1998–99 Football Conference
Appearance
(Redirected from 1998-99 Football Conference)
Season | 1998–99[1] |
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Champions | Cheltenham Town (1st Football Conference title) |
Direct promotion | Cheltenham Town |
Conference League Cup winners | Doncaster Rovers |
FA Trophy winners | Kingstonian (1st FA Trophy title) |
Relegated to Level 6 | Barrow, Farnborough Town, Leek Town |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,192 (2.58 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Carl Alford (Stevenage Borough), 26 |
Biggest home win | Leek Town – Morecambe 7–0 (25 August 1998) |
Biggest away win | Farnborough Town – Morecambe 1–6 (12 December 1998); Farnborough Town – Northwich Victoria 1–6 (20 March 1999) |
Highest scoring | Doncaster Rovers – Dover Athletic 5–4 (19 December 1998); Yeovil Town – Farnborough Town 6–3 (28 December 1998) |
Longest winning run | Cheltenham Town, Rushden & Diamonds, 6 matches |
Longest unbeaten run | Cheltenham Town, 17 matches |
Longest losing run | Leek Town, 10 matches |
Highest attendance | Rushden & Diamonds v Cheltenham Town, 6,312 (3 April 1999) |
Lowest attendance | ? |
Average attendance | 1,627 (+ 10.23% compared with the previous season) |
← 1997–98 |
The Football Conference season of 1998–99 was the twentieth season of the Football Conference.
Changes since the previous season
[edit]- Doncaster Rovers (relegated from the Football League 1997–98)
- Barrow (promoted 1997–98)
- Forest Green Rovers (promoted 1997–98)
- Kingstonian (promoted 1997–98)
Locations
[edit]Final league table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Cheltenham Town | 42 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 35 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 22 | +35 | 80 | Football Conference Champions, promoted to Football League Division Three |
2 | Kettering Town | 42 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 21 | +21 | 76 | |
3 | Hayes | 42 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 25 | +13 | 74 | |
4 | Rushden & Diamonds | 42 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 20 | +29 | 72 | |
5 | Yeovil Town | 42 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 33 | 22 | +14 | 71 | |
6 | Stevenage Borough | 42 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 37 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 22 | +17 | 68 | |
7 | Northwich Victoria | 42 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 30 | +9 | 66 | |
8 | Kingstonian[a] | 42 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 30 | +1 | 64 | FA Trophy winners |
9 | Woking | 42 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 25 | +6 | 63 | |
10 | Hednesford Town | 42 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 20 | +5 | 61 | |
11 | Dover Athletic | 42 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 27 | +6 | 58 | |
12 | Forest Green Rovers[a] | 42 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 28 | +5 | 58 | |
13 | Hereford United | 42 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 29 | +3 | 55 | |
14 | Morecambe | 42 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 29 | 47 | −16 | 53 | |
15 | Kidderminster Harriers | 42 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 30 | +4 | 51 | |
16 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 29 | −4 | 48 | Conference League Cup winners and Relegated from The Football League |
17 | Telford United | 42 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 36 | −16 | 46 | |
18 | Southport | 42 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 31 | −12 | 45 | |
19 | Barrow[a] | 42 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 40 | −23 | 43 | Relegated to the Northern Premier League Premier Division[b] |
20 | Welling United | 42 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 30 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 35 | −21 | 41 | |
21 | Leek Town | 42 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 42 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 34 | −28 | 32 | Relegated to the Northern Premier League Premier Division |
22 | Farnborough Town | 42 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 48 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 41 | −48 | 32 | Relegated to the Isthmian League Premier Division |
Source: [1]
Notes:
Notes:
Results
[edit]Top scorers in order of league goals
[edit]- Source:[1]
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on whom there is not yet an article in Wikipedia.