May · Opening chapter
Pre-season
12 recorded moves. Exact dates are not held in the archive.View moves +Hide moves −
Arrivals · 7
Season story · Division 1
1998–99
12 league wins, 63–61 league goals and a campaign told match by match.
Manager: John Aldridge17 recorded transfers
- Division
- Football League Division One
- Final league position
- 15th
- League matches
- 46
- League wins
- 12
- League draws
- 20
- League defeats
- 14
- League goals
- 63–61
- Average Prenton Park gate
- 6,930
The journey
Four moments from the campaign
8 Aug
Opening chapter
Wolverhampton Wanderers · 2-0
View match27 Feb
Biggest victory
Bury · 4-0
View match22 Aug
The biggest crowd
Sunderland · 5-0
View match9 May
Final word
West Bromwich Albion · 3-1
View match
Defining matches
The days that shaped the season
The team
Most-used XI
Top scorer
Kenny Irons
18 goals
Biggest crowd
34,155
Sunderland
Season form
WDWDWWLLLDWLDDDDLW
TranmereWeb award
Player of the Season
Awarded to the highest-scoring player in the TranmereWeb fantasy rankings for 1998/99.
Season timeline
The campaign, month by month
Follow the rhythm of the season through every result, change in the dugout and recorded player movement.
- Months
- 10
- Competitive matches
- 52
- Wins
- 15
Chapter 01
August 1998
LWDWLD6 competitive matches · 2W 2D 2LOpen chapter +Close chapter −Chapter 02
September 1998
DLLDWDL7 competitive matches · 1W 3D 3LOpen chapter +Close chapter −Squad movement
Tue 8DQueens Park RangersLoftus Road · League0-0Fri 11LHuddersfield TownPrenton Park · League2-3Tue 15LBlackpoolBloomfield Road · League Cup2-1Sat 19DBuryGigg Lane · League0-0Tue 22WBlackpoolPrenton Park · League Cup3-1Fri 25DSwindon TownPrenton Park · League0-0Tue 29LIpswich TownPrenton Park · League0-2Chapter 03
October 1998
DWWWWLD7 competitive matches · 4W 2D 1LOpen chapter +Close chapter −Squad movement
Sat 3DBirmingham CitySt Andrew's · League2-2Sat 10WOxford UnitedManor Ground · League1-2Sat 17WWatfordPrenton Park · League3-2Tue 20WBarnsleyPrenton Park · League3-0Sat 24WCrewe AlexandraGresty Road · League1-4Tue 27LNewcastle UnitedPrenton Park · League Cup0-1Sat 31DStockport CountyPrenton Park · League1-1Chapter 04
November 1998
DLDLD5 competitive matches · 0W 3D 2LOpen chapter +Close chapter −Chapter 05
December 1998
LDDWWL6 competitive matches · 2W 2D 2LOpen chapter +Close chapter −Chapter 06
January 1999
LLDW4 competitive matches · 1W 1D 2LOpen chapter +Close chapter −Squad movement
Chapter 07
February 1999
DWDW4 competitive matches · 2W 2D 0LOpen chapter +Close chapter −Chapter 08
March 1999
WLLLDW6 competitive matches · 2W 1D 3LOpen chapter +Close chapter −Chapter 09
April 1999
LDDDD5 competitive matches · 0W 4D 1LOpen chapter +Close chapter −Chapter 10
May 1999
LW2 competitive matches · 1W 0D 1LOpen chapter +Close chapter −
Summary
Selection summary
Competitive record
52 matches played
| Venue | Pld | Won | Draws | Lost | For | Agn | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Away | 25 | 5 | 13 | 7 | |||
| Home | 27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | |||
| Total | 52 | 15 | 20 | 17 |
Match list
Results
52 matches
