1998–99 Hull City A.F.C. season

Hull City
	1998–99 season
Chairman	David Lloyd (until November); Tom Belton (from November)
Manager	Mark Hateley (until 11 November); Warren Joyce (from 21 November)
Stadium	Boothferry Park
Third Division	21st
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Football League Trophy	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Brown (11); All: Brown (14)
Average home league attendance	6,051
← 1997–98	1999–2000 →

During the 1998–99 English football season, Hull City A.F.C. competed in the Football League Third Division.

Season summary

In November 1998 after a poor start to the season, Mark Hateley departed the club and Warren Joyce was asked to stand in as caretaker manager.^[1]

Hull soon made the appointment permanent with Joyce taking on the dual role of player-manager. At the time of his appointment, the Tigers were rooted to the foot of the Third Division table and looked to be heading out of the Football League – and into bankruptcy.^{[citation needed]} However, under Joyce's stewardship, Hull staged a remarkable turnaround and achieved survival with games to spare; Hull City fans christened this season "the Great Escape".^[2]

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Brentford	46	16	5	2	45	18	10	2	11	34	38	79	56	+23	85
2	Cambridge United	46	13	6	4	41	21	10	6	7	37	27	78	48	+30	81
3	Cardiff City	46	13	7	3	35	17	9	7	7	25	22	60	39	+21	80
4	Scunthorpe United	46	14	3	6	42	28	8	5	10	27	30	69	58	+11	74
5	Rotherham United	46	11	8	4	41	26	9	5	9	38	35	79	61	+18	73
6	Leyton Orient	46	12	6	5	40	30	7	9	7	28	29	68	59	+9	72
7	Swansea City	46	11	9	3	33	19	8	5	10	23	29	56	48	+8	71
8	Mansfield Town	46	15	2	6	38	18	4	8	11	22	40	60	58	+2	67
9	Peterborough United	46	11	4	8	41	29	7	8	8	31	27	72	56	+16	66
10	Halifax Town	46	10	8	5	33	25	7	7	9	25	31	58	56	+2	66
11	Darlington	46	10	6	7	41	24	8	5	10	28	34	69	58	+11	65
12	Exeter City	46	13	5	5	32	18	4	7	12	15	32	47	40	+7	63
13	Plymouth Argyle	46	11	6	6	32	19	6	4	13	26	35	58	54	+4	61
14	Chester	46	6	12	5	28	30	7	6	10	29	36	57	66	–9	57
15	Shrewsbury Town	46	11	6	6	36	29	3	8	12	16	34	52	63	–11	56
16	Barnet	46	10	5	8	30	31	4	8	11	24	40	54	61	–7	55
17	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	8	3	12	25	35	8	4	11	24	31	49	66	–17	55
18	Southend United	46	8	6	9	24	21	6	6	11	28	37	52	58	–6	54
19	Rochdale	46	9	8	6	22	21	4	7	12	20	34	42	55	–13	54
20	Torquay United	46	9	9	5	29	20	3	8	12	18	38	47	58	–11	53
21	Hull City	46	8	5	10	25	28	6	6	11	19	34	44	62	–18	53
22	Hartlepool United	46	8	7	8	33	27	5	5	13	19	38	52	65	–13	51
23	Carlisle United	46	8	8	7	25	21	3	8	12	18	32	43	53	–10	49
24	Scarborough	46	8	3	12	30	39	6	3	14	20	38	50	77	–27	48

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
NB: In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted through play-offs
	New club in the league
	Relegated to Conference

