1998–99 Football Conference

The Football Conference season of 1998–99 was the twentieth season of the Football Conference, also known as the Football Conference for sponsorship reasons.

Changes since the previous season

• Doncaster Rovers (relegated from the Football League 1997–98)
• Barrow (promoted 1997–98)
• Forest Green Rovers (promoted 1997–98)
• Kingstonian (promoted 1997–98)

Final League Table^[1]

Football Conference

Season	1998–99 [1]
Champions	Cheltenham Town (1st Football Conference title)
Direct promotion	Cheltenham Town
Conference League Cup winners	Doncaster Rovers
FA Trophy winners	Kingstonian (1st FA Trophy title)
Relegated to Level 6	Barrow, Farnborough Town, Leek Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1192 (2.58 per match)
Top goalscorer	Carl Alford (Stevenage Borough), 26
Biggest home win	Leek Town – Morecambe 7–0 (25 Aug 1998)
Biggest away win	Farnborough Town – Morecambe 1–6 (12 Dec 1998); Farnborough Town – Northwich Victoria 1–6 (20 Mar 1999)
Highest scoring	Doncaster Rovers – Dover Athletic 5–4 (19 Dec 1998); Yeovil Town – Farnborough Town 6–3 (28 Dec 1998)
Longest winning run	Cheltenham Town, Rushden & Diamonds, 6 matches
Longest unbeaten run	Cheltenham Town, 17 matches
Longest losing run	Leek Town, 10 matches
Highest attendance	Rushden & Diamonds v Cheltenham Town, 6,312 (3 Apr 1999)
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	1,627 (+ 10.23% compared with the previous season)
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

Barrow

Cheltenham

Doncaster

Dover

Farnborough

Forest Green Rovers

Hednesford

Hayes

Hereford United

Kettering Town

Kidderminster Harriers

Kingstonian

Leek Town

Morecambe

Northwich Victoria

Rushden & Diamonds

Southport

Stevenage

Telford

Welling

Woking

Yeovil Town

Locations of the Football Conference 1998–1999 teams

Hayes

Kingstonian

Welling

Locations of the Football Conference London teams 1998–1999

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GD		Pts	Notes
1	Cheltenham Town	42		11	9	1	35	14		11	5	5	36	22		71	36	+ 35		80
2	Kettering Town	42		11	5	5	31	16		11	5	5	27	21		58	37	+ 21		76
3	Hayes	42		12	3	6	34	25		10	5	6	29	25		63	50	+ 13		74
4	Rushden & Diamonds	42		11	4	6	41	22		9	8	4	30	20		71	42	+ 29		72
5	Yeovil Town	42		8	4	9	35	32		12	7	2	33	22		68	54	+ 14		71
6	Stevenage Borough	42		9	9	3	37	23		8	8	5	25	22		62	55	+ 7		68
7	Northwich Victoria	42		11	3	7	29	21		8	6	7	31	30		60	51	+ 9		66
8	Kingstonian	42		9	7	5	25	19		8	6	7	25	30		50	49	+ 1		64
9	Woking	42		9	5	7	27	20		9	4	8	24	25		51	45	+ 6		63
10	Hednesford Town	42		9	8	4	30	24		6	8	7	19	20		49	44	+ 5		61
11	Dover Athletic	42		7	9	5	27	21		8	4	9	27	27		54	48	+ 6		58
12	Forest Green Rovers	42		9	5	7	28	22		6	8	7	27	28		55	50	+ 5		58
13	Hereford United	42		9	5	7	25	17		6	5	10	24	29		49	46	+ 3		55
14	Morecambe	42		9	5	7	31	29		6	3	12	29	47		60	76	– 16		53
15	Kidderminster Harriers	42		9	4	8	32	22		5	5	11	24	30		56	52	+ 4		51
16	Doncaster Rovers	42		7	5	9	26	26		5	7	9	25	29		51	55	– 4		48
17	Telford United	42		7	8	6	24	24		3	8	10	20	36		44	60	– 16		46
18	Southport	42		6	9	6	29	28		4	6	11	18	31		47	59	– 12		45
19	Barrow	42		7	5	9	17	23		4	5	12	23	40		40	63	– 23		43	Relegated to the Northern Premier League[notes 1]
20	Welling United	42		4	7	10	18	30		5	7	9	26	35		44	65	– 21		41
21	Leek Town	42		5	5	11	34	42		3	3	15	14	34		48	76	– 28		32	Relegated to the Northern Premier League
22	Farnborough Town	42		6	5	10	29	48		1	6	14	12	41		41	89	– 48		32	Relegated to the Isthmian League

• Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

• Points scored: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw.

1. ^ Barrow were relegated to the Northern Premier League due to entering administration.

Key
	Football Conference Champions, promoted to Football League Division Three
	FA Trophy winners
	Conference League Cup winners
	Relegated from the The Football League, see Doncaster Rovers
	New club in the Conference, see also Cheltenham Town
	Relegated to Level 6

Results^[1]

Home \ Away1

BRW

CHL

DON

DOV

FAR

FGR

HAY

HED

HER

KET

KID

KIN

LKT

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

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

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

Source: Glenda Rollin and Jack Rollin (eds.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1999–2000. Headline, 1999.
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Topscorers in Order of League Goals^[1]

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
=	Martin Randall	Hayes	10	2	0	0	12

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  on whom there is not yet an article in Wikipedia.

References

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

External links

• Official Football Conference Website
• 1998-99 Conference National Results