During the 1998–99 English football season, Aston Villa competed in the

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(known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons). The season was Villa's eighth 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

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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 Premiership. Eventually, the challenge from Manchester United,

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and Chelsea proved to be too strong, and Villa's season capitulated. The team finally finished sixth below fellow blue-claret team West Ham United and thus missing out on a European place.

Final league table

;Results summary ;Results by matchday

Results

''Aston Villa's results''

Players

First-team squad

:''Squad at end of season''

Left club during season

Reserve squad

:''The following players did not appear for the first-team this season.''

Youth team

:''The following players spent most of the season playing for the U-17 and U-19 teams, but may have also appeared for the reserves.''

Other players

:''The following players did not play for any Villa team this season.''

Transfers

In

Out

:Transfers in: £30,425,000 :Transfers out: £21,200,000 :Total spending: £9,225,000

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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Starting 11

:''Considering starts in all competitions''

Goalscorers

Notes

References

External links

Aston Villa official website
*avfchistory.co.u
1998–99 season
{{DEFAULTSORT:1998-99 Aston Villa F.C. season Aston Villa F.C. seasons

Aston Villa Aston Villa Football Club is a professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, England. The club competes in the , the top tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1874, they have played at their home ground, Villa Park ...