1998–99 Hull City A.F.C. season

During the 1998–99 English football season, Hull City A.F.C. competed in the Football League Third Division.

Season summary

In November 1998 after a poor start to the season, Mark Hateley departed the club and Warren Joyce was asked to stand in as caretaker manager.^[1]

Hull soon made the appointment permanent with Joyce taking on the dual role of player-manager. At the time of his appointment, the Tigers were rooted to the foot of the Third Division table and looked to be heading out of the Football League – and into bankruptcy.^[2] However, under Joyce's stewardship, Hull staged a remarkable turnaround and achieved survival with games to spare; Hull City fans christened this season "the Great Escape".^[3]

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
19	Rochdale	46	13	15	18	42	55	−13	54
20	Torquay United	46	12	17	17	47	58	−11	53
21	Hull City	46	14	11	21	44	62	−18	53
22	Hartlepool United	46	13	12	21	52	65	−13	51
23	Carlisle United	46	11	16	19	43	53	−10	49

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference

Results

Hull City's score comes first^[4]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Third Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
8 August 1998	Rotherham United	A	1–3	5,447	D'Auria
15 August 1998	Darlington	H	1–2	5,217	Whitworth
23 August 1998	Chester City	A	2–2	2,577	Brown, Hateley (pen)
29 August 1998	Peterborough United	H	1–0	4,636	Hateley (pen)
31 August 1998	Hartlepool United	A	0–1	3,277
5 September 1998	Brentford	H	2–3	4,058	Hocking, Whitworth
8 September 1998	Rochdale	H	2–1	3,433	Peacock, Brown
12 September 1998	Barnet	A	1–4	2,025	Peacock
19 September 1998	Halifax Town	H	1–2	4,719	McGinty
26 September 1998	Mansfield Town	A	0–2	2,603
3 October 1998	Cambridge United	H	0–3	3,882
9 October 1998	Cardiff City	H	1–2	8,594	Brown
17 October 1998	Scarborough	A	2–1	2,760	Mann, Hateley
20 October 1998	Exeter City	A	0–3	2,101
24 October 1998	Southend United	H	1–1	3,551	McGinty
31 October 1998	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–0	4,285
7 November 1998	Leyton Orient	H	0–1	5,288
10 November 1998	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	0–2	4,433
21 November 1998	Scunthorpe United	A	2–3	5,633	Dudley, Brown
28 November 1998	Carlisle United	H	1–0	4,452	Dudley
12 December 1998	Torquay United	A	0–2	2,033
19 December 1998	Swansea City	H	0–2	4,280
26 December 1998	Chester City	H	1–2	6,695	D'Auria
28 December 1998	Shrewsbury Town	A	2–3	2,879	D'Auria (pen), Joyce
9 January 1999	Rotherham United	H	1–0	5,575	Bonner
23 January 1999	Hartlepool United	H	4–0	5,808	Brown (2), McGinty (2)
26 January 1999	Peterborough United	A	1–1	4,405	Whitney
30 January 1999	Shrewsbury Town	H	1–1	7,331	Gayle (own goal)
6 February 1999	Brentford	A	2–0	5,086	Alcide, Brown
12 February 1999	Rochdale	A	0–3	5,374
16 February 1999	Darlington	A	1–0	3,107	Brabin
20 February 1999	Barnet	H	1–1	6,823	Whittle
27 February 1999	Halifax Town	A	1–0	4,455	Brown
6 March 1999	Mansfield Town	H	0–0	6,692
9 March 1999	Cambridge United	A	0–2	4,948
13 March 1999	Leyton Orient	A	2–1	5,481	Brabin, Brown
20 March 1999	Plymouth Argyle	H	1–0	6,294	Brabin
26 March 1999	Southend United	A	1–0	4,149	D'Auria
3 April 1999	Scarborough	H	1–1	13,949	Brabin
5 April 1999	Cardiff City	A	1–1	8,252	Alcide
10 April 1999	Exeter City	H	2–1	5,836	Williams, Alcide
13 April 1999	Carlisle United	A	0–0	3,743
17 April 1999	Scunthorpe United	H	2–3	9,835	Warren Joyce, Brown
24 April 1999	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0–0	3,481
1 May 1999	Torquay United	H	1–0	7,789	Brown
8 May 1999	Swansea City	A	0–2	9,226

