1998–99 Spartan South Midlands Football League
# 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.

## Premier Division

At the end of the previous season regional Premier Division North and Premier Division South merged with the first ten clubs from both divisions to form new Premier Division. The Premier Division featured 23 clubs.

* Ten clubs come from Premier Division North:
   * Arlesey Town
   * Brache Sparta
   * Buckingham Athletic
   * Harpenden Town
   * Hoddesdon Town
   * London Colney
   * Potters Bar Town
   * Royston Town
   * Toddington Rovers
   * Welwyn Garden City
* Ten clubs come from Premier Division South:
   * Barkingside
   * Beaconsfield SYCOB
   * Brimsdown Rovers
   * Brook House
   * Haringey Borough
   * Hillingdon Borough
   * Islington St Mary's
   * Ruislip Manor
   * St Margaretsbury
   * Waltham Abbey
* Two clubs promoted from the Senior Division:
   * Milton Keynes City, changed name from Mercedes Benz
   * New Bradwell St Peter
* One club joined from the Herts County League:
   * Somersett Ambury V&E

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Barkingside | 44 | 30 | 6 | 8 | 97 | 44 | +53 | 96 | Resigned from the league |
| 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 from the league |
| 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 | 65 | |
| 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 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 from the league |
| 18 | Somersett Ambury V&E | 44 | 13 | 6 | 25 | 50 | 103 | −53 | 45 | |
| 19 | St Margaretsbury | 44 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 75 | 98 | −23 | 43 | |
| 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 | 44 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 35 | 136 | −101 | 15 | Relegated to the Senior Division |

* ↑ Hillingdon Borough deducted four points.
* ↑ St Margaretsbury deducted three points.

## Senior Division

At the end of the previous season regional Premier Division North and Premier Division South merged with the first ten clubs from both divisions to form new Premier Division, while all other Premier divisions clubs relegated to the Senior Division. The Senior Division featured eleven clubs which competed in the division last season, along with eleven new clubs.

* Five clubs relegated from Premier Division North:
   * Bedford United
   * Biggleswade Town
   * Langford
   * Letchworth
   * Milton Keynes
* Four clubs relegated from Premier Division South:
   * Amersham Town
   * Cockfosters
   * Hanwell Town
   * Harefield United
* Two clubs promoted from Division One North:
   * Greenacres
   * Luton Old Boys

At the end of the season Milton Keynes were renamed Bletchley Town.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Holmer Green | 42 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 121 | 42 | +79 | 96 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Hanwell Town | 42 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 105 | 44 | +61 | 96 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 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 | 42 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 99 | 62 | +37 | 81 | Promoted to the 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 | 42 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 42 | 104 | −62 | 26 | Relegated to Division One |
| 22 | Houghton Town | 42 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 43 | 132 | −89 | 22 | Resigned from the league |

## Division One

Division One featured eleven clubs which competed in previous season Division One North, along with six new clubs.

* Three clubs relegated from the Senior Division:
   * Ampthill Town
   * Kent Athletic
   * The 61 FC Luton
* Three new clubs:
   * Dunstable Town
   * Markyate
   * Newport Athletic

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bridger Packaging | 32 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 92 | 21 | +71 | 84 | Promoted to the Senior Division |
| 2 | Ampthill Town | 32 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 106 | 33 | +73 | 81 | Promoted to the Senior Division |
| 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 from the league |
| 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 | 33 | |
| 13 | Leighton Athletic | 32 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 39 | 76 | −37 | 27 | |
| 14 | Old Bradwell United | 32 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 49 | 96 | −47 | 27 | |
| 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 | |

* ↑ Flamstead deducted one point.
* ↑ Old Bradwell United deducted three points.
