1998–99 Northern Counties East Football League

The 1998–99 Northern Counties East Football League season was the 17th in the history of Northern Counties East Football League, a football competition in England.

Premier Division

Northern Counties East
Football League
Premier Division

Season	1998–99
Champions	Ossett Albion
Promoted	Ossett Town
Relegated	Pickering Town Pontefract Collieries
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,287 (3.39 per match)
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

The Premier Division featured 17 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with three new clubs.

• Clubs promoted from Division One:
  • Garforth Town
  • Staveley Miners Welfare

• Plus:
  • Buxton, relegated from the Northern Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Ossett Albion	38	23	5	10	86	50	+36	74
2	Ossett Town	38	22	7	9	76	44	+32	73	Promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One
3	Brigg Town	38	20	12	6	78	43	+35	72
4	Hallam	38	22	5	11	95	63	+32	71
5	North Ferriby United	38	19	12	7	92	50	+42	69
6	Liversedge	38	21	4	13	87	63	+24	67
7	Arnold Town	38	19	7	12	78	56	+22	64
8	Denaby United	38	15	12	11	66	60	+6	57
9	Garforth Town	38	15	9	14	74	70	+4	54
10	Buxton	38	14	10	14	54	53	+1	52
11	Selby Town	38	15	7	16	59	61	−2	52
12	Sheffield	38	15	6	17	55	58	−3	51
13	Armthorpe Welfare	38	13	11	14	46	50	−4	50
14	Glasshoughton Welfare	38	13	9	16	58	71	−13	48
15	Thackley	38	14	5	19	65	77	−12	47
16	Eccleshill United	38	12	6	20	56	74	−18	42
17	Staveley Miners Welfare	38	9	11	18	50	84	−34	36^[a]
18	Maltby Main	38	8	6	24	51	87	−36	28^[a]
19	Pontefract Collieries	38	7	7	24	37	86	−49	26^[a]	Relegated to Division One
20	Pickering Town	38	5	7	26	44	107	−63	22

Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. Staveley Miners Welfare, Maltby Main and Pontefract Collieries were deducted 2 points.

Division One

Northern Counties East
Football League
Division One

Season	1998–99
Champions	Harrogate Railway Athletic
Promoted	Brodsworth Miners Welfare Harrogate Railway Athletic
Matches played	156
Goals scored	556 (3.56 per match)
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

Division One featured 12 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with one new club:

• Hatfield Main, relegated from the Premier Division

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Harrogate Railway Athletic	24	15	6	3	58	29	+29	51	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Brodsworth Miners Welfare	24	13	3	8	52	42	+10	42
3	Glapwell	24	12	6	6	47	39	+8	42
4	Parkgate	24	12	5	7	61	32	+29	41
5	Borrowash Victoria	24	12	5	7	48	38	+10	41
6	Worsbrough Bridge Miners Welfare	24	9	6	9	49	42	+7	33
7	Hall Road Rangers	24	9	6	9	44	49	−5	33
8	Hatfield Main	24	10	3	11	27	47	−20	31^[a]
9	Louth United	24	9	3	12	37	33	+4	30
10	Yorkshire Amateur	24	6	7	11	41	49	−8	25
11	Tadcaster Albion	24	6	6	12	33	51	−18	24
12	Rossington Main	24	6	4	14	37	51	−14	22
13	Winterton Rangers	24	3	8	13	22	54	−32	17

Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. Hatfield Main were deducted 2 points.

Cup Competitions

League Cup

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Ossett Albion		1
	Denaby United		2
						Denaby United		2
						North Ferriby United		1
	Arnold Town		3
	North Ferriby United		6
											Denaby United		1
											Selby Town		0
	Selby Town		1
	Ossett Town		0
						Selby Town		1
						Armthorpe Welfare		0
	Armthorpe Welfare		1
	Guiseley		0

President's Cup

• North Ferriby United beat Garforth Town 6–1 on aggregate

Wilkinson's Sword Trophy

For first division teams

• Yorkshire Amateur beat Parkgate 8–2 on aggregate

References

• The Official Football Association Non League Club Directory 2000 ISBN 1-869833-44-9

External links

• Northern Counties East Football League