1998–99 Crystal Palace F.C. season


During the 1998–99 English football season, Crystal Palace F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

was appointed head coach, but the dream of success for the 1998–99 season quickly turned into a nightmare. Goldberg was unable to sustain his financial backing of the club and they went into administration in March 1999. Simon Paterson took charge of the club throughout a spell in which it's very future seemed in serious doubt.
Venables stood down as manager and after some negotiation over his outstanding contract, left the club. In January 1999, Steve Coppell returned to the job once again, and was able to guide Palace to a mid-table finish. With the approval of the administrators, Peter Morley was installed as chairman, in time for the start of the next season.

Final league table

Results

Crystal Palace's score comes first

Legend

Football League First Division

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R32 January 1999Newcastle UnitedA1–236,536Bradbury

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R1 1st Leg11 August 1998Torquay UnitedA1–13,042Lombardo
R1 2nd Leg25 August 1998Torquay UnitedH2–1 6,872Lombardo, Hreiðarsson
R2 1st Leg15 September 1998BuryA0–32,780
R2 2nd Leg23 September 1998BuryH2–1 3,546Morrison, Zhiyi

Intertoto Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R3 1st Leg19 July 1998SamsunsporH0–2
R3 2nd Leg25 July 1998SamsunsporA0–2

Players

First-team squad

Other events