1998–99 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

Queens Park Rangers
1998–99 season
Chairman	Chris Wright
Manager	Ray Harford (until 28 September) ; Iain Dowie (caretaker 28 September - 16 October) ; Gerry Francis (from 16 October)
Stadium	Loftus Road
First Division	20th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Peacock/Sheron/Gallen (8); All: Sheron (9)
Average home league attendance	11,793

During the 1998–99 English football season, Queens Park Rangers F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

After a poor start to the 1998–99 season, Harford was sacked in September and replaced by Gerry Francis, returning for his second spell as QPR manager.[1] After another disappointing season, Francis managed to somehow keep them clear of the relegation zone on goals scored at the expense of Bury, with QPR finishing in 20th place.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
18	Crewe Alexandra	46	12	12	22	54	78	−24	48
19	Portsmouth	46	11	14	21	57	73	−16	47
20	Queens Park Rangers	46	12	11	23	52	61	−9	47
21	Port Vale	46	13	8	25	45	75	−30	47
22	Bury (R)	46	10	17	19	35	60	−25	47	Relegation to the Second Division

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
(R) Relegated

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fulham (C, P)	46	31	8	7	79	32	+47	101	Promotion to the First Division
2	Walsall (P)	46	26	9	11	63	47	+16	87	Promotion to the First Division
3	Manchester City (O, P)	46	22	16	8	69	33	+36	82	Qualification for the Second Division play-offs
4	Gillingham	46	22	14	10	75	44	+31	80
5	Preston North End	46	22	13	11	78	50	+28	79
6	Wigan Athletic	46	22	10	14	75	48	+27	76
7	Bournemouth	46	21	13	12	63	41	+22	76
8	Stoke City	46	21	6	19	59	63	−4	69
9	Chesterfield	46	17	13	16	46	44	+2	64
10	Millwall	46	17	11	18	52	59	−7	62
11	Reading	46	16	13	17	54	63	−9	61
12	Luton Town	46	16	10	20	51	60	−9	58
13	Bristol Rovers	46	13	17	16	65	56	+9	56
14	Blackpool	46	14	14	18	44	54	−10	56
15	Burnley	46	13	16	17	54	73	−19	55
16	Notts County	46	14	12	20	52	61	−9	54
17	Wrexham	46	13	14	19	43	62	−19	53
18	Colchester United	46	12	16	18	52	70	−18	52
19	Wycombe Wanderers	46	13	12	21	52	58	−6	51
20	Oldham Athletic	46	14	9	23	48	66	−18	51
21	York City (R)	46	13	11	22	56	80	−24	50	Relegation to the Third Division
22	Northampton Town (R)	46	10	18	18	43	57	−14	48
23	Lincoln City (R)	46	13	7	26	42	74	−32	46
24	Macclesfield Town (R)	46	11	10	25	43	63	−20	43

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Queens Park Rangers' score comes first[2]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
8 August 1998	Sunderland	A	0–1	41,008
15 August 1998	Bristol City	H	1–1	13,337	Ready
22 August 1998	Norwich City	A	2–4	16,317	Peacock (pen), Sheron
29 August 1998	Bury	H	0–0	8,612
31 August 1998	Portsmouth	A	0–3	12,106
8 September 1998	Tranmere Rovers	H	0–0	8,070
12 September 1998	Watford	A	1–2	14,251	Slade
19 September 1998	Stockport County	H	2–0	8,205	Gallen (2)
26 September 1998	Oxford United	A	1–4	7,489	Scully
29 September 1998	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2–1	20,201	Sheron (2)
3 October 1998	Grimsby Town	H	1–2	10,240	Maddix
17 October 1998	Huddersfield Town	A	0–2	11,276
21 October 1998	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–2	11,842
25 October 1998	Birmingham City	H	0–1	10,272
31 October 1998	Swindon Town	A	1–3	8,500	Sheron
4 November 1998	Barnsley	H	2–1	8,218	Langley, Gallen
7 November 1998	Bolton Wanderers	H	2–0	11,814	Gallen, Sheron
14 November 1998	Crewe Alexandra	A	2–0	5,001	Peacock, Sheron
21 November 1998	Sheffield United	H	1–2	12,558	Peacock (pen)
28 November 1998	Bradford City	A	3–0	15,037	Peacock, Gallen, Sheron
2 December 1998	Ipswich Town	H	1–1	12,449	Gallen
5 December 1998	Port Vale	H	3–2	10,498	Maddix, Talbot (own goal), Sheron
12 December 1998	Crewe Alexandra	H	0–1	11,296
19 December 1998	Crystal Palace	A	1–1	17,684	Steiner
26 December 1998	Norwich City	H	2–0	15,251	Murray, Peacock
28 December 1998	Barnsley	A	0–1	17,083
9 January 1999	Sunderland	H	2–2	17,444	Maddix, Gallen
16 January 1999	Bury	A	1–1	4,609	Dowie
30 January 1999	Portsmouth	H	1–1	12,270	Peacock
5 February 1999	Bristol City	A	0–0	13,841
13 February 1999	Tranmere Rovers	A	2–3	5,896	Maddix, Rowland
20 February 1999	Watford	H	1–2	14,918	Peacock
27 February 1999	Oxford United	H	1–0	8,692	Howe
3 March 1999	Stockport County	A	0–0	7,694
6 March 1999	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–1	13,150
13 March 1999	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–2	17,919	Rowland (pen)
20 March 1999	Swindon Town	H	4–0	11,184	Steiner, Kiwomya (2), Rowland
3 April 1999	Huddersfield Town	H	1–1	11,113	Baraclough
5 April 1999	Ipswich Town	A	1–3	22,162	Kiwomya
10 April 1999	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–1	11,158	Ready, Peacock
13 April 1999	Grimsby Town	A	0–1	4,789
17 April 1999	Sheffield United	A	0–2	14,341
20 April 1999	Birmingham City	A	0–1	20,888
24 April 1999	Bradford City	H	1–3	11,641	Gallen
1 May 1999	Port Vale	A	0–2	9,851
9 May 1999	Crystal Palace	H	6–0	18,498	Kulcsar, Kiwomya (3), Scully, Breacker

