The 1998–99 North West Counties Football League season was the 17th in the history of the

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, a

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competition in

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. Teams were divided into two divisions: Division One and Division Two.

Division One

Division One featured five new teams: *

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, 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 *

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, relegated from the NPL Division One

League table

Division Two

Division Two featured five new teams: * Abbey Hey, joined from the Manchester League *

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, relegated from Division One *

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, transferred from the

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, relegated from Division One * Warrington Town, relegated from Division One

League table

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.

References

* http://www.tonykempster.co.uk/archive98-99/nwc1.htm * http://www.tonykempster.co.uk/archive98-99/nwc2.htm

External links

NWCFL Official Site
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