1998–99 Stockport County F.C. season

Stockport County
1998–99 season
Chairman	Brendan Elwood
Manager	Gary Megson
Stadium	Edgeley Park
First Division	16th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Angell (17); All: Angell (18)
Average home league attendance	7,900

During the 1998–99 English football season, Stockport County F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

In the 1998–99 season, Stockport finished in 16th place, winning just 3 of their final 14 matches. A 5–0 defeat at relegated Oxford United on the final day signalled the end of Megson's time at Edgeley Park.[1]

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sunderland (C, P)	46	31	12	3	91	28	+63	105	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Bradford City (P)	46	26	9	11	82	47	+35	87	Promotion to the Premier League
3	Ipswich Town	46	26	8	12	69	32	+37	86	Qualification for the First Division play-offs
4	Birmingham City	46	23	12	11	66	37	+29	81
5	Watford (O, P)	46	21	14	11	65	56	+9	77
6	Bolton Wanderers	46	20	16	10	78	59	+19	76
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	19	16	11	64	43	+21	73
8	Sheffield United	46	18	13	15	71	66	+5	67
9	Norwich City	46	15	17	14	62	61	+1	62
10	Huddersfield Town	46	15	16	15	62	71	−9	61
11	Grimsby Town	46	17	10	19	40	52	−12	61
12	West Bromwich Albion	46	16	11	19	69	76	−7	59
13	Barnsley	46	14	17	15	59	56	+3	59
14	Crystal Palace	46	14	16	16	58	71	−13	58
15	Tranmere Rovers	46	12	20	14	63	61	+2	56
16	Stockport County	46	12	17	17	49	60	−11	53
17	Swindon Town	46	13	11	22	59	81	−22	50
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
23	Oxford United (R)	46	10	14	22	48	71	−23	44
24	Bristol City (R)	46	9	15	22	57	80	−23	42

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

Stockport County's score comes first[2]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
8 August 1998	Bradford City	A	2–1	14,360	Dinning (2 pens)
15 August 1998	Norwich City	H	0–2	6,538
21 August 1998	Barnsley	A	1–1	16,377	Branch
29 August 1998	Crystal Palace	H	1–1	7,739	C Byrne
31 August 1998	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2–2	22,217	Angell (2)
5 September 1998	Grimsby Town	H	2–0	6,199	Angell (2)
8 September 1998	Birmingham City	A	0–2	16,429
12 September 1998	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–1	7,302	Flynn
19 September 1998	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–2	8,205
26 September 1998	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–2	8,804	McIntosh, C Byrne
29 September 1998	Huddersfield Town	H	1–1	8,023	Thomas-Moore
3 October 1998	Swindon Town	A	3–2	7,691	McIntosh, Branch, Thomas-Moore
17 October 1998	Bury	A	1–1	5,732	Branch
20 October 1998	Sheffield United	A	1–1	12,657	Thomas-Moore
24 October 1998	Ipswich Town	H	0–1	7,432
31 October 1998	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–1	6,597	Angell
8 November 1998	Port Vale	H	4–2	7,612	Angell (3), Grant
14 November 1998	Watford	H	1–1	8,019	Dinning (pen)
21 November 1998	Bristol City	A	1–1	11,032	Angell
24 November 1998	Bolton Wanderers	H	0–1	8,520
28 November 1998	Portsmouth	H	2–0	7,504	Cooper, Dinning (pen)
5 December 1998	Sunderland	A	0–1	36,040
12 December 1998	Watford	A	2–4	9,250	Angell, Connelly
19 December 1998	Oxford United	H	2–0	6,500	Matthews, Dinning (pen)
26 December 1998	Barnsley	H	0–1	10,263
28 December 1998	Grimsby Town	A	0–1	8,058
9 January 1999	Bradford City	H	1–2	8,975	Angell
16 January 1999	Crystal Palace	A	2–2	15,517	Angell (2)
30 January 1999	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–2	8,654	Angell
6 February 1999	Norwich City	A	2–0	14,675	Angell, Wilson (own goal)
13 February 1999	Birmingham City	H	1–0	9,056	Angell
20 February 1999	Crewe Alexandra	A	2–0	5,473	Woodthorpe, Ellis
27 February 1999	Queens Park Rangers	H	0–0	7,694
2 March 1999	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–3	11,801	McIntosh
6 March 1999	Huddersfield Town	A	0–3	11,914
9 March 1999	Swindon Town	H	2–1	6,048	Angell, Ellis (pen)
13 March 1999	Port Vale	A	1–1	6,456	Smith
20 March 1999	Tranmere Rovers	H	0–0	7,589
3 April 1999	Bury	H	0–0	7,483
5 April 1999	Bolton Wanderers	A	2–1	18,587	Ellis, Woodthorpe
10 April 1999	Sheffield United	H	1–0	7,551	Matthews
17 April 1999	Bristol City	H	2–2	7,602	Ellis (2)
20 April 1999	Ipswich Town	A	0–1	17,056
24 April 1999	Portsmouth	A	1–3	11,212	Ellis
1 May 1999	Sunderland	H	0–1	10,548
9 May 1999	Oxford United	A	0–5	6,830

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	2 January 1999	Bury	A	3–0	5,325	Angell, Lucketti (own goal), Woodthorpe
R4	23 January 1999	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–2	20,984

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	11 August 1998	Hull City	H	2–2	3,134	Thomas-Moore, C Byrne
R1 2nd Leg	18 August 1998	Hull City	A	0–0 (lost on away goals)	3,480

Squad

[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	ENG	Ian Gray
—	GK	ENG	Carlo Nash
—	DF	IRL	Des Byrne
—	DF	ENG	Sean Connelly
—	DF	ENG	Mike Flynn
—	DF	ENG	Jim Gannon
—	DF	SCO	Martin McIntosh
—	DF	ENG	Colin Woodthorpe
—	MF	NOR	Paul Alsaker
—	MF	SCO	Tom Bennett
—	MF	ENG	Graham Branch
—	MF	ENG	Chris Byrne
—	MF	ENG	Paul Cook
—	MF	ENG	Kevin Cooper


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Tony Dinning
—	MF	ENG	Paul Hughes
—	MF	IRL	Sean Mannion
—	MF	ENG	Rob Matthews
—	MF	SCO	Derek McInnes
—	MF	WAL	Wayne Phillips
—	MF	ENG	David Smith
—	MF	ENG	Simon Travis
—	FW	ENG	Brett Angell
—	FW	IRL	Jon Daly
—	FW	ENG	Tony Ellis
—	FW	ENG	Ian Thomas-Moore
—	FW	ENG	Aaron Wilbraham
—	FW	IRL	Stephen Grant

References

Walker, Paul (26 June 1999). "Megson sacked by Stockport". The Independent, 26 June 1999. London. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
"Stockport County 1998-1999 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
"Stockport County - Squad 1998/1999".

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[1] Walker, Paul (26 June 1999). "Megson sacked by Stockport". The Independent, 26 June 1999. London. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2010.

[2] "Stockport County 1998-1999 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.

[3] "Stockport County - Squad 1998/1999".

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