1998–99 FA Women's Premier League

The 1998–99 FA Women's Premier League season was the 8th season of the FA Women's Premier League.

FA Women's Premier League

Season	1998–99
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

National Division

FA Women's Premier League
National Division

Season	1998–99
Champions	Croydon 2nd title
Relegated	Bradford City Ilkeston Town
Matches	90
Goals	294 (3.27 per match)
Biggest away win	Ilkeston Town 0–9 Arsenal (4 October 1998)
Longest unbeaten run	Croydon (18)
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

Doncaster Belles

Everton

Tranmere Rovers

Southampton Saints

Liverpool

Bradford City

Ilkeston Town

Locations of the FA Women's Premier League National Division Teams

Arsenal

Croydon

Millwall Lionesses

Locations of the FA Women's Premier League National Division Teams (Greater London)

Changes from last season:

• Ilkeston Town were promoted from the Northern Division
• Southampton Saints were promoted from the Southern Division
• Berkhamsted Town were relegated to the Northern Division
• Wembley were relegated to the Southern Division

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Croydon (C)	18	14	4	0	53	11	+42	46
2	Arsenal	18	13	4	1	59	15	+44	43
3	Doncaster Belles	18	9	6	3	32	19	+13	33
4	Everton	18	10	2	6	30	20	+10	32
5	Tranmere Rovers	18	8	3	7	29	32	−3	27
6	Liverpool	18	6	2	10	28	27	+1	20
7	Southampton Saints	18	5	3	10	20	35	−15	18
8	Millwall Lionesses	18	3	6	9	14	26	−12	15
9	Bradford City (R)	18	2	4	12	16	59	−43	10	Relegation to the Northern Division
10	Ilkeston Town (R)	18	2	2	14	14	51	−37	8

Source: FA WPL
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	BRA	CRO	DON	EVE	ILK	LIV	MIL	SOU	TRA
Arsenal	—	6–0	3–3	2–2	4–1	6–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–1
Bradford City	0–3	—	2–6	1–5	2–3	3–2	1–3	1–1	1–0	0–0
Croydon	2–2	4–0	—	0–0	1–0	5–0	2–1	2–1	4–0	4–0
Doncaster Belles	1–3	3–0	0–1	—	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	3–0
Everton	2–2	5–0	0–0	1–2	—	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–4
Ilkeston Town	0–9	2–2	1–4	1–1	1–0	—	0–3	0–2	0–2	3–4
Liverpool	0–5	5–1	0–3	1–2	1–2	2–1	—	1–1	3–0	5–0
Millwall Lionesses	0–1	1–1	4–0	1–1	0–3	3–1	1–0	—	1–1	0–2
Southampton Saints	1–5	5–1	1–3	2–2	0–4	0–1	2–1	2–0	—	0–2
Tranmere Rovers	1–0	5–0	0–5	1–3	0–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	3–0	—

Source: FA WPL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Northern Division

FA Women's Premier League
Northern Division

Season	1998–99
Champions	Aston Villa
Matches	90
Goals	379 (4.21 per match)
Biggest home win	Aston Villa 12–1 Berkhamsted Town (18 October 1998)
Biggest away win	Coventry City 0–6 Aston Villa (13 September 1998)
Highest scoring	Berkhamsted Town 5–6 Garswood Saints (17 January 1999)
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

Blyth Spartans Kestrels

Leeds United

Garswood Saints

Huddersfield Town

Map showing the locations of the teams in the Northern Division of the FA Women's Premier League

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Coventry City

Arnold Town

Aston Villa

Berkhamsted Town

Sheffield Wednesday

Map showing the locations of the teams in the Northern Division of the FA Women's Premier League

Changes from last season:

• Ilkeston Town were promoted to the National Division
• Leeds United were promoted to from the Northern Combination League
• Berkhamsted Town were relegated from the National Division
• Bloxwich Town were relegated to the Midland Combination League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Aston Villa (C, P)	18	14	3	1	57	14	+43	45	Promotion to the National Division
2	Blyth Spartans Kestrels	18	11	4	3	44	17	+27	37
3	Leeds United	18	9	5	4	67	29	+38	32
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	9	5	4	40	25	+15	32
5	Sheffield Wednesday	18	9	4	5	49	28	+21	31
6	Garswood Saints	18	8	5	5	39	29	+10	29
7	Berkhamsted Town	18	7	1	10	35	54	−19	22	Moved to the Southern Division
8	Coventry City	18	3	1	14	14	63	−49	10
9	Huddersfield Town	18	2	3	13	24	67	−43	9
10	Arnold Town	18	1	3	14	10	53	−43	6

