1998–99 Southern Football League

March 2026 The 1998–99 Southern Football League season was the 96th in the history of the league, an English football competition. Nuneaton Borough won the Premier Division and earned promotion to the Football Conference. 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 and Brackley Town were relegated to the eighth level whilst Andover resigned from the league. At the end of the season Midland Division was renamed Western Division, and Southern Division was renamed Eastern Division. Premier Division The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season and four new clubs: Two clubs promoted from the Midland Division: Grantham Town Ilkeston Town Plus: Boston United, transferred from the Northern Premier League Weymouth, promoted from the Southern Division League table Southern Football LeaguePremier Division 1998–99 Nuneaton Borough Nuneaton Borough Bromsgrove RoversGresley Rovers 462 1266 1997–98 1999–2000 main WDL PR Premier Division NUN Nuneaton Borough BOS Boston United ILK Ilkeston Town BAT Bath City HAS Hastings Town GLO Gloucester City WOR Worcester City HAL Halesowen Town TAM Tamworth KLY King's Lynn CRA Crawley Town SAL Salisbury City BRT Burton Albion WEY Weymouth MER Merthyr Tydfil ATH Atherstone United GRN Grantham Town DOR Dorchester Town ROT Rothwell Town CAM Cambridge City GRE Gresley Rovers BRO Bromsgrove Rovers 27 9 6 91 33 17 16 9 69 51 18 13 11 72 59 18 11 13 70 44 18 11 13 57 49 18 11 13 57 52 18 9 15 58 54 17 11 14 72 60 19 5 18 60 67 17 10 15 53 46 17 10 15 57 58 16 12 14 56 61 17 7 18 58 52 14 14 14 56 53 15 8 19 52 62 12 14 16 47 52 14 8 20 51 58 11 15 16 49 63 13 9 20 47 67 11 12 19 47 68 12 8 22 49 73 8 7 27 38 84 -1 Bromsgrove Rovers were deducted one point. #ACE1AF Promoted to the Football Conference P #FFCCCC Demoted to the Eastern Division D #FFCCCC Relegated to the Western Division R R complete fchd.com rsssf.com 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. Midland Division The Midland Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season and six new clubs: Four clubs transferred from the Southern Division: Cinderford Town Clevedon Town Newport Weston-super-Mare Plus: Bloxwich Town, promoted from the Midland Alliance Stamford, promoted from the United Counties League At the end of the season Midland Division was renamed Western Division. League table Southern Football LeagueMidland Division 1998–99 Clevedon Town Clevedon TownNewport Bloxwich Town 462 1396 1997–98 1999–2000(Western) main WDL PR Midland Division CLE Clevedon Town NPC Newport RED Redditch United HIN Hinckley United STF Stafford Rangers BIL Bilston Town SOL Solihull Borough MOO Moor Green BLA Blakenall SHE Shepshed Dynamo SUT Sutton Coldfield Town STO Stourbridge EVE Evesham United WIS Wisbech Town WSM Weston-super-Mare BWU Bedworth United CIN Cinderford Town STM Stamford PAG Paget Rangers RUG VS Rugby RCW Racing Club Warwick BLO Bloxwich Town 28 8 6 83 35 26 7 9 92 51 22 12 8 81 45 -3 20 12 10 58 40 21 8 13 92 61 20 11 11 79 69 19 12 11 76 53 20 7 15 70 61 17 14 11 65 54 17 12 13 62 54 17 8 17 46 57 16 10 16 60 54 16 9 17 64 63 16 9 17 59 66 15 10 17 59 56 15 9 18 63 52 13 8 21 61 74 13 7 22 60 75 11 12 19 49 58 12 9 21 53 74 5 8 29 38 93 1 2 39 26 151 Redditch United were deducted three points. #ACE1AF Promoted to the Premier Division P P #CCCCFF Transferred to the Eastern Division T T T #FFCCCC Relegated to the Midland Alliance R complete fchd.com rsssf.com 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. Southern Division The Southern Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 13 clubs from the previous season and nine new clubs, relegated from the Premier Division: Three clubs relegated from the Premier Division: Ashford Town (Kent) Sittingbourne St. Leonards Stamcroft, who also changed name to St. Leonards. Three clubs transferred from the Midland Division: Brackley Town Corby Town Raunds Town Plus: Andover, promoted from the Wessex League Folkestone Invicta, promoted from the Kent League Havant & Waterlooville, new club formed as a merger of Havant Town and Waterlooville At the end of the season Southern Division was renamed Eastern Division. League table Southern Football LeagueSouthern Division 1998–99 Havant & Waterlooville Havant & WaterloovilleMargate Brackley Town 462 1358 1997–98 1999–2000(Eastern) main WDL PR Southern Division H&W Havant & Waterlooville MAR Margate FOL Folkestone Invicta NEW Newport (Isle of Wight) CHE Chelmsford City RAU Raunds Town ASH Ashford Town (Kent) BAL Baldock Town FIS Fisher Athletic BAS Bashley WIT Witney Town CIR Cirencester Town SIT Sittingbourne DAR Dartford E&B Erith & Belvedere TON Tonbridge Angels STL St. Leonards FLE Fleet Town COR Corby Town YAT Yate Town AND Andover BRA Brackley Town 29 7 6 85 32 27 8 7 84 33 26 8 8 92 47 23 7 12 68 40 20 12 10 91 51 19 13 10 87 50 17 12 13 59 54 17 9 16 60 59 16 11 15 58 52 17 7 18 74 77 15 12 15 56 48 16 8 18 61 66 12 18 12 54 56 14 10 18 48 54 15 7 20 48 64 12 15 15 48 59 14 8 20 57 72 12 11 19 54 72 10 10 22 48 73 10 7 25 37 79 6 10 26 48 115 6 8 28 41 105 #ACE1AF Promoted to the Premier Division P P #CCCCFF Transferred to the Western Division T T #FFCCCC Resigned to the Wessex League RES #FFCCCC Relegated to the Hellenic League R complete fchd.com rsssf.com 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. Cup competition The league's cup competition, the Dr Martens League Cup, was won by Sutton Coldfield Town, who beat Cambridge City 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.The Official Football Association Non League Club Directory 2000 1-869833-44-9 See also Southern Football League 1998–99 Isthmian League 1998–99 Northern Premier League References Category:Southern Football League seasons 6