During the 1998–99 English football season, Bradford City competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary In the summer, Jewell signed strikers Lee Mills from Port Vale and Isaiah Rankin from Arsenal, for £1 million and £1.3 million respectively, and signed former captain Stuart McCall from Rangers on a free transfer to lead the side. Despite a poor start, Bradford secured promotion to the top division for the first time in 77 years with a 3–2 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers in the final game of the 1998-99 season. Bradford's success meant that Dean Windass, who had signed from Oxford United in March, became the club's third £1 million signing of the season: Windass had originally been signed for £950,000, but an additional fee of £50,000 was paid to Oxford because of Bradford's promotion.

Final league table

Results Bradford City's score comes first

Legend WinDrawLoss

Football League First Division

Results per matchday

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 8 August 1998 Stockport CountyH1–214,360Beagrie (pen) 15 August 1998 WatfordA0–110,731 23 August 1998 Bolton WanderersH2–213,163Rankin, Mills 28 August 1998 Crewe AlexandraA1–25,759McCall 31 August 1998 Birmingham CityH2–113,910Mills, Moore 8 September 1998 Ipswich TownA0–311,596 12 September 1998 Sheffield UnitedH2–213,169Mills, Blake 20 September 1998 West Bromwich AlbionA2–012,426Mills (2) 26 September 1998 BarnsleyH2–115,887Watson (2) 29 September 1998 Port ValeH4–013,245Blake, Moore, Mills (2) 3 October 1998 SunderlandA0–037,828 9 October 1998 BuryH3–015,697Blake, McCall, Beagrie 17 October 1998 Grimsby TownA0–220,741 20 October 1998 PortsmouthA4–210,062Whalley, Rankin, Mills, Beagrie 31 October 1998 Bristol CityH5–014,468Mills, Carey (own goal), Rankin, Beagrie, Blake 7 November 1998 Norwich CityA2–214,722Rankin, Mills 10 November 1998 Tranmere RoversA1–06,002Beagrie (pen) 14 November 1998 Swindon TownH3–014,897Beagrie (pen), Pepper, Jacobs 21 November 1998 Huddersfield TownA1–218,173Blake 28 November 1998 Queens Park RangersH0–315,037 5 December 1998 Oxford UnitedA1–05,969Mills 12 December 1998 Swindon TownA4–17,447Blake (2), Mills (2) 19 December 1998 Wolverhampton WanderersH2–113,846Blake, Mills 26 December 1998 Bolton WanderersA0–024,625 28 December 1998 Tranmere RoversH2–014,076Blake, Mills 9 January 1999 Stockport CountyA2–18,975Blake, Beagrie 16 January 1999 Crewe AlexandraH4–112,595Mills (3), Blake 19 January 1999 Crystal PalaceH2–114,368Westwood, Beagrie (pen) 31 January 1999 Birmingham CityA1–219,291Lawrence 6 February 1999 WatfordH2–014,142McCall, Mills 13 February 1999 Ipswich TownH0–015,024 19 February 1999 Sheffield UnitedA2–214,675Blake (2) 27 February 1999 West Bromwich AlbionH1–014,278Jacobs 3 March 1999 BarnsleyA1–016,866Watson 9 March 1999 SunderlandH0–115,124 13 March 1999 Norwich CityH4–113,331Moore, Beagrie (pen), Mills, Lawrence 20 March 1999 Bristol CityA3–210,870Mills, Jacobs, Whalley 28 March 1999 Crystal PalaceA0–115,626 3 April 1999 Grimsby TownH3–014,522Blake, Sharpe, Beagrie 5 April 1999 BuryA2–08,000Bullock (own goal), Windass 10 April 1999 PortsmouthH2–113,552Mills, Sharpe 13 April 1999 Port ValeA1–16,998Mills 17 April 1999 Huddersfield TownH2–315,124Blake, Windass 24 April 1999 Queens Park RangersA3–111,641Beagrie, Westwood, Watson 1 May 1999 Oxford UnitedH0–015,064 9 May 1999 Wolverhampton WanderersA3–227,589Beagrie, Mills, Blake

FA Cup

+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR32 January 1999 Grimsby TownH2–113,870Mills, LawrenceR423 January 1999 Newcastle UnitedA0–336,698

League Cup

+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR1 1st Leg11 August 1998 Lincoln CityH1–14,481BeagrieR1 2nd Leg18 August 1998 Lincoln CityA1–0 (won 2–1 on agg)2,695RankinR2 1st Leg15 September 1998 Halifax TownA2–15,714Moore, BeagrieR2 2nd Leg22 September 1998 Halifax TownH3–1 (won 5–2 on agg)6,237Blake, Beagrie (pen), PepperR328 October 1998 Leeds UnitedA0–127,561

First-team squad Squad at end of season

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