Owner & President: Sir Jack Haywood OBE. Directors: Sir Jack Haywood OBE (Chairman), Derek Harrington CBE (Deputy Chairman, appointed Director 28 July 1998), John Richards (Managing Director), Jack Harris, John Harris, Rick Hayward, Rachael Heyhoe Flint MBE. Managers: Mark McGhee (to 5 November) & Colin Lee (from 5 November). Assistant Managers: Colin Lee & John Ward. Coaches: Mike Hickman, Chris Turner, Chris Evans, Keith Downing. Captain: Keith Curle. Playing Squad: Keith Andrews, Dimitris Argyropoulos, Mark Atkins, Shane Barrett, John Bonser, Justin Bray, Steve Bull, Ryan Cash, Christopher Clarke, Matthew Clarke, Dean Clegg, David Connolly, Steve Corica, Glen Crowe, Seamus Crowe, Keith Curle, Lee Denner, Alan Dixon, Jermaine Easter, Neil Ecclestone, Darren Ferguson, Harvard Flo, Dominic Foley, Steve Froggatt, Michael Gilkes, Colomer Gomez, Ryan Green, Stephen Hackett, Conor Hagan, Richard Hampton, Gary Haveron, Petri Helin, Danny Hughes, Mark Jones, Robert Keane, Aaron Kerr, Nathan Lamey, Colin Larkin, Mark Lee, Gerard Leonard, Joleon Lescott, Paul Loughlin, Scott McQuade, John Melligan, Darren Middleton, Paddy Mitchell, Matt Murray, Kevin Muscat, Danny Nardiello, Lee Naylor, Jorgen Nielsen, Robert Niestroij, Simon Osborn, Mixu Paatelainen, Adam Proudlock, Dean Richards, Carl Robinson, Steve Sedgley, Gordon Simms, Paul Simpson, Michael Stowell, Paul Taylor, Shane Tudor, Andy Turner, Richard Walker, Mark Webb, Robert Wesley, Guy Whittingham, Adie Williams, Stephen Woolerton. Player of the Year: Kevin Muscat. Club Finances: Turnover £11,399,915; Net Loss £3,681,358.

 
July

15 (a) Salzburg L 0-2 Details [Friendly]
18 (a) Lask Linz L 0-2 Details [Friendly]
22 (a) Carl Zeiss Jena W 1-0 Details [Friendly]
24 (a) Union Berlin W 2-1 Details [Friendly]
27 (H) Blackburn Rovers D 1-1 Details [Friendly]
29 (a) Northampton Town L 1-2 Details [Friendly]

August

1 (H) Barcelona L 2-3 Details [Friendly]
8 (H) Tranmere Rovers W 2-0 Details
11 (a) Barnet L 1-2 Details [FLC1/1]
15 (a) Oxford United W 2-0 Details
18 (H) Barnet W 5-0 Details [FLC1/2]
22 (H) Swindon Town W 1-0 Details
28 (a) Watford W 2-0 Details
31 (H) Stockport County D 2-2 Details

September

8 (a) Port Vale L 1-2 Details
12 (H) Sunderland D 1-1 Details
15 (a) Bournemouth D 1-1 Details [FLC2/1]
19 (a) Huddersfield Town L 1-2 Details
22 (H) Bournemouth L 1-2 Details [FLC2/2]
26 (H) Bury W 1-0 Details
29 (H) Queens Park Rangers L 1-2 Details

October

3 (a) Crewe Alexandra D 0-0 Details
17 (a) Portsmouth L 0-1 Details
20 (a) Crystal Palace L 2-3 Details
24 (H) Grimsby Town W 2-0 Details
31 (H) Barnsley D 1-1 Details

November

3 (a) Ipswich Town L 0-2 Details
7 (a) Bristol City W 6-1 Details
10 (H) Sheffield United W 2-1 Details
14 (a) Norwich City D 0-0 Details
22 (H) Birmingham City W 3-1 Details
29 (a) West Bromwich Albion L 0-2 Details

December

5 (H) Bolton Wanderers D 1-1 Details
12 (H) Norwich City D 2-2 Details
19 (a) Bradford City L 1-2 Details
26 (a) Swindon Town L 0-1 Details
28 (H) Ipswich Town W 1-0 Details

January

2 (a) Bolton Wanderers W 2-1 Details [FAC3]
8 (a) Tranmere Rovers W 2-1 Details
16 (H) Watford D 0-0 Details
24 (H) Arsenal L 1-2 Details [FAC4]
30 (a) Stockport County W 2-1 Details

February

6 (H) Oxford United D 1-1 Details
13 (H) Port Vale W 3-1 Details
20 (a) Sunderland L 1-2 Details
27 (H) Huddersfield Town D 2-2 Details

March

6 (a) Queens Park Rangers W 1-0 Details
13 (H) Bristol City W 3-0 Details
16 (a) Bury D 0-0 Details
20 (a) Barnsley W 3-2 Details
30 (H) Crewe Alexandra W 3-0 Details

April

3 (H) Portsmouth W 2-0 Details
5 (a) Sheffield United D 1-1 Details
10 (H) Crystal Palace D 0-0 Details
17 (a) Birmingham City W 1-0 Details
25 (H) West Bromwich Albion D 1-1 Details
30 (a) Bolton Wanderers D 1-1 Details

May

4 (a) Grimsby Town D 0-0 Details
9 (H) Bradford City L 2-3 Details