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1998–99 Kilmarnock F.C. season

May 02, 2024

The 1998–99 season was Kilmarnock's first season in the newly formed Scottish Premier League. They also competed in the Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and UEFA Cup.

Kilmarnock
1998–99 season
ManagerBobby Williamson
StadiumRugby Park
Scottish Premier LeagueFourth place
Scottish CupThird round
Scottish League CupQuarter-final
UEFA CupSecond Qualifying Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Ally McCoist (7)
All: Ally McCoist & Paul Wright (8)
Highest home attendance17,608 v Rangers, Premier League, 22 August 1998
Lowest home attendance6,565 v Livingston, League Cup, 18 August 1998
Average home league attendance11,736

Summary edit

Season edit

Kilmarnock finished fourth in the Scottish Premier League with 56 points. They reached the fourth round of the League Cup, losing to Airdrieonians.[1] Kilmarnock also reached the third round of the Scottish Cup, losing to rivals Ayr United[2] and lost in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup to Sigma Olomouc.[3]

Results and fixtures edit

Kilmarnock's score comes first

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Scottish Premier League edit

Main article: 1998–99 Scottish Premier League
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 1 August 1998 Dundee United H 2–0 8,208 Wright 32', Nevin 72'
2 15 August 1998 St Johnstone A 0–0 6,210
3 22 August 1998 Rangers H 1–3 17,608 Wright 52'
4 30 August 1998 Heart of Midlothian H 3–0 10,376 McCoist 8', 61', 86'
5 12 September 1998 Celtic A 1–1 58,361 Vareille 50'
6 19 September 1998 Motherwell A 0–0 6,821
7 23 September 1998 Dundee H 2–1 7,069 McCoist 21', McGowne 89'
8 27 September 1998 Aberdeen A 1–0 13,048 Wright 14'
9 3 October 1998 Dunfermline Athletic H 0–0 8,346
10 17 October 1998 Dundee United A 2–0 8,317 McGowne 12', Vareille 80'
11 24 October 1998 St Johnstone H 2–2 9,336 Roberts 78', Kernaghan 83' (o.g.)
12 31 October 1998 Celtic H 2–0 16,695 Roberts 55', Mitchell 70'
13 7 November 1998 Heart of Midlothian A 1–2 14,363 Wright 87'
14 14 November 1998 Dundee A 1–1 4,249 Vareille 45'
15 21 November 1998 Motherwell H 0–0 10,176
16 28 November 1998 Dunfermline Athletic A 3–0 5,608 Durrant 32', 56', Holt 77'
17 5 December 1998 Aberdeen H 4–0 9,875 Mitchell 6', 34', Vareille 38', Wright 66'
18 12 December 1998 Rangers A 0–1 49,781
19 20 December 1998 Dundee United H 2–0 13,585 Wright 30', Durrant 87'
20 26 December 1998 Heart of Midlothian H 1–0 10,668 Holt 27'
21 1 January 1999 Motherwell A 2–1 8,532 McCoist 15', McGowne 86'
22 30 January 1999 Dundee H 0–0 7,677
23 6 February 1999 Aberdeen A 1–2 9,299 Mahood 66'
24 17 February 1999 Celtic A 0–1 59,126
25 28 February 1999 Rangers H 0–5 16,242
26 6 March 1999 Dunfermline Athletic H 0–0 8,032
27 13 March 1999 St Johnstone A 1–0 5,461 Holt 18'
28 21 March 1999 Celtic H 0–0 14,472
29 3 April 1999 Heart of Midlothian A 2–2 14,689 Henry 73', McCoist 77'
30 10 April 1999 Aberdeen H 4–2 9,048 Mahood 9', MacPherson 19', McCutcheon 86', 90'
31 17 April 1999 Dunfermline Athletic A 6–0 5,617 Henry 26', 75', Mitchell 56', Durrant 58', Vareille 68', McCoist 90'
32 24 April 1999 Dundee A 1–2 4,296 Innes 53'
33 1 May 1999 Motherwell H 0–1 8,867
34 8 May 1999 Dundee United A 0–0 7,190
35 15 May 1999 St Johnstone H 1–1 15,086 Roberts 8'
36 23 May 1999 Rangers A 1–1 48,886 McGowne 41'

Scottish League Cup edit

Main article: 1998–99 Scottish League Cup
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
Third Round 18 August 1998 Livingston H 3–1 6,565 Wright 25, 116', McCoist 92'
Quarter-final 8 September 1998 Airdrieonians H 0–1 7,900

Scottish Cup edit

Main article: 1998–99 Scottish Cup
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
Third Round 23 January 1999 Ayr United A 0–3 10,153