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	2 January 1999	Huddersfield Town	H	0–1	11,685

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	11 August 1998	Walsall	A	0–0	3,691
R1 2nd Leg	26 August 1998	Walsall	H	3–1 (lost 2–3 on agg)	5,052	Sheron, Maddix, Slade
R2 1st Leg	16 September 1998	Charlton Athletic	H	0–2	6,497
R2 2nd Leg	22 September 1998	Charlton Athletic	A	0–1 (lost 0–3 on agg)	11,726

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[3]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	CZE	Luděk Mikloško
—	DF	ENG	Ian Baraclough
—	DF	WAL	Karl Ready
—	DF	JAM	Danny Maddix[notes 1]
—	DF	ENG	Matthew Rose
—	MF	ENG	Gavin Peacock
—	MF	ENG	Paul Murray
—	MF	AUS	George Kulcsar[notes 2]
—	MF	IRL	Tony Scully
—	FW	ENG	Kevin Gallen
—	FW	ENG	Steve Slade
—	DF	NIR	Steve Morrow
—	DF	FIN	Antti Heinola
—	DF	ENG	Tim Breacker
—	DF	NIR	Keith Rowland
—	FW	ENG	Chris Kiwomya
—	GK	ENG	Lee Harper
—	DF	ENG	Chris Plummer
—	FW	NIR	Iain Dowie[notes 3]
—	MF	WAL	Leon Jeanne
—	MF	ENG	Richard Langley[notes 4]


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ENG	Steve Yates
—	FW	SWE	Robert Steiner (on loan from Bradford City)
—	DF	ENG	Andy Linighan (on loan from Crystal Palace)
—	DF	ENG	Jermaine Darlington
—	MF	WAL	Vinnie Jones[notes 5]
—	DF	ENG	Mark Perry
—	MF	NIR	Mark Graham
—	GK	NGA	Ademola Bankole
—	DF	ENG	Paul Bruce
—	DF	ENG	Richard Ord
—	MF	GRN	Alvin Bubb[notes 6]
—	FW	ENG	Luke Cornwall (on loan from Fulham)
—	MF	NIR	Richard Graham
—	DF	ENG	Rik Lopez
—	MF	NIR	Terry McFlynn
—	FW	ENG	Wayne Purser
—	DF	ENG	Karl Owen
—	FW	ENG	Ross Weare
—	DF	IRL	David Whittle
—	MF	ENG	Danny Wright

Left club during the 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
—	MF	ENG	Nigel Quashie[notes 7] (to Nottingham Forest)
—	MF	ENG	David Franklin (to Yeovil Town)
—	DF	ENG	Perry Norman (to Hayes)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	IRL	Barry Andrews (to Leyton Orient)
—	FW	ENG	Mike Sheron (to Barnsley)

References

Nixon, Alan (29 September 1998). "Harford resigns as QPR manager". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
"Queens Park Rangers 1998-1999 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
"All Queens Park Rangers players: 1999".

Notes

Maddix was born in Ashford, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 1998.
Kulcsar was born in Budapest, Hungary, but also qualified to represent Australia internationally and made his international debut for Australia in 1996.
Dowie was born in Hatfield, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally through his father and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1990.
Langley was born in Brent, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally through his father and made his international debut for Jamaica in 2002.
Jones was born in Watford, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his maternal grandmother and made his international debut for Wales in December 1994.
Bubb was born in Westminster, England, but also qualified to represent Grenada internationally.
Quashie was born in Southwark, England, and represented them at U-21 and B level, but also qualified to represent Ghana internationally through his father and Scotland through his grandfather and would make his international debut for Scotland in May 2004.

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[1] Nixon, Alan (29 September 1998). "Harford resigns as QPR manager". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2009.

[2] "Queens Park Rangers 1998-1999 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.

[3] "All Queens Park Rangers players: 1999".

[4] Maddix was born in Ashford, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 1998.

[5] Kulcsar was born in Budapest, Hungary, but also qualified to represent Australia internationally and made his international debut for Australia in 1996.

[6] Dowie was born in Hatfield, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally through his father and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1990.

[7] Langley was born in Brent, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally through his father and made his international debut for Jamaica in 2002.

[8] Jones was born in Watford, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his maternal grandmother and made his international debut for Wales in December 1994.

[9] Bubb was born in Westminster, England, but also qualified to represent Grenada internationally.

[10] Quashie was born in Southwark, England, and represented them at U-21 and B level, but also qualified to represent Ghana internationally through his father and Scotland through his grandfather and would make his international debut for Scotland in May 2004.