1998–99 Aston Villa F.C. season
season of football team
The 1998–99 English football season was Aston Villa's 7th season in the Premier League, and their eleventh consecutive season in the top division of English football.
This would be manager John Gregory's first full season. The early-season sale of Dwight Yorke to Manchester United seemed to rule out Villa's chances of challenging for a place in Europe, but new signings Dion Dublin and Paul Merson soon revitalised the attack and the team spent much of the first half of the season at the top of the Premier League.
Eventually, the challenge from Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea proved to be too strong, and Villa's season capitulated. The team finally finished sixth below West Ham United, thus missed out on a European place.
Premier League
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches
Aston Villa's results
FA Cup
League Cup
UEFA Cup
Players
First-team squad
Squad at end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
*squad number was re-used following a players departure.Note: Stats and ages are correct as of July 1, 1998.
Reserve squad
The following players did not appear for the first-team this season.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.
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