1998–99 Northern Premier League

The 1998–99 Northern Premier League season was the 31st in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First. It was known as the Unibond League for sponsorship reasons.^[1]

Premier Division

Northern Premier League Premier Division
Season	1998–99
Champions	Altrincham
Promoted	Altrincham
Relegated	Accrington Stanley Chorley
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1290 (2.79 per match)
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

The Premier Division featured four new teams:

Gateshead relegated from the Conference
Stalybridge Celtic relegated from the Conference
Whitby Town promoted as champions of Division One
Worksop Town promoted as runners-up of Division One

League Table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Altrincham !Altrincham (C) (P)	42	23	11	8	67	33	+34	80	Promotion to Conference
2	Worksop Town !Worksop Town	42	22	10	10	66	48	+18	76
3	Guiseley !Guiseley	42	21	9	12	64	47	+17	72
4	Bamber Bridge !Bamber Bridge	42	18	15	9	63	48	+15	69
5	Gateshead !Gateshead	42	18	11	13	69	58	+11	65
6	Gainsborough Trinity !Gainsborough Trinity	42	19	8	15	65	59	+6	65
7	Whitby Town !Whitby Town	42	17	13	12	77	62	+15	64
8	Leigh RMI !Leigh RMI	42	16	15	11	63	54	+9	63
9	Hyde United !Hyde United	42	16	11	15	61	48	+13	59
10	Stalybridge Celtic !Stalybridge Celtic	42	16	11	15	71	63	+8	59
11	Winsford United !Winsford United	42	14	15	13	56	52	+4	57
12	Runcorn !Runcorn	42	12	19	11	46	49	−3	55
13	Emley	42	12	17	13	47	49	−2	53
14	Blyth Spartans !Blyth Spartans	42	14	9	19	56	64	−8	51
15	Colwyn Bay !Colwyn Bay	42	12	13	17	60	71	−11	49
16	Frickley Athletic !Frickley Athletic	42	11	15	16	55	71	−16	48
17	Marine !Marine	42	10	17	15	61	69	−8	47
18	Spennymoor United !Spennymoor United	42	12	11	19	52	71	−19	47
19	Lancaster City !Lancaster City	42	11	13	18	50	62	−12	46
20	Bishop Auckland !Bishop Auckland	42	10	15	17	49	67	−18	45
21	Chorley !Chorley (R)	42	8	15	19	45	68	−23	39	Relegation to NPL Division One
22	Accrington Stanley !Accrington Stanley (R)	42	9	9	24	47	77	−30	36	Relegation to NPL Division One

