1998–99 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

Queens Park Rangers
1998–99 season
Chairman	Chris Wright
Manager	Ray Harford (until 28 September) ; Iain Dowie (caretaker 28 September - 16 October) ; Gerry Francis (from 16 October)
Stadium	Loftus Road
First Division	20th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Peacock/Sheron/Gallen (8); All: Sheron (9)
Highest home attendance	18,498 9 May 1999 Crystal Palace
Lowest home attendance	5,052 26 August 1998 Walsall
Average home league attendance	11,793
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

During the 1998–99 English football season, Queens Park Rangers F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary[edit]

After a poor start to the 1998–99 season, Harford was sacked in September and replaced by Gerry Francis, returning for his second spell as QPR manager.^[1] After another disappointing season, Francis managed to somehow keep them clear of the relegation zone on goals scored at the expense of Bury, with QPR finishing in 20th place with a final day 6-0 win over Crystal Palace proving crucial.

Kit[edit]

Le Coq Sportif continued as QPR's kit manufacturers. Telecomunications giant Ericsson continued as kit sponsors.

Final league table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
18	Crewe Alexandra	46	12	12	22	54	78	−24	48
19	Portsmouth	46	11	14	21	57	73	−16	47
20	Queens Park Rangers	46	12	11	23	52	61	−9	47
21	Port Vale	46	13	8	25	45	75	−30	47
22	Bury (R)	46	10	17	19	35	60	−25	47	Relegation to the Second Division

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

Results[edit]

Queens Park Rangers' score comes first^[2]

Legend[edit]

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division[edit]

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Position
8 August 1998	Sunderland	A	0–1		41,008	22
15 August 1998	Bristol City	H	1–1	Ready	13,337	18
22 August 1998	Norwich City	A	2–4	Peacock (pen), Sheron	16,317	20
29 August 1998	Bury	H	0–0		8,612	20
31 August 1998	Portsmouth	A	0–3		12,106	22
8 September 1998	Tranmere Rovers	H	0–0		8,070	23
12 September 1998	Watford	A	1–2	Slade	14,251	23
19 September 1998	Stockport County	H	2–0	Gallen (2)	8,205	20
26 September 1998	Oxford United	A	1–4	Scully	7,489	23
29 September 1998	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2–1	Sheron (2)	20,201	20
3 October 1998	Grimsby Town	H	1–2	Maddix	10,240	22
17 October 1998	Huddersfield Town	A	0–2		11,276	24
21 October 1998	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–2		11,842	24
25 October 1998	Birmingham City	H	0–1		10,272	24
31 October 1998	Swindon Town	A	1–3	Sheron	8,500	24
4 November 1998	Barnsley	H	2–1	Langley, Gallen	8,218	23
7 November 1998	Bolton Wanderers	H	2–0	Gallen, Sheron	11,814	21
14 November 1998	Crewe Alexandra	A	2–0	Peacock, Sheron	5,001	21
21 November 1998	Sheffield United	H	1–2	Peacock (pen)	12,558	22
28 November 1998	Bradford City	A	3–0	Peacock, Gallen, Sheron	15,037	21
2 December 1998	Ipswich Town	H	1–1	Gallen	12,449	20
5 December 1998	Port Vale	H	3–2	Maddix, Talbot (own goal), Sheron	10,498	17
12 December 1998	Crewe Alexandra	H	0–1		11,296	17
19 December 1998	Crystal Palace	A	1–1	Steiner	17,684	19
26 December 1998	Norwich City	H	2–0	Murray, Peacock	15,251	18
28 December 1998	Barnsley	A	0–1		17,083	18
9 January 1999	Sunderland	H	2–2	Maddix, Gallen	17,444	16
16 January 1999	Bury	A	1–1	Dowie	4,609	16
30 January 1999	Portsmouth	H	1–1	Peacock	12,270	17
5 February 1999	Bristol City	A	0–0		13,841	17
13 February 1999	Tranmere Rovers	A	2–3	Maddix, Rowland	5,896	19
20 February 1999	Watford	H	1–2	Peacock	14,918	19
27 February 1999	Stockport County	A	0–0		7,694	19
3 March 1999	Oxford United	H	1-0	Steiner	9.040	19
6 March 1999	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–1		13,150	19
13 March 1999	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–2	Rowland (pen)	17,919	19
20 March 1999	Swindon Town	H	4–0	Steiner, Kiwomya (2), Rowland	11,184	18
3 April 1999	Huddersfield Town	H	1–1	Baraclough	11,113	18
5 April 1999	Ipswich Town	A	1–3	Kiwomya	22,162	19
10 April 1999	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–1	Ready, Peacock	11,158	17
13 April 1999	Grimsby Town	A	0–1		4,789	17
17 April 1999	Sheffield United	A	0–2		14,341	18
20 April 1999	Birmingham City	A	0–1		20,888	18
24 April 1999	Bradford City	H	1–3	Gallen	11,641	19
1 May 1999	Port Vale	A	0–2		9,851	21
9 May 1999	Crystal Palace	H	6–0	Kulcsar, Kiwomya (3), Scully, Breacker	18,498	19

