1998–99 North West Counties Football League

The 1998–99 North West Counties Football League season was the 17th in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions: Division One and Division Two.

Division One

North West Counties
Football League
Division One

Season	1998–99
Champions	Workington
Promoted	Workington
Relegated	Holker Old Boys
Matches played	420
Goals scored	1345 (3.2 per match)
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

Division One featured five new teams:

• Bootle, promoted as seventh place in Division Two
• Cheadle Town, promoted as fourth place in Division Two
• Leek CSOB, promoted as third place in Division Two
• Skelmersdale United, promoted as runners-up of Division Two
• Workington, relegated from the NPL Division One

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Workington (C) (P)	40	27	9	4	86	28	+58	90	Promotion to NPL Division One
2	Mossley	40	27	7	6	91	38	+53	88
3	Vauxhall GM	40	26	7	7	92	40	+52	85
4	Newcastle Town	40	25	9	6	86	33	+53	84
5	Kidsgrove Athletic	40	24	7	9	90	47	+43	79
6	Prescot Cables	40	21	9	10	78	44	+34	72
7	Skelmersdale United	40	21	8	11	82	48	+34	71
8	St Helens Town	40	22	5	13	77	58	+19	71
9	Leek County School Old Boys	40	14	11	15	52	58	−6	53
10	Salford City	40	15	7	18	63	73	−10	52
11	Clitheroe	40	15	5	20	67	56	+11	50
12	Ramsbottom United	40	14	7	19	52	63	−11	49
13	Maine Road	40	14	6	20	50	71	−21	48
14	Rossendale United	40	14	5	21	59	81	−22	47
15	Nantwich Town	40	12	6	22	54	68	−14	42
16	Glossop North End	40	12	6	22	53	81	−28	42
17	Cheadle Town	40	12	6	22	56	97	−41	42
18	Atherton Laburnum Rovers	40	10	9	21	45	73	−28	39
19	Atherton Collieries	40	9	7	24	50	88	−38	34
20	Bootle	40	9	7	24	41	84	−43	34
21	Holker Old Boys (R)	40	4	3	33	21	116	−95	15	Relegation to Division Two

Updated to games played on May 1999.
Source: [1].
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.

Division Two

North West Counties
Football League
Division Two

Season	1998–99
Champions	Fleetwood Freeport
Promoted	Abbey Hey Fleetwood Freeport
Relegated	None
Matches played	342
Goals scored	1106 (3.23 per match)
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

Division Two featured five new teams:

• Abbey Hey, joined from the Manchester League
• Chadderton, relegated from Division One
• Curzon Ashton, transferred from the Northern Counties East Football League
• Darwen, relegated from Division One
• Warrington Town, relegated from Division One

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fleetwood Freeport (C) (P)	36	21	8	7	102	34	+68	71	Promotion to Division One
2	Abbey Hey (P)	36	20	6	10	70	35	+35	66
3	Squires Gate	36	17	14	5	53	31	+22	65
4	Warrington Town	36	18	9	9	82	46	+36	63
5	Woodley Sports	36	17	10	9	61	38	+23	61
6	Castleton Gabriels	36	17	10	9	72	57	+15	61
7	Formby	36	17	7	12	81	60	+21	58
8	Darwen	36	13	12	11	64	53	+11	51
9	Chadderton	36	11	17	8	42	38	+4	50
10	Tetley Walker	36	14	8	14	62	64	−2	50
11	Bacup Borough	36	11	14	11	47	61	−14	47
12	Daisy Hill	36	12	9	15	51	62	−11	45
13	Nelson	36	11	11	14	51	49	+2	44
14	Curzon Ashton	36	12	7	17	56	58	−2	43
15	Maghull	36	11	10	15	50	70	−20	43	Resigned to the West Cheshire League at the end of the season
16	Colne	36	11	7	18	54	71	−17	40
17	Ashton Town	36	11	6	19	35	59	−24	39
18	Oldham Town	36	5	7	24	34	99	−65	22
19	Blackpool Mechanics	36	4	6	26	39	121	−82	18

Updated to games played on 2 May 1999.
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.

Cup competitions

The league held three cup competitions. The League Challenge Cup was won by Vauxhall GM who beat Prescot Cables 1–0 in the final in a replay after the original match finished 1–1. The Floodlit Trophy final was won by Clitheroe, beating Kidsgrove Athletic 2–1 in the final. The Division Two Cup was won by that league's champions Fleetwood Freeport who defeated Warrington Town 2–1 in the final.

References

• http://www.tonykempster.co.uk/archive98-99/nwc1.htm
• http://www.tonykempster.co.uk/archive98-99/nwc2.htm

External links

• NWCFL Official Site