# 1998–99 Southend United F.C. season

The 1998–99 season saw Southend United compete in the Football League Third Division where they finished in 18th position with 54 points.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 16 | Barnet | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 54 | 71 | −17 | 55 |
| 17 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 16 | 7 | 23 | 49 | 66 | −17 | 55 |
| 18 | Southend United | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 52 | 58 | −6 | 54 |
| 19 | Rochdale | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 42 | 55 | −13 | 54 |
| 20 | Torquay United | 46 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 47 | 58 | −11 | 53 |

## Results

Southend United's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Football League Third Division

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 8 August 1998 | Scarborough | A | 2–1 | 2,298 | Coleman, Hails |
| 2 | 15 August 1998 | Shrewsbury Town | H | 2–1 | 3,734 | Clarke, Burns |
| 3 | 22 August 1998 | Peterborough United | A | 1–1 | 5,323 | Coleman |
| 4 | 29 August 1998 | Chester City | H | 0–1 | 4,421 | |
| 5 | 1 September 1998 | Carlisle United | A | 0–3 | 2,638 | |
| 6 | 5 September 1998 | Rotherham United | H | 3–0 | 3,479 | Newman, Fitzpatrick (2) |
| 7 | 8 September 1998 | Halifax Town | H | 0–0 | 3,620 | |
| 8 | 12 September 1998 | Brighton & Hove Albion | A | 2–0 | 3,840 | Conlon, Whyte |
| 9 | 19 September 1998 | Cambridge United | H | 0–1 | 5,009 | |
| 10 | 26 September 1998 | Swansea City | A | 1–3 | 3,890 | Newman |
| 11 | 3 October 1998 | Rochdale | H | 1–1 | 3,686 | Maher |
| 12 | 10 October 1998 | Scunthorpe United | H | 1–1 | 3,686 | Maher |
| 13 | 17 October 1998 | Leyton Orient | H | 2–2 | 6,700 | Clarke, Fitzpatrick |
| 14 | 20 October 1998 | Mansfield Town | H | 1–2 | 3,250 | Whyte |
| 15 | 24 October 1998 | Hull City | A | 1–1 | 3,551 | Conlon |
| 16 | 31 October 1998 | Darlington | H | 2–1 | 3,527 | Maher, Newman |
| 17 | 7 November 1998 | Exeter City | A | 1–2 | 3,085 | Burns |
| 18 | 10 November 1998 | Brentford | A | 1–4 | 4,285 | Burns |
| 19 | 21 November 1998 | Plymouth Argyle | H | 1–0 | 3,814 | Newman |
| 20 | 28 November 1998 | Cardiff City | A | 0–2 | 4,638 | |
| 21 | 12 December 1998 | Barnet | H | 2–3 | 4,311 | Coleman, Burns |
| 22 | 19 December 1998 | Hartlepool United | A | 4–2 | 1,889 | Houghton, Newman, Fitzpatrick, Conlon |
| 23 | 26 December 1998 | Peterborough United | H | 2–0 | 6,159 | Newman, Fitzpatrick |
| 24 | 28 December 1998 | Torquay United | A | 0–2 | 3,228 | |
| 25 | 2 January 1999 | Chester City | A | 1–1 | 2,574 | Newman |
| 26 | 9 January 1999 | Scarborough | H | 1–0 | 3,453 | Livett |
| 27 | 16 January 1999 | Shrewsbury Town | A | 1–3 | 2,132 | Maher |
| 28 | 23 January 1999 | Carlisle United | H | 0–1 | 4,120 | |
| 29 | 30 January 1999 | Torquay United | H | 0–0 | 3,567 | |
| 30 | 6 February 1999 | Rotherham United | A | 2–2 | 3,895 | Rapley (2) |
| 31 | 13 February 1999 | Halifax Town | A | 1–3 | 2,302 | Rapley |
| 32 | 20 February 1999 | Brighton & Hove Albion | H | 3–0 | 6,066 | Rapley, Barry Hunter (2) |
| 33 | 27 February 1999 | Cambridge United | A | 0–3 | 5,013 | |
| 34 | 6 March 1999 | Swansea City | H | 2–0 | 3,713 | Conlon, Roach |
| 35 | 13 March 1999 | Exeter City | H | 0–0 | 3,695 | |
| 36 | 20 March 1999 | Darlington | A | 1–2 | 2,516 | Conlon |
| 37 | 26 March 1999 | Hull City | H | 0–1 | 4,149 | |
| 38 | 30 March 1999 | Rochdale | A | 0–1 | 1,334 | |
| 39 | 3 April 1999 | Leyton Orient | A | 3–0 | 6,515 | Campbell (2), Coleman |
| 40 | 5 April 1999 | Scunthorpe United | H | 0–1 | 4,814 | |
| 41 | 10 April 1999 | Mansfield Town | A | 0–0 | 2,624 | |
| 42 | 13 April 1999 | Cardiff City | H | 0–1 | 4,076 | |
| 43 | 17 April 1999 | Plymouth Argyle | A | 3–0 | 3,949 | Conlon (2), Houghton |
| 44 | 24 April 1999 | Brentford | H | 1–4 | 5,428 | Clarke |
| 45 | 1 May 1999 | Barnet | A | 2–0 | 2,704 | Houghton, Hodges |
| 46 | 8 May 1999 | Hartlepool United | H | 1–1 | 4,865 | Maher |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 14 November 1998 | Doncaster Rovers | H | 0–1 | 3,740 | |