UEFA Cup edit

Main article: 1998–99 UEFA Cup
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
First Qualifying Round 1st leg 22 July 1998   Željezničar A 1–1 15,000 McGowne 55'
First Qualifying Round 2nd leg 29 July 1998   Željezničar H 1–0 14,512 Mahood 31'
Second Qualifying Round 1st leg 11 August 1998   Sigma Olomouc A 0–2 4,000
Second Qualifying Round 2nd leg 25 August 1998   Sigma Olomouc H 0–2 11,140

Squad statistics edit

As of 23 May 1999 (UTC)[4]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League League Cup Scottish Cup UEFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   SCO Gordon Marshall 43 0 36+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0
2 DF   SCO Gus McPherson 38 1 31+0 1 2+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0
3 DF   MLT Dylan Kerr 19 0 16+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
4 DF   SCO Ray Montgomerie 32 2 27+0 2 3+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
5 DF   SCO Kevin McGowne 39 5 32+0 4 2+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 1
6 MF   SCO John Henry 11 3 7+4 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF   SCO Pat Nevin 5 1 2+1 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
7 MF   SCO Mark Reilly 19 0 17+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF   SCO Gary Holt 40 3 33+0 3 2+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0
9 FW   SCO Paul Wright 39 8 25+8 6 2+0 2 0+0 0 4+0 0
10 MF   SCO Ian Durrant 43 4 36+0 4 2+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0
11 MF   SCO Ally Mitchell 39 4 27+6 4 1+1 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
12 GK   SCO Colin Meldrum 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
13 FW   SCO Ally McCoist 29 8 16+10 7 1+1 1 1+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF   SCO Alan Mahood 35 3 16+12 2 2+0 0 0+1 0 3+1 1
15 FW   FRA Jérôme Vareille 27 5 20+3 5 1+1 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
16 DF   SCO Martin Baker 27 0 23+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
17 DF   SCO Steven Hamilton 5 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 MF   SCO Martin O'Neill 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 FW   SCO Mark Roberts 27 3 9+13 3 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+3 0
20 MF   SCO Alan Kerr 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 DF   SCO Chris Innes 4 1 4+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 DF   SCO Jim Lauchlan 19 0 14+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0
23 MF   SCO David Bagan 5 0 1+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 DF   SCO Garry Hay 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 FW   SCO Alex Burke 21 0 2+15 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 2+1 0
26 FW   SCO Rod Lennox 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 FW   SCO Gary McCutcheon 13 2 2+10 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
28 MF   SCO Stuart Davidson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 GK   SCO Adam Strain 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Final league table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Celtic 36 21 8 7 84 35 +49 71 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round[a]
3 St Johnstone 36 15 12 9 39 38 +1 57
4 Kilmarnock 36 14 14 8 47 29 +18 56
5 Dundee 36 13 7 16 36 56 −20 46
6 Heart of Midlothian 36 11 9 16 44 50 −6 42
Updated to match(es) played on end of season. Source: Soccerway and
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Since Rangers, the winners of the 1998–99 Scottish Cup, already qualified for the UEFA Champions League, Celtic, the losing finalist, earned a spot in the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup. As such, the league's UEFA Cup place moved down to third-placed St Johnstone. Scotland were also awarded an additional UEFA Cup place as the association was top of the UEFA Fair Play ranking. Kilmarnock earned this place as winners of the Scottish Fair Play ranking.


Division summary edit

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ResultWDLWDDWWDWDWLDDWWLWWWDLLLDWDDWWLLDDD
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Source: [5]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Results for Kilmarnock for 1998-99". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Results for Kilmarnock for 1998-99". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Kilmarnock 0 2 Sigma Olomouc". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Kilmarnock 1998/1999 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Scottish Premiership 1998/1999". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 18 April 2020.

External links edit

  • Kilmarnock 1998–99 at Soccerbase.com (select relevant season from dropdown list)

