SEASON 1998-1999
HARTLEPOOL UTD
1: H) Hartlepool UTD 2-0 Portsmouth
2: H) Hartlepool UTD 2-0 QPR (Nelson injured for 2)
3: A) Hartlepool UTD 1-0 Port Vale (great match to keep a winning streak)
4: A) Hartlepool UTD 0-0 Ipswich Town (Ah well, at least I didn't conceed a goal)
5: H) Hartlepool UTD 3-1 Sheffield United
6: A) Hartlepool UTD 1-1 Derby County (Nelson injured/3)
7: H) Hartlepool UTD 2-1 Chelsea - League cup Rnd 2 Leg 1 (c14s3m7.hil - an impressive
goal from Halliday for the opener)
8: H) Hartlepool UTD 3-0 Rapid Vienna - ECWC Rnd 1 Leg 1 (c14s3m8.hil - Great match and a
smashing header from Howard)
9: A) Hartlepool UTD 1-0 Birmingham City
10: H) Hartlepool UTD 4-0 Millwall
11: A) Hartlepool UTD 3-0 Swindon Town
12: A) Hartlepool UTD 1-1 Chelsea - League Cup Rnd 2 Leg 2
13: H) Hartlepool UTD 4-0 Tranmere Rovers
14: A) Hartlepool UTD 0-0 Wimbledon
15: A) Hartlepool UTD 1-0 Rapid Vienna - ECWC Rnd 1 Leg 2
16: H) Hartlepool UTD 1-1 Oldham Athletic
17: A) Hartlepool UTD 3-0 Notts County - League cup Rnd 3 (nelson6.hil - A brilliant
freekick by Nelson for 3-0)
18: H) Hartlepool UTD 2-0 Norwich City
19: A) Hartlepool UTD 4-1 West Bromwich
20: A) Hartlepool UTD 2-0 Crystal Palace
21: H) Hartlepool UTD 2-0 Barnsley
22: A) Hartlepool UTD 0-0 Skeid - ECWC Rnd 2 Leg 1
23: A) Hartlepool UTD 1-1 Reading
24: H) Hartlepool UTD 1-0 Southend United
25: A) Hartlepool UTD 2-1 Manchester UTD - League cup Rnd 4 (c14s3m25.hil - A great win,
second half was all H united ending with a great save by schmeichal)
26: A) Hartlepool UTD 2-0 Huddersfield
27: H) Hartlepool UTD 3-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
28: A) Hartlepool UTD 4-1 Oxford United
29: A) Hartlepool UTD 2-0 Skeid - ECWC Rnd 2 Leg 2
30: H) Hartlepool UTD 7-0 Luton Town
31: A) Hartlepool UTD 5-0 Stoke City
32: A) Hartlepool UTD 1-0 Portsmouth (Nelson injured for 1 match in last minute)
33: A) Hartlepool UTD 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur - League Cup Q-Final (I sneezed just as my
d/midfielder was about to head the ball away from danger, which meant that he missed it
and on a shite icy pitch the ball bounced to Chris Armstrong who scored the only goal)
34: A) Hartlepool UTD 2-0 QPR
35: H) Hartlepool UTD 1-1 Port Vale
36: A) Hartlepool UTD 4-0 Gillingham
37: A) Hartlepool UTD 1-1 Anderlecht - ECWC Q-Final
38: H) Hartlepool UTD 1-0 Ipswich Town
39: H) Hartlepool UTD 1-0 Sheffield United
40: H) Hartlepool UTD 1-0 Derby County (A wonderful freekick from Howard)
41: H) Hartlepool UTD 1-0 Birmingham City
42: H) Hartlepool UTD 1-2 Liverpool - FA Cup Rnd 4 (c14s3m42.hil - Scouse w****rs - Fowler
and Berger tronced through my shitty defence in the 2nd half)
43: A) Hartlepool UTD 1-0 Millwall (c14s3m43.hil - great goal from Halliday and some
superb football)
44: H) Hartlepool UTD 1-2 Anderlecht - ECWC Q-F Leg 2 (c14s3m44.hil - B*****ds!! - how
unlucky can u get, I really thought I was going to win, hit the post ao many times!)
45: H) Hartlepool UTD 2-0 Swindon Town
46: A) Hartlepool UTD 1-1 Tranmere Rovers
47: H) Hartlepool UTD 0-0 Wimbledon
48: A) Hartlepool UTD 1-0 Oldham Athletic
49: H) Hartlepool UTD 1-0 Norwich City
50: A) Hartlepool UTD 1-1 West Bromwich
51: H) Hartlepool UTD 2-1 Crystal Palace
52: A) Hartlepool UTD 1-0 Barnsley
53: H) Hartlepool UTD 2-0 Reading
54: A) Hartlepool UTD 4-0 Southend United (c14s3m54.hil - A great match to break
the crappy spell)
55: H) Hartlepool UTD 3-0 Huddersfield
56: A) Hartlepool UTD 1-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
57: H) Hartlepool UTD 6-0 Oxford United
58: A) Hartlepool UTD 2-0 Luton Town
59: H) Hartlepool UTD 2-0 Stoke City (Nelson s/o)
PL 59; W 43; D 13; L 3; F 114; A 21;
Players/goals
Steven Pears 0
Stuart Ingram 0
Micheal Barron 0
Glen Davies 0
Mark Devine 0
Chris McDonald 3
Mark Cooper 1
Mick Tair 0
Steve Halliday 8
Craig Nelson 34
Darren Knowles 51
Sean McAuley 1
Darren Watkiss 0
Steve Howard 11
Joe Allon 1
Leo Gerrard 0
Keith Houchen 1
Ronny Elkins (RES) 1
Juninho 0
Stuart Johnson 2
Steve Jones 0
Gary Bjornebye 0
Chris Beech 0
Ian McGuckin 0
Graeme Lee 0
Paul Lomas 0
Muzzy Doncel 0
£ Seasons Buy/Sell £
none
+ Long term injuries +
none
Competitions won:-
English Division 1 Championship
Comments: It was a vital season because it was the one before the big step up into the Premiership. Sadly I was knocked out of all the Cup competitions, but I won division 1. I got plenty of goals aswell and only conceeded 21. That says something about the was my team played all season. Strikers like Howard and Johnson did well to step in for Nelson and Knowles when they were injured, and the values of all the defenders continued to rise. There were some great goals that were scored during the season, the header against Rapid Vienna was excellent, and the two freekicks were truly World Class. The shock of the season was drwing 0-0 against SKIED in the ECWC, even though they looked like the easiest team to beat in the whole season, they proved very difficult to get past in that match.