after 9 games in the 1998/99 season we were rock bottom of the table with no wins and only 2 draws and a negative goal difference of -18 and only 4 goals scored...As you can see below, we managed to avoid relegation by 5 points, it used to be called "The spirit of Southampton". England 1998/99 Premiership Final table: 1.Manchester United 38 22 13 3 80-37 79 Champions - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.Arsenal 38 22 12 4 59-17 78 Champions' League - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.Chelsea 38 20 15 3 57-30 75 Champions' League Qualifiers - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4.Leeds United 38 18 13 7 62-34 67 UEFA Cup 5.West Ham United 38 16 9 13 46-53 57 6.Aston Villa 38 15 10 13 51-46 55 7.Liverpool 38 15 9 14 68-49 54 8.Derby County 38 13 13 12 40-45 52 9.Middlesbrough 38 12 15 11 48-54 51 10.Leicester City 38 12 13 13 40-46 49 11.Tottenham Hotspur 38 11 14 13 47-50 47 UEFA Cup (League Cup Winners) 12.Sheffield Wednesday 38 13 7 18 41-42 46 13.Newcastle United 38 11 13 14 48-54 46 UEFA Cup (Cup Finalists) 14.Everton 38 11 10 17 42-47 43 15.Coventry City 38 11 9 18 39-51 42 16.Wimbledon 38 10 12 16 40-63 42 17.Southampton 38 11 8 19 37-64 41 ---------------------------------------------- 18.Charlton Athletic 38 8 12 18 41-56 36 Relegated 19.Blackburn Rovers 38 7 14 17 38-52 35 Relegated 20.Nottingham Forest 38 7 9 22 35-69 30 Relegated Round 1 [Aug 15] Blackburn R 0-0 Derby Co Coventry C 2-1 Chelsea Everton 0-0 A Villa Manchester Utd 2-2 Leicester C Middlesbrough 0-0 Leeds Utd Newcastle Utd 0-0 Charlton A Sheffield Wed 0-1 West Ham Utd Wimbledon 3-1 Tottenham H [Aug 16] Southampton 1-2 Liverpool [Aug 17] Arsenal 2-1 Nottingham F Round 2 [Aug 22] Charlton A 5-0 Southampton Chelsea 1-1 Newcastle Utd Derby Co 0-0 Wimbledon Leicester C 2-0 Everton Liverpool 0-0 Arsenal Nottingham F 1-0 Coventry C Tottenham H 0-3 Sheffield Wed West Ham Utd 0-0 Manchester Utd [Aug 23] A Villa 3-1 Middlesbrough [Aug 24] Leeds Utd 1-0 Blackburn R Round 3 [Aug 29] Arsenal 0-0 Charlton A Blackburn R 1-0 Leicester C Coventry C 0-0 West Ham Utd Everton 0-1 Tottenham H Southampton 1-2 Nottingham F Wimbledon 1-1 Leeds Utd Middlesbrough 1-1 Derby Co Sheffield Wed 0-1 A Villa [Aug 30] Newcastle Utd 1-4 Liverpool [Dec 16] Manchester Utd 1-1 Chelsea Round 4 [Sep 8] Nottingham F 0-2 Everton Leeds Utd 3-0 Southampton [Sep 9] Manchester Utd 4-1 Charlton A A Villa 1-0 Newcastle Utd Chelsea 0-0 Arsenal Derby Co 1-0 Sheffield Wed Leicester C 0-1 Middlesbrough Liverpool 2-0 Coventry C Tottenham H 2-1 Blackburn R West Ham Utd 3-4 Wimbledon Round 5 [Sep 12] A Villa 2-0 Wimbledon Charlton A 1-2 Derby Co Chelsea 2-1 Nottingham F Everton 0-0 Leeds Utd Leicester C 1-1 Arsenal Manchester Utd 2-0 Coventry C Newcastle Utd 4-0 Southampton Sheffield Wed 3-0 Blackburn R West Ham Utd 2-1 Liverpool [Sep 13] Tottenham H 0-3 Middlesbrough Round 6 [Sep 19] Coventry C 1-5 Newcastle Utd Derby Co 2-0 Leicester C Leeds Utd 0-0 A Villa Liverpool 3-3 Charlton A Middlesbrough 2-2 Everton Nottingham F 0-0 West Ham Utd Southampton 1-1 Tottenham H Wimbledon 2-1 Sheffield Wed [Aug 20] Arsenal 3-0 Manchester Utd [Aug 21] Blackburn R 3-4 Chelsea Round 7 [Aug 24] Manchester Utd 2-0 Liverpool [Aug 26] A Villa 1-0 Derby Co Charlton A 1-1 Coventry C Chelsea 2-0 Middlesbrough Everton 0-0 Blackburn R Newcastle Utd 2-0 Nottingham F Sheffield Wed 1-0 Arsenal Tottenham H 3-3 Leeds Utd [Aug 27] Leicester C 1-1 Wimbledon [Aug 28] West Ham Utd 1-0 Southampton Round 8 [Oct 3] Blackburn R 3-0 West Ham Utd Coventry C 1-2 A Villa Derby Co 0-1 Tottenham H Leeds Utd 0-1 Leicester C Middlesbrough 4-0 Sheffield Wed Nottingham F 0-1 Charlton A Southampton 0-3 Manchester Utd Wimbledon 1-2 Everton [Oct 4] Arsenal 3-0 Newcastle Utd Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea Round 9 [Oct 17] Arsenal 1-1 Southampton Chelsea 2-1 Charlton A Everton 0-0 Liverpool Manchester Utd 5-1 Wimbledon Middlesbrough 2-1 Blackburn R Newcastle Utd 2-1 Derby C Nottingham F 1-1 Leeds Utd West Ham Utd 0-0 A Villa [Oct 18] Coventry C 1-0 Sheffield Wed [Oct 19] Leicester C 2-1 Tottenham H
I agree we are certainly not a nailed on candidate for relegation. Still plenty of teams in it and lots of points to play for. However, we can't look at the past as we were definitely a different team. We had experience of relegation battles and knew that we could beat anyone on our day. The team from the last few years is used to mainly winning...if the opposition scored, we just calmly picked the ball out of the net as the players knew we would probably win. This team have to use that experience and not let their heads drop, starting from today.
Anyone who plays us can be beaten specialy at home. Just need the team to believe this and for everyone to get behind them! COYR's
We had scrappers then and men with fight , different story now and almost a different era . We also had LeTissier .
