1998–99 Southern Football League
The 1998–99 Southern Football League season saw Nuneaton Borough win the Premier Division to earn promotion to the Football Conference.[1] Hastings Town, Gresley Rovers and Bromsgrove Rovers were relegated from the Premier Division, whilst Havant & Waterlooville, Clevedon Town, Margate and Newport County were promoted from the Southern and Midland Divisions, the former two as champions. Bloxwich Town were relegated to the eighth level whilst Andover resigned and Brackley Town were expelled.
Tables
Premier Division
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Nuneaton Borough | 42 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 91 | 33 | +58 | 90 | Promoted |
2 | Boston United | 42 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 69 | 51 | +18 | 67 | |
3 | Ilkeston Town | 42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 72 | 59 | +13 | 67 | |
4 | Bath City | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 70 | 44 | +26 | 65 | |
5 | Hastings Town | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 57 | 49 | +8 | 65 | Demoted |
6 | Gloucester City | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 57 | 52 | +5 | 65 | |
7 | Worcester City | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 58 | 54 | +4 | 63 | |
8 | Halesowen Town | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 72 | 60 | +12 | 62 | |
9 | Tamworth | 42 | 19 | 5 | 18 | 60 | 67 | −7 | 62 | |
10 | King's Lynn | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 53 | 46 | +7 | 61 | |
11 | Crawley Town | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 57 | 58 | −1 | 61 | |
12 | Salisbury City | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 56 | 61 | −5 | 60 | |
13 | Burton Albion | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 58 | 52 | +6 | 58 | |
14 | Weymouth | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 56 | 53 | +3 | 56 | |
15 | Merthyr Tydfil | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 52 | 62 | −10 | 53 | |
16 | Atherstone United | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 47 | 52 | −5 | 50 | |
17 | Grantham Town | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 51 | 58 | −7 | 50 | |
18 | Dorchester Town | 42 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 49 | 63 | −14 | 48 | |
19 | Rothwell Town | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 47 | 67 | −20 | 48 | |
20 | Cambridge City | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 47 | 68 | −21 | 45 | |
21 | Gresley Rovers | 42 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 49 | 73 | −24 | 44 | Relegated |
22 | Bromsgrove Rovers | 42 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 38 | 84 | −46 | 30 | One point deducted, relegated |
Midland Division
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Clevedon Town | 42 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 83 | 35 | +48 | 92 | Promoted |
2 | Newport | 42 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 92 | 51 | +41 | 85 | Promoted |
3 | Redditch United | 42 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 81 | 45 | +36 | 75 | Three points deducted |
4 | Hinckley United | 42 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 58 | 40 | +18 | 72 | |
5 | Stafford Rangers | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 92 | 61 | +32 | 71 | |
6 | Bilston Town | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 79 | 69 | +10 | 71 | |
7 | Solihull Borough | 42 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 76 | 53 | +23 | 69 | |
8 | Moor Green | 42 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 70 | 61 | +10 | 67 | |
9 | Blakenall | 42 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 65 | 54 | +11 | 65 | |
10 | Shepshed Dynamo | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 62 | 54 | +8 | 63 | |
11 | Sutton Coldfield Town | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 46 | 57 | −11 | 59 | |
12 | Stourbridge | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 60 | 54 | +6 | 58 | |
13 | Evesham United | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 64 | 63 | 0 | 57 | |
14 | Wisbech Town | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 59 | 66 | −7 | 57 | Transferred to Eastern Division |
15 | Weston-super-Mare | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 59 | 56 | +3 | 55 | |
16 | Bedworth United | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 63 | 52 | +11 | 54 | |
17 | Cinderford Town | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 61 | 74 | −13 | 47 | |
18 | Stamford | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 60 | 75 | −15 | 46 | Transferred to Eastern Division |
19 | Paget Rangers | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 49 | 58 | −9 | 45 | |
20 | VS Rugby | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 53 | 74 | −21 | 45 | Transferred to Eastern Division |
21 | Racing Club Warwick | 42 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 38 | 93 | −55 | 23 | |
22 | Bloxwich Town | 42 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 26 | 151 | −125 | 5 | Relegated |
Southern Division
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Havant & Waterlooville | 42 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 85 | 32 | +53 | 94 | Promoted |
2 | Margate | 42 | 27 | 8 | 7 | 84 | 33 | +51 | 89 | Promoted |
3 | Folkestone Invicta | 42 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 92 | 47 | +45 | 86 | |
4 | Newport (IOW) | 42 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 68 | 40 | +28 | 76 | |
5 | Chelmsford City | 42 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 91 | 51 | +40 | 72 | |
6 | Raunds Town | 42 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 87 | 50 | +37 | 70 | |
7 | Ashford Town | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 59 | 54 | +5 | 63 | |
8 | Baldock Town | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 60 | 59 | +1 | 60 | |
9 | Fisher Athletic | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 58 | 52 | +6 | 59 | |
10 | Bashley | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 74 | 77 | −3 | 58 | |
11 | Witney Town | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 57 | |
12 | Cirencester Town | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 61 | 66 | −5 | 56 | Transferred to Western Division |
13 | Sittingbourne | 42 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 54 | 56 | −2 | 54 | |
14 | Dartford | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 48 | 54 | −6 | 52 | |
15 | Erith & Belvedere | 42 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 48 | 64 | −16 | 52 | |
16 | Tonbridge Angels | 42 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 48 | 59 | −11 | 51 | |
17 | St. Leonards | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 57 | 72 | −15 | 50 | |
18 | Fleet Town | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 54 | 72 | −18 | 47 | |
19 | Corby Town | 42 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 48 | 73 | −25 | 40 | |
20 | Yate Town | 42 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 37 | 79 | −42 | 37 | Transferred to Western Division |
21 | Andover | 42 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 48 | 115 | −67 | 28 | Resigned |
22 | Brackley Town | 42 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 41 | 105 | −64 | 26 | Expelled |
Cup competition
The league's cup competition, the Dr Martens League Cup, was won by Cambridge City who beat Sutton Coldfield Town 2–1 on aggregate in the final. The first round, semi-finals and final were played over two legs with the second, third and fourth rounds going to a replay if the tie finished all square. Cambridge had beaten Dorchester Town 4–3 on aggregate to reach the final and Sutton Coldfield defeated Boston United 2–1 on aggregate to reach the final.[2]
References
- ↑ England – Southern League Final Tables RSSSF
- ↑ The Official Football Association Non League Club Directory 2000 ISBN 1-869833-44-9