Results

Hull City's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Third Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
8 August 1998	Rotherham United	A	1-3	5,447	D'Auria
15 August 1998	Darlington	H	1-2	5,217	Whitworth
23 August 1998	Chester City	A	2-2	2,577	Brown, Hateley (pen)
29 August 1998	Peterborough United	H	1-0	4,636	Hateley (pen)
31 August 1998	Hartlepool United	A	0-1	3,277
5 September 1998	Brentford	H	2-3	4,058	Hocking, Whitworth
8 September 1998	Rochdale	H	2-1	3,433	Peacock, Brown
12 September 1998	Barnet	A	1-4	2,025	Peacock
19 September 1998	Halifax Town	H	1-2	4,719	McGinty
26 September 1998	Mansfield Town	A	0-2	2,603
3 October 1998	Cambridge United	H	0-3	3,882
9 October 1998	Cardiff City	H	1-2	8,594	Brown
17 October 1998	Scarborough	A	2-1	2,760	Mann, Hateley
20 October 1998	Exeter City	A	0-3	2,101
24 October 1998	Southend United	H	1-1	3,551	McGinty
31 October 1998	Plymouth Argyle	A	0-0	4,285
7 November 1998	Leyton Orient	H	0-1	5,288
10 November 1998	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	0-2	4,433
21 November 1998	Scunthorpe United	A	2-3	5,633	Dudley, Brown
28 November 1998	Carlisle United	H	1-0	4,452	Dudley
12 December 1998	Torquay United	A	0-2	2,033
19 December 1998	Swansea City	H	0-2	4,280
26 December 1998	Chester City	H	1-2	6,695	D'Auria
28 December 1998	Shrewsbury Town	A	2-3	2,879	D'Auria (pen), Joyce
9 January 1999	Rotherham United	H	1-0	5,575	Bonner
23 January 1999	Hartlepool United	H	4-0	5,808	Brown (2), McGinty (2)
26 January 1999	Peterborough United	A	1-1	4,405	Whitney
30 January 1999	Shrewsbury Town	H	1-1	7,331	Gayle (own goal)
6 February 1999	Brentford	A	2-0	5,086	Alcide, Brown
12 February 1999	Rochdale	A	0-3	5,374
16 February 1999	Darlington	A	1-0	3,107	Brabin
20 February 1999	Barnet	H	1-1	6,823	Whittle
27 February 1999	Halifax Town	A	1-0	4,455	Brown
6 March 1999	Mansfield Town	H	0-0	6,692
9 March 1999	Cambridge United	A	0-2	4,948
13 March 1999	Leyton Orient	A	2-1	5,481	Brabin, Brown
20 March 1999	Plymouth Argyle	H	1-0	6,294	Brabin
26 March 1999	Southend United	A	1-0	4,149	D'Auria
3 April 1999	Scarborough	H	1-1	13,949	Brabin
5 April 1999	Cardiff City	A	1-1	8,252	Alcide
10 April 1999	Exeter City	H	2-1	5,836	Williams, Alcide
13 April 1999	Carlisle United	A	0-0	3,743
17 April 1999	Scunthorpe United	H	2-3	9,835	Warren Joyce, Brown
24 April 1999	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0-0	3,481
1 May 1999	Torquay United	H	1-0	7,789	Brown
8 May 1999	Swansea City	A	0-2	9,226

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	14 November 1998	Salisbury City	A	2-0	2,570	Rioch, McGinty
R2	5 December 1998	Luton Town	A	2-1	5,021	Morley, Dewhurst
R3	2 January 1999	Aston Villa	A	0-3	39,217

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	11 August 1998	Stockport County	A	2-2	3,134	Brown, McGinty
R1 2nd Leg	18 August 1998	Stockport County	H	0-0 (won on away goals)	3,480
R2 1st Leg	15 September 1998	Bolton Wanderers	A	1-3	7,544	Brown
R2 2nd Leg	22 September 1998	Bolton Wanderers	H	2-3 (lost 3-6 on agg)	4,226	Brown, Rioch (pen)

Football League Trophy

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1N	22 December 1998	Notts County	A	1-0	1,109	D'Auria
R2N	5 January 1999	Wrexham	H	1-2	2,331	Williams

Squad

^[4] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
-	GK	Steve Wilson
-	DF	Mike Edwards
-	DF	Matt Hocking
-	DF	Justin Whittle
-	DF	Jon Whitney
-	MF	David D'Auria
-	MF	Warren Joyce (player-manager from 21 November)
-	MF	Gareth Williams
-	MF	Gary Brabin
-	FW	David Brown
-	FW	Brian McGinty
-	FW	Colin Alcide
-	DF	Steve Swales
-	DF	Mark Greaves
-	MF	Steve Hawes
-	GK	Andy Oakes
-	DF	Neil Whitworth
-	DF	Neil Mann

No.	Position	Player
-	DF	Gregor Rioch
-	FW	Jon French
-	FW	Mark Hateley (player-manager until 11 November)
-	MF	Gerry Harrison (on loan from Sunderland)
-	DF	Jason Perry
-	FW	Craig Faulconbridge (on loan from Coventry City)
-	DF	Rob Dewhurst
-	FW	Duane Darby (on loan from Notts County)
-	GK	Paul Gibson
-	DF	Lee Ellington
-	MF	Kevin Gage
-	DF	Ben Morley
-	MF	Adam Bolder
-	GK	Matt Baker
-	DF	Sam Sharman
-	MF	Steven Underwood
-	GK	Phil Poole

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.		Position	Player
-		FW	Andy Saville (on loan from Cardiff City)
-		FW	Craig Dudley (on loan from Notts County)

No.		Position	Player
-		MF	Richard Peacock (to Lincoln City)
-		MF	Mark Bonner (on loan from Cardiff City)

References

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1998–99 Hull City A.F.C. season

Contents

Season summary

Final league table

Results

Legend

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League Cup

Football League Trophy

Squad

Left club during the season

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