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1998–99 Northern Premier League
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | Northern Premier League Premier Division |
| season | 1998–99 |
| winners | Altrincham |
| promoted | Altrincham |
| relegated | Accrington Stanley |
| Chorley | |
| matches | 462 |
| total goals | 1290 |
| prevseason | 1997–98 |
| nextseason | 1999–2000 |
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.
Premier Division
Chorley
The Premier Division featured four new teams:
- Gateshead relegated from the Football Conference
- Stalybridge Celtic relegated from the Football Conference
- Whitby Town promoted as champions of Division One
- Worksop Town promoted as runners-up of Division One
League table
Results
Division One
Hucknall Town Great Harwood Town
Division One featured four new teams:
- Alfreton Town relegated from the NPL 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 NPL Premier Division
League table
Results
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
[[Northern Premier League Challenge Cup|Challenge Cup]]
Featuring teams from both leagues.
| RD1-team5= Blyth Spartans | RD1-score5=4 | RD1-team6= Droylsden | RD1-score6=3 | RD1-team1= Hucknall Town | RD1-score1=0 | RD1-team2= Farsley Celtic | RD1-score2=0 | RD1-team7= Guiseley | RD1-score7=12 | RD1-team8= Accrington Stanley | RD1-score8=11 | RD1-team3= Stalybridge Celtic | RD1-score3=5 | RD1-team4= Burscough | RD1-score4=2 | RD2-team3= Blyth Spartans | RD2-score3=0 | RD2-team4= Guiseley | RD2-score4=2 | RD2-team1= Hucknall Town | RD2-score1=11 | RD2-team2= Stalybridge Celtic | RD2-score2=12 | RD3-team1= Stalybridge Celtic | RD3-score1= 2 | RD3-team2= Guiseley | RD3-score2= 1
[[Northern Premier League President's Cup|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
References
- [http://www.staff.city.ac.uk/~sc397/football/nl/npl9899.htm Unibond League]
- (16 April 1999). "RMI's final agony". Newsquest (North West) Ltd.
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