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1998–99 Southampton F.C. season

Southampton F.C.
1998–99 season
Chairman Rupert Lowe
Manager Dave Jones
Stadium The Dell
Premiership 17th
FA Cup Third round
Worthington Cup Second round
Top goalscorer League: Le Tissier/Østenstad (7)
All: Østenstad (8)
Highest home attendance 15,255 (vs. Arsenal, 3 April)
Lowest home attendance 11,645 (vs. Fulham, 23 September)
Average home league attendance 15,140

During the 1998–99 English football season, Southampton Football Club competed in the FA Premier League.

An embarrassing 5-0 defeat at the hands of Premiership debutants Charlton Athletic at The Valley in Southampton's second league game prompted a horrendous start to which would set the tone for a long season for The Saints, seeing them lose their first five games and gaining just two points from their first nine games and winning just three out of their first 20 games, picking up just 14 points from a possible 60. Form gradually improved from mid-December but was ultimately inconsistent and they boasted reasonable, improved home form; they would not lose again at home after their 2-0 home defeat by Chelsea on Boxing Day. However, it was cancelled out by their abysmal away form. Before their 2-0 away win at Wimbledon in their penultimate game of the season, they had the poorest away form in the Premier League with only six points out of a possible 51 and just one win (at Blackburn). This meant that - in addition to not being helped by their poor start - they were in the relegation zone all season long until April, when a late run of good form saw the Saints draw two and win their final three games and saved them from relegation at the expense of Charlton Athletic. Winning their final game of the season was a double delight, not only because they had attained survival, but because it meant that they would be able to press ahead with a move to a new 32,000-seat stadium on the banks of the River Itchen, knowing that they would only have to play two more seasons at their dilapidated century-old Dell before making the long-awaited move to a capacious new home.

Updated to games played on 16 May 1999.
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Tottenham Hotspur qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners.
2 As Manchester United qualified for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup place as FA Cup winners defaulted to Newcastle United, the losing finalists.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.


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