Updated to games played on 1 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.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Accrington Stanley !ACC	Altrincham !ALT	Bamber Bridge !BAM	Bishop Auckland !BIS	Blyth Spartans !BLY	Chorley !CHO	Colwyn Bay !COL	Emley	Frickley Athletic !FRK	Gainsborough Trinity !GAI	Gateshead !GAT	Guiseley !GUI	Hyde United !HYD	Lancaster City !LNC	Leigh RMI !LEI	Marine !MAR	Runcorn !RUN	Spennymoor United !SPU	Stalybridge Celtic !STL	Whitby Town !WTB	Winsford United !WNS	Worksop Town !WKS
Accrington Stanley !Accrington Stanley		1–4	0–5	0–1	1–3	0–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–2	1–2	2–3	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–3
Altrincham !Altrincham	2–1		1–1	0–0	0–0	4–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	4–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–0
Bamber Bridge !Bamber Bridge	1–1	0–1		2–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	3–2	1–4	3–1	4–1	1–1	4–2	1–1	2–2	1–2	5–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–2
Bishop Auckland !Bishop Auckland	2–1	2–1	1–1		2–2	0–4	0–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–2	2–3	1–1	3–3	1–1	0–2	2–1
Blyth Spartans !Blyth Spartans	0–1	0–0	0–1	2–1		0–0	4–4	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–2	4–1	1–2	1–0	4–1	2–1	1–1	4–0	3–2	0–5	0–3	0–1
Chorley !Chorley	4–0	0–2	0–1	1–3	0–2		1–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–3	2–0	3–3	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–2	2–2	1–3
Colwyn Bay !Colwyn Bay	3–1	1–1	0–1	0–3	2–0	2–1		3–3	0–2	3–4	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–3	1–3	1–2	3–1	1–2	2–2
Emley	3–1	0–3	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–0		1–1	3–2	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	2–2
Frickley Athletic !Frickley Athletic	0–0	0–3	0–2	0–0	2–0	2–2	2–1	0–1		1–2	0–2	1–2	3–0	3–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–2	3–3	3–1	2–3
Gainsborough Trinity !Gainsborough Trinity	0–4	0–3	0–1	2–1	3–4	3–0	3–1	1–2	4–1		1–1	2–2	0–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	3–1	1–4	2–0	0–0	3–1
Gateshead !Gateshead	3–0	0–1	2–0	4–1	0–1	0–0	3–2	2–1	2–3	0–2		1–0	0–3	7–1	1–3	2–2	2–2	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–2
Guiseley !Guiseley	4–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–2	4–0	2–2	1–1	3–0	2–1	3–2		1–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–3	2–3	2–1
Hyde United !Hyde United	3–2	0–1	1–1	5–0	0–1	3–4	2–2	0–1	2–0	1–2	3–0	3–1		1–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	0–0
Lancaster City !Lancaster City	1–0	0–0	3–2	2–4	2–2	0–1	4–1	1–1	5–0	0–1	2–2	1–3	1–0		1–2	0–0	1–1	0–3	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–0
Leigh RMI !Leigh RMI	1–2	3–2	0–1	1–1	3–2	0–1	3–2	0–0	0–1	3–0	2–2	3–2	2–2	0–2		0–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	2–2	2–2	1–1
Marine !Marine	2–0	2–1	1–2	2–2	1–3	4–1	1–4	2–2	1–4	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1		1–4	5–2	2–2	3–3	3–3	1–2
Runcorn !Runcorn	2–2	0–3	2–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–3	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–1		2–0	1–0	2–3	0–1	1–1
Spennymoor United !Spennymoor United	2–0	0–2	0–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	4–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	2–2	2–4	0–2	0–0		1–0	4–5	1–3	0–2
Stalybridge Celtic !Stalybridge Celtic	1–3	3–1	1–1	3–1	4–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	0–3	2–2	2–1	3–1	4–4	2–1	1–2	3–0		2–0	1–0	3–0
Whitby Town !Whitby Town	3–2	1–4	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	4–3	1–0	4–0	5–1	1–2	0–0	2–3	1–2	0–2	0–2	0–0	4–1	4–1		1–2	1–1
Winsford United !Winsford United	2–2	2–1	1–0	1–2	2–2	1–2	1–1	3–2	2–2	2–0	1–2	0–1	0–2	1–0	2–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–2		1–1
Worksop Town !Worksop Town	1–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–0

Updated to games played on 1 May 1999.
Source: Northern Premier Division results grid
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division One

Northern Premier League Division One
Season	1998–99
Champions	Droylsden
Promoted	Droylsden Hucknall Town
Relegated	Alfreton Town Great Harwood Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1446 (3.13 per match)
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

Division One featured four new teams:

Alfreton Town relegated from the Premier Division
Burscough promoted as runners-up from the NWCFL Division One
Hucknall Town promoted as champions from the NCEFL Premier Division
Radcliffe Borough relegated from the Premier Division

League Table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Droylsden !Droylsden (C) (P)	42	26	8	8	97	55	+42	86	Promotion to Premier Division
2	Hucknall Town !Hucknall Town (P)	42	26	11	5	80	38	+42	086^*	Promotion to Premier Division
3	Ashton United !Ashton United	42	22	12	8	79	46	+33	78
4	Lincoln United !Lincoln United	42	20	12	10	94	65	+29	72
5	Eastwood Town !Eastwood Town	42	20	8	14	65	69	−4	68
6	Radcliffe Borough !Radcliffe Borough	42	19	8	15	78	62	+16	65
7	Burscough !Burscough	42	19	8	15	67	61	+6	65
8	Witton Albion !Witton Albion	42	18	9	15	70	63	+7	63
9	Bradford Park Avenue !Bradford Park Avenue	42	17	11	14	64	55	+9	62
10	Stocksbridge Park Steels !Stocksbridge Park Steels	42	16	13	13	64	60	+4	61
11	Harrogate Town !Harrogate Town	42	17	7	18	75	77	−2	58
12	Gretna !Gretna	42	16	10	16	73	80	−7	58
13	Belper Town !Belper Town	42	15	11	16	58	57	+1	56
14	Trafford !Trafford	42	14	11	17	50	58	−8	53
15	Netherfield Kendal	42	13	10	19	51	64	−13	049^#
16	Flixton !Flixton	42	12	12	18	50	64	−14	48
17	Matlock Town !Matlock Town	42	14	6	22	53	72	−19	48
18	Farsley Celtic !Farsley Celtic	42	11	13	18	56	73	−17	46
19	Whitley Bay !Whitley Bay	42	10	9	23	53	77	−24	39
20	Congleton Town !Congleton Town	42	8	15	19	65	91	−26	39
21	Great Harwood Town !Great Harwood Town (R)	42	10	8	24	51	73	−22	38	Relegation to NWCFL Division One
22	Alfreton Town !Alfreton Town (R)	42	9	8	25	53	86	−33	35	Relegation to NCEFL Premier Division

Updated to games played on 22 February 2011.
Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^*Hucknall Town were docked 3 points.
^#From this season onwards Netherfield were known as Netherfield Kendal.
(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.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Alfreton Town !ALF	Ashton United !ASH	Belper Town !BLP	Bradford Park Avenue !BPA	Burscough !BUR	Congleton Town !CNG	Droylsden !DRO	Eastwood Town !EAS	Farsley Celtic !FAR	Flixton !Flixton	Great Harwood Town !GHT	Gretna !GRT	Harrogate Town !HAR	Hucknall Town !HUC	Kendal Town !KEN	Lincoln United !LIN	Matlock Town !MAT	Radcliffe Borough !RAD	Stocksbridge Park Steels !STO	Trafford !TRA	Whitley Bay !WHI	Witton Albion !WTN
Alfreton Town !Alfreton Town		1–7	0–3	2–2	0–1	2–1	0–2	3–0	2–2	0–0	1–3	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	2–2	3–2	1–1	1–3	0–3	2–1	1–3
Ashton United !Ashton United	4–2		1–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	4–2	3–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–1	6–3	0–2
Belper Town !Belper Town	1–2	0–2		3–1	2–0	2–1	3–0	0–3	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	4–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	5–3	2–2
Bradford Park Avenue !Bradford Park Avenue	2–1	0–3	2–0		1–1	4–0	0–5	3–1	1–2	2–1	0–1	4–2	0–1	2–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	5–0
Burscough !Burscough	2–1	2–3	2–1	1–1		3–2	1–3	2–0	1–0	3–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–3	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–2	2–1	4–0
Congleton Town !Congleton Town	2–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	3–2		0–1	1–2	3–1	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–4	0–0	2–2	3–4	2–6	0–4	3–1	2–2	1–1
Droylsden !Droylsden	1–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	4–2	2–4		1–3	3–3	2–1	3–0	2–0	2–1	4–2	1–1	5–1	2–0	3–2	3–1	2–0	2–1	5–0
Eastwood Town !Eastwood Town	2–2	2–1	1–0	4–5	2–2	2–0	4–3		1–1	1–3	3–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	2–2	3–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	2–0
Farsley Celtic !Farsley Celtic	3–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	1–4	2–2	1–1	2–0		4–0	3–1	5–3	1–2	0–3	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–2	1–2	0–1
Flixton !Flixton	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–2	2–2	2–0	3–2	3–2	0–2		1–0	2–3	3–4	2–3	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	2–3
Great Harwood Town !Great Harwood Town	5–1	1–1	0–1	3–4	2–5	2–2	0–1	0–2	2–0	0–1		2–2	0–1	1–0	4–0	1–4	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	2–1	1–1
Gretna !Gretna	2–1	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	5–2	2–5	2–4	1–2	1–2	3–0		2–2	1–1	1–3	2–5	3–2	2–2	1–1	4–1	2–0	2–1
Harrogate Town !Harrogate Town	0–4	1–4	5–3	0–1	1–2	4–2	1–3	2–2	2–2	3–2	2–0	2–4		1–0	0–2	1–1	4–0	1–2	1–0	4–2	5–1	2–3
Hucknall Town !Hucknall Town	2–1	4–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	4–2	3–1	3–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	0–1	3–0		6–3	2–2	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–1
Kendal Town !Kendal Town	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	4–5	1–1	0–2	3–0	4–0	1–1	3–2	0–1	2–3	0–2		1–2	1–2	0–3	0–4	4–2	1–3	1–0
Lincoln United !Lincoln United	4–0	1–1	1–2	1–3	2–0	1–7	1–1	7–0	2–2	2–1	4–1	3–1	4–0	1–2	2–0		6–0	2–4	4–3	5–3	1–0	3–1
Matlock Town !Matlock Town	0–3	1–0	1–3	0–1	2–0	2–2	3–3	1–2	3–0	3–0	1–2	2–0	2–5	0–1	0–1	0–2		3–1	2–0	2–1	2–3	1–3
Radcliffe Borough !Radcliffe Borough	2–3	2–1	3–3	2–0	1–0	1–1	3–2	4–0	5–2	2–2	2–4	1–3	3–2	1–3	1–1	0–1	3–1		0–1	4–1	2–1	3–1
Stocksbridge Park Steels !Stocksbridge Park Steels	2–2	0–3	0–0	2–2	0–1	3–2	2–3	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–3	2–1	0–0	0–3	3–2	0–0	2–4		1–0	4–1	2–1
Trafford !Trafford	3–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–3		1–1	1–1
Whitley Bay !Whitley Bay	0–2	1–3	1–0	1–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	0–1	4–3	2–0	4–1	0–2	0–2	2–3	2–2	0–4	1–2	0–1	1–2	1–1		0–0
Witton Albion !Witton Albion	4–0	1–2	4–2	2–1	3–3	5–0	0–2	5–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	5–1	0–3	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–3	1–0	4–1	0–1	2–0

Updated to games played on 1 May 1999.
Source: Northern Premier League First Division results grid
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion and relegation

In the thirty-first season of the Northern Premier League Altrincham (as champions) were automatically promoted to the Football Conference. Chorley and Accrington Stanley were relegated to the First Division; these two clubs were replaced by relegated Conference sides Barrow and Leek Town, First Division winners Droylsden and second placed Hucknall Town. In the First Division Great Harwood Town and Alfreton Town left the League at the end of the season and were replaced by newly admitted Ossett Town and Workington.

Cup results

Challenge Cup: Teams from both leagues.

Stalybridge Celtic 2–1 Guiseley^[2]

President's Cup: 'Plate' competition for losing teams in the NPL Cup.

Droylsden 2–1 Leigh Railway Mechanics Institute^[3]

Peter Swales Shield: Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.

Altrincham bt. Stalybridge Celtic

References

↑ Unibond League
↑ The Official Football Association Non League Club Directory 2000 ISBN 1-869833-44-9
↑ "RMI's final agony". LancashireTelegraph.co.uk (Newsquest (North West) Ltd). 16 April 1999. Retrieved 9 November 2013.

External links

Northern Premier League Tables at RSSSF

Northern Premier League

Premier Division	Ashton United Barwell Blyth Spartans Buxton Colwyn Bay Darlington 1883 Frickley Athletic Grantham Town Halesowen Town Hyde United Ilkeston Marine Matlock Town Mickleover Sports Nantwich Town Ramsbottom United Rushall Olympic Salford City Skelmersdale United Stamford Stourbridge Sutton Coldfield Town Whitby Town Workington

Division One North	Bamber Bridge Brighouse Town Burscough Clitheroe Droylsden Farsley Celtic Glossop North End Harrogate Railway Athletic Kendal Town Lancaster City Mossley New Mills Northwich Victoria Ossett Albion Ossett Town Prescot Cables Radcliffe Borough Scarborough Athletic Spennymoor Town Trafford Warrington Town Witton Albion

Division One South	Basford United Belper Town Carlton Town Chasetown Coalville Town Daventry Town Goole Gresley Kidsgrove Athletic Leek Town Lincoln United Loughborough Dynamo Market Drayton Town Newcastle Town Romulus Rugby Town Shaw Lane Aquaforce Sheffield Spalding United Stafford Rangers Stocksbridge Park Steels Tividale

Seasons	1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

See also: Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, Northern Premier League President's Cup, Northern Premier League Chairman's Cup, Peter Swales Shield

1998–99 in English football

« 1997–98

1999–2000 »

FA competitions

Premier League and
Football League

Football Conference

Football Conference
Conference League Cup

Lower leagues

European competitions

Related to national team

UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying (Qualification Group 5)
Glenn Hoddle
Howard Wilkinson (caretaker)
Kevin Keegan

Club seasons

Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Charlton Athletic Chelsea Coventry City Derby County Everton Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wimbledon

First Division	Barnsley Birmingham City Bolton Wanderers Bradford City Bristol City Bury Crewe Alexandra Crystal Palace Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Norwich City Oxford United Port Vale Portsmouth Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Stockport County Sunderland Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Watford West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Bournemouth Blackpool Bristol Rovers Burnley Chesterfield Colchester United Fulham Gillingham Lincoln City Luton Town Macclesfield Town Manchester City Millwall Northampton Town Notts County Oldham Athletic Preston North End Reading Stoke City Walsall Wigan Athletic Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers York City

Third Division	Barnet Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Cambridge United Cardiff City Carlisle United Chester City Darlington Exeter City Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hull City Leyton Orient Mansfield Town Peterborough United Plymouth Argyle Rochdale Rotherham United Scarborough Scunthorpe United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swansea City Torquay United

Football Conference	Barrow Cheltenham Town Doncaster Rovers Dover Athletic Farnborough Town Forest Green Rovers Hayes Hednesford Town Hereford United Kettering Town Kidderminster Harriers Kingstonian Leek Town Morecambe Northwich Victoria Rushden & Diamonds Southport Stevenage Borough Telford United Welling United Woking Yeovil Town

Others	Newport

List of transfers

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