During the 1998–99 English football season,

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competed in the FA Premier League.

Season Summary

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for a club record £7.5 million in January looked to be crucial signing the South London club needed for European qualification, but after his arrival the club suffered a slump in form, winning only one more game all season and taking only 2 points from their last 11 games to fall to 16th in the final table, their lowest finish in 13 seasons of top flight football. Manager

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resigned at the end of the season on health grounds after seven years in charge, having suffered heart problems before a match at Sheffield Wednesday in March. He was succeeded by former

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national coach

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, who had frequently spoken of his admiration of Wimbledon and had transformed Norway into a leading international side with long-ball tactics similar to those employed by Kinnear.

Final League Table

;Results summary ;Results by round

Results

''Wimbledon's score comes first''

Legend

FA Premier League

FA Cup

League Cup

Players

First-team squad

:''Squad at end of season''

Left club during season

Reserve squad

Transfers

In

Out

:Transfers in: £9,500,000 :Transfers out: £0 :Total spending: £9,500,000

Appearances and goals

:Source: :Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute. :Players with names struck through and marked left the club during the playing season. :Players with names ''in italics'' and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Burnley. :Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes. :Key to positions: GK –

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; DF – Defender; MF –

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; FW – Forward

References

Notes

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