in heartbreak, as Ipswich once again lost on away goals to Bolton Wanderers.^[1]

Final league table

Main article: 1998–99 Football League

Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	Sunderland	46	31	12	3	91	28	105
2.	Bradford City	46	26	9	11	82	47	87
3.	Ipswich Town	46	26	8	12	69	32	86
4.	Birmingham City	46	23	12	11	66	37	81
5.	Watford	46	21	14	11	65	56	77
6.	Bolton Wanderers	46	20	16	10	78	59	76
7.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	19	16	11	64	43	73
8.	Sheffield United	46	18	13	15	71	66	67
9.	Norwich City	46	15	17	14	62	61	62
10.	Huddersfield Town	46	15	16	15	62	71	61
11.	Grimsby Town	46	17	10	19	40	52	61
12.	West Bromwich Albion	46	16	11	19	69	76	59
13.	Barnsley	46	14	17	15	59	56	59
14.	Crystal Palace	46	14	16	16	58	71	58
15.	Tranmere Rovers	46	12	20	14	63	61	56
16.	Stockport County	46	12	17	17	49	60	53
17.	Swindon Town	46	13	11	22	59	81	50
18.	Crewe Alexandra	46	12	12	22	54	78	48
19.	Portsmouth	46	11	14	21	57	73	47
20.	Queens Park Rangers	46	12	11	23	52	61	47
21.	Port Vale	46	13	8	25	45	75	47
22.	Bury	46	10	17	19	35	60	47
23.	Oxford United	46	10	14	22	48	71	44
24.	Bristol City	46	9	15	22	57	80	42

Key
Promoted to the Premier League
Qualified for the promotion playoff
Relegated to Division 2

NB In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference

Results

Ipswich Town's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 August 1998	Grimsby Town	A	0-0	7,211
15 August 1998	Bury	H	0-0	13,267
22 August 1998	Portsmouth	A	0-0	12,002
29 August 1998	Sunderland	H	0-2	15,813
31 August 1998	Port Vale	A	3-0	5,485	Scowcroft, Johnson, Holland
8 September 1998	Bradford City	H	3-0	11,596	Scowcroft (2), Venus
12 September 1998	Oxford United	A	3-3	6,632	Scowcroft, Johnson, Dyer
19 September 1998	Bristol City	H	3-1	13,657	Johnson (2), Scowcroft
26 September 1998	Watford	A	0-1	13,109
29 September 1998	Tranmere Rovers	A	2-0	5,072	Stockwell, Scowcroft
3 October 1998	Crystal Palace	H	3-0	16,837	Venus (pen), Taricco, Mathie
17 October 1998	Swindon Town	H	1-0	13,212	Johnson
20 October 1998	Norwich City	H	0-1	22,079
24 October 1998	Stockport County	A	1-0	7,432	Dyer
31 October 1998	West Bromwich Albion	H	2-0	15,568	Johnson (2)
3 November 1998	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2-0	14,680	Scowcroft, Stockwell
7 November 1998	Huddersfield Town	A	2-2	14,240	Venus, Johnson
14 November 1998	Barnsley	A	1-0	15,966	Johnson
21 November 1998	Bolton Wanderers	H	0-1	17,255
28 November 1998	Crewe Alexandra	A	3-0	5,165	Scowcroft (3, 1 pen)
2 December 1998	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-1	12,449	Holland
5 December 1998	Birmingham City	H	1-0	15,901	Petta
12 December 1998	Barnsley	H	0-2	16,021
20 December 1998	Sheffield United	A	2-1	12,944	Abou, Naylor
26 December 1998	Portsmouth	H	3-0	21,805	Naylor (2), Dyer
28 December 1998	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-1	24,636
9 January 1999	Grimsby Town	H	0-1	15,575
17 January 1999	Sunderland	A	1-2	39,835	Holland
30 January 1999	Port Vale	H	1-0	16,328	Clapham
6 February 1999	Bury	A	3-0	4,750	Venus (pen), Mowbray, Harewood
13 February 1999	Bradford City	A	0-0	15,024
20 February 1999	Oxford United	H	2-1	16,920	Holland, Venus (pen)
27 February 1999	Bristol City	A	1-0	14,065	Naylor
2 March 1999	Watford	H	3-2	18,818	Dyer, Venus, Johnson
6 March 1999	Tranmere Rovers	H	1-0	15,929	Thetis
9 March 1999	Crystal Palace	A	2-3	16,360	Johnson, Clapham
13 March 1999	Huddersfield Town	H	3-0	17,170	Magilton, Johnson, Petta
20 March 1999	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-0	15,552	Thetis
3 April 1999	Swindon Town	A	6-0	10,337	Venus (2 pens), Scowcroft, Mowbray, Clapham, Wilnis
5 April 1999	Queens Park Rangers	H	3-1	22,162	Johnson, Scowcroft, Holland
11 April 1999	Norwich City	A	0-0	19,511
17 April 1999	Bolton Wanderers	A	0-2	19,894
20 April 1999	Stockport County	H	1-0	17,056	Magilton
24 April 1999	Crewe Alexandra	H	1-2	20,845	Venus (pen)
2 May 1999	Birmingham City	A	0-1	27,685
9 May 1999	Sheffield United	H	4-1	21,689	Magilton, Scowcroft, Dyer, Naylor

