1998–99 Spartan South Midlands Football League
The 1998–99 Spartan South Midlands Football League season was the 2nd in the history of Spartan South Midlands Football League. The league consisted of 62 teams.[1]
Season | 1998–99 |
---|---|
← 1997–98 1999–2000 → |
Premier Division
Season | 1998–99 |
---|---|
Champions | Barkingside |
Promoted | None |
Relegated | Brimsdown Rovers |
← 1997–98 1999–2000 → |
The Premier Division consisted of 23 clubs.
- 10 clubs come from last seasons Premier Division North:
- Brache Sparta (1.)
- Potters Bar Town (2.)
- London Colney (3.)
- Royston Town (4.)
- Hoddesdon Town (5.)
- Welwyn Garden City (6.)
- Arlesey Town (7.)
- Harpenden Town (8.)
- Toddington Rovers (9.)
- Buckingham Athletic (10.)
- 10 clubs come from last seasons Premier Division South:
- Brook House (1.)
- Beaconsfield SYCOB (2.)
- Ruislip Manor (3.)
- Hillingdon Borough (4.)
- Barkingside (5.)
- Waltham Abbey (6.)
- Haringey Borough (7.)
- Brimsdown Rovers (8.)
- St Margaretsbury (9.)
- Islington St Mary's (10.)
- 2 clubs promoted from last seasons Senior Division:
- New Bradwell St Peter (1.)
- Milton Keynes City, changed name from Mercedes Benz (3.)
- promoted from Herts County League:
- Somersett Ambury V & E
League table
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Barkingside (C) | 44 | 30 | 6 | 8 | 97 | 44 | +53 | 96 | Resigned |
2 | Potters Bar Town | 44 | 29 | 7 | 8 | 109 | 30 | +79 | 94 | |
3 | London Colney | 44 | 29 | 5 | 10 | 98 | 28 | +70 | 92 | |
4 | Beaconsfield SYCOB | 44 | 25 | 9 | 10 | 85 | 40 | +45 | 84 | |
5 | Brook House | 44 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 74 | 42 | +32 | 83 | |
6 | Hoddesdon Town | 44 | 24 | 7 | 13 | 80 | 60 | +20 | 79 | |
7 | Toddington Rovers | 44 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 72 | 48 | +24 | 78 | Resigned |
8 | Ruislip Manor | 44 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 89 | 60 | +29 | 76 | |
9 | Royston Town | 44 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 73 | 62 | +11 | 68 | |
10 | Hillingdon Borough | 44 | 20 | 9 | 15 | 72 | 61 | +11 | 651 | |
11 | Waltham Abbey | 44 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 79 | 64 | +15 | 61 | |
12 | Brache Sparta | 44 | 17 | 6 | 21 | 80 | 74 | +6 | 57 | |
13 | Arlesey Town | 44 | 16 | 8 | 20 | 61 | 70 | −9 | 56 | |
14 | New Bradwell St Peter | 44 | 15 | 11 | 18 | 56 | 70 | −14 | 56 | |
15 | Buckingham Athletic | 44 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 65 | 101 | −36 | 54 | Demoted to SSML Division One |
16 | Milton Keynes City | 44 | 13 | 10 | 21 | 68 | 88 | −20 | 49 | |
17 | Islington St Mary's | 44 | 11 | 14 | 19 | 55 | 85 | −30 | 47 | Resigned |
18 | Somersett Ambury V & E | 44 | 13 | 6 | 25 | 50 | 103 | −53 | 45 | |
19 | St Margaretsbury | 44 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 75 | 98 | −23 | 431 | |
20 | Haringey Borough | 44 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 49 | 87 | −38 | 38 | |
21 | Welwyn Garden City | 44 | 10 | 6 | 28 | 63 | 95 | −32 | 36 | |
22 | Harpenden Town | 44 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 47 | 86 | −39 | 36 | |
23 | Brimsdown Rovers (R) | 44 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 35 | 136 | −101 | 15 | Relegation to SSML Senior Division |
Source:
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Hillingdon Borough deducted 4 points - St Margaretsbury deducted 3 points
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Senior Division
Season | 1998–99 |
---|---|
Champions | Holmer Green |
Promoted |
Holmer Green Hanwell Town Biggleswade Town |
Relegated | Winslow United |
← 1997–98 1999–2000 → |
The Senior Division consisted of 22 clubs.
- 5 clubs relegated from last seasons Premier Division North:
- Letchworth (11.)
