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1998–99 Football Conference

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Football Conference
Season1998–99[1]
ChampionsCheltenham Town (1st Football Conference title)
Direct promotionCheltenham Town
Conference League Cup winnersDoncaster Rovers
FA Trophy winnersKingstonian (1st FA Trophy title)
Relegated to Level 6Barrow,
Farnborough Town,
Leek Town
Matches played462
Goals scored1,192 (2.58 per match)
Top goalscorerCarl Alford (Stevenage Borough), 26
Biggest home winLeek Town – Morecambe 7–0 (25 August 1998)
Biggest away winFarnborough Town – Morecambe 1–6 (12 December 1998);
Farnborough Town – Northwich Victoria 1–6 (20 March 1999)
Highest scoringDoncaster Rovers – Dover Athletic 5–4 (19 December 1998);
Yeovil Town – Farnborough Town 6–3 (28 December 1998)
Longest winning runCheltenham Town, Rushden & Diamonds, 6 matches
Longest unbeaten runCheltenham Town, 17 matches
Longest losing runLeek Town, 10 matches
Highest attendanceRushden & Diamonds v Cheltenham Town, 6,312 (3 April 1999)
Lowest attendance?
Average attendance1,627 (+ 10.23% compared with the previous season)

The Football Conference season of 1998–99 was the twentieth season of the Football Conference.

Changes since the previous season

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Locations

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Locations of the Football Conference 1998–1999 teams
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Locations of the Football Conference London teams 1998–1999

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Cheltenham Town 42 11 9 1 35 14 11 5 5 36 22 +35 80 Football Conference Champions, promoted to Football League Division Three
2 Kettering Town 42 11 5 5 31 16 11 5 5 27 21 +21 76
3 Hayes 42 12 3 6 34 25 10 5 6 29 25 +13 74
4 Rushden & Diamonds 42 11 4 6 41 22 9 8 4 30 20 +29 72
5 Yeovil Town 42 8 4 9 35 32 12 7 2 33 22 +14 71
6 Stevenage Borough 42 9 9 3 37 23 8 8 5 25 22 +17 68
7 Northwich Victoria 42 11 3 7 29 21 8 6 7 31 30 +9 66
8 Kingstonian[a] 42 9 7 5 25 19 8 6 7 25 30 +1 64 FA Trophy winners
9 Woking 42 9 5 7 27 20 9 4 8 24 25 +6 63
10 Hednesford Town 42 9 8 4 30 24 6 8 7 19 20 +5 61
11 Dover Athletic 42 7 9 5 27 21 8 4 9 27 27 +6 58
12 Forest Green Rovers[a] 42 9 5 7 28 22 6 8 7 27 28 +5 58
13 Hereford United 42 9 5 7 25 17 6 5 10 24 29 +3 55
14 Morecambe 42 9 5 7 31 29 6 3 12 29 47 −16 53
15 Kidderminster Harriers 42 9 4 8 32 22 5 5 11 24 30 +4 51
16 Doncaster Rovers 42 7 5 9 26 26 5 7 9 25 29 −4 48 Conference League Cup winners and Relegated from The Football League
17 Telford United 42 7 8 6 24 24 3 8 10 20 36 −16 46
18 Southport 42 6 9 6 29 28 4 6 11 18 31 −12 45
19 Barrow[a] 42 7 5 9 17 23 4 5 12 23 40 −23 43 Relegated to the Northern Premier League Premier Division[b]
20 Welling United 42 4 7 10 18 30 5 7 9 26 35 −21 41
21 Leek Town 42 5 5 11 34 42 3 3 15 14 34 −28 32 Relegated to the Northern Premier League Premier Division
22 Farnborough Town 42 6 5 10 29 48 1 6 14 12 41 −48 32 Relegated to the Isthmian League Premier Division
Source: [1]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c New club in the Conference
  2. ^ Barrow were relegated to the Northern Premier League Premier Division due to entering administration.

