1898–99 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season	1898–99
Champions	Swindon Town (Division One) Staple Hill (Division Two)
← 1897–98 1899–1900 →

The 1898–99 season was the seventh in the history of the Western Football League.

For this season the league was restructured again after a large number of clubs left the league. The Professional Section of last season was renamed Division One, and the two-division Amateur Section became one single division, Division Two.

Swindon Town were the champions of Division One, and also competed in the Southern League during this season, along with Southampton and Bedminster. Trowbridge Town and multiple champions Warmley also competed in both leagues, but both clubs disbanded during the season. The Division Two champions for the first time were Staple Hill.^[1]

Final tables

Division One

Two new clubs joined Division One, which was reduced to seven clubs from eight after Bristol City, Reading and Eastleigh left.

Bedminster, promoted from the Amateur Section
Southampton
Eastville Rovers changed their name to Bristol Eastville Rovers, this being their only season under that name.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Swindon Town	8	5	1	2	16	10	1.6	11
2	Bristol St George	8	4	1	3	18	15	1.2	9	Left at the end of the season
3	Southampton	8	4	0	4	18	15	1.2	8	Left to concentrate on the Southern League
4	Bristol Eastville Rovers	8	2	2	4	14	18	0.78	6
5	Bedminster	8	2	2	4	9	16	0.56	6
6	Warmley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Resigned, record expunged †
7	Trowbridge Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Resigned, record expunged †

† Trowbridge Town (October 1898) and Warmley (January 1899) resigned during the season, and their records were expunged. Trowbridge's record had been P5 W0 D0 L5 GF4 GA18 Pts0 and Warmley's was P5 W2 D0 L3 GF6 GA15 Pts4^[1]

Division Two (Amateur)

This eight-club division was a merger of the old Amateur Section Divisions One and Two, containing the surviving clubs from both divisions, plus two new clubs:

Bristol Amateurs
Mount Hill

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Staple Hill	14	11	1	2	55	15	3.67	23
2	Fishponds	14	10	2	2	42	15	2.8	22
3	Mount Hill	14	5	3	6	31	28	1.11	13	Left at the end of the season
4	Midsomer Norton	14	6	3	5	20	32	0.62	13*	Left to concentrate on the Somerset Senior League
5	Bristol Amateurs	14	5	2	7	31	32	0.97	12	Left at the end of the season
6	Hanham	14	4	3	7	16	28	0.57	11	Left at the end of the season
7	Barton Hill	14	4	1	9	14	31	0.45	9	Left at the end of the season
8	Cotham	14	2	3	9	22	41	0.54	7

^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up to and including the 1976–77 season.}

^{2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

^{3 The tables as published at the time contained errors, hence the totals do not balance in some columns.}^[1]

References

1 2 3 Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006

Western League

Premier Division	Bitton Bradford Town Bridport Brislington Bristol Manor Farm Buckland Athletic Cadbury Heath Chipping Sodbury Town Clevedon Town Cribbs Gillingham Town Hallen Longwell Green Sports Melksham Town Odd Down Shepton Mallet Sherborne Town Street Wells City Willand Rovers

Division One	Almondsbury UWE Ashton & Backwell United Bishops Lydeard Bishop Sutton Calne Town Chard Town Cheddar Chippenham Park Corsham Town Devizes Town Hengrove Athletic Keynsham Town Malmesbury Victoria Oldland Abbotonians Portishead Town Radstock Town Roman Glass St George Warminster Town Wellington Welton Rovers Westbury United Wincanton Town

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FA competitions

FA Cup (Qualifying rounds
Final)
Charity Shield

Football and Southern Leagues

Lower leagues

Related to national team

Home Championship

Club seasons

First Division

Aston Villa
Blackburn Rovers
Bolton Wanderers
Burnley
Bury
Derby County
Everton
Liverpool
Newcastle United
Nottingham Forest
Notts County
Preston North End
Sheffield United
Stoke
Sunderland
The Wednesday
West Bromwich Albion
Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division

Barnsley
Blackpool
Burslem Port Vale
Burton United
Darwen
Gainsborough Trinity
Glossop
Grimsby Town
Leicester Fosse
Lincoln City
Loughborough
Luton Town
Manchester City
New Brighton Tower
Newton Heath
Small Heath
Walsall
Woolwich Arsenal

Southern League

Division One	Bedminster Brentford Bristol City Gravesend United Millwall New Brompton Portsmouth Reading Sheppey United Southampton Swindon Town Thames Ironworks Tottenham Hotspur Watford

Division Two	Fulham

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