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1998–99 England Hockey League season

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1998–99 England Hockey League
1997–98 (previous) (next) 1999–2000

The 1998–99 English Hockey League season took place from October 1998 until May 1999.

The men's National League was won by Cannock with the women's National League going to Slough. The top four clubs entered the newly introduced Premiership play off tournament which culminated with men's & women's finals on 3 May. Cannock won the men's Premiership tournament and Slough claimed the women's Premiership tournament.[1]

The Men's Hockey Association Cup was won by Reading and the Women's Cup (AEWHA Cup) was won by Slough. [2] [3] [4]

Men's National League Premier Division League Standings

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Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Cannock 22 16 4 2 87 37 50 52
2 Southgate 22 15 2 5 62 50 12 47
3 Reading 22 13 4 5 77 49 28 43
4 Canterbury 22 13 3 6 87 60 27 42
5 Beeston 22 11 5 6 61 46 15 38
6 Teddington 22 11 3 8 67 54 13 36
7 Old Loughtonians 22 9 3 10 76 77 -1 30
8 Guildford 22 9 3 10 71 91 -20 30
9 Bournville 22 6 6 10 50 68 -18 24
10 Hounslow 22 3 6 13 38 63 -25 15
11 East Grinstead 22 2 3 17 52 87 -35 9
12 Brooklands 22 2 2 18 42 88 -46 8
= Champions
= Qualified for Premiership tournament
= Relegated

Women's National League Premier Division League Standings

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Pos Team P W D L F A Pts
1 Slough 14 10 2 2 53 25 32
2 Ipswich 14 9 2 3 36 20 29
3 Hightown 14 5 8 1 28 22 23
4 Clifton 14 7 2 5 27 21 23
5 Olton & West Warwicks 14 4 5 5 27 34 17
6 Leicester 14 4 2 8 26 34 14
7 Sutton Coldfield 14 3 1 10 19 38 10
8 Doncaster 14 2 2 10 23 45 8
= Champions
= Qualified for Premiership tournament

Men's Premiership Tournament

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Round Date Team 1 Team 2 Score
First round Apr 17 Reading Canterbury 8-2
Positional Apr 17 Cannock Southgate 1-0
Second round Apr 18 Reading Southgate 4-2
Final [7] May 3 Cannock Reading 4-4 (4-3 p)

Women's Premiership Tournament

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Round Date Team 1 Team 2 Score
First round Apr 17 Clifton Hightown 2-1
Positional Apr 17 Slough Ipswich 2-1
Second round Apr 18 Clifton Ipswich 4-2
Final [8] May 3 Slough Clifton 4-2

Men's Cup (Hockey Association Cup)

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Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Team 2 Score
Southgate Hounslow 8-3
Reading Canterbury 5-2
Cannock Lewes 4-3
Old Loughtonians Teddington 3-2

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Team 2 Score
Old Loughtonians Reading 0-4
Cannock Southgate 2-0

Final

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(Held at the National Hockey Stadium (Milton Keynes) on 9 May)

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Reading Cannock 4-4 aet (5-4 p)


Women's Cup (AEWHA Cup)

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Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Team 2 Score
Hightown Olton & West Warwick 1-2
Leicester Clifton 4-0
Chelmsford Bradford 2-1
Slough Doncaster 7-1

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Team 2 Score
Leicester Clifton 1-0
Slough Chelmsford 4-0

Final

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(Held at National Hockey Stadium (Milton Keynes) on 16 May)

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Slough Leicester 4-3

Slough
L Smith, Alison Burd, Sue Chandler (capt), Ashleigh Wallace, Julie Robertson, Karen Brown, Fiona Greenham, Sarah Kelleher, Jane Smith, Mandy Nicholson, Anna Bennett subs Lesley Hobley, Monique Slootmaekers, L Williams
Leicester
A Claxton, S Naylor, Emma Newbold, Joanne Mould, Tina Dullaghan, Carol Voss, Helen Richardson, Kirsty Bowden, Sarah Blanks, Lucy Beavon, Purdy Miller subs V Knott


References

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  1. ^ "Sydney Friskin. "Play-offs lend fresh spice to league format." Times [London, England] 1 Oct. 1999". The Times Digital Archive.
  2. ^ "Sydney Friskin and Cathy Harris. "Reading savour revenge." Times [London, England] 10 May 1999". The Times Digital Archive.
  3. ^ "Cathy Harris. "Glean sweep for relieved Slough." Times [London, England] 17 May 1999". The Times Digital Archive.
  4. ^ "Hockey: Reading able to extract[sic] revenge". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01.
  5. ^ ""For the Record." Times [London, England] 12 Apr. 1999". The Times Digital Archive.
  6. ^ ""Hockey." Times [London, England] 15 Mar. 1999". The Times Digital Archive.
  7. ^ "Sydney Friskin. "Cannock survive penalty shoot-out." Times [London, England] 4 May 1999". The Times Digital Archive.
  8. ^ "Sydney Friskin. "Cannock survive penalty shoot-out." Times [London, England] 4 May 1999". The Times Digital Archive.