Source: FA WPL
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away	ART	ASV	BET	BSK	CVC	GAS	HUT	LEU	SHW	WOW
Arnold Town	—	0–3	0–3	0–1	2–0	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–4	2–5
Aston Villa	7–0	—	12–1	1–1	4–0	1–0	4–2	2–1	1–0	3–1
Berkhamsted Town	1–0	0–2	—	3–2	3–0	5–6	4–1	2–3	0–2	3–3
Blyth Spartans Kestrels	1–1	3–0	2–0	—	7–0	3–0	5–1	3–0	1–3	0–1
Coventry City	1–0	0–6	3–0	0–2	—	0–2	2–3	2–2	1–6	0–4
Garswood Saints	5–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	1–2	—	0–5	1–1	1–4	2–2
Huddersfield Town	2–2	1–4	0–3	2–4	3–2	1–4	—	1–7	1–5	1–1
Leeds United	10–1	1–1	10–1	2–3	11–0	4–1	3–1	—	5–5	1–1
Sheffield Wednesday	1–0	1–2	2–5	1–1	4–1	0–0	7–2	2–3	—	1–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–0	0–2	4–0	1–4	3–0	1–3	4–1	3–1	2–1	—

Source: FA WPL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Southern Division

FA Women's Premier League
Southern Division

Season	1998–99
Champions	Reading Royals
Promoted	Reading Royals
Matches	90
Goals	355 (3.94 per match)
Biggest away win	Leyton Orient 1–7 Reading Royals
Highest scoring	Leyton Orient 4–8 Wimbledon
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

Reading Royals

Barry Town

Ipswich Town

Langford

Brighton & Hove Albion

Three Bridges

Whitehawk

Map showing the locations of the teams in the Southern Division of the FA Women's Premier League

Barry Town

Brighton & Hove Albion

Three Bridges

Whitehawk

Leyton Orient

Barnet

Wimbledon

Map showing the locations of the teams in the Southern Division of the FA Women's Premier League

Changes from last season:

• Southampton Saints were promoted to the National Division
• Reading Royals were promoted from the South West Combination League
• Wembley were relegated from the National Division
• Rushden & Diamonds were relegated to the South East Combination League
• Wembley became Barnet

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Reading Royals (C, P)	18	13	2	3	59	21	+38	41	Promotion to the National Division
2	Whitehawk	18	12	3	3	56	15	+41	39
3	Three Bridges	18	11	2	5	35	27	+8	35
4	Brighton & Hove Albion	18	9	6	3	35	21	+14	33
5	Wimbledon	18	9	1	8	41	45	−4	28
6	Barry Town	18	7	5	6	21	27	−6	26
7	Langford	18	7	2	9	34	27	+7	23
8	Barnet	18	4	3	11	28	52	−24	15
9	Leyton Orient	18	3	2	13	24	58	−34	11
10	Ipswich Town	18	2	0	16	22	62	−40	6

Source: FA WPL
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BAT	BHA	IPT	LAN	LEO	REA	THB	WHI	WIM
Barnet	—	3–3	0–3	2–3	3–2	2–0	2–3	2–2	1–1	0–4
Barry Town	2–1	—	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–2
Brighton & Hove Albion	3–2	1–1	—	3–2	1–1	4–2	1–1	4–0	1–4	3–0
Ipswich Town	1–3	1–2	1–3	—	1–4	3–2	0–6	1–2	1–4	0–3
Langford	6–0	0–1	0–0	3–1	—	5–2	0–3	0–2	0–1	4–0
Leyton Orient	3–2	0–0	0–2	3–2	1–5	—	1–7	1–1	1–5	4–8
Reading Royals	6–0	1–1	3–1	4–0	0–2	2–1	—	4–0	2–1	8–2
Three Bridges	3–1	2–3	1–0	5–3	1–0	1–2	4–1	—	2–3	3–1
Whitehawk	6–0	6–0	1–1	6–2	6–0	4–0	0–2	0–1	—	4–0
Wimbledon	1–4	2–0	1–3	4–0	3–2	4–1	4–3	1–4	1–1	—

Source: FA WPL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.