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
Season | 1998–99 |
---|---|
Champions | Workington |
Promoted | Workington |
Relegated | Holker Old Boys |
Matches played | 420 |
Goals scored | 1345 (3.2 per match) |
← 1997–98 |
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 NWCFL Division Two |
Updated to games played on May 1999.
Source: .
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
Season | 1998–99 |
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Champions | Fleetwood Freeport |
Promoted |
Abbey Hey Fleetwood Freeport |
Relegated | None |
Matches played | 342 |
Goals scored | 1106 (3.23 per match) |
← 1997–98 |
Division Two featured five new teams:
- Abbey Hey promoted as runners-up of 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 NWCFL 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 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:
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.[1]
References
- ↑ The Official Football Association Non League Club Directory 2000 ISBN 1-869833-44-9
- http://www.tonykempster.co.uk/archive98-99/nwc1.htm
- http://www.tonykempster.co.uk/archive98-99/nwc2.htm
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