1972–73 United Counties League

The 1972–73 United Counties League season was the 66th in the history of the United Counties League, a football competition in England. At the end of the previous season leagues top division was renamed Premier Division, while lower divisions was renamed Division One and Division Two.

Premier Division

Football league season

United Counties League
Premier Division
Season	1972–73
Champions	Rushden Town
Matches played	240
Goals scored	778 (3.24 per match)
← 1971–72 1973–74 →

The Premier Division featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs:

Long Buckby, promoted from old Division Two
Stamford, transferred from the Midland League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rushden Town	30	17	11	2	71	28	+43	45
2	Spalding United	30	15	9	6	55	41	+14	39
3	Biggleswade Town	30	14	9	7	63	33	+30	37
4	Stamford	30	13	9	8	52	44	+8	35
5	Irthlingborough Diamonds	30	11	11	8	54	48	+6	33
6	Kempston Rovers	30	13	6	11	67	47	+20	32
7	Bourne Town	30	13	6	11	61	54	+7	32
8	Potton United	30	10	10	10	46	42	+4	30
9	Long Buckby	30	8	13	9	51	50	+1	29
10	Desborough Town	30	10	9	11	46	46	0	29
11	Northampton Spencer	30	9	8	13	41	60	−19	26
12	Wootton Blue Cross	30	8	9	13	29	45	−16	25
13	Rothwell Town	30	7	10	13	38	51	−13	24
14	Ampthill Town	30	6	11	13	35	52	−17	23
15	Holbeach United	30	8	7	15	44	68	−24	23
16	Wolverton Town	30	6	6	18	25	69	−44	18

Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division One

Football league season

United Counties League
Division One
Season	1972–73
Champions	Olney Town
← 1971–72 1973–74 →

The previous season Division Two changed name to Division One before this season. The Division One featured 17 clubs which competed in the Division Two last season, along with 2 new clubs:

Eynesbury Rovers, relegated from old Division One
V S Rugby, promoted from old Division Three

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Olney Town	36	24	6	6	70	35	2.000	54
2	Bedford Eaglets	36	22	8	6	85	41	2.073	52
3	Higham Town	36	22	6	8	80	47	1.702	50
4	British Timken Athletic	36	19	8	9	75	41	1.829	46
5	Irthlingborough Diamonds reserves	36	18	10	8	59	33	1.788	46
6	Stewart & Lloyds Corby	36	18	9	9	71	42	1.690	45
7	V S Rugby	36	17	9	10	62	46	1.348	43
8	Corby Gainsborough	36	16	8	12	64	47	1.362	40
9	Rushden Town reserves	36	14	11	11	78	46	1.696	39
10	Raunds Town	36	17	3	16	68	60	1.133	37
11	Kettering Park Wanderers	36	13	8	15	54	59	0.915	34
12	Biggleswade Town reserves	36	12	8	16	57	66	0.864	32
13	Desborough Town reserves	36	13	5	18	67	83	0.807	31
14	Rothwell Town reserves	36	11	9	16	59	74	0.797	31
15	Sharnbrook	36	11	6	19	60	81	0.741	28
16	Eynesbury Rovers	36	10	7	19	41	69	0.594	27
17	St Neots Town reserves	36	6	9	21	44	81	0.543	21
18	British Timken Duston	36	5	9	22	33	104	0.317	19
19	Wolverton Town reserves	36	2	5	29	33	105	0.314	9	Resigned from the league

Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio; 3) number of goals scored.

Division Two

Football league season

United Counties League
Division Two
Season	1972–73
Champions	Belsize
Promoted	Belsize Northampton ON Chenecks
← 1971–72 1973–74 →

