During the 1998–99 English football season, Everton F.C. competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).
Everton continued to look a shadow of their former selves after Howard Kendall made way for new manager Walter Smith , though their 14th place finish was a three-place improvement upon last season's near miss with relegation. With Smith having achieved so much success north of the border with Rangers , he had been expected to bring some success to the blue half of Merseyside after two seasons of misery, but there was little for the Goodison Park faithful to shout about.
Off the field during the season in December, there was a chairmanship change in the boardroom when Peter Johnson quit after 11 years with the club following a row with manager Smith after the Everton boss controversially sold Duncan Ferguson to Newcastle United for £7m and Philip Carter took over the reins.[ 1]
Source:
Premier League Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
^ As Manchester United qualified for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup place as FA Cup winners defaulted to Newcastle United, the runners-up .
Results summary
Overall
Home
Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38
11
10
17
42
47
−5
43
6
8
5
22
12
+10
5
2
12
20
35
−15
Results by round Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Ground H A H A H A H A H A H A A H A H H A H A H A H A H A H A H A A H H A H A H A Result D L L W D D D W D D L L L W W D W L D L D L L L W L D W L L L L W W W L W L Position 6 18 19 12 17 15 15 14 12 15 15 15 17 16 14 14 14 15 14 14 14 15 15 17 15 15 15 15 16 16 17 18 16 15 14 15 14 14
Everton's score comes first [ 2]
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
15 August 1998
Aston Villa H
0–0
40,112
22 August 1998
Leicester City A
0–2
21,037
29 August 1998
Tottenham Hotspur H
0–1
39,378
8 September 1998
Nottingham Forest A
2–0
25,610
Ferguson (2)
12 September 1998
Leeds United H
0–0
36,687
19 September 1998
Middlesbrough A
2–2
34,563
Ball (pen), Collins
26 September 1998
Blackburn Rovers H
0–0
36,404
3 October 1998
Wimbledon A
2–1
16,054
Cadamarteri , Ferguson
17 October 1998
Liverpool H
0–0
40,185
24 October 1998
Sheffield Wednesday A
0–0
26,592
31 October 1998
Manchester United H
1–4
40,079
Ferguson
8 November 1998
Arsenal A
0–1
38,088
15 November 1998
Coventry City A
0–3
19,290
23 November 1998
Newcastle United H
1–0
30,357
Ball (pen)
28 November 1998
Charlton Athletic A
2–1
20,043
Cadamarteri (2)
5 December 1998
Chelsea H
0–0
36,430
12 December 1998
Southampton H
1–0
33,073
Bakayako
19 December 1998
West Ham United A
1–2
25,998
Cadamarteri
26 December 1998
Derby County H
0–0
39,206
28 December 1998
Tottenham Hotspur A
1–4
36,053
Bakayako
9 January 1999
Leicester City H
0–0
32,792
18 January 1999
Aston Villa A
0–3
32,488
30 January 1999
Nottingham Forest H
0–1
34,175
7 February 1999
Derby County A
1–2
27,603
17 February 1999
Middlesbrough H
5–0
31,606
Barmby (2), Dacourt , Unsworth , Materazzi
20 February 1999
Leeds United A
0–1
36,344
27 February 1999
Wimbledon H
1–1
32,574
Jeffers
10 March 1999
Blackburn Rovers A
2–1
27,219
Bakayako (2)
13 March 1999
Arsenal H
0–2
38,049
21 March 1999
Manchester United A
1–3
55,182
Hutchison
3 April 1999
Liverpool A
2–3
44,852
Dacourt , Jeffers
5 April 1999
Sheffield Wednesday H
1–2
35,270
Jeffers
11 April 1999
Coventry City H
2–0
32,341
Campbell (2)
17 April 1999
Newcastle United A
3–1
36,755
Campbell (2), Gemmill
24 April 1999
Charlton Athletic H
4–1
40,089
Hutchison , Campbell (2), Jeffers
1 May 1999
Chelsea A
1–3
34,909
Jeffers
8 May 1999
West Ham United H
6–0
40,049
Campbell (3), Ball , Hutchison , Jeffers
16 May 1999
Southampton A
0–2
15,254
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.
Left club during season
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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(Starting appearances + substitute appearances) Considering starts in all competitions [ 4] [ 5] GK: #1, Thomas Myhre , 45
RB: #12, Craig Short , 24
CB: #15, Marco Materazzi , 32
CB: #5, Dave Watson , 26
LB: #6, David Unsworth , 39
CM: #10, Don Hutchison , 36
CM: #4, Olivier Dacourt , 34
LM: #3, Michael Ball , 42
CF: #26, Ibrahima Bakayoko , 20
CF: #29, Danny Cadamarteri , 17 
Thomas Myhre
Alec Cleland
Michael Ball
Olivier Dacourt
Marco Materazzi
Gareth Farrelly
John Oster
Peter Degn
Ibrahima Bakayoko
Slaven Bilić
Thomas Myhre, 45
Craig Short, 24
Marco Materazzi, 32
Don Hutchison, 36
Olivier Dacourt, 34
Ibrahima Bakayoko, 20