First Division play-offs


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
SF 1st Leg	16 May 1999	Bolton Wanderers	A	0-1	18,295
SF 2nd Leg	19 May 1999	Bolton Wanderers	H	4-3 (lost on away goals)	21,755	Holland (2), Dyer (2)

FA Cup

Main article: 1998–99 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	2 January 1999	Tranmere Rovers	A	1-0	7,223	McGreal (own goal)
R4	23 January 1999	Everton	A	0-1	28,854

League Cup

Main article: 1998–99 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	11 August 1998	Exeter City	A	1-1	3,233	Holland
R1 2nd Leg	18 August 1998	Exeter City	H	5-1 (won 6-2 on agg)	7,952	Taricco, Holland, Stockwell, Mathie, Mason
R2 1st Leg	15 September 1998	Luton Town	H	2-1	9,032	Scowcroft, Thetis
R2 2nd Leg	22 September 1998	Luton Town	A	2-4 (lost 4-5 on agg)	5,655	Johnson, Davis (own goal)

Squad

^[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Lee Bracey
		GK	Richard Wright
		DF	Titus Bramble
		DF	Jason Cundy
		DF	Wayne Brown
		DF	Tony Mowbray
		DF	Richard Naylor
		DF	Mark Venus
		DF	Jean-Manuel Thetis
		DF	Fabian Wilnis
		DF	Mauricio Taricco
		MF	Jamie Clapham
		MF	Kieron Dyer
		MF	Lee Hodges (on loan from West Ham United)
		MF	Jonathan Hunt
		MF	Chris Keeble

No.		Position	Player
		MF	John Kennedy
		MF	Paul Mason
		MF	Mick Stockwell
		MF	Adam Tanner
		MF	Paolo Vernazza (on loan from Arsenal)
		MF	Jim Magilton
		MF	Matt Holland
		MF	Marco Holster
		MF	Bobby Petta
		FW	Marlon Harewood (on loan from Nottingham Forest)
		FW	Richard Logan
		FW	James Scowcroft
		FW	Alex Mathie
		FW	Samassi Abou
		FW	David Johnson

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.		Position	Player
		MF	Danny Sonner (to Sheffield Wednesday)

References

↑ Cross, John. "Football: TOWN CRIERS; Ipswich agony as they fail in play-offs again.". The Free Library. The Mirror. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/ipswich-town/1998-1999/results
↑ http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=1372&teamTabs=stats&season_id=128

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