1998–99 League of Wales

League of Wales
Season 1998–99
Champions Barry Town (4th title)
Relegated Holywell Town
Champions League Barry Town
(First qualifying round)
UEFA Cup Inter Cardiff
Cwmbrân Town
(Qualifying round)
Intertoto Cup Aberystwyth Town
(First round)
Matches played 272
Goals scored 834 (3.07 per match)
Top goalscorer Eifion Williams (28)
Biggest home win Barry Town 7–1 Rhayader Town
(3 October 1998)
Biggest away win Rhyl 0–6 Barry Town
(14 October 1998)

The 1998–99 League of Wales was the seventh season of the League of Wales, the top division of Welsh football. It began on 22 August 1998 and ended on 1 May 1999.[1] The league was won for a record fourth consecutive season by Barry Town.

Just 17 clubs competed in the league this season, as the 18th club Ebbw Vale (who had finished third the previous season) were expelled from the league before the season began due to financial difficulties, and promptly went out of business.[2][3]

Teams

Team Home city Home ground
Aberystwyth Town Aberystwyth Park Avenue
Afan Lido Port Talbot Lido Ground
Bangor City Bangor Farrar Road Stadium
Barry Town Barry Jenner Park
Caernarfon Town Caernarfon The Oval
Caersws Caersws Recreation Ground
Carmarthen Town Carmarthen Richmond Park
Conwy United Conwy Y Morfa
Cwmbrân Town Cwmbrân Cwmbrân Stadium
Gap Connah's Quay Connah's Quay Deeside Stadium
Haverfordwest County Haverfordwest Bridge Meadow Stadium
Holywell Town Holywell Halkyn Road
Inter Cardiff Cardiff Cyncoed Campus
Newtown Newtown Latham Park
Rhayader Town Rhayader The Weirglodd
Rhyl Rhyl Belle Vue
Total Network Solutions Oswestry Park Hall

Managerial changes

Team
Outgoing manager
Manner of departure
Date of vacancy
Replaced by
Date of appointment
Table
Carmarthen Town John Mahoney Resigned 30 November 1998[4] Tomi Morgan 12 December 1998[5] 9th

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Barry Town (C) 32 23 7 2 82 23+59 76 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League First Qualifying Round
2 Inter Cardiff 32 19 6 7 61 26+35 63 1999–2000 UEFA Cup Qualifying Round
3 Cwmbran Town 32 17 6 9 73 44+29 57
4 Aberystwyth Town 32 16 9 7 59 47+12 57 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup First Round
5 Caernarfon Town 32 13 11 8 45 461 50
6 Newtown 32 13 10 9 45 35+10 49
7 Conwy United 32 14 7 11 54 49+5 49
8 The New Saints 32 12 11 9 55 42+13 47
9 Carmarthen Town 32 13 8 11 46 460 47
10 Caersws 32 12 8 12 49 556 44
11 Bangor City 32 11 6 15 44 495 39
12 Connah's Quay Nomads 32 10 8 14 43 463 38
13 Haverfordwest County 32 9 7 16 43 6017 34
14 Afan Lido 32 7 10 15 28 4618 31
15 Rhayader Town 32 5 11 16 29 5425 26
16 Rhyl 32 7 2 23 40 8040 23
17 Holywell Town (R) 32 3 9 20 38 8648 18 Relegation to Cymru Alliance Welsh Football League Division One

Source: [1][6]

Results

Home ╲ Away ABE AFA BANBARCANCAECARCONCMTCQNHAVHOLINCNEWRHARHLTNS
Aberystwyth Town 21 30 11 11 05 32 30 13 21 21 00 11 50 21 21 01
Afan Lido 22 02 00 13 01 11 01 04 13 02 20 02 02 20 21 33
Bangor City 12 01 03 11 01 40 13 22 02 30 52 10 23 01 41 21
Barry Town 51 02 42 30 52 62 11 21 10 20 40 11 10 71 20 20
Caernarfon Town 20 20 10 04 22 32 11 24 11 20 22 11 31 20 30 21
Caersws 23 21 24 32 12 03 13 20 44 32 02 11 00 31 31 20
Carmarthen Town 25 11 12 21 00 01 21 11 62 31 30 01 10 11 12 10
Conwy United 11 20 31 13 11 21 12 24 13 02 21 30 10 11 21 33
Cwmbran Town 01 14 24 04 60 21 20 30 21 40 40 00 30 36 61 04
Connah's Quay Nomads 00 00 11 03 22 00 02 12 10 31 42 12 32 41 62 23
Haverfordwest County 26 11 00 00 02 11 12 13 21 10 72 01 20 10 52 13
Holywell Town 36 00 11 23 12 00 11 43 04 00 40 12 03 22 03 33
Inter Cardiff 61 01 30 12 30 60 12 30 01 11 10 51 02 10 32 11
Newtown 11 40 31 00 11 40 00 21 00 10 11 40 13 10 21 00
Rhayader Town 02 11 00 00 20 13 10 22 11 20 22 13 05 02 12 00
Rhyl 10 20 12 06 01 11 12 03 14 12 12 51 12 33 31 03
The New Saints 00 11 12 12 20 21 11 14 22 20 42 20 13 11 10 60

Source: [1]

Top goalscorers

Pos Player Club Goals
1 Eifion Williams Barry Town 28
2 Chris Summers Cwmbrân Town 21
3 Mattie Davies Cwmbrân Town 20
John Toner Conwy United 20
4 Richard Gay Haverfordwest County 16
Jamie Hughes Gap Connah's Quay 16
5 Richard Jones Barry Town 14

Source: [1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Wales 1998/99". rsssf.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  2. "Ebbw Vale Brief History". welsh-premier.com. Welsh Premier Football. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  3. "Ebbw Vale Season History". fchd.info. Football Club History Database. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  4. "Town slip into danger zone, Carmarthen Town 1 Rhyl 2". carmarthentownafc.net. 30 November 1998. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  5. "Carmarthen Town December Report (1998)". carmarthentownafc.net. 12 December 1998. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  6. "League of Wales 1998/99 Table". welshpremier.com. The Football Association of Wales). Retrieved 28 July 2013.

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