The 1998–99
Southern Football League
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season was the 96th in the history of the league, an English
football
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competition.
Nuneaton Borough won the Premier Division and earned promotion to the
Football Conference
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.
Hastings Town,
Gresley Rovers and
Bromsgrove Rovers were relegated from the Premier Division, whilst
Havant & Waterlooville,
Clevedon Town,
Margate
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and
Newport County were promoted from the Southern and Midland Divisions, the former two as champions.
Bloxwich Town and
Brackley Town
Brackley Town Football Club is a Association football, football club in Brackley, Northamptonshire, England. They are currently members of and play at St James Park. The club won the FA Trophy in 2018.
History
Established in 1890, the club sp ...
were relegated to the eighth level whilst
Andover
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*Andover, Tasmania
Canada
* Andover Parish, New Brunswick
* Perth-Andover, New Brunswick
United Kingdom
* Andover, Hampshire, England
** RAF Andover, a former Royal Air Force station
United States
* Andov ...
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
Boston United Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. The club participates in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system.
The club is known as 'the ...
, transferred from the
Northern Premier League
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**
Weymouth, promoted from the Southern Division
League table
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
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*Plus:
**
Bloxwich Town, promoted from the
Midland Alliance
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**
Stamford, promoted from the
United Counties League
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At the end of the season Midland Division was renamed Western Division.
League table
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
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The town stands next to th ...
**
St. Leonards Stamcroft, who also changed name to St. Leonards.
*Three clubs transferred from the Midland Division:
**
Brackley Town
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History
Established in 1890, the club sp ...
**
Corby Town
**
Raunds Town
*Plus:
**
Andover
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Places Australia
*Andover, Tasmania
Canada
* Andover Parish, New Brunswick
* Perth-Andover, New Brunswick
United Kingdom
* Andover, Hampshire, England
** RAF Andover, a former Royal Air Force station
United States
* Andov ...
, promoted from the
Wessex League
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**
Folkestone Invicta, promoted from the
Kent League
**
Havant & Waterlooville, new club formed as a merger of
Havant Town and
Waterlooville
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At the end of the season Southern Division was renamed Eastern Division.
League table
Cup competition
The league's cup competition, the Dr Martens League Cup, was won by Cambridge City who beat Sutton Coldfield Town 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 ]
See also
*
Southern Football League
The Southern League is a football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from East Anglia, the South and Midlands of England, and South Wales. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven a ...
*
1998–99 Isthmian League The 1998–99 season was the 84th season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England. The league consisted of four divisions.
Premier Divisi ...
*
1998–99 Northern Premier League
The 1998–99 Northern Premier League season was the 31st in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First. It was known as the Unibond League for sp ...
References
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Southern Football League seasons
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