1998–99 Western Football League

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Season 1998–99
Champions Taunton Town (Premier Division)Minehead Town (Division One)

The 1998–99 season was the 97th in the history of the Western Football League.

The league champions for the fourth time in their history were Taunton Town, but runners-up Tiverton Town took promotion to the Southern League. The champions of Division One were Minehead Town.

Premier Division

The Premier Division remained at 20 clubs after Chard Town and Torrington were relegated to the First Division. Two clubs joined:

Bishop Sutton, champions of the First Division.

Yeovil Town Reserves, runners-up in the First Division.

The First Division remained at 19 clubs after Bishop Sutton and Yeovil Town Reserves were promoted to the Premier Division, and Crediton United left the league. Three clubs joined:

Chard Town, relegated from the Premier Division.

Torrington, relegated from the Premier Division.

Minehead changed their name to Minehead Town.

^{1 The system of using goal difference to separate two teams tied on points was used.}

^{2 The points system: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

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