1998 England Monarchs season

The 1998 England Monarchs season was the sixth and final year of competition for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Lionel Taylor in his third year, and played its home games at three different stadia across England — Crystal Palace in south London, Ashton Gate in Bristol, and Alexander Stadium in Birmingham. They finished the regular season in fifth place with a record of three wins and seven losses.

1998 England Monarchs season
General manager	Alton Byrd
Head coach	Lionel Taylor
Home field	Crystal Palace Ashton Gate Alexander Stadium
Results
Record	3–7
Division place	5th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
1	April 5	Frankfurt Galaxy	L 13–36	0–1	Crystal Palace National Sports Centre	5,225	Recap
2	April 11	Rhein Fire	L 7–31	0–2	Ashton Gate Stadium	5,523	Recap
3	April 19	at Frankfurt Galaxy	L 17–23 (OT)	0–3	Waldstadion	11,942	Recap
4	April 26	Scottish Claymores	W 14–10	1–3	Alexander Stadium	5,768	Recap
5	May 2	at Amsterdam Admirals	L 17–24	1–4	Amsterdam ArenA	20,651	Recap
6	May 10	Amsterdam Admirals	L 7–16	1–5	Crystal Palace National Sports Centre	9,384	Recap
7	May 17	at Scottish Claymores	L 24–27	1–6	Murrayfield Stadium	11,714	Recap
8	May 23	at Rhein Fire	L 7–12	1–7	Rheinstadion	21,288	Recap
9	May 31	Barcelona Dragons	W 17–5	2–7	Crystal Palace National Sports Centre	5,215	Recap
10	June 7	at Barcelona Dragons	W 28–20	3–7	Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc	10,834	Recap

Personnel

Staff

1998 England Monarchs staff

Front office General Manager – Alton Byrd Head coaches Head Coach – Lionel Taylor Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line – Rod Humenuik National Coach/Running Backs – Tony Allen

Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers – Dennis Danielson Defensive Line – Jim Tomsula Defensive Backs – Sam Jenkins Special teams coaches Special Teams – Jim Daigle

Roster

1998 England Monarchs roster

	Quarterbacks  9 Josh LaRocca 14 Wally Richardson Running backs 44 Obafemi Ayanbadejo TE 24 Tyrone Edwards 33 Shon Mitchell  1 Bobby Phillips 23 Charles Talley Wide receivers 10 Alan Allen 81 Reggie Jones 84 Toderick Malone 11 Shawn Turner Tight ends 80 Jerod Fiebiger 82 Sean Manuel		Offensive linemen 70 Jason Augustino G 60 Greg Bloedorn C 77 Cayetano Castro T 72 Robert Couch G/T 74 Seth Dittman T 67 Fritz Fequiere G 78 Chris Oltmanns G 63 Craig Warren T Defensive linemen 75 Carlos Fowler DE 91 Uhuru Hamiter DE 76 Emile Palmer DT 99 Larry Townsend DT 96 Ben Williams DT		Linebackers 58 Dana Cottrell OLB 56 Scott Fields OLB 54 Randy Neal OLB 94 Richard Newbill MLB Defensive backs 20 Duane Butler CB 25 Keita Crespina CB 22 George Harris S 30 Hudfaifa Ismaeli CB 26 Anthony Rice CB 27 Darren Studstill S 39 Tony Watkins S Special teams 18 Brian Greenfield P  5 Don Silvestri K		National players 52 Karl Ballard LB 21 Rowelle Blenman WR 66 Lewis Capes DE  8 Rob Hart K  2 Francis Hatega S 64 Tony MacKenzie G 29 Victor Muhammad RB 91 Tom Tovo DT/DE Rookies in italics

Standings

NFL Europe League
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Home	Road	STK
Frankfurt Galaxy	7	3	0	.700	177	163	3–2	4–1	W4
Rhein Fire	7	3	0	.700	198	142	4–1	3–2	L2
Amsterdam Admirals	7	3	0	.700	205	174	4–1	3–2	W3
Barcelona Dragons	4	6	0	.400	185	200	3–2	1–4	L3
England Monarchs	3	7	0	.300	158	205	2–3	1–4	W2
Scottish Claymores	2	8	0	.200	153	192	2–3	0–5	L3