Season 1998-99

The 1998–99 FA Premier League season was the seventh season of the Premier League, the top division of English football, since its establishment in 1992. The season will always be remembered as the one in which Manchester United won a unique treble of the league title, the FA Cup and the European Cup. They secured their fifth league championship in seven seasons after losing just three league games all season.

Arsenal, who failed to regain their title, despite having the same points tally as last season 78 points, and had at one point looked as though they were on the brink of winning the title, after beating fellow rivals Tottenham Hotspur, while Manchester United had drawn against Liverpool, 2–2. However, Manchester United pushed on and took advantage of Arsenal's 1–0 defeat at Leeds United in the penultimate match of the season and despite going 1–0 down against Tottenham on the final day, came back to win 2–1 and clinch the title. Should they have failed to win, Arsenal would have been crowned champions once more.

In order to achieve their success, the Manchester United playing squad had been altered substantially during the close season. A total of more than £28 million had been spent on Dwight Yorke, Jaap Stam and Jesper Blomqvist, while several older players left the club; Gary Pallister returned to Middlesbrough after nine years for £2.5 million, while Brian McClair returned to Motherwell on a free transfer. In December, however, McClair was back in the Premier League as Brian Kidd's assistant at Blackburn Rovers.

Source: Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

Season 1998-99 matches (grid view)

	Manchester United		1:1	1:1	3:2	4:1	2:1	2:0	1:0	2:3	2:2	2:1	3:0	0:0	3:1	2:0	5:1	2:1	4:1	3:2	3:0
	Arsenal	3:0		1:0	3:1	1:0	1:0	0:0	1:0	1:1	5:0	0:0	3:0	3:0	1:0	2:0	5:1	1:1	0:0	1:0	2:1
	Chelsea	0:0	0:0		1:0	0:1	2:1	2:1	2:1	2:0	2:2	2:0	1:1	1:1	3:1	2:1	3:0	1:0	2:1	1:1	2:1
	Leeds United	1:1	1:0	0:0		4:0	0:0	0:0	4:1	2:0	0:1	2:0	2:1	0:1	1:0	2:0	2:2	3:0	4:1	1:0	3:1
	West Ham United	0:0	0:4	1:1	1:5		0:0	2:1	5:1	4:0	3:2	2:1	0:4	2:0	2:1	2:0	3:4	1:0	0:1	2:0	2:1
	Aston Villa	1:1	3:2	0:3	1:2	0:0		2:4	1:0	3:1	1:1	3:2	2:1	1:0	3:0	1:4	2:0	3:0	3:4	1:3	2:0
	Liverpool	2:2	0:0	1:1	1:3	2:2	0:1		1:2	3:1	0:1	3:2	2:0	4:2	3:2	2:0	3:0	7:1	3:3	2:0	5:1
	Derby County	1:1	0:0	2:2	2:2	0:2	2:1	3:2		2:1	2:0	0:1	1:0	3:4	2:1	0:0	0:0	0:0	0:2	1:0	1:0
	Middlesbrough	0:1	1:6	0:0	0:0	1:0	0:0	1:3	1:1		0:0	0:0	4:0	2:2	2:2	2:0	3:1	3:0	2:0	2:1	1:1
	Leicester City	2:6	1:1	2:4	1:2	0:0	2:2	1:0	1:2	0:1		2:1	0:2	2:0	2:0	1:0	1:1	2:0	1:1	1:1	3:1
	Tottenham Hotspur	2:2	1:3	2:2	3:3	1:2	1:0	2:1	1:1	0:3	0:2		0:3	2:0	4:1	0:0	0:0	3:0	2:2	2:1	2:0
	Sheffield Wednesday	3:1	1:0	0:0	0:2	0:1	0:1	1:0	0:1	3:1	0:1	0:0		1:1	0:0	1:2	1:2	0:0	3:0	3:0	3:2
	Newcastle United	1:2	1:1	0:1	0:3	0:3	2:1	1:4	2:1	1:1	1:0	0:0	1:1		1:3	4:1	3:1	4:0	0:0	1:1	2:0
	Everton	1:4	0:2	0:0	0:0	6:0	0:0	0:0	0:0	5:0	0:0	0:1	1:2	1:0		2:0	1:1	1:0	4:1	0:0	0:1
	Coventry City	0:1	0:1	2:1	2:2	0:0	1:2	2:1	1:1	1:2	1:1	1:1	1:0	1:5	3:0		2:1	1:0	2:1	1:1	4:0
	Wimbledon	1:1	1:0	1:2	1:1	0:0	0:0	1:0	2:1	2:2	0:1	3:1	2:1	1:1	1:2	2:1		0:2	2:1	1:1	1:3
	Southampton	0:3	0:0	0:2	3:0	1:0	1:4	1:2	0:1	3:3	2:1	1:1	1:0	2:1	2:0	2:1	3:1		3:1	3:3	1:2
	Charlton Athletic	0:1	0:1	0:1	1:1	4:2	0:1	1:0	1:2	1:1	0:0	1:4	0:1	2:2	1:2	1:1	2:0	5:0		0:0	0:0
	Blackburn Rovers	0:0	1:2	3:4	1:0	3:0	2:1	1:3	0:0	0:0	1:0	1:1	1:4	0:0	1:2	1:2	3:1	0:2	1:0		1:2
	Nottingham Forest	1:8	0:1	1:3	1:1	0:0	2:2	2:2	2:2	1:2	1:0	0:1	2:0	1:2	0:2	1:0	0:1	1:1	0:1	2:2

Season matches ordered by date

1.		Manchester United
2.		Arsenal
3.		Chelsea
4.		Leeds United
5.		West Ham United
6.		Aston Villa
7.		Liverpool
8.		Derby County
9.		Middlesbrough
10.		Leicester City
11.		Tottenham Hotspur
12.		Sheffield Wednesday
13.		Newcastle United
14.		Everton
15.		Coventry City
16.		Wimbledon
17.		Southampton
18.		Charlton Athletic
19.		Blackburn Rovers
20.		Nottingham Forest

Full standing - Home, Away, Total

			Home						Away						Total
#	Club		T	W	D	L	GD	P	T	W	D	L	GD	P	T	W	D	L	GD	P
1.		Manchester United	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	38	22	13	3	80:37	79
2.		Arsenal	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	38	22	12	4	59:17	78
3.		Chelsea	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	38	20	15	3	57:30	75
4.		Leeds United	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	38	18	13	7	62:34	67
5.		West Ham United	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	38	16	9	13	46:53	57
6.		Aston Villa	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	38	15	10	13	51:46	55
7.		Liverpool	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	38	15	9	14	68:49	54
8.		Derby County	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	38	13	13	12	40:45	52
9.		Middlesbrough	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	38	12	15	11	48:54	51
10.		Leicester City	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	38	12	13	13	40:46	49
11.		Tottenham Hotspur	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	38	11	14	13	47:50	47
12.		Sheffield Wednesday	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	38	13	7	18	41:42	46
13.		Newcastle United	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	38	11	13	14	48:54	46
14.		Everton	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	38	11	10	17	42:47	43
15.		Coventry City	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	38	11	9	18	39:51	42
16.		Wimbledon	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	38	10	12	16	40:63	42
17.		Southampton	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	38	11	8	19	37:64	41
18.		Charlton Athletic	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	38	8	12	18	41:56	36
19.		Blackburn Rovers	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	38	7	14	17	38:52	35
20.		Nottingham Forest	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	0	0	0	0	0:0	0	38	7	9	22	35:69	30