The previous season Division Three changed name to Division Two before this season. The Division Two featured 18 clubs which competed in the Division Three last season, no new clubs joined the division this season.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Belsize	34	28	3	3	116	19	6.105	59	Promoted to Division One
2	Northampton ON Chenecks	34	26	7	1	104	37	2.811	59	Promoted to Division One
3	Stewart & Lloyds Corby reserves	34	24	6	4	70	28	2.500	54
4	Woodford United	34	23	6	5	71	38	1.868	52
5	Irchester United	34	19	7	8	82	49	1.673	45
6	Geddington Montrose	34	17	9	8	70	41	1.707	43
7	Kempston Rovers reserves	34	16	6	12	83	53	1.566	38
8	Deanshanger Athletic	34	12	7	15	70	86	0.814	31
9	Bedford Avenue	34	12	6	16	58	55	1.055	30
10	Raunds Town reserves	34	11	8	15	77	81	0.951	30
11	Ampthill Town reserves	34	12	5	17	48	60	0.800	29
12	Wootton Blue Cross reserves	34	10	7	17	42	61	0.689	27
13	Higham Rovers	34	11	4	19	54	82	0.659	26
14	Higham Town reserves	34	10	5	19	62	63	0.984	25
15	Bedford United	34	9	4	21	65	82	0.793	22
16	Blisworth	34	10	2	22	57	101	0.564	22
17	Olney Town reserves	34	4	7	23	37	95	0.389	15
18	British Timken Duston reserves	34	2	1	31	22	157	0.140	5

Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio; 3) number of goals scored.

References

"Football Club History Database - Eynesbury Rovers". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
"Football Club History Database - Olney Town". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
"Football Club History Database - Raunds Town". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
"Football Club History Database - Woodford United". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
"Football Club History Database - Deanshanger Athletic". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
"Football Club History Database - Northampton ON Chenecks". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 2021-08-03.

External links

United Counties League

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Premier Division North	AFC Mansfield Ashby Ivanhoe Belper United Boston Town Bourne Town Deeping Rangers Eastwood Gresley Rovers Harrowby United Heanor Town Hucknall Town Kimberley Miners Welfare Lincoln United Melton Town Newark and Sherwood United Newark Town Shirebrook Town Skegness Town Sleaford Town Wisbech Town
Premier Division South	Aylestone Park Bugbrooke St Michaels Cogenhoe United Coventry United Daventry Town Easington Sports Eynesbury Rovers GNG Oadby Town Godmanchester Rovers Hinckley Histon Leicester Nirvana Lutterworth Town March Town United Newport Pagnell Town Northampton ON Chenecks Northampton Sileby Rangers Rugby Borough St Neots Town Yaxley
Division One	Blackstones Clay Cross Town Clifton All Whites Clipstone Coalville Town Dunkirk Gedling Miners Welfare Holwell Sports Pinxton Radford Rainworth Miners Welfare Retford Retford United Sandiacre Town Selston Stapleford Town Staveley Miners Welfare Southwell City West Bridgford

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National teams

League competitions

Levels 1–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division)
Levels 5–6	Isthmian League (level 5 only) Northern Premier League (level 5 only) Southern League (Premier, One North, One South)
Levels 7–9	Athenian League (Premier, One, Two) Cheshire County League (level 7 only) Eastern Counties League (level 7 only) Essex Senior League (level 7 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One, Two) Kent League (level 7 only) Lancashire Combination (level 7 only) Midland Football Combination (level 7 only) Midland League (level 7 only) Northern League (level 7 only) South Midlands League (Premier, One) Spartan League (level 7 only) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One, Two) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 7 only) Western League (level 7 only) Yorkshire League (One, Two, Three)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Amateur Cup
Football League cups	League Cup (Final) Watney Cup

European competitions

Club seasons
First Division	Arsenal Birmingham City Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Norwich City Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Southampton Stoke City Tottenham Hotspur Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division	Aston Villa Blackpool Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Burnley Cardiff City Carlisle United Fulham Huddersfield Town Hull City Leyton Orient Luton Town Middlesbrough Millwall Nottingham Forest Oxford United Portsmouth Preston North End Sheffield Wednesday Sunderland Swindon Town West Bromwich Albion West Ham United
Third Division	Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Bournemouth Brentford Bristol Rovers Charlton Athletic Chesterfield Grimsby Town Halifax Town Notts County Oldham Athletic Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Rochdale Rotherham United Scunthorpe United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swansea City Tranmere Rovers Walsall Watford Wrexham York City
Fourth Division	Aldershot Barnsley Bradford City Bury Cambridge United Chester Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Gillingham Hartlepool United Hereford United Lincoln City Mansfield Town Newport County Northampton Town Peterborough United Reading Southport Stockport County Torquay United Workington

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