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	14 November 1998	Salisbury City	A	2–0	2,570	Rioch, McGinty
R2	5 December 1998	Luton Town	A	2–1	5,021	Morley, Dewhurst
R3	2 January 1999	Aston Villa	A	0–3	39,217

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	11 August 1998	Stockport County	A	2–2	3,134	Brown, McGinty
R1 2nd Leg	18 August 1998	Stockport County	H	0–0 (won on away goals)	3,480
R2 1st Leg	15 September 1998	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–3	7,544	Brown
R2 2nd Leg	22 September 1998	Bolton Wanderers	H	2–3 (lost 3–6 on agg)	4,226	Brown, Rioch (pen)

Football League Trophy


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1N	22 December 1998	Notts County	A	1–0	1,109	D'Auria
R2N	5 January 1999	Wrexham	H	1–2	2,331	Williams

Squad

^[5] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	GK	ENG	Steve Wilson
-	DF	ENG	Mike Edwards
-	DF	ENG	Matt Hocking
-	DF	ENG	Justin Whittle
-	DF	ENG	Jon Whitney
-	MF	WAL	David D'Auria
-	MF	ENG	Warren Joyce (player-manager from 21 November)
-	MF	ENG	Gareth Williams
-	MF	ENG	Gary Brabin
-	FW	ENG	David Brown
-	FW	SCO	Brian McGinty
-	FW	ENG	Colin Alcide
-	DF	ENG	Steve Swales
-	DF	ENG	Mark Greaves
-	MF	ENG	Steve Hawes
-	GK	ENG	Andy Oakes
-	DF	ENG	Neil Whitworth
-	DF	ENG	Neil Mann


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	DF	ENG	Gregor Rioch
-	FW	ENG	Jon French
-	FW	ENG	Mark Hateley (player-manager until 11 November)
-	MF	ENG	Gerry Harrison (on loan from Sunderland)
-	DF	WAL	Jason Perry
-	FW	ENG	Craig Faulconbridge (on loan from Coventry City)
-	DF	ENG	Rob Dewhurst
-	FW	ENG	Duane Darby (on loan from Notts County)
-	GK	ENG	Paul Gibson
-	DF	ENG	Lee Ellington
-	MF	ENG	Kevin Gage
-	DF	ENG	Ben Morley
-	MF	ENG	Adam Bolder
-	GK	ENG	Matt Baker
-	DF	ENG	Sam Sharman
-	MF	ENG	Steven Underwood
-	GK	ENG	Phil Poole

Left club during the season

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	FW	ENG	Andy Saville (on loan from Cardiff City)
-	FW	ENG	Craig Dudley (on loan from Notts County)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	MF	ENG	Richard Peacock (to Lincoln City)
-	MF	ENG	Mark Bonner (on loan from Cardiff City)

References

^ "Football Nationwide League: Joyce appointed Hull's manager". The Independent. 21 November 1998. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
^ Peterson, Mike (2005). A Century of City. Yore Publications. p. 90. ISBN 0954783077.
^ "Following Tigers through thick and mainly thin finally pays off". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 7 June 2008.
^ "Hull City 1998-1999 : Results". www.statto.com. Archived from the original on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
^ "All Hull City players: 1999". www.11v11.com. Retrieved 4 June 2020.

[1] "Football Nationwide League: Joyce appointed Hull's manager". The Independent. 21 November 1998. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2014.

[2] Peterson, Mike (2005). A Century of City. Yore Publications. p. 90. ISBN 0954783077.

[PhilBooth-3] "Following Tigers through thick and mainly thin finally pays off". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 7 June 2008.

[4] "Hull City 1998-1999 : Results". www.statto.com. Archived from the original on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2020.

[5] "All Hull City players: 1999". www.11v11.com. Retrieved 4 June 2020.

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