DIVISION 1    1998/99
 

Leading goalscorer:
Lee Hughes (WBA)
 31  goals

   P W D L F A Pts
    1 Sunderland 46 31 12 3 91 28 105 Promoted
    2 Bradford City 46 26 9 11 82 47 87 Promoted
    3 Ipswich Town 46 26 8 12 69 32 86 Play Off
    4 Birmingham City 46 23 12 11 66 37 81 Play Off
    5 Watford 46 21 14 11 65 56 77 Promoted
    6 Bolton Wanderers 46 20 16 10 78 59 76 Play Off
    7 Wolverhampton W. 46 19 16 11 64 43 73
    8 Sheffield United 46 18 13 15 71 66 67
    9 Norwich City 46 15 17 14 62 61 62
    10 Huddersfield Town 46 15 16 15 62 71 61
      11 Grimsby Town 46 17 10 19 40 52 61
      12 West Bromwich Albion 46 16 11 19 69 76 59
      13 Barnsley 46 14 17 15 59 56 59
      14 Crystal Palace 46 14 16 16 58 71 58
      15 Tranmere Rovers 46 12 20 14 63 61 56
      16 Stockport County 46 12 17 17 49 60 53
      17 Swindon Town 46 13 11 22 59 81 50
      18 Crewe Alexandra 46 12 12 22 54 78 48
      19 Portsmouth 46 11 14 21 57 73 47
      20 Queens Park Rangers 46 12 11 23 52 61 47
      21 Port Vale 46 13 8 25 45 75 47
      22 Bury 46 10 17 19 35 60 47 Relegated
      23 Oxford United 46 10 14 22 48 71 44 Relegated
      24 Bristol City 46 9 15 22 57 80 42 Relegated
     
     
Play Off Semi-Finals    Play Off
1st Leg
Sun May 16 Bolton Wanderers 1 - 0 Ipswich Town
Sun May 16 Watford 1 - 0 Birmingham City
2nd Leg
Wed May 19 Ipswich Town 4 - 3 Bolton Wanderers
Wed May 19 Birmingham City 1 - 0 Watford
Aggregate scores
Bolton Wanderers 4 - 4 Ipswich Town
   (Bolton won on away goals)
Watford 1 - 1 Birmingham City
   (Watford won 7-6 on penalties)
Play Off Final (at Wembley)
Mon May 31 Watford 2 - 0 Bolton Wanderers
Watford were promoted to the Premier Division