1997–98 League of Wales

The 1997–98 League of Wales was the sixth season of the League of Wales since its establishment in 1992.[1] The league was won for the third consecutive year by Barry Town, who accrued a total of 104 points – one less than the previous season – scoring 134 goals in the process (an average of 3.53 goals per game).

League of Wales
Season1997–98
ChampionsBarry Town
RelegatedPorthmadog
Flint Town United
Welshpool Town
Cemaes Ynys Môn
Champions LeagueBarry Town
UEFA CupNewtown
Cup Winners' CupBangor City
Intertoto CupEbbw Vale
Matches played380
Goals scored1,334 (3.51 per match)
Top goalscorerEifion Williams (40)

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Barry Town (C) 38 33 5 0 134 31 +103 104 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Newtown 38 23 9 6 101 47 +54 78 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Ebbw Vale 38 22 11 5 94 55 +39 77 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
4 Inter CableTel 38 23 5 10 58 28 +30 74
5 Cwmbran Town 38 22 7 9 78 47 +31 73
6 Bangor City 38 20 8 10 72 54 +18 68 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
7 Connah's Quay Nomads 38 18 12 8 75 54 +21 66
8 Rhyl 38 17 10 11 61 49 +12 61
9 Conwy United 38 15 8 15 66 59 +7 53
10 Aberystwyth Town 38 13 12 13 64 63 +1 51
11 Caersws 38 14 4 20 64 71 −7 46
12 Carmarthen Town 38 11 11 16 57 72 −15 44
13 Caernarfon Town 38 12 7 19 57 66 −9 43
14 Total Network Solutions 38 9 15 14 54 67 −13 42
15 Rhayader Town 38 11 6 21 55 78 −23 39
16 Haverfordwest County 38 10 8 20 54 87 −33 38
17 Porthmadog (R) 38 10 5 23 55 77 −22 35 Relegation to Cymru Alliance
18 Flint Town United (R) 38 9 7 22 50 77 −27 34
19 Welshpool Town (R) 38 6 7 25 55 97 −42 25
20 Cemaes Ynys Môn (R) 38 2 3 33 30 155 −125 9
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away ABE BAN BAR CAE CWS CMR CEM CQN CON CWM EBB FTU HAV INC NTW POR RHA RHY TNS WEL
Aberystwyth Town 3–1 0–2 3–0 1–0 3–1 2–5 0–1 3–0 2–4 1–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 3–1 1–1 2–2 5–0
Bangor City 1–0 1–4 1–0 3–2 2–2 6–0 0–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–3 3–3 3–1 2–0 2–0 5–1
Barry Town 6–1 5–0 4–0 6–1 6–3 12–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–2 2–1 5–5 3–0 2–0 3–2 10–0 8–0
Caernarfon Town 1–1 1–1 2–5 0–1 5–0 4–0 0–1 1–1 1–4 2–3 0–0 3–1 1–3 1–5 2–2 4–1 1–1 3–1 3–0
Caersws 5–3 1–3 0–2 4–2 6–1 3–0 0–2 1–4 2–1 1–2 2–3 3–1 2–0 1–2 4–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 3–0
Carmarthen Town 1–1 0–3 3–5 0–2 0–0 4–0 2–2 0–1 1–2 2–2 3–0 0–1 2–0 2–2 3–1 1–0 2–2 1–3 1–1
Cemaes Ynys Môn 2–2 0–3 0–3 0–5 2–4 3–3 1–4 1–2 2–5 0–2 1–2 4–0 0–3 0–1 1–2 1–3 0–2 1–5 2–3
Connah's Quay Nomads 1–0 2–2 1–4 2–0 3–1 0–2 10–0 2–2 1–5 2–3 3–2 5–2 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–1
Conwy United 1–3 0–2 1–3 0–2 3–0 0–2 4–0 2–2 1–2 2–3 2–0 2–0 1–2 3–1 1–0 4–1 2–1 2–2 0–0
Cwmbran Town 1–1 0–1 0–3 1–2 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–2 4–3 6–0 0–0 3–1 3–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 3–2
Ebbw Vale 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–1 3–3 3–1 10–1 2–0 4–3 2–1 5–0 6–1 4–0 0–4 2–1 1–1 3–3 2–1 1–1
Flint Town United 1–1 1–4 1–2 0–2 2–0 1–2 3–0 1–2 1–6 1–1 0–4 1–1 1–2 2–3 3–1 0–2 3–3 1–1 1–1
Haverfordwest County 1–1 2–2 0–1 3–0 1–2 1–1 5–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–4 1–3 0–2 1–6 3–0 2–4 0–1 2–2 3–0
Inter CableTel 3–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 4–1 3–0 0–1 2–0 1–3 3–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–1
Newtown 4–0 4–2 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 11–1 1–1 3–3 1–2 1–2 3–2 5–2 0–0 4–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–0
Porthmadog 5–3 0–1 0–3 2–0 3–2 0–1 7–0 1–3 3–0 0–1 0–2 0–1 2–3 0–4 1–4 1–2 0–2 3–1 3–1
Rhayader Town 1–3 2–1 2–2 1–2 2–4 2–1 5–0 1–3 1–3 1–2 2–2 1–3 3–1 1–0 0–4 1–3 0–3 1–1 3–2
Rhyl 2–2 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 3–1 0–1 0–3 1–0 5–2 2–0 0–2 0–1 3–2 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–2
Total Network Solutions 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–3 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–3 2–3 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–4 2–1 2–2 1–0 3–1
Welshpool Town 1–3 1–3 0–5 4–1 4–0 1–5 8–0 2–4 1–2 0–1 2–3 4–2 2–2 0–2 0–1 1–2 3–3 3–3 1–0
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References
  1. "Wales 1997/98". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
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