| Season | 1998–99[1] |
|---|---|
| Champions | Cheltenham Town (1stFootball Conference title) |
| Direct promotion | Cheltenham Town |
| Conference League Cup winners | Doncaster Rovers |
| FA Trophy winners | Kingstonian (1stFA Trophy title) |
| Relegated toLevel 6 | Barrow, Farnborough Town, Leek Town |
| Matches | 462 |
| Goals | 1,192 (2.58 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Carl Alford(Stevenage Borough), 26 |
| Biggest home win | Leek Town –Morecambe 7–0 (25 August 1998) |
| Biggest away win | Farnborough Town –Morecambe 1–6 (12 December 1998); Farnborough Town –Northwich Victoria 1–6 (20 March 1999) |
| Highest scoring | Doncaster Rovers –Dover Athletic 5–4 (19 December 1998); Yeovil Town –Farnborough Town 6–3 (28 December 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 vCheltenham Town, 6,312 (3 April 1999) |
| Lowest attendance | ? |
| Average attendance | 1,627 (+ 10.23% compared with the previous season) |
The Football Conference season of 1998–99 was the twentieth season of theFootball Conference.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cheltenham Town(C, P) | 42 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 71 | 36 | +35 | 80 | Promotion to theFootball League Third Division |
| 2 | Kettering Town | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 58 | 37 | +21 | 76 | |
| 3 | Hayes | 42 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 63 | 50 | +13 | 74 | |
| 4 | Rushden & Diamonds | 42 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 71 | 42 | +29 | 72 | |
| 5 | Yeovil Town | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 68 | 54 | +14 | 71 | |
| 6 | Stevenage Borough | 42 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 62 | 45 | +17 | 68 | |
| 7 | Northwich Victoria | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 60 | 51 | +9 | 66 | |
| 8 | Kingstonian | 42 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 50 | 49 | +1 | 64 | |
| 9 | Woking | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 51 | 45 | +6 | 63 | |
| 10 | Hednesford Town | 42 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 49 | 44 | +5 | 61 | |
| 11 | Dover Athletic | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 54 | 48 | +6 | 58 | |
| 12 | Forest Green Rovers | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 55 | 50 | +5 | 58 | |
| 13 | Hereford United | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 55 | |
| 14 | Morecambe | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 60 | 76 | −16 | 53 | |
| 15 | Kidderminster Harriers | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 56 | 52 | +4 | 51 | |
| 16 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 51 | 55 | −4 | 48 | |
| 17 | Telford United | 42 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 44 | 60 | −16 | 46 | |
| 18 | Southport | 42 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 47 | 59 | −12 | 45 | |
| 19 | Barrow(R) | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 40 | 63 | −23 | 43 | Demoted to theNorthern Premier League Premier Division[a] |
| 20 | Welling United | 42 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 44 | 65 | −21 | 41 | |
| 21 | Leek Town(R) | 42 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 48 | 76 | −28 | 32 | Relegation to theNorthern Premier League Premier Division |
| 22 | Farnborough Town(R) | 42 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 41 | 89 | −48 | 32 | Relegation to theIsthmian League Premier Division |
| 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 |
| 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 |