1998–99 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
1998–99 season
Owner	Samesh Kumar
Manager	Frank Burrows
Football League Third Division	3rd
FA Cup	4th round
League Cup	1st round
FAW Premier Cup	Semi-final
Auto Windscreens Shield	1st round
Top goalscorer	League: Kevin Nugent (15); All: Kevin Nugent (22)
Highest home attendance	12,455 (v Scunthorpe, 1 May 1999)
Lowest home attendance	3,742 (v Barnet, 8 September 1998)
Average home league attendance	7,131
	← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

The 1998–99 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 72nd season in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Three, then the fourth tier of English football, finishing third, winning promotion to Division Two.

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	GK	ENG	Jon Hallworth
--	GK	EIR	Seamus Kelly
--	DF	WAL	Mark Delaney
--	DF	ENG	Jeff Eckhardt
--	DF	ENG	Mike Ford
--	DF	WAL	Lee Jarman
--	DF	WAL	Andy Legg
--	DF	ENG	Graham Mitchell
--	DF	WAL	Lee Phillips
--	DF	WAL	Scott Young
--	MF	ENG	Chris Allen
--	MF	ENG	Mark Bonner
--	MF	WAL	Jason Bowen
--	MF	ENG	Matt Brazier


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	MF	WAL	Nathan Cadette
--	MF	ENG	Richard Carpenter
--	MF	ENG	Jason Fowler
--	MF	ENG	Danny Hill
--	MF	ENG	Craig Middleton
--	MF	EIR	Wayne O'Sullivan
--	MF	ENG	Dave Penney
--	MF	WAL	Tom Ramasut
--	MF	WAL	Christian Roberts
--	FW	WAL	Robert Earnshaw
--	FW	ENG	Kevin Nugent
--	FW	ENG	Andy Saville
--	FW	WAL	Dai Thomas
--	FW	ENG	John Williams

First team squad. ^[1]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Brentford (C, P)	46	26	7	13	79	56	+23	85	Promotion to the Second Division
2	Cambridge United (P)	46	23	12	11	78	48	+30	81
3	Cardiff City (P)	46	22	14	10	60	39	+21	80
4	Scunthorpe United (O, P)	46	22	8	16	69	58	+11	74	Qualification for the Third Division play-offs
5	Rotherham United	46	20	13	13	79	61	+18	73	Qualification for the Third Division play-offs

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

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	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	D	D	D	W	D	L	W	W	D	D	D	W	D	W	D	L
Position	~	20	10	14	18	15	13	10	6	8	5	1	5	6	5	5	3	6	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	3

Source: ^[2]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

Third Division

8 August 1998 (1998-08-08) 1	Hartlepool United	1–1	Cardiff City	Hartlepool
	Chris Beech 9'		52' Robert Earnshaw	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 2,591

15 August 1998 (1998-08-15) 2	Cardiff City	1–3	Peterborough United	Cardiff
15:00	Andy Saville 17'		51', 68' Leon McKenzie 55' Martin Carruthers	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,629

21 August 1998 (1998-08-21) 3	Shrewsbury Town	0–3	Cardiff City	Shrewsbury
			8' Jeff Eckhardt 29' Dai Thomas 76' Kevin Nugent	Stadium: Gay Meadow Attendance: 3,003

29 August 1998 (1998-08-29) 4	Cardiff City	0–1	Rotherham United	Cardiff
15:00			63' Lee Glover	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,356

31 August 1998 (1998-08-31) 5	Darlington	3–0	Cardiff City	Darlington
	Darren Roberts 42', 70' Jason de Vos 75'			Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 2,085

5 September 1998 (1998-09-05) 6	Cardiff City	1–0	Plymouth Argyle	Cardiff
12:15	Paul Wotton 88' (og)			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,939

8 September 1998 (1998-09-08) 7	Cardiff City	1–0	Barnet	Cardiff
19:30	Wayne O'Sullivan 61'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,742

