The1998–99 Northern Premier League season was the 31st in the history of theNorthern Premier League, afootball competition inEngland. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First. It was known as theUnibond League for sponsorship reasons.[1]
Season | 1998–99 |
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Champions | Altrincham |
Promoted | Altrincham |
Relegated | Accrington Stanley Chorley |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,290 (2.79 per match) |
The Premier Division featured four new teams:
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Altrincham(C, P) | 42 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 67 | 33 | +34 | 80 | Promotion toFootball Conference |
2 | Worksop Town | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 66 | 48 | +18 | 76 | |
3 | Guiseley | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 64 | 47 | +17 | 72 | |
4 | Bamber Bridge | 42 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 63 | 48 | +15 | 69 | |
5 | Gateshead | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 69 | 58 | +11 | 65 | |
6 | Gainsborough Trinity | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 65 | 59 | +6 | 65 | |
7 | Whitby Town | 42 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 77 | 62 | +15 | 64 | |
8 | Leigh RMI | 42 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 63 | 54 | +9 | 63 | |
9 | Hyde United | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 61 | 48 | +13 | 59 | |
10 | Stalybridge Celtic | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 71 | 63 | +8 | 59 | |
11 | Winsford United | 42 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 56 | 52 | +4 | 57 | |
12 | Runcorn | 42 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 46 | 49 | −3 | 55 | |
13 | Emley | 42 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 47 | 49 | −2 | 53 | |
14 | Blyth Spartans | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 56 | 64 | −8 | 51 | |
15 | Colwyn Bay | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 60 | 71 | −11 | 49 | |
16 | Frickley Athletic | 42 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 55 | 71 | −16 | 48 | |
17 | Marine | 42 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 61 | 69 | −8 | 47 | |
18 | Spennymoor United | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 52 | 71 | −19 | 47 | |
19 | Lancaster City | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 50 | 62 | −12 | 46 | |
20 | Bishop Auckland | 42 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 49 | 67 | −18 | 45 | |
21 | Chorley(R) | 42 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 45 | 68 | −23 | 39 | Relegation toNPL Division One |
22 | Accrington Stanley(R) | 42 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 47 | 77 | −30 | 36 |
Home \ Away | ACC | ALT | BAM | BIS | BLY | CHO | COL | EML | FRK | GAI | GAT | GUI | HYD | LNC | LEI | MAR | RUN | SPU | STL | WTB | WNS | WKS |
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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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
Season | 1998–99 |
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Champions | Droylsden |
Promoted | Droylsden Hucknall Town |
Relegated | Alfreton Town Great Harwood Town |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,446 (3.13 per match) |
Division One featured four new teams:
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Droylsden(C, P) | 42 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 97 | 55 | +42 | 86 | Promotion toPremier Division |
2 | Hucknall Town(P) | 42 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 80 | 38 | +42 | 86[a] | |
3 | Ashton United | 42 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 79 | 46 | +33 | 78 | |
4 | Lincoln United | 42 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 94 | 65 | +29 | 72 | |
5 | Eastwood Town | 42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 65 | 69 | −4 | 68 | |
6 | Radcliffe Borough | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 78 | 62 | +16 | 65 | |
7 | Burscough | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 67 | 61 | +6 | 65 | |
8 | Witton Albion | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 70 | 63 | +7 | 63 | |
9 | Bradford Park Avenue | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 64 | 55 | +9 | 62 | |
10 | Stocksbridge Park Steels | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 64 | 60 | +4 | 61 | |
11 | Harrogate Town | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 75 | 77 | −2 | 58 | |
12 | Gretna | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 73 | 80 | −7 | 58 | |
13 | Belper Town | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 58 | 57 | +1 | 56 | |
14 | Trafford | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 50 | 58 | −8 | 53 | |
15 | Netherfield Kendal | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 51 | 64 | −13 | 49[b] | |
16 | Flixton | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 50 | 64 | −14 | 48 | |
17 | Matlock Town | 42 | 14 | 6 | 22 | 53 | 72 | −19 | 48 | |
18 | Farsley Celtic | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 56 | 73 | −17 | 46 | |
19 | Whitley Bay | 42 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 53 | 77 | −24 | 39 | |
20 | Congleton Town | 42 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 65 | 91 | −26 | 39 | |
21 | Great Harwood Town(R) | 42 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 51 | 73 | −22 | 38 | Relegation toNWCFL Division One |
22 | Alfreton Town(R) | 42 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 53 | 86 | −33 | 35 | Relegation toNCEFL Premier Division |
Home \ Away | ALF | ASH | BLP | BPA | BUR | CNG | DRO | EAS | FAR | FLX | GHT | GRT | HAR | HUC | KEN | LIN | MAT | RAD | STO | TRA | WHI | WTN |
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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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
In the thirty-first season of the Northern Premier League Altrincham (as champions) were automatically promoted to theFootball Conference. Chorley and Accrington Stanley were relegated to the First Division; these two clubs were replaced by relegated Conference sidesBarrow andLeek Town,First Division winnersDroylsden and second placedHucknall 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 admittedOssett Town andWorkington.
Featuring teams from both leagues.
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
Hucknall Town | 0 | |||||||||||||
Farsley Celtic | 0 | |||||||||||||
Hucknall Town | 11 | |||||||||||||
Stalybridge Celtic | 12 | |||||||||||||
Stalybridge Celtic | 5 | |||||||||||||
Burscough | 2 | |||||||||||||
Stalybridge Celtic | 2 | |||||||||||||
Guiseley | 1 | |||||||||||||
Blyth Spartans | 4 | |||||||||||||
Droylsden | 3 | |||||||||||||
Blyth Spartans | 0 | |||||||||||||
Guiseley | 2 | |||||||||||||
Guiseley | 12 | |||||||||||||
Accrington Stanley | 11 |
'Plate' competition for losing teams in the NPL Cup.
Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup.