1998–99 League of Wales explained

Competition:League of Wales
Season:1998–99
Winners:Barry Town (4th title)
Relegated:Holywell Town
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Barry Town
(First qualifying round)
Continentalcup2:UEFA Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Inter Cardiff
Cwmbrân Town
(qualifying round)
Continentalcup3:Intertoto Cup
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers:Aberystwyth Town
(first round)
Matches:272
Total Goals:834
League Topscorer: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)
Prevseason:1997–98
Nextseason:1999–00

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

TeamHome cityHome ground
Park Avenue
Lido Ground
Farrar Road Stadium
Jenner Park
The Oval
Recreation Ground
Richmond Park
Y Morfa
Cwmbrân Stadium
Deeside Stadium
Bridge Meadow Stadium
Halkyn Road
Cyncoed Campus
Latham Park
The Weirglodd
Belle Vue
Llansantffraid-ym-MechainRecreation Ground

Managerial changes

Top goalscorers

PlayerClubGoals
1Eifion WilliamsBarry Town28
2Chris SummersCwmbrân Town21
align=center rowspan=2 3Mattie DaviesCwmbrân Town20
John TonerConwy United20
align=center rowspan=2 4Richard GayHaverfordwest County16
Jamie HughesGap Connah's Quay16
5Richard JonesBarry Town14

See also

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wales 1998/99 . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 28 July 2013.
  2. Web site: Ebbw Vale Brief History . Welsh Premier Football . welsh-premier.com . 28 July 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140715222717/http://welsh-premier.com/index.php/ebbw-vale . 15 July 2014 . dead .
  3. Web site: Ebbw Vale Season History . Football Club History Database . fchd.info . 28 July 2013.
  4. Web site: Town slip into danger zone, Carmarthen Town 1 Rhyl 2 . 30 November 1998 . carmarthentownafc.net . 28 July 2013 . 17 May 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080517091021/http://www.carmarthentownafc.net/novreport.html . dead .
  5. Web site: Carmarthen Town December Report (1998) . 12 December 1998 . carmarthentownafc.net . 28 July 2013 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030202/http://www.carmarthentownafc.net/december.html . dead .