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| Alan Shearer scores for Newcastle |
Coventry City had brought the Unofficial English Championship back to the Premier League but their first defence of their new title at Highfield Road against Newcastle United.
Since returning to the top division of English football in 1993, Newcastle had established themselves as one of the Premier League's more dominant teams. However, they had started the 1998-99 season poorly and it had cost manager Kenny Dalglish his job.
Under new manager Ruud Gullitt there were green shoots of recovery, with a 4-0 win against Southampton in their last Premier League game and a 2-1 win against Partizan Belgrade in the UEFA Cup Winners Cup.
Coventry actually started the game really well and took the lead in the fourth minute through Noel Whelan.
From there however, it was all Newcastle. The Toon Army roared back to record a 1-5 victory courtesy of goals from Nikos Dabizas, the late Gary Speed, Stephen Glass and two for the best striker of the Premier League era, Alan Shearer.
It was Newcastle's third reign as English Champions.
Alan Shearer's goals:
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