- Biggleswade Town (12.)
- Milton Keynes (13.)
- Bedford United (14.)
- Langford (15.)
- 4 clubs relegated from last seasons Premier Division South:
- Hanwell Town (12.)
- Harefield United (13.)
- Amersham Town (14.)
- Cockfosters (15.)
- 2 clubs promoted from last seasons Division One North:
- Luton Old Boys (1.)
- Greenacres (2.)
- 11 clubs remained from the previous season
League table
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Holmer Green (C) (P) | 42 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 121 | 42 | +79 | 96 | Promotion to SSML Premier Division |
2 | Hanwell Town (P) | 42 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 105 | 44 | +61 | 96 | |
3 | Tring Athletic | 42 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 109 | 35 | +74 | 92 | |
4 | Milton Keynes | 42 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 104 | 47 | +57 | 90 | |
5 | Biggleswade Town (P) | 42 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 99 | 62 | +37 | 81 | Promotion to SSML Premier Division |
6 | Bedford United | 42 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 65 | 52 | +13 | 77 | |
7 | Letchworth | 42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 83 | 54 | +29 | 67 | |
8 | Biggleswade United | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 86 | 66 | +20 | 64 | |
9 | Leverstock Green | 42 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 73 | 63 | +10 | 64 | |
10 | Cockfosters | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 76 | 62 | +14 | 62 | |
11 | Greenacres | 42 | 19 | 4 | 19 | 71 | 61 | +10 | 61 | |
12 | Langford | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 71 | 80 | −9 | 61 | |
13 | Shillington | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 72 | 73 | −1 | 57 | |
14 | Amersham Town | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 71 | 82 | −11 | 52 | |
15 | Caddington | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 75 | 93 | −18 | 52 | |
16 | Totternhoe | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 56 | 71 | −15 | 46 | |
17 | Luton Old Boys | 42 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 39 | 78 | −39 | 39 | |
18 | Stony Stratford Town | 42 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 58 | 98 | −40 | 35 | |
19 | Risborough Rangers | 42 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 41 | 97 | −56 | 30 | |
20 | Harefield United | 42 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 48 | 112 | −64 | 29 | |
21 | Winslow United (R) | 42 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 42 | 104 | −62 | 26 | Relegation to SSML Division One |
22 | Houghton Town | 42 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 43 | 132 | −89 | 22 | Resigned |
Source:
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Division One
Season | 1998–99 |
---|---|
Champions | Bridger Packaging |
Promoted |
Bridger Packaging Ampthill Town |
← 1997–98 1999–2000 → |
The Division One consisted of 17 clubs.
- 3 clubs relegated from last seasons Senior Division:
- The 61 FC Luton (14.)
- Kent Athletic (15.)
- Ampthill Town (16.)
- 3 clubs joined the Division:
- Dunstable Town
- Markyate
- Newport Athletic
- 11 clubs remained from the previous seasons Division One North
League table
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bridger Packaging (C) (P) | 32 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 92 | 21 | +71 | 84 | Promotion to SSML Senior Divisionn |
2 | Ampthill Town (P) | 32 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 106 | 33 | +73 | 81 | |
3 | De Havilland | 32 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 102 | 23 | +79 | 80 | |
4 | Mursley United | 32 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 72 | 26 | +46 | 68 | |
5 | Dunstable Town | 32 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 72 | 42 | +30 | 63 | |
6 | Scot | 32 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 60 | 58 | +2 | 51 | |
7 | Pitstone & Ivinghoe | 32 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 80 | 65 | +15 | 46 | |
8 | Walden Rangers | 32 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 61 | 47 | +14 | 46 | Resigned |
9 | Old Dunstablians | 32 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 65 | 59 | +6 | 46 | |
10 | Kent Athletic | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 58 | 44 | +14 | 44 | |
11 | The 61 FC Luton | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 57 | 87 | −30 | 37 | |
12 | Flamstead | 32 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 63 | 84 | −21 | 331 | |
13 | Leighton Athletic | 32 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 39 | 76 | −37 | 27 | |
14 | Old Bradwell United | 32 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 49 | 96 | −47 | 271 | |
15 | Abbey National | 32 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 41 | 75 | −34 | 20 | |
16 | Newport Athletic | 32 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 37 | 123 | −86 | 14 | |
17 | Markyate | 32 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 25 | 120 | −95 | 8 |
Source:
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Flamstead deducted 1 point - Old Bradwell United deducted 3 points
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
References