May 02, 2024
1998, kilmarnock, season, 1998, season, kilmarnock, first, season, newly, formed, scottish, premier, league, they, also, competed, scottish, scottish, league, uefa, kilmarnock1998, seasonmanagerbobby, williamsonstadiumrugby, parkscottish, premier, leaguefourth. The 1998 99 season was Kilmarnock s first season in the newly formed Scottish Premier League They also competed in the Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup and UEFA Cup Kilmarnock1998 99 seasonManagerBobby WilliamsonStadiumRugby ParkScottish Premier LeagueFourth placeScottish CupThird roundScottish League CupQuarter finalUEFA CupSecond Qualifying RoundTop goalscorerLeague Ally McCoist 7 All Ally McCoist amp Paul Wright 8 Highest home attendance17 608 v Rangers Premier League 22 August 1998Lowest home attendance6 565 v Livingston League Cup 18 August 1998Average home league attendance11 736Home coloursAway colours 1997 981999 2000 Contents 1 Summary 1 1 Season 2 Results and fixtures 2 1 Scottish Premier League 2 2 Scottish League Cup 2 3 Scottish Cup 2 4 UEFA Cup 3 Squad statistics 4 Final league table 4 1 Division summary 5 Transfers 5 1 Players in 5 2 Players out 6 References 7 External linksSummary editSeason edit Kilmarnock finished fourth in the Scottish Premier League with 56 points They reached the fourth round of the League Cup losing to Airdrieonians 1 Kilmarnock also reached the third round of the Scottish Cup losing to rivals Ayr United 2 and lost in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup to Sigma Olomouc 3 Results and fixtures editKilmarnock s score comes first Win Draw Loss Postponed Scottish Premier League edit Main article 1998 99 Scottish Premier League Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 1 1 August 1998 Dundee United H 2 0 8 208 Wright 32 Nevin 72 2 15 August 1998 St Johnstone A 0 0 6 210 3 22 August 1998 Rangers H 1 3 17 608 Wright 52 4 30 August 1998 Heart of Midlothian H 3 0 10 376 McCoist 8 61 86 5 12 September 1998 Celtic A 1 1 58 361 Vareille 50 6 19 September 1998 Motherwell A 0 0 6 821 7 23 September 1998 Dundee H 2 1 7 069 McCoist 21 McGowne 89 8 27 September 1998 Aberdeen A 1 0 13 048 Wright 14 9 3 October 1998 Dunfermline Athletic H 0 0 8 346 10 17 October 1998 Dundee United A 2 0 8 317 McGowne 12 Vareille 80 11 24 October 1998 St Johnstone H 2 2 9 336 Roberts 78 Kernaghan 83 o g 12 31 October 1998 Celtic H 2 0 16 695 Roberts 55 Mitchell 70 13 7 November 1998 Heart of Midlothian A 1 2 14 363 Wright 87 14 14 November 1998 Dundee A 1 1 4 249 Vareille 45 15 21 November 1998 Motherwell H 0 0 10 176 16 28 November 1998 Dunfermline Athletic A 3 0 5 608 Durrant 32 56 Holt 77 17 5 December 1998 Aberdeen H 4 0 9 875 Mitchell 6 34 Vareille 38 Wright 66 18 12 December 1998 Rangers A 0 1 49 781 19 20 December 1998 Dundee United H 2 0 13 585 Wright 30 Durrant 87 20 26 December 1998 Heart of Midlothian H 1 0 10 668 Holt 27 21 1 January 1999 Motherwell A 2 1 8 532 McCoist 15 McGowne 86 22 30 January 1999 Dundee H 0 0 7 677 23 6 February 1999 Aberdeen A 1 2 9 299 Mahood 66 24 17 February 1999 Celtic A 0 1 59 126 25 28 February 1999 Rangers H 0 5 16 242 26 6 March 1999 Dunfermline Athletic H 0 0 8 032 27 13 March 1999 St Johnstone A 1 0 5 461 Holt 18 28 21 March 1999 Celtic H 0 0 14 472 29 3 April 1999 Heart of Midlothian A 2 2 14 689 Henry 73 McCoist 77 30 10 April 1999 Aberdeen H 4 2 9 048 Mahood 9 MacPherson 19 McCutcheon 86 90 31 17 April 1999 Dunfermline Athletic A 6 0 5 617 Henry 26 75 Mitchell 56 Durrant 58 Vareille 68 McCoist 90 32 24 April 1999 Dundee A 1 2 4 296 Innes 53 33 1 May 1999 Motherwell H 0 1 8 867 34 8 May 1999 Dundee United A 0 0 7 190 35 15 May 1999 St Johnstone H 1 1 15 086 Roberts 8 36 23 May 1999 Rangers A 1 1 48 886 McGowne 41 Scottish League Cup edit Main article 1998 99 Scottish League Cup Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers Third Round 18 August 1998 Livingston H 3 1 6 565 Wright 25 116 McCoist 92 Quarter final 8 September 1998 Airdrieonians H 0 1 7 900 Scottish Cup edit Main article 1998 99 Scottish Cup Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers Third Round 23 January 1999 Ayr United A 0 3 10 153 UEFA Cup edit Main article 1998 99 UEFA Cup Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers First Qualifying Round 1st leg 22 July 1998 nbsp Zeljeznicar A 1 1 15 000 McGowne 55 First Qualifying Round 2nd leg 29 July 1998 nbsp Zeljeznicar H 1 0 14 512 Mahood 31 Second Qualifying Round 1st leg 11 August 1998 nbsp Sigma Olomouc A 0 2 4 000 Second Qualifying Round 2nd leg 25 August 1998 nbsp Sigma Olomouc H 0 2 11 140Squad statistics editAs of 23 May 1999 UTC 4 No Pos Nat Player Total Premier League League Cup Scottish Cup UEFA Cup Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 1 GK nbsp SCO Gordon Marshall 43 0 36 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 DF nbsp SCO Gus McPherson 38 1 31 