11 September 1998 (1998-09-11) 8	Halifax Town	1–2	Cardiff City	Halifax
	Kieran O'Regan 60'		80' Jason Fowler 84' Dai Thomas	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 2,814

19 September 1998 (1998-09-19) 9	Cardiff City	2–1	Rochdale	Cardiff
15:00	Matt Brazier 54' Mark Bonner 58'		25' Robbie Painter	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,643

26 September 1998 (1998-09-26) 10	Chester City	2–2	Cardiff City	Chester
	Chris Priest 64' Rod Thomas 67'		62' Lee Jarman 79' Matt Brazier	Stadium: Deva Stadium Attendance: 2,842

3 October 1998 (1998-10-03) 11	Cardiff City	2–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Cardiff
15:00	Kevin Nugent 8' John Williams 74'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,143

9 October 1998 (1998-10-09) 12	Hull City	1–2	Cardiff City	Hull
	David Brown 42'		10', 52' Dai Thomas	Stadium: Boothferry Park Attendance: 8,594

17 October 1998 (1998-10-17) 13	Cardiff City	0–1	Cambridge United	Cardiff
15:00			90' John Taylor	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,886

20 October 1998 (1998-10-20) 14	Cardiff City	0–0	Leyton Orient	Cardiff
19:30				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,001

31 October 1998 (1998-10-31) 15	Cardiff City	1–0	Exeter City	Cardiff
15:00	Craig Middleton 76'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,411

7 November 1998 (1998-11-07) 16	Torquay United	0–0	Cardiff City	Torquay
				Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 3,342

10 November 1998 (1998-11-10) 17	Cardiff City	1–0	Scarborough	Cardiff
19:30	John Williams 50'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,422 Referee: Lee Cable (Woking)

22 November 1998 (1998-11-22) 18	Swansea City	2–1	Cardiff City	Swansea
	Martin Thomas 69' Matthew Bound 89'		4' John Williams	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 7,757

28 November 1998 (1998-11-28) 19	Cardiff City	2–0	Southend United	Cardiff
15:00	Craig Middleton 2' Kevin Nugent 32'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,638 Referee: David Pugh (Wirral)

1 December 1998 (1998-12-01) 20	Carlisle United	0–1	Cardiff City	Carlisle
			49' (pen) Kevin Nugent	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 2,700

12 December 1998 (1998-12-12) 21	Scunthorpe United	0–2	Cardiff City	Scunthorpe
			45', 54' John Williams	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 3,200

19 December 1998 (1998-12-19) 22	Cardiff City	4–2	Mansfield Town	Cardiff
15:00	John Williams 12', 46' Kevin Nugent 61', 81'		53' Steve Harper 58' Iyseden Christie	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,013

26 December 1998 (1998-12-26) 23	Cardiff City	3–0	Shrewsbury Town	Cardiff
12:00	John Williams 40' Kevin Nugent 49' Danny Hill 53'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 12,452

28 December 1998 (1998-12-28) 24	Brentford	1–0	Cardiff City	London
	Hermann Hreidarsson 53'			Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 9,535

9 January 1999 (1999-01-09) 25	Cardiff City	4–1	Hartlepool United	Cardiff
15:00	Wayne O'Sullivan 4' Kevin Nugent 12' Jeff Eckhardt 67' Craig Middleton 88'		70' Ian Clark	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,766

16 January 1999 (1999-01-16) 26	Peterborough United	2–1	Cardiff City	Peterborough
	Steve Castle 46' Giuliano Grazioli 90'		25' Kevin Nugent	Stadium: London Road Attendance: 5,890

23 January 1999 (1999-01-23) 27	Cardiff City	3–2	Darlington	Cardiff
15:00	Richard Carpenter 23' John Williams 53' Craig Middleton 81'		1' Glenn Naylor 87' Marco Gabbiadini	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,803

30 January 1999 (1999-01-30) 28	Cardiff City	4–1	Brentford	Cardiff
15:00	John Williams 20' Jeff Eckhardt 28' Jason Fowler 52' Kevin Nugent 76'		57' Danny Boxall	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,509

