1998–99 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season	1998–99
Champions	Taunton Town (Premier Division); Minehead Town (Division One)
	← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

The 1998–99 season was the 97th in the history of the Western Football League.

The league champions for the fourth time in their history were Taunton Town, but runners-up Tiverton Town took promotion to the Southern League. The champions of Division One were Minehead Town.^[1]

Final tables

Premier Division

The Premier Division remained at 20 clubs after Chard Town and Torrington were relegated to the First Division. Two clubs joined:

Bishop Sutton, champions of the First Division.
Yeovil Town Reserves, runners-up in the First Division.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Taunton Town (C)	38	33	3	2	134	33	+101	102
2	Tiverton Town (P)	38	29	4	5	118	27	+91	91	Promoted to the Southern League
3	Chippenham Town	38	25	7	6	93	41	+52	82
4	Melksham Town	38	20	10	8	73	44	+29	70
5	Paulton Rovers	38	18	12	8	70	42	+28	66
6	Brislington	38	18	10	10	74	44	+30	64
7	Yeovil Town Reserves	38	18	4	16	70	66	+4	58
8	Bridport	38	16	7	15	61	68	−7	55
9	Bridgwater Town	38	15	9	14	68	51	+17	54
10	Backwell United	38	15	7	16	56	48	+8	52
11	Mangotsfield United	38	14	9	15	60	58	+2	51
12	Barnstaple Town	38	14	8	16	72	55	+17	50
13	Bristol Manor Farm	38	15	4	19	61	57	+4	49
14	Elmore	38	14	6	18	68	82	−14	48
15	Bishop Sutton	38	12	7	19	65	81	−16	43
16	Westbury United	38	9	8	21	42	103	−61	35
17	Bideford	38	10	1	27	40	108	−68	31
18	Odd Down	38	5	15	18	44	86	−42	30
19	Keynsham Town (R)	38	6	7	25	33	99	−66	25	Relegated to the First Division
20	Calne Town (R)	38	3	4	31	34	143	−109	13	Relegated to the First Division

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

First Division

The First Division remained at 19 clubs after Bishop Sutton and Yeovil Town Reserves were promoted to the Premier Division, and Crediton United left the league. Three clubs joined:

Chard Town, relegated from the Premier Division.
Corsham Town, promoted from the Wiltshire League.
Torrington, relegated from the Premier Division.
Minehead changed their name to Minehead Town.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Minehead Town (C, P)	36	31	4	1	124	25	+99	97	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Dawlish Town (P)	36	27	6	3	83	28	+55	87	Promoted to the Premier Division
3	Street	36	27	4	5	85	36	+49	85
4	Devizes Town	36	20	7	9	79	43	+36	67
5	Clyst Rovers	36	21	4	11	76	51	+25	67
6	Wellington	36	20	6	10	71	42	+29	66
7	Exmouth Town	36	20	4	12	80	49	+31	64
8	Pewsey Vale	36	18	4	14	72	46	+26	58
9	Corsham Town	36	15	10	11	47	58	−11	55
10	Welton Rovers	36	13	7	16	61	58	+3	46
11	Bitton	36	12	9	15	67	59	+8	45
12	Larkhall Athletic	36	13	5	18	51	65	−14	44
13	Ilfracombe Town	36	12	7	17	61	71	−10	43
14	Torrington	36	13	0	23	56	79	−23	39
15	Warminster Town	36	9	3	24	40	79	−39	30
16	Chard Town	36	9	2	25	49	102	−53	29
17	Frome Town	36	7	5	24	44	102	−58	26
18	Glastonbury	36	3	6	27	47	111	−64	15	Left to join the Somerset Senior League
19	Heavitree United	36	4	3	29	31	120	−89	15	Left to join the Devon County League

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: The system of using goal difference to separate two teams tied on points was used. The points system: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

References

^ Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006

[Robinson-1] Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006

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