1998–99 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season


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

Season summary

In the 1998–99 season, Crewe had a disastrous first half of the campaign which saw them almost midway point at the bottom of the table with just 2 wins from 22 league games and 11 points from safety. Even though they managed to get another couple of wins together; by 20 February, Crewe were still bottom and 11 points from safety with 14 league matches remaining and their First Division status was in severe danger of being lost. From then on against the odds, Crewe went on a superb run of just 3 defeats from their remaining 14 league games, winning 7 of them on their way to completing the great escape, the key result being a 3–1 win against Portsmouth which saved them from the drop.

Final league table

Results

Crewe Alexandra's score comes first

Legend

Football League First Division

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R32 January 1999Oxford UnitedH1–34,207Johnson

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R1 1st Leg11 August 1998Oldham AthleticA2–33,766Little
R1 2nd Leg18 August 1998Oldham AthleticH2–0 3,428Jack
R2 1st Leg16 September 1998Bristol CityA1–13,082Rivers
R2 2nd Leg22 September 1998Bristol CityH2–0 3,089Rivers
R328 October 1998Blackburn RoversH0–15,403

Squad

Left club during the season