FA Cup[edit]


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	2 January 1999	Huddersfield Town	H	0–1	11,685

League Cup[edit]


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	11 August 1998	Walsall	A	0–0	3,691
R1 2nd Leg	26 August 1998	Walsall	H	3–1 (Won 3-1 on agg)	5,052	Sheron, Maddix, Slade
R2 1st Leg	16 September 1998	Charlton Athletic	H	0–2	6,497
R2 2nd Leg	22 September 1998	Charlton Athletic	A	0–1 (lost 0–3 on agg)	11,726

Squad[edit]

Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		Cup	League Cup	FA Cup	Total
Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	CZE	Ludek Miklosko	31		1			32
GK	ENG	Lee Harper	15		4			19
DF	ENG	Danny Maddix	37	4	4	1		41	5
DF	WAL	Karl Ready	40	2	5			46	2
DF	ENG	Jermaine Darlington	4					4
DF	ENG	Tim Breacker	18	1				18	1
DF	ENG	Leon Jeanne	7					10
DF	FIN	Antti Heinola	23		4			27
DF	ENG	Matthew Rose	27		2			31
DF	NIR	Steve Morrow	24		1			25
DF	ENG	Steve Yates	6		3			9
DF	ENG	Andy Linighan	4					7
DF	AUS	George Kulscar	17	1				19	1
DF	ENG	Chris Plummer	8					10
DF	ENG	Ian Baraclough	41	1	5			48	1
MF	ENG	Paul Murray	32	1	5			44	1
MF	ENG	Keith Rowland	16	3	2			31	3
MF	ENG	Mark Perry	1					1
MF	ENG	Gavin Peacock	41	8	5			47	8
MF	ENG	Richard Langley	7	1				8	1
MF	NIR	Richard Graham						2
MF	WAL	Vinnie Jones	1					2
FW	IRE	Tony Scully	10	2	4			26	2
FW	ENG	Kevin Gallen	41	8	5			49	8
FW	SWE	Rob Steiner	5	3				12	3
FW	ENG	Chris Kiwomya	12	6				18	4
FW	NIR	Ian Dowie	7	1				21	1
FW	ENG	Steve Slade	10	1	3	1		25	2
FW	ENG	Mike Sheron	21	8	2	1		27	9

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.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Nigel Quashie^{[notes 1]} (to Nottingham Forest)
—	MF	ENG	David Franklin (to Yeovil Town)
—	DF	ENG	Perry Norman (to Hayes)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	IRL	Barry Andrews (to Leyton Orient)
—	FW	ENG	Mike Sheron (to Barnsley)

References[edit]

^ Nixon, Alan (29 September 1998). "Harford resigns as QPR manager". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
^ "Queens Park Rangers 1998-1999 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.

Notes[edit]

^ Quashie was born in Southwark, England, and represented them at U-21 and B level, but also qualified to represent Ghana internationally through his father and Scotland through his grandfather and would make his international debut for Scotland in May 2004.

[1] Nixon, Alan (29 September 1998). "Harford resigns as QPR manager". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2009.

[2] "Queens Park Rangers 1998-1999 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.

[3] Quashie was born in Southwark, England, and represented them at U-21 and B level, but also qualified to represent Ghana internationally through his father and Scotland through his grandfather and would make his international debut for Scotland in May 2004.

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