Football : Season Details : 1998

Final English Top Division Football (soccer) Table and Cup Final(s).

Legend
Clubs in RED qualified for European football.
Clubs in BLUE were relegated.
Points: 3 for a win; 1 for a draw.
History is in the form A-B:
A is the number of occasions that the club has been in the Top Division;
B is the number of consecutive seasons in the Top Division.
Abbreviations:
LC League Cup; FAC FA Cup; CWC Cup Winners' Cup
W Winner(s); F Finalist(s).

Position Club Points History Notes
1
 Arsenal
78
2-72
 FAC-W
2
 Manchester United
77
6-23
  
3
 Liverpool
65
4-36
  
4
 Chelsea
63
7-9
 CWC-W; LC-W
5
 Leeds United
59
6-8
  
6
 Blackburn Rovers
58
4-6
  
7
 Aston Villa
57
5-10
  
8
 West Ham United
56
5-5
  
9
 Derby County
55
7-2
  
10
 Leicester City
53
10-2
  
11
 Coventry City
52
1-31
  
12
 Southampton
48
2-20
  
13
 Newcastle United
44
5-5
 FAC-F
14
 Tottenham Hotspur
44
5-20
  
15
 Wimbledon
44
1-12
  
16
 Sheffield Wednesday
44
9-7
  
17
 Everton
40
3-44
  
18
 Bolton Wanderers
40
9-1
  
19
 Barnsley
35
1-1
  
20
 Crystal Palace
33
5-1
  

League Cup Final Chelsea 2 Middlesbrough 0 aet
FA Cup Final Arsenal 2 Newcastle United 0

aet After Extra Time

History

Arsenal became the second club to win a 2nd double of League Championship and FA Cup.

Cheslea made it a good year for London by winning the Cup Winners Cup and the League Cup.

Middlesbrough reached their third domestic final in two seasons; they lost the League Cup final.

All three of the newly promoted clubs were relegated.

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