During the 1998–99 English football season,

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competed in the

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(known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Season summary

Back in the top flight after an eight-year exile, Charlton Athletic made a good start to the Premiership campaign and

Alan Curbishley Llewellyn Charles "Alan" Curbishley (born 8 November 1957) is an English former football player and manager. He played as a midfielder for West Ham United, Birmingham City, Aston Villa, Charlton Athletic and Brighton & Hove Albion and has worke ...

was voted Manager of the Month for August. Their form soon dipped, but they were never completely outclassed by the rest of the Premiership sides. In the end, they were the last team to make the drop following a late revival by

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. But Curbishley's job was still safe, as the board had every confidence in his ability to regain a hard-earned place among the elite for the Addicks. Key players in Charlton's ultimately unsuccessful bid to avoid relegation included

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despite his being sent off in his first Premier League game against

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Final league table

;Results summary ;Results by round

Results

''Charlton Athletic's score comes first''

Legend

FA Premier League

FA Cup

League Cup

First-team squad

:''Squad at end of season''

Left club during season

Reserve squad

Transfers

In

Out

:Transfers in: £5,400,000 :Transfers out: £260,000 :Total spending: £5,140,000

Statistics

Appearances, goals and cards

:''(Starting appearances + substitute appearances)''

Starting 11

:''Considering starts in all competitions'' * GK: #1, Saša Ilić, 26 * RB: #2,

Danny Mills Daniel John Mills (born 18 May 1977) is an English former professional footballer best known for his time at Leeds United. His main position was right-back, though he could also play as a centre-back. On 7 August 2009, he announced his retirem ...

, 40 * CB: #5,

, 31 * CB: #23,

Carl Tiler Carl Tiler (born 11 February 1970) is an English former professional footballer who played as a central defender. He made more than 250 appearances in Premier League and the Football League and was part of a number of successful sides during ...

, 28 * LB: #3,

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, 42 * RM: #4,

Neil Redfearn Neil David Redfearn (born 20 June 1965) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, who was most recently head coach of Sheffield United Women. Redfearn played 790 matches in the Football League, the sixth highest ...

, 32 * CM: #8,

Mark Kinsella Mark Anthony Kinsella (born 12 August 1972) is an Irish football manager and former player, currently a coach at Drogheda United after previously being both the manager and assistant manager. He played as a central midfielder for most of his ...

, 40 * CM: #15, Keith Jones, 16 (#6, Eddie Youds has 25 starts as a central defender) * LM: #11, John Robinson, 31 * CF: #9, Andy Hunt, 35 * CF: #10,

Clive Mendonca Clive Paul Mendonca (born 9 September 1968) is an English former professional footballer, who played as a striker between 1986 and 2002 notably for Grimsby Town and Charlton Athletic. Mendonca also played for Sheffield United, Doncaster Rovers a ...

, 22

Notes

References

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