1975–76 United Counties League

The 1975–76 United Counties League season was the 69th in the history of the United Counties League, a football competition in England.

Premier Division

Football league season

United Counties League
Premier Division
Season	1975–76
Champions	Stamford
Relegated	Biggleswade Town
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,121 (2.95 per match)
← 1974–75 1976–77 →

The Premier Division featured 18 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division One:

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Stamford	38	27	7	4	106	33	+73	61
2	Spalding United	38	21	11	6	65	38	+27	53
3	Kempston Rovers	38	17	12	9	54	40	+14	46
4	Potton United	38	20	5	13	58	39	+19	45
5	Irthlingborough Diamonds	38	18	9	11	65	46	+19	45
6	Wolverton Town	38	16	12	10	58	43	+15	44
7	Long Buckby	38	19	5	14	75	48	+27	43
8	Ampthill Town	38	15	12	11	64	60	+4	42
9	Desborough Town	38	14	13	11	49	43	+6	41
10	Vauxhall Motors	38	15	10	13	61	55	+6	40
11	Bourne Town	38	15	9	14	62	50	+12	39
12	Stewart & Lloyds Corby	38	15	9	14	60	56	+4	39
13	Rothwell Town	38	10	17	11	42	54	−12	37
14	Rushden Town	38	14	9	15	70	46	+24	35
15	Holbeach United	38	12	10	16	57	79	−22	34
16	Wootton Blue Cross	38	12	9	17	43	56	−13	33
17	St Neots Town	38	12	7	19	41	57	−16	31
18	Northampton Spencer	38	7	11	20	36	65	−29	25
19	Olney Town	38	7	7	24	33	80	−47	21
20	Biggleswade Town	38	1	2	35	22	133	−111	4	Relegated to Division One

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

Rushden Town were deducted two points.

Division One

Football league season

United Counties League
Division One
Season	1975–76
Champions	Geddington Montrose
Promoted	Buckingham Town
Relegated	Woodford United
← 1974–75 1976–77 →

The Division One featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 4 new clubs:

Leighton Town, relegated from the Premier Division
Geddington Montrose, promoted from Division Two
Buckingham Town, promoted from Division Two
Kempston Rovers reserves, promoted from Division Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Geddington Montrose	34	22	10	2	67	29	2.310	54
2	Buckingham Town	34	21	10	3	72	24	3.000	52	Promoted to the Premier Division
3	Eynesbury Rovers	34	16	11	7	57	34	1.676	43
4	Corby Gainsborough	34	18	7	9	50	30	1.667	43
5	Rushden Town reserves	34	13	15	6	56	36	1.556	41
6	British Timken Athletic	34	15	11	8	56	44	1.273	41
7	Irchester United	34	14	11	9	78	53	1.472	39
8	Irthlingborough Diamonds reserves	34	14	8	12	67	57	1.175	36
9	Raunds Town	34	12	11	11	53	56	0.946	35
10	Leighton Town	34	11	12	11	60	51	1.176	34	Transferred to the South Midlands League
11	Northampton ON Chenecks	34	14	6	14	50	50	1.000	34
12	Higham Town	34	11	10	13	52	56	0.929	32
13	Kempston Rovers reserves	34	9	11	14	39	49	0.796	29
14	Burton Park Wanderers	34	8	7	19	44	59	0.746	23
15	Sharnbrook	34	7	9	18	32	63	0.508	23
16	Belsize	34	7	8	19	45	77	0.584	22
17	Desborough Town reserves	34	6	8	20	55	85	0.647	20
18	Woodford United	34	3	5	26	36	116	0.310	11	Relegated to Division Two

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	1975–76
Champions	Wootton Blue Cross reserves
Promoted	Wootton Blue Cross reserves Newport Pagnell Town
← 1974–75 1976–77 →

The Division Two featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 3 new clubs:

Byfield Athletic
Wolverton Town reserves
St Neots Town reserves

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Wootton Blue Cross reserves	38	28	6	4	85	29	+56	62	Promoted to Division One
2	Newport Pagnell Town	38	25	9	4	89	28	+61	59	Promoted to Division One
3	Ampthill Town reserves	38	25	6	7	80	39	+41	56
4	Northampton Spencer reserves	38	21	9	8	80	38	+42	51
5	Byfield Athletic	38	22	6	10	73	42	+31	50
6	Stewart & Lloyds Corby reserves	38	20	5	13	73	39	+34	45
7	Blisworth	38	17	7	14	57	56	+1	41
8	Deanshanger Athletic	38	16	8	14	60	55	+5	40
9	Wolverton Town reserves	38	16	8	14	60	55	+5	40
10	Vauxhall Motors reserves	38	15	10	13	66	66	0	40
11	Bedford Avenue	38	15	7	16	60	67	−7	37
12	Olney Town reserves	38	15	6	17	54	77	−23	36
13	Long Buckby reserves	38	14	7	17	52	56	−4	35
14	British Timken Duston	38	11	6	21	60	75	−15	28
15	Bedford United	38	11	6	21	59	79	−20	28
16	St Neots Town reserves	38	10	7	21	63	85	−22	27
17	Potton United reserves	38	8	6	24	48	83	−35	22
18	Higham Town reserves	38	7	7	24	41	82	−41	21
19	Raunds Town reserves	38	8	5	25	49	96	−47	21
20	Higham Rovers	38	9	3	26	41	103	−62	21	Resigned from the league

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 2021-08-28.
"Football Club History Database - Olney Town". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
"Football Club History Database - Raunds Town". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
"Football Club History Database - Woodford United". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
"Football Club History Database - Deanshanger Athletic". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
"Football Club History Database - Northampton ON Chenecks". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 2021-08-28.

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
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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) London Spartan League (One, Two) Midland Football Combination (level 7 only) Midland League (Premier, One) Northern League (level 7 only) South Midlands League (Premier, One) 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 Aston Villa Birmingham City Burnley Coventry City Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Norwich City Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Stoke City Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division	Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bristol City Bristol Rovers Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Chelsea Fulham Hull City Luton Town Nottingham Forest Notts County Oldham Athletic Orient Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Southampton Sunderland West Bromwich Albion York City
Third Division	Aldershot Brighton & Hove Albion Bury Cardiff City Chester Chesterfield Colchester United Crystal Palace Gillingham Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hereford United Mansfield Town Millwall Peterborough United Port Vale Preston North End Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swindon Town Walsall Wrexham
Fourth Division	Barnsley Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Cambridge United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Hartlepool United Huddersfield Town Lincoln City Newport County Northampton Town Reading Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southport Stockport County Swansea City Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Watford Workington

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