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 DF nbsp MLT Dylan Kerr 19 0 16 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 DF nbsp SCO Ray Montgomerie 32 2 27 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 DF nbsp SCO Kevin McGowne 39 5 32 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 6 MF nbsp SCO John Henry 11 3 7 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 MF nbsp SCO Pat Nevin 5 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 MF nbsp SCO Mark Reilly 19 0 17 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 MF nbsp SCO Gary Holt 40 3 33 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 9 FW nbsp SCO Paul Wright 39 8 25 8 6 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 10 MF nbsp SCO Ian Durrant 43 4 36 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 11 MF nbsp SCO Ally Mitchell 39 4 27 6 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 12 GK nbsp SCO Colin Meldrum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 FW nbsp SCO Ally McCoist 29 8 16 10 7 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 MF nbsp SCO Alan Mahood 35 3 16 12 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 15 FW nbsp FRA Jerome Vareille 27 5 20 3 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 16 DF nbsp SCO Martin Baker 27 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 17 DF nbsp SCO Steven Hamilton 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 MF nbsp SCO Martin O Neill 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 FW nbsp SCO Mark Roberts 27 3 9 13 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 20 MF nbsp SCO Alan Kerr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 DF nbsp SCO Chris Innes 4 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 DF nbsp SCO Jim Lauchlan 19 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 23 MF nbsp SCO David Bagan 5 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 DF nbsp SCO Garry Hay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 FW nbsp SCO Alex Burke 21 0 2 15 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 26 FW nbsp SCO Rod Lennox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 FW nbsp SCO Gary McCutcheon 13 2 2 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 28 MF nbsp SCO Stuart Davidson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 GK nbsp SCO Adam Strain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Final league table editPos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 2 Celtic 36 21 8 7 84 35 49 71 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round a 3 St Johnstone 36 15 12 9 39 38 1 57 4 Kilmarnock 36 14 14 8 47 29 18 56 5 Dundee 36 13 7 16 36 56 20 46 6 Heart of Midlothian 36 11 9 16 44 50 6 42Updated to match es played on end of season Source Soccerway and SPL official websiteRules for classification 1 Points 2 Goal difference 3 Goals scoredNotes Since Rangers the winners of the 1998 99 Scottish Cup already qualified for the UEFA Champions League Celtic the losing finalist earned a spot in the 1999 2000 UEFA Cup As such the league s UEFA Cup place moved down to third placed St Johnstone Scotland were also awarded an additional UEFA Cup place as the association was top of the UEFA Fair Play ranking Kilmarnock earned this place as winners of the Scottish Fair Play ranking Division summary edit Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536GroundHAHHAAHAHAHHAAHAHAHHAHAAHHAHAHAAHAHAResultWDLWDDWWDWDWLDDWWLWWWDLLLDWDDWWLLDDDPosition325333222222222222222223333333333334Source 5 A Away H Home W Win D Draw L LossTransfers editPlayers in edit Player From Fee nbsp Chris Innes nbsp Stenhousemuir Undisclosed nbsp Ian Durrant nbsp Rangers Free nbsp Alan Mahood nbsp Greenock Morton Undisclosed nbsp Ally McCoist nbsp Rangers Free nbsp Mark Reilly nbsp Reading Free Players out edit Player To Fee nbsp Neil Whitworth nbsp Hull City Free nbsp Mark Skilling nbsp Stranraer Free nbsp Pat Nevin nbsp Motherwell Free nbsp Billy Findlay nbsp Ayr United Free nbsp Colin Meldrum nbsp Stranraer Loan nbsp John Henry nbsp Falkirk Loan nbsp Chris Innes nbsp St Mirren Loan nbsp Martin O Neill nbsp Stranraer Loan nbsp Colin Meldrum nbsp Ross County LoanReferences edit Results for Kilmarnock for 1998 99 londonhearts com Retrieved 16 April 2020 Results for Kilmarnock for 1998 99 londonhearts com Retrieved 16 April 2020 Kilmarnock 0 2 Sigma Olomouc worldfootball net Retrieved 16 April 2020 Kilmarnock 1998 1999 player appearances Soccerbase Retrieved 28 August 2020 Scottish Premiership 1998 1999 worldfootball net Retrieved 18 April 2020 External links editKilmarnock 1998 99 at Soccerbase com select relevant season from dropdown list Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1998 99 Kilmarnock F C season amp oldid 1221347256, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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