1997–98 Wessex Football League

March 2026 Wessex Football League 1997–98 AFC Lymington Romsey Town 1996–97 1998–99 The 1997–98 Wessex Football League was the 12th season of the Wessex Football League. The league champions for the second consecutive season and the third time in their history were AFC Lymington, before their merger with New Milton Town of the Hampshire League. Runners-up Andover were promoted to the Southern League as Lymington's ground was not of the required standard for promotion. Romsey Town finished bottom and were relegated, and Ryde Sports resigned during the season.http://www.nonleaguematters.net/Regs1SthA/Wesx86.htm Wessex League 1986–2011 18 January 2014 Non League Matters https://web.archive.org/web/20131004215744/http://www.nonleaguematters.net/Regs1SthA/Wesx86.htm 2013-10-04 dead For sponsorship reasons, the league was known as the Jewson Wessex League.https://www.fchd.info/lghist/wessex1998.htm 1997–98 Wessex League 18 January 2014 FCHD League table The league consisted of one division of 21 clubs, the same as the previous season, after Petersfield Town were relegated and one new club joined: A.F.C. Newbury, joining from the Hampshire League. main WDL QR 5 y LYM AFC Lymington AND Andover NEW A.F.C. Newbury EAS Eastleigh BHH Bemerton Heath Harlequins COW Cowes Sports WIM Wimborne Town TOT A.F.C. Totton BOU Bournemouth THA Thatcham Town CHR Christchurch ECV East Cowes Victoria Athletic USP Portsmouth Royal Navy TAE B.A.T. Sports GOS Gosport Borough FOL Aerostructures Sports & Social BRO Brockenhurst DOW Downton WHI Whitchurch United ROM Romsey Town RYD Ryde Sports 29 5 4 94 27 C 24 9 5 99 46 P 22 7 9 72 35 20 11 7 74 31 19 11 8 69 38 20 6 12 67 51 18 9 11 89 63 15 10 13 58 41 16 7 15 64 68 16 6 16 64 54 15 6 17 55 69 13 11 14 46 42 13 7 18 64 79 12 7 19 60 82 9 10 19 48 65 9 10 19 50 77 9 9 20 43 83 7 10 21 36 66 7 8 23 37 78 5 5 28 40 134 R 0 0 0 0 0 red3 Merged with New Milton Town at the end of the season M green1 Joined the Southern League JSL red1 Relegated to the Hampshire League R black1 Resigned during the season, record expunged Ryde Sports resigned in December 1997 after 17 matches and their record was expunged. The club later folded. RES complete References Category:Wessex Football League seasons 9