During the 1998–99 season, Tottenham Hotspur participated in the FA Premier League.
Season summary A dismal start to the season saw Christian Gross lose his job as Tottenham manager less than a year after taking over. There were a few raised eyebrows when the job went to George Graham – who had achieved so much success during his reign at Tottenham's deadly rivals Arsenal. But the appointment brought instant success: though Tottenham were unable to progress beyond 11th place in the final Premiership table, they triumphed in the Worthington Cup (while also reaching the FA Cup semi-final) to attain only their second European campaign of the post-Heysel era.
Final league table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Results Tottenham Hotspur's score comes first
Legend WinDrawLoss
FA Premier League DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 15 August 1998 WimbledonA1–323,031Fox 22 August 1998 Sheffield WednesdayH0–332,129 29 August 1998 EvertonA1–039,378Ferdinand 9 September 1998 Blackburn RoversH2–128,331Nielsen, Ferdinand 13 September 1998 MiddlesbroughH0–330,345 19 September 1998 SouthamptonA1–115,204Fox 26 September 1998 Leeds UnitedH3–335,535Vega, Iversen, Campbell 3 October 1998 Derby CountyA1–030,083Campbell 19 October 1998 Leicester CityA1–220,787Ferdinand 24 October 1998 Newcastle UnitedH2–036,047Iversen (2) 2 November 1998 Charlton AthleticH2–232,202Nielsen, Armstrong 7 November 1998 Aston VillaA2–339,241Anderton (pen), Vega 14 November 1998 ArsenalA0–038,278 21 November 1998 Nottingham ForestH2–035,832Nielsen, Armstrong 28 November 1998 West Ham UnitedA1–226,044Armstrong 5 December 1998 LiverpoolH2–136,125Fox, Carragher (own goal) 12 December 1998 Manchester UnitedH2–236,097Campbell (2) 19 December 1998 ChelseaA0–234,881 26 December 1998 Coventry CityA1–123,098Campbell 28 December 1998 EvertonH4–136,053Ferdinand, Armstrong (3) 9 January 1999 Sheffield WednesdayA0–028,204 16 January 1999 WimbledonH0–032,422 30 January 1999 Blackburn RoversA1–129,643Iversen 6 February 1999 Coventry CityH0–034,376 20 February 1999 MiddlesbroughA0–034,687 27 February 1999 Derby CountyH1–135,392Sherwood 2 March 1999 SouthamptonH3–028,580Armstrong, Iversen, Dominguez 10 March 1999 Leeds UnitedA0–234,521 13 March 1999 Aston VillaH1–035,963Sherwood 3 April 1999 Leicester CityH0–235,415 5 April 1999 Newcastle UnitedA1–136,655Anderton (pen) 17 April 1999 Nottingham ForestA1–025,181Iversen 20 April 1999 Charlton AthleticA4–120,043Iversen, Campbell, Dominguez, Ginola 24 April 1999 West Ham UnitedH1–236,089Ginola 1 May 1999 LiverpoolA2–344,007Carragher (own goal), Iversen 5 May 1999 ArsenalH1–336,019Anderton 10 May 1999 ChelseaH2–235,878Iversen, Ginola 16 May 1999 Manchester UnitedA1–255,189Ferdinand
FA Cup
+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR32 January 1999 WatfordH5–236,022Iversen (2), Anderton (pen), Nielsen, FoxR423 January 1999 WimbledonA1–122,229GinolaR4R2 February 1999 WimbledonH3–024,049Sinton, Nielsen (2)R513 February 1999 Leeds UnitedA1–139,696SherwoodR5R24 February 1999 Leeds UnitedH2–032,307Anderton, GinolaQF16 March 1999 BarnsleyA1–018,793GinolaSF11 April 1999 Newcastle UnitedN0–253,609
League Cup
+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR2 1st Leg15 September 1998 BrentfordA3–211,831Carr, Vega, DominguezR2 2nd Leg23 September 1998 BrentfordH3–2 (won 6–4 on agg)22,980Campbell, Nielsen, ArmstrongR327 October 1998 Northampton TownA3–17,422Armstrong (2), CampbellR410 November 1998 LiverpoolA3–120,772Iversen, Scales, NielsenQF2 December 1998 Manchester UnitedH3–135,702Armstrong (2), GinolaSF 1st Leg27 January 1999 WimbledonH0–035,997SF 2nd Leg16 February 1999 WimbledonA1–0 (won 1–0 on agg)25,204IversenF21 March 1999 Leicester CityN1–077,892Nielsen
First-team squad Squad at end of season
Left club during season
Reserve squad
Statistics Appearances and goals
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! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season
Goal scorers
The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal. Player FA Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total1 FW 18 Steffen Iversen 9 2 2 132 FW 11 Chris Armstrong 7 0 5 123 MF 6 Allan Nielsen 3 3 3 94 DF 23 Sol Campbell 6 0 2 85 MF 14 David Ginola 3 3 1 76 MF 9 Darren Anderton 3 2 0 5 FW 10 Les Ferdinand 5 0 0 58 DF 6 Ruel Fox 3 1 0 49 DF 15 Ramon Vega 2 0 1 3 MF 20 José Dominguez 2 0 1 3 MF 24 Tim Sherwood 2 1 0 312 DF 2 Stephen Carr 0 0 1 1 DF 17 John Scales 0 0 1 1 MF 22 Andy Sinton 0 1 0 1TOTALS45131775
Clean sheets
PlayerFA Premier LeagueFA CupLeague CupTotal1 1 Ian Walker 7 3 3 132 13 Espen Baardsen 5 0 0 5TOTALS123318
Transfers
In Date Pos. Name From Fee29 June 1998DF Paolo Tramezzani Piacenza£1,350,0009 November 1998DF Mauricio Taricco Ipswich Town£1,775,00024 December 1998MF Steffen Freund Borussia Dortmund£750,0004 February 1999MF Tim Sherwood Blackburn Rovers£4,000,00025 March 1999DF Roger Nilsen Sheffield UnitedFree transfer17 May 1999MF Willem Korsten Vitesse Arnhem£1,500,000
Out Date Pos. Name To Fee14 June 1998MF David Howells SouthamptonFree transfer17 June 1998MF Danny Hill Oxford UnitedFree transfer1 July 1998DF Dean Austin Crystal PalaceFree transfer7 July 1998MF Garry Brady Newcastle UnitedFree transfer20 November 1998DF Mark Arber Barnet£75,00031 December 1998MF Nicola Berti AlavésFree transfer23 March 1999DF Colin Calderwood Aston Villa£225,00025 March 1999MF Peter Gain Lincoln City£15,00018 May 1999MF Ross Fitzsimon Norwich CityFree transfer
Transfers in: £9,375,000 Transfers out: £315,000 Total spending: £9,060,000
References