### League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 1st Leg | 11 August 1998 | Gillingham | H | 1–0 | 2,509 | Newman |
| R1 2nd Leg | 18 August 1998 | Gillingham | A | 1–0 | 3,417 | Clarke |
| R2 1st Leg | 16 September 1998 | Coventry City | A | 0–1 | 6,631 | |
| R2 2nd Leg | 22 September 1998 | Coventry City | H | 0–4 | 6,292 | |

### Football League Trophy

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 5 January 1999 | Exeter City | A | 1–3 | 1,143 | Maher |

## Squad statistics

| Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| GK | Mel Capleton | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| GK | Martyn Margetson | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| DF | Mark Beard | 36(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39(1) | 0 |
| DF | Martyn Booty | 12(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12(2) | 0 |
| DF | Simon Coleman | 41(1) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47(1) | 4 |
| DF | Chris Coyne | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 |
| DF | Keith Dublin | 6(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8(4) | 0 |
| DF | Barry Hunter | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| DF | Nathan Jones | 5(12) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 6(14) | 0 |
| DF | Simon Livett | 19(4) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22(4) | 1 |
| DF | Dave Morley | 26(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28(2) | 0 |
| DF | Rob Newman | 36 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 8 |
| DF | Leo Roget | 11(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12(3) | 0 |
| DF | Mark Stimson | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| MF | Adrian Clarke | 14(10) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18(10) | 3 |
| MF | Mick Gooding | 19(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22(4) | 0 |
| MF | Julian Hails | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| MF | Andy Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Lee Hodges | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| MF | Scott Houghton | 26(1) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27(1) | 3 |
| MF | Kevin Maher | 34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 5 |
| MF | Mark Patterson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| MF | Lars Unger | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| FW | Alex Burns | 26(5) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31(5) | 5 |
| FW | Neil Campbell | 9(3) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9(3) | 2 |
| FW | Barry Conlon | 28(6) | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30(6) | 7 |
| FW | Miguel de Souza | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(1) | 0 |
| FW | Trevor Fitzpatrick | 7(16) | 5 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 8(18) | 5 |
| FW | Dominic Iorfa | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 |
| FW | Steve McGavin | 4(7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(7) | 0 |
| FW | Kevin Rapley | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 |
| FW | Neville Roach | 7(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7(1) | 1 |
| FW | David Whyte | 14(4) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19(4) | 2 |