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England 1998-99

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Premier League
P W D L GF GA GD Pts
1. Manchester United 38 22 13 3 80 37 +43 79
2. Arsenal 38 22 12 4 59 17 +42 78
3. Chelsea 38 20 15 3 57 30 +27 75
4. Leeds United 38 18 13 7 62 34 +28 67
5. West Ham United 38 16 9 13 46 53 -7 57
6. Aston Villa 38 15 10 13 51 46 +5 55
7. Liverpool 38 15 9 14 68 49 +19 54
8. Derby County 38 13 13 12 40 45 -5 52
9. Middlesbrough 38 12 15 11 48 54 -6 51
10. Leicester City 38 12 13 13 40 46 -6 49
11. Tottenham Hotspur 38 11 14 13 47 50 -3 47
12. Sheffield Wednesday 38 13 7 18 41 42 -1 46
13. Newcastle United 38 11 13 14 48 54 -6 46
14. Everton 38 11 10 17 42 47 -5 43
15. Coventry City 38 11 9 18 39 51 -12 42
16. Wimbledon 38 10 12 16 40 63 -23 42
17. Southampton 38 11 8 19 37 64 -27 41
18. Charlton Athletic 38 8 12 18 41 56 -15 36
19. Blackburn Rovers 38 7 14 17 38 52 -14 35
20. Nottingham Forest 38 7 9 22 35 69 -34 30

Top Scorers
Rank Country Player Team Appearances Goals GpG
1. England Michael Owen Liverpool 30 18 0.60
= Trinidad & Tobago Dwight Yorke Manchester United 32 18 0.56
= Netherlands Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Leeds United 36 18 0.50
4. England Andy Cole Manchester United 32 17 0.53
= France Nicolas Anelka Arsenal 35 17 0.49
6. Colombia Hámilton Ricard Middlesbrough 36 15 0.42
7. England Robbie Fowler Liverpool 25 14 0.56
= England Alan Shearer Newcastle United 30 14 0.47
= England Dion Dublin Coventry City / Aston Villa 34 14 0.41
= England Julian Joachim Aston Villa 36 14 0.39

First Division
P W D L GF GA GD Pts
3. Ipswich Town 46 26 8 12 69 32 +37 86
4. Birmingham City 46 23 12 11 66 37 +29 81
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 46 10 17 19 35 60 -25 47
23. Oxford United 46 10 14 22 48 71 -23 44
24. Bristol City 46 9 15 22 57 80 -23 42

Top Scorers
Rank Country Player Team Appearances Goals GpG
1. England Lee Hughes West Bromwich Albion 42 31 0.74
2. England Kevin Phillips Sunderland 26 23 0.88
3. England Lee Mills Bradford City 44 23 0.52
4. England Marcus Stewart Huddersfield Town 43 22 0.51
5. Scotland Iffy Onuora Swindon Town 43 20 0.47

Second Division
P W D L GF GA GD Pts
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 46 13 11 22 56 80 -24 50
22. Northampton Town 46 10 18 18 43 57 -14 48
23. Lincoln City 46 13 7 26 42 74 -32 46
24. Macclesfield Town 46 11 10 25 43 63 -20 43

Top Scorers
Rank Country Player Team Appearances Goals GpG
1. England Jamie Cureton Bristol Rovers 46 25 0.54
2. England Carl Asaba Gillingham 41 20 0.49
3. England Stuart Barlow Wigan Athletic 34 19 0.56
= England Andy Payton Burnley 40 19 0.48
5. England Andy Rammell Walsall 39 18 0.46
= Wales Kurt Nogan Preston North End 42 18 0.43

Third Division
P W D L GF GA GD Pts
5. Rotherham United 46 20 13 13 79 61 +18 73
6. Leyton Orient 46 19 15 12 68 59 +9 72
7. Swansea City 46 19 14 13 56 48 +8 71
8. Mansfield Town 46 19 10 17 60 58 +2 67
9. Peterborough United 46 18 12 16 72 56 +16 66
10. Halifax Town 46 17 15 14 58 56 +2 66
11. Darlington 46 18 11 17 69 58 +11 65
12. Exeter City 46 17 12 17 47 50 -3 63
13. Plymouth Argyle 46 17 10 19 58 54 +4 61
14. Chester City 46 13 18 15 57 66 -9 57
15. Shrewsbury Town 46 14 14 18 52 63 -11 56
16. Barnet 46 14 13 19 54 71 -17 55
17. Brighton & Hove Albion 46 16 7 23 49 66 -17 55
18. Southend United 46 14 12 20 52 58 -6 54
19. Rochdale 46 13 15 18 42 55 -13 54
20. Torquay United 46 12 17 17 47 58 -11 53
21. Hull City 46 14 11 21 44 62 -18 53
22. Hartlepool United 46 13 12 21 52 65 -13 51
23. Carlisle United 46 11 16 19 43 53 -10 49
24. Scarborough 46 14 6 26 50 77 -27 48
Scarborough relegated from the Football League.
Cheltenham Town promoted to the Football League.

Top Scorers
Rank Country Player Team Appearances Goals GpG
1. England Marco Gabbiadini Darlington 40 23 0.58
2. Ghana Lloyd Owusu Brentford 46 22 0.48
3. England Jamie Forrester Scunthorpe United 46 20 0.43
4. England John Taylor Cambridge United 40 17 0.43
= Wales Steve Watkin Swansea City 43 17 0.40
= Scotland Lee Peacock Mansfield Town 45 17 0.38
= England Martin Butler Cambridge United 46 17 0.37

1998-99 Highlights

8 May 1999 - On-loan goalkeeper Jimmy Glass scores in the final moments against Plymouth Argyle to save Carlisle United's Football League status.

8 May 1999 - Scarborough are relegated for the first time in their history.

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