1998–99 Carmarthen Town A.F.C. season

Carmarthen Town

1998–99 season
Chairman	Jeff Thomas
Manager	John Mahoney(until November 1998) Tomi Morgan(from December 1998)
Ground	Richmond Park
League of Wales	12th (of 17)
Welsh Cup	Runners-up (eliminated by Inter CableTel)
Welsh League Cup	First Round (eliminated by Haverfordwest County)
West Wales Cup	Semi-final (eliminated by Haverfordwest County)
Top goalscorer	League: Paul Burrows (9) All: Paul Burrows (15)
Highest home attendance	511 vs Barry Town (12 December 1998)
Lowest home attendance	220 vs Connah's Quay Nomads (19 September 1998)
Home colours Away colours
← 1997–98 1999–00 →

The 1998–99 season was Carmarthen Town's forty fifth season of Welsh league football, and third consecutive season in the League of Wales.

Background

League of Wales

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Date	League position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
29 August 1998	15th	Cwmbrân Town	A	L	0–2		161
1 September 1998	9th	Inter CableTel	A	W	2–1	G. James, S.Williams.	210
9 September 1998	12th	Aberystwyth Town	H	L	2–5	P.Burrows, T.Rees	471
12 September 1998	10th	Conwy United	A	W	2–1	P.Burrows, R.Adams	220
19 September 1998	5th	Connah's Quay Nomads	H	W	6–2	N.Nicholas, R.Adams, T.Rees, P.Burrows (2), G.James	220
26 September 1998	7th	Caernarfon Town	A	L	2–3	M.Cable, P.Burrows	156
3 October 1998	9th	Caersws	H	L	0–1		286
10 October 1998	11th	Rhayader Town	A	L	0–1		203
31 October 1998	10th	Newtown	A	D	0–0		261
7 November 1998	11th	Bangor City	H	L	1–2	P.Burrows	310
14 November 1998	10th	Holywell Town	A	D	1–1	D.Barnhouse	93
28 November 1998	14th	Rhyl	H	L	1–2	T.Rees	294
12 December 1998	13th	Barry Town	H	W	2–1	D.Rossiter, R.Adams	511
19 December 1998	11th	Haverfordwest County	A	W	2–1	R.Adams, P.Burrows	358
2 January 1999	12th	Inter CableTel	H	L	0–1		412
9 January 1999	12th	Cwmbrân Town	H	D	1–1	T.Rees	321
23 January 1999	10th	Connah's Quay Nomads	A	W	2–0	T.Morgan, S.Meredith	140
30 January 1999	11th	Caernarfon Town	H	D	0–0		320
6 February 1999	10th	Caersws	A	W	2–1	P.Burrows(2)	185
19 February 1999	10th	Rhayader Town	H	D	1–1	M.Cable	440
27 February 1999	11th	Total Network Solutions	A	D	1–1	D.Rossiter	154
10 March 1999	12th	Aberystwyth Town	A	L	2–3	A.Roberts, R.Parker	720
20 March 1999	12th	Bangor City	A	L	0–4		209
24 March 1999	12th	Total Network Solutions	H	W	1–0	W.Jones	303
27 March 1999	11th	Holywell Town	H	W	3–0	S.Meredith, T.Rees, R.Nicholls	290
30 March 1999	11th	Barry Town	A	L	2–6	Own Goal, R.Nicholls	374
3 April 1999	9th	Rhyl	A	W	2–1	T.Morgan, R.Parker	178
5 April 1999	9th	Afan Lido	A	D	1–1	N.Nicholas	364
10 April 1999	9th	Conwy United	H	W	2–1	N.Nicholas, R.Parker	264
13 April 1999	9th	Afan Lido	H	D	1–1	W.Jones	301
24 April 1999	9th	Haverfordwest County	H	W	3–1	S.Meredith, T.Rees, S.Evans	310
1 May 1999	9th	Newtown	H	W	1–0	S.Evans	311

Source: ^[1]

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Conwy United	32	14	7	11	54	49	+5	49
8	The New Saints	32	12	11	9	55	42	+13	47
9	Carmarthen Town	32	13	8	11	46	46	0	47
10	Caersws FC	32	12	8	12	49	55	−6	44
11	Bangor City	32	11	6	15	44	49	−5	39

Source: ^[2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
32	13	8	11	46	46	0	47	7	4	5	25	19	+6	6	4	6	21	27	−6

Source: ^[2]

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32
Ground	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	D	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	W
Position	15	9	12	10	5	7	9	11	10	11	10	14	13	11	12	12	10	11	10	10	11	12	12	12	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	9

Source: ^[3]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
2nd	17 October 1998	Hoover Sports	H	W	2–1	P.Burrows	149
3rd	21 November 1998	Chepstow Town	H	D	2–2	T.Rees, P.Burrows	115
Replay	25 November 1998	Chepstow Town	A	W	5–2	T.Rees, P.Burrows, C.Loss, N.Nicholas, G.Phillips	101
4th	13 February 1999	Caernarfon Town	H	W	2–0	P.Burrows, G.Griffiths	205
5th	13 March 1999	Port Talbot	H	W	1–0	P.Burrows	322
SF	17 April 1999	Conwy United	N	W	1–0	R.Nicholls	370
Final	9 May 1999	Inter CableTel	N	L	1–1 2–4(p)	S.Meredith	1011

Source: ^[1]

Welsh League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
1st	23 September 1998	Haverfordwest County	H	L	1–2	P.Burrows	312

Source: ^[1]

West Wales Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
SF	28 April 1999	Haverfordwest County	H	D	1–1
Replay	11 May 1999	Haverfordwest County	A	L	0–1

Source: ^[1]

See also

• Carmarthen Town A.F.C.
• List of Carmarthen Town A.F.C. seasons

References

1. "Carmarthen Town Results 1998–99". carmarthentownafc.net. Carmarthen Town A.F.C. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
2. "League of Wales 1998–99". Statto.com. Statto Organisation. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
3. "Carmarthen 1998–99". Statto.com. Statto Organisation. Retrieved 27 July 2013.