United Counties Football League

United Counties Football League

Countries	England
Founded	1934
Divisions	Premier Division Division One
Number of teams	38
Levels on pyramid	Levels 9–10
Feeder to	Southern League
Domestic cup(s)	United Counties League Cup
Current champions	St. Neots Town (Premier Division) AFC Kempston Rovers (Division One) (2010–11)
Website	Official

The United Counties Football League (also known after its sponsor as the ChromaSport & Trophies United Counties League) is an English football league covering Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire, as well as parts of Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and Norfolk. It has a total of four divisions, two for first teams and two for reserve teams. Clubs in the Premier Division are eligible to enter the FA Cup in the Preliminary Round stages. Those clubs in the league with floodlights are eligible for the FA Vase, and there are knockout cups for the Premier/Division One clubs and for the Reserve Divisions clubs.

Divisions

The area covered by the United Counties League is coloured in brown.

Premier Division

The Premier Division is at level 9 (step 5) of the National League System, feeding in to the Southern Football League Division One Midlands. It was known as the Northamptonshire League until 1934. There are currently twenty-one clubs in this division, one less than is normal for Leagues at a similar level in the English football league system. The member clubs take part in Cup competitions organised by the County FA to which they are affiliated and other Cup competitions.

Division One

Division One is at level 10 (step 6) in the football pyramid above four smaller local leagues at the base of the recognized NLS: the Northamptonshire Combination, Northampton Town League, Bedfordshire Football League, and Peterborough & District League. There are currently seventeen clubs in this division. It is one of the few step 6 divisions across the country that is not all-floodlit.

Reserve divisions

The membership of the two reserve divisions (Reserve Division One and Reserve Division Two) is made up largely of the Reserve teams of the clubs in the main United Counties League.

Recent champions

Season	Premier Division	Division One	Reserves Division 1	Reserves Division 2	League Cup	Reserve Divisions Cup
1980–81	Stamford	Stevenage Borough	Wootton Blue Cross	Not Formed	Irthlingborough Diamonds	Long Buckby
1981–82	Stamford	Newport Pagnell Town	Irthlingborough Diamonds	Not Formed	Stamford	Irthligborough Diamonds
1982–83	Irthlingborough Diamonds	Raunds Town	Irthlingborough Diamonds	Not Formed	Wootton Blue Cross	Desborough Town
1983–84	Buckingham Town	Brackley Town	Arlesey Town	Raunds Town	Buckingham Town	Stamford
1984–85	Arlesey Town	Northampton Spencer	Long Buckby	Brackley Town	Long Buckby	Raunds Town
1985–86	Buckingham Town	Kempston Rovers	Irthlingborough Diamonds	Wootton Blue Cross	Stamford	Rushden Town
1986–87	Potton United	Baker Perkins	Irthlingborough Diamonds	Wellingborough Whitworths	Stewarts & Lloyds Corby	Irthlingborough Diamonds
1987–88	Spalding United	British Timken Duston	Stotfold	Kettering Town	Arlesey Town	Kettering Town
1988–89	Potton United	Ramsey Town	Raunds Town	Cogenhoe United	Northampton Spencer	Raunds Town
1989–90	Holbeach United	Daventry Town	Mirrlees Blackstone	Northampton ON Chenecks	Holbeach United	Mirrlees Blackstone
1990–91	Bourne Town	Daventry Town	Northampton Spencer	Wellingborough Town	Raunds Town	Northampton Spencer
1991–92	Northampton Spencer	Harrowby United	Stotfold	Hamlet S & L Corby	Rothwell Town	Stotfold
1992–93	Rothwell Town	Ford Sports Daventry	Rushden & Diamonds	Burton Park Wanderers	Rothwell Town	Rushden & Diamonds
1993–94	Rothwell Town	Northampton Vanaid	Rothwell Town	Bourne Town	Northampton Spencer	Rothwell Town
1994–95	Boston Town	St Neots Town	Northampton Spencer	Wootton Blue Cross	Spalding United	Cogenhoe United
1995–96	Raunds Town	Ford Sports Daventry	Raunds Town	Wellingborough Whitworths	Cogenhoe United	Mirrlees Blackstone
1996–97	Stamford	Yaxley	Stotfold	Northampton Vanaid	Desborough Town	Rothwell Town
1997–98	Stamford	Higham Town	Rothwell Town	St Neots Town	Ford Sports Daventry	Rothwell Town
1998–99	Spalding United	Bugbrooke St Michaels	Rothwell Town	Kettering Town	Stotfold	Northampton Spencer
1999–00	Ford Sports Daventry	Cottingham	Rothwell Town	King's Lynn	Cogenhoe United	King's Lynn
2000–01	Boston Town	Daventry Town	Cogenhoe United	Stamford	Desborough Town	Rothwell Town
2001–02	Ford Sports Daventry	Newport Pagnell Town	Stotfold	Holbeach United	Raunds Town	Wootton Blue Cross
2002–03	Holbeach United	Northampton Sileby Rangers	Bugbrooke St Michaels	Olney Town	Blackstones	Stewarts & Lloyds Corby
2003–04	Spalding United	Potton United	Raunds Town	Bourne Town	Boston Town	Blackstones
2004–05	Cogenhoe United	Northampton Sileby Rangers	Yaxley	Ford Sports Daventry	Potton United	Stotfold
2005–06	Woodford United	Sleaford Town	Bourne Town	Woodford United	Yaxley	Northampton Sileby Rangers
2006–07	Deeping Rangers	Whitworths	Cogenhoe United	St Neots Town	Boston Town	Cogenhoe United
2007–08	Stotfold	Daventry Town	Stotfold	Huntingdon Town	Desborough Town	Blackstones
2008–09	Stewart & Lloyds Corby	Peterborough Northern Star	Stotfold	Peterborough Northern Star	Stotfold	Blackstones
2009–10	Daventry Town	Irchester United	St. Neots Town	Northampton ON Chenecks	Long Buckby	Stotfold
2010–11	St. Neots Town	AFC Kempston Rovers	Cogenhoe United	King's Lynn Town	Newport Pagnell Town	Thrapston Town

External links

• League website
• United Counties League FA Full Time
• United Counties League Mitoo