During the 1998–99 English football season, Wigan Athletic F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.

Season summary The season was a relatively successful one for the club, securing a play-off place by finishing 6th in the Second Division, and winning the Auto Windscreens Shield. Manager Ray Mathias was surprisingly sacked at the end of the season.

This was also the club's final season at Springfield Park.

Transfers In PlayerPosFromFeeDateNotes Stuart Balmer DF Charlton Athletic £200,000 18 September 1998 Michael O'Neill MF Coventry City Free 18 September 1998 Simon Haworth FW Coventry City £600,000 2 October 1998 Andy Liddell FW Barnsley £350,000 15 October 1998

Out PlayerPosToFeeDateNotes Neil Mustoe MF Cambridge United Free 9 July 1998 Leigh Jenkinson MF Hearts £50,000 30 December 1998 Paul Warne MF Rotherham United Free 15 January 1999

Loans in PlayerPosFromDateDurationNotes Eric Nixon GK Stockport County 28 August 1998 Two months

Loans out PlayerPosToDateDurationNotes Paul Warne MF Kettering Town 5 November 1998 One month Jorg Smeets MF Chester City 25 March 1999 End of season

Results Wigan Athletic's score comes firstSoccerbase: 1998-99 Wigan Athletic results

Legend WinDrawLoss

Pre-season DateOpponentVenueResultScorersNotes 17 July 1998 Skelmersdale UnitedA7–2 21 July 1998 BuryH1–0 22 July 1998 ChorleyA2–0 25 July 1998 MorecambeA6–1 28 July 1998 RochdaleH3–1 29 July 1998 St Helens TownA5–0

Football League Second Division DateOpponentVenueResultScorers 8 August 1998 MillwallH0–1 15 August 1998 Lincoln CityA0–1 22 August 1998 BlackpoolH3–0Barlow (2), Lee 29 August 1998 Bristol RoversA2–3Barlow, McGibbon 31 August 1998 Luton TownH1–3Barlow 5 September 1998 Notts CountyH1–0Barlow 8 September 1998 Colchester UnitedA1–1Lee 12 September 1998 BournemouthA0–1 19 September 1998 Macclesfield TownH2–0Lee, Barlow 26 September 1998 BurnleyA1–1McGibbon 3 October 1998 Northampton TownH1–0Dobson (o.g.) 9 October 1998 Oldham AthleticA3–2Bradshaw, Barlow, Warne 17 October 1998 Manchester CityH0–1 24 October 1998 Stoke CityA1–2Barlow 31 October 1998 York CityH5–0Jones (o.g.), Greenall, Haworth (2), Liddell 7 November 1998 GillinghamA0–2 11 November 1998 ReadingA1–0Bradshaw (pen.) 21 November 1998 Wycombe WanderersH0–0 28 November 1998 Preston North EndA2–2Greenall, Porter 1 December 1998 FulhamH2–0McGibbon, Lowe 12 December 1998 WrexhamH1–1Lee 19 December 1998 ChesterfieldA1–1Greenall 26 December 1998 BlackpoolA1–1Liddell 28 December 1998 WalsallH2–0Barlow (2) 9 January 1999 MillwallA1–3Jones 23 January 1999 Luton TownA4–0McGibbon, Liddell, Jones, Haworth 30 January 1999 WalsallA2–1Jones, Barlow 12 February 1999 Colchester UnitedA1–2Sharp 16 February 1999 Notts CountyH3–0Bradshaw (pen.), Barlow, Liddell 20 February 1999 BournemouthH2–1Liddell, Barlow 27 February 1999 Macclesfield TownA1–0Lee 13 March 1999 GillinghamH4–1Rogers, Haworth (2), Barlow 20 March 1999 York CityA3–1Lee, Sharp, Greenall 27 March 1999 Stoke CityH2–3Liddell, Barlow 30 March 1999 Bristol RoversH1–0Bradshaw (pen.) 3 April 1999 Manchester CityA0–1 5 April 1999 Oldham AthleticH2–0Haworth, Bradshaw (pen.) 10 April 1999 FulhamA0–2 13 April 1999 Preston North EndH2–2Liddell, Haworth 24 April 1999 ReadingH4–1Rogers, Barlow (2), Greenall 27 April 1999 Lincoln CityH3–1Greenall, Liddell, Bradshaw (pen.) 29 April 1999 Northampton TownA3–3Haworth, Barlow (pen), McGibbon 1 May 1999 WrexhamA2–0Barlow, Haworth 3 May 1999 BurnleyH0–0 5 May 1999 Wycombe WanderersA1–2Haworth 8 May 1999 ChesterfieldH3–1Liddell (2), McGibbon

Final league table

Second Division play-offs

+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultGoalscorersNotesSF 1st Leg15 May 1999 Manchester CityH1–1BarlowSF 2nd Leg19 May 1999 Manchester CityA0–1Manchester City won 2-1 on aggregate

FA Cup

+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultGoalscorersNotesR114 November 1998 BlackpoolH4–3Greenall, Haworth, Barlow, LoweR25 December 1998 Notts CountyA1–1LoweR2R15 December 1998 Notts CountyH0–0Notts County won 4-2 on penalties

League Cup

+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultGoalscorersNotesR1 1st Leg11 August 1998 RochdaleA1–0Hill (o.g.)R1 2nd Leg18 August 1998 RochdaleH1–0LoweWigan won 2-0 on aggregateR2 1st Leg14 September 1999 Norwich CityA0–1R2 2nd Leg21 September 1999 Norwich CityH2-3Griffiths, BarlowNorwich won 4-2 on aggregate

Football League Trophy

+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultGoalscorersNotesR1N8 December 1998 Rotherham UnitedA3–0Barlow (pen.), Warne, BalmerR2N19 January 1999 ScarboroughH3–0O'Neill, Jones, LeeQFN26 January 1999 Carlisle UnitedA3–0Haworth, Barlow, KilfordSFN8 March 1999 RochdaleA2–0Barlow, O'NeillFN16 March 1999 WrexhamH2–0Sharp, BarlowFN23 March 1999 WrexhamA3–2Haworth (2), O'NeillWigan won 5-2 on aggregateF18 April 1999 MillwallN1–0Rogers

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