6 February 1999 (1999-02-06) 29	Plymouth Argyle	1–1	Cardiff City	Plymouth
	Dwight Marshall 19'		63' Andy Legg	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 6,062

13 February 1999 (1999-02-13) 30	Barnet	1–0	Cardiff City	Chipping Barnet
	Stevie Searle 70'			Stadium: Underhill Stadium Attendance: 2,234

19 February 1999 (1999-02-19) 31	Cardiff City	1–1	Halifax Town	Cardiff
19:30	Jeff Eckhardt 44'		66' Mark Bradshaw	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,570

27 February 1999 (1999-02-27) 32	Rochdale	1–1	Cardiff City	Rochdale
	Jason Peake 44'		76' Andy Legg	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 2,431

5 March 1999 (1999-03-05) 33	Cardiff City	0–0	Chester City	Cardiff
19:30				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,526

9 March 1999 (1999-03-09) 34	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–2	Cardiff City	Gillingham
			16' Kevin Nugent 31' Scott Young	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 2,312

13 March 1999 (1999-03-13) 35	Cardiff City	2–2	Torquay United	Cardiff
15:00	Danny Hill 36' Jason Fowler 58'		34', 65' Tony Bedeau	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,956

16 March 1999 (1999-03-16) 36	Rotherham United	1–0	Cardiff City	Rotherham
19:45	Chris Sedgwick 66'			Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 3,669

20 March 1999 (1999-03-20) 37	Exeter City	0–2	Cardiff City	Exeter
			39', 60' Kevin Nugent	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 3,653

27 March 1999 (1999-03-27) 38	Cardiff City	2–1	Carlisle United	Cardiff
15:00	Kevin Nugent 27' Jason Bowen 54'		22' Richard Tracey	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,094 Referee: Mark Cowburn (Blackpool)

3 April 1999 (1999-04-03) 39	Cambridge United	0–0	Cardiff City	Cambridge
				Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 7,787

5 April 1999 (1999-04-05) 40	Cardiff City	1–1	Hull City	Cardiff
15:00	Kevin Nugent 74' (pen)		25' Colin Alcide	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,252

10 April 1999 (1999-04-10) 41	Leyton Orient	1–1	Cardiff City	London
	Jeff Eckhardt 49' (og)		40' John Williams	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 5,238

13 April 1999 (1999-04-13) 42	Southend United	0–1	Cardiff City	Southend
			70' John Williams	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 4,076

18 April 1999 (1999-04-18) 43	Cardiff City	0–0	Swansea City	Cardiff
12:00				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,809

24 April 1999 (1999-04-24) 44	Scarborough	1–2	Cardiff City	Scarborough
	Darren Roberts 43'		24' Jeff Eckhardt 69' Jason Bowen	Stadium: Athletic Ground Attendance: 1,834

1 May 1999 (1999-05-01) 45	Cardiff City	0–0	Scunthorpe United	Cardiff
15:00				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 12,455

8 May 1999 (1999-05-08) 46	Mansfield Town	3–0	Cardiff City	Mansfield
	Tony Lormor 71' Darrell Clarke 76' (pen) Lee Peacock 81'			Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 4,032

Source ^[2] ^[3]

Worthington Cup (League Cup)

11 August 1998 (1998-08-11) Round 1 (First leg)	Fulham	2–1	Cardiff City	London
	Peter Beardsley 43' Dirk Lehmann 48'		8' John Williams	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 4,305

18 August 1998 (1998-08-18) Round 1 (Second leg)	Cardiff City	1–2 (2–4 agg.)	Fulham	Cardiff
19:30	Jeff Eckhardt 86'		22' John Salako 37' Simon Morgan	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,768

FA Cup

14 November 1998 (1998-11-14) Round 1	Cardiff City	6–0	Chester City	Cardiff
15:00	Jason Fowler 10', 40' Craig Middleton 12' John Williams 55', 71' Mark Delaney 63'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,220 Referee: Paul Danson (Leicester)

5 December 1998 (1998-12-05) Round 2	Cardiff City	3–1	Hednesford Town	Cardiff
15:00	Craig Middleton 45' Jason Fowler 59' John Williams 82'		87' Paul Carty	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,638

2 January 1999 (1999-01-02) Round 3	Cardiff City	1–1	Yeovil Town	Cardiff
15:00	Kevin Nugent 84'		54' Carl Dale	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 12,561

12 January 1999 (1999-01-12) Round 3 (Replay)	Yeovil Town	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Cardiff City	Yeovil
	Matt Hayfield 86'		43' Jeff Eckhardt 91' Kevin Nugent	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 8,101

27 January 1999 (1999-01-27) Round 4	Sheffield United	4–1	Cardiff City	Sheffield
	Paul Devlin 13' David Holdsworth 52' Lee Morris 58' Graham Stuart 68'		19' Kevin Nugent	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 13,296

Auto Windscreens Shield

9 December 1998 (1998-12-09) Round 1	Millwall	2–0	Cardiff City	Millwall
	Paul Shaw 26' Neil Harris 28'			Attendance: 1,858

FAW Premier Cup

14 September 1998 (1998-09-14) Group A	Cardiff City	0–1	Bangor City	Cardiff
19:15			Darren Hilditch	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 1,100

5 October 1998 (1998-10-05) Group A	Cardiff City	2–2	Merthyr Tydfil	Cardiff
19:15	John Williams Matt Brazier		Eston Chiverton Cohen Griffith	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 1,191 Referee: Mark Whitby (Swansea)

26 October 1998 (1998-10-26) Group A	Bangor City	1–4	Cardiff City	Bangor
	Neil Wenham		Dai Thomas Kevin Nugent Kevin Nugent Craig Middleton	Stadium: Farrar Road Attendance: 446

17 November 1998 (1998-11-17) Group A	Merthyr Tydfil	0–0	Cardiff City	Merthyr Tydfil
				Stadium: Penydarren Park Attendance: 945

5 January 1999 (1999-01-05) Group A	Rhyl	0–4	Cardiff City	Rhyl
			Dai Thomas Dai Thomas Dai Thomas Robert Earnshaw	Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 302

10 February 1999 (1999-02-10) Group A	Cardiff City	3–2	Rhyl	Cardiff
19:15	Kevin Nugent Wayne O'Sullivan Craig Middleton		Phil Patterson Troy Hayder	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 832

2 March 1999 (1999-03-02) Quarter Final	Cardiff City	3–2	Swansea City	Cardiff
19:15	Dai Thomas Jeff Eckhardt John Williams		Julian Alsop Ryan Casey	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,333

27 April 1999 (1999-04-27) Semi Final (First leg)	Wrexham	3–1	Cardiff City	Wrexham
	Martyn Chalk Mark McGregor Karl Connolly		Christian Roberts	Stadium: The Racecourse Attendance: 1,509

10 May 1999 (1999-05-10) Semi Final (Second leg)	Cardiff City	2–1 (3–4 agg.)	Wrexham	Cardiff
19:25	Craig Middleton Kevin Nugent		Andy Morrell	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 1,212 Referee: Alan Howells (Port Talbot)

References

^ "All Cardiff City football club players: 1999". 11v11. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Cardiff City 1998-99 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
^ "Cardiff City football club match record: 1999". 11v11. Retrieved 21 January 2022.

Bibliography

Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
Shepherd, Richard (2002). The Definitive Cardiff City F.C. Tony Brown. ISBN 1-899-46817-X.
Crooks, John (1992). Cardiff City Football Club: Official History of the Bluebirds. Yore Publications. ISBN 0-9513321-8-X.
Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (1999). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1999-2000. Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 0-7472-7627-7.
"Football Club History Database – Cardiff City".

Welsh Football Data Archive

[1] "All Cardiff City football club players: 1999". 11v11. Retrieved 21 January 2022.

[results-2] "Cardiff City 1998-99 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 21 January 2022.

[11v11results-3] "Cardiff City football club match record: 1999". 11v11. Retrieved 21 January 2022.

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