1998–99 League of Wales

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The 1998–99 League of Wales was the seventh season of the

Barry Town
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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

Haverfordwest County
Holywell Town
Newtown
Rhayader Town
Rhyl
Total Network Solutions
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Location of clubs in 1998–99 League of Wales
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 Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain Recreation Ground

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

League table

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 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2
Inter Cardiff
 32 19 6 7 61 26 +35 63 Qualification for 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 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
5 Caernarfon Town 32 13 11 8 45 46 −1 50
6 Newtown 32 13 10 9 45 35 +10 49
7
Conwy United
 32 14 7 11 54 49 +5 49
8 Total Network Solutions 32 12 11 9 55 42 +13 47
9 Carmarthen Town 32 13 8 11 46 46 0 47
10 Caersws 32 12 8 12 49 55 −6 44
11 Bangor City 32 11 6 15 44 49 −5 39
12 Connah's Quay Nomads 32 10 8 14 43 46 −3 38
13 Haverfordwest County 32 9 7 16 43 60 −17 34
14 Afan Lido 32 7 10 15 28 46 −18 31
15 Rhayader Town 32 5 11 16 29 54 −25 26
16 Rhyl 32 7 2 23 40 80 −40 23
17 Holywell Town (R) 32 3 9 20 38 86 −48 18 Relegation to Cymru Alliance
Source: [1][6]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away ABE AFA BAN BAR CNR CSW CMR
CON
CMT
 CQN HAV HWL
INC
 NEW RHA RHL TNS
Aberystwyth Town 2–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–5 3–2 3–0 1–3 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 5–0 2–1 2–1 0–1
Afan Lido 2–2 0–2 0–0 1–3 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–4 1–3 0–2 2–0 0–2 0–2 2–0 2–1 3–3
Bangor City 1–2 0–1 0–3 1–1 0–1 4–0 1–3 2–2 0–2 3–0 5–2 1–0 2–3 0–1 4–1 2–1
Barry Town 5–1 0–2 4–2 3–0 5–2 6–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 4–0 1–1 1–0 7–1 2–0 2–0
Caernarfon Town 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–4 2–2 3–2 1–1 2–4 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 3–1 2–0 3–0 2–1
Caersws 2–3 2–1 2–4 3–2 1–2 0–3 1–3 2–0 4–4 3–2 0–2 1–1 0–0 3–1 3–1 2–0
Carmarthen Town 2–5 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 6–2 3–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–0
Conwy United
 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–3 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–4 1–3 0–2 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–3
Cwmbran Town
 0–1 1–4 2–4 0–4 6–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 4–0 4–0 0–0 3–0 3–6 6–1 0–4
Connah's Quay Nomads 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–3 2–2 0–0 0–2 1–2 1–0 3–1 4–2 1–2 3–2 4–1 6–2 2–3
Haverfordwest County 2–6 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–3 2–1 1–0 7–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 5–2 1–3
Holywell Town 3–6 0–0 1–1 2–3 1–2 0–0 1–1 4–3 0–4 0–0 4–0 1–2 0–3 2–2 0–3 3–3
Inter Cardiff
 6–1 0–1 3–0 1–2 3–0 6–0 1–2 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 5–1 0–2 1–0 3–2 1–1
Newtown 1–1 4–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 4–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 4–0 1–3 1–0 2–1 0–0
Rhayader Town 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–3 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–3 0–5 0–2 1–2 0–0
Rhyl 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–6 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–3 1–4 1–2 1–2 5–1 1–2 3–3 3–1 0–3
Total Network Solutions 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–4 2–2 2–0 4–2 2–0 1–3 1–1 1–0 6–0
Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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. ^ a b c d "Wales 1998/99". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Ebbw Vale Brief History". welsh-premier.com. Welsh Premier Football. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. 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. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  5. ^ "Carmarthen Town December Report (1998)". carmarthentownafc.net. 12 December 1998. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. 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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