# 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

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 | |
| 18 | Maltby Main | 38 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 51 | 87 | −36 | 28 | |
| 19 | Pontefract Collieries | 38 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 37 | 86 | −49 | 26 | Relegated to Division One |
| 20 | Pickering Town | 38 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 44 | 107 | −63 | 22 | Relegated to Division One |
* 1 2 3 Staveley Miners Welfare, Maltby Main and Pontefract Collieries were deducted 2 points.

## Division One

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 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
* ↑ Hatfield Main were deducted 2 points.

## Cup Competitions
### League Cup

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