# 1998–99 North West Counties Football League

The 1998–99 North West Counties Football League season was the 17th in the history of the North West Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions: Division One and Division Two.

## Division One

Division One featured five new teams:
* Bootle, promoted as seventh place in Division Two
* Cheadle Town, promoted as fourth place in Division Two
* Leek CSOB, promoted as third place in Division Two
* Skelmersdale United, promoted as runners-up of Division Two
* Workington, relegated from the NPL Division One

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Workington (C, P) | 40 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 86 | 28 | +58 | 90 | Promotion to Northern Premier League Division One |
| 2 | Mossley | 40 | 27 | 7 | 6 | 91 | 38 | +53 | 88 | |
| 3 | Vauxhall GM | 40 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 92 | 40 | +52 | 85 | |
| 4 | Newcastle Town | 40 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 86 | 33 | +53 | 84 | |
| 5 | Kidsgrove Athletic | 40 | 24 | 7 | 9 | 90 | 47 | +43 | 79 | |
| 6 | Prescot Cables | 40 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 78 | 44 | +34 | 72 | |
| 7 | Skelmersdale United | 40 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 82 | 48 | +34 | 71 | |
| 8 | St Helens Town | 40 | 22 | 5 | 13 | 77 | 58 | +19 | 71 | |
| 9 | Leek County School Old Boys | 40 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 52 | 58 | −6 | 53 | |
| 10 | Salford City | 40 | 15 | 7 | 18 | 63 | 73 | −10 | 52 | |
| 11 | Clitheroe | 40 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 67 | 56 | +11 | 50 | |
| 12 | Ramsbottom United | 40 | 14 | 7 | 19 | 52 | 63 | −11 | 49 | |
| 13 | Maine Road | 40 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 50 | 71 | −21 | 48 | |
| 14 | Rossendale United | 40 | 14 | 5 | 21 | 59 | 81 | −22 | 47 | |
| 15 | Nantwich Town | 40 | 12 | 6 | 22 | 54 | 68 | −14 | 42 | |
| 16 | Glossop North End | 40 | 12 | 6 | 22 | 53 | 81 | −28 | 42 | |
| 17 | Cheadle Town | 40 | 12 | 6 | 22 | 56 | 97 | −41 | 42 | |
| 18 | Atherton Laburnum Rovers | 40 | 10 | 9 | 21 | 45 | 73 | −28 | 39 | |
| 19 | Atherton Collieries | 40 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 50 | 88 | −38 | 34 | |
| 20 | Bootle | 40 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 41 | 84 | −43 | 34 | |
| 21 | Holker Old Boys (R) | 40 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 21 | 116 | −95 | 15 | Relegation to Division Two |

## Division Two

Division Two featured five new teams:
* Abbey Hey, joined from the Manchester League
* Chadderton, relegated from Division One
* Curzon Ashton, transferred from the Northern Counties East Football League
* Darwen, relegated from Division One
* Warrington Town, relegated from Division One

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Fleetwood Freeport (C, P) | 36 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 102 | 34 | +68 | 71 | Promotion to Division One |
| 2 | Abbey Hey (P) | 36 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 70 | 35 | +35 | 66 | Promotion to Division One |
| 3 | Squires Gate | 36 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 53 | 31 | +22 | 65 | |
| 4 | Warrington Town | 36 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 82 | 46 | +36 | 63 | |
| 5 | Woodley Sports | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 61 | 38 | +23 | 61 | |
| 6 | Castleton Gabriels | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 72 | 57 | +15 | 61 | |
| 7 | Formby | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 81 | 60 | +21 | 58 | |
| 8 | Darwen | 36 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 64 | 53 | +11 | 51 | |
| 9 | Chadderton | 36 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 50 | |
| 10 | Tetley Walker | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 62 | 64 | −2 | 50 | |
| 11 | Bacup Borough | 36 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 47 | 61 | −14 | 47 | |
| 12 | Daisy Hill | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 51 | 62 | −11 | 45 | |
| 13 | Nelson | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 51 | 49 | +2 | 44 | |
| 14 | Curzon Ashton | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 56 | 58 | −2 | 43 | |
| 15 | Maghull | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 50 | 70 | −20 | 43 | Resigned to the West Cheshire League at the end of the season |
| 16 | Colne | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 54 | 71 | −17 | 40 | |
| 17 | Ashton Town | 36 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 35 | 59 | −24 | 39 | |
| 18 | Oldham Town | 36 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 34 | 99 | −65 | 22 | |
| 19 | Blackpool Mechanics | 36 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 39 | 121 | −82 | 18 | |

## Cup competitions
### League Challenge Cup

Vauxhall GM beat Prescot Cables 1–0 in the final in a replay after the original match finished 1–1.

### Floodlit Trophy

Clitheroe beat Kidsgrove Athletic 2–1 in the final.

### Division Two Cup

Fleetwood Freeport beat Warrington Town 2–1 in the final.