Crewe Alexandra 1998–99 football season
During the 1998–99 English football season, Crewe Alexandra F.C. competed in the Football League First Division , their 76th in the English Football League .
In the 1998–99 season, Crewe had a disastrous first half of the campaign which saw them almost midway point at the bottom of the table with just 2 wins from 22 league games and 11 points from safety. Even though they managed to get another couple of wins together; by 20 February, Crewe were still bottom and 11 points from safety with 14 league matches remaining and their First Division status was in severe danger of being lost. From then on against the odds, Crewe went on a superb run of just 3 defeats from their remaining 14 league games, winning 7 of them on their way to completing the great escape, the key result being a 3–1 win against Portsmouth which saved them from the drop.
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[citation needed ] Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
Crewe Alexandra's score comes first [ 1]
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 8 August 1998 Norwich City A 1–2 15,016 Rivers 15 August 1998 Barnsley H 3–1 5,289 Smith (pen), Lightfoot (2) 22 August 1998 Bury A 0–1 5,073 28 August 1998 Bradford City H 2–1 5,759 Lunt , Collins 31 August 1998 Sheffield United A 1–3 15,922 Jack 8 September 1998 Crystal Palace H 0–1 4,977 12 September 1998 Stockport County A 1–1 7,302 J Wright 19 September 1998 Bolton Wanderers H 4–4 5,744 Little , Charnock , Rivers , Smith 26 September 1998 Bristol City A 2–5 9,810 Anthrobus (2) 29 September 1998 Grimsby Town A 1–1 5,024 Rivers 3 October 1998 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 0–0 5,759 17 October 1998 Birmingham City A 1–3 20,087 Johnson 20 October 1998 Port Vale A 0–1 8,205 24 October 1998 Tranmere Rovers H 1–4 5,080 Little 31 October 1998 Oxford United A 1–1 5,607 Little 3 November 1998 Sunderland H 1–4 5,361 Little 7 November 1998 Swindon Town H 0–2 4,489 14 November 1998 Queens Park Rangers H 0–2 5,001 21 November 1998 Watford A 2–4 9,405 Jack , Little 28 November 1998 Ipswich Town H 0–3 5,165 5 December 1998 Portsmouth A 0–2 9,800 8 December 1998 West Bromwich Albion H 1–1 5,007 Anthrobus 12 December 1998 Queens Park Rangers A 1–0 11,296 J Wright 19 December 1998 Huddersfield Town H 1–2 5,102 Jack 26 December 1998 Bury H 3–1 5,333 Little , Rivers , J Wright 28 December 1998 Sunderland A 0–2 41,433 9 January 1999 Norwich City H 3–2 4,782 Street (2), Rivers 16 January 1999 Bradford City A 1–4 12,595 Little 30 January 1999 Sheffield United H 1–2 5,243 Jack 6 February 1999 Barnsley A 2–2 15,377 Jack (2) 13 February 1999 Crystal Palace A 1–1 14,823 Walton 20 February 1999 Stockport County H 0–2 5,473 27 February 1999 Bolton Wanderers A 3–1 19,437 Johnson , Jack (2) 13 March 1999 Swindon Town A 2–1 7,434 Jack , Charnock 16 March 1999 Grimsby Town H 0–0 4,855 20 March 1999 Oxford United H 3–1 4,791 Murphy , Little , Smith (pen) 26 March 1999 Tranmere Rovers A 0–3 9,359 30 March 1999 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 0–3 24,197 2 April 1999 Birmingham City H 0–0 5,582 5 April 1999 West Bromwich Albion A 5–1 12,308 D Wright , J Wright (2), Johnson , Rivers 10 April 1999 Port Vale H 0–0 5,606 17 April 1999 Watford H 0–1 5,461 24 April 1999 Ipswich Town A 2–1 20,845 Rivers , Macauley 27 April 1999 Bristol City H 1–0 5,579 Johnson 1 May 1999 Portsmouth H 3–1 5,759 Little (2), Smith 9 May 1999 Huddersfield Town A 0–0 15,105
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers R3 2 January 1999 Oxford United H 1–3 4,207 Johnson
[ 2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during the season [ edit ] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
National teams
League competitions
Level 1 Levels 2–4 Level 5 Levels 6–7 Levels 8–9 Lower leagues
Cup competitions
FA cups Football League cups
European competitions