# 1998–99 West Midlands (Regional) League

The 1998–99 West Midlands (Regional) League season was the 99th in the history of the West Midlands (Regional) League, an English association football competition for semi-professional and amateur teams based in the West Midlands county, Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and southern Staffordshire.

## Premier Division

The Premier Division featured 15 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with five new clubs.
* Clubs promoted from Division One North:
** Bandon
** Lawson Mardon Star, who also changed name to Star
* Clubs promoted from Division One South:
** Smethwick Rangers
** Tipton Town
* Plus:
** Dudley Town, reformed after resigning from the Southern Football League in 1997

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Kington Town | 40 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 120 | 39 | +81 | 99 | |
| 2 | Cradley Town | 40 | 28 | 3 | 9 | 98 | 40 | +58 | 87 | Promoted to the Midland Football Alliance |
| 3 | Stafford Town | 40 | 27 | 5 | 8 | 89 | 38 | +51 | 86 | |
| 4 | Wolverhampton Casuals | 40 | 24 | 5 | 11 | 99 | 72 | +27 | 77 | |
| 5 | Smethwick Rangers | 40 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 88 | 52 | +36 | 71 | |
| 6 | Darlaston Town | 40 | 21 | 7 | 12 | 81 | 63 | +18 | 70 | |
| 7 | Bandon | 40 | 19 | 7 | 14 | 72 | 53 | +19 | 64 | |
| 8 | Malvern Town | 40 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 76 | 62 | +14 | 60 | |
| 9 | Tipton Town | 40 | 17 | 6 | 17 | 62 | 75 | −13 | 57 | |
| 10 | Bustleholme | 40 | 16 | 7 | 17 | 63 | 71 | −8 | 55 | |
| 11 | Gornal Athletic | 40 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 68 | 65 | +3 | 53 | |
| 12 | Lye Town | 40 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 56 | 54 | +2 | 51 | |
| 13 | Star | 40 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 55 | 63 | −8 | 50 | |
| 14 | Dudley Town | 40 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 52 | 67 | −15 | 46 | |
| 15 | Tividale | 40 | 12 | 9 | 19 | 55 | 69 | −14 | 45 | |
| 16 | Brierley Hill Town | 40 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 57 | 74 | −17 | 45 | |
| 17 | Westfields | 40 | 9 | 15 | 16 | 57 | 69 | −12 | 42 | |
| 18 | Ludlow Town | 40 | 12 | 5 | 23 | 46 | 82 | −36 | 41 | |
| 19 | Ettingshall Holy Trinity | 40 | 10 | 9 | 21 | 62 | 87 | −25 | 39 | |
| 20 | Walsall Wood | 40 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 43 | 99 | −56 | 22 | |
| 21 | Wolverhampton United | 40 | 1 | 9 | 30 | 33 | 138 | −105 | 12 | Relegated to Division One North |

## Division One North

The Division One North featured 10 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 5 new clubs:
* Little Drayton Rangers
* Sedgley White Lions
* Shifnal Town reserves
* Wyrley Rangers
* Wolverhampton Town

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Heath Hayes | 28 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 75 | 28 | +47 | 62 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Little Drayton Rangers | 28 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 74 | 24 | +50 | 60 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 3 | Lucas Flight Controls | 28 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 91 | 37 | +54 | 58 | |
| 4 | Great Wyrley | 28 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 75 | 35 | +40 | 56 | |
| 5 | Brereton Social | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 83 | 48 | +35 | 56 | Resigned from the league |
| 6 | Newport | 28 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 62 | 40 | +22 | 56 | |
| 7 | Cannock Chase | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 63 | 43 | +20 | 49 | |
| 8 | Sedgley White Lions | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 38 | +6 | 40 | |
| 9 | Morda United | 28 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 55 | 72 | −17 | 30 | |
| 10 | Shifnal Town reserves | 28 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 42 | 66 | −24 | 29 | |
| 11 | Wolverhampton Casuals reserves | 28 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 53 | 79 | −26 | 28 | Resigned from the league |
| 12 | Wyrley Rangers | 28 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 39 | 92 | −53 | 23 | Resigned from the league |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Town | 28 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 35 | 71 | −36 | 16 | Resigned from the league |
| 14 | Corestone Services | 28 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 37 | 105 | −68 | 14 | |
| 15 | Walsall Wood reserves | 28 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 25 | 75 | −50 | 9 | |
* ↑ Little Drayton Rangers deducted 3 points.
* ↑ Walsall Wood reserves deducted 1 point.

## Division One South

The Division One South featured 10 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 4 new clubs:
* Sikh Hunters, transferred from Division One North
* Causeway United
* Lye Town reserves
* Borgfield Celtic

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Wellington | 26 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 115 | 17 | +98 | 67 | |
| 2 | Causeway United | 26 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 75 | 24 | +51 | 64 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 3 | Leominster Town | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 57 | 48 | +9 | 44 | |
| 4 | Bromyard Town | 26 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 42 | |
| 5 | Tividale reserves | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 48 | 49 | −1 | 40 | Resigned from the league |
| 6 | Sikh Hunters | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 68 | 70 | −2 | 39 | |
| 7 | Halesowen Harriers reserves | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 59 | 51 | +8 | 37 | Resigned from the league |
| 8 | Malvern Town reserves | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 45 | 54 | −9 | 34 | |
| 9 | Cradley Town reserves | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 32 | |
| 10 | Hinton | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 53 | 68 | −15 | 32 | |
| 11 | Pershore Town reserves | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 50 | −22 | 31 | |
| 12 | Mahal | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 42 | 67 | −25 | 26 | |
| 13 | Lye Town reserves | 26 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 44 | 91 | −47 | 25 | Resigned from the league |
| 14 | Borgfield Celtic | 26 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 36 | 83 | −47 | 11 | Transferred to Division One North |