1976–77 United Counties League

The 1976–77 United Counties League season was the 70th in the history of the United Counties League, a football competition in England.

Premier Division

Football league season

United Counties League
Premier Division
Season	1976–77
Champions	Irthlingborough Diamonds
Relegated	Vauxhall Motors
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,072 (2.82 per match)
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

The Premier Division featured 19 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with one new club:

Buckingham Town, promoted from Division One

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Irthlingborough Diamonds	38	22	11	5	64	29	+35	55
2	Stamford	38	24	6	8	79	39	+40	54
3	Spalding United	38	22	9	7	74	34	+40	53
4	St Neots Town	38	22	8	8	55	40	+15	52
5	Rushden Town	38	19	12	7	70	33	+37	50
6	Kempston Rovers	38	19	12	7	66	34	+32	50
7	Potton United	38	19	8	11	58	46	+12	46
8	Wolverton Town	38	18	8	12	57	40	+17	44
9	Desborough Town	38	15	11	12	61	53	+8	41
10	Long Buckby	38	16	8	14	61	57	+4	40
11	Buckingham Town	38	14	8	16	59	58	+1	36
12	Stewart & Lloyds Corby	38	10	11	17	46	56	−10	31
13	Wootton Blue Cross	38	10	10	18	42	62	−20	30
14	Bourne Town	38	9	11	18	51	66	−15	29
15	Northampton Spencer	38	10	9	19	42	62	−20	29
16	Ampthill Town	38	10	7	21	40	73	−33	27
17	Rothwell Town	38	9	9	20	38	70	−32	27
18	Olney Town	38	6	13	19	29	57	−28	25
19	Holbeach United	38	6	9	23	48	92	−44	21
20	Vauxhall Motors	38	5	10	23	32	71	−39	20	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	1976–77
Champions	Eynesbury Rovers
Promoted	Eynesbury Rovers
Relegated	None
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

The Division One featured 15 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 3 new clubs:

Biggleswade Town, relegated from the Premier Division
Wootton Blue Cross reserves, promoted from Division Two
Newport Pagnell Town, promoted from Division Two

Also, Belsize changed name to Milton Keynes Borough.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Eynesbury Rovers	34	20	10	4	54	20	+34	50	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Milton Keynes Borough	34	19	10	5	73	31	+42	48
3	Kempston Rovers reserves	34	21	6	7	72	47	+25	48
4	Geddington Montrose	34	18	10	6	61	36	+25	46
5	Irchester United	34	18	7	9	68	34	+34	43
6	Northampton ON Chenecks	34	16	10	8	54	35	+19	42
7	Rushden Town reserves	34	14	12	8	53	38	+15	40
8	Irthlingborough Diamonds reserves	34	13	11	10	57	52	+5	37
9	Corby Gainsborough	34	14	5	15	55	58	−3	33
10	Desborough Town reserves	34	13	7	14	56	68	−12	33
11	British Timken Athletic	34	13	6	15	50	57	−7	32
12	Sharnbrook	34	9	9	16	56	71	−15	27
13	Higham Town	34	9	8	17	38	66	−28	26
14	Newport Pagnell Town	34	6	11	17	36	48	−12	23
15	Wootton Blue Cross reserves	34	6	11	17	42	59	−17	23
16	Raunds Town	34	5	13	16	33	63	−30	23
17	Burton Park Wanderers	34	6	7	21	32	68	−36	19
18	Biggleswade Town	34	4	11	19	30	69	−39	19

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	1976–77
Champions	Stewart & Lloyds Corby reserves
Promoted	Stewart & Lloyds Corby reserves Byfield Athletic
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

The Division Two featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 1 new club:

Woodford United, relegated from Division One

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Stewart & Lloyds Corby reserves	32	26	4	2	76	21	+55	56	Promoted to Division One
2	Byfield Athletic	32	19	9	4	85	32	+53	47	Promoted to Division One
3	Ampthill Town reserves	32	19	6	7	53	32	+21	44
4	Northampton Spencer reserves	32	19	3	10	63	39	+24	41
5	Long Buckby reserves	32	16	7	9	48	38	+10	39
6	Olney Town reserves	32	16	2	14	49	39	+10	34
7	St Neots Town reserves	32	12	8	12	54	52	+2	32
8	Deanshanger Athletic	32	13	5	14	61	58	+3	31
9	Blisworth	32	11	8	13	53	53	0	30
10	British Timken Duston	32	9	11	12	40	42	−2	29
11	Bedford Avenue	32	11	7	14	33	44	−11	29
12	Bedford United	32	8	10	14	48	64	−16	26
13	Wolverton Town reserves	32	9	7	16	50	59	−9	25
14	Vauxhall Motors reserves	32	10	3	19	46	66	−20	23	Resigned from the league
15	Woodford United	32	8	6	18	48	84	−36	22
16	Higham Town reserves	32	7	7	18	39	59	−20	21
17	Raunds Town reserves	32	5	5	22	36	100	−64	15
18	Potton United reserves	0	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.

References

"Football Club History Database - Eynesbury Rovers". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
"Football Club History Database - Olney Town". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
"Football Club History Database - Raunds Town". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
"Football Club History Database - Woodford United". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
"Football Club History Database - Deanshanger Athletic". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
"Football Club History Database - Northampton ON Chenecks". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 2021-09-05.

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

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