Results

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Home \ Away BRW CHL DON DOV FAR FGR HAY HED HER KET KID KIN LEE MOR NOR R&D SOU STB TEL WEL WOK YEO
Barrow 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–4 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–0
Cheltenham Town 4–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–3 0–0 2–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 4–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 3–2
Doncaster Rovers 2–1 2–2 5–4 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 4–1 0–1 0–2
Dover Athletic 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 0–1 0–1 5–1 2–1 2–3 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 3–2 1–2
Farnborough Town 2–2 2–4 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–5 0–1 0–4 1–3 2–4 4–2 2–1 1–6 1–6 1–2 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 0–0
Forest Green Rovers 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 5–0 1–0 3–1 2–2 3–1 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–2 0–2 1–2
Hayes 1–0 3–2 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–3 1–0 1–2 0–2 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 3–0 2–2 4–3 1–2 2–2 1–1
Hednesford Town 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 0–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–2 1–1 3–2 2–1 2–3
Hereford United 3–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 2–0 4–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–3 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 3–2 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1
Kettering Town 2–0 0–2 0–1 0–2 4–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 6–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–2
Kidderminster Harriers 1–2 0–1 3–3 1–0 2–0 2–2 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 5–2 4–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 0–1 3–2 0–1
Kingstonian 5–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–5 0–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–0
Leek Town 3–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 4–0 0–2 1–4 1–3 3–2 1–2 1–4 2–2 7–0 0–3 2–3 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–4 0–3 2–4
Morecambe 3–2 0–2 1–2 0–4 1–0 3–1 2–3 3–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 3–1 2–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–1
Northwich Victoria 1–0 1–0 1–3 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 4–0 1–0 2–3 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 3–0 0–3 1–2
Rushden & Diamonds 4–0 1–2 1–3 2–2 1–0 4–0 5–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–1 1–2 3–1 2–1 2–3 3–1 2–0 1–2
Southport 0–4 0–2 3–2 3–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 5–2 0–0 2–3
Stevenage Borough 1–2 2–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–3 2–2 3–0 3–3 2–0 2–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 5–0 1–1
Telford United 1–1 0–3 0–2 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–3 3–0 2–2 1–0 0–3 0–0 1–0 2–2
Welling United 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–3 0–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 2–2 0–2 0–0 1–3 1–0 3–2 2–3 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–2
Woking 2–3 1–0 2–0 1–2 4–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–3 2–1 1–1 2–3 1–2 3–0 0–0 0–0
Yeovil Town 1–0 2–2 2–2 1–1 6–3 0–4 1–1 1–2 3–0 2–1 3–1 1–3 2–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 3–1 1–3 4–0 1–3 0–1
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers in order of league goals

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Rank Player Club League FA Cup FA Trophy League Cup Total
1 Carl Alford Stevenage Borough 26 4 3 0 33
2 Warren Patmore Yeovil Town 20 4 2 0 26
3 John Norman Morecambe 19 2 0 2 23
4 Lee Charles Hayes 18 0 2 1 21
= Neil Grayson Cheltenham Town 18 0 5 0 23
= Hugh McAuley Leek Town 18 0 0 1 19
7 Darren Collins Rushden & Diamonds 17 2 0 0 19
8 Dennis Bailey Cheltenham Town 15 1 1 6 23
= Adrian Foster Rushden & Diamonds 15 0 0 1 16
= Paul Tait Northwich Victoria 15 0 0 1 16
11 Darran Hay Woking 13 5 5 0 23
= Mark Hynes Dover Athletic 13 4 1 0 18
= Adie Mike Hednesford 13 3 0 0 16
14 Ian Duerden Doncaster Rovers 12 2 0 4 18
= Marc McGregor Forest Green Rovers 12 0 3 0 15
= Brett McNamara Kettering Town 12 0 2 0 14
= Steve West Woking 12 0 1 0 13
18 Scott Huckerby Telford United 11 3 2 0 16
= Leroy May Kidderminster Harriers 11 0 0 1 12
20 Lee Hudson Kettering Town 10 0 1 0 12
= Neil Illman Northwich Victoria 10 0 1 1 12
= Richard Leadbeater Stevenage Borough 10 0 0 0 10
= David Leworthy Kingstonian 10 2 5 0 17
= Owen Pickard Yeovil Town 10 0 2 0 12

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Glenda Rollin and Jack Rollin (eds.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1999–2000. Headline, 1999.
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