1998–99 Northern Football League

The 1998–99 Northern Football League season was the 101st in the history of Northern Football League, a football competition in England.^[1] Division One was won by Bedlington Terriers and Division Two was won by Durham City. Bedlington opted against promotion to the Northern Premier League.

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Northern Football League
Division One
Season	1998–99
Champions	Bedlington Terriers
Relegated	Newcastle Blue Star Penrith Shildon
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,332 (3.51 per match)
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bedlington Terriers	38	33	2	3	128	37	+91	101
2	Tow Law Town	38	23	6	9	80	49	+31	75
3	Chester-le-Street Town	38	17	14	7	71	46	+25	65
4	Dunston Federation Brewery	38	18	10	10	75	53	+22	64
5	West Auckland Town	38	19	7	12	67	62	+5	64
6	Guisborough Town	38	18	5	15	68	65	+3	59
7	Seaham Red Star	38	16	7	15	62	59	+3	55
8	Consett	38	15	7	16	72	64	+8	52
9	Morpeth Town	38	15	6	17	54	60	−6	51
10	Stockton	38	15	6	17	68	76	−8	51
11	Billingham Synthonia	38	15	7	16	60	56	+4	49^[a]
12	Marske United	38	13	9	16	58	63	−5	48
13	Crook Town	38	13	7	18	51	60	−9	46
14	South Shields	38	10	15	13	57	66	−9	45
15	Billingham Town	38	13	9	16	66	81	−15	45^[b]
16	Jarrow Roofing	38	11	10	17	62	85	−23	43
17	Easington Colliery	38	11	6	21	67	78	−11	39
18	Newcastle Blue Star	38	12	5	21	59	83	−24	38^[c]	Relegated to Division Two
19	Penrith	38	10	8	20	59	82	−23	35^[d]
20	Shildon	38	6	8	24	48	107	−59	26

Northern Football League
Division Two
Season	1998–99
Champions	Durham City
Promoted	Durham City Shotton Comrades Peterlee Newtown
Matches played	342
Goals scored	1,211 (3.54 per match)
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Durham City	36	29	4	3	101	28	+73	91	Promoted to Division One
2	Shotton Comrades	36	22	7	7	89	44	+45	73
3	Peterlee Newtown	36	21	8	7	79	43	+36	71
4	Northallerton Town	36	20	6	10	73	34	+39	66
5	Norton & Stockton Ancients	36	20	6	10	73	43	+30	66
6	Brandon United	36	17	8	11	87	49	+38	59
7	Hebburn	36	18	4	14	66	53	+13	58
8	Evenwood Town	36	15	10	11	82	63	+19	55
9	Whickham	36	15	8	13	51	43	+8	53
10	Prudhoe Town	36	14	10	12	70	61	+9	52
11	Ashington	36	14	9	13	64	47	+17	51
12	Alnwick Town	36	15	5	16	63	66	−3	50
13	Horden Colliery Welfare	36	13	11	12	52	56	−4	50
14	Willington	36	13	10	13	58	53	+5	49
15	Esh Winning	36	9	10	17	59	73	−14	37
16	Washington	36	10	6	20	55	78	−23	36
17	Ryhope Community	36	5	3	28	30	90	−60	18
18	Murton	36	4	2	30	33	167	−134	14
19	Eppleton Colliery Welfare	36	4	1	31	26	120	−94	7^[a]