The 1998–99 Southern Football League

Southern Football League

The Southern League is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales...

 season saw win the Premier Division to earn promotion to the Football Conference

Football Conference

The Football Conference is a football league in England which consists of three divisions called Conference National, Conference North, and Conference South. Some Football Conference clubs are fully professional, such as Luton Town, but most of them are semi-professional...

. , and were relegated from the Premier Division, whilst , , and were promoted from the Eastern and Western Divisions, the former two as champions. were relegated to the eighth level whilst resigned and were expelled.

Premier Division

58

18

13

26

8

5

4

12

7

6

3

Pos	|Team	|Pld	|W	|D	|L	|F	|A	GD	|Pts	Notes
1		42	27	9	6	91	33
90	Promoted
2		42	17	16	9	69	51
67
3		42	18	13	11	72	59
67
4		42	18	11	13	70	44
65
5		42	18	11	13	57	49
65	Demoted
6		42	18	11	13	57	52
65
7		42	18	9	15	58	54
63
8		42	17	11	14	72	60
62
9		42	19	5	18	60	67	−7	62
10		42	17	10	15	53	46
61
11		42	17	10	15	57	58	−1	61
12		42	16	12	14	56	61	−5	60
13		42	17	7	18	58	52
58
14		42	14	14	14	56	53
56
15		42	15	8	19	52	62	−10	53
16		42	12	14	16	47	52	−5	50
17		42	14	8	20	51	58	−7	50
18		42	11	15	16	49	63	−14	48
19		42	13	9	20	47	67	−20	48
20		42	11	12	19	47	68	−21	45
21		42	12	8	22	49	73	−24	44	Relegated
22		42	8	7	27	38	84	−46	30	One point deducted, relegated

Eastern Division

53

51

45

28

40

37

5

1

6

8

Pos	|Team	|Pld	|W	|D	|L	|F	|A	GD	|Pts	Notes
1		42	29	7	6	85	32
94	Promoted
2		42	27	8	7	84	33
89	Promoted
3		42	26	8	8	92	47
86
4		42	23	7	12	68	40
76
5		42	20	12	10	91	51
72
6		42	19	13	10	87	50
70
7		42	17	12	13	59	54
63
8		42	17	9	16	60	59
60
9		42	16	11	15	58	52
59
10		42	17	7	18	74	77	−3	58
11		42	15	12	15	56	48
57
12		42	16	8	18	61	66	−5	56	Transferred to Western Division
13		42	12	18	12	54	56	−2	54
14		42	14	10	18	48	54	−6	52
15		42	15	7	20	48	64	−16	52
16		42	12	15	15	48	59	−11	51
17		42	14	8	20	57	72	−15	50
18		42	12	11	19	54	72	−18	47
19		42	10	10	22	48	73	−25	40
20		42	10	7	25	37	79	−42	37	Transferred to Western Division
21		42	6	10	26	48	115	−67	28	Resigned
22		42	6	8	28	41	105	−64	26	Expelled

Western Division

48

41

36

18

32

10

23

10

11

8

6

3

11

Pos	|Team	|Pld	|W	|D	|L	|F	|A	GD	|Pts	Notes
1		42	28	8	6	83	35
92	Promoted
2	Newport Newport County A.F.C. Newport County Association Football Club are a professional football club based in the city of Newport, south Wales, who currently play in the Conference National, the highest level of the National League System and fifth highest of the overall English football league system...	42	26	7	9	92	51
85	Promoted
3		42	22	12	8	81	45
75	Three points deducted
4		42	20	12	10	58	40
72
5		42	21	8	13	92	61
71
6		42	20	11	11	79	69
71
7		42	19	12	11	76	53
69
8		42	20	7	15	70	61
67
9		42	17	14	11	65	54
65
10		42	17	12	13	62	54
63
11		42	17	8	17	46	57	−11	59
12		42	16	10	16	60	54
58
13		42	16	9	17	64	63	0	57
14		42	16	9	17	59	66	−7	57	Transferred to Eastern Division
15		42	15	10	17	59	56
55
16		42	15	9	18	63	52
54
17		42	13	8	21	61	74	−13	47
18		42	13	7	22	60	75	−15	46	Transferred to Eastern Division
19		42	11	12	19	49	58	−9	45
20		42	12	9	21	53	74	−21	45	Transferred to Eastern Division
21		42	5	8	29	38	93	−55	23
22		42	1	2	39	26	151	−125	5	Relegated