1974–75 United Counties League

The 1974–75 United Counties League season was the 68th in the history of the United Counties League, a football competition in England.

Premier Division

Football league season

United Counties League
Premier Division
Season	1974–75
Champions	Spalding United
Relegated	Leighton Town
Matches played	342
Goals scored	995 (2.91 per match)
← 1973–74 1975–76 →

The Premier Division featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, joined from the Spartan League:

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Spalding United	36	26	8	2	86	23	+63	60
2	Vauxhall Motors	36	24	5	7	74	37	+37	53
3	Stamford	36	23	6	7	76	30	+46	52
4	Kempston Rovers	36	20	12	4	59	24	+35	52
5	Irthlingborough Diamonds	36	22	4	10	71	40	+31	48
6	Long Buckby	36	20	6	10	81	56	+25	46
7	Biggleswade Town	36	15	13	8	63	40	+23	43
8	Rushden Town	36	12	16	8	51	47	+4	40
9	St Neots Town	36	16	5	15	44	45	−1	37
10	Ampthill Town	36	11	14	11	55	47	+8	36
11	Desborough Town	36	11	7	18	43	52	−9	29
12	Holbeach United	36	10	9	17	46	61	−15	29
13	Potton United	36	10	9	17	38	56	−18	29
14	Wootton Blue Cross	36	8	11	17	24	60	−36	27
15	Bourne Town	36	8	8	20	42	78	−36	24
16	Wolverton Town	36	8	7	21	39	67	−28	23
17	Rothwell Town	36	9	4	23	38	80	−42	22
18	Northampton Spencer	36	8	5	23	39	74	−35	21
19	Leighton Town	36	1	11	24	26	78	−52	13	Relegated to Division One

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	1974–75
Champions	Stewart & Lloyds Corby
Promoted	Stewart & Lloyds Corby Olney Town
← 1973–74 1975–76 →

The Division One featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 2 new clubs, promoted from Division Two:

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Stewart & Lloyds Corby	32	25	4	3	83	20	4.150	54	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Olney Town	32	23	4	5	65	23	2.826	50	Promoted to the Premier Division
3	V S Rugby	32	18	9	5	80	32	2.500	45	Transferred to the West Midlands (Regional) League
4	Woodford United	32	16	8	8	56	47	1.191	40
5	Belsize	32	15	7	10	55	46	1.196	37
6	Raunds Town	32	16	5	11	58	52	1.115	37
7	Irthlingborough Diamonds reserves	32	12	9	11	47	40	1.175	33
8	Irchester United	32	13	7	12	50	39	1.282	33
9	Eynesbury Rovers	32	10	9	13	41	49	0.837	29
10	Corby Gainsborough	32	9	9	14	39	51	0.765	27
11	Burton Park Wanderers	32	9	8	15	48	55	0.873	26
12	British Timken Athletic	32	10	5	17	44	60	0.733	25
13	Higham Town	32	9	7	16	37	58	0.638	25
14	Northampton ON Chenecks	32	9	5	18	42	67	0.627	23
15	Desborough Town reserves	32	7	9	16	40	67	0.597	23
16	Sharnbrook	32	6	8	18	36	72	0.500	20
17	Rushden Town reserves	32	6	5	21	32	75	0.427	17
18	Rothwell Town reserves	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	Club folded, record expunged

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	1974–75
Champions	Geddington Montrose
Promoted	Geddington Montrose Buckingham Town Kempston Rovers reserves
← 1973–74 1975–76 →

The Division Two featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 4 new clubs:

British Timken Duston, relegated from Division One
Buckingham Town, transferred from the South Midlands League
Vauxhall Motors reserves
Potton United reserves

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Geddington Montrose	38	32	3	3	106	22	4.818	67	Promoted to Division One
2	Buckingham Town	38	29	4	5	150	32	4.688	62
3	Kempston Rovers reserves	38	26	5	7	76	37	2.054	57
4	Vauxhall Motors reserves	38	24	8	6	76	24	3.167	56
5	Stewart & Lloyds Corby reserves	38	22	6	10	75	41	1.829	50
6	Newport Pagnell Town	38	19	9	10	76	39	1.949	47
7	Ampthill Town reserves	38	16	10	12	54	43	1.256	42
8	Bedford Avenue	38	16	9	13	74	66	1.121	41
9	Potton United reserves	38	10	15	13	55	69	0.797	35
10	Blisworth	38	15	5	18	52	77	0.675	35
11	Wootton Blue Cross reserves	38	11	11	16	46	54	0.852	33
12	Bedford United	38	12	8	18	62	77	0.805	32
13	Northampton Spencer reserves	38	13	6	19	53	74	0.716	32
14	Higham Town reserves	38	13	5	20	66	73	0.904	31
15	Deanshanger Athletic	38	10	9	19	56	78	0.718	29
16	Higham Rovers	38	9	7	22	55	97	0.567	25
17	Long Buckby reserves	38	10	4	24	49	90	0.544	24
18	British Timken Duston	38	9	5	24	38	81	0.469	23
19	Raunds Town reserves	38	7	8	23	50	114	0.439	22
20	Olney Town reserves	38	5	7	26	36	117	0.308	17

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 2021-08-25.
"Football Club History Database - Olney Town". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
"Football Club History Database - Raunds Town". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
"Football Club History Database - Woodford United". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
"Football Club History Database - Deanshanger Athletic". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
"Football Club History Database - Northampton ON Chenecks". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 2021-08-25.

External links

United Counties League

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clubs

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 (One, Two) Northern Premier League (level 5 only) Southern League (Premier, One North, One South)
Levels 7–9	Athenian League (One, Two) Cheshire County League (level 7 only) Eastern Counties League (level 7 only) Essex Senior League (level 7 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) 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 Vase
Football League cups	League Cup (Final)

European competitions

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

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