# 1998–99 League of Wales

The 1998–99 League of Wales was the seventh season of the League of Wales, the top division of Welsh football. It began on 22 August 1998 and ended on 1 May 1999. The league was won for a record fourth consecutive season by Barry Town.
Just 17 clubs competed in the league this season, as the 18th club Ebbw Vale (who had finished third the previous season) were expelled from the league before the season began due to financial difficulties, and promptly went out of business.

## Teams

| Team | Home city | Home ground |
| Aberystwyth Town | Aberystwyth | Park Avenue |
| Afan Lido | Port Talbot | Lido Ground |
| Bangor City | Bangor | Farrar Road Stadium |
| Barry Town | Barry | Jenner Park |
| Caernarfon Town | Caernarfon | The Oval |
| Caersws | Caersws | Recreation Ground |
| Carmarthen Town | Carmarthen | Richmond Park |
| Conwy United | Conwy | Y Morfa |
| Cwmbrân Town | Cwmbrân | Cwmbrân Stadium |
| Gap Connah's Quay | Connah's Quay | Deeside Stadium |
| Haverfordwest County | Haverfordwest | Bridge Meadow Stadium |
| Holywell Town | Holywell | Halkyn Road |
| Inter Cardiff | Cardiff | Cyncoed Campus |
| Newtown | Newtown | Latham Park |
| Rhayader Town | Rhayader | The Weirglodd |
| Rhyl | Rhyl | Belle Vue |
| Total Network Solutions | Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain | Recreation Ground |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Table |
| Carmarthen Town | John Mahoney | Resigned | 30 November 1998 | Tomi Morgan | 12 December 1998 | 9th |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Barry Town (C) | 32 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 82 | 23 | +59 | 76 | Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Inter Cardiff | 32 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 61 | 26 | +35 | 63 | Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Cwmbran Town | 32 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 73 | 44 | +29 | 57 | Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 4 | Aberystwyth Town | 32 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 59 | 47 | +12 | 57 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round |
| 5 | Caernarfon Town | 32 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 50 | |
| 6 | Newtown | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 49 | |
| 7 | Conwy United | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 54 | 49 | +5 | 49 | |
| 8 | Total Network Solutions | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 55 | 42 | +13 | 47 | |
| 9 | Carmarthen Town | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 47 | |
| 10 | Caersws | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 49 | 55 | −6 | 44 | |
| 11 | Bangor City | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 39 | |
| 12 | Connah's Quay Nomads | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 38 | |
| 13 | Haverfordwest County | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 43 | 60 | −17 | 34 | |
| 14 | Afan Lido | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 28 | 46 | −18 | 31 | |
| 15 | Rhayader Town | 32 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 29 | 54 | −25 | 26 | |
| 16 | Rhyl | 32 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 40 | 80 | −40 | 23 | |
| 17 | Holywell Town (R) | 32 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 38 | 86 | −48 | 18 | Relegation to Cymru Alliance |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ABE | AFA | BAN | BAR | CNR | CSW | CMR | CON | CMT | CQN | HAV | HWL | INC | NEW | RHA | RHL | TNS |
| Aberystwyth Town | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Afan Lido | 2–2 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 |
| Bangor City | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Barry Town | 5–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | | 3–0 | 5–2 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 7–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Caernarfon Town | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Caersws | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 1–2 | | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 4–4 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Carmarthen Town | 2–5 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Conwy United | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 2–4 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 |
| Cwmbran Town | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–6 | 6–1 | 0–4 |
| Connah's Quay Nomads | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 6–2 | 2–3 |
| Haverfordwest County | 2–6 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 7–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–3 |
| Holywell Town | 3–6 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 4–0 | | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 3–3 |
| Inter Cardiff | 6–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Newtown | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Rhayader Town | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 0–2 | | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Rhyl | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–6 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 3–1 | | 0–3 |
| Total Network Solutions | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Pos | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Eifion Williams | Barry Town | 28 |
| 2 | Chris Summers | Cwmbrân Town | 21 |
| 3 | Mattie Davies | Cwmbrân Town | 20 |
| 3 | John Toner | Conwy United | 20 |
| 4 | Richard Gay | Haverfordwest County | 16 |
| 4 | Jamie Hughes | Gap Connah's Quay | 16 |
| 5 | Richard Jones | Barry Town | 14 |
Source: