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1998–99 Northern Premier League

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Season
  
1998–99

Promoted
  
Altrincham

Goals scored
  
1,290

Champions
  
Altrincham

Champion
  
Altrincham F.C.

Matches played
  
462

Relegated
  
Accrington Stanley F.C., Chorley F.C.

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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.

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Premier Division

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

    Updated to games played on 1 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.

    Results

    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

    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

    Updated to games played on 22 February 2011.
    Source: [2].
    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

    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.

    Challenge Cup

    Featuring teams from both leagues.

    President's Cup

    'Plate' competition for losing teams in the NPL Cup.

  • Droylsden 2–1 Leigh Railway Mechanics Institute

    • Peter Swales Shield

    Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.

  • Altrincham bt. Stalybridge Celtic

    • References

    1